Auntie Smithbrainz

This Gen Joneser is ready to be the cranky witch in a tiny cottage at the very edge of the village/neighborhood/etc. The teens who want to punch not-sees will come by for tea, cookies, old punk/goth tunes & tales from The Before Time. Most of the adults will cross the street to avoid me.

Cmon @massgovernor.bsky.social don’t fall for the hype! Using ChatGPT erodes the thinking skills of workers, introduces numerical errors, and props up a fascist industry. When a bridge falls down bc someone did what AI said, it’ll be on your watch.

BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/

EXCLUSIVE: Evidence Indicates Jeffrey Epstein Was Key to 2016 Pro-Trump Election Meddling So much attention has been paid to Epstein's serial sex crimes that we've spent too little time asking whether Trump owes his political career to a dead pedophilic rapist he can’t stop lying about.

(🚨) This is just the beginning. But it is one hell of a beginning. You will never see the Epstein Scandal the same way again.

And Part II is on the way.

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Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation

Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation.

Kirby Institute researchers sampled air and surfaces in a Sydney hospital ED and ICU during two COVID-19 waves (Nov 2023–Jul 2024), detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 39% of aerosol samples collected.

Crucial paper published Friday that deserves much more attention in the #LongCOVID world: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

TLDR: 13/15 immunocompromised patients who had chronic COVID infections (>200 days) cleared the virus in under 2 weeks when given combo antivirals/monoclonals

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You wanna know how Wild West Long Covid is? Naltrexone is a med that, in low doses, usually 1-6 mg, helps with fatigue and other LC symptoms.

In high doses, 30-50 mg, it’s used for opioid addiction withdrawal.

I’ve heard at least 20 stories of idiot doctors prescribing the high dose to LC patients

We are *six years in* to a disease affecting over 20 million Americans and doctors cannot be trusted to understand the drug they’re prescribing.

So, this is happening: ICE in Lawrence, KS. As a father of two biracial kids, I have a giant pit in my stomach.

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.

This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.

Whoopsie….

Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-No slouching! Drink some water, take your meds.
-Having a hard time coping doesn’t make you a failure.
The Cursed Object got stuck in the walls, but don’t worry. It always finds its way out.
❤️Auntie Jilli

Creatives who use AI to replace the work of other creatives are class traitors without souls. You are not entitled to have things just because you want them, especially when those things you want put other people in the poorhouse. I'd rather die.

Market Basket just ranked the No. 2 grocery store in the United States of America.

Only H-E-B, the Texas-based regional grocer, beat them in dunnhumby’s 2026 national rankings.

your best is what you can do without harming your physical or mental health not what you can accomplish when you disregard it. - @suegainz

@suegainz

Antibiotics are one of the greatest discoveries of the modern medical age (along with vaccines)

Judge Xinis has today made permanent the injunctive relief barring ICE from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody, because (in part) they're not serious about removing him to the one country he's willing to go (Costa Rica) and only want to punish him.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren

Not content with wreaking incalculable damage at the federal level, the death cult looks to the states

Notable that Politico chose to omit that McLaughlin has been benefitting from corruption in the form of big DHS contracts to her husband’s “strategy” company, largely for those ridiculous ads that often feature Noem in cosplay.

Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash Col. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said.

Breaking news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forced the ouster of a senior military adviser to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, officials said, marking the Pentagon chief’s latest intervention into the service’s internal affairs.

That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.

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It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?

Emily Maitlis says her BBC work led to closure of UK's only youth gender clinic Former BBC Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis has said her work on the programme led to the closure of England's only youth gender clinic.

Your reminder that close friend of Peter Mandelson (the guy who was also close personal friend & corrupt enabler of Jeffrey Epstein) Emily Maitlis claims personal credit for creating the moral panic around the Tavistock gender care clinic.

This has never, ever been about the safety of children.

Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.

Feel like this is a good lesson to keep generative AI far from your editorial process as a matter of policy. Ars is a great website. If it can happen there it can happen to anyone that allows these tools in

And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.

I personally know at least six people who became disabled doing this. With no help from institutions and just endless burnout as legacies also

Bob Aliano, barber who cut hair for several generations of #Roslindale residents, has died
www.universalhub.com/2026/bob-ali...

#Boston