Bridgett T
@bwrites.bsky.social
Checking out the blue skies. Same Watari as always.
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“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
September 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
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Once again for the people in the back. Bari does not have any talent. She can throw a good party and chat you up but good, and people mistake that for ability. It was fine enough to open her empty vessel of a newsletter. It can't run a real organization.
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity.
—"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
—"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
www.status.news
September 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Once again for the people in the back. Bari does not have any talent. She can throw a good party and chat you up but good, and people mistake that for ability. It was fine enough to open her empty vessel of a newsletter. It can't run a real organization.
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I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
September 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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Five researchers at Norway’s national gender incongruence clinic are appealing a university committee’s finding they committed “gross negligence” and scientific misconduct after the group published studies using the medical records of more than 1,000 minors.
Researchers appeal misconduct finding over studies of trans youth
Oslo University Hospital Five researchers at Norway’s national gender incongruence clinic are appealing a university committee’s finding they committed “gross negligence” and scientific misconduct …
retractionwatch.com
September 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Five researchers at Norway’s national gender incongruence clinic are appealing a university committee’s finding they committed “gross negligence” and scientific misconduct after the group published studies using the medical records of more than 1,000 minors.
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"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?"
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?"
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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the fact that not only did rachel hope cleves basically got away with instigating a smear campaign for, seemingly, clout & money, but few of the people who participated have acknowledged it, and NONE of the publications that circulated the story have published updates, really grinds my gears
August 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
the fact that not only did rachel hope cleves basically got away with instigating a smear campaign for, seemingly, clout & money, but few of the people who participated have acknowledged it, and NONE of the publications that circulated the story have published updates, really grinds my gears
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A couple updates: Sanofi (Novavax) has begun shipping, and Walgreens will stop requiring prescriptions in Oregon after state officials took action. (I haven't heard back from CVS yet, but very possible they will do the same.) My article will be updated soon with this information.
New Covid Vaccines Are Available. Here’s How to Get One. (Gift Article)
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
A couple updates: Sanofi (Novavax) has begun shipping, and Walgreens will stop requiring prescriptions in Oregon after state officials took action. (I haven't heard back from CVS yet, but very possible they will do the same.) My article will be updated soon with this information.
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"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change."
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
brettcodes.com
September 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change."
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
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this sounds less like a plan to help stay-at-home parents and more like a one to punish working ones www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
this sounds less like a plan to help stay-at-home parents and more like a one to punish working ones www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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I don’t care if you’re a Democrat, Blue voter, or Leftist.
If you post AI, then you don’t stand with workers or marginalized folks.
Marginalized folks are more likely to lose jobs, have datacenters built near them, & suffer the effects of environmental destruction, pollution, & climate change.
If you post AI, then you don’t stand with workers or marginalized folks.
Marginalized folks are more likely to lose jobs, have datacenters built near them, & suffer the effects of environmental destruction, pollution, & climate change.
September 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I don’t care if you’re a Democrat, Blue voter, or Leftist.
If you post AI, then you don’t stand with workers or marginalized folks.
Marginalized folks are more likely to lose jobs, have datacenters built near them, & suffer the effects of environmental destruction, pollution, & climate change.
If you post AI, then you don’t stand with workers or marginalized folks.
Marginalized folks are more likely to lose jobs, have datacenters built near them, & suffer the effects of environmental destruction, pollution, & climate change.
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I'm not going to discourse about what AOC is doing until/unless I feel like it is compromising the work I want her to do. She's earned a little leeway from me there.
THAT SAID, imo the MAHA movement is AT BEST a grift that exploits real gaps in our medical system to do harm.
At worst it is 👇
THAT SAID, imo the MAHA movement is AT BEST a grift that exploits real gaps in our medical system to do harm.
At worst it is 👇
However you feel about AOC it’s good for us to have a broader convo about how these MAHA people use keywords that you might agree with (pesticides! Chemicals! Safe food!) but the way they want to implement their ideas would kill the chronically ill, the disabled, the poor, and the marginalized.
September 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I'm not going to discourse about what AOC is doing until/unless I feel like it is compromising the work I want her to do. She's earned a little leeway from me there.
THAT SAID, imo the MAHA movement is AT BEST a grift that exploits real gaps in our medical system to do harm.
At worst it is 👇
THAT SAID, imo the MAHA movement is AT BEST a grift that exploits real gaps in our medical system to do harm.
At worst it is 👇
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I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been
August 30, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been
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Fantastic video from @jessiegender.bsky.social about WB's insidious recent actions in trying to normalise Harry Potter acceptance by inserting it into their other shows & ramping up brand deals.
Well worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD1...
Well worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD1...
Harry Potter Is Manufacturing Your Complicity
YouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Fantastic video from @jessiegender.bsky.social about WB's insidious recent actions in trying to normalise Harry Potter acceptance by inserting it into their other shows & ramping up brand deals.
Well worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD1...
Well worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD1...
