annamm
@anmle.bsky.social
Hungarian, but not a fan. Dutch by residence. American by marriage.
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This seems relevant here. bsky.app/profile/seth...
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This seems relevant here. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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“These layoffs are basically theatre. They want potential customers to think AWS’s AI services are so amazing that they'll be able to cut costs by laying off workers too. And they want workers to think we’re replaceable, so that we’ll work crazy hours."
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“These layoffs are basically theatre. They want potential customers to think AWS’s AI services are so amazing that they'll be able to cut costs by laying off workers too. And they want workers to think we’re replaceable, so that we’ll work crazy hours."
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A while back I coined the phrase "ecocide-plagiarism machines" for LLM-based genAI.
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A while back I coined the phrase "ecocide-plagiarism machines" for LLM-based genAI.
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
3/3
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has always been a surreal journey through its own twisted reality.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has always been a surreal journey through its own twisted reality.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
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we have surrounded ourselves by so many machines of so many kinds it's no wonder that we've come to think of ourselves as scientifically rational wealth-optimizing machines, which ultimately makes us reproducible and replaceable, and makes us treat life as a series of functions to be lubricated
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
we have surrounded ourselves by so many machines of so many kinds it's no wonder that we've come to think of ourselves as scientifically rational wealth-optimizing machines, which ultimately makes us reproducible and replaceable, and makes us treat life as a series of functions to be lubricated
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It's not often I can host a panel with reporters in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka simultaneously. My colleagues joined me to discuss covering climate change in South Asia, and they gave excellent insight that I think is crucial for reporters on this beat.
Watch here @mongabay.com :
Watch here @mongabay.com :
How to Cover Climate change in South Asia | Mongabay Webinars
YouTube video by Mongabay
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's not often I can host a panel with reporters in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka simultaneously. My colleagues joined me to discuss covering climate change in South Asia, and they gave excellent insight that I think is crucial for reporters on this beat.
Watch here @mongabay.com :
Watch here @mongabay.com :
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
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If you read one thing today…
Incredible months-long investigation by @lauravilladiego.bsky.social for @desmog.com & @euobserver.com delves deep into the ‘sustainability’ claims of EU’s 1.5 billion euros exports scheme, exposing a string of deeply misleading narratives.
Dive in here 👇
Incredible months-long investigation by @lauravilladiego.bsky.social for @desmog.com & @euobserver.com delves deep into the ‘sustainability’ claims of EU’s 1.5 billion euros exports scheme, exposing a string of deeply misleading narratives.
Dive in here 👇
🔴 NEW 🔴
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the Euro...
www.desmog.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
If you read one thing today…
Incredible months-long investigation by @lauravilladiego.bsky.social for @desmog.com & @euobserver.com delves deep into the ‘sustainability’ claims of EU’s 1.5 billion euros exports scheme, exposing a string of deeply misleading narratives.
Dive in here 👇
Incredible months-long investigation by @lauravilladiego.bsky.social for @desmog.com & @euobserver.com delves deep into the ‘sustainability’ claims of EU’s 1.5 billion euros exports scheme, exposing a string of deeply misleading narratives.
Dive in here 👇
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“Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population”
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 5...
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population”
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
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I repeat, RFK Jr doesn’t have to say “I’m banning vaccines” to effectively ban vaccines. Exhibit umpteen hundred and sixteen (this happened the same day they appointed the anti-vaxxing snake-oil salesman above as deputy CDC head):
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I repeat, RFK Jr doesn’t have to say “I’m banning vaccines” to effectively ban vaccines. Exhibit umpteen hundred and sixteen (this happened the same day they appointed the anti-vaxxing snake-oil salesman above as deputy CDC head):
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Only one (American) generation spanned the years from the dawn of computers to what I think was the peak of technological development in 2014. (It’s been downhill since)
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Only one (American) generation spanned the years from the dawn of computers to what I think was the peak of technological development in 2014. (It’s been downhill since)
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
"Holy heck, I am training a zoomer kid to use a computer at work and it's exactly like training a boomer."
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Holy heck, I am training a zoomer kid to use a computer at work and it's exactly like training a boomer."
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
September 4, 2024 at 4:14 PM
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
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Invasive species cost the U.S. economy an estimated $10 billion annually in damage to crops, forests and ecosystems. Climate change is expanding their range and making them harder to control, yet the federal funding supporting research to combat them has been cut
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From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Invasive species cost the U.S. economy an estimated $10 billion annually in damage to crops, forests and ecosystems. Climate change is expanding their range and making them harder to control, yet the federal funding supporting research to combat them has been cut
buff.ly/vFbelW5
buff.ly/vFbelW5
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Cool that @vitak.bsky.social's and my work on pandemic-fueled workplace surveillance was included in this Register article on the continued rise of bossware.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/b...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/b...
Bossware rises as employers keep closer tabs on remote staff
: A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren't slacking off
www.theregister.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Cool that @vitak.bsky.social's and my work on pandemic-fueled workplace surveillance was included in this Register article on the continued rise of bossware.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/b...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/b...
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Walmart said their “cheaper” Thanksgiving basket proves prices are down. What they didn’t say is that it has fewer items & cheaper substitutes.
Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year and some staples are up nearly 60%!
New report from @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, & @aft.org.
Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year and some staples are up nearly 60%!
New report from @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, & @aft.org.
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Walmart said their “cheaper” Thanksgiving basket proves prices are down. What they didn’t say is that it has fewer items & cheaper substitutes.
Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year and some staples are up nearly 60%!
New report from @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, & @aft.org.
Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year and some staples are up nearly 60%!
New report from @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, & @aft.org.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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Here’s a directory of nonprofit newsrooms; many of which are part of this program right now: you’ll surely find information on that on their donate page.
bsky.app/profile/tani...
bsky.app/profile/tani...
3. Here's a page you should bookmark: It's the directory of nonprofit newsrooms that belong to the Institute for Nonprofit News. You can look for locality covered, including national newsrooms. It's so rich: explore! Find your niche!
findyournews.org/explore/
findyournews.org/explore/
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here’s a directory of nonprofit newsrooms; many of which are part of this program right now: you’ll surely find information on that on their donate page.
bsky.app/profile/tani...
bsky.app/profile/tani...