“The most pernicious aspect of ChatGPT is how it isolates minds.”

ICE doesn't keep our communities safe.

A lot of people are fighting over whether or not watching a video of someone's death makes you a better activist or person and I would like to gently suggest that what you do in response to the video's existence is what matters, whether you watched it or not.

They get to “fear for their lives” and defend themselves. The public cannot. Police have a monopoly on violence that’s upheld by the legal system and cultural conditioning that convinces us the police are righteous defenders of the public.

Remember: Cops lie. This is not about "a few bad apples". More training will not help. Good cops do not stop bad cops.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

REPORTING CSAM WORKS. Tips submitted to NCMEC’s CyberTipline help law enforcement identify offenders, rescue children, and prevent future abuse. If you see something, report it: http://cybertipline.org

War is not healthy for children and other living things

Please don't sleep on this paper by researchers at the now-shuttered Stanford Internet Observatory. purl.stanford.edu/jv206yg3793 One of its coauthors, David Thiel, offered some expert perspective in the CNBC story I worked on with my colleagues, linked above.

As someone who literally builds and maintains systems that identify, remove, and report CSAM, I am watching the Grok story unfold with horror. Not that anyone in the field is surprised this is where we landed.

My insurance started the Deny, Delay... process with my biologic infusions and they are absolutely not ready to handle the fight I am bringing to them. Bridge therapy is keeping me stable for now but I will not risk my cognitive function to save them a few thousands dollars. I will not stop.

Once again.

I’ve always held that it’s about a model of society we want to establish & maintain. The ableist notion of ‘accommodations have gone too far’ is not even a stone’s throw away from ‘there’s too much diversity’ or that ‘women are the weaker’ whatevs. Disability justice is tied to all forms of justice.

The university has made the recording of my talk available at the link below. In case of interest and you missed it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kML5...

*screams*

im fine with nazi tattoos being disqualifying. im just not really afraid of losing any worthwhile babies with that bathwater

Stop arguing with Will Stancil arguing about protesting and get your ass to the actual protest. It will be a far better use of time and you’ll feel better too

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform? Is it...requesting content moderation?

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

So they just tried to murder her?

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza said late Wednesday that the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory. https://to.pbs.org/4gSmMG3

So you’re saying that a corrupt former president who abused the powers of his office can face charges and be held accountable in court? Tell me more. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Recognition of Palestine by US allies is a necessary and historic affirmation of Palestinian rights. It must urgently be accompanied by concrete steps to stop Israel’s campaigns of forced displacement, starvation and slaughter in Gaza and annexation in the West Bank. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.” Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

I Am Having Trouble With Our Vibes Based Reality

This also counts as political violence.

I suspect you are absolutely correct. Moderation at scale is complicated and pricey.

Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences: www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

This is class solidarity. In case you’re at all confused.

Oh hey, did you know you can join a union if you're in the games industry? Join @videogameworkers.bsky.social here: uvw-cwa.org/membership

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

"law-abiding" is doing some heavy lifting because they're trying to criminalize being queer/trans

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants * www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

As a French raising kids in the US for 13 years, I can tell it's: - maternity leave - subsidized childcare - free public school starting age 3 - school hours and "périscolaire" actually covering working parents hours - actual school lunches - subsidized kids activities It's just easier to raise kids

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Felt like a pie chart was in order. Number of mass shooters since 2018: 4197 % of mass shooters since 2018 that were transgender? 0.095% % of mass shooters that were cisgender: 99.905%

But imagine what we could do with the Trailhead Direct buses outside of the summer season? Lake City / Northgate / Greenwood / Carkeek Park Beacon Hill / Columbia City / Othello / Seward Park Gasworks / Fremont / Ballard Locks / Golden Gardens Westlake / Queen Anne / Discovery Park

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

Congratulations!!!

Liberals, this is your God?

I wonder if @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social knows about my neighbors efforts to upzone Frelard and if she is supportive!

Mayor Brandon of Chicago responds to a question from a reporter if pushing back will make things harder? “Can you imagine if my ancestors would have had the same rationale? Let’s not fight against the Confederacy. Let’s just try to get along, and maybe one day they’ll give us our freedom?”

wild how people want to get rid of autistic trans people and think that the Internet would still work