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podcast bros wanted to say slurs so badly that now most of our food has poison in it
August 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
podcast bros wanted to say slurs so badly that now most of our food has poison in it
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Per the place where I go to get my brows threaded, the government of Nepal has set up a disaster relief fund here pmdrf.nchl.com.np
Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund – Government of Nepal
pmdrf.nchl.com.np
August 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Per the place where I go to get my brows threaded, the government of Nepal has set up a disaster relief fund here pmdrf.nchl.com.np
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More ppl should know Moulton literally only challenged Markey bc he was scared he was going to lose in MA-6 bc ppl revolted against his transphobia
Beth deserves big ups for driving him into the statewide race
August 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
More ppl should know Moulton literally only challenged Markey bc he was scared he was going to lose in MA-6 bc ppl revolted against his transphobia
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We're deep into Mad King territory here and yet there will still be people on the Sunday shows today pretending that the president isn't a mentally deranged despot
“Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for ‘rebuke or punishment’, after he said she reported the Republican President had mixed results in his endorsement of candidates.”
I remember when this would be unthinkable
I remember when this would be unthinkable
Trump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC reut.rs/4gCgWsK
August 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
We're deep into Mad King territory here and yet there will still be people on the Sunday shows today pretending that the president isn't a mentally deranged despot
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"Pflugerville said over 400 agencies had accessed its Flock system, while only 83 had authorization."
August 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
"Pflugerville said over 400 agencies had accessed its Flock system, while only 83 had authorization."
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I wrote this in 2023, but it’s just as accurate today, maybe even more so.
This crowd isn’t hard to understand once you accept that they really do believe their own bullshit, even though to someone more connected to factual reality it sounds insane.
This crowd isn’t hard to understand once you accept that they really do believe their own bullshit, even though to someone more connected to factual reality it sounds insane.
The New Right's Theory of Power is Insane
It is simply not true that radical leftists took over all major institutions and use them to crush the right, and mainstream figures should stop being afraid to say so
www.arcdigital.media
August 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I wrote this in 2023, but it’s just as accurate today, maybe even more so.
This crowd isn’t hard to understand once you accept that they really do believe their own bullshit, even though to someone more connected to factual reality it sounds insane.
This crowd isn’t hard to understand once you accept that they really do believe their own bullshit, even though to someone more connected to factual reality it sounds insane.
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Industrialized sports gambling is evil and all of these sports leagues that have bought into it have a hell of a lot to answer for.
this report on gambling addiction among college students is brought to you by Draft Kings!
www.espn.com/sports-betti...
www.espn.com/sports-betti...
'We are broken': One family's fight against gambling addiction
For Amit, it all started with a college poker game. Now he's in recovery from a gambling addiction that consumed him and his parents.
www.espn.com
August 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Industrialized sports gambling is evil and all of these sports leagues that have bought into it have a hell of a lot to answer for.
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Okay I know the world is a bit scary these days and we have a lot of nervous energy with nowhere for it to go, but some of y'all need to log the fuck off.
August 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Okay I know the world is a bit scary these days and we have a lot of nervous energy with nowhere for it to go, but some of y'all need to log the fuck off.
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Fascism is pushed by, and seeks to create, weak and stupid men
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
www.stripes.com
August 26, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Fascism is pushed by, and seeks to create, weak and stupid men
When you hate women and particularly hate Black women it's the next logical step.
So I'm guessing there was one of those famous GOP memos that went out where they decided it was time to just straight-up declare war on the WNBA.
All the other bullshit going on with this country right now and yet they are laser-focused on women's pro basketball.
All the other bullshit going on with this country right now and yet they are laser-focused on women's pro basketball.
U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) claims the WNBA is "trying not to offend some of their players who ... [are] trying to live a male lifestyle":
"They protect the lesbian structure that's inside the WNBA with a male quote-unquote female relationship that are two women."
"They protect the lesbian structure that's inside the WNBA with a male quote-unquote female relationship that are two women."
August 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
When you hate women and particularly hate Black women it's the next logical step.
i think this hot dog might kill me but I'd die happy
We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Dolly Parton—a true hero to our team for her spirit and work with the Imagination Library. 🕊️✨
This Sat & Sun, $2 from every Dolly Dog (sausage gravy, bacon, maple bourbon drizzle) sold goes to the STL County Library! 📚❤️ (Dine-in/app only)
This Sat & Sun, $2 from every Dolly Dog (sausage gravy, bacon, maple bourbon drizzle) sold goes to the STL County Library! 📚❤️ (Dine-in/app only)
August 26, 2026 at 2:54 AM
i think this hot dog might kill me but I'd die happy
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Canadian Dolly Parton Fact
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has benefited hundreds of communities across Canada, delivering over 5 million free books. Key Canadian communities covered are First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Communities. Over 52% of all books that are mailed go to indigenous children👍❤️
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has benefited hundreds of communities across Canada, delivering over 5 million free books. Key Canadian communities covered are First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Communities. Over 52% of all books that are mailed go to indigenous children👍❤️
August 26, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Canadian Dolly Parton Fact
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has benefited hundreds of communities across Canada, delivering over 5 million free books. Key Canadian communities covered are First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Communities. Over 52% of all books that are mailed go to indigenous children👍❤️
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has benefited hundreds of communities across Canada, delivering over 5 million free books. Key Canadian communities covered are First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Communities. Over 52% of all books that are mailed go to indigenous children👍❤️