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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 1d

When you don’t have an inflatable animal costume but you do have your California ballot

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 6d

Hoping to! Schedule still chaotic
Enjoy!

Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 13d

That’s a moving interview, Craig. Thanks for telling the story.

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 17d

Before I watched I was thinking “Who would enjoy this? Maybe I’ll pass it along” - but when I saw it, I was all in. Such cool facts, such dorky music.

(I wonder how effective it is as a diagnostic tool. Do I get to be on the spectrum with the cool kids now?)

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 17d

It’s awesome

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 19d

“So we were sitting on the porch tripping balls and he said, What if you designed AI to fight hallucinations? And I said, They don’t know they are hallucinating. And he said, Then have them eliminate OUR hallucinations. Hilarious. But we didn’t write the business plan for nearly 24 hours.”

Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 20d

This gives me a rush of hope!

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 20d

Paulina Borsook needs our help. She has recently thanked people of The Well for chipping in. And now it’s time to amplify the ask. This thread about her is excellent. She was an early critic of the cyber libertarian ethos we see playing out today… her book should come back into print too

Dj Connell @itbodes.bsky.social · 20d

I wondered if folks had seen this

gofund.me/f0f86d022

Donate to Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist, organized by paul Carter

Paulina's long time friend Steve Rappaport writes, "Support P… paul Carter needs your support for Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 21d

Wonderful. I love the distinctions like “Tone: Nietzschean aphorisms, with a hallucinatory edge”

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 21d

Shit

Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 22d

Barf. When did he say that? How vile.

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 22d

Waiting to see what Disney workers and the industry want now. And it’s not just workers. Curious about the size of the blow to California economy, too. Need to learn more.

Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 23d

Yes indeed! Single medium sharp jab to my small house on bedrock in SF, medium pitched thud sound. I need to hang something in my bathroom that can sway. Where have all the light chains gone? Appreciate the quick ref to Andrew’s lovely book

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 23d

The wonderful Bernal Rock is looking powerfully sad today. #sanfrancisco #looksabitliketrump

Rock in SF with city behind. The rock, often painted with joyful celebrations and political commentary, is now painted black with a sad face on it.

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 24d

San Francisco is lucky to have parks and trails like the paths in Glen Park. Nature in the midst of us.

Path curves through woods and trail side ivy

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 24d

CONTRACT not contact

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 24d

The points about his contact are interesting! Did you ever see this clip after Trump mocked Kimmel’s hosting at the oscars last year? Kimmel’s wife and producer McNearey gets off a pointed political attack. youtu.be/wOIPRfadAP8

Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Trump Calling Him “One of the Dumbest Human Beings Ever”

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 25d

Keep the faith

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 26d

i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view

Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 26d

Example of a DIY
California window sign

Sign in residential window says Yes on 50. Don’t give up

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 27d

Btw very important to say that the FCC has not at all said what Kimmel said that was so objectionable! This is classic chilling effect - there are no rules so everyone stops talking

www.theverge.com/news/780471/...

Disney and ABC have pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off air “indefinitely” after FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened to pull the broadcast licenses of any station that aired his show over comments Kimmel made about the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk.

The decision, according to Variety, was made after television giant Nexstar announced that its local ABC affiliates would pre-empt airings of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, just hours after Carr issued that threat. Nexstar is one of the biggest owners of television stations across the country. We’ve reached out to the FCC for comment on what specifically is objectionable from Kimmel’s show and which FCC regulations he may have violated.

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 27d

I don’t doubt this. I wanted more details and reporting — for example, when you dismiss the hand signal story as disinformation, have a reporter talk to the person moving his hands in the video - compulsively? Who is he? Saying authorities contradict it isn’t enough of a fact check

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

In the week since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Russia, Iran and China have spread thousands of false or incendiary claims about what happened to the conservative activist, in an effort to stoke political divisions or to portray the U.S. as a dysfunctional country.

Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division

State media and online trolls have seized on the assassination to score geopolitical points against the United States, according to a new report.

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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 29d

This bird cloaked in shimmering blues & whites with a striking fan of tail feathers, seems almost too magical to be real. Endemic to the forests of Borneo, it thrives in dense, shadowy undergrowth. Threatened.
Bulwer’s Pheasant 👇

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Sep 14

🔫 Guns and mental health

A review of 467 studies finds firearm access and violence worsen mental health, linking guns to suicide risk, trauma, and aggression. Stronger policies could reduce harm.

🔗 doi.org/10.1097/HRP....

#SciComm #MentalHealth #Guns 🧪

The Impact of Firearm Ownership, Violence, and Policies on... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry

We evaluate the influences of gun ownership, violence, and policies on mental health outcomes across different populations. Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted following the Pr...

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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · Sep 14

It does seem perfect for inducing writer’s block

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