Michele Sliger
@michelesliger.bsky.social
Absurdist.
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Michele Sliger
@michelesliger.bsky.social
· Sep 19
without downloading new pics where are you mentally
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Palantir’s stock price went up 120% this year.
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Palantir’s stock price went up 120% this year.
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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“I will not let you work right now,
I will not let you, mom-meow”
—the cat not in a cat
I will not let you, mom-meow”
—the cat not in a cat
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“I will not let you work right now,
I will not let you, mom-meow”
—the cat not in a cat
I will not let you, mom-meow”
—the cat not in a cat
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Oh wow. Imagine if Germany & the Allies *hadn’t even been at war.*
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Oh wow. Imagine if Germany & the Allies *hadn’t even been at war.*
Hell yeah read that alt text
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hell yeah read that alt text
Awesome Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference! Also you gotta read the alt text.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Awesome Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference! Also you gotta read the alt text.
And what he didn’t get to was that there’s little advantage to Medicare Advantage because the insurance companies refuse to pay, require and then auto-deny prior authorizations and subsequent appeals. The only hope is to get national media to cover the cruelty—only then will they capitulate.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And what he didn’t get to was that there’s little advantage to Medicare Advantage because the insurance companies refuse to pay, require and then auto-deny prior authorizations and subsequent appeals. The only hope is to get national media to cover the cruelty—only then will they capitulate.
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So someone was talking about a childhood bully experience. I had my share, being #autistic. But due to my weird and impulsive drive to say exactly what I’m thinking, I once gave the best ever response to a bully. I forget hee name, but she and her gang jumped a friend of mine at the fairground—pt 1
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So someone was talking about a childhood bully experience. I had my share, being #autistic. But due to my weird and impulsive drive to say exactly what I’m thinking, I once gave the best ever response to a bully. I forget hee name, but she and her gang jumped a friend of mine at the fairground—pt 1
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This is fab: 🧪
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is fab: 🧪
I had the same issue at a Subaru dealer. The long pause before flat affect responses was the giveaway. When I asked its name it said “Jeff.”😆 At one point I asked it a question it didn’t have an answer for and it put me on hold. Came back 2min later with answer… did it get it from a human? Grr.
My first mild shock encountering AI: my furnace went out on Friday morning and I called three local HVAC companies. All three had an A.I. answer the call, but only two of them disclosed it. The third 100% pretended to be human and was programmed to avoid saying otherwise.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I had the same issue at a Subaru dealer. The long pause before flat affect responses was the giveaway. When I asked its name it said “Jeff.”😆 At one point I asked it a question it didn’t have an answer for and it put me on hold. Came back 2min later with answer… did it get it from a human? Grr.
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"Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It’s the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life’s joy in a mad scramble for power. For identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel."
– Loki
– Loki
On “The Necessary Conversation” podcast, Chad’s Trump supporter parents tell him the military should follow Trump’s illegal orders and kill everyone in LA if Trump commanded it — even with him and his sister in the city😳
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It’s the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life’s joy in a mad scramble for power. For identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel."
– Loki
– Loki
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Maybe another way to think of it is as the "participation line" - the income one needs to fully participate in expected aspects of US life without worrying about plunging into deprivation one way or another
(gift article)
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An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Maybe another way to think of it is as the "participation line" - the income one needs to fully participate in expected aspects of US life without worrying about plunging into deprivation one way or another
(gift article)
wapo.st/3MeOGki
(gift article)
wapo.st/3MeOGki
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A great Sunday read from @veritenews.org and @kffhealthnews.org on a New Orleans nonprofit with a new model for training at-home caregivers:
New Orleans group shows how to care for dying loved ones
Demand for home health care, including at-home hospice care, has skyrocketed since the pandemic. A New Orleans nonprofit is training people how to provide end-of-life care for dying relatives and community members.
veritenews.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A great Sunday read from @veritenews.org and @kffhealthnews.org on a New Orleans nonprofit with a new model for training at-home caregivers:
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"Welcome to what I call the Great Unfuckening—that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough."
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
www.blog.lifebranches.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Welcome to what I call the Great Unfuckening—that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough."
Jesus.
Already, we're seeing students in creative fields who don't distinguish between *thinking* about an idea and *generating a prompt* to ask a machine to think for them, because they had a moment of indecision and wanted an instant solution. They can't see how the generated idea *isn't their own*
November 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Jesus.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
Long thread but absolutely worth the time to read.
Me & my bff used to go for walks back in the 1980s where we’d discuss the declining intellect of Americans… back then we were blaming lead (gas & paint), pollution, malnutrition, absent parents (GenX-ers). Seems like each gen gets worse.
Me & my bff used to go for walks back in the 1980s where we’d discuss the declining intellect of Americans… back then we were blaming lead (gas & paint), pollution, malnutrition, absent parents (GenX-ers). Seems like each gen gets worse.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Long thread but absolutely worth the time to read.
Me & my bff used to go for walks back in the 1980s where we’d discuss the declining intellect of Americans… back then we were blaming lead (gas & paint), pollution, malnutrition, absent parents (GenX-ers). Seems like each gen gets worse.
Me & my bff used to go for walks back in the 1980s where we’d discuss the declining intellect of Americans… back then we were blaming lead (gas & paint), pollution, malnutrition, absent parents (GenX-ers). Seems like each gen gets worse.
When I retired early I thought I’d start a new career as a teacher at a Sudbury or Montessori school, but the stories I heard from the teachers were horrifying… and this amazing thread shows it’s just getting worse😭
It’s worth the time to read it all. These are our future caretakers and leaders.
It’s worth the time to read it all. These are our future caretakers and leaders.
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
When I retired early I thought I’d start a new career as a teacher at a Sudbury or Montessori school, but the stories I heard from the teachers were horrifying… and this amazing thread shows it’s just getting worse😭
It’s worth the time to read it all. These are our future caretakers and leaders.
It’s worth the time to read it all. These are our future caretakers and leaders.
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“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
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Over at Whatever I'm looking at the phenomenon of people living paycheck to paycheck while making $500k a year, how one gets into that position, and some observations from my own (immensely privileged to be clear) point of view.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/28/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/28/p...
Poor Little Rich People
The YouTube video above fascinates me, because it details how people making $500,000 a year — economically fortunate by any sane measure — are still frequently living paycheck to payche…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Over at Whatever I'm looking at the phenomenon of people living paycheck to paycheck while making $500k a year, how one gets into that position, and some observations from my own (immensely privileged to be clear) point of view.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/28/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/28/p...
Folks prioritize social status over living within their means. So glad I found the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) community and learned how to sock it away so I can do what I do now… sit on my butt and enjoy reading. Wish there were more of us. Can be kinda lonely.
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Folks prioritize social status over living within their means. So glad I found the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) community and learned how to sock it away so I can do what I do now… sit on my butt and enjoy reading. Wish there were more of us. Can be kinda lonely.
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Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
Look at this stunning spread! The second pic reminded me of when my dad was still alive. No matter how beautiful the table, nor how amazing the homemade repast was, he always demanded that canned cranberry gel. We were all able to laugh about it thank gawd. Good memories. 💕
Thanksgiving was a hit with the in-laws! Everything hit, everyone went for 2nds, and they especially loved my experiments. Very thrilled with how everything came out. Definitely found some of my lifetime recipes. A complete success.
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Look at this stunning spread! The second pic reminded me of when my dad was still alive. No matter how beautiful the table, nor how amazing the homemade repast was, he always demanded that canned cranberry gel. We were all able to laugh about it thank gawd. Good memories. 💕