Caroline

yesterday I saw a video about how AI data centers have to use clean new water, not recycled. the closing line was something like "all that power, taken down by limescale"

the way that axios can simultaneously write about how AI killing the job market explains the disconnect between the strong economy and negative public sentiment while sycophantically praising AI for its ability to move fast and break things... i hate it

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

A funny thing that the use of AI-generated em dashes has clued a lot of people into the value of the em dash and caused its human frequency to go up too

of this camp, Eisenhower said "The things I saw beggar description." beggar, to defy.

ending all AI chatbot interactions with "AI is a crime against the working class"

We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.

what the actual fuck

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Baltimore Mayor @mayorbmscott.bsky.social:

“The more united we are, the more powerful we are.”
#MLK2026

It’s A LOT right now.
I needed to take a breath, maybe you do too?

Perhaps with some of my favorite fishes, right here in Minnesota:

oh, no, sorry, I can't use chatgpt, it's against my religion

None of these public trees are located within the proposed building footprint. They will be removed merely for temporary site access. The removal of these public trees for private development contradicts Baltimore City’s stated commitments to sustainability, resilience, and equitable development.

This week, Johns Hopkins Uni is going to cut down street trees to make space for private development. Over 90 trees will be removed for the construction of JHU’s Data Science AI Complex. Two century-old oaks on the hillside (private). Nine 50-year old oaks (public). Eighteen elms (public).

I must've missed when the narrator was named in the intro, because I was DELIGHTED to discover this during the credits. at one point, it sounds like "the narrator" is smiling as they read a sentence and it made me so happy to hear and know that "the narrator" was pleased, too. but lo and behold!

Antonia Hylton Antonia Hylton is an Emmy award-winning correspondent and producer reporting at the intersection of politics, civil rights, and immigration. She currently works at NBC.

just finished the audiobook of @ahylton26.bsky.social's Madness, wonderfully read by the author. a story as heartbreaking as it is well-written and heartfelt. strongly suggest supplementing your reading by checking out the video and photos at www.antoniahylton.com. AH, thank you for making this.

I noticed this exact phenomenon like a year ago in my local queer fb group. one member was known to post disorganized, chaotic missives. suddenly, they were posting clean, well-punctuated essays, complete with section headings. about how they were actually a divine celestial skateboard goddess.

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.

I love newspapers dot com

a wise person once said "never play a match-3 game while waiting for your Adderall to kick in." and that person was not me.

*Slams laptop shut until 5786*

every Tesla "innovation" turns out to be style-over-substance bullshit that has no place in a product class where peoples lives and livelihoods depend on safety and reliability

last night, as my cat slept in my leg triangle, I wrote this as copy for her real estate find:

Benefits to Human's Leg Triangle for Cat
-can snuggle human
-cozy
-can kick human when readjusting
-warm
-can kick human when bathing
-designated area perfectly cat shaped
-can kick human when they move

at my high school, two math teachers left their spouses for each other. she was also the poms coach. so yeah, I know about teachers getting married.
also a separate time, one of our gym teachers got fired because she slept with two students.

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

not enough discussion of this article. moral/ethical/scientific validity of using AI to write your paper for you. i see this constantly
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...

i bring a real "i hate rfk jr" vibe to the All Staff Work Chat that everyone is definitely enjoying

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?