Catrina
@sonotkidding.me
Librarian-in-training currently working for the Web, the World Wide one. Foodie, gardener, cat herder. Still goth, just tired. She/her/they.
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I genuinely do not understand why ‘RFK Jr wants to kill thousands of American kids and make millions sick’ isn’t in the news basically every day. Also, why are Republicans OK with killing kids? Is it because they’re so busy covering for pedophiles that they’ve given up on kids entirely?
Breaking news: Federal vaccine advisers selected by Health Secretary RFK Jr. are planning to vote on ending the practice of vaccinating all newborns for hepatitis B and to examine whether shots are behind the rise of allergies and autoimmune disorders.
RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I genuinely do not understand why ‘RFK Jr wants to kill thousands of American kids and make millions sick’ isn’t in the news basically every day. Also, why are Republicans OK with killing kids? Is it because they’re so busy covering for pedophiles that they’ve given up on kids entirely?
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Newly released internal FBI emails about the Epstein Redaction Project confirm redaction tracking spreadsheets and training videos exist. Watch! www.youtube.com/live/hM52u3X...
LIVE: Trump FBI EMAILS Confirm SHOCK DETAILS in the FILES
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Newly released internal FBI emails about the Epstein Redaction Project confirm redaction tracking spreadsheets and training videos exist. Watch! www.youtube.com/live/hM52u3X...
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All of the thread is obviously accurate. I will note overwork also kills men early because:
1) it rewards ignoring their basic health
2) it prioritizes the inability to develop meaningful friendships (never mind relationships)
3) it removes them from their communities
1) it rewards ignoring their basic health
2) it prioritizes the inability to develop meaningful friendships (never mind relationships)
3) it removes them from their communities
We have to talk about how this glorification of overwork is driving care downstream.
To compete, men are incentivized to dump care onto women in their families. And women in privileged positions are then incentivized to push care onto others more vulnerable than them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/b...
To compete, men are incentivized to dump care onto women in their families. And women in privileged positions are then incentivized to push care onto others more vulnerable than them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/b...
Billionaire Jimmy John’s founder: Work-life balance for entrepreneurs ''is the biggest line of bulls--- that’s ever been created’
Jimmy John Liautaud says launching a successful business requires an immense amount of dedication and persistence, leaving no room for work-life balance.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
All of the thread is obviously accurate. I will note overwork also kills men early because:
1) it rewards ignoring their basic health
2) it prioritizes the inability to develop meaningful friendships (never mind relationships)
3) it removes them from their communities
1) it rewards ignoring their basic health
2) it prioritizes the inability to develop meaningful friendships (never mind relationships)
3) it removes them from their communities
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I’m often asked for freelance UI/UX designer recommendations, but my list is out of date — most folks I used to refer are now full-time or doing other work.
Time to fix that.
If you’re an independent UI/UX designer doing hands-on client work, drop your website/portfolio! DM/email fine too.
[1/2]
Time to fix that.
If you’re an independent UI/UX designer doing hands-on client work, drop your website/portfolio! DM/email fine too.
[1/2]
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m often asked for freelance UI/UX designer recommendations, but my list is out of date — most folks I used to refer are now full-time or doing other work.
Time to fix that.
If you’re an independent UI/UX designer doing hands-on client work, drop your website/portfolio! DM/email fine too.
[1/2]
Time to fix that.
If you’re an independent UI/UX designer doing hands-on client work, drop your website/portfolio! DM/email fine too.
[1/2]
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It's Blue Beanie Day!
Since 2007, designers & developers worldwide have worn blue beanies to celebrate web standards and accessibility championing digital experiences for everyone.
Join us!
#BlueBeanieDay #Accessibility
Since 2007, designers & developers worldwide have worn blue beanies to celebrate web standards and accessibility championing digital experiences for everyone.
Join us!
#BlueBeanieDay #Accessibility
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's Blue Beanie Day!
Since 2007, designers & developers worldwide have worn blue beanies to celebrate web standards and accessibility championing digital experiences for everyone.
Join us!
