Laura Scott
@pieinthe.bsky.social
🛸 sff writer, editor, book designer 🏳️🌈 https://lauralisscott.com
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
callous indifference and worse under the guise of “austerity” and “needs testing”
A reminder: there is not a single housing market in America—not one city, state, or county—where someone relying on SSI can afford a one-bedroom apartment.
Deaths like these are always preceded by engineered abandonment. Disproportionate homelessness among people with disabilities is no accident.
Deaths like these are always preceded by engineered abandonment. Disproportionate homelessness among people with disabilities is no accident.
High rents outpace federal disability payments, leaving many homeless
Supplemental Security Income, a federal program meant to be a financial floor for people unable to work, hasn't kept pace with inflation. Many recipients are homeless, unable to save for an apartment.
www.npr.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
callous indifference and worse under the guise of “austerity” and “needs testing”
he should be required to carry malpractice insurance to cover each and every user
Legal AI Startup Harvey In Talks To Raise $200 Million At $11 Billion Valuation
Harvey Hits $11 Billion Valuation With $200 Million Fundraise
The startup, which develops AI software for lawyers and big law firms, is raising additional capital, increasing its valuation from $8 billion just two months ago.
www.forbes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
he should be required to carry malpractice insurance to cover each and every user
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"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
years ago there was this guy who bought ads all night every night touting his course on how to make a killing by placing classified ads just like he did to get super rich
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
years ago there was this guy who bought ads all night every night touting his course on how to make a killing by placing classified ads just like he did to get super rich
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
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The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
not just any sportsball, it’s pointy ends sportsball
February 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
not just any sportsball, it’s pointy ends sportsball
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“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you.
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
Bruno Jasieński - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 PM
“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you.
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
new eyeglasses reminding me what it’s like to see stuff instead of blobs
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
new eyeglasses reminding me what it’s like to see stuff instead of blobs
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
so Walmart is selling a #bootleg Blu-ray of Andor seasons 1 & 2 (with hinky edits and deletions)
with pretty slick packaging
turns out #Andor season 2 hasn’t even been released yet
caveat fucking emptor when buying from any megacorporation
with pretty slick packaging
turns out #Andor season 2 hasn’t even been released yet
caveat fucking emptor when buying from any megacorporation
tonight watching Andor on Blu-ray (a gift bought at Walmart) … and the show feels … off
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
tonight watching Andor on Blu-ray (a gift bought at Walmart) … and the show feels … off
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
February 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM
tonight watching Andor on Blu-ray (a gift bought at Walmart) … and the show feels … off
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
snake oil tech
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 AM
snake oil tech
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If you want to appreciate good art that other people do, you can appreciate good art that other people do.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If you want to appreciate good art that other people do, you can appreciate good art that other people do.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
sure, throw a million more satellites into low orbit, what could go wrong?
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Oh my gd.
Musk is fucking insane with this quoted sentence from the press release on SpaceX acquiring xAI.
"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe."
(full press release in images)
Musk is fucking insane with this quoted sentence from the press release on SpaceX acquiring xAI.
"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe."
(full press release in images)
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
sure, throw a million more satellites into low orbit, what could go wrong?
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Reposted by Laura Scott
Reposted by Laura Scott
'protect your peace' and 'pick your battles' are good advice for most, but it's ignorant not to know it as privilege. some people were minding their business when the battle picked them; some people are the battle
February 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
'protect your peace' and 'pick your battles' are good advice for most, but it's ignorant not to know it as privilege. some people were minding their business when the battle picked them; some people are the battle
invest now!
February 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM
invest now!
the pedo bar and the nazi bar are the same bar
February 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
the pedo bar and the nazi bar are the same bar
sunday afternoon musings about making a zine
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
sunday afternoon musings about making a zine
spent the evening afk and can confirm that Sinners is even better on the fifth rewatch
February 1, 2026 at 6:56 AM
spent the evening afk and can confirm that Sinners is even better on the fifth rewatch
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When I use the phrase “white-supremacist billionaire pedophile,” I am wondering, am I repeating myself?
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
When I use the phrase “white-supremacist billionaire pedophile,” I am wondering, am I repeating myself?
out of spoons. time for Frieren s2e3
January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
out of spoons. time for Frieren s2e3