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Libby Spencer

@libbyspencer.bsky.social

Former prolific blogger of some renown. Jeopardy fan. Doing my best to keep Austin weird.

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Libby Spencer@libbyspencer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Souvenirs: I rarely buy them. I did buy the tiny Eiffel Tower from a stall on the Seine. The wee stones in the shell I picked up on a beach in Portugal. The arched stone came from the trail to Xunantunich.

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Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · last wk.

I believe there is no greater generational constant in USA than the high profile snake oil salesman. I bet historians can document trajectory changes in USA purely based on phenomena & gold rushes engineered by snake oil salesmen. ‘I invented a genie’ guy may be their crowning achievement though.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

Libby Spencer@libbyspencer.bsky.social · last wk.

Damn the regime. Dad grabbed by ICE on his way to work. Deported. Wife self deported to reunite with him. Shortly afterwards they were found dead, bound and gagged in a cane field. Their 14 month old baby crying next to their dead bodies. www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

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Libby Spencer@libbyspencer.bsky.social · last wk.

Small omens: The new ac slightly ruffles the closed drape. The last of the sun casts a tiny beam like a candle flame on the wall. Then it bounces off and lights up the wall behind my tabletop grotto for just a moment.

small plaster grotto with Mary, Joseph and toddler Jesus. Its base is surrounded with small bits of shells and stones and a small figure of a nun playing the piano.
Libby Spencer@libbyspencer.bsky.social · 2w ago

If true... I live in hope "Apparently the BBC is now asking the judge to unseal the Jack Smith grand jury testimony as part of their defense against Trumps 10 billion lawsuit. The BBC argues that Trump was denied executive privilege 5 times in court and should not be able to hide behind it now.