Lisa Schmeiser
@lschmeiser.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, No Jitter; podcast @ The Incomparable; writer of an intermittent Substack (lschmeiser.substack.com); parent/partner/community volunteer/aspiring long distance swimmer.
Future generations in functional countries with robust scholarly apparatuses are going to be learning about the ham-handed government propaganda this administration deployed and how little consequence there was.
We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Future generations in functional countries with robust scholarly apparatuses are going to be learning about the ham-handed government propaganda this administration deployed and how little consequence there was.
Reposted by Lisa Schmeiser
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has still not said anything publicly about federal agents raiding the home of one of his reporters last week.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
January 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has still not said anything publicly about federal agents raiding the home of one of his reporters last week.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
Our CSA just apprised me of the existence of the "sundowner apple," and honestly, it's an early candidate for "fruit variety that best describes the U.S. in 2026."
January 22, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Our CSA just apprised me of the existence of the "sundowner apple," and honestly, it's an early candidate for "fruit variety that best describes the U.S. in 2026."
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The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Putting together a go bag doesn't have to be daunting or expensive. Here's how to create a functional kit that doesn't require much money, time or effort.
Cheap and easy ways to stock your emergency go bag
Putting together a go bag doesn't have to be daunting or expensive. Here's how to create a functional kit that doesn't require much money, time or effort.
n.pr
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Putting together a go bag doesn't have to be daunting or expensive. Here's how to create a functional kit that doesn't require much money, time or effort.
Reposted by Lisa Schmeiser
Ruth Carter's episode on Netflix's Abstract: The Art of Design is a wonderful use of your viewing time. Go watch it today in honor of her fifth Oscar nomination: www.netflix.com/title/80057883
Watch Abstract: The Art of Design | Netflix Official Site
Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life.
www.netflix.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Ruth Carter's episode on Netflix's Abstract: The Art of Design is a wonderful use of your viewing time. Go watch it today in honor of her fifth Oscar nomination: www.netflix.com/title/80057883
How can any World Cup team send their players to our nation in good conscience? Why should any Olympic team?
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 AM
How can any World Cup team send their players to our nation in good conscience? Why should any Olympic team?
It will surprise absolutely nobody that the United States is the only United Nations member state to refuse to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Here are all the rights of children our nation refuses to recognize: www.unicef.org.au/convention-r...
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 AM
It will surprise absolutely nobody that the United States is the only United Nations member state to refuse to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Here are all the rights of children our nation refuses to recognize: www.unicef.org.au/convention-r...
"[The AI revolution] is not a revolution in computing, but a revolution in accepting lower standards."
-- @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, articulating why AI slop and AI "productivity" and everything else hits like it hits:" www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
-- @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, articulating why AI slop and AI "productivity" and everything else hits like it hits:" www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
Generative AI is an expensive edging machine
Read to the end for insider trading and money laundering
www.garbageday.email
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"[The AI revolution] is not a revolution in computing, but a revolution in accepting lower standards."
-- @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, articulating why AI slop and AI "productivity" and everything else hits like it hits:" www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
-- @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, articulating why AI slop and AI "productivity" and everything else hits like it hits:" www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
TIL Clem Fandango is WUTHERING HEIGHTS, so I am now interested in the movie and the remote possibility of cameos from Ray Purchase and Stephen Toast.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
TIL Clem Fandango is WUTHERING HEIGHTS, so I am now interested in the movie and the remote possibility of cameos from Ray Purchase and Stephen Toast.
I always appreciate it when men call out the disparity in how folks will talk to/about women online compared to how men get treated.
Today’s newsletter is about a natural experiment that happened on Bluesky yesterday. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/on-trump-a...
On Trump, Anarchy, and a Natural Experiment
My latest co-authored essay for Foreign Affairs.
danieldrezner.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I always appreciate it when men call out the disparity in how folks will talk to/about women online compared to how men get treated.
I will be teaching an afternoon session at our Girl Scout council's all-day training on Saturday, which requires me to assemble a slide deck, an informational medium I am still trying to master.
