Paula Wirth
@paulawirth.bsky.social
Creative artist & content/community/tech Swiss army knife, in Oakland, CA. Pro-DEI, libraries, democracy, LGBTQ+, immigrant rights, vaccines, human intelligence.
NO SPAM unless canned.
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Art @theplayfulbrush.bsky.social
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NO SPAM unless canned.
🖋️🎨🐕🐈📚🌈🦄
Art @theplayfulbrush.bsky.social
linktr.ee/paulawirth
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Product marketers are extra thirsty this year. Companies have each sent 2 or more emails or texts already today... let's see how many by tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Product marketers are extra thirsty this year. Companies have each sent 2 or more emails or texts already today... let's see how many by tomorrow.
“The main aim is concentration of power and destruction of all checks against power,” said Daron Acemoglu, Nobel laureate in economics and MIT professor.
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The main aim is concentration of power and destruction of all checks against power,” said Daron Acemoglu, Nobel laureate in economics and MIT professor.
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
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The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Wow, the Safeway in Lafayette, CA is so fancy. And the staff are so nice, especially in the cheese department! Such a difference from the ones in my area of Oakland, where everything is locked up and there are few staff.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wow, the Safeway in Lafayette, CA is so fancy. And the staff are so nice, especially in the cheese department! Such a difference from the ones in my area of Oakland, where everything is locked up and there are few staff.
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
Looking for a reference, say on what an animal actually looks like, without endless slop? Try Slop Evader.
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looking for a reference, say on what an animal actually looks like, without endless slop? Try Slop Evader.
Oh, geez, ageism is alive & well in the job market, as usual. Used to be people used the words "digital native" to code for young, I just saw "social-native creative" on a job post...
Gag me with a spoon -- this Gen X gal who knows the sound of punchcards & the ozone smell of a Cray computer lab.
Gag me with a spoon -- this Gen X gal who knows the sound of punchcards & the ozone smell of a Cray computer lab.
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Oh, geez, ageism is alive & well in the job market, as usual. Used to be people used the words "digital native" to code for young, I just saw "social-native creative" on a job post...
Gag me with a spoon -- this Gen X gal who knows the sound of punchcards & the ozone smell of a Cray computer lab.
Gag me with a spoon -- this Gen X gal who knows the sound of punchcards & the ozone smell of a Cray computer lab.
Hot take: a galette is better than a pie.
Note: if you put a homemade pie in front of me, tho, I will not be reticent…
Note: if you put a homemade pie in front of me, tho, I will not be reticent…
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hot take: a galette is better than a pie.
Note: if you put a homemade pie in front of me, tho, I will not be reticent…
Note: if you put a homemade pie in front of me, tho, I will not be reticent…
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Major Stores Still Selling Recalled Baby Formula Even as Botulism Outbreak Grows truthout.org/articles/maj...
Major Stores Still Selling Recalled Baby Formula Even as Botulism Outbreak Grows
Amazon consumer data shows that ByHeart formula was distributed to more than 20 countries.
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Major Stores Still Selling Recalled Baby Formula Even as Botulism Outbreak Grows truthout.org/articles/maj...
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Newbies! Just saved! Meet them Sat, 11 to 4. Can't #adopt, maybe #foster? Can't foster, maybe #volunteer? Not able to volunteer? How about donating so we can keep saying YES to these darling #dogs!? All 💵 are doubled thanks to a generous donor!
muttville.org 🐾 750 Florida Street in #SanFrancisco
muttville.org 🐾 750 Florida Street in #SanFrancisco
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Newbies! Just saved! Meet them Sat, 11 to 4. Can't #adopt, maybe #foster? Can't foster, maybe #volunteer? Not able to volunteer? How about donating so we can keep saying YES to these darling #dogs!? All 💵 are doubled thanks to a generous donor!
muttville.org 🐾 750 Florida Street in #SanFrancisco
muttville.org 🐾 750 Florida Street in #SanFrancisco
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The US President demanded that this person be killed. Yesterday.
Reckless, filthy perversion of public office is not Conservative. It is not Liberal. It is poison to all Americans.
Reckless, filthy perversion of public office is not Conservative. It is not Liberal. It is poison to all Americans.
From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The US President demanded that this person be killed. Yesterday.
Reckless, filthy perversion of public office is not Conservative. It is not Liberal. It is poison to all Americans.
Reckless, filthy perversion of public office is not Conservative. It is not Liberal. It is poison to all Americans.
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ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Reminder: Trump's meeting with Mamdani is all about creating "good news" that distracts from the Epstein files and his own culpability. He wants Mamdani's popularity to rub off on him.
Keep the attention on Trump's crimes against children.
Keep the attention on Trump's crimes against children.
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Reminder: Trump's meeting with Mamdani is all about creating "good news" that distracts from the Epstein files and his own culpability. He wants Mamdani's popularity to rub off on him.
Keep the attention on Trump's crimes against children.
Keep the attention on Trump's crimes against children.
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Love cheese? This is amazing with cheese and crusty bread! Just the right amount of sweet + heat. www.earthnvine.com/collections/...
APRICOT CHILI JAM
Experience the vibrant flavor of our Apricot Chili Jam, where sun-ripened apricots meet a lively kick of chili heat. The natural sweetness of the fruit is perfectly balanced with just the right amount...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Love cheese? This is amazing with cheese and crusty bread! Just the right amount of sweet + heat. www.earthnvine.com/collections/...
I didn't need to know that these exist... www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/holbei... Holbein colored pencils and watercolors are my fave...
Holbein : Watercolor Pencil : Set of 50
www.jacksonsart.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I didn't need to know that these exist... www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/holbei... Holbein colored pencils and watercolors are my fave...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
My regular grocery bills are about 150% of what they were before... meanwhile, I am not making any more per hour. My costs for the same gas, groceries, bills... are obscene. My very small budget cannot meet the new prices of everything. I know many are in the same (sinking) boat. Not sustainable.
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
My regular grocery bills are about 150% of what they were before... meanwhile, I am not making any more per hour. My costs for the same gas, groceries, bills... are obscene. My very small budget cannot meet the new prices of everything. I know many are in the same (sinking) boat. Not sustainable.