Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaJ.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 3hOne weird trick to solve all your AI problems: Make the creators of AI legally liable for foreseeable problems their product causes, just like every other damn product in the world. 20433146
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Free newsletter: When will the AI bubble burst? When the money runs out. Raising debt for AI data centers is becoming untenable, infrastructure break-even points keep getting further away, and many of VC's AI investments look like dead money. www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/wheresyoured.athttps://www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter, and you can subscribe on the following links: $70 a year, $18 a quarter, or $7 a month. In return you get a weekly premium… 20669155
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering. 331881330
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026(🚨) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: A Dozen Ways Trump Is Rigging the Midterms This isn’t a listicle. It’s an exhaustive, sourced report on the most under-attack election cycle in American history. Whatever the result in November—and we should all vote for the one we want—Trump *has* criminally rigged the system.sethabramson.substack.comPROOF EXCLUSIVE: A Dozen Ways Trump Is Rigging the MidtermsEveryone should vote. Democrats may do well. But neither of those facts alters the reality of what the 2026 midterms are: a rigged event under assault by a fascist, his regime, and his foreign allies. 15819386
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.* 21422405
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 408125925971
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Nobody wants this. Polling shows that Americans want to protect public lands, and certainly don't want data centers built on them. 29877374
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaAconyte Books @aconytebooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Episode One and Two of a new Legend of the Five Rings series from @ohnospooky.bsky.social is officially out! Read on L5R.com, or listen on the Aconyte Fiction Podcast: www.legendofthefiverings.com/coiled-fates... 086
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026‼️🚨 Breaking News 🚨‼️ The Speaker has cancelled votes and is sending us home. And there is really only one reason—impeachment of Pete Hegseth. Here’s what’s going on ⬇️ 1081364637
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 181286592
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today is National Voter Registration Day — and we're less than 50 days from the midterms. The best time to check that your voter registration is up to date is right now. And remind your friends and family to do the same. This is absolutely vital. ⬇️ nationalvoterregistrationday.orgnationalvoterregistrationday.orgNational Voter Registration DayNational Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus 5627971559
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's clear that the Trump regime is committing an armed robbery in Venezuela, and they won't tell the public who's getting the loot. 771809569
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath Lauriaisaac @sevier.io · 14/09/2026No one in the media or politics fretting about AI as an "existential threat" actually takes those kinds of risks seriously or we would be hearing about climate 24/7 instead of computer programs 222348
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026They’re absolutely trying to kill people. Trump is expected to announce tomorrow that the US will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c... 2041478788
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026How can anyone choose to get pregnant when there's a chance the embryo implants in the wrong spot--something you can't control, influence, or prevent--and then you get to die a horrible, miserable, inescapable death? 1330076
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 12/09/2025"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...ru.nl‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud UniversitySince the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss... 12971416
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026oh no how will i continue to not write anything with AI 1016218
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September. 1936176576975
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Hey Google, is the Earth flat now? Was the moon landing faked? When you acquiesce to an autocrat, by definition, you also rewrite history and science. Sickening. 2644316979
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warnTrump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution 1021428852
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaDerek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Remember, whenever a politician or pundit talks about making “necessary sacrifices” or “tough choices” to achieve some other goal - they actually want both things, independently. R’s wanted to starve kids, so they voted for it. 09835
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath Lauriaescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026To be clear everyone involved in this should go to prison. This is not some petty "but the golf course was so nice beforehand" shit, this is "you are in open and flagrant violation of the law in that you lied to the court about your intentions and timelines" territory people.com/dozens-trees...people.comDozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump’s New Golf Course Makeover: ReportOver 60 trees were removed at East Potomac Golf Links before official approval for renovations was granted, the Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 26. Preservationists argue the plans violate a law... 631186528
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaFerric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#1 - Return of measles #2 - Assault on vaccines #3 - Threatening mifepristone #4 - Cyclospora outbreak #5 - Rolling back fluoridation And what about decimating public health agencies, slashing research funding and global health support, spreading autism misinformation & reducing healthcare access? 9233111
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaProfessor Peacock @jmpeck4.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I am still trying to process that a man who eats roadkill is in charge of the Nation's health. #RobertKennedyjr www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...theguardian.comStreet food: Robert F Kennedy Jr boasts of ‘a freezer full of roadkill’Claim by independent presidential candidate follows admission he was behind prank involving dead bear in 2014 1514856
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/08/2026I just want to build a new society built around a common understanding: If you have more money than you could ever spend and you still want more, you are a fundamentally broken human who needs supportive intervention before you are fit to participate in a healthy, functioning community. 2846162