Anyway, here's my slide for when I ask participants about their experience level:
Anyway, here's my slide for when I ask participants about their experience level:
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I will be teaching an afternoon session at our Girl Scout council's all-day training on Saturday, which requires me to assemble a slide deck, an informational medium I am still trying to master.
Anyway, here's my slide for when I ask participants about their experience level:
Anyway, here's my slide for when I ask participants about their experience level:
Very interested in the building discourse around "but what does AI do RIGHT?"
Two weeks ago, a WaPo analysis found that "The best-performing AI system successfully completed only 2.5 percent of (freelancing platform) projects": www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Two weeks ago, a WaPo analysis found that "The best-performing AI system successfully completed only 2.5 percent of (freelancing platform) projects": www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Analysis | Can AI do your job? See the results from hundreds of tests.
Comparing how AI systems and humans did on real work assignments shows how close tools such as ChatGPT are to replacing the need for some workers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Very interested in the building discourse around "but what does AI do RIGHT?"
Two weeks ago, a WaPo analysis found that "The best-performing AI system successfully completed only 2.5 percent of (freelancing platform) projects": www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Two weeks ago, a WaPo analysis found that "The best-performing AI system successfully completed only 2.5 percent of (freelancing platform) projects": www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Whoever began framing AI as "burning an acre of rain forest to generate Minions memes," well done on getting the discourse to this point: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Microsoft CEO says AI needs to have a wider impact or else it risks quickly losing ‘social permission’ — also says that the technology should benefit more people to avoid a bubble
Satya Nadella talked about how AI should benefit people and how it can avoid a bubble.
www.tomshardware.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Whoever began framing AI as "burning an acre of rain forest to generate Minions memes," well done on getting the discourse to this point: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
"The people who own these (internet and social media) tools want to keep us from using their inventions in joyful and anarchic ways."
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
List and Shout | Lydia Kiesling
The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.
thebaffler.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
"The people who own these (internet and social media) tools want to keep us from using their inventions in joyful and anarchic ways."
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
One should also note: the gap between how these folks posture online and what they actually commit to policy often goes unexamined because the nitty-gritty of governance isn't as much for reporters to cover as "Twelve Times So-and-So Dunked Online."
There‘s a strong case to make that letting politicians use social media has at best distracted them from their goal of serving their constituents, and at worst given birth to some of the most virulent, maladaptive, racist, bigoted behavior we have witnessed in the past decade
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 AM
One should also note: the gap between how these folks posture online and what they actually commit to policy often goes unexamined because the nitty-gritty of governance isn't as much for reporters to cover as "Twelve Times So-and-So Dunked Online."
Some personal news from our family.
Well, all things come to an end, and so, just shy of 11 years, I am no longer employed by Tom's Guide.
If you're looking for a guy who can mash sentences together real good, feel free to give me a jingle.
If you're looking for a guy who can mash sentences together real good, feel free to give me a jingle.
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Some personal news from our family.
Between this and the news about Mark Zuckerberg winding down the metaverse-related products for the workplace, there's something going on with the relationship of technological products to their intended users.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Between this and the news about Mark Zuckerberg winding down the metaverse-related products for the workplace, there's something going on with the relationship of technological products to their intended users.
A new year, a new article with research explicitly linking childcare costs to American women's decisions on family planning: 19thnews.org/2026/01/high...
The high cost of child care is making mothers rethink having kids
Recent research suggests that the price of child care shapes fertility decisions like whether and when to have children, and how many to have.
19thnews.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A new year, a new article with research explicitly linking childcare costs to American women's decisions on family planning: 19thnews.org/2026/01/high...
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It is only a couple steps removed from executing someone and then making the victim’s family pay for the cost of the bullet and manhours
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
January 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It is only a couple steps removed from executing someone and then making the victim’s family pay for the cost of the bullet and manhours
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“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
Tonight's act of self care: Buying a drawer organizer thingy and rendering order unto the chaos in the office's sideboard. It's the little things.
January 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Tonight's act of self care: Buying a drawer organizer thingy and rendering order unto the chaos in the office's sideboard. It's the little things.
The savage pleasure I am taking in deleting all the Democratic political fundraising texts cannot be overstated.
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The savage pleasure I am taking in deleting all the Democratic political fundraising texts cannot be overstated.