Reposted by jacqui shineJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 13hBecause my job can be a real bummer, when I am searching for instances of sexual violence among men in a defined group, you don't search for "sexual assault," you search for "hazing." We have euphemized language because we really, really don't want to address this in any real terms. 10656144
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 10/10/2026i think about this all the time and this is reminding me to assign it to my students!!! 110
Reposted by jacqui shinePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I keep forgetting to share that our (Sojourners for Justice Press) 2027 Calendar is available for pre-orders until November 1. It's the only way to get one. Also, purchasing a calendar helps us to continue to publish & organize events. sojourners4justice.press/calendar/sojourners4justice.pressSojourners for Justice Press 32216
Reposted by jacqui shinePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Might it be possible to push this to $220,000 by midnight? I don't know but it would be great. www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...mightycause.comSupport REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on MightycauseREBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color. 02537
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026leaving me with more questions than answers here 160
Reposted by jacqui shineDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026+350 Bluey makes a new friend -175 Muffin will be an insufferable asshole 181
Reposted by jacqui shineLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111285376
Reposted by jacqui shineCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them. 202666486
Reposted by jacqui shineCocky Bovine, back to being annoyed by FC Dallas regularly @cockybovine.me · 30/09/2026[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’re not a fan of General Hospital? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Rick Springfield! [SMITH]: That's Bruce Springsteen. 1365
Reposted by jacqui shinerax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026think all straight people who discoursed at great and punishing length about a western mass lesbian bar should have to give equal airtime to this. it’s your own community this time! 92069405
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026this is how mcckay coppin should have gone about this, not by actually gambling a lot on his own 020
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026yes, i know, that’s why that part is in the present tense 020
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026yeah i don’t think i was the one misunderstanding germ theory!! 010
Reposted by jacqui shinedepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm 554225719
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026that’s what makes this so wild. they wanted to switch one night a week to mask optional!! just one! 0120
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026yes and the change was to not require them one night a week 060
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026people did this regularly during the … well, the earlyish pandemic. you have your mask on 80% of the time, and that’s better than 0% 2250
Reposted by jacqui shineMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 22/09/2026Sarah Waters can step aside, this article is the most lesbian thing I’ve ever read www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/m... (non-paywalled: archive.ph/2026.09.22-1...)bostonglobe.comA Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. - The Boston GlobeLast Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead. 5867544
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026bribing the most corrupt president in US history seems at odds with his company’s calls for restraint and regulation 031
Reposted by jacqui shineFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:finance.yahoo.comOpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million giftThe super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle. 491573674
Reposted by jacqui shineBecca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026👀👀👀👀 fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...fnl.mit.eduHow We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter 47030
Reposted by jacqui shinedamniel spookradski @self.agency · 22/09/2026so...not an international police action then? 0113
Reposted by jacqui shinePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It's why I've been at pains to point out since February 2025 that the fascists weren't actually having any fun. Their parties SUCKED, they have nothing interesting to show re: fashion, what actual good music have they produced over the past couple of years, no good movies... etc etc etc. 967574
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I don’t care to be talked down to by people who won’t acknowledge any of these things from first principles 020
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026there were ample reasons to regulate the shit out of this before whoever’s latest memo about out of control AI 120
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I suspect you think it applies to everyone else’s humanity, not your own 110
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026make a case for me that we don’t have a human right to human interaction 120
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026tell me again why losing entire sectors of the job market, especially in professions accessible to vulnerable people, is a totally fine natural consequence of this entirely artificial technology 130
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026tell me again about why massive intellectual property theft and the degradation of the arts are morally defensible collateral damage, incurred at the cost of being more human 120
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026but tell me again about the openclaw agent you used to schedule date night with your wife 130
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026i do believe AI “works” and is extremely powerful. i’m sure machine learning can also be used for good. many of the uses to which it is being put seem to be both destructive and morally repugnant & maybe a little more discussion of that would be good :) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...nytimes.comHow DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to LoseData science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction. 2131
Reposted by jacqui shineCasey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Watching tech people tremble before the awesome power of AI feels like when an actor is “attacked” by a wild animal in a movie but they are just holding a raccoon pelt to their neck and pretending to wrestle with it 10868241
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026it’s fine to accept what people say about their needs, especially when it affects you not at all 130
Reposted by jacqui shineHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 22/09/2026The nation is using the courts and lobbying congressional Democrats to stop construction near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona. buff.ly/5SNvRNkbuff.lyTohono O'odham fight border wall on sacred, sovereign lands - High Country NewsTohono O’odham Nation fights Southern Arizona border wall construction near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and on its reservation. 03812
Reposted by jacqui shineJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...thedartmouth.comOp-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector PangramSchnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.” 701481490
Reposted by jacqui shineFryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NYT's whole schtick is writing articles pretending something is news. @mlobelart.bsky.social's got a whole archive of man artists with their cats. Nobody as stylish as cat daddy Edward Gorey of course. Sorry for Daily Mail link but even they're not pretending this is a new fad, ffs.dailymail.comIntimate portraits of well-known artists with their cats are revealedPhiladelphia-based artist and journalist, Alison Nastasi, has put together a collection of more than 50 snaps of famous artists and their feline friends in her book, Artists And Their Cats. 4619
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social · 20/09/2026so a shehecheyanu and a g'mar chatima tovah are in order 211