stacy-marie ishmael
@smi.bsky.social
not the one.
i am a journalist and i work for Bloomberg News. Obligatory disclaimers about opinions.
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don’t expect posts to stick around.
i am a journalist and i work for Bloomberg News. Obligatory disclaimers about opinions.
No DMs for reporting tips. Signal at @s_m_i.99
don’t expect posts to stick around.
the fake typing sound effect when you’re in an infinite loop with a phone tree bot who “didn’t quite get that” and just want to talk to a competent human
salt, meet wound
salt, meet wound
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
the fake typing sound effect when you’re in an infinite loop with a phone tree bot who “didn’t quite get that” and just want to talk to a competent human
salt, meet wound
salt, meet wound
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In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public.
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public.
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
I’m only going to be into this if I can record an outgoing voice message answering machine style that is just the chorus of no doubt - spiderwebs
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I’m only going to be into this if I can record an outgoing voice message answering machine style that is just the chorus of no doubt - spiderwebs
Who amongst us hasn’t wanted to “leave a message after a missed call” or “share an update or let friends and family know why you called by leaving a video note or voice message”
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Who amongst us hasn’t wanted to “leave a message after a missed call” or “share an update or let friends and family know why you called by leaving a video note or voice message”
WhatsApp is reinventing voicemail.
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 AM
WhatsApp is reinventing voicemail.
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FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...
FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts say the FDA "moved the goalposts" on Moderna, creating "a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development" in the U.S.
www.statnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...
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Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
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Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Rahawa Haile (eg at random from bookmarks www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/valle...)
Ed Yong (www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/o... of many)
Ed Yong (www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/o... of many)
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Rahawa Haile (eg at random from bookmarks www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/valle...)
Ed Yong (www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/o... of many)
Ed Yong (www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/o... of many)
so much of what is described as media sanewashing is a reflection of which values are shared implicitly or explicitly and who shares them
February 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
so much of what is described as media sanewashing is a reflection of which values are shared implicitly or explicitly and who shares them
my doctors: take these medications so that you may live
my prescription benefits manager every three months: no
my prescription benefits manager every three months: no
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
my doctors: take these medications so that you may live
my prescription benefits manager every three months: no
my prescription benefits manager every three months: no
at one point roughly 100% of the teenagers-who-had-dial-up in Trinidad were on IRC. it was a time.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
at one point roughly 100% of the teenagers-who-had-dial-up in Trinidad were on IRC. it was a time.
i still make /me jokes so I suppose that makes me 100% the audience for this
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
i still make /me jokes so I suppose that makes me 100% the audience for this
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Amazing news!
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When you purchase the audiobook of my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster between now and Feb. 12, ✨ 100 PERCENT ✨ of the purchase price goes to BINC, the nonprofit that helps booksellers who are having a tough time.
I love this audiobook. And BINC. It's a win-win!
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February 10, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Amazing news!
When you purchase the audiobook of my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster between now and Feb. 12, ✨ 100 PERCENT ✨ of the purchase price goes to BINC, the nonprofit that helps booksellers who are having a tough time.
I love this audiobook. And BINC. It's a win-win!
libro.fm/binc
When you purchase the audiobook of my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster between now and Feb. 12, ✨ 100 PERCENT ✨ of the purchase price goes to BINC, the nonprofit that helps booksellers who are having a tough time.
I love this audiobook. And BINC. It's a win-win!
libro.fm/binc
'your day is clear', it's not, but what a revealing assumption encoded into software
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 PM
'your day is clear', it's not, but what a revealing assumption encoded into software
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Lisa Gelobter is a name more folks should know (and now more New Yorkers will)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ge...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ge...
Lisa Gelobter - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Lisa Gelobter is a name more folks should know (and now more New Yorkers will)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ge...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Ge...
link! to! the! article!
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
link! to! the! article!
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Statistician: oof! Tough crash there; skiers go up to 50 mph on the giant slalom
Poet: Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.
Poet: Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.
Every Olympic broadcast should be assigned one (1) statistician and one (1) poet to give us different ways to understand the mind boggling displays of athleticism.
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Statistician: oof! Tough crash there; skiers go up to 50 mph on the giant slalom
Poet: Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.
Poet: Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.
'no one has noticed' is the 'i have realized and will now post this for Influence' of people who used to yell BREAKING in the other place
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
'no one has noticed' is the 'i have realized and will now post this for Influence' of people who used to yell BREAKING in the other place