Reposted by Hololosshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 03/10/2026i don't know the best time to opine about the possibility of rehabilitation and restorative justice and so on but the worst time is 5 minutes after one of your favs is outed doing something terrible 293287413
Reposted by HololosThe Onion @theonion.com · 03/10/2026Woman’s Career Dies In Childbirth theonion.com/womans-career-dies-in-… 171381107
Reposted by Hololosjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 03/10/2026also: a reminder that restorative justice is definitionally within the control of the person who has been harmed and not ANYONE ELSE. it cannot be a route chosen for them, and they have full control over the process. otherwise it’s just sparkling mediation 752496
Reposted by HololosAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Mamdani in response to Kimmel asking him to send Trump a selfie of the two of them: "I love you, but I love housing more" 603400558
Reposted by HololosGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reflecting on how folks used to organizing and volunteer heavy nonprofits/collectives are uniquely positioned to understand Trump. I feel like at least every couple years I find myself in an org managing an "if I don't get what I want, I'll burn it down" situation 213825
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comContrapoints: How Dare You Say What's TrueAlt: WW in heavy makeup gestures as she talks. The caption reads, "How dare you say things that are entirely true?" 000
Reposted by HololosErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As a design consultant of a certain vintage, this is about my 4th round of some flavor of "everyone will build their own apps". 114711
Reposted by Hololosebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Don't forget your real power peeps✌🏼💙 12635141301
Reposted by HololosDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026"Normative appeals to civility and harmony, when applied indiscriminately, can obscure the moral distinction between domination and resistance—condemning confrontational opposition even in contexts where democratic survival or basic human dignity is at stake." 🎯 420340
Reposted by Hololosderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217612546
Reposted by HololosSpookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I cannot do brain surgery but I know if I see someone trying to perform brain surgery with plastic cutlery that they're doing an extremely bad job and I should stop them. 1495
Reposted by HololosKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11896991923
Reposted by HololosPolitics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 18/09/2026also because of traffic "engineers" we have guardrails to protect drivers when they go off the road and there's a hazard to them (eg, cliffs), but when pedestrians are at risk there's no metal in the way that would scratch the car's paint 1355
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026They said that the workers were essential but acted like the work was essential and the workers were disposable. 011
Reposted by HololosPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Generative AI would be viewed a lot more positively by the public if the people making it and most heavily pushing it weren't all, to a one, billionaire nazi sexual predator absolute fucking freaks. Helps a lot, if the literal face of your technology isn't a sieg heiling freak with Allegations 439086
Reposted by HololosNew York Magazine @nymag.com · 03/09/2026Elon Musk is expected to spend upward of $100 million to boost Republicans in the the midterm elections.nymag.comElon Musk’s Midterms Play: Ken Paxton, Susan Collins, Socialist ScaremongeringElon Musk is expected to spend upward of $100 million to boost Republicans in the the midterm elections. 65196100
Reposted by HololosJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026With everything going on I just think it’s important to remember that my grandmother still reads to my grandfather every night because his eyes aren’t good enough to do it himself anymore 1033552292
Reposted by HololosGordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Simple Enough For Even A Trumpturd To Understand? Probably Not. 311042363
Reposted by HololosAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/08/2026One of my new entomology students did a fist pump and audibly shouted “yes!” when I announced that the class would be AI-free during the syllabus review. 637232
Reposted by HololosDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026I've been saying, as far back as the early 2000s (and many others said it long before me): if you make symmetrical treatment of the parties your top value, you are effectively giving either party carte blanche to be as shitty as they want, safe in the knowledge there will be no accountability. 544262
Reposted by HololosBrad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When a cop uses a public safety camera to stalk his ex 124 times, that isn't a glitch. That's unchecked power doing what unchecked power does.thinkbigpicture.substack.comGouging the Eyes of Big BrotherFlock cameras are becoming targets for a public increasingly fed up with a growing AI surveillance state 14764141
Reposted by HololosGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226394987140
Reposted by HololosAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Beautiful video released by the family of Dolly Parton 341534435
