Hey guys, Perez Hilton performed self-harm and may have attempted a suicide on TikTok and screenshots are flying around, so if you are sensitive, go put "Perez Hilton" in your mutes right now.

I think about this finding a lot: "Students whose school uses AI for many reasons are more likely to report that they or a friend of theirs has had a back-and-forth conversation with AI, like chatbots, in potentially troubling ways." From @cdt.org's report:

Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students

Artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to alter the educational experiences of teachers, students, and parents during the 2024-25 school year. The frequency and variety of AI uses continues to gro...

cdt.org

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h ago

“…the researchers found that opening up to chatbots about personal issues made some people feel not better but worse.”

And if an issue appears to be dominating politics out of nowhere despite not affecting the overwhelming majority of society, perhaps you should think about who decided to make this an issue, at whose expense, & why do they want you distracted by this?

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you're a cis person insisting that the prospect of trans children playing youth sports is not only "a problem" but in fact one of the biggest problems we currently face as a nation, I'd be happy to introduce you to literally a million other things that should be worrying you more.

{𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀} Wow, we should abolish prisons for everyone {𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁} Wow, we should abolish prisons for everyone except Michel Foucault

For @texasobserver.org, I did a deep dive into Brandon Herrera, a gunfluencer and now Republican congressional nominee who has spread memes associated the extremist Boogaloo movement and rationalized lethal violence against people with certain political beliefs. www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herr...

How a Gun-Rights Extremist Could Soon Represent Uvalde in Congress

On his YouTube channel, Brandon Herrera has discussed the relative merits of weapons used in mass shootings and made light of political violence. He’s now on a glide path to the U.S. House.

texasobserver.org

Something I missed in this reporting... Brandon Herrera said in 2023: “Just because you let somebody creampie you doesn’t mean I have to give a shit about your political opinions. The fact that you kept your cum trophy doesn’t make you any less wrong about the dumb shit they say.” His response...

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For @texasobserver.org, I did a deep dive into Brandon Herrera, a gunfluencer and now Republican congressional nominee who has spread memes associated the extremist Boogaloo movement and rationalized lethal violence against people with certain political beliefs. www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herr...

This is why I think I take Musk so much more seriously than people in bluer states who can be cynical. Democrats got the trifecta and did a ton of popular, good things. We were drowned out by an unprecedented amount of outside dark money that operated more like a phishing attack than a campaign.

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 2d ago

I'll make the mistake of sharing this even though I hate the title. Didn't fully actualize or exploit our trifecta? Maybe. Squander is BS. We won huge things we've been working on for a decade. Could we have done more? Yes, Minnesota did, but they had a better governor. But there were massive wins.

Continuing my Korean War/Halberstam posting: It’s hard to convey how malignant Douglas MacArthur was, how anti-democratic, what a persistent threat to civil-military relations. Conversely, George Marshall was a man of towering integrity and wisdom.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure

@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d ago

ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"

Ok, apparently we'd already done TFATF so join us on Prime Video this Sunday, August 9 at 8pm eastern for THE USUAL SUSPECTS Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we'll see you soon.

7 years ago today, a white supremacist murdered 23 innocent people in El Paso in a horrific act of domestic terrorism. Today, we honor every victim, stand with the families whose lives were forever changed, & remember a community that has refused to let hate define it or tragedy diminish its love.

Rep. Veronica Escobar@repescobar.bsky.social · 2d ago

Every El Pasoan knows where they were on August 3rd, 2019. Today remains a solemn day, and despite the passing of time, seven years later our community continues to feel the pain, loss, and devastation from the senseless violence of that day.

Dr. Angel Foster has made $5 abortion pills so accessible that abortions in Mississippi are up a mind-boggling 85% since Dobbs.

She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a time

Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”

motherjones.com

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

This is obscene.

hiksmash@hiksmash.blacksky.app · 2d ago

What is PBS Kids doing telling 3rd graders to use Ai to write a poem???

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

Oh, so I glad I found you guys. Can’t wait until the next one Another fun fact: producers wanted a younger actress but Pierce fought hard for age-appropriate and Rene Russo. #HATM

Ok, #HATM Fam, This one was pretty good. Thanks for the opportunity to watch it with you all. Now, go do good things, spread kindness, and laugh a little more than sigh.

Please note: this film was not approved by any museum ever and seriously please don’t pull this. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

The whole film is built to get us to this specific set-piece, which is make-or-break for whether you think this is a good film or not. #HATM

HistorySmith@historysmith.bsky.social · 3d ago

This whole Magritte/Sinnerman sequence is like a really well paced music video. #HATM

The first flash mobs were in New York, but not until 2003, and not Rene Magritte-themed. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Even though he basically kidnaps her to the island, there is still a strong theme of consent in the film #HATM

I always ask my students if there was a real Renoir in the box or not. #HATM

Laura Bedrossian@laurabedrossian.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’ll say it: I think he’ll burn her like he burns paintings #hatm

Is is bad when your therapist starts laughing at you and comparing you to Peter Pan? I feel like that's a bad sign. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

It'd basically be required for that haircut. It looks like a lot of work. #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair

Mother of a Ginger Claire ⚾️🪡🧵🧶🎬🎶@bethrich52.bsky.social · 3d ago

It would be nice to live in a movie & have perfect hair all the time. #HATM

So owning one's own island doesn't carry the same vibe that it did in the 1990s. #HATM

Also can we talk about Catherine’s outfits??? Costume designer did their thing!! #HATM #thomascrownaffair

 A movie trope that seemingly persists to this day when it comes to strong female characters. They can demonstrate expertise in their field, and be the intellectual equal, if not superior to the male lead .  But eventually, they fall for him in a fairy tale fashion. #HATM

I have to explain this euphemism to my students. A key thing about the conversations that Catherine and Tommy have is that they are in double entendres; both sexual, but also about the crime. The fact that they can communicate on two levels is why they can't trust each other but want to. #HATM

Chris Slaby@cjslaby.bsky.social · 3d ago

I always loved the “May I ask you a personal question?” line. (And hated the ekspresso pronunciation!) #HATM

This movie is clearly from the "girl power" era of feminism. The woman has to be empowered, but also conventionally attractive (not complaining) #HATM www.harvardmagazine.com/2008/01/girl...

Girl Power | Harvard Magazine

When Dan Kindlon watches the Tigers play softball, he sees the legacy of feminism for girls. “My daughter’s concentrating on...

harvardmagazine.com