Paula Wirth
@paulawirth.bsky.social
Creative artist & content/community/tech Swiss army knife, in Oakland, CA. Pro-DEI, libraries, democracy, LGBTQ+, immigrant rights, vaccines, human intelligence. NO SPAM unless canned. 🖋️📸 🎨🐕🐈📚🌈🦄 Art @theplayfulbrush.com linktr.ee/paulawirth
"A few months ago, I was surprised to find myself using the term “beautiful hatred” to describe the nationwide revolt against datacenters, Flock cameras, AI, and tech corporations and the oligarchs (or broligarchs) they’ve spawned."
I love the kind of stories and myth that The Pendragon Cycles is based on, and I enjoy watching the series even given my misgivings, but the heavy Christianity themes, trad wife giving up all her power to a male, and male-dominated power struggles seem all too close to our current reality.
Every time I read posts from a MAGA account (and luckily this isn't a regular occurrence), I'm reading it like, wow, do you really mean that, or is this just really terrible satire? And once I do a quick check of their other posts, that's an even quicker block.
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Optimistic music continues. (caption from the Pendragon Cycle, and my current soundtrack)
If as a politician, you send me a promotional text with a Stepford wife and family photo of you with your children in matching outfits, grinning like the twins from the Shining, should I be more or less willing to vote for you?
And people wonder why rape victims hesitate to come forward…
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4d agoThey want to re-violate a woman for being violated and for speaking up about it, for insisting on consequences for rapists.
I kept my TW account so no MAGA could use my handle, but I do not use it, nor do I plan to. F that Nazi platform.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4d agoI see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you
I have had insurance before that had premiums and a deductible that was so expensive, I couldn’t even use the insurance. This country is a joke.
California Dreamin’… 😎@jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 5d agoPaying $800 a month for health insurance just to owe another $3,000 when you finally see a doctor isn't healthcare… It’s extortion. Enjoy. 😎✨
It’s disgusting that NC A&T State U and UNCG students lost their on-campus voting sites and had to hike en masse 45+ min in 85-degree heat to be able to reach their nearest polling place and fulfill their right to vote. Power to the students.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d agoStudents from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...
Whoosh! Katie Zacharia fired after five days as White House press secretary – reports
Katie Zacharia fired after five days as White House press secretary – reports
Zacharia hosted widely panned first briefing on Tuesday and faced scrutiny after admitting she didn’t pass bar exam
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Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train robots to take over. Will it work? Reporter/Videographer: Diaa Hadid/NPR Videographers: Omkar Khandekar/NPR, Vinodh Arulappan Producer: Ben de la Cruz/NPR
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I'm not really sure what the purpose is of music videos in 2026, but OLIVIA RODRIGO + CHAPPELL ROAN + DAVID BYRNE on a remix of "expectations" is well worth your time.
Olivia Rodrigo - expectations (feat. Chappell Roan) (Official Music Video)
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Funding BART is very important. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Traffic is going to get a lot worse’: San Francisco Bay Area faces potential death spiral of transit system
A marvel of engineering and a model of sustainability, Bart has been financially distressed since the Covid pandemic
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Hey, ChatGPT, I don't need to imagine what I can create, I can visualize and make it already. ON MY OWN. With my own brain and hands, even.
When Trump won’t hire anyone with an IQ higher than his own, this is what you get…
Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 7d agoMy shocked face 😑 www.wsj.com/business/med...
Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) says Trump's raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home is a reminder that he's a "coward" who lashes out at Black women who challenge him www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Congresswoman On Ilhan Omar Home Raid: Trump Is A ‘Coward’ Who Targets Black Women
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My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"
I am doubling up on my favorite flavor with a black sesame croissant from ONE65Patisserie SF paired with a black sesame latte from Olivia Coffee and Flower in Pill Hill, Oakland, CA. Check out that lamination! #pastries #Oakland #eatdrinkoakland
I really need to get more paying work. This is the kind of thing I do for free... as volunteer work. Some simple-ish social media animations... crank up the volume!
If you can drop off your ballot at an approved drop-off box, do it. This administration is shady AF. newrepublic.com/post/216331/...
Bananas
Gob Bluth Arrested Development
Alt: Gob Bluth from Arrested Development in a banana costume, kicking a taxi.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.