Caffe Neko
@caffeneko.bsky.social
I spend my time doing gothy things, drawing, reading, & writing. Background in Library studies, Museum studies, Japanese studies, & Art history. https://www.etsy.com/shop/caffecatcreations
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
These things would improve this country dramatically and billionaires wouldn't even notice.
Universal single payer + ubi are the two greatest small business growth policies I can think of. Also, the most powerful way to reduce poverty. Also the most effective way to increase worker power. Also the best way to reduce wealth inequality. Why wouldn't everyone want it?
“It makes it harder to go start your own business”
Ex insurance company exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social tells us how 🇺🇸 not having universal health care hurts smaller employers (can’t offer benefits and compete) + workers (who get “job locked” into jobs they don’t want). #MedicareForAllNOW
Ex insurance company exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social tells us how 🇺🇸 not having universal health care hurts smaller employers (can’t offer benefits and compete) + workers (who get “job locked” into jobs they don’t want). #MedicareForAllNOW
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
These things would improve this country dramatically and billionaires wouldn't even notice.
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"But how do we pay for it?" That never applies to this kind of spending. It only ever applies to stuff like universal basic income and healthcare.
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"But how do we pay for it?" That never applies to this kind of spending. It only ever applies to stuff like universal basic income and healthcare.
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US wants 5 years some tourists' social media to enter the country
US wants 5 years some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
US wants 5 years some tourists' social media to enter the country
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All I want for Christmas is some precedented times.
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
All I want for Christmas is some precedented times.
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If Bernie's Social Security bill were enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid 2.9 BILLION more in taxes, Social Security would've been solvent for 75 years, benefits would've increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans would have paid NOTHING more in taxes. The only one 'entitled' is Elon Musk.
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
If Bernie's Social Security bill were enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid 2.9 BILLION more in taxes, Social Security would've been solvent for 75 years, benefits would've increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans would have paid NOTHING more in taxes. The only one 'entitled' is Elon Musk.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Hear The Rite of Spring Conducted by Igor Stravinsky Himself: A Vintage Recording from 1929
Hear The Rite of Spring Conducted by Igor Stravinsky Himself: A Vintage Recording from 1929
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos told The Los Angeles Times in 2013, the year of the pagan ballet and orchestral work's centenary. 'I needed two weeks to prepare it. This piece, no matter how many times you ...
www.openculture.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Hear The Rite of Spring Conducted by Igor Stravinsky Himself: A Vintage Recording from 1929
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The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Wars, Marvel etc
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Wars, Marvel etc
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A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
omg. Kat Abughazaleh just posted that if she's elected, she'll swear in on a copy of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
These churches are vehemently anti-gay and will kick out or punish LGBT members. Actual pedos who claim to be straight or celibate? They are protected.
The Albany, Oregon, Assembly of God church made the news. An in-depth article of sex abuse of boys in the Royal Rangers program and how the churches and denomination have ignored the abuse for decades and worked to reduce legal liability. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Dozens of boys say they were sexually abused in a Christian scouting program
Boys in the Assemblies of God join the Royal Rangers for Bible study and backpacking. But the ministry has also drawn sexual predators, an NBC News investigation found.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
These churches are vehemently anti-gay and will kick out or punish LGBT members. Actual pedos who claim to be straight or celibate? They are protected.
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AoG policy
Consensual sexual activity between cishet adults: tightly regulated and rules kinda enforced
Consensual sexual activity between queer adults: strictly forbidden and rules promptly enforced
Adults abusing children: pray it away, keep it in-house, and offer an abuser restoration plan
Consensual sexual activity between cishet adults: tightly regulated and rules kinda enforced
Consensual sexual activity between queer adults: strictly forbidden and rules promptly enforced
Adults abusing children: pray it away, keep it in-house, and offer an abuser restoration plan
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
AoG policy
Consensual sexual activity between cishet adults: tightly regulated and rules kinda enforced
Consensual sexual activity between queer adults: strictly forbidden and rules promptly enforced
Adults abusing children: pray it away, keep it in-house, and offer an abuser restoration plan
Consensual sexual activity between cishet adults: tightly regulated and rules kinda enforced
Consensual sexual activity between queer adults: strictly forbidden and rules promptly enforced
Adults abusing children: pray it away, keep it in-house, and offer an abuser restoration plan
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1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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If I knew which thread to pull to unravel all this, I would yank it right out.
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If I knew which thread to pull to unravel all this, I would yank it right out.
The very young children were fed "mostly vegetables, fruit and plant-based milks, with almost no protein, fats or fortified foods. It was a diet so low in calories and nutrients that doctors who examined the children said it led to severe malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies."
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The very young children were fed "mostly vegetables, fruit and plant-based milks, with almost no protein, fats or fortified foods. It was a diet so low in calories and nutrients that doctors who examined the children said it led to severe malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies."
Carl Sagan was so right.
I hate how often this quote so perfectly describes our times.
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Carl Sagan was so right.
Every time I see that bottle of champagne in my kitchen I am sadly reminded that the orange baboon is yet still among us.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Every time I see that bottle of champagne in my kitchen I am sadly reminded that the orange baboon is yet still among us.
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I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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If you’re looking for proof that magical places still exist, I ask you to simply walk into your local library.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you’re looking for proof that magical places still exist, I ask you to simply walk into your local library.
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This feels doubly egregious because of how much time Trouillot spends talking about language, talking about what it means to call something a "history of" something. If you cannot audit a model for the logic behind its "suppositions," then the work you're doing isn't reparative or compensatory.
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This feels doubly egregious because of how much time Trouillot spends talking about language, talking about what it means to call something a "history of" something. If you cannot audit a model for the logic behind its "suppositions," then the work you're doing isn't reparative or compensatory.
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But more seriously, and I think egregiously, is the use of a phrase for signaling power. One doesn't get the sense that those who invoke "archival silences" in the context of GenAI have heard of Touillot, much less read him. Instead, the phrase has been emptied of meaning and is just sloganeering.
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
But more seriously, and I think egregiously, is the use of a phrase for signaling power. One doesn't get the sense that those who invoke "archival silences" in the context of GenAI have heard of Touillot, much less read him. Instead, the phrase has been emptied of meaning and is just sloganeering.
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.