Jillian Sauers
@jilliansauers.bsky.social
Formerly MerakiRetreat and same name on twt. Combining lit nerd and fandom accts here. https://ko-fi.com/jilliansauers6075
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
A 🧵 Nepo baby David Ellison’s recent OpEd deflected attention from the reality that the Paramount attempted takeover of WarnerBros is corrupt to the core, a debt-time bomb, a natl security issue, would decrease diversity of voices in film/media/ journalism +a press freedom issue. #BlockTheMerger 1/n
Not just this wonderful news but also a second series of David Fane's "The School Repeaters" (and a second series of "Ms X" with the OFMD-adjacent Oscar Kightley and Jonno Roberts, first series of which just dropped on Peacock (US) and Disney+(UK))
Meeping wainscot@ohnoiratebrian.bsky.social · 14h agoWellington Paranormal is coming back!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! www.nzonair.govt.nz/news/newslet...
OH MY GOOODDDDD?????? futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Our_Fla...
Our Flag Means Medical Coverage
"Our Flag Means Medical Coverage" is the second episode of the eleventh production season and the third episode of the fourteenth broadcast season of Futurama.[3] It will premiere on Hulu in North Ame...
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Kentucky, we've got 90 days until we make history. Let's make them count. Join us at charlesbooker.org
I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 14h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
What if I turned these into a zine with an NFC tag to download the full images as screensavers. 👀 Yes, no, thoughts?
I couldn’t be prouder of the movement we’ve built in mid-Michigan. Thank you, Ambassador Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam, for your years of public service and all your hard work on the campaign trail. While tonight we celebrate, there’s still much more work ahead.
@wewill2026.bsky.social has won his primary election for Congress in Michigan. He is the only candidate in his race fighting AI billionaires who are bulldozing our communities, standing up to big money and fighting for people who actually live in Michigan.
"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set
The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.
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OpenAI and Anthropic are time bombs at the heart of the AI industry, which is why hyperscalers and NVIDIA continue to prop them up. Without them, hyperscaler revenue growth stalls, and the entire con collapses. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-demand-bubble/
This is a scandal — an historic swindle perpetrated by the biggest companies on the planet — but because they’ve successfully hoodwinked investors, the media, and many analysts, they’re getting away with it. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-demand-bubble/
I'm doing everything I can with the limited resources I have. One of those things is asking for help. I set up a GoFundMe for them. If you can contribute financially, every dollar helps. gofund.me/a655ae010
Donate to Rebuilding After the Fire: Support for Mom and Family, organized by Theresa Bazanele
Yesterday afternoon, my mom's house was engulfed in flames. W… Theresa Bazanele needs your support for Rebuilding After the Fire: Support for Mom and Family
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📢📢CREW ASSEMBLE📢📢 The incredible @trbocrab.bsky.social ‘s family is in need of help after a devastating house fire!! Let’s do what we do best! gofund.me/a24b2f8a4
Donate to Rebuilding After the Fire: Support for Mom and Family, organized by Theresa Bazanele
Yesterday afternoon, my mom's house was engulfed in flames. W… Theresa Bazanele needs your support for Rebuilding After the Fire: Support for Mom and Family
gofund.me
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
The thing about using slop flyers for advertising is that there’s no way to visually differentiate between a lemonade stand, a BBQ joint, a car wash, and a laundromat. They all look exactly the same and from a branding perspective that’s bad, actually
My threads timeline did a thing.
Analysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...
The AI Demand Bubble
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#CoyoteVsAcme - Guys, we have two missions this month. Get #Binface elected in #Clacton & Kick sand in #WarnerBrosAcme face & make this the biggest movie success of 2026!
Classic Looney Tunes 'That's All Folks!' Ending
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Jillian Sauers@jilliansauers.bsky.social · 2d ago#CoyoteVsAcme opens August 28th! youtu.be/4WwrjXE3_QM
Researching the various horrific social implications of technology up through (and maybe beyond?) the first quarter of the 21st is like being in a Twilight Zone episode where you're running around trying to give dire warnings but everyone keeps ignoring you and writing things down in little books.…
…Eventually you make it to the Oval Office & you fall to your knees & shout "Why won't anybody LISTEN TO ME?!" And the camera pans over to the President at the Resolute Desk or whatever & they say, "Oh we listened, Mx./Ms./Mr. _______; we just wanted to make sure we got Everything You Had To Say;"…
…and then the President and all the cabinet members hold up the little books they've been writing in every gime you screamed your warnings, and you can finally see the cover: "Instruction Manual."
I really hope that all of the people in my feeds who rail against gen-AI flyer art (and rightfully so) and are also horror fans, don’t fall prey to Ice Cream Man now that the reviews are pointing to its abundance of AI effects. Don’t be a contradiction, speak with your wallets here.
the clip of Jake Johnson on stavvy’s world talking about his ai addiction is haunting me. it’s just so fucking sad
Was trying to do an annual update, but it has come to my realization that Trump wiped everything between FY2024 and FY2026 from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. @thexylom.com now has one of the last independent copies of data re: H-1B skilled workers in America's top higher education institutions.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate...
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The Xylom@thexylom.com · 10mo agoEXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
I’ve already reported it to the election protection hotline but voting in Michigan this morning is already proving to be difficult— arrived at our polling place right at 7 am and was told they were having “technical difficulties” and to go to the clerk’s office. Went to the clerk’s office and-
I really hope this takes off. There needs to be a creative storefront marketplace that actually bans genai and drop shipping, and I hope it's a 100% ban. Etsy is completely ruined and not artist friendly. Much luck to Fybe! fybe.art
giving this one more boost as things are still very tight and some promising job leads evaporated, but so appreciative of everyone who has contributed 🫶🫂🧡
Our Flag Means Death Frames@ofmdframes.bsky.social · 2w agoasking is always difficult, but i'm struggling to afford groceries/med refills and my account has gotten very low 😓 if anyone is able to contribute, every little bit would be a huge help to this queer trans person rn 🫂🫶 ko-fi.com/patcheschance
