There's a thing the psychologists named Pathological Demand Avoidance which is basically the more ppl tell you to do something the harder it becomes to do it. But there are a lot of situations in which demand avoidance is a strength, and resisting authoritarianism is one of them.

“I don’t want it, I don’t want the ai”

Posted a new essay and it includes my bomb-ass sign from nyc no kings plus a hilarious story about how I went feral at a friend dot ai promotional event I stumbled into by accident the other day. AND MORE! www.amywriteswords.com/p/i-do-not-h...

appreciating how this cluster of bad actors—“official Nazis, the Nazi-adjacent and people who just think that Nazi iconography is tough”—was so directly, cuttingly summed up by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)

I see it’s time to remind people about jury nullfication. I can’t remind you when you’re actually on a jury, so take note!

Got quoted in the local paper for speaking out against Flock, a creepy surveillance company that wants to eliminate crime by... doing crime. But of course, corporate crime isn't what those guys mean when they talk about crime. They don't mean eliminate privacy violations or wage theft...

Yes, obviously people who are forced to wear AR surveillance glasses by their employers are not unfuckable losers for wearing them; but guess what Jeff Bezos is for making them do that? Yep, you got it, he's an unfuckable loser.

Otd in 2012 Savita Halappanavar died after being refused a life-saving abortion in Ireland. Her death led to huge demonstrations and helped put Ireland on the road to legalisation of abortion in a referendum in 2018. This is the story of that movement: isj.org.uk/irelands-abo...

Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky. “It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman

In MA, folks enrolled in SNAP who have active EBT cards with at least a $1 balance will still be able to access fresh produce with their cards through the Healthy Incentives Program. That funding doesn't go away Nov. 1, when SNAP does. www.mass.gov/info-details...

Massachusetts friends: spread the world around!

Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.

As a part -time bog witch, it is my solemn duty to join the bog.

That's how you lead with integrity.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Frame: food stamps are used by undeserving / Black people Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat

Just gave a chunk of cash to Food for Free, a local food bank that is sort of complementary with the Greater Boston Food Bank, working especially on food rescue, fresh produce, and improving access for students and seniors. They’re a good one if you’re looking for someplace to donate.

people who wear meta raybans are unfuckable losers, it’s that simple. If you wear an ai companion, also an unfuckable loser. I don’t make the rules. Take the bad tech off and you at least have a shot at being a fuckable winner.

As a reminder, people who wear Meta Raybans are unfuckable losers who should be shunned.

As a reminder, people who wear Meta RayBans are unfuckable losers who should be shunned.

being a writer is so embarrassing. like, "here's what my brain sounds like. hope exposure to this bullshit I soak in all the time changes your fucking life"

when trans people take hormones: dangerous, a trend, probably trying to molest children? when soccer moms take hormones: this woman has literally become a six-armed god. you go girl!

I remember one ep in Orange is the New Black where the Nazi gang forcibly gives the main character a swastika brand and she runs immediately to get branded again to turn it into a 4-panes window, bc she can’t walk around with a Nazi tattoo

“doesn’t have nazi tattoos” is actually an even lower bar than it appears at face value when you realize that most artists (correctly) won’t even *do* nazi tattoos, so you kind of have to go out of your way to find someone willing if you decide you want one.

i understand how it sounds ridiculous to say a car is LESS free, but wherever you go in your car, you are constantly accountable for this thing that could bankrupt you if something went wrong. the anxiety of driving past a speed trap is fucking unreal. the fear of getting pulled over can be intense.

There are many reasons why I won't vote for Seth Moulton, but simply not being able to say something like "Trans rights are human rights" is immediately disqualifying for someone who wants to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.

Still thinking about "Unmanned Drone" by Kara Walker, made out of a decommissioned statue of Stonewall Jackson. Going to be thinking about it for years. My god.

1. Yesterday, millions showed up to the No Kings Rally. Perhaps no one Rally was as full of subtext as Boston's, however. Senator Markey showed up wearing a trans pride flag. His challenger, anti-trans Dem Rep. Seth Moulton showed up to boos and jeers. Subscribe to support our journalism.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Representing the enraged yet smiling middle-aged woman contingent at #nokings nyc.

“People [in tech jobs] worry that not being seen as uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move…for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI”

Refusal sometimes works: New PT office sent some paperwork, which tried to railroad me into consenting to their AI scribe. I called and said I couldn't fill out the paperwork, bc I had to decline, would not use PT office if forced to consent to scribe. Office added back a "do not consent" option.

“On November 4th, we can build a city where every child can afford to stay, where every worker can thrive, and where government serves the people — not the powerful.” - Rep. Nydia Velázquez

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Dearest Mother, ICE forces took another microbrewery last night, leaving only 879 under our control within city limits. But our beard oil deliveries remain constant, the one bright spot in this dark war. The public pianos have gone silent. But Vegan Company remains resolute. #WarRavagedPortland

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

me: Oh my God, I am tired of the robot talk. brain: You can turn off the phone. me: Explain. brain: The screen on your phone projects the images which convey the text that distresses you.

My best analogy for the text produced by LLMs such as ChatGPT is that, like those potato chips made with Olestra, your first taste of it seems plausible, but you can't actually digest the stuff so it just slides right through your body and out the other end. Bullshit in, bullshit out.

Is it wrong for your kid to play with a "racist pile of linear algebra" (h/t @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social ) that's deployed by Big Tech companies whose primary desire is to scale scale scale through evermore exploitation and extraction?

Just to keep banging my drum: I think the Trump administration using every possible government website to blame the shutdown on the Democrats is a sign they’re really nervous that this is going to blow up in their faces. It’s once again a show of weakness, not strength.

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

Of all the things that I don't need in my life this is close to the top of the list

🌴✨California To The Rescue, BABY! As of last Friday, doctors in the Golden State can now prescribe and mail abortion pills without their names and information being put on blast – they can go full on anon! THAT’S NOT ALL! buff.ly/0ZPsfY7

There is one tried and true way ordinary Americans can stop Trump’s political prosecutions: Jury Nullification. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues. For example: Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $ Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $ Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy