WillowD
@willowd.bsky.social
I do lots of reading and play computer games. I used to perform in several dance troupes, most recently as a belly dancer. I watch a lot of anime.
Cover picture by Achim Schnick. Avatar is Carla from web comic Dumbing of Age.
Cover picture by Achim Schnick. Avatar is Carla from web comic Dumbing of Age.
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FEMA will no longer to door-to-door to assist you in a disaster, but ICE will go door-to-door to kidnap you and turn your life into a disaster. America has its priorities, y'all!
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
FEMA will no longer to door-to-door to assist you in a disaster, but ICE will go door-to-door to kidnap you and turn your life into a disaster. America has its priorities, y'all!
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
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This piece had me thinking a lot about how authoritarianism doesn’t always arrive with a bang. Sometimes it shows up cloaked in 'law and order.' Definitely a must-read.
Trump's DOJ Is Now Coming For Members Of Congress
What's really behind the Justice Department's baseless charges against Rep. McIver?
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This piece had me thinking a lot about how authoritarianism doesn’t always arrive with a bang. Sometimes it shows up cloaked in 'law and order.' Definitely a must-read.
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Check out our new Kickstarter trailer! The team has been working hard, and we hope you love it as much as we do 💙❤️🧡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDww...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDww...
Autonomica - Official Kickstarter Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Autonomica
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Check out our new Kickstarter trailer! The team has been working hard, and we hope you love it as much as we do 💙❤️🧡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDww...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDww...
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Did you know?
Today is Square Root Day! 👇 #squarerootday #squareroot #math #mathematics #funfact #science #nerd #geek
The next "Square Root Day" will occur on June 6, 2036 (6/6/36)
Today is Square Root Day! 👇 #squarerootday #squareroot #math #mathematics #funfact #science #nerd #geek
The next "Square Root Day" will occur on June 6, 2036 (6/6/36)
Today Is Square Root Day! Time to Get Radical!
Behold, fellow math nerds, May the 4th is over, today is Square Root Day! That glorious, rare alignment of numbers when the month and the day are both the square root of the last two digits of the yea...
www.geeksaresexy.net
May 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Did you know?
Today is Square Root Day! 👇 #squarerootday #squareroot #math #mathematics #funfact #science #nerd #geek
The next "Square Root Day" will occur on June 6, 2036 (6/6/36)
Today is Square Root Day! 👇 #squarerootday #squareroot #math #mathematics #funfact #science #nerd #geek
The next "Square Root Day" will occur on June 6, 2036 (6/6/36)
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Yeah that's right we're getting meta now
April 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yeah that's right we're getting meta now
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My fav 🎤 Letitia “Tish” James 🗽⚖️💎
Attorney General of The State of New York, is The Gift that keeps on giving to anti-trumpers & the latest round of her massive fight with 🦆 is ON! Here's why this woman of power is Trump's worst nightmare & what she's done this time to make him lose his mind!
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Attorney General of The State of New York, is The Gift that keeps on giving to anti-trumpers & the latest round of her massive fight with 🦆 is ON! Here's why this woman of power is Trump's worst nightmare & what she's done this time to make him lose his mind!
1/6🧵
April 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My fav 🎤 Letitia “Tish” James 🗽⚖️💎
Attorney General of The State of New York, is The Gift that keeps on giving to anti-trumpers & the latest round of her massive fight with 🦆 is ON! Here's why this woman of power is Trump's worst nightmare & what she's done this time to make him lose his mind!
1/6🧵
Attorney General of The State of New York, is The Gift that keeps on giving to anti-trumpers & the latest round of her massive fight with 🦆 is ON! Here's why this woman of power is Trump's worst nightmare & what she's done this time to make him lose his mind!
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The Trump administration drafted a memo that could make cuts to the federal funds that support public media in the U.S. happen soon. The move would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country.
A look at the Trump administration's efforts to slash public media funding
The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country. The White House…
buff.ly
April 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Trump administration drafted a memo that could make cuts to the federal funds that support public media in the U.S. happen soon. The move would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country.
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today in #9chickweedlane i learned that polly is asking advice for how to ask another woman out, best i can tell
April 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
today in #9chickweedlane i learned that polly is asking advice for how to ask another woman out, best i can tell
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US officials said in court filings that they were not obligated to help a Maryland resident get out of prison in El Salvador after he was erroneously deported, despite a Supreme Court ruling directing the government to 'facilitate' his return to the US reut.rs/4ih2qWb
Trump administration says it is not required to help wrongly deported man return to US
A top U.S. immigration official said in another filing that the order barring Abrego Garcia's removal to El Salvador was no longer valid.
reut.rs
April 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
US officials said in court filings that they were not obligated to help a Maryland resident get out of prison in El Salvador after he was erroneously deported, despite a Supreme Court ruling directing the government to 'facilitate' his return to the US reut.rs/4ih2qWb
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Following up on this. They just banned a Canadian trans musician from getting a visa to tour the US.
They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US.
www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell...
They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US.
www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell...
April 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Following up on this. They just banned a Canadian trans musician from getting a visa to tour the US.
They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US.
www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell...
They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US.
www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell...
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LOL!
My 12 y/o son was willfully ignorant of politics until he calculated the potential cost of a Switch 2 with tariffs. Now he is radicalized.
young men will be D+20 in 2028
April 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
LOL!
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To be super clear:
CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment
CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week
Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X
pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...
CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment
CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week
Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X
pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...
Absolutely shameful that CTV caved to a disingenuous right-wing pressure campaign instead of standing their ground. It presents even more red flags about the state of the media in Canada.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social did not deserve to be treated this way.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social did not deserve to be treated this way.
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
To be super clear:
CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment
CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week
Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X
pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...
CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment
CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week
Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X
pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...
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The 'Buy Canadian' movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of US-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves reut.rs/3Y8EZqE
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more US companies say retailers turning away their products
The "Buy Canadian" movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves.
reut.rs
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The 'Buy Canadian' movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of US-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves reut.rs/3Y8EZqE
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The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home.
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
Comic Creator RE Burke: Her Visa Story
Full family statement after her welcome return to the UK
downthetubes.net
March 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home.
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
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ICE detained Julio Noriega, a 54 year-old US citizen who was born in Chicago, for over 10 hours on January 31st.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
March 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ICE detained Julio Noriega, a 54 year-old US citizen who was born in Chicago, for over 10 hours on January 31st.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses."
They didn't show him a warrant.
They didn't give him paperwork.
And he's now suing.
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If court orders are being ignored, we’re having that constitutional crisis that everyone’s been worried about.
We’re there, folks.
We’re there, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If court orders are being ignored, we’re having that constitutional crisis that everyone’s been worried about.
We’re there, folks.
We’re there, folks.
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ELON IS TRYING TO BUILD OUT HIS FASCIST GRANDFATHER’S FANTASY
“The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.”
“The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.”
March 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
ELON IS TRYING TO BUILD OUT HIS FASCIST GRANDFATHER’S FANTASY
“The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.”
“The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.”
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge’s ruling in Seattle late Friday.
Judge extends block on Trump's plan to pull funding over health care for transgender youth
President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge's…
buff.ly
March 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge’s ruling in Seattle late Friday.