Jennifer Slack
@jdslack.bsky.social
Pastel & acrylic painter, anti-maga, Emeritus Professor: cultural studies, technology, and culture. I repost more than post to honor others' efforts. Joined Nov 2024. I am slow to follow back; looking for engagement. No DMs, crypto, "dates," or donations.
Vivek is giving Vance a run for his money in this year's most hated man competition.
earlier today! apnews.com/article/trum...
Judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order Thursday from U.S.
apnews.com
This a maddening story about the greed of drug manufacturers - the development of drugs at considerable public expense and their totally unregulated pricing in the U.S.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 7h agoThe gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)
Jared Kushner’s hacked iPhone revealed he promised MBS and MBZ he would push their agenda with Trump if they participated in a secret fund, with the two royals initially discussing over $10B before ultimately placing at least $2B into his accounts. Paywalled, use archive. archive.ph/FHGAt
Wild that the Trump family is very clearly in the pocket of multiple(!) foreign dictators and apparently nobody even cares. This used to be the stuff of taut thrillers, now it's just oh there's Jared doing bribe stuff again
Paul Blumenthal@paulblumenthal.bsky.social · 12h agoDutch intelligence obtained a Russian hack of Kushner's phone and then hacked it themselves to find:
Get Elon musk out of the business of government.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h agoWATCH — @ronaldfilipkowski on Elon Musk: "How did we allow a private individual to have this much power over the world? The next administration needs to divest itself and decouple itself from all things Musk. Correct. Get him out of the business of the U.S. government."
so the “LLMs will cause a cybersecurity apocalypse” stuff wasn’t wrong, it turns out
norvid_studies@norvid-studies.bsky.social · yesterdaythe story goes like this
Women are 51% of the Vote, Vivek, it’s not called complaining? WTF you mean by that? Don’t speak if you get raped at your house??? Is that being a Karen? Too bitchy for a 9 year old? What, should kids be grateful.
They break everything. Time for them to go.
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17h agoSolid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly
MINNESOTA: “I don’t think about myself. The youth are the most innocent. Anything you can do to save them is worth it.” ♥️ Endless stories attack the MN Somali-American community— but Ebro Ahmed🦸🏽♂️saves a bus 🚌 full of kids and stories mostly leave out that he’s Somali? 🤔
A “Minnesota man” all of a sudden. He’s a Somali, American and Muslim, but no mention of his ethnicity or religion now! Imagine if this were a crime they would definitely mention his ethnicity. #Hero
Seriously, this is the big picture. What is wrong with our species?
🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻@laylabelle3.bsky.social · yesterday
Any response from Senator Graham, aka Miss Darline, on Trump's trashing her brother's favored piece of legislation forbidding trade with Russia? Darline: you thought Trump was Lindsey's friend? Surprise surprise.
In the 1960s in college, I took a 10 week course: half advanced algebra; half trigonometry. The trig part was experimental TV teaching. I got an A in algebra, an F in trig. Most of the class failed trig. The experiment failed. TV teaching mostly isn't teaching.
Text this to the friend who says nothing can be done about the Supreme Court: "Congress can impeach a chief justice. It takes a simple majority in the House. John Roberts gave presidents immunity. That's reason enough." Then send the letter yourself.
Wow. Long past time to turn off the money spigot. Dump the bully.
KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞@mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3d agoBenjamin Netanyahu basically said that if any future US president turns its back on Israel it will not end well for the US and he is already teaming up with allies to ensure a "proper response" should that happen once Trump leaves office. That certainly sounds like a threat to me.
