Thistle313
@thistle313.bsky.social
Retired librarian; Detroiter
Yes!! 🔥🔥🔥
I don’t understand Democratic politicians whose theory of change is still “I’ll cooperate with Republicans!”
I’ve actually paid attention to the last twenty years of politics.
Republicans are welcome to help. They are not required for us to succeed.
I’ve actually paid attention to the last twenty years of politics.
Republicans are welcome to help. They are not required for us to succeed.
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes!! 🔥🔥🔥
Very well said. Read the entire 🧵
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Very well said. Read the entire 🧵
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You can tell how serious billionaires are about AI generating a paradise for everyone by looking at how much time and effort they’ve put into supporting universal income and planning for the end of capitalism.
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
You can tell how serious billionaires are about AI generating a paradise for everyone by looking at how much time and effort they’ve put into supporting universal income and planning for the end of capitalism.
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Remember when Zeppelins were the future of transcontinental air travel?
The world is actually FULL of technologies that were created and then went away because they sucked and no one wanted them. it happens all the fucking time. The idea that as soon as they're here we all just have to learn to live with it and find a use for it is just stupid tech industry propaganda.
Remember when they said this about NFTs... and the blockchain... and VR... and 3D...
How many times do we have to see tech no-one but tech bros want consigned to the ash heap of history before we realise that yes, actually, we *can* close Pandoras box.
How many times do we have to see tech no-one but tech bros want consigned to the ash heap of history before we realise that yes, actually, we *can* close Pandoras box.
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remember when Zeppelins were the future of transcontinental air travel?
Important thread, but this is the heart of it.
If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Important thread, but this is the heart of it.
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Refuse. Refuse. Refuse.
Fuck you; make me.
Fuck you; make me.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Refuse. Refuse. Refuse.
Fuck you; make me.
Fuck you; make me.
Sigh
Unburying the lede from my essay on why we all feel like numb frozen crap these days…
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sigh
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
May 5, 2023 at 1:45 PM
I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
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"Stand up to ICE thugs ripping apart our communities and violating the civil rights of AMERICAN CITIZENS" is much better ground to be fighting on than "TEH CARAVAN!!1!"
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Stand up to ICE thugs ripping apart our communities and violating the civil rights of AMERICAN CITIZENS" is much better ground to be fighting on than "TEH CARAVAN!!1!"
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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I’m not against data. I am against mistaking data for reality.
This is why we need people in Congress who have worked normal jobs. Instead of just reading economic reports about them.
This is why I am running:
bethfordemocracy.com
This is why we need people in Congress who have worked normal jobs. Instead of just reading economic reports about them.
This is why I am running:
bethfordemocracy.com
Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
bethfordemocracy.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m not against data. I am against mistaking data for reality.
This is why we need people in Congress who have worked normal jobs. Instead of just reading economic reports about them.
This is why I am running:
bethfordemocracy.com
This is why we need people in Congress who have worked normal jobs. Instead of just reading economic reports about them.
This is why I am running:
bethfordemocracy.com
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not only would this not facilitate communication with my dead nana, it would slowly rewire the way my brain engages with my memories of her, destroying both the peace she believed in & my real actual connection to her. you may as well take a front-end loader to her gravesite
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
not only would this not facilitate communication with my dead nana, it would slowly rewire the way my brain engages with my memories of her, destroying both the peace she believed in & my real actual connection to her. you may as well take a front-end loader to her gravesite
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you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
Sam Altman saying he uses Chat GPT as a parenting tool is a dumb as fuck “news” story today, but honestly, you should never take any parenting advice from rich people. Full stop. They don’t look after their kids. They have staff. Precisely zero of their parenting dilemmas resemble normal humans’.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
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With AltText, so everyone can understand what’s possible if you think about women as people and not just caregiving machines
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
With AltText, so everyone can understand what’s possible if you think about women as people and not just caregiving machines
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It says a lot that AI “artists” are so creatively bankrupt they think writing prompts is a difficult, arduous task.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
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 10:57 AM
It says a lot that AI “artists” are so creatively bankrupt they think writing prompts is a difficult, arduous task.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
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Every time a new app or site provides me with a "Wrapped" I think about the somewhat unsung Black woman who created it as part of an unpaid internship.
Before Spotify Wrapped Became A Cultural Phenomenon, A Howard Intern Helped Shape The Viral Tradition We Know Today | Essence
Jewel Ham’s internship-era concept helped transform Spotify’s year-end roundup into the interactive experience millions share today.
www.essence.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Every time a new app or site provides me with a "Wrapped" I think about the somewhat unsung Black woman who created it as part of an unpaid internship.
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Where exactly is the part of the Constitution that clearly states SCOTUS decides what the meaning of the Constitution is?
I ask because I am already very clear on the part that clearly states that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US.
I ask because I am already very clear on the part that clearly states that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US.
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Where exactly is the part of the Constitution that clearly states SCOTUS decides what the meaning of the Constitution is?
I ask because I am already very clear on the part that clearly states that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US.
I ask because I am already very clear on the part that clearly states that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Let us go then, you and I
When evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table
When evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let us go then, you and I
When evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table
When evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table
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Honestly think This Hour has 22 Minutes is way better than SNL:
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Honestly think This Hour has 22 Minutes is way better than SNL:
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We don’t talk about just how many things Reagan broke nearly enough.
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We don’t talk about just how many things Reagan broke nearly enough.
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A ceasefire requires the firing to cease.
There is not a ceasefire in Gaza.
Congress must #BlockTheBombs.
There is not a ceasefire in Gaza.
Congress must #BlockTheBombs.
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A ceasefire requires the firing to cease.
There is not a ceasefire in Gaza.
Congress must #BlockTheBombs.
There is not a ceasefire in Gaza.
Congress must #BlockTheBombs.
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Yall debate more about how to handle the POSSIBILITY of someone getting something they don’t deserve based on your unhealed issues around money and access
Than the reality of someone being harmful and abusive right in front of you
You don’t care about fairness you care about control
Than the reality of someone being harmful and abusive right in front of you
You don’t care about fairness you care about control
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yall debate more about how to handle the POSSIBILITY of someone getting something they don’t deserve based on your unhealed issues around money and access
Than the reality of someone being harmful and abusive right in front of you
You don’t care about fairness you care about control
Than the reality of someone being harmful and abusive right in front of you
You don’t care about fairness you care about control