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 25/08/2026Today's newsletter is the AI Hater's Manifesto - where generative AI fails technically, economically, and morally. From its ever-changing products and rate limits to its ever-increasing demands for trillions of dollars, LLMs exhaust everything they touch. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-hater... 12842217
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath Lauria🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026Gary, Indiana is 76% Black. 451665880
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaEthan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 19/08/2026Been reading some strident arguments for LLM usage from fairly high-profile writers this week, and I keep thinking about this post I wrote a few months ago. I cannot imagine publicly carrying water for a military contractor, simply because you like the emails it helps you write. 06122
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/08/2026DEMOCRATS, RUN AGAINST AI DATA CENTERS. TRUMP IS ALL IN. YOU WILL WIN ON THIS! 48898292
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/08/2026Reading through potential ballot initiatives in Colorado reminds you of how awful parts of this state are. 821524
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 12/07/2026PMC COVlD Update, Week of Jul 13, 2026 (US) ▪️1 in 250 Americans estimated actively infectious ▪️8 hot spots ▪️Texas and Guam outbreaks persist ▪️Florida outbreak worsens ▪️California Bay Area now with high levels See Alt text for more detail. pmc19.com THREAD 🧵1/3 4432224
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/07/2026-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom. 279117033421
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2026I’ve spoken with Jason Watson. He knew exactly what this would cost him. He gave up his military career to take a brave stand for democracy. Patriotism that only works with obedience isn’t patriotism. 2232192854947
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaProPublica @propublica.org · 01/07/2026NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.propublica.orgA Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little JustificationProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation. 39768153478
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Democratic socialists are still partying in New York City… 🎉 Wait — *checks notes* — sorry this is Colorado. Apologies! We got confused since we were told this only happens in NYC 😬 @melatkirosco.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DaO9NqR... 451176043703
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRW @robairone.bsky.social · 30/06/2026climate.usClimate.us launches independent website for trusted climate informationBuilt by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to ... 7381168
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaChris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Several huge wildfires burning across Colorado tonight. Most of the state is covered in smoke thick smoke. Denver ranks among the top-10 worst air quality globally, per IQair. #COwx 08631
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A round of applause for inspirational teachers 🫶🏼👏🏼 #WritingCommunity #BookSky 349136002222
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/06/2026I’m not going to hail Barrett and Roberts for allowing us to count our votes. It’s a huge win for democracy, but it shouldn’t have even been a question. That we were one vote away from disenfranchising votes is all the more reason to expand the court in 2029. 741240335693
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaSHRED @tshred.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Clarence Thomas worked for Monsanto and should have recused himself. www.npr.org/2026/06/25/g...npr.orgSupreme Court backs Monsanto in its fight against liability from popular weed killerThe central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label and whether a federal law overrides state claims. 35449762238
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Today's news is a good reminder that impeaching Supreme Court justices should be a very high priority for Democrats if they retake the House in November. 5510100
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity. 776215217253
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When we get huge snowstorms, the climate deniers all point and laugh, "I thought we had global warming, ha ha ha." We are not hearing much from these deniers as Europe faces some of the highest temperatures on record. This is Paris, France, right now at 6:39 pm. They got to over 100°F today. 2011733
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 23/06/2026Europe is currently experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. The US government is paying companies to stop plans for wind farms. Tech companies are building mountains of energy-sucking data centers. This is unsustainable, literally www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... 10924561022
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaJonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When scientists say climate change means average temperatures will rise by 2 or 3 degrees, they don't mean that what was once a 20C summer's day becomes 22C. Weather will yo-yo ever more wildly: one week will bring cold and storms, the next a blistering drought. That's the harsh future. 41446138
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaCarrie Harris @carrharr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Here's a bunch of my work in an AI data set, totaling about a million words. It doesn't stop here; I've seen other sets. Please take a minute to look up your favorite writer or band and think about what you're doing before you use genAI. It is NOT harmless. www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...theatlantic.comAI Watchdog - The AtlanticThe Atlantic's ongoing investigation of the books, videos, and other media used by the world's most powerful tech companies to train their AI models. 193
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.ctvnews.caCervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: studyThe HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday. 139102623708
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/06/2026One fewer thing wrecked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring systemMove to dismantle $368m sea observatory initiative faced opposition from experts and lawmakers 24758104
Reposted by Cari Z/Cath LauriaGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/06/2026"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."theguardian.comThe era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel ZucmanThere is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power 56796723930