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ever since i was a little girl i dreamed of signing up for a new social media account every 2-3 years
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
RIP “michael” by franz ferdinand or “andy you’re a star” by the killers, you would’ve loved Heated Rivalry
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
RIP “michael” by franz ferdinand or “andy you’re a star” by the killers, you would’ve loved Heated Rivalry
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"I find that LLMs produce sentences that are smooth, glib, poreless, smiling, somewhat like a beluga whale. But every busted sentence written by a human is busted in its own way. Each of these sentences is unwittingly an act of resistance against the onrushing techno-homogenization of language."
Presenting the 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many: defector.com/presenting-t...
Presenting The 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many | Defector
Can you ask someone to “close your eyes and watch” something? Just how private does a conversation need to be in order to upgrade from speaking “privately” to “very privately”? What does it mean for a...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"I find that LLMs produce sentences that are smooth, glib, poreless, smiling, somewhat like a beluga whale. But every busted sentence written by a human is busted in its own way. Each of these sentences is unwittingly an act of resistance against the onrushing techno-homogenization of language."
I’ve been so sleepy from finishing up holiday knitting that I missed every earthquake this week
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I’ve been so sleepy from finishing up holiday knitting that I missed every earthquake this week
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I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him
December 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him
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I wrote about the genuinely galling Oakland City Council meeting I attended yesterday, where our the councilmembers almost unanimously voted to continue a dangerous countract with FLOCK surveillance.
Thank you to @sarahgailey.bsky.social who helped me parse my anger into something readable.
Thank you to @sarahgailey.bsky.social who helped me parse my anger into something readable.
"He rolled his eyes, pulled faces, refused to make eye contact with those addressing him directly, had numerous side conversations, and simply walked away (at one point with food)." @maggietokudahall.bsky.social reports back from yesterday's Flock debacle: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/whipped-votes/
Whipped Votes
Flock Deliberations, Oakland City Council Meeting, Yesterday
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I wrote about the genuinely galling Oakland City Council meeting I attended yesterday, where our the councilmembers almost unanimously voted to continue a dangerous countract with FLOCK surveillance.
Thank you to @sarahgailey.bsky.social who helped me parse my anger into something readable.
Thank you to @sarahgailey.bsky.social who helped me parse my anger into something readable.
avoiding online or big corp purchases for holiday shopping sometimes means DMing your friend’s fave taqueria past midnight to ask if they sell gift cards
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
avoiding online or big corp purchases for holiday shopping sometimes means DMing your friend’s fave taqueria past midnight to ask if they sell gift cards
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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“…if you need to talk to your trying-to-be-down auntie about how a land acknowledgement at dinner isn’t enough, please do let her know she can simply text FREESAM to 53-555 and make a tax-deductible donation to actually change the material conditions of Natives.”
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
“Our ‘Thanksgiving meal’ is usually to the tune of gas station roller hotdogs and chips, supplemented with caffeine and cigarettes,” writes Lydia Grijalva, who heads to Alcatraz Island every year to greet the sunrise with Native comrades and elders. www.coyotemedia.org/thanksgiving...
Every Thanksgiving We Drive to Alcatraz. Except This Year
My Thanksgiving tradition includes Alcatraz Island, chain-smoking elders, and gas station hotdogs.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“…if you need to talk to your trying-to-be-down auntie about how a land acknowledgement at dinner isn’t enough, please do let her know she can simply text FREESAM to 53-555 and make a tax-deductible donation to actually change the material conditions of Natives.”
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
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naming the voice actors in a new Ken Burns doc
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
naming the voice actors in a new Ken Burns doc
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
thought it was safe to store my dresses and shorts for the winter *womp womp*
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
thought it was safe to store my dresses and shorts for the winter *womp womp*
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
listening to the new rosalía. feels like i should be doing something grander or more catholic than working on indesign rn
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
listening to the new rosalía. feels like i should be doing something grander or more catholic than working on indesign rn
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Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028
The Bushwick bisexuals have it! We can ask for so much more, and at COYOTE we plan to.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.
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Capitalism is now illegal
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Capitalism is now illegal
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i set my vpn to new york city to vote for zohran mamdani
June 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i set my vpn to new york city to vote for zohran mamdani
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
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Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!
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A cousin is anyone near your age in your family or some kid who is around a lot and an aunt is an older lady who gives a shit about you.
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A cousin is anyone near your age in your family or some kid who is around a lot and an aunt is an older lady who gives a shit about you.
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Bay Area: this article is a fact sheet with information to contact various legal and advocacy groups local to the area if you have an encounter with ICE. Share this info far and wide.
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
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 1:24 AM
Bay Area: this article is a fact sheet with information to contact various legal and advocacy groups local to the area if you have an encounter with ICE. Share this info far and wide.
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Yesterday, the Coast Guard confirmed to The Oaklandside that an “operation” was underway and that the guards' facilities in Alameda would be providing support. Live reports from the scene.
Live reports from CBP staging area at Coast Guard Island
Yesterday, the Coast Guard confirmed an “operation” was underway and said guards' facilities in Alameda would provide support. Live reports from the scene.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yesterday, the Coast Guard confirmed to The Oaklandside that an “operation” was underway and that the guards' facilities in Alameda would be providing support. Live reports from the scene.
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Johanna (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I believe that close reading is for everyone. So a few months ago I wrote this essay for @defector.com, in anticipation of our book, thanks to the incredible editor @brandyjensen.bsky.social, "Close Reading Is for Everyone" defector.com/close-readin...
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Johanna (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I believe that close reading is for everyone. So a few months ago I wrote this essay for @defector.com, in anticipation of our book, thanks to the incredible editor @brandyjensen.bsky.social, "Close Reading Is for Everyone" defector.com/close-readin...