anya

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Nonprofit and philanthropoid. Big fan of democracy, equity, and a livable planet.

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If you have to drive around on a rainy afternoon in spring when the cherry trees are glowing pink through the gray mist and you don’t listen to Taylor Swift’s “Cardigan” on repeat, what are you even doing?

@ifbookspod.bsky.social is my favorite podcast and I just need to thank @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter for arming me against this nonsense when it pops up on my timeline

Absolutely delighted that my search for “macy’s corn” has yielded many results. I think this app might actually have what it takes to replace the bird.

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Demanding "no monkey pushing" and no lessons about fossil fuels that might "cast the oil-and-gas industry in a bad light," Texas education commissars move to block science textbooks from eight publishers—🎁:

Texas Rejects Science Textbooks Over Climate Change, Evolution Lessonswww.wsj.com Some publishers edited materials to win the Texas state education board’s approval

WTAF

Just incredible (via @jfallows.bsky.social)

My husband’s greeting to our cat, as she sat wide-eyed and upright in the middle of the kitchen floor: “Good morning. What bullshit are you on today?” 😂 Truly the best way to greet a cat.

Very much ready to give the old bird app the bird. But still waiting to see some of my go-to sources show up over here. Where you at, Senator Chris Murphy??

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The platform failed spectacularly, with misinformation proliferating as paid verified accounts spread misleading videos, a doctored photo, and other misinformation. Accounts impersonated a news outlet and another official entity, and Musk himself endorsed accounts that spread misinformation.

Musk’s X allows misinformation about Hamas’ war on Israel to proliferatewww.mediamatters.org As the terrorist organization Hamas launched surprise attacks on Israel, Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) had its first test amid a global crisis. The platform failed spectacularly, with misinformat...

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I honor Indigenous People today, not invented narratives. We should not celebrate those who advanced colonialism, genocide, rape and slavery.

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A.I. is going great, part eleventy million www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolenwww.washingtonpost.com Alexa says the 2020 race was stolen, even as parent company Amazon promotes the voice assistant as a reliable source of election news.

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generative models like Midjourney aren't able to create images that don't adhere to harmful stereotypes,even when instructed explicitly to flip stereotypes https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1201840678/ai-was-asked-to-create-images-of-black-african-docs-treating-white-kids-howd-it-

AI was asked to create images of Black African docs treating white kids. How'd it go?www.npr.org Researchers were curious if artificial intelligence could fulfill the order. Or would built-in biases short-circuit the request? Let's see what an image generator came up with.

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Health spending per capita (x axis) & life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries (lines = averages). One country sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher spending and below-average life expectancy. More: www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016...

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Hey folks— In Politico today, I weighed in on what is “broken” in American politics—with a host of others. ‘What Is Broken in American Politics Is the Republican Party’ politi.co/3ZJKICW https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/06/republican-leaders-mccarthy-expert-roundup-00120170

‘What Is Broken in American Politics Is the Republican Party’www.politico.com Fourteen experts on the roots of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and why Republicans keep destroying their own leaders.

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This is: 1) An article of my recent Bluesky posts, so be careful out there. 2) Very weird, and seems to shame me for disclosing that I have depression.

A delightful surprise to see I have two invite codes. I used one very wisely. And now will proceed to stress out and overthink what to do with the next/last one.

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The former editor of the Washington Post says: Not the odds, but the stakes. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/169... "The party that now levels evidence-free charges of 'weaponization' of government openly boasts of how it would weaponize government against its perceived enemies."

Say no more, my friend

This is definitely a big reason why I just can’t with that other site anymore.

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Elon Musk Axes Half of X’s Election Integrity Team: Reportwww.thedailybeast.com After having previously promised to expand it, of course.

*inhale* *exhale*. Ahh. That’s better. Happy to be here.

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