CraftingChange
@craftingchange.bsky.social
Swamp-monster-chaser, witch, n3rd, rabble rouser, woman with frayed nerves (literally and figuratively). Pronouns: she/hers
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Disabled people, like anyone else, may not want to be filmed by strangers in their day-to-day lives—and are uniquely affected by surveillance in ways that predate smart glasses.
Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
www.motherjones.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Disabled people, like anyone else, may not want to be filmed by strangers in their day-to-day lives—and are uniquely affected by surveillance in ways that predate smart glasses.
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Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
gizmodo.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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Do you know how it felt to open a writing app that claimed to analyze your writing for optimization and discover that my books were inside its system? I had never spoken to these people. they hadn't asked for a license or permission or *anything.* and that all the big AI companies had done it too?
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Do you know how it felt to open a writing app that claimed to analyze your writing for optimization and discover that my books were inside its system? I had never spoken to these people. they hadn't asked for a license or permission or *anything.* and that all the big AI companies had done it too?
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I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us.
September 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us.
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Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
August 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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I was a lifelong liberal Democrat AI executive, and favor Universal Basic Income as a way to cushion the disruption AI will cause to the labor markets. Then I learned about Social Security.
The “head of strategic futures” at OpenAI just went on an unhinged rant against social security
sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible
sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible
August 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I was a lifelong liberal Democrat AI executive, and favor Universal Basic Income as a way to cushion the disruption AI will cause to the labor markets. Then I learned about Social Security.
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every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
August 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan.
graham is not going to like the observer review.
graham is not going to like the observer review.
August 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan.
graham is not going to like the observer review.
graham is not going to like the observer review.
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As the government coats California’s forests in the controversial herbicide glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, an elder of the Maidu tribe can’t go out into the backcountry she grew up in without fearing: “Are we gathering something that’s got poison on it?”
Native American leaders denounce record glyphosate spraying on national forests
“It's kind of like killing our tribe again.”
www.motherjones.com
August 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
As the government coats California’s forests in the controversial herbicide glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, an elder of the Maidu tribe can’t go out into the backcountry she grew up in without fearing: “Are we gathering something that’s got poison on it?”
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New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers. www.wired.com/story/ai-cou...
AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions
New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.
www.wired.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent—vastly outpacing the impact of data centers. www.wired.com/story/ai-cou...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this… but all those art supplies sitting unused in your totes? They’re made to be used. Fuck them up. Get them dirty. Use the markers til the ink is dry. Use all the super glue. Paint til your paint is gone.
MAKE. ART.
The world needs it now more than ever.
#art
MAKE. ART.
The world needs it now more than ever.
#art
August 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this… but all those art supplies sitting unused in your totes? They’re made to be used. Fuck them up. Get them dirty. Use the markers til the ink is dry. Use all the super glue. Paint til your paint is gone.
MAKE. ART.
The world needs it now more than ever.
#art
MAKE. ART.
The world needs it now more than ever.
#art
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It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
August 3, 2026 at 12:52 AM
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
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Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy
August 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy
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I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.
July 29, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.
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Not all heroes wear capes.
Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead.
Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward.
What you did was so, so important.
Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead.
Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward.
What you did was so, so important.
Founding member of Guerrilla Girls reveals her identity
One of the founding members of feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls has revealed herself to be American painter and sculptor Joyce Kozloff.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
July 26, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead.
Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward.
What you did was so, so important.
Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead.
Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward.
What you did was so, so important.
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MULDER [slapping down plane tix]: Hope you packed your rain coat, Scully.
SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what-
MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big
SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here?
MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY
SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what-
MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big
SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here?
MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY
July 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM
MULDER [slapping down plane tix]: Hope you packed your rain coat, Scully.
SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what-
MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big
SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here?
MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY
SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what-
MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big
SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here?
MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY
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I did a bit of very minor digging and Taylor Farms also sells under the brands Earthbound Farm and Eat Smart. In addition to Taco Bell they also supply to Chipotle, McDonald's, Olive Garden, and Red Lobster.
Are these compromised? Who fucking knows 🤷🏻♀️ but better safe than sorry.
Are these compromised? Who fucking knows 🤷🏻♀️ but better safe than sorry.
Props to consumer reports for their journalism here.
Since Taylor foods and the FDA are not disclosing where all the lettuce went they’re doing a great job trying to figure out the details.
For now they’re recommending everyone trash all their iceberg.
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
Since Taylor foods and the FDA are not disclosing where all the lettuce went they’re doing a great job trying to figure out the details.
For now they’re recommending everyone trash all their iceberg.
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
July 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I did a bit of very minor digging and Taylor Farms also sells under the brands Earthbound Farm and Eat Smart. In addition to Taco Bell they also supply to Chipotle, McDonald's, Olive Garden, and Red Lobster.
Are these compromised? Who fucking knows 🤷🏻♀️ but better safe than sorry.
Are these compromised? Who fucking knows 🤷🏻♀️ but better safe than sorry.
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Jennifer Finch forever, L7 forever. 💔
July 19, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Jennifer Finch forever, L7 forever. 💔
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The way to stop the "don't speak ill of the dead" discourse on Bluesky is to stop reporting on people on other sites and news networks that are scolding people for it.
I sincerely doubt it's being said HERE. Merely "reported on" here. Which is completely unnecessary, y'know? Block 'em if they are.
I sincerely doubt it's being said HERE. Merely "reported on" here. Which is completely unnecessary, y'know? Block 'em if they are.
July 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The way to stop the "don't speak ill of the dead" discourse on Bluesky is to stop reporting on people on other sites and news networks that are scolding people for it.
I sincerely doubt it's being said HERE. Merely "reported on" here. Which is completely unnecessary, y'know? Block 'em if they are.
I sincerely doubt it's being said HERE. Merely "reported on" here. Which is completely unnecessary, y'know? Block 'em if they are.
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"Rape exceptionalism" means that society revels in detailed stories of sexual violence because we imagine that those who commit sexual violence are "monsters" and the victims are forever "ruined." And it means that people ignore how regular folks commit sexual violence and are victims of it, too.
July 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"Rape exceptionalism" means that society revels in detailed stories of sexual violence because we imagine that those who commit sexual violence are "monsters" and the victims are forever "ruined." And it means that people ignore how regular folks commit sexual violence and are victims of it, too.
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Everyone is always looking for the "for real" abusers, the Epstein class, etc. Abusers must be demonic and evil, not regular people. And they want "for real" victims, people whose lives are fully determined by their assault and who somehow don't have other motivations. (or they can be dead)
July 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Everyone is always looking for the "for real" abusers, the Epstein class, etc. Abusers must be demonic and evil, not regular people. And they want "for real" victims, people whose lives are fully determined by their assault and who somehow don't have other motivations. (or they can be dead)
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there comes a time in every leftist's life when he must choose which he hates more: capitalism, or women
June 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
there comes a time in every leftist's life when he must choose which he hates more: capitalism, or women
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Just in: America’s Independence Day Parade in DC has been CANCELED, per the National Park Service.
It was set to step off tomorrow, July 4, at 10:30am along the National Mall.
It was set to step off tomorrow, July 4, at 10:30am along the National Mall.
July 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Just in: America’s Independence Day Parade in DC has been CANCELED, per the National Park Service.
It was set to step off tomorrow, July 4, at 10:30am along the National Mall.
It was set to step off tomorrow, July 4, at 10:30am along the National Mall.
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The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios
June 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios