Misha
@michort.bsky.social
Birds, languages, being a human, etc
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If you read one thing today, let it be this:
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
www.harpersbazaar.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
If you read one thing today, let it be this:
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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Fire belts and violent explosions are shaking Gaza City right now..
Whoever bet that this occupation would stop at some point, or that Palestinian blood could become just “passing news,” was mistaken.
Write, speak out, don't leave Gaza alone in this moment.
#gaza
Whoever bet that this occupation would stop at some point, or that Palestinian blood could become just “passing news,” was mistaken.
Write, speak out, don't leave Gaza alone in this moment.
#gaza
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Fire belts and violent explosions are shaking Gaza City right now..
Whoever bet that this occupation would stop at some point, or that Palestinian blood could become just “passing news,” was mistaken.
Write, speak out, don't leave Gaza alone in this moment.
#gaza
Whoever bet that this occupation would stop at some point, or that Palestinian blood could become just “passing news,” was mistaken.
Write, speak out, don't leave Gaza alone in this moment.
#gaza
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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And we should be tired of having this same conversation/argument about defunding these violent institutions over and over again because too many people in this country can't imagine a world without policing.
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
And we should be tired of having this same conversation/argument about defunding these violent institutions over and over again because too many people in this country can't imagine a world without policing.
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I didn't want to have to delete these sites but I can see I must.
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I didn't want to have to delete these sites but I can see I must.
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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Really excited to find out who is going to be the Robert Moses of AI
I'm really tired of people acting like car dependency happened organically when even a cursory look at history will make it clear that automakers pushed infrastructure and even zoning to juice car sales.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Really excited to find out who is going to be the Robert Moses of AI
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No, you can't, because trans women are women, and have the same right to be in women's sports as every other women.
If you don't support trans people's FULL participation in society as equal citizens, you are not an ally.
If you don't support trans people's FULL participation in society as equal citizens, you are not an ally.
We can support trans rights wo them being in women's sports.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No, you can't, because trans women are women, and have the same right to be in women's sports as every other women.
If you don't support trans people's FULL participation in society as equal citizens, you are not an ally.
If you don't support trans people's FULL participation in society as equal citizens, you are not an ally.
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I've heard anti-Muslim shit about Dearborn from even my own family for years. I live in metro Detroit. Dearborn is awesome, and if you enjoy Middle Eastern food, you've won the lottery here. And Dearborn Records is INCREDIBLE. Anyways, at least this guy realized he was lied to by the Right.
A Republican said he changed his views about Arab Americans after spending 72 hours meeting with residents and visiting three mosques. “You have all been lied to with the propaganda that’s going on about Dearborn, Michigan,“ he said.
GOP candidate admits he was wrong about Muslims, calls off ‘American Crusade’ march in Dearborn - Detroit Metro Times
After two weeks of warning that Dearborn was edging closer to “Muslim infiltration” and Sharia law, Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson walked into three mosques, met with residents, and...
www.metrotimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I've heard anti-Muslim shit about Dearborn from even my own family for years. I live in metro Detroit. Dearborn is awesome, and if you enjoy Middle Eastern food, you've won the lottery here. And Dearborn Records is INCREDIBLE. Anyways, at least this guy realized he was lied to by the Right.
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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We can’t automate our way out of having a society
November 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We can’t automate our way out of having a society
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Ok, but I don’t think WE want that, do we?
The developers of a planned Tucson data center told Pima County officials they are waiving closing conditions related to annexation, water and electricity, and want to close on the purchase of the property before Christmas Day.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
GET THE DETAILS:
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
GET THE DETAILS:
Project Blue gives Pima County a Christmas deadline to close deal for Tucson data center property
The developers of a planned Tucson data center told Pima County officials they are waiving closing conditions related to annexation, water and electricity, and want to close on the purchase of the pro...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ok, but I don’t think WE want that, do we?
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Don’t wait for cute words or convenient news to inspire support for Palestinians! The occupation continues this genocide, so these six families continue to rely on our collective support to survive.
Priorities: emergency healthcare for THREE women + food.
Priorities: emergency healthcare for THREE women + food.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Don’t wait for cute words or convenient news to inspire support for Palestinians! The occupation continues this genocide, so these six families continue to rely on our collective support to survive.
Priorities: emergency healthcare for THREE women + food.
Priorities: emergency healthcare for THREE women + food.
@ifbookspod.bsky.social my employers made a Who Moved My Cheese reference in an all-firm meeting in this the year of our lord 2025
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
@ifbookspod.bsky.social my employers made a Who Moved My Cheese reference in an all-firm meeting in this the year of our lord 2025
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"This long-running war on knowledge and expertise has sown the ground for the narratives widely used by AI companies and the CEOs adopting it. Human labor, inquiry, creativity, and expertise is spurned in the name of “efficiency.” With AI, there is no need for human expertise"
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"This long-running war on knowledge and expertise has sown the ground for the narratives widely used by AI companies and the CEOs adopting it. Human labor, inquiry, creativity, and expertise is spurned in the name of “efficiency.” With AI, there is no need for human expertise"
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narrator: no, it cannot
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
narrator: no, it cannot
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Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.
![An ad for the Friend AI pendant that is, according to a post on Redditt, at the Fullerton CTA stop. The ad reads, "friend. [frend] noun. someone who listens, responds, and supports you." A person has written, "AI is not your friend" over the image of the pendant.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uufz3dvrdnbm6ptii46y7j7u/bafkreidv2q5m54fchg5zocga7igukl6rlss4mdzxlkkcklw5wnrc7sccga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.
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Who gets to decide who has visibility or access or evidence on us is a very real problem in an age of technology accelerated fascism, and it would be really great if more people doing technology for ostensibly “good” motivations stopped to question the dominant logic of “access as default”
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Who gets to decide who has visibility or access or evidence on us is a very real problem in an age of technology accelerated fascism, and it would be really great if more people doing technology for ostensibly “good” motivations stopped to question the dominant logic of “access as default”
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“I deserve that everybody must let me have access to them, for their betterment” is a deeply challenged view of other human beings’ autonomy
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“I deserve that everybody must let me have access to them, for their betterment” is a deeply challenged view of other human beings’ autonomy
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(watching a population vigorously oppose subsidizing the welfare state while also maintaining one of the world’s largest prison systems) these are people who love to be free
October 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
(watching a population vigorously oppose subsidizing the welfare state while also maintaining one of the world’s largest prison systems) these are people who love to be free
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We asked for universal healthcare and in response we had both parties say, "Best we can do is unchecked tech companies making a chatbot that only sometimes tells you to kill yourself."
We might be cooked.
We might be cooked.
I had a 45 year old rideshare driver tell me recently that he uses AI for therapy.
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We asked for universal healthcare and in response we had both parties say, "Best we can do is unchecked tech companies making a chatbot that only sometimes tells you to kill yourself."
We might be cooked.
We might be cooked.
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It seems like the only way tech companies are able to compel AI usage is by coercion in performance review processes?
(via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)
(via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It seems like the only way tech companies are able to compel AI usage is by coercion in performance review processes?
(via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)
(via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)
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the rich and powerful are getting richer and more powerful while communities at the margins are increasingly left with no say, ever cornered into `no exit’ from a technology that most didn’t ask for
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January 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
the rich and powerful are getting richer and more powerful while communities at the margins are increasingly left with no say, ever cornered into `no exit’ from a technology that most didn’t ask for
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