Dr. Danielle Michaels

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Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler' Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed to be 'politically incorrect'

xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:

Important thread to read. #abhealth #abpoli

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

L 44% C 44% 338Canada vote projection | April 12, 2025

~ATTENTION Edmonton Gateway!

It's too close for comfort! #VoteLiberal to stop the Cons!!

More than 1,000 march in Sackets Harbor in support of detained children, mother

In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.

Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.

www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...

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What is a bigger deal, IMO, is that the New York Times is still leading with this, even as the largest mass protest is US history is happening.

Even the Amazon Post is doing better. Even the LA Times is leading with the protests.

Today was a good start. Next we will see how it is reported…

Is it buried? Is it framed weirdly? Is the one incident of violence amplified?

And then, what happens next? Do the millions who didn’t come out today realize that they have power if they only use it?

Or does this fade out and die?

Let’s go with “Over 1% of the US population” as a lower bound on how many people took the streets today to say #handsoff

Tied for the 3rd-largest protest in US history

George Floyd / Black Lives Matter (2020, 15-26 M)

Earth Day (1970, 20 M)

Women’s March (2017, 3.3-5.6 M)

How’s the reporting?

Okay lets game this out: You are a Nintendo employee given unlimited funds and authority to move Switch 2 production to the US. No new factories, that's going to take way too long, you need to work with existing American Contract Manufacturing capacity. How fast can you do it?

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@mezentine.bsky.social did the Chicago Trib catch up, or are they still burying the biggest mass protest since COVID?

This was their virtual front page yesterday afternoon

Okay so, hear me out.

Did Trump just put /SANCTIONS/ on the United States?

The effect of a universal tariff is to cut the US out of the global economy. But the global economy does not have to follow suit.

What will we see if the world responds by lowering trade barriers on all BUT America?

a view of the protest crowd. A sign in front says Shame on Doge

a view of the crowd in front of the courthouse

a view of the crowd. a sign in front says hands off our public lands courts unions Social Security educators scientists

Carrie smiles and holds up a sign that says Fuck Off Fascists with two middle fingers. She’s wearing sunglasses and a black shirt that says Nasty Woman.

Good showing today in downtown SLO, it was nice to see so many people showing up, making signs, yelling chants, and enthusiastically honking for democracy.

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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

A massive crowd of protesters gathers in a public area, holding colorful signs advocating for democracy and social justice.

Portland, Oregon #3E #Handsoff #FiftyFiftyOne

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Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/

When flight attendants asked how they could safely evacuate detainees, whose wrists were shackled to their ankles, in the case of an emergency, they were told to save themselves. The utter disregard for the sanctity of human life is beyond shameful.

Our Response to these latest tariffs is to fight, protect, build.

Braid: Cancer kids have popsicles back but AHS boss says we just don't get it Alberta Health Services reverses ban on food and treats for outpatients, but insists they never denied food for patients, although they did.

~Braid calls BS!

AB healthcare overlords ran like the wind Tues, formally reversing the policy that would have denied child cancer patients a simple juice box or popsicle

But, as usual, they fled making excuses and accusing others of “misinterpreting” the policy

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The writer suggests Democrats should stop defending “trans/gay” communities right now.

Gross.

Publicly shamed, Alberta drops plan to deny free popsicles, juice boxes and water to kids recovering from cancer treatments - Alberta Politics How big a role did the colourful image of popsicles play in the Alberta Government’s decision yesterday to drop the appalling Alberta Health Services policy of not providing frozen treats, juice boxes...

Publicly shamed, Alberta drops plan to deny free popsicles, juice boxes and water to kids recovering from cancer treatments. albertapolitics.ca/2025/04/publ...

Trump threatening to invade ally.

Fixed the headline for you WaPo. Very glad I cancelled my subscription.

#istandwithgreenland #MakeAmericaGoAway

Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.

Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.

If Senator Cory Booker can stand up for 24+ hours against Trump dismantling America, you can stand up for a couple hours this Saturday, 4/5, right?

If not us, who?

There are more than 850 rallies planned across the U.S.

Find one close to
you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/