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a woman of conviction and contradiction 💫
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It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting.
Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
October 8, 2026 at 12:59 PM
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting.
Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
October 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors.
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
October 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors.
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
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This piece from @soraya.press gave me a lot to think about. (Still sort of processing)
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
33. A Long Read About Living in a World Where Men Publicly Bond over Women’s Humiliation and Pain
From the Burnerverse to Cornell to Clavicular, our society is all too happy to shift the cost and burden of sexual violence and male onto victims to protect men
sorayachemaly.substack.com
October 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This piece from @soraya.press gave me a lot to think about. (Still sort of processing)
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
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New just now in The Atlantic:
David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches.
He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.”
You can read his essay here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches.
He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.”
You can read his essay here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety guarantees more failures.
www.theatlantic.com
October 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
New just now in The Atlantic:
David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches.
He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.”
You can read his essay here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches.
He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.”
You can read his essay here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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this matters
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:24 PM
this matters
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In a small kidney cancer trial, nine people received an experimental vaccine tailored to their own tumors. None experienced a recurrence during a median follow-up of roughly three years and four months after surgery.
www.sciencealert.com/nine-patient...
www.sciencealert.com/nine-patient...
Nine Patients Received a Personalized Kidney Cancer Vaccine. None Had a Recurrence.
How do you teach the immune system to recognize a cancer cell? Researchers are taking clues from the tumor itself, selecting unusual protein fragments and putting them into a vaccine.
www.sciencealert.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:43 AM
In a small kidney cancer trial, nine people received an experimental vaccine tailored to their own tumors. None experienced a recurrence during a median follow-up of roughly three years and four months after surgery.
www.sciencealert.com/nine-patient...
www.sciencealert.com/nine-patient...
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This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
www.nbcnews.com
September 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Local, state public health officials overwhelmingly faced serious backlash during pandemic, report reveals www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt... via @missmeghanmack.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social
Local, state public health officials overwhelmingly faced serious backlash during pandemic, report reveals
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Local, state public health officials overwhelmingly faced serious backlash during pandemic, report reveals www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt... via @missmeghanmack.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social
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Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts.
Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad.
The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad.
The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
September 25, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts.
Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad.
The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad.
The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
www.lemonde.fr
September 25, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars.
September 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars.
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AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems:
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
September 24, 2026 at 12:30 AM
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems:
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply.
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
www.texastribune.org
September 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply.
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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They were denied opportunities because men can “handle the pressure better.” Another popular trope is the man who only seems to hear a good idea when another man says it. www.wired.com/story/women-...
We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
www.wired.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
They were denied opportunities because men can “handle the pressure better.” Another popular trope is the man who only seems to hear a good idea when another man says it. www.wired.com/story/women-...
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It's the last day to comment on the Department of Education's proposed accreditation changes (until 11:59).
This is a continuation of the administration's attempts to exert political control over univerities. Please take a minute to comment. The @alliancehighered.bsky.social has templates here:
This is a continuation of the administration's attempts to exert political control over univerities. Please take a minute to comment. The @alliancehighered.bsky.social has templates here:
Public Comment Regarding the Education Department's Proposed Rules for Accreditation
allianceforhighered.org
September 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
It's the last day to comment on the Department of Education's proposed accreditation changes (until 11:59).
This is a continuation of the administration's attempts to exert political control over univerities. Please take a minute to comment. The @alliancehighered.bsky.social has templates here:
This is a continuation of the administration's attempts to exert political control over univerities. Please take a minute to comment. The @alliancehighered.bsky.social has templates here:
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ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport.
She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury.
It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players.
They have failed.
She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury.
It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players.
They have failed.
September 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport.
She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury.
It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players.
They have failed.
She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury.
It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players.
They have failed.
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I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence
Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100!
We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100!
We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
A cancer vaccine succeeded in a clinical trial in preventing the recurrence of melanoma, a result experts say is a breakthrough for mRNA-based treatments.
Trials for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases' vaccines are also underway.
Trials for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases' vaccines are also underway.
A melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?
Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence
Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100!
We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100!
We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
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When I first introduced my bill to ban stock trading in Congress 5 years ago, only a handful joined us.
Since then, we’ve built a movement of bipartisan reformers committed to ending the corruption once and for all.
The time is now Speaker Johnson.
Put the bill on the floor.
Since then, we’ve built a movement of bipartisan reformers committed to ending the corruption once and for all.
The time is now Speaker Johnson.
Put the bill on the floor.
December 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When I first introduced my bill to ban stock trading in Congress 5 years ago, only a handful joined us.
Since then, we’ve built a movement of bipartisan reformers committed to ending the corruption once and for all.
The time is now Speaker Johnson.
Put the bill on the floor.
Since then, we’ve built a movement of bipartisan reformers committed to ending the corruption once and for all.
The time is now Speaker Johnson.
Put the bill on the floor.
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Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.”
Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.”
Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com