EpicPseudonym
@epicpseudonym.bsky.social
Anthropology & environment. Ethical fashion enthusiast. Enjoys stories. Makes art. Chaotic good. Chronically stressed. Kentucky. 🖤🦇
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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This thread is keeping track of misinformation circulating about the US' attack on Venezuela. A must read!
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This thread is keeping track of misinformation circulating about the US' attack on Venezuela. A must read!
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Hi! Have you stretched today? Gone outside for a walk? Backed up your phone or computer recently?
I know the news is stressful, but you still deserve time to take care of yourself. Try to focus on the things in your control. One thing at a time.
I know the news is stressful, but you still deserve time to take care of yourself. Try to focus on the things in your control. One thing at a time.
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hi! Have you stretched today? Gone outside for a walk? Backed up your phone or computer recently?
I know the news is stressful, but you still deserve time to take care of yourself. Try to focus on the things in your control. One thing at a time.
I know the news is stressful, but you still deserve time to take care of yourself. Try to focus on the things in your control. One thing at a time.
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there will be a push to recruit young ppl. it will come to ppl whose families have been stamped into poverty beneath the boot heels of billionaires with promises of "a way out." education, travel, money. temptation will come from inside their own schools; make sure they have the tools to resist it.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
there will be a push to recruit young ppl. it will come to ppl whose families have been stamped into poverty beneath the boot heels of billionaires with promises of "a way out." education, travel, money. temptation will come from inside their own schools; make sure they have the tools to resist it.
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from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
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Excellent explainer of the events overnight. Thank you, Charlotte.
"I’m going to walk y’all through why this is very bad, and I’ll attempt to make it as clear as possible to outline the unnecessary risks and complications Trump is now forcing upon our country and the people of Venezuela and international stability."
Trump Invaded a Country While You Were Sleeping
Illegally and immorally.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Excellent explainer of the events overnight. Thank you, Charlotte.
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Safer for people on foot and doesn't impact traffic? This should be done everywhere. If they haven't implemented the Idaho stop, they should also let bikes go on the pedestrian light.
Giving pedestrians a head start on vehicles improves safety, has no effect on traffic, Winnipeg finds
City staff are working to expand pedestrian head starts to locations further from the core.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Safer for people on foot and doesn't impact traffic? This should be done everywhere. If they haven't implemented the Idaho stop, they should also let bikes go on the pedestrian light.
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Some ideas for improving road safety that can be implemented in US cities without modifying infrastructure:
• No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal.
• No turn on red.
• 20 mph speed limit.
• Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists.
Others?
• No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal.
• No turn on red.
• 20 mph speed limit.
• Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists.
Others?
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Some ideas for improving road safety that can be implemented in US cities without modifying infrastructure:
• No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal.
• No turn on red.
• 20 mph speed limit.
• Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists.
Others?
• No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal.
• No turn on red.
• 20 mph speed limit.
• Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists.
Others?
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In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine
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Never trust people who want to “de-politicize,” climate change. This has always been true but especially now. They will try to trick you into thinking they are the adults in the room but they are either disqualifyingly naive or in the pocket of fossil fuel interests.
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Never trust people who want to “de-politicize,” climate change. This has always been true but especially now. They will try to trick you into thinking they are the adults in the room but they are either disqualifyingly naive or in the pocket of fossil fuel interests.
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In 2026, we must stop letting techbros decide what art is and how it should exist.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
In 2026, we must stop letting techbros decide what art is and how it should exist.
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Remember, kids: press play on Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" at exactly 11:56:20 on New Year's Eve to get that iconic drum fill when the ball drops.
December 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Remember, kids: press play on Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" at exactly 11:56:20 on New Year's Eve to get that iconic drum fill when the ball drops.
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The temperature wall cruising east across the US right now makes for some really stunning air temp maps
December 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The temperature wall cruising east across the US right now makes for some really stunning air temp maps
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"Art's too inaccessible it's too hard it's too expensive" skill issue we were scraping by on $2 sketch pads from the supermarket and a pack of Crayola colored pencils. We were getting yelled at by our parents for taking all the printer paper and going through #2 pencils like string cheese.
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Art's too inaccessible it's too hard it's too expensive" skill issue we were scraping by on $2 sketch pads from the supermarket and a pack of Crayola colored pencils. We were getting yelled at by our parents for taking all the printer paper and going through #2 pencils like string cheese.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
It's almost 3am. You do not need analyze meander cutoffs and river borders on maps or memorize the states of Mexico.
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It's almost 3am. You do not need analyze meander cutoffs and river borders on maps or memorize the states of Mexico.
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
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More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
Gaza patients facing death as Israel continues to block medical supplies
More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
www.aljazeera.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
This is like one of those background details in an apocalyptic/dystopian story that occurs when the plot begins.
This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is like one of those background details in an apocalyptic/dystopian story that occurs when the plot begins.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Generative AI is also causing me more work as a college professor, in teaching, research, and admin work.
So far AI is causing me more work.
One of my main responsibilities is to use a database to find certain things. This database used to have humans look at the webpage of a thing and then write a description.
Bad AI descriptions have led to an increase in false positives I need to sift through.
One of my main responsibilities is to use a database to find certain things. This database used to have humans look at the webpage of a thing and then write a description.
Bad AI descriptions have led to an increase in false positives I need to sift through.
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Generative AI is also causing me more work as a college professor, in teaching, research, and admin work.
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and not a penny to the Lakota, who’s story Cameron exploited to create a pseudo-pan-Indigenous alien fantasy that helps no one but his own pocket.
This world’s priorities are all wrong.
This world’s priorities are all wrong.
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So Avatar's James Cameron referred to the Lakota as a "dead-end society" that should have
"fought harder"
"I felt like I was 130 years back in time watching what the Lakota Sioux might have been saying at a point when they were being pushed and they were being killed and they were being asked to displace and they were being given some form of compensation," he said. "This was a driving force for me in the writing of Avatar - I couldn't help but think that if they [the Lakota Sioux] had had a time-window and they could see the future... and they could see their kids committing suicide at the highest suicide rates in the nation... because they were hopeless and they were a dead-end society - which is what is happening now - they would have fought a lot harder."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z3niwkals3quzvig6aztwbd2/bafkreiahua3fctol6m66z2udcau6umj5yiwybca2ikupbrz2xghl5qfnli@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
and not a penny to the Lakota, who’s story Cameron exploited to create a pseudo-pan-Indigenous alien fantasy that helps no one but his own pocket.
This world’s priorities are all wrong.
This world’s priorities are all wrong.
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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