four loko killed ZERO PEOPLE and they banned it, but ChatGPT is out here killing people who just want help with school and they get billions of dollars

I think that some of you are mostly venting. And I get it. But venting is not organizing. And I'm sorry but I don't think people know how to get 10s of millions of people to do anything besides voting in this country.

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“According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, from civil rights to Black Lives Matter, mass movement has shaped the arc of American history.” @justprotest.bsky.social

Greg Rylsky said he was one of many residents of affected properties who was hopeful that Bill 9 would reclaim their neighborhood for local residents. “There are residents in these properties that saw Bill 9 as an opportunity to regain their life,” he said. 👀 www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/coun...

“As a kid, I grew up in a hostile home environment filled with dysfunction and abuse,” he said. “Someone gave my mom a bike to give to me, and when I received it, everything changed.” www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/gift...

What is the best song of the year and why is it LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii 💘

"Former and current employees describe a loss of institutional knowledge, longer resolution times for complex cases, and an increased burden on remaining staff...human agents were required to correct AI-generated responses, eroding the productivity gains the layoffs were meant to deliver."

Who could have predicted this?

Or you might call them "camps" where people are to be "concentrated" until they are deported. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Depp/Heard case was HUGE for this

“Anatomy of an AI Coup” was the most read story in @techpolicypress.bsky.social this year, and I’m excited to have three in the top thirty, among such great writing and coverage. Was a real delight to be a 2025 writing fellow. www.techpolicy.press/top-30-most-...

Don’t be…. what was that motto they had that one once?

“Leaving behind over 3 million followers” is a crazy thing to write lol

Intriguing look into Cubans in Miami and their relationship with Trump.

So once upon a time, I got savaged on Twitter for saying that all a man in the games industry had to do to end a woman’s employment at the same company was sexually harass her. As soon as it happened, the timer began counting down. (Thread)

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I'll be doing a talk at the Oakland Public Library next month, chatting with librarian Ian Hetzner about the state of local journalism, what it's like covering the city these days, and lots more. Come through and join the discussion. oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/69278...

Also, the impermanence of the digital really bothers me. Sure, paper burns and libraries and archives are susceptible to fire, water, and neglect. BUT so much of the early Internet is gone and we're supposed to just ignore that. We must continue to use analog communication alongside digital.

It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months. It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.

"Rodriguez has heard of multiple scams in recent months, including one where scammers impersonated his own organization, promising legal services to asylum seekers and then taking their money before disappearing." www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/19/f...

do we remember when the UK asked its citizens to delete old photos and emails to save water during a drought? datacenters are hungry beasts

support independent media. idk what else to say right now.

All ten parts of our series attempting to put our arms around the ramifications of various cuts and disruptions to the scientific enterprise this year are live, and you can read them here: www.statnews.com/american-sci...

@19thnews.org is hiring two editors!! We're looking for folks who live and breathe for finding distinct angles, shaping stories and editing across platforms. I want to see a creative mind amid rigorous standards — someone who wants to grow *with* us. 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...

It's so sad to know how many mid-career+ journalists who have been laid off and/or burned out are going to leave the industry because of how bad everything has become, not return, and journalism will suffer from that level of experience, skills and perspective walking out the door forever.

lifting this up. everything aside, "this story is old/the public already knows" is often used to kill pitches or stories when, in truth, the public *doesn't actually* know. one or two stories in an elite paper does not a public consciousness make. it's a constant winnowing of collective knowledge.

Oakland... in Kansas?? The scam of AI gotta be the biggest climate crime mankind ever devised

For years now, moderates have decried the division of identity politics of Democrats, ignoring of course that the Republican Party was defined by identity politics itself — the identity of whiteness. Now that it’s explicit the inability to call it out and to cover it aptly is starkly disappointing.

suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research: they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.

Bloomberg Analysis: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access." GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it

Someone give @danahull.bsky.social a medal already! Everyone should be grateful for this reporting. My dad worked for Ford during the Pinto recall. It's been crazy making to witness similarly horrific Tesla deaths happen again and again all these years later. Thank you for your investigations!

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“The single biggest difference between this version of the Trump administration and the last one is the shift from the border to the interior of the country.” @sarahpierce.bsky.social details how the administration’s anti-immigrant agenda has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country.

I originally wrote this piece for Bitch Media in 2017. Given *looks around* everything happening with GLP-1s and the re-rise of diet culture, I updated the story to reflect on our current moment. There is also no paywall on our Bitch reprints, so get into it ⬇️

I wrote about the never-ending reign of "All I Want for Christmas Is You", everyone's desire to make the next holiday classic, and how nostalgia prevents us for opening up to new Christmas songs for @time.com time.com/7341203/chri...

Tuneyards working with Magik Magik Orchestra to finish the score for I Love Boosters. In theaters May 22nd.

Border Patrol’s “goal is to work quickly, before the protesters show up and start blowing whistles and honking horns to alert potential targets to hide inside. Border Patrol might spend hours waiting to detain an immigrant, only to be thwarted by a united neighborhood effort.”

You don't really believe these are "just for immigrants", do you? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

America's technofascist secret police being thwarted by ancient inventions like whistles and horns is the energy we need to bring into 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This machine kills fascists

Makes me proud every time! Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!

“Just when you thought you heard it all, AI systems designed to spot cancer have startled researchers with a baked-in penchant for racism.”

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

This is a great clip. Say no to the future they want. But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.

I guess I should link to my little piece of writing about aunties that one might encounter at the YMCA

What a decade this year has been.