Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A key part of the cognitive omnishambles in which we find ourselves is that everything now has a shitty AI generated summary that purports to tell you what's inside, but that no one ever checks for accuracy. 1419632
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 101159853
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 308122452244
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 04/10/2026"I was talking to one of our colleagues earlier today and I realised that my experience to date comes down to finding two principles that I need to build into each day: i. More rest than work ii. At least twice as much of what I want to do as what I feel I ought to do." — @rjwatt42.bsky.social 1164
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168144834787
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In times like these, it’s vital to know who will stand up for democracy and justice and who will cower and capitulate. Students, faculty, alumni and staff are on the right side of history. The Yale president and trustees are collaborators and their names will live in infamy. 114045
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialBedWords @snacklesbian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026boy oh boy does this shit exhaust me. itd be isolating enough to have this illness on its own given that it means i can barely leave the house but the society-level denialism that gets taken out on us just removes even the possibility of solidarity and understanding that we could get from non-sickos 062
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialElana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When articles talk about the increase in disabled people but don’t mention Covid, I just have to wonder what level of denial is this? This is a subtweet of an expert I still respect but… & to be clear this person believes the newly IDed disabled ppl are truly disabled, that’s the point of the piece. 525465
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP! 4500107
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lately, I've seen ableism show up as the idea that people are more worthy when they're "out there in person" making & doing things, rather than "lying around at home" or on a keyboard. This framing ties our value to productivity & devalues people w chronic illness who are homebound 518749
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026Solid chance Openai goes belly up and takes softbank and oracle with it. Couldn't happen to more deserving companies. 1423137536
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 24/09/2026guys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls” 431663432
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialDouglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/08/2026Money is a forever chemical My new monologue premieres on YouTube now. Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu0T...youtube.comMoney is a Forever Chemical.YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff 0127
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“STOPPING THEIR TRUCKS” — Not great, y’all 😕 🚚 Trump’s war, and silent, complicit Republicans, are killing Tennessee trucking businesses (and the rest of 🇺🇸) with skyrocketing gas & disel price ⛽️ Hey @MarshaBlackburn @govbilllee care to comment? 27378127
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Especially poignant, underground 114231
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026Report here. www.anthropic.com/threat-intel...anthropic.comCountering misuse of AI: September 2026 / AnthropicCase studies from threat actors disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven areas of harm, from cyber operations to biological misuse. 0274
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026“Authoritarian regimes around the world are deploying Anthropic’s Claude AI system to expand the disinformation and surveillance campaigns that entrench their rule and suppress dissent, the company says.” Oh really. 36221
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026UC Berkeley Law School bans AI—and other law schools quietly follow their lead—U Chicago bans AI use in the social sciences but NOT the business school & now MIT issues this damning report. But AI companies lobby the private equity execs on university boards to adopt it anyway. 19246
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialsoonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Rank and file Democrats want fighters for candidates. Most of us don't care if they're "establishment" Democrats or if they're DSA. If they will fight for Democratic principles they are getting support and it's paying off for them. 550062
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don Jr. is compromised by the Russian government—something you could have guessed, but is now fully confirmed by this ProPublica investigation about an oligarch who helped pay for his wedding.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 692135614
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026One of the biggest questions Democracy Docket is asked: What can I do to help? Our answer: A brand-new bulletin board community page with a list of ways you can volunteer, attend rallies, do phone banking, write petitions, and more. newsletters.democracydocket.com/fixed-you-as...newsletters.democracydocket.comFixed: You asked what you can do. We listened. 261480688
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialloves2write.bsky.social @loves2write.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Every county election official should read this & submit their envelope & ballot designs to the USPS NOW so they can obtain a waiver, especially election officials in blue states/counties. #VoteBlue #VoteByMail #USPS #2026election #midterms newrepublic.com/post/215342/...newrepublic.comUSPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing IssueThe postal service tried to reject an entire ballot over an issue with the envelope—a dark sign of the chaos that could unfold before November’s elections. 9216132
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 08/09/2026The media wanted a hero, and they sanitized Giuliani into one in the aftermath of that tragedy. But he wasn't a hero he was a side villain. If you want to look at REAL heroes, may I point you to the boat lift peopleyoutube.comBOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (HD Version)YouTube video by Eyepop Productions 317546
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New records released today tell us Rudy Giuliani knew the air at Ground Zero was dangerous but lied to New Yorkers. People died because of this. Yet no right wing media outlet will ask him about it abcnews.com/US/nyc-mayor...abcnews.comNYC Mayor Mamdani releases thousands of long-sought city documents on 9/11 air qualityFirst responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on and immediately after the 9/11 attacks were likely exposed to dangerous toxins, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. 622002815
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: 10547721906
