Julianne Hartzell
@julianneh.bsky.social
IP lawyer, feminist, lover of nature photography
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
apnews.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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latest in a long running series of Republicans discovering that Republican policy preferences are bad when they’re applied to their loved ones
A Republican running for the Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat expressed outrage that a member of his family is facing deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'
www.rawstory.com/paul-lepage-...
MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'
www.rawstory.com/paul-lepage-...
MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'
A Republican running for the Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat expressed outrage that a member of his family is facing deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Paul LePage, t...
www.rawstory.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
latest in a long running series of Republicans discovering that Republican policy preferences are bad when they’re applied to their loved ones
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In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles
In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles
With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2026 at 1:08 AM
In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles
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Can’t they just turn off their own shit?
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
bit.ly
September 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Can’t they just turn off their own shit?
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There have been lots of malevolent Supreme Court justices, but there's not really a precedent for a Supreme Court justice who is as *dumb* as Brett Kavanaugh. A complete rube. Shows his ass every time he tries to write down more than two sentences of original thought.
Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
There have been lots of malevolent Supreme Court justices, but there's not really a precedent for a Supreme Court justice who is as *dumb* as Brett Kavanaugh. A complete rube. Shows his ass every time he tries to write down more than two sentences of original thought.
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um, holy shit? this is terrifying
Colorado's largest hospital is stepping up protections after someone intentionally disrupted its oxygen supply
A spokesman says police have identified a suspect.
www.cpr.org
September 23, 2026 at 12:58 PM
um, holy shit? this is terrifying
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A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.
Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.
www.texastribune.org
September 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.
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Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...
Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees
September 23, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
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Tuesday's Chicagohenge sunset. Great ending to the day in Chicago.
September 23, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Tuesday's Chicagohenge sunset. Great ending to the day in Chicago.
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until we are allowed control of our own bodies, we will never be truly free
I don’t even know what to say anymore jessica.substack.com/p/her-baby-h...
September 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
until we are allowed control of our own bodies, we will never be truly free
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc.
But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
September 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc.
But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
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This is tax money that should be spent on schools and roads and national parks and food inspection and helping people. Instead, it's being spent on a stupid ballroom, a stupid arch, a stupid war, a stupid fight about having Trump's name on everything, stupid TrumpTV, and flying Trump to golf games.
And the fleecing of the American taxpayer continues...
September 22, 2026 at 2:21 AM
This is tax money that should be spent on schools and roads and national parks and food inspection and helping people. Instead, it's being spent on a stupid ballroom, a stupid arch, a stupid war, a stupid fight about having Trump's name on everything, stupid TrumpTV, and flying Trump to golf games.
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The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
![Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreieocoa2jelvyioyspfyjhchhj6lqvjgxf6vm73l4mamvtls72tzmq)
September 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
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The total cost to Chicago taxpayers to defend and settle 16 lawsuits naming Guevara is set to reach at least $206 million on Wednesday, records show.
NEW: As members of the Chicago City Council turned up the pressure on its attorneys to resolve lawsuits tied to disgraced former Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara, city lawyers have agreed to resolve three more suits, federal court records show. @wttw.bsky.social
Under Pressure From City Council, Lawyers Settle 3 More Cases Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective: Records
The total cost to Chicago taxpayers to defend and settle 16 lawsuits naming former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara is set to reach at least $206 million on Wednesday, records show.
news.wttw.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The total cost to Chicago taxpayers to defend and settle 16 lawsuits naming Guevara is set to reach at least $206 million on Wednesday, records show.
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Trump’s America: Government of the corporate polluters, by the corporate polluters, for the corporate polluters.
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Trump’s America: Government of the corporate polluters, by the corporate polluters, for the corporate polluters.
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I love every single person who has ever put up a "how to fix this thing you own" video on youtube. You have saved us with car repairs, saved us from buying a new phone and now from buying a new tv. Generousity and kindness can be found, galore.
September 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I love every single person who has ever put up a "how to fix this thing you own" video on youtube. You have saved us with car repairs, saved us from buying a new phone and now from buying a new tv. Generousity and kindness can be found, galore.
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I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
September 20, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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More than 220 people have lost their lives in these strikes without ever facing a trial. Their families and the American public deserve answers.
Hold Hegseth and all others accountable under the law, which they should have applied to the people whose lives were taken.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Hold Hegseth and all others accountable under the law, which they should have applied to the people whose lives were taken.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
US says it killed four people in strike on vessel in Caribbean reut.rs/4787SYc
US says it killed four people in strike on vessel in Caribbean
The US Military said it killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday, alleging that the vessel was involved in drug trafficking.
reut.rs
September 20, 2026 at 1:25 AM
More than 220 people have lost their lives in these strikes without ever facing a trial. Their families and the American public deserve answers.
Hold Hegseth and all others accountable under the law, which they should have applied to the people whose lives were taken.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Hold Hegseth and all others accountable under the law, which they should have applied to the people whose lives were taken.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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update on today's maritime murders
US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean
US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean
U.S. Southern Command did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs.
dlvr.it
September 20, 2026 at 1:12 AM
update on today's maritime murders
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ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled.
The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
www.propublica.org
September 20, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled.
The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
www.theatlantic.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Ohio teachers, watch this before you cast your vote this fall. I'm voting like my profession depends on it, because it is.
Dr. Acton’s most lethal campaign tactic continues to be Conman’s own words.
Brutal stuff here.
Brutal stuff here.
September 18, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Ohio teachers, watch this before you cast your vote this fall. I'm voting like my profession depends on it, because it is.
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Along with basically everything about our horrible subscription economy. Please let me fucking buy and own things again.
September 18, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Along with basically everything about our horrible subscription economy. Please let me fucking buy and own things again.
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“In terms of child casualties, it’s the deadliest American military targeting error of the 21st century.”
My god
My god
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“In terms of child casualties, it’s the deadliest American military targeting error of the 21st century.”
My god
My god