#BlueBeanieDay #Accessibility
Since 2007, designers & developers worldwide have worn blue beanies to celebrate web standards and accessibility championing digital experiences for everyone.
Join us!
#BlueBeanieDay #Accessibility
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Rabbiatu is a nurse who worked during COVID, had been in the U.S. 30 years. A judge ordered that she could not be sent back to Sierra Leone for her safety, for fear of torture (!). So our evil regime sent her to Ghana (in shackles), and Ghana dragged her back to Sierra Leone.
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Rabbiatu is a nurse who worked during COVID, had been in the U.S. 30 years. A judge ordered that she could not be sent back to Sierra Leone for her safety, for fear of torture (!). So our evil regime sent her to Ghana (in shackles), and Ghana dragged her back to Sierra Leone.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, especially whomever is running the NEORSD account.
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all, especially whomever is running the NEORSD account.
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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The Trump administration’s cuts to AIDS funding will result in roughly 3 million additional deaths over the next five years.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Trump administration’s cuts to AIDS funding will result in roughly 3 million additional deaths over the next five years.
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Some people don't know this so it's worth saying out loud that Public libraries are free to use. And even if you have never used a library, the librarians at your local library will be very happy to see you and help you get started.
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Some people don't know this so it's worth saying out loud that Public libraries are free to use. And even if you have never used a library, the librarians at your local library will be very happy to see you and help you get started.
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The economy is just astrology for rich white dudes.
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The economy is just astrology for rich white dudes.
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Minnesota-St Paul, urgent cat relocation need! Get these sweet babies!
Urgent MSP #Caturday 🧵: these two handsome boys need a loving home as circumstances sadly force their person to part with them.
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota-St Paul, urgent cat relocation need! Get these sweet babies!
There goes all my productivity for the rest of the day
I am always a sucker for collections in the "Things that go hard" category and was pleased to have found the Public domain - Pics that go hard album while at work today. www.flickr.com/photos/parfo...
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There goes all my productivity for the rest of the day
Because it CANNOT POSSIBLY be tariffs that are driving up the cost of vehicles...
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Because it CANNOT POSSIBLY be tariffs that are driving up the cost of vehicles...
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Deeply absurd. This Google PDF published on a blog (arxiv, not peer reviewed) claims an LLM is "PhD level" but in most cases the MAJORITY of reference URLs were invalid or inaccessible.
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Deeply absurd. This Google PDF published on a blog (arxiv, not peer reviewed) claims an LLM is "PhD level" but in most cases the MAJORITY of reference URLs were invalid or inaccessible.
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
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The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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One sign of a bubble is when the major players do gimmicks to hide the cost of the bubble.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One sign of a bubble is when the major players do gimmicks to hide the cost of the bubble.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
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Imagine being richer than anyone in history, having access to all the levers of power, have companies with brilliant engineers, and the thing that makes you happiest is your AI bot insulting people 🙄
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imagine being richer than anyone in history, having access to all the levers of power, have companies with brilliant engineers, and the thing that makes you happiest is your AI bot insulting people 🙄
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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We are living through a period of profound uncertainty and systemic challenge—where erasure of truth and history is not only possible, but actively underway.
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance | Common Dreams
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We are living through a period of profound uncertainty and systemic challenge—where erasure of truth and history is not only possible, but actively underway.
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How to disable #gemini on #android, #gmail, #chrome, Photos, & #google apps
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
#privacy #guide #ai
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
#privacy #guide #ai
How to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps. Opt out of AI tracking now!
Earlier this year, we warned you to turn off Gemini on Android because Google decided that its AI would have access to its users' apps - even if they had previously turned tracking for Gemini Apps Activity off. So regardless of whether you told Google’s Gemini not to track you in the past, its AI tool might be able to run tasks like send WhatsApp messages, set timers, and even make calls on your Android device. Worryingly, Google's AI invasion does not stop there. Now, Google has turned on settings like smart features, without your consent, and Gemini can scan your Gmail emails, Photos, Drive, and other apps. In this guide, we show you how to turn off Gemini on Android and all your Google apps – Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and more. Protect your privacy and your data from invasive AI tracking!
tuta.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM