Gretchen Koch
@gretchenk.bsky.social
Currently a content designer for software, holder of a PhD in religion and cognition, sometimes cartoonist and blogger, often a political commentator, always a multimedia artist.
Fun fact on #immigration : Both Melania Trump and Elon Musk were illegal immigrants, because they violated the terms of their visas. I'm sure Rubio and Noem will be deporting them-- wait, vanishing them from the streets-- forthwith.
June 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Fun fact on #immigration : Both Melania Trump and Elon Musk were illegal immigrants, because they violated the terms of their visas. I'm sure Rubio and Noem will be deporting them-- wait, vanishing them from the streets-- forthwith.
#CBPOne effectively was the only way for immigrants to enter the country legally. Now that Trump has shut it down, he can stop pretending that it was ever about letting people if they come "the right way." It's only about not letting them in, for any reason.
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Trump officials shut down CBP One app
Trump administration officials minutes after the new president took office on Monday shut down a mobile app for migrants to make appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border. By shutting down the CBP One…
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January 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#CBPOne effectively was the only way for immigrants to enter the country legally. Now that Trump has shut it down, he can stop pretending that it was ever about letting people if they come "the right way." It's only about not letting them in, for any reason.
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New blog post up: "I (don’t) feel your pain: A dialog with ChatGPT about what 'empathic AI' in healthcare really means" Can an entity that can't feel simulate empathy to the extent that it captures pain, an inherently subjective experience? giantif.com/2024/12/16/i...
I (don’t) feel your pain: A dialog with ChatGPT about what “empathic AI” in healthcare really means
Quick TOC: First up, I’m letting you in on a somewhat rambling (but edited) conversation that I had with ChatGPT about its own limitations in healthcare, and the limitations of those designin…
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December 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
New blog post up: "I (don’t) feel your pain: A dialog with ChatGPT about what 'empathic AI' in healthcare really means" Can an entity that can't feel simulate empathy to the extent that it captures pain, an inherently subjective experience? giantif.com/2024/12/16/i...
Guess what argument this dipshit was trying to make? Hint: it wasn’t for abortion.
December 12, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Guess what argument this dipshit was trying to make? Hint: it wasn’t for abortion.
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Advice and consent? No it’s submit and rubberstamp
Tommy Tuberville tells CNN that he doesn't think Republican senators should really vet Trump's nominees at all because Trump did it for them
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Advice and consent? No it’s submit and rubberstamp
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*rubs temples*
That's literally the Senate's job
That's literally the Senate's job
Tommy Tuberville tells CNN that he doesn't think Republican senators should really vet Trump's nominees at all because Trump did it for them
December 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM
*rubs temples*
That's literally the Senate's job
That's literally the Senate's job
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I'm just going to say, if I were in my 80's and had been through what Joe Biden's been through, I'd pardon my son too.
Fact: Hunter Biden hurt NO ONE. And if his name wasn't Hunter Biden, he'd not have been put through the shit they put him through.
Fact: Hunter Biden hurt NO ONE. And if his name wasn't Hunter Biden, he'd not have been put through the shit they put him through.
Why the Hunter Biden pardon is ‘justified’ according to legal experts
President Joe Biden's announcement that he is issuing a full pardon for his son Hunter Biden sent shockwaves throughout the media on Sunday, with many on the right expressing outrage and many on the l...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I'm just going to say, if I were in my 80's and had been through what Joe Biden's been through, I'd pardon my son too.
Fact: Hunter Biden hurt NO ONE. And if his name wasn't Hunter Biden, he'd not have been put through the shit they put him through.
Fact: Hunter Biden hurt NO ONE. And if his name wasn't Hunter Biden, he'd not have been put through the shit they put him through.
As is often the case, cruelty is vastly more expensive than compassion.
November 25, 2024 at 5:52 AM
As is often the case, cruelty is vastly more expensive than compassion.
Teach critical thinking in schools FFS!
November 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Teach critical thinking in schools FFS!
@arthurcdent.bsky.social Glad you’ve joined this remarkably calmer side of social media! Your Valium will arrive in the mail shortly.
November 16, 2024 at 5:49 AM
@arthurcdent.bsky.social Glad you’ve joined this remarkably calmer side of social media! Your Valium will arrive in the mail shortly.
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When was the last time a President elect and his nominee for attorney general had mug shots? What country. My gawd.
November 14, 2024 at 1:40 AM
When was the last time a President elect and his nominee for attorney general had mug shots? What country. My gawd.
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"Hey, what can you tell about that trafficking case with all the hot girls?"
"We'd recommend 18 to 20 years, Mr. Attorney General."
"I like them a little younger than that."
"No, sir. That's the sentence we're recommending for the trafficker."
"We'd recommend 18 to 20 years, Mr. Attorney General."
"I like them a little younger than that."
"No, sir. That's the sentence we're recommending for the trafficker."
November 13, 2024 at 9:06 PM
"Hey, what can you tell about that trafficking case with all the hot girls?"
"We'd recommend 18 to 20 years, Mr. Attorney General."
"I like them a little younger than that."
"No, sir. That's the sentence we're recommending for the trafficker."
"We'd recommend 18 to 20 years, Mr. Attorney General."
"I like them a little younger than that."
"No, sir. That's the sentence we're recommending for the trafficker."
Dawkins is just gone, man, gone.
November 13, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Dawkins is just gone, man, gone.
Good lord. I spotted this at Half Price Books just now and thought “How appropriate!” But then I cracked it open and read the recommendations…
November 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Good lord. I spotted this at Half Price Books just now and thought “How appropriate!” But then I cracked it open and read the recommendations…
I still haven’t managed to quit Twitter— perhaps because I can now write and rate community notes, which I use primarily for fact-checking Republicans. But it makes no difference to them, or anyone, it appears. So maybe this will be my last tweet.
November 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
I still haven’t managed to quit Twitter— perhaps because I can now write and rate community notes, which I use primarily for fact-checking Republicans. But it makes no difference to them, or anyone, it appears. So maybe this will be my last tweet.
Trump voters have, objectively, endorsed making the world, and life on it, worse. For every living thing, including themselves.
November 12, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Trump voters have, objectively, endorsed making the world, and life on it, worse. For every living thing, including themselves.
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October 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Imagine if SCOTUS was just as unsure about striking down reproductive rights as they are about deciding that something is an insurrection.
February 10, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Imagine if SCOTUS was just as unsure about striking down reproductive rights as they are about deciding that something is an insurrection.
But is the collective cognitive decline of the Republican Party enough to remove it?
February 10, 2024 at 11:41 PM
But is the collective cognitive decline of the Republican Party enough to remove it?