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If you object to public-funded housing of homeless people, in the end the objection cannot be the cost, because we pay a premium to be cruel to homeless people. At the bottom of the objection will always sit dehumanizing cruelty and a desire for eradication. 72070431
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury. 5058482036
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialBen @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026oh my GOD bsky.app/profile/stej... 12279
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/09/2026This thread is an excellent example of why generative "A.i." belongs NOWHERE near history, journalism, and education. ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS MATTER. "A.i." fucks them up, CONSTANTLY. It's a bullshit generator. Ban it from your life if you have any interest at all in truth or reality. 126683
ellemichelem.bsky.social @ellemichelem.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And we need to stop before the slop fully corrupts the capacity to check it. Noticed in the thread a wiki check , eg. They are pulping books. 000
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialKathy ᨒ↟ 𖠰 🍁 @consigningwoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026UN officials finally admitted that the world will surpass 1.5°C in the next few years and remain that way for 'many, many decades'. #ResistanceEarth The continued burning of fossil fuels will be the death of this planet. #ClimateCatastrophe #Extinction www.cbc.ca/news/science...cbc.caFor the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC NewsIn a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the... 11620
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026Marah Rigaud and Birikti Kahsai, the current and former presidents of the Black Student Alliance at Yale spoke about Yale's disgusting attempt to cut a "deal" with Trump to head off the DOJ's baseless attacks on the the university's admission of Black and Latine students. 14010
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026Go to democratizeyale.org to see how the Yale admin is failing by pursuing a "deal" with Trump and by curbing freedom of speech, refusing to codify academic freedom, and continuing decades of undemocratic governance. 16017
ellemichelem.bsky.social @ellemichelem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thread. I watched this online. It was a worthy reminder of why this all matters. Seems like a sidebar but it s not at all. 0101
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/09/2026The Democratize Yale teach-in was fantastic, with 250 students, alumni, & faculty rallying to protest Yale President McInnis's attempts to cut a "deal" with Trump. Huge congrats to the student organizers, @aaupyale.org, and the Stand Up for Yale alumni group - and Sam Waterston! 🧵 of photos for ya! 2350100
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the elevation of 7 Army officers to the rank of two-star general as part of his ongoing mission to destroy the military’s merit-based promotion system and replace it with personal loyalty and fealty to MAGA ideology: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Pentagon Purges Will Continue Until Morale ApprovesBlack and Female Officers Targeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the... 1110262
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"'The tech industry wants us to believe that A.I.-powered early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We do not see it that way,' Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement." 110921
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialShola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“Time and again [SCOTUS] leapt in to short-circuit the normal process to allow Trump to break the law, on the theory that saying no to the president is grave emergency.” 😥😥😥 @lizdye.bsky.social tells us that the SCOTUS dumpster fire has already burned us into a crisp. @atrupar.com | Public Notice 732987
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialMartin O'Malley @martinomalley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The Trump admin is illegally using Social Security data to verify addresses for mail-in ballots, despite a court order telling them to stop. Social Security is charged with maintaining accurate earnings and benefits, NOT WITH KEEPING HOME ADDRESSES.apnews.comPostal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed and sloppy, a whistleblower contendsA whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could... 14349159
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895844677
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Personally I don't know if there's any value to business-crushing businesses. Do we need businesses crushed and the sweet business nectar extracted for the owners of the business-crushing businesses to drink? Do we need discarded husks of businesses lining main street? Is that good? 261155237
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/08/2026The reason you want an actual humanitarian aid system and *don’t* want to force everybody to rely on online mutual aid is because online mutual aid *forces people experiencing horrific trauma* to perform on the Internet for survival. 332141388
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026As expected, the suspension of voters in Texas was very carefully crafted to target Democratic voters in major Democratic centers. This is how the Texas GOP controls the state: by insuring that it has the lowest levels of voter participation in the entire developed world.newrepublic.comTexas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate RaceIf you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it. 701098712
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026…that means that YOU CANNOT PROMPT ENGINEERING YOUR WAY OUT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ARCHITECTURE OF THESE SYSTEMS. They are GOING to output bullshit, because they are Bullshit Engines. 18787157
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The overlap with the Great Barrington Declaration set is obvious. 15346119
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026And some of us, typically those raised with feminine social expectations, are very good at scrambling for our lives to mask. The combination of these two factors kept me undiagnosed even though my school and subsequent therapists knew something was going on. 36011
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It should be a very loud talking point. The largest cut to the safety net in US history starts in January. 316967
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"Fourth — and above all — any finding of non-compliance with Title VI is subject to full judicial review." 6/ 2376
Reposted by @ellemichelem.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is from a former federal judge: "Even if the Trumped-up charges against Yale had merit, it would be a grave mistake for Yale to surrender its procedural rights to fight them." 3/ yaledailynews.com/articles/the... 28918
