River Talesien🏳️🌈🖖🦉📖✒️
@rivertalesien.myatproto.social
Queer writer, anti-fascist, progressive socialist. Support trans lives, Black lives, science, history, art, facts, the future. Free Palestine. Tumblr: rivertalesien. She/her. White.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
I don't think it's brought up enough to the billionaire tech bros: no, you didn't finish that Neal Stephenson novel, you didn't really understand it and you don't live in it, either, so stop trying to make it for the rest of us.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I don't think it's brought up enough to the billionaire tech bros: no, you didn't finish that Neal Stephenson novel, you didn't really understand it and you don't live in it, either, so stop trying to make it for the rest of us.
One of the worst things about all these ai-images?
Someone with a little bit of Photoshop experience could do so much better.
It's just this spiritless sort of privilege and entitlement to think you don't have to put in any work to make something.
Someone with a little bit of Photoshop experience could do so much better.
It's just this spiritless sort of privilege and entitlement to think you don't have to put in any work to make something.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One of the worst things about all these ai-images?
Someone with a little bit of Photoshop experience could do so much better.
It's just this spiritless sort of privilege and entitlement to think you don't have to put in any work to make something.
Someone with a little bit of Photoshop experience could do so much better.
It's just this spiritless sort of privilege and entitlement to think you don't have to put in any work to make something.
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If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
So much we can lay on Biden, but this one? Where food in aid trucks was allowed to sit at the border and go rotten, and people starve, just so this sick joke could play out? No one in that admin is free from guilt.
The "humanitarian pier" visible on Google Earth - not functioning for its intended purpose of delivering aid in the least efficient way possible, but in fact languishing in Ashdod port on June 17, 2024 after being towed there on June 14.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So much we can lay on Biden, but this one? Where food in aid trucks was allowed to sit at the border and go rotten, and people starve, just so this sick joke could play out? No one in that admin is free from guilt.
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Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
Emissary of Night is writing about US-Palestinian relations and public opinion
I analyze and write about US Palestinian relations, among other things
buymeacoffee.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
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I've been asked before if I use Generative AI. And my answer is:
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
a pixel art of a robot with the letter p on it
ALT: a pixel art of a robot with the letter p on it
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I've been asked before if I use Generative AI. And my answer is:
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
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Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
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Charisma is a local trans artist, creator, bookseller and all around wonderful human. I've been so lucky to get to hang out with them, and I've gotten to admire their art and their incredible positivity.
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
Please share and donate if you can! Much much needed and appreciated ❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I have started an urgent gfm for my partner and friend Charisma and Robin. Please consider supporting them as they face financial hardship and housing insecurity! gofund.me/21cc825a8
@cyberpunk.dog @habariqueenby.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Charisma is a local trans artist, creator, bookseller and all around wonderful human. I've been so lucky to get to hang out with them, and I've gotten to admire their art and their incredible positivity.
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
This whole thread is pure serotonin.
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This whole thread is pure serotonin.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Doubling down on what shouldn't be happening at all.
How convenient.
How convenient.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Doubling down on what shouldn't be happening at all.
How convenient.
How convenient.
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
I feel how this all goes could only help raise the bar for the rest of the country. Leaders who do not follow the example should get lost.
If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I feel how this all goes could only help raise the bar for the rest of the country. Leaders who do not follow the example should get lost.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
Bari Weiss is where she is because she caters to the billionaire fascist pedo class. She has no insight of anything outside of it and probably doesn't care.
I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bari Weiss is where she is because she caters to the billionaire fascist pedo class. She has no insight of anything outside of it and probably doesn't care.
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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These are the ridiculous things that happen in our country when a child is uninsured. Even short gaps in coverage put families at risk of huge, devastating medical bills.
I've been working on this issue for 20+ years now and I am tired of reading stories like this. We can do better.
I've been working on this issue for 20+ years now and I am tired of reading stories like this. We can do better.
Ambulance companies often negotiate with patients over large bills. “But you shouldn’t have to work so hard for it,” says an Ohio mom who was billed $9,250 for her toddler’s transport between hospitals.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Not Serious Enough To Turn on the Siren, Toddler’s 39-Mile Ambulance Ride Still Cost Over $9,000 - KFF Health News
After her son contracted a serious bacterial infection, an Ohio mother took the toddler to a nearby ER, and staffers there sent him to a children’s hospital in an ambulance. With no insurance, the fam...
kffhealthnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
These are the ridiculous things that happen in our country when a child is uninsured. Even short gaps in coverage put families at risk of huge, devastating medical bills.
I've been working on this issue for 20+ years now and I am tired of reading stories like this. We can do better.
I've been working on this issue for 20+ years now and I am tired of reading stories like this. We can do better.
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I wish to god every artist and every person who knows artists or buys the work of artists understood all of this.
We don’t live in a society which values or is willing to support creatives, yet it feels entitled to their work.
The art world is NOT a meritocracy, that is certain.
We don’t live in a society which values or is willing to support creatives, yet it feels entitled to their work.
The art world is NOT a meritocracy, that is certain.
2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I wish to god every artist and every person who knows artists or buys the work of artists understood all of this.
We don’t live in a society which values or is willing to support creatives, yet it feels entitled to their work.
The art world is NOT a meritocracy, that is certain.
We don’t live in a society which values or is willing to support creatives, yet it feels entitled to their work.
The art world is NOT a meritocracy, that is certain.
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
Very good thread here:
I think certain organizing trainings did some of us real psychological damage in teaching us that YOU, ORGANIZER, PERSONALLY have responsibility for going out and making people leverage organized power and ultimately saving the world.
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Very good thread here:
A president serving a prison sentence.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A president serving a prison sentence.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
This administration and its party and its supporters have been working for years now to erase LGBTQ from everything. Here's the latest in all their ugliness.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This administration and its party and its supporters have been working for years now to erase LGBTQ from everything. Here's the latest in all their ugliness.