Laine Ballou

As one Massachusetts school administrator recently said; this moment with AI is remarkably like the moment when we were introduced to asbestos. Yes, it had some remarkably promising characteristics – fireproofing! – and had some real utility in science, research, and industrial applications. But a profit-driven industry bullied us into inserting it everywhere; into our homes and schools and public spaces, before we really understood the risks. This resulted in decades, if not centuries, of illness, injuries, deaths, and the astronomical financial burden of trying to remove the stuff. As you, the leaders and policymakers in our schools, craft an AI policy for our district, we the undersigned call on you to: 1. Ban AI tools into the classroom, protect our students and teachers from de-skilling and allow them the space and time to engage in assignments themselves. 2. Resist any direct financial relationship or contracts with AI providers, as well as the “training” they might offer. 3. Provide a digital literacy curriculum to help students navigate the current digital landscape, and promote critical engagement with technology. 4. Guarantee that anywhere generative AI has already entered our classrooms or curriculum, an opt-out will allow students and teachers to refuse the use of these products at no risk to their grades, progress or employment.

Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...

It's why I think combatting despair and doomer narratives is important not just for its own sake (because we deserve better), but also for deliberately refusing to do this government's work for them.

This eye has so much more soul.

We are a social species, and we have always prevailed through cooperation. Caring for our sick. Raising children we didn't sire or birth because they were part of our village or extended family. We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors. We evolved to UNITE.

"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.

Groomed and victimized by whom? I've seen all of DS9 a bunch of times, and I don't remember him particularly having someone in his life like that. Are they confusing him with Garak, or just making it up out of whole cloth?

They look great!

Yesterday I saw a train go by loaded up with dozens of tanks, personell carriers, military ambulances, and armored and camouflaged little pickup trucks. I'm assuming it was because of this.

Daw - look at her!

I'm so proud of Katie Wilson and everyone else who wouldn't just let the local Dem establishment/machine automatically give Bruce Harrell a second term. The desire for someone else was palpable and Katie was brave enough to step forward in a strong and focused way. Thank you!

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

How come, with all the technology out there to skip intro or don't skip intro, I still have to listen to "Faith of the Heart" every single time, but don't get to hear "Carry on, My Wayward Son" even once.

My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?

Normalize blocking people just because they have bad vibes and make you uncomfortable. None of this is that deep.

This is why I say all incels are actually volcels who despise sexuality.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

Does anybody else find the girl's dad in this story infuriating? He's basically taking a "boys will be boys" view of the perpetrator, and not really supporting his daughter defending herself, just saying she should still be allowed back in school and her punishment was a little too harsh.

It literally was never going to last more than five minutes as a trend, but people got so mad about it, anyway.

I feel like you can tell what kind of a person someone is by how mad they get about it.

I went to make sure he's blocked, and the first blocklist I subscribe to that he's on is for TERFs. Unsurprising.

What do people think is going to happen once the Epstein files are released?

I don't think I believe he actually believes in chemtrails unless he's very different than he used to be. I believe he thinks pretending to believe in chemtrails will somehow get him money, power, and popularity. He's the fakest, lyingest, rage-baitingest, most cynical fraud I've ever seen.

That's awful. They're both awful. This society is fucked and it used to be even more fucked.

I recall it being less a compliment than an accusation, like the little girl was trying to get a man sent to jail by deliberately tempting him.

Incredible how much dirt the Dems had on Trump and never used it 'cause the Epstein case hits a bunch of their own guys. Their donor class and the guys they advance as major candidates have so much more in common with him than with you.

BREAKING: Elon Musk Begs His Mom to Fight Joyce Carol Oates

Just do a crossover with Doctor Who and say he was a Timelord all this time, and whenever he dies, he regenerates as a different actor.

It's also interesting that the only parts of her comment he really cared about were the parts about consuming media. Ignored all the other aspects of humanity she mentioned

It's important everyone know the day after her comment, Musk took out actual paid ads about what books he recommends that he definitely, really read.

I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?

I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.