The device had already been on the market for about three years. Until then…reports of seven instances in which the device malfunctioned and another report of a patient injury. Since AI was added…reports of at least 100 malfunctions and adverse events.

So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.

Please don't put out dryer lint for birds to use as nesting material. It's dangerous and can be deadly for chicks. via Kindness for All Beings

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This week, so-called progressive media dudes used their huge platforms to mock people who mask. You know what's actually progressive? Documenting the Long COVID crisis without minimizing or gaslighting. Support the serious independent media we all deserve! Help fund @thesicktimes.org into 2026 😷💸⬇️

As if artists don't have enough to deal with, Amazon has a "Buy For Me" program in beta which is scraping indie shops for their items and putting them up on Amazon (often incorrectly), for their "AI agent" to buy from the other site. It is NOT opt in, and there is no opt out.

A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story: Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole. Randy, his arms down. The Old Man, when the lamp broke. Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.

This whole thread is beautiful.

Phenomenal! I especially loved the notes at the end. ❤️ youtu.be/xh5GUtNa9bI?...

Some holiday safety tips for your pets

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60. Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Everyone’s pets better be getting huge Christmas bonuses this year for the work they’ve been putting in

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

This Giving Tuesday, we're fundraising for the people and pets who need us most ❤️‍🩹 15outof10.org/2026-clinic-...

Today is a good day to make Mychal Threets proud of you. Read a book that brings you joy. Some people read by listening. Some people read by touch. Some people read with their eyeballs. All reading is reading. Remember your meds and have some water!

No matter how big or bad, I have always “pushed through” obstacles w/sheer force of will. Yet, a grocery run now can leave me collapsed in a sweating, shaking heap of anesthesia- grade fatigue & fog. I don’t expect most folks to get it, but occasional acknowledgement that this is hard would be nice.

#WaysToHelp I found a page with a list of book drives for various reservation schools and other needs. You order the book and have it shipped to the school/site. I used my favorite, @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social, but bookshop.org has free shipping today, you could take advantage of that!

A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid. This is huge Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability. You’re told to “try harder”. It’s “not that bad”. You can “still work”. Not everyone can

Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K

I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!

A concussion has left me with major light sensitivity anyway, and driving at night and on rainy days is absolutely excruciating. I really hope this leads to some safer alternatives for everyone.

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🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1

Happy 2nd Gotcha Day to our sweet Maisy. ❤️

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I really, really hate this timeline.

Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities? If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.

My heart wasn’t prepared for this today. 💔

I’ve had debilitating symptoms for over 5 years now. There is no way to articulate just how huge it is that some of these participants regained so much of their lives with an *existing* drug already approved for another condition.

“So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.” - Ray Bradbury

Let’s put this in charge of all the things! What could possibly go wrong? 🙄

Love him! ❤️ This is the best news I’ve seen in nearly a year.

Oh, Jane Goodall. You were such a good'un. We'll struggle to see your like again - but we promise to remember what you tried to teach us about extending curiosity and kindness beyond the selfish, inward-looking needs of our own species.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Just finished I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney. It has some really powerful, poignant themes delivered in a wonderfully-crafted story with hilarious dialogue. I’ll need to process awhile and do a re-read!

Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?” Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’” Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”

Daily life in 2025. #AI #Tech #JustLetMeBe #FFS

“The running is over, it’s time to rest.”

When you unlock your phone in the morning

He shined in every role. 💔

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

Anthropic says a hacker used its Claude chatbot "to an unprecedented degree": Claude identified vulnerable companies, wrote infostealer malware, analyzed stolen files for extortion purposes, calculated extortion amounts, and wrote extortion messages. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Happy Dog Day from Maisy. 🐾

Yuuuup!

I have probably canceled, declined, or postponed other things in order to have that energy to give to you.