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Just Plain Kris

@justplainkris.bsky.social
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By day: mom, AI ethics advocate, photographer. By night: activist + gamer. Fueled by coffee. Exploring the intersections of AI, tech, marketing, psychology + sociopolitical issues. justplainkris.substack.com

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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Frontier AI companies asking to regulate themselves is no different than when Big Tobacco pushed self-regulation to shield themselves from government oversight. Same story, different industry. 🚬 = 🤖
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Claude using the term slog to describe all the tech CEOs manifestos on AI had me LOFL. 🫳 🎤
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Kylie Jenner x Meta AI glasses are still surveillance tech. Glamour doesn't cancel out the camera.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
On 3/31/2026 the Trump regime ordered the most devastating dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service in 121 years. All 10 regional offices gone, 57 research stations closed, and 193 million acres handed to political appointees. A few brands have spoken out, but more need to. Take action at saveusfs.org
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Our Forests Are Being Taken. SAVEUSFS.ORG
193 million acres of America's public lands face unprecedented attacks. It's time to pay attention.
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
As policymakers regulate rapidly changing chatbot technology and research like ours illuminates the nuances of users' experiences, it's important for legislative efforts to adapt and respond, Policy Manager @serena124.bsky.social writes. datasociety.net/points/prote...
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Yesterday a NM jury ordered Meta pays $375M for enabling child exploitation. On the same day, OpenAI kills Sora and Disney exits. The accountability pressure on Big Tech is building, while the proposed federal AI framework clears the path for industry.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trust has become a commodity. This thought keeps coming up for me. In the age of AI, trust feels less like something built through relationship and accountability, and more like an economic resource extracted, traded, and spent by people and systems that don’t bear the risk when it’s misplaced.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Authors reportedly reached a $1.5B deal with Anthropic to delete millions of scraped books and pay writers. But, even if data is deleted, wouldn't its influence still live inside trained models? How do we prevent this next time? #AIGovernance #Copyright #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #TechPolicy
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I miss the internet when “coding” meant editing your MySpace profile in HTML, not decoding what’s real. Sora 2 and Vibe just remind me how far we’ve drifted. Quick reflection → substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Do We Really Need Sora 2 and Vibe?
As I sit here drinking my morning coffee (that I’ve had to heat up 3 x already 🤦🏻‍♀️), I keep circling to the same question.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Language today on HUD.gov website. This is not consistent with federal neutrality standards.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I've compiled verified Gaza aid resources—will keep growing as more are shared. Palestinian-led initiatives + established orgs providing water, food, medical supplies, shelter. Share widely. Send me more verified resources to add. justplainkris.substack.com/p/gaza-aid-r...
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Gaza Aid Resources: Direct Action to Save Lives
We cannot remain silent in the face of the genocide being perpetrated against Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli government.
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed - AP News apnews.com/article/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raved in social media posts on Monday about the $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
AI fatigue is real—we're watching AI replace workers while execs hype AGI. 55% of companies regret AI layoffs. Klarna is rehiring after AI couldn't handle conversation nuances. Good AI (healthcare, climate) doesn't get headlines, but "AI replaces everyone" does. open.substack.com/pub/justplai...
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Why We're Getting AI Fatigue
My thoughts on why AI news exhausts us—it's not the technology, it's how it's being used
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
To every parent folding laundry while watching the protests, making breakfast while the news breaks your heart, tucking kids in while worrying about their future, you're not alone. The weight you're carrying is real. It's okay to not be okay right now. open.substack.com/pub/justplai...
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay while Parenting Through Political Chaos
I fold laundry while watching protests unfold on TikTok.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Don’t let the GOP fool you who said they didn’t know what was in the budget bill because they didn’t read it and wouldn’t have approved it. It’s bull. They know exactly what is in that bill, their staff told them, their co-workers told, I mean it was posted everywhere on the web what was in it.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
RFK Jr.'s 'gold standard' health report drops with 21+ fake citations, classic AI hallucinations. If government experts can't spot AI-generated fake studies, how can we trust them with health policy? justplainkris.substack.com/p/maha-repor...
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MAHA Report and AI Hallucinations
When Government "Experts" Fail Basic AI Literacy
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Happy Saturday, and thank goodness for coffee. Reports that DOGE is using Grok in federal agencies without approval while Congress considers banning state AI regs for 10 years? This is how you create regulatory capture. open.substack.com/pub/justplai...
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AI Governance Challenges Emerge from Alleged DOGE Use of Grok in Federal Systems
Happy Saturday morning.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The House just passed the “Big, Beautiful Bill”, a budget that cuts Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP while adding $3.8T to the deficit for billionaire tax breaks. It now heads to the Senate. Here’s what you can do to stop it: substack.com/home/post/p-... #KillTheBill
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The Big, Ugly Truth Behind the “Big, Beautiful Bill”
And How You Can Fight Back
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 20/05/2025
I stand with Rep. LaMonica McIver. This is a political stunt—point blank.
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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Cutting SNAP funding hurts us all. Every $1 in SNAP benefits generates between $1.50 - $1.79 in economic activity: boosting grocery stores, farmers & small businesses. When SNAP is cut, states lose billions, tax revenue drops, tens of thousands of jobs are lost & kids go hungry #MomSky
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
It’s Friday night and Elon Musk’s Grok AI this week pushed a debunked conspiracy theory unprompted. Not a glitch, but an unauthorized change. This isn’t just tech drama. It’s a serious AI oversight issue. Read why this matters justplainkris.substack.com/p/what-groks...