Reposted by HololosNYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026NYT editors (and nepo baby owner) put "Claudine Gay" in "top 5 featured on the New York Times homepage Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25" While they put Trump calling for Constitution's "termination" on page 15 and chief of staff "tyrant" warning on 12 Chris Rufo openly bragged about it: 11771198
Reposted by HololosOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Actually, one more - I feel like I should say this directly, so here goes. In the 90s and 00s, the groups I remember pursuing this strategy (hyperpublicize mugshots, Black crime statistics, etc) were Stormfront, the Klan, etc. Now it's the New York Times and the Telegraph. That is the story here. 4147021084
Reposted by HololosOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/ 253673796
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026At the secondary level at least, it puts you so out of step with the system and your colleagues that those doing it have to be extremely sincere and conscientious about it. I doubt it's a time-saver. I don't have the stomach for the push-back from students, admin, and parents. I admire it tbh 000
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I am a secondary teacher. So, for us, the fact of the matter is that post-secondary institutions do use grades for selection. And as long as the number of placements are finite, there is no getting around "grades as currency" and the need to justify them. 120
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I have also heard of ungraders who realised that they'd in effect transfered the agonizing make-work forms of accountability for evaluation onto the students through portfolios, conferences.... 220
Reposted by HololosTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs. 181659300
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I know you're being tongue-in-cheek, but man. I wish neither of those first two things were true 010
Reposted by HololosBailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Turn this into a commercial and it would make so many different people mad it would absolutely be worth it 58422
Reposted by HololosWard Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This is like saying "people who hate spam emails, what about getting birthday cards from friends?" It is not a gotcha. Two completely different fields of computer science that unfortunately are being conflated for the sole reason of making the terrible LLM crap look better by association. 0122
Reposted by HololosSusie "Nickname In Quotes" Beeca @susiebeeca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Ah, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...lgbtqnation.comAn anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price. - LGBTQ NationKirralie Smith admitted in court she didn't have any evidence to back up her claim about a trans woman injuring two cis women. 191491413
Reposted by HololosJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/08/2026So, ultimately: I'd love to see some kind of study looking at the relationship between how fast students can type on a standard keyboard and how likely they are to jump to AI when asked to type a lengthy (and grammatically correct) answer to a prompt. 11/ 1732428
Reposted by HololosPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026on the right, "bravery" is when you're willing to be criticized by liberals, even if the position you're taking is fully embraced by the federal government and half the states. 462640284
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I'm going to have to develop a reflexive response of "have you checked the AI's work?" before responding to any of his suggestions. (Similar to my response of "where have you looked?" any time someone asks me where something in the house is.) 030
Hololos @hololos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My H has started using free AI agents and now I find myself in back-and-forth arguments with it with my H as a middle man. To TCMC's point, it is almost always H trying to get out of work and then me being stuck, unasked, with the work of correcting (training!) the AI 100
Reposted by HololosKimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I've never had a woman try to talk me into using AI. Men: constantly, enthusiastically, unprompted. 112912
Reposted by HololosTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So a masculinist understanding of notetaking would think a transcription app is the same as taking notes. That’s why they think an AI transcript is a time-saver. They think the notes are the thinking because when a human takes the notes, it is. 41203136
Reposted by HololosUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Rich urbanites need to allow apartments to be built near them to lower rents and they need to allow themselves to be taxed more to fund services and housing if they want to eliminate homelessness. Both involve sharing (money/space/amenities), which the rich urbanite is loathe to do. 559176
Reposted by Hololosve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/08/2026By the statements of the very people constructing these machines and driving this political project, that project will fail, or at least be severely hampered, if people do not adopt LLMs fast enough; which seems like a sufficient grounds to encourage such rejection. Thus also data center protest. 228245
