Reposted by Kris GiereMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 12hI don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.  1294343451
Reposted by Kris GiereGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 18hPeople are still mad. But it’s true, the BBC did cover it, the biggest tea brands from the UK joined in and sent merch. Sometimes I say something super stupid for a larf and it TRAVELS. 101535
Reposted by Kris GiereAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Works Progress Administration was created in May 1935 as part of the New Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. One of the WPA’s most idealistic goals was to send books and librarians to areas where there were none. Read more: bit.ly/4hkgtNC #ALA150 5339120
Reposted by Kris GiereNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17hAI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out. 521218308
Reposted by Kris GiereI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17hA member of the National Guard shot and killed a man in Memphis and it barely made a ripple in our discourse. 5559138
Reposted by Kris GiereRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17hSo much poison in one headline The cultivation of care and concern and deeper attention to the ways we are all worthy of respect and love exactly as we are must be our rallying cry for the generation coming forward and for all of our collective liberation. enough with this toxic status quonbcnews.com‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape of teen girlA Florida teenager accused Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, of raping her in his family’s Massachusetts home in May 2025. 215022
Reposted by Kris GiereDamon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 03/10/2026Kant’s Categorical Imperative includes the Formula of the Universal Law and the Formula of Humanity. Act as if your choice/act will be repeated by everyone; treat other people as an end not a means. AI is the perfect tool to violate both laws. 116643
Reposted by Kris GierePOCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 03/10/2026People: I wonder what #TTRPG creatives are up to on a Saturday? Probably writing or planning some epic art. TTRPG Creatives: *folding the giant laundry pile and wondering how much creative time they can get in before it's time to make dinner* 4677
Reposted by Kris GiereThe Iron Kingdoms @iron-new-york.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tomorrow I.N.Y. goes live with their first episode for the Month of Unofficial Streaming Darkness in benefit of the Trevor Project. Be sure to stop by and show support for a very great cause as we air at 2pm CST on twitch.tv/ironnewyork Event has been organized by vancitybynight.bsky.social 185
Reposted by Kris GiereThe Iron Kingdoms @iron-new-york.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Janet - All music you find on our shows, is all custom that our storyteller makes. So next time you hear a bop from Club Elysium, just know — that’s where the Toreador / Giovanni got it from! 254
Reposted by Kris GiereKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 02/10/2026If you aren't following @realmone.bsky.social.... WHY NOT realmonestore.comrealmonestore.comRealm One - Quirky Merch for any ThemeClothing, Gifts & Art for Misfits with great taste! Shop quality items based on Fantasy RPG, Medieval, Vikings, Wild West, Monsters, Pirates & More! 072
Reposted by Kris GiereThought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 02/10/2026Got to neurologist but 90 short for my functional therapy visit. Please keep boosting! 024
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For all self-proclaimed, proud patriots: This is fascism, not national security. 010
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026🫡reuters.comDutch eyewear chain Hans Anders halts sale of Meta glasses, citing privacy concernsOne of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in one of the first ... 49022
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026Flirtation? It’s a love fest.gizmodo.comApple’s Flirtation With Surveillance Tech Could Put Its Reputation to the TestWill you care if Apple devices see and hear everything, so long as they don’t actually keep the video or audio? 45310
Reposted by Kris GiereLiv The Cyberdhole 🦾 VTuber/Voice Actress @livthecyberdhole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Out of money, and need help badly qwq Currently sitting in the doctors office because I might have fucked something in my neck. Enough that I messaged them about it and they called me to set up a same day appointment. Which is not normal for this office qwq 01421
Reposted by Kris GiereMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The richest 0.1% of Americans have more than doubled their immense wealth since 2019 — per WSJ. 12439167
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am convinced that all surveillance tech is a grift to profit from your existence while ushering in fascism they will claim ignorance about ushering in. 🤬 010
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026Companies are absolutely dedicated to convincing us we want to be watched all the time, beyond even what is done by our phones (and all the other shit). They will destroy their reputation to achieve this. Someone should write a book on it. 47712
Reposted by Kris GiereArden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2667222532
Reposted by Kris GiereWolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's officially pumpkin season, which happens to be a special treat for our ambassador wolves this time of year! 🎃🐺 Although wolves are classified as carnivores, they can sometimes have an omnivorous diet. Along with meat and eggs, wolves may also enjoy fruits like pumpkins. #wolffact 4131221216
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026Today in luxury surveillance.gizmodo.comNeurable’s Wireless Headphones Track How Close Your Brain Is to BurnoutI'm afraid to see what the Neurable One would tell me right now, to be honest. 3339
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have tested a few of these interactive AI bots. They are wildly disappointing and repetitive. 030
Reposted by Kris GierePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The white nationalists are turning up the dial on racism against South Asian USians. Will we talk about the fact that the dial has been up on anti-Blackness among this same group for decades? Because I think that it's a barrier to solidarity. 519723
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026“A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services declined to answer questions about why questions tracking certain disabilities were struck from the redesign, but indicated that the changes were driven by a push to lower the cost of data collection.”statnews.comAs CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilitiesProposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say. 35221
Reposted by Kris GiereMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegalThe request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials. 23919721166
Reposted by Kris GiereJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“We must be very nice to the AI” is not a fringe view. the people making this stuff are a fucked up cult www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comReligious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 1319254
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Lot of words when the term “stalking” already exists.tampabay.com2 Pinellas deputies arrested for tracking people they were interested in, sheriff saysOne deputy queried a license plate reader database 300 times to track a woman, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. 141344336
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gavin Newsome is not who we want as a presidential nominee. He regularly goes against the rights of citizens. Regardless of his sounds bites flaming Trump, he is not worthy of our support. 020
Reposted by Kris GiereElizabeth! @kikutowne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026YOU MEAN GAVIN NEWSOM? HIS NAME IS GAVIN NEWSOM. 07126
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In a world without anti-vaxxers, these headlines would be much rarer if not completely nonexistent. www.espn.com/college-foot...espn.comSan Diego State football team dealing with mumps outbreakSan Diego State's football team is dealing with a mumps outbreak as it prepares for Saturday's Pac-12 opener against Texas State. 000
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026“My fear is that there will be a Pyrrhic victory of winning the battle against Flock but losing the war against mass surveillance…”prospect.orgLicense Plate and Switch - The American ProspectCities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities. 55011
Reposted by Kris GierePam, Godkillingway v.2026, Patch "Even Eepier" @thedovetailor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Them AI art shill bots are getting very creative on AO3. Shame on the people who use them. 081
Reposted by Kris Giere🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“ AI IS INEVITABLE AND WE MUST PLAN FOR IT” The mass theft of GEN AI is less than five years old. “ The enshittification” No the subpar quality of communication and design has always punished a subset of people that are then erased and has been observeabke in industry since de Tocqueville 0208
Reposted by Kris Gieremaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 167182044552
Reposted by Kris GiereRiver Side Casino @riversidecasino