M.W.
@mwatson.bsky.social
Don't worry, I'll fill out my profile eventually.
Just looking around, hoping this doesn't turn into another Twitter.
You can also find me at https://mas.to/@mwatson
Just looking around, hoping this doesn't turn into another Twitter.
You can also find me at https://mas.to/@mwatson
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free ICE watch training tomorrow at the broadside, 6pm, presented by chicago indivisible organizers who just lived through this hell we are about to experience. come get prepared and get a whistle kit!
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
free ICE watch training tomorrow at the broadside, 6pm, presented by chicago indivisible organizers who just lived through this hell we are about to experience. come get prepared and get a whistle kit!
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ICE in New Orleans: NOLA Rapid Response hotline is up and running! Report actual sightings to 504-221-1499
#NewOrleans #ICE
#NewOrleans #ICE
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ICE in New Orleans: NOLA Rapid Response hotline is up and running! Report actual sightings to 504-221-1499
#NewOrleans #ICE
#NewOrleans #ICE
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As Trump’s Operation “SS” is set to begin in New Orleans, Mayor Elect Moreno releases know your rights, legal assistance guidance for residents
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
New Orleans Mayor Elect Moreno releases know-your-rights guide amidst Trump’s anti-migrant occupation
New Orleans City Council Vice President and Mayor Elect Helena Moreno Nov. 21 released a two page know-your-rights and legal assistance guide for New Orleans residents as President Donald Trump’s
www.nola.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As Trump’s Operation “SS” is set to begin in New Orleans, Mayor Elect Moreno releases know your rights, legal assistance guidance for residents
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
There's a Doctor Who episode where an alien infiltrates people's minds by first repeating back what that person said, then moving on to speaking at the same time, and then stealing their voice by saying the persons thoughts before them... controlling their voice. This is what GenAI feels like.
Generative AI attempts to predict what you’re going to say before you say it by analyzing stolen work, wastes a shitload of resources, and gets it wrong most of the time. It automatically takes hold of the worst tendencies of human users and replicates that.
My calculator doesn’t tell me to KMS.
My calculator doesn’t tell me to KMS.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There's a Doctor Who episode where an alien infiltrates people's minds by first repeating back what that person said, then moving on to speaking at the same time, and then stealing their voice by saying the persons thoughts before them... controlling their voice. This is what GenAI feels like.
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Greg Bonino's job is to create a fog of violence and lies to create an excuse for the dictator to invoke the Insurrection Act, so people like you and me can be shot.
This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Greg Bonino's job is to create a fog of violence and lies to create an excuse for the dictator to invoke the Insurrection Act, so people like you and me can be shot.
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The Susan Collins of John N. Kennedys.
Cassidy takes notice of the CDC’s anti-vaccine language change
The CDC website now claims that vaccines have not been studied well enough to say definitively whether they cause autism, something that scientists say is not the case.
The CDC website now claims that vaccines have not been studied well enough to say definitively whether they cause autism, something that scientists say is not the case.
Cassidy takes notice of the CDC’s anti-vaccine language change
The CDC website now claims that vaccines have not been studied well enough to say definitively whether they cause autism, something that scientists say is not the case.
veritenews.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Susan Collins of John N. Kennedys.
A reminder this is the guy who is supposed to be coming to New Orleans to lead the operation
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A reminder this is the guy who is supposed to be coming to New Orleans to lead the operation
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In New Orleans Project NOLA has over 5000 cameras spying on the city. Thousands of them track your face and your license plate. There is ZERO oversight or accountability
very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In New Orleans Project NOLA has over 5000 cameras spying on the city. Thousands of them track your face and your license plate. There is ZERO oversight or accountability
The construction alone means people who don't know how to get around the city won't be able to move. I recently had zero legal way to get back to my house because of uncoordinated construction and the only legal way was to go "off road" a torn up road that was completely dirt piles.
