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Trump has definitely pardoned the most pedophiles in US history
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Via this post from @thebloggess.bsky.social, I learn that my book Lock In has been banned from schools in New Braunfels, TX. There is irony here in that Lock In won the Alex Award from the ALA, given for "adult books suitable for teens."
thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/today-they-banned-my-book-it-was-not-the-first-it-wont-be-the-last-heres-what-i-want-you-to-know/
thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/today-they-banned-my-book-it-was-not-the-first-it-wont-be-the-last-heres-what-i-want-you-to-know/
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Denmark has long been hailed as a digital champion, with online public services and tablets in schools as early as 2011.
Now they are now shifting course in the education sectors, due to alarming impacts to children’s mental health and school performance. A massive return to analogue is underway.
Now they are now shifting course in the education sectors, due to alarming impacts to children’s mental health and school performance. A massive return to analogue is underway.
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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social
#WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky
#WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky
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I am utterly delighted by daffodils.
I am surprised by them every spring, as if I have a very weak sense of object permanence.
They are loud and happy and their name is entirely appropriate.
I am surprised by them every spring, as if I have a very weak sense of object permanence.
They are loud and happy and their name is entirely appropriate.
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Libraries are held up as a great equalizer, but in practice, they’re dogged by ideological problems, access barriers, and this idea that they’ve always been there and always will be.
Look around us. How much that you have taken for granted is being actively destroyed?
Look around us. How much that you have taken for granted is being actively destroyed?
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One of the chief virtues of the book is that it’s nearly the only remaining form of media that isn’t constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.
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What's the difference between feminism and radical feminism? Are we talking ladies can vote and wear pants sometimes if they want to vs...what? Exiling men to an island? Castration of our sons?
It should not be radical to insist upon rights and agency for all humans.
It should not be radical to insist upon rights and agency for all humans.
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I was in the waiting room while my husband was discussing an upcoming (not cancer-related) procedure and they were showing cancer videos. Why would you stress people out like that? Gimme pretty nature pictures and whale songs and windchimes and shit.
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"Hack on U.S. Medical Company Shows Reach of Iran’s Cyber Capabilities"
Via @dustinvolz.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hack-on-u-s-medical-company-shows-reach-of-irans-cyber-capabilities-85999878?st=SFKxqq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Via @dustinvolz.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hack-on-u-s-medical-company-shows-reach-of-irans-cyber-capabilities-85999878?st=SFKxqq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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I opened my inbox to incident reports of people being mean, pervy, and/or drunk and wanted to turn around and go home. Most people are fine. Some are amazing. I hate that these twits take focus away from that.
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✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
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As a further dimension, the conflation of objectivity and rigor where AI as a product of a "more rigorous" field like the computing sciences is concerned means that OF COURSE the products of that field can do the work of "less rigorous" fields without an issue.
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You don't have to be nice
Just try to stop being an asshole
You don't have to be charitable
Just stay out of the way of people who need or give
You don't have to apologize for who you are
Just let other people be who they are*
*Unless they're assholes
Just try to stop being an asshole
You don't have to be charitable
Just stay out of the way of people who need or give
You don't have to apologize for who you are
Just let other people be who they are*
*Unless they're assholes
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One significant difference between contemporary techbro utopias & those of the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries is that the techbros actually want to make people less educated & less intelligent so that the people can be controlled by them. This is the utopia of sociopaths.
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This is the reality of what AI companies want for the future: where EVERYONE is unable to function without relying on them for "intelligence as a utility."
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
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Would love to have been in the room when this got greenlit.
“What if we gave our surveillance puck the personality of an asshole so you can get roasted while we send all your information to Jeff Bezos and the government?”
“What if we gave our surveillance puck the personality of an asshole so you can get roasted while we send all your information to Jeff Bezos and the government?”
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Eric & Don Jr. are turning the Iran war into a family business.
Trump starts war.
Trump bans foreign drone rivals (DJI).
Sons merge their golf co with Powerus to sell 10k drones/mo to the Pentagon.
Their own bank brokers the deal.
The ultimate conflict of interest.
Trump starts war.
Trump bans foreign drone rivals (DJI).
Sons merge their golf co with Powerus to sell 10k drones/mo to the Pentagon.
Their own bank brokers the deal.
The ultimate conflict of interest.
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I think I'm also going to send an invoice along with my opt-out. Let's see: 40 million users who had access to ""my"" bad writing advice (per Grammarly themselves) x 220ish days that Expert Review has been live x a very modest $0.01 per day per user....
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Letting a facility get away with abuse of patients and disregard for staff safety because it's the only game in town.
I have visited people in 5 psychiatric hospitals in 3 states + DC. PIW was the worst.
washingtonian.com/2026/02/26/continuing-chaos-at-dcs-troubled-psychiatric-hospital/
I have visited people in 5 psychiatric hospitals in 3 states + DC. PIW was the worst.
washingtonian.com/2026/02/26/continuing-chaos-at-dcs-troubled-psychiatric-hospital/
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Cartoon of Pete hegseth on a ladder next to the seal of the Department of Defense. "Defense" has been crossed out and "War" has been painted in red next to it. Hegseth appears to have crossed that out and is now painting "Conflict."
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The way he centers kids always makes me happy. There are so many parents who should read this.
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Can't wait to hear everyone complaining about daylight savings time tomorrow. #SundayLibrarian
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