Jen Ballou
@jenballou.bsky.social
Massachusetts based Mixed media artist, proud ally🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.33CliffStreet.com
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Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
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The History Behind Judy Blume’s Most Controversial Novel, Forever https://twp.ai/4inW24
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The History Behind Judy Blume’s Most Controversial Novel, Forever
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May 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The History Behind Judy Blume’s Most Controversial Novel, Forever https://twp.ai/4inW24
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Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Glad to see this clarification
Last week, House Dems quashed a MAGA-backed effort to repeal this law. Contrary to what has been reported by the Boston Globe, the repeal amendment was defeated, and no “study” is expected to emerge from it. 2/4
April 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Glad to see this clarification
A world of no to this “amendment”
Even, here in Massachusetts, we aren’t free of the attacks and disinformation campaigns. Transgender young people aren’t the dangerous ones. The dangerous ones are the hateful people who would weaponize their existence.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/m...
Mass. House passes language barring students from playing on teams of the opposite sex, but requires state analysis - The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts House on Wednesday passed language that would ban public schools from allowing students to play on a team of the opposite sex, but only after the state is able to study the policy’s ...
www.bostonglobe.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A world of no to this “amendment”
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MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The House pass the Save Act, please call your senators and ask them to reject this bill that adds major roadblocks for millions of voters to exercise their right to the poll. Use @5calls.org to📱
April 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The House pass the Save Act, please call your senators and ask them to reject this bill that adds major roadblocks for millions of voters to exercise their right to the poll. Use @5calls.org to📱
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Important for all of us but especially journalists.
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
April 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Important for all of us but especially journalists.
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
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Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
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Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for *15 hours* to call out Trump’s harm to Americans.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
More of this energy from every Democrat please.
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Nobody should be disappeared from the streets of Somerville – or anywhere in America.
Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston Globe
An eyewitness said masked plainclothes officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk outside a Somerville home.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Nobody should be disappeared from the streets of Somerville – or anywhere in America.
Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
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Hey Democratic leadership, this Hegseth story right here?
It's a big fucking deal, and you should be eager to hammer the shit out of the Trump admin over it. Don't play nice. There's no need to wait for further details.
You need to mercilessly attack them over this.
It's a big fucking deal, and you should be eager to hammer the shit out of the Trump admin over it. Don't play nice. There's no need to wait for further details.
You need to mercilessly attack them over this.
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey Democratic leadership, this Hegseth story right here?
It's a big fucking deal, and you should be eager to hammer the shit out of the Trump admin over it. Don't play nice. There's no need to wait for further details.
You need to mercilessly attack them over this.
It's a big fucking deal, and you should be eager to hammer the shit out of the Trump admin over it. Don't play nice. There's no need to wait for further details.
You need to mercilessly attack them over this.
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CRUEL AND EVIL
OMG
PLEASE SHARE
WHAT HAVE WE BECOME
OMG
PLEASE SHARE
WHAT HAVE WE BECOME
They’re treating humans like animals-And all of this being done in our name-the United States of America.
The world won’t forget this.
Such shame.
Please share.
@aaronparnas.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2nVdBRY/
The world won’t forget this.
Such shame.
Please share.
@aaronparnas.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2nVdBRY/
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
CRUEL AND EVIL
OMG
PLEASE SHARE
WHAT HAVE WE BECOME
OMG
PLEASE SHARE
WHAT HAVE WE BECOME
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Happy Birthday Mister Rogers
You were the best neighbor ❤️
We miss you more than ever 🥹
You were the best neighbor ❤️
We miss you more than ever 🥹
March 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Happy Birthday Mister Rogers
You were the best neighbor ❤️
We miss you more than ever 🥹
You were the best neighbor ❤️
We miss you more than ever 🥹
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I have heard she is a judges’ judge. She has been a sounding board for other judges who needed advice on cases.
Wisconsin, you deserve to have a highly competent justice who will uphold the state and US Constitution and not put their thumb on the scale of justice like Schimel would.
Wisconsin, you deserve to have a highly competent justice who will uphold the state and US Constitution and not put their thumb on the scale of justice like Schimel would.
Watched the WI Supreme Court Debate. Democrat Susan Crawford demonstrated superior understanding of the law and cases. Republican Schimel loves an 1859 anti-abortion law, God 🙄and couldn’t remember facts of important WI cases. Vote for Crawford April 1 #Voices4Victory
www.crawfordforwi.com
www.crawfordforwi.com
Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Judge Susan Crawford is a former prosecutor and current Circuit Court Judge running for Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.
www.crawfordforwi.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I have heard she is a judges’ judge. She has been a sounding board for other judges who needed advice on cases.
Wisconsin, you deserve to have a highly competent justice who will uphold the state and US Constitution and not put their thumb on the scale of justice like Schimel would.
Wisconsin, you deserve to have a highly competent justice who will uphold the state and US Constitution and not put their thumb on the scale of justice like Schimel would.
This is the type of energy we need from Dems
'Have you no decency?': Bill Keating admonishes Republican lawmaker for misgendering trans colleague
Keating said the hearing would not continue if Rep. Keith Self misgendered McBride. Self then adjourned the meeting.
www.boston.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the type of energy we need from Dems
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This is by far the most corrupt administration in American history. Waste, fraud, and abuse is rampant. No one has ever been more deserving of impeachment and removal than Trump.
March 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is by far the most corrupt administration in American history. Waste, fraud, and abuse is rampant. No one has ever been more deserving of impeachment and removal than Trump.
Abso-fucking-lutey NOT!
No.
No.
March 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Abso-fucking-lutey NOT!
No.
No.
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I’m the dairy farmer running in the special election to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
March 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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