Was thinking last night Banks didn't fortify the back of the city during Union occupation because the natural defenses were so strong as I drove to the CBD with Claiborne closed from Franklin to Music, the train crossing St Claude and every street up to Galvez under construction or full of potholes
Gonna really need the Big Easy to be the Small Difficult for these pigs comin into town
Please like let's get some catalytic converters stolen, some power outages. Whoops looks like it's float moving day near HQ. We need New Orleans to go full New Orleans for this
Please like let's get some catalytic converters stolen, some power outages. Whoops looks like it's float moving day near HQ. We need New Orleans to go full New Orleans for this
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The construction alone means people who don't know how to get around the city won't be able to move. I recently had zero legal way to get back to my house because of uncoordinated construction and the only legal way was to go "off road" a torn up road that was completely dirt piles.
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The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
504 whistle kit zines - Google Drive
pdfs of NOLA whistle kit zines
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
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This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
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also sharing this, for those of you who probably won't ever come to a meeting or get on a signal or whats app chat for iNOLA or Unión Migrante. this is from UM and details what you should do if/when you see ICE/CBP activity. for now, until a hotline gets set up, send them a DM on FB or IG.
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
also sharing this, for those of you who probably won't ever come to a meeting or get on a signal or whats app chat for iNOLA or Unión Migrante. this is from UM and details what you should do if/when you see ICE/CBP activity. for now, until a hotline gets set up, send them a DM on FB or IG.
It was a solid book, let's see how the movie goes.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It was a solid book, let's see how the movie goes.
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FYI ICEY conditions coming in soon to New Orleans
This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. www.wwltv.com/mobile/artic...
This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. www.wwltv.com/mobile/artic...
'This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement
About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks.
www.wwltv.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
FYI ICEY conditions coming in soon to New Orleans
This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. www.wwltv.com/mobile/artic...
This is not a normal thing': New Orleans braces for increased immigration enforcement About 200 Border Patrol agents are expected in New Orleans in the coming weeks. www.wwltv.com/mobile/artic...
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dystopian ass weather report
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
dystopian ass weather report
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Hi. Hello.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hi. Hello.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
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This Sunday morning, we'll be continuing our regular routine of serving the houseless community in New Orleans. Join us, bring us your shoes/clothes/blankets, check out our Amazon wishlist, or consider a donation for drinks, snacks, and supplies. #TailgateTogether
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This Sunday morning, we'll be continuing our regular routine of serving the houseless community in New Orleans. Join us, bring us your shoes/clothes/blankets, check out our Amazon wishlist, or consider a donation for drinks, snacks, and supplies. #TailgateTogether
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I just don't think enough people are talking about how the RESOLUTE DESK, one of the most famous and valuable items belonging to the people of the United States, has turned up in Mar-a-Lago.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I just don't think enough people are talking about how the RESOLUTE DESK, one of the most famous and valuable items belonging to the people of the United States, has turned up in Mar-a-Lago.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This shirt also, for no real reason, has the Space Force logo on the arm. It really is just a vanity reminder polo from every angle.
He has his name on his shirt so he can look down and know who he is.
Trump at Mar-a-Lago this weekend without his orange makeup
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This shirt also, for no real reason, has the Space Force logo on the arm. It really is just a vanity reminder polo from every angle.
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So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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NOT CRYING
Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NOT CRYING
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New from 404 Media: logins for Flock, the company behind the nationwide AI-camera network, are included in malware infections. Includes government and police accounts, meaning hackers could potentially break in. Senator Wyden asking FTC to investigate Flock
www.404media.co/flock-logins...
www.404media.co/flock-logins...
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New from 404 Media: logins for Flock, the company behind the nationwide AI-camera network, are included in malware infections. Includes government and police accounts, meaning hackers could potentially break in. Senator Wyden asking FTC to investigate Flock
www.404media.co/flock-logins...
www.404media.co/flock-logins...
This is both understandable for arXiv to do and a big hit to the pre-print world. It may be limited now but I imagine open submission sites are going to just clamp down more and more.
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is both understandable for arXiv to do and a big hit to the pre-print world. It may be limited now but I imagine open submission sites are going to just clamp down more and more.