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What Grok’s “Glitch” Tells Us About AI Power and Accountability
This week, Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, made headlines for inserting unsolicited and racially charged content into user interactions.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I love that ChatGPT refers to X as “Twitter/X”. Just saying.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Don’t be fooled. The Republicans who opposed the "Big, Beautiful Bill" today did so not to protect the public, but because they want even deeper and faster cuts to programs like Medicaid and food assistance. Cuts that fall on everyday Americans. Meanwhile, the wealthiest still get tax breaks.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Happy 43rd b’day to “Combat Rock” — the iconic LP by @theclash.com that featured “Rock the Casbah”. When writing, Joe Strummer said, “I started to think about what someone had told me .. that you get lashed for owning a disco album in Iran." (Hence the line, “Shareef don’t like it.”)
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a major attempt to centralize power over AI, banning state-level regulations for the 10 yrs. But that’s not all. It also includes $880B in Medicaid cuts & billions in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Here’s what’s at stake: justplainkris.substack.com/p/the-one-bi...
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The “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and the Federal AI Power Grab
Why this bill is about more than AI and how we fight back
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The AI jobs crisis raises big questions about “what kind of jobs we want people to be able to do, what kind of work and which institutions we think are important as a society, and what we’re willing to do to protect them,” @bcmerchant.bsky.social writes. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...
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The AI jobs crisis is here, now
It's not coming, it has already arrived.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
✔️ In 2022, Biden passed a law letting Medicare cut drug prices. ❌ In 2025, Trump canceled it before savings kicked in. 🔁 Now he's bringing back a similar plan and claiming it's new. He killed the fix, then took credit for solving the problem he caused.
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🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Massive from US Copyright Office!! "…commercial use of vast troves of copyrighted works to produce expressive content that competes with them in existing markets, especially … through illegal access, goes beyond established fair use boundaries." www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
No surprise that the federal data grab continues to fuel the AI race. And also no coincidence that this occurred within days of the Librarian of Congress being fired without cause. The Office of the Register of Copyrights sits within the Library of Congress. Keep fighting @morelle.house.gov.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This Mother’s Day, I Won’t Say “Happy.” substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Just published a new piece: AI at the Crossroads: Governance, Sovereignty, and Human Judgment. Reflections from Philly Tech Week on 4 key tensions shaping AI's future, beyond just tech fixes: Ethics, Sovereignty, Regulation, Human judgment open.substack.com/pub/justplai...
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Kilmar Abrego García is being wrongfully detained despite legal protections. This isn’t just about him, it’s about all of our rights. I made it easy to contact your senators. Take 2 mins to speak up. justplainkris.substack.com/p/the-tate-b... #JusticeForKilmar #BringThemHome #DefendOurRights
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The Tate Brothers Got a Plane. Kilmar Got a Cell.
Everything you need to act is in here. Tell Congress to bring Kilmar and other innocent Americans home.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Today, free speech dies. The U.S. is using immigration law to silence dissent. That’s not justice, that’s authoritarianism. This is a grave violation of constitutional rights. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Senator Jim Banks (R) isn’t sorry he told a fired federal worker “he probably deserved it”. He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”. The job was helping people with disabilities.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
@booker.senate.gov just broke the record for the longest U.S. Senate speech. The record he broke? It was set by Strom Thurmond—a racist and segregationist who filibustered to block civil rights. That feels historic. Thank you Cory Booker.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Please email your members of congress via the link below. This is not ok. actionnetwork.org/letters/rest...
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Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
This week, the government froze legal services for unaccompanied children, leaving over 26,000 children without access to their legal counsel. This strands children, some as young as toddlers, without...
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The new Klarna-Uber Eats partnership raises serious questions about turning our everyday needs into financial products. What are your thoughts on this troubling trend? Basic necessities are increasingly being turned into payment plans and debt. open.substack.com/pub/justplai...
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34% Interest on Yesterday's Takeout? Inside Klarna's New Uber Eats Deal
A Dystopian Flex in Late-Stage Capitalism
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Musk: “weakness of western civilization is empathy.” Also Musk: “I thought the left, the democrats, was supposed to be the party of empathy.” Fuck right of Musk. Yes we are empathetic. Just not empathetic toward you.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/03/2025
“I never thought the leopard would eat *my* judiciary” thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Roberts issues rare public pushback after Trump calls for judge’s impeachment
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public statement Tuesday pushing back after President Trump called to impeach a federal judge that ruled against his administration in a high-profile deport…
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
"Until this weekend..." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Libraries saved me, and I’ll fight to save them. Without libraries, we lose access to knowledge, safety, and the tools to fight for everything else. In my latest post, I share my story and a template to contact your reps. Please use it and help protect our libraries! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Libraries Saved Me—Now I’m Fighting to Save Them
The executive order on March 14th hit hard—not that any of the others haven’t.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.
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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Um, what?! Too intrusive?!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is going to be important: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Here's the list of who needs to be primaried. They betrayed the American people. They are complicit in handing the power of Congress + a giant slush fund over to an unelected ketamine addict. That have betrayed the working class and thrown away the only leverage Dems had in Congress. For what?
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zeroboi⭐️ @iamzeroboi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Go fuck yourself @schumer.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov And all the rest of you spineless pieces of shit who sold us out and voted for the CR. You can kiss your comfy careers goodbye.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Indeed.
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