General Disarray
@qotm31.bsky.social
Exhausted feral latter GenX childless cat lady in the PNW. Word nerd, techy worker, tea drinker, plant grower, fast car driver, mask wearer. Where I come from the salad contains marshmallows.
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
A big green stinkbug flew out of my Christmas tree, is this some lore I don’t know about? “See the stinkbug fly, candy cane in your eye” or some such
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A big green stinkbug flew out of my Christmas tree, is this some lore I don’t know about? “See the stinkbug fly, candy cane in your eye” or some such
I haven’t seen either of these yet but as a native Michigander I agree with this statement regardless of context
Detroiters and the Chair Company are a duology that say something important about America: Michigan is weird (fun way, charming) and Ohio is weird (upsetting way, always emitting a low-grade danger)
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I haven’t seen either of these yet but as a native Michigander I agree with this statement regardless of context
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org
Elevated Access
elevatedaccess.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Having facilitated and taken/distributed notes for thousands of meetings - full transcripts are far less useful than a concise summary of outputs, particularly decisions and action items. And I personally would never record as fact or distribute an AI summary without review/edit.
Sthg I don't specifically call out in this blog post on AI notetakers is how awful some bits of govt meeting culture appear to be. The bit about presenteeism directly reflects feedback from
junior folk who talked about how important it is to turn up to meetings www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
junior folk who talked about how important it is to turn up to meetings www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
Nine risks caused by AI notetakers — Careful Industries
AI transcription tools are not currently mature or reliable enough to be regarded as an always on, single-source of truth for meeting notes. Nine common risks, and six possible mitigations.
www.careful.industries
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Having facilitated and taken/distributed notes for thousands of meetings - full transcripts are far less useful than a concise summary of outputs, particularly decisions and action items. And I personally would never record as fact or distribute an AI summary without review/edit.
I love that their leading attempt toward character assassination of Wilson is “she does not own a car”
Everyone has lost their minds
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I love that their leading attempt toward character assassination of Wilson is “she does not own a car”
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
An amazing person
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
An amazing person
The product strategy of AI companies seems to be causing as much mental illness as possible
this is a commercial for AIs of dead relatives.
you can keep a fake grandma in your phone for decades and it's like she never left!
you can keep a fake grandma in your phone for decades and it's like she never left!
For real, check this out. Evil.
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The product strategy of AI companies seems to be causing as much mental illness as possible
This should go great with a fractured and and increasingly unreliable media environment
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This should go great with a fractured and and increasingly unreliable media environment
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info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
Ask everyone you know, especially under 40 to track their ballots, Seattle!
Ask everyone you know, especially under 40 to track their ballots, Seattle!
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
Ask everyone you know, especially under 40 to track their ballots, Seattle!
Ask everyone you know, especially under 40 to track their ballots, Seattle!
If the Trump admin gives these clowns financial backing while starving poor kids and tearing up the White House for the Orange Temple of Ego, every Dem needs to shout about it from now till the midterms
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If the Trump admin gives these clowns financial backing while starving poor kids and tearing up the White House for the Orange Temple of Ego, every Dem needs to shout about it from now till the midterms
Teen Vogue has done fantastic journalism and this sucks
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Teen Vogue has done fantastic journalism and this sucks
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The Seattle public safety survey that has long monitored citizens trust in the Seattle Police Department is open until November 30th. I highly recommend everyone take it. They usually send these out to white, affluent neighborhoods 😃 #seattle #pnw #acab
www.publicsafetysurvey.org/index.html
www.publicsafetysurvey.org/index.html
Seattle Public Safety Survey
Seattle Public Safety Survey
www.publicsafetysurvey.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Seattle public safety survey that has long monitored citizens trust in the Seattle Police Department is open until November 30th. I highly recommend everyone take it. They usually send these out to white, affluent neighborhoods 😃 #seattle #pnw #acab
www.publicsafetysurvey.org/index.html
www.publicsafetysurvey.org/index.html
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ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
www.haymarketbooks.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Today is the final day the USPS recommends mailing your ballot in.
MAGA attacks on the postal service mean that if you mail it after today, it may not be counted.
If you can’t mail today, turn it in at your nearest ballot drop box, locations can be found here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
MAGA attacks on the postal service mean that if you mail it after today, it may not be counted.
If you can’t mail today, turn it in at your nearest ballot drop box, locations can be found here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today is the final day the USPS recommends mailing your ballot in.
MAGA attacks on the postal service mean that if you mail it after today, it may not be counted.
If you can’t mail today, turn it in at your nearest ballot drop box, locations can be found here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
MAGA attacks on the postal service mean that if you mail it after today, it may not be counted.
If you can’t mail today, turn it in at your nearest ballot drop box, locations can be found here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
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If you are able, please support your local food bank.
We must do what we can as ordinary citizens to cancel out the cruelty of Trump's GOP.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...
We must do what we can as ordinary citizens to cancel out the cruelty of Trump's GOP.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...
An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming
Trump’s cruel and disastrous policies—slashing food stamps and hiking inflationary tariffs—are creating an American hunger crisis.
washingtonmonthly.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you are able, please support your local food bank.
We must do what we can as ordinary citizens to cancel out the cruelty of Trump's GOP.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...
We must do what we can as ordinary citizens to cancel out the cruelty of Trump's GOP.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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'Severe pressure': Krugman reveals how Trump's economy is on par with 2008 crisis
'Severe pressure': Krugman reveals how Trump's economy is on par with 2008 crisis
Economist Paul Krugman says U.S. consumer sentiment is much weaker than it was pre-Covid, “in fact comparable to its level at the depths of the 2008-2009 financial crisis.” And people have good reason to feel that way, according to the Nobel laureate's Wednesday Substack article.“While there have be...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
'Severe pressure': Krugman reveals how Trump's economy is on par with 2008 crisis
1) I’d rather peel off my own face and eat it than talk to a computer all day
2) My Windows laptop can’t run Win11 and Win11 is looking like such a gigantic debacle that I got a MacBook Air instead. Well played Microsoft, I’m no longer a customer
3) Imagine this in open plan offices
2) My Windows laptop can’t run Win11 and Win11 is looking like such a gigantic debacle that I got a MacBook Air instead. Well played Microsoft, I’m no longer a customer
3) Imagine this in open plan offices
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
1) I’d rather peel off my own face and eat it than talk to a computer all day
2) My Windows laptop can’t run Win11 and Win11 is looking like such a gigantic debacle that I got a MacBook Air instead. Well played Microsoft, I’m no longer a customer
3) Imagine this in open plan offices
2) My Windows laptop can’t run Win11 and Win11 is looking like such a gigantic debacle that I got a MacBook Air instead. Well played Microsoft, I’m no longer a customer
3) Imagine this in open plan offices