Abby N
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Like flowers, nature, cats, dogs, astronomy, science-fiction, art, music, and the arts.
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January 1, 2026
January 1, 2026
On January 1, 1892, seventeen-year-old Annie Moore walked down the gangway from the steamship Nevada with her two brothers Anthony, eleven, and Philip, nine, and into history as the first person proce...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
January 1, 2026
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Thread 🧵: People keep asking what President Biden actually did to help everyday Americans that Donald Trump canceled, reversed, opposed, or tried to undo. Here are concrete examples, with sources, explained briefly and clearly.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Thread 🧵: People keep asking what President Biden actually did to help everyday Americans that Donald Trump canceled, reversed, opposed, or tried to undo. Here are concrete examples, with sources, explained briefly and clearly.
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December 30, 2025
December 30, 2025
The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
December 30, 2025
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If you havent watched Star Trek Prodigy yet, and you're even a little bit interested, I cannot recommend this show enough. IMO it's one of the best if not the best Star Trek series. It encapsulates the core values of Star Trek.
REMINDER: You have one day left to stream #StarTrekProdigy on Netflix trekmovie.com/2025/12/10/n...
Netflix Confirms When ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ And The Kelvin Movies Are Leaving
Stream 'Prodigy' in December while you still can.
trekmovie.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you havent watched Star Trek Prodigy yet, and you're even a little bit interested, I cannot recommend this show enough. IMO it's one of the best if not the best Star Trek series. It encapsulates the core values of Star Trek.
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The NYT asked me to write about Christmas in the Trump economy, but also assigned too many holiday columns so mine didn't make it in. But here it is! The Hallmark Christmas movie you didn't ask for: www.elizabethspiers.com/a-hallmark-c...
A Hallmark Christmas, Through the Dark Lens of the Trump Economy
A lump of coal from President Scrooge
[The NYT assigned me a column about Christmas and affordability in the Trump economy but also assigned approximately four million other columns for the holidays ...
www.elizabethspiers.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The NYT asked me to write about Christmas in the Trump economy, but also assigned too many holiday columns so mine didn't make it in. But here it is! The Hallmark Christmas movie you didn't ask for: www.elizabethspiers.com/a-hallmark-c...
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“I am worn from warning. What is a warning, anyway, but a declaration of what you love and want to protect?
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
The Miners
The men who would strip the future for parts.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“I am worn from warning. What is a warning, anyway, but a declaration of what you love and want to protect?
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
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December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
December 19, 2025
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December 18, 2025
December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
December 18, 2025
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1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina.
Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.
In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT
But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.
In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT
But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine
There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.
popular.info
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina.
Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.
In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT
But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.
In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT
But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
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"All that [tariff] money's gone into a big pot. And what Trump has done is he's taken a bunch of mates and he said to them, I like you. You're a farmer. I like the cut of your jib. You get bailed out, but the rest of us don't."
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"All that [tariff] money's gone into a big pot. And what Trump has done is he's taken a bunch of mates and he said to them, I like you. You're a farmer. I like the cut of your jib. You get bailed out, but the rest of us don't."
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New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
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The human cost of AI: the real people, hired as "data labellers" and other euphemisms (after signing non-disclosure agreements) paid a pittance, and enduring immense harm in the process.
A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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Most profound writing I read in 2026 was "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy" by a Nairobi man who dreamed of working in air traffic control but instead winds up sexting & chatting w ppl who think they're talking to AI (while AI trains on him). 16 pages & free - READ IT data-workers.org/michael/
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The human cost of AI: the real people, hired as "data labellers" and other euphemisms (after signing non-disclosure agreements) paid a pittance, and enduring immense harm in the process.
A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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Instacart’s “dynamic pricing” makes NYT Page One ..
.. AND the NY Post wood:
$CART
@bencasselman.bsky.social
.. AND the NY Post wood:
$CART
@bencasselman.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Instacart’s “dynamic pricing” makes NYT Page One ..
.. AND the NY Post wood:
$CART
@bencasselman.bsky.social
.. AND the NY Post wood:
$CART
@bencasselman.bsky.social
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Primary Sources:
- newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-business...
- explorethearchive.com/business-plot
- bfwclassroom.com/2025/11/18/t...
- newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-business...
- explorethearchive.com/business-plot
- bfwclassroom.com/2025/11/18/t...
The Business Plot, or When J.P. Morgan’s Pals Tried To Overthrow FDR - New England Historical Society
It sounded crazy, but it wasn't: The Business Plot to make Smedley Butler, a highly decorated Marine, the U.S. dictator in 1934 after overthrowing FDR.
newenglandhistoricalsociety.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Here's a digital copy of the 94 page Senate Report that investigated these treasonous acts. November 20th, 1934. This covers patriot US Major General Smedley D. Butler's whistle blowing of the ultra wealthy's attempts to subjugate & control US. 🇺🇲🗽🐸
ia800307.us.archive.org/1/items/McCo...
ia800307.us.archive.org/1/items/McCo...
ia800307.us.archive.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Here's a digital copy of the 94 page Senate Report that investigated these treasonous acts. November 20th, 1934. This covers patriot US Major General Smedley D. Butler's whistle blowing of the ultra wealthy's attempts to subjugate & control US. 🇺🇲🗽🐸
ia800307.us.archive.org/1/items/McCo...
ia800307.us.archive.org/1/items/McCo...
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Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025
On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration’s approach to the world at ho...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
November 30, 2025
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Her adoptive dad had sexually assaulted her for years. But when Taylor Cadle told police, she was treated like a “monster.” She was charged with lying to the police and had to write an apology letter to her abuser.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Her adoptive dad had sexually assaulted her for years. But when Taylor Cadle told police, she was treated like a “monster.” She was charged with lying to the police and had to write an apology letter to her abuser.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
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I had my first ever go at one of those round table talking heads sort of shows, and promised myself ahead of time that I wouldn't turn into a shouting head.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I had my first ever go at one of those round table talking heads sort of shows, and promised myself ahead of time that I wouldn't turn into a shouting head.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.
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Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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"For months now, the tech world has been drunk on the language of inevitability. AI will transform everything. AI demand for electricity will double America’s power consumption. AI data centers will be the new steel mills, the new auto plants, the new engines of prosperity."
What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
When this bubble bursts, the collapse won’t hit Google’s coders — it’ll hit the electricians, nurses, teachers, retirees, renters, and low-income families who never got a penny from the boom…
hartmannreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"For months now, the tech world has been drunk on the language of inevitability. AI will transform everything. AI demand for electricity will double America’s power consumption. AI data centers will be the new steel mills, the new auto plants, the new engines of prosperity."
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LLM-based gen AI systems for writing, audio, art, and video are "digital vultures bloated on stolen books [and other human-made things] which they churn together and vomit out in imitations of words from actual thinking, feeling brains."
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Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
buttondown.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
LLM-based gen AI systems for writing, audio, art, and video are "digital vultures bloated on stolen books [and other human-made things] which they churn together and vomit out in imitations of words from actual thinking, feeling brains."
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
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