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Ruth

@duckduckf.bsky.social

Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli

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Moulton is a centrist but he’s also an opportunist. He’s only saying this because he’s running for senate against an actual progressive

02.03.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And … are you against the war? Honestly can’t tell

02.03.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, I’m unimpressed

02.03.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

excellent question

01.03.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t get why this is his red line πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ I mean it’s good but still puzzling

01.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One nice example of generative slop degrading quality is in auto captions for social media vids

Speech to text is getting MASSIVELY worse as it becomes more and more generative, and often it completely changes the meaning on insta, tiktok etc. That gets worse as companies squeeze compute and power

01.03.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

maybe she doesn’t understand decimal points?

01.03.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So what does it mean that β€œThe Scouts” caved to Tmp’s administration in this case? Do those rules supposedly apply to the individual troops?

01.03.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am seeing an BS expert today and was going to ask this

01.03.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, amazingly bad Dem take. Luckily there’s someone running against him - bsky.app/profile/deni...

01.03.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a school is military infrastructure ?????

01.03.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The cult that wants to give human rights to robots Anthropic’s β€˜Claude Constitution’ reflects the misanthropic, ultra-utilitarian Effective Altruism agenda.

β€œThis is an exercise in anthropomorphism. As a next-word completion engine, a transformer model like Claude is no more capable of developing a sense of self than a door handle or a radiator… Claude’s constitution oozes harmful anthropomorphism from beginning to end”

28.02.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW. This is an elementary girls school in the city of Hormozgan in Iran.

In the last hour, it was hit by a US/Israeli missile attack.

So far, 24 young girls are confirmed dead [SOURCE: Al Jazeera].

The US has just committed a war crime.

(πŸŽ₯ Ary Jeay)

28.02.2026 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1591    πŸ” 937    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 164

No one should be using ChatGPT or partnering with OpenAI for anything.

28.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2593    πŸ” 647    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 30

or just don’t use AI

28.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and @massgovernor.bsky.social

28.02.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Steals The Media The MAGA takeover accelerates

Power and control.

28.02.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5
A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: 

YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. 

YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today.  

YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken β€œmajor operations” in Iran and has also said β€œU.S. lives might be lost.” 

YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately:  

- Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement
- Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House.
- Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. 

YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. 

YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]

A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today. YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken β€œmajor operations” in Iran and has also said β€œU.S. lives might be lost.” YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately: - Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement - Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House. - Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]

Do it now.

Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices.

Script here again.

28.02.2026 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 714    πŸ” 649    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 21

Fun fact, US passports did not have a gender marker until 1977, when a rising trend in unisex fashion started freaking the government out.

26.02.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4429    πŸ” 1627    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 23

Hey, His powers are great

27.02.2026 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No Amazon is possible!

27.02.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CNN will soon be controlled by David Ellison. If democracy is to survive, a vibrant independent media ecosystem is critical.

My ask: cancel your Paramount/Warner subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you are able.

You can start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

27.02.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7194    πŸ” 2463    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 115

What's missing? The public. Decisions about whether AI can surveil American citizens or autonomously deploy lethal force are being settled in a contract dispute. No Congress. No democratic deliberation. No accountability. We've outsourced questions about the use of force to a corporate negotiation.

27.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

27.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3263    πŸ” 642    πŸ’¬ 318    πŸ“Œ 387

If he throws trans folks under the bus that means he’ll throw someone else under the bus next. We can’t vote for that.

27.02.2026 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Go to therapy? Fuck, who can afford that, I am just gonna call and yell at my representatives until they stop being human garbage.

04.02.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

except for the fact that he’s a suck up to the right

27.02.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh stop it. This is the least of our problems of what’s on TV right now. And what’s the definition of β€œjunk food” anyway?

27.02.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

"Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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