Tim
@teddybloat.bsky.social
Anarchist | Curmudgeon | Guitar Pedal Aficionado
Reposted by Tim
“All three women encountered by the Colorado hospital staff were reluctant to take their monitors off, fearing that doing so would trigger an alert to ICE or BI Inc, the staff said, even if removing the device was deemed medically necessary.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“All three women encountered by the Colorado hospital staff were reluctant to take their monitors off, fearing that doing so would trigger an alert to ICE or BI Inc, the staff said, even if removing the device was deemed medically necessary.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Tim
Trying to (hate) read TIME's person of the year article and there is this "Ask the AI" window that does not have any visible dismiss button that just stays on top of the text as you scroll.
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trying to (hate) read TIME's person of the year article and there is this "Ask the AI" window that does not have any visible dismiss button that just stays on top of the text as you scroll.
Reposted by Tim
in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
in case anyone was wondering wtf happened to @thelouvreof.bsky.social/Louvre of Bluesky: the creator got doxxed, bsky did nothing, and they decided to go out in a blaze of glory
Reposted by Tim
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.
Reposted by Tim
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
Reposted by Tim
A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
Reposted by Tim
Would?
Original Title: What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?
(The author published proof of the SV no poach conspiracy and now takes consulting money helping SV hide their no poaching conspiracy) lol
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Original Title: What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?
(The author published proof of the SV no poach conspiracy and now takes consulting money helping SV hide their no poaching conspiracy) lol
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Would?
Original Title: What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?
(The author published proof of the SV no poach conspiracy and now takes consulting money helping SV hide their no poaching conspiracy) lol
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Original Title: What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?
(The author published proof of the SV no poach conspiracy and now takes consulting money helping SV hide their no poaching conspiracy) lol
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Reposted by Tim
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.
The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Reposted by Tim
From Sudan to Nigeria to Gaza to America to fossil fuels and the AI industry...children, young people, and the future suffer as billionaires invest in the war industry.
ICE is kidnapping and locking up little kids, denying them medical care, and feeding them contaminated food.
They aren’t going after criminals, they are going after Black and brown people, because this isn’t about immigration, it’s about white supremacy.
They aren’t going after criminals, they are going after Black and brown people, because this isn’t about immigration, it’s about white supremacy.
About 400 immigrant children were detained longer than the recommended limit, ICE admits
Legal advocates concerned over the prolonged detention of immigrant children in federal custody are sounding the alarm before the federal court. U.S.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
From Sudan to Nigeria to Gaza to America to fossil fuels and the AI industry...children, young people, and the future suffer as billionaires invest in the war industry.
Reposted by Tim
A U.S. citizen who in October was dragged from her SUV by masked federal immigration agents in West Town testified before a congressional public forum in Washington Tuesday that she has experienced panic attacks and daily nightmares after being held in federal custody.
Chicago woman detained by federal agents among five U.S. citizens to testify in Washington
chicago.suntimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A U.S. citizen who in October was dragged from her SUV by masked federal immigration agents in West Town testified before a congressional public forum in Washington Tuesday that she has experienced panic attacks and daily nightmares after being held in federal custody.
Reposted by Tim
👀 Education Department spokesperson confirmed Palantir is a subcontractor to update the foreign funding portal, to monitor potential foreign influence in American schools...in a time when Federal funding is being revoked and watchwords are in place...👇
fedscoop.com/palantir-edu...
fedscoop.com/palantir-edu...
Palantir quietly lands in Education Department through foreign funding portal
The company is not publicly listed as part of the new portal project in federal spending records.
fedscoop.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
👀 Education Department spokesperson confirmed Palantir is a subcontractor to update the foreign funding portal, to monitor potential foreign influence in American schools...in a time when Federal funding is being revoked and watchwords are in place...👇
fedscoop.com/palantir-edu...
fedscoop.com/palantir-edu...
Reposted by Tim
the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
Reposted by Tim
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Reposted by Tim
hello my friends i come to you with a very special offer !!! i am offering DISCOUNTED LESSON PACKS for new students for january !! $250 will get you four lessons, which is almost an entire lesson for free !! move quickly though, i only have FOUR of these packs available !! DM for details !
HELLO everyone !! I wanted to let you all know that i am updating my rates for lessons, and that i still have a couple of slots open !! my base rate has changed to $80 for an hour lesson, but as always i'm happy to work sliding scale !! send me a DM or an email and we'll get you scheduled !
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
hello my friends i come to you with a very special offer !!! i am offering DISCOUNTED LESSON PACKS for new students for january !! $250 will get you four lessons, which is almost an entire lesson for free !! move quickly though, i only have FOUR of these packs available !! DM for details !
Reposted by Tim
pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
Reposted by Tim
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Reposted by Tim
Stopping data centers is anti-fascist activism. You heard it from me; now go and spread the good word. We can and must stop them or slow them from being built.
The Fight to Stop Data Center Creep - Truthdig
Generative AI isn’t inevitable, and people are already fighting hard to keep power-hungry data centers out of their communities.
www.truthdig.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Stopping data centers is anti-fascist activism. You heard it from me; now go and spread the good word. We can and must stop them or slow them from being built.
Reposted by Tim
“Generative AI is a tool of authoritarianism in the United States, but there are ways to push back — and people are doing so right now.”
Excellent work from @zeblarson.bsky.social.
Excellent work from @zeblarson.bsky.social.
Stopping data centers is anti-fascist activism. You heard it from me; now go and spread the good word. We can and must stop them or slow them from being built.
The Fight to Stop Data Center Creep - Truthdig
Generative AI isn’t inevitable, and people are already fighting hard to keep power-hungry data centers out of their communities.
www.truthdig.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“Generative AI is a tool of authoritarianism in the United States, but there are ways to push back — and people are doing so right now.”
Excellent work from @zeblarson.bsky.social.
Excellent work from @zeblarson.bsky.social.
Reposted by Tim
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Reposted by Tim
Reposted by Tim
imagine admitting you didn't sleep for weeks because you were typing different ideas into the Plagiarized Mediocrity machine and all you had to show for it was.. this
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
imagine admitting you didn't sleep for weeks because you were typing different ideas into the Plagiarized Mediocrity machine and all you had to show for it was.. this
Reposted by Tim
the people involved in that ghoulish mcdonalds ad have deluded themselves to levels previously uncharted
lbbonline.com/news/melanie...
lbbonline.com/news/melanie...
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
the people involved in that ghoulish mcdonalds ad have deluded themselves to levels previously uncharted
lbbonline.com/news/melanie...
lbbonline.com/news/melanie...
Reposted by Tim
Please don't be silent. I know the horrors are unending, I know they're too much...but silence and unaccountability is their fuel.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please don't be silent. I know the horrors are unending, I know they're too much...but silence and unaccountability is their fuel.
Reposted by Tim
This morning I spent time looking up citations for a student. By the time I got to the third (with zero results), I asked where they got the list, and the student admitted they were from Google’s AI summary.
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This morning I spent time looking up citations for a student. By the time I got to the third (with zero results), I asked where they got the list, and the student admitted they were from Google’s AI summary.
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
Honestly though I’m relieved I don’t manage interlibrary loan anymore?
Reposted by Tim
Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.