Katie Schwarz
@craziesthawk.bsky.social
Writer from Oakland. Grants and copywriting and creative nonfiction. On the 5th draft of a memoir about growing up with Crohn's. That 6th draft is gonna be lit.
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Important, rigorous, and devastating report by @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social on RSF atrocities in El Fasher
files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/00...
files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/00...
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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There's a cross-platform uniformity to how LLMs bullshit you.
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
There's a cross-platform uniformity to how LLMs bullshit you.
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Today I was designing an exercise for a responisble-use of-LLMs course we are designing for NIH trainees. I asked ChatGPT to complete one of Claude Shannon's original guessing games:
"There is no reverse on a __(10 letters)__"
Suddenly and severely miss living in Scotland
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Suddenly and severely miss living in Scotland
I've always talked smack about Tarantino and Chomsky, so this week on Bluesky has felt very validating.
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've always talked smack about Tarantino and Chomsky, so this week on Bluesky has felt very validating.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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“Thanos promised us a vote on his kill half the population policy.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Thanos promised us a vote on his kill half the population policy.”
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[Avengers reverse the Snap and have all their heroes and all of Wakanda's army arrayed against Thanos]
Cap: "Okay *now* we surrender"
Cap: "Okay *now* we surrender"
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
[Avengers reverse the Snap and have all their heroes and all of Wakanda's army arrayed against Thanos]
Cap: "Okay *now* we surrender"
Cap: "Okay *now* we surrender"
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I literally read "waste of resources" and thought of sandwich first.
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I literally read "waste of resources" and thought of sandwich first.
Hopefully, all this footage gets used in court in the future.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Hopefully, all this footage gets used in court in the future.
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This is awesome and hilarious...
Who knows less -- Speaker Mike Johnson or Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes? Roll the clips...
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is awesome and hilarious...
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It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.
It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
My fav character on Nobody Wants This is Esther, followed by Sasha, then a tie between Henry and Ashley. Basically, the main characters are equal parts whiny and tedious. And don't get me started on Morgan.
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My fav character on Nobody Wants This is Esther, followed by Sasha, then a tie between Henry and Ashley. Basically, the main characters are equal parts whiny and tedious. And don't get me started on Morgan.
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“I think this is the worst place on Earth now,” said Jan Egeland @sg-nrc.bsky.social
“It’s the biggest humanitarian emergency on Earth and it happens in the dark, really - there has been far too little attention to what's happening in Sudan."
“It’s the biggest humanitarian emergency on Earth and it happens in the dark, really - there has been far too little attention to what's happening in Sudan."
Sudan war: RSF militia killed 460 people at el-Fasher hospital, says WHO
WHO chief "appalled and deeply shocked" after doctors say RSF killed "patients, their companions, and anyone else present".
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“I think this is the worst place on Earth now,” said Jan Egeland @sg-nrc.bsky.social
“It’s the biggest humanitarian emergency on Earth and it happens in the dark, really - there has been far too little attention to what's happening in Sudan."
“It’s the biggest humanitarian emergency on Earth and it happens in the dark, really - there has been far too little attention to what's happening in Sudan."
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Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
Silly me, I didn't realize the ballroom was extra housing.
October 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Silly me, I didn't realize the ballroom was extra housing.
Masked goons and loud, bold citizens: The worst and best of America in one video.
October 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Masked goons and loud, bold citizens: The worst and best of America in one video.
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NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
The helicopters over the Oakland protests are a half-mile from my house and have been constant all day.
Community meetings are being moved online because they are worried about ICE.
People are also wondering whether participating in trick-or-treat events will be safe for local families next week.
Community meetings are being moved online because they are worried about ICE.
People are also wondering whether participating in trick-or-treat events will be safe for local families next week.
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The helicopters over the Oakland protests are a half-mile from my house and have been constant all day.
Community meetings are being moved online because they are worried about ICE.
People are also wondering whether participating in trick-or-treat events will be safe for local families next week.
Community meetings are being moved online because they are worried about ICE.
People are also wondering whether participating in trick-or-treat events will be safe for local families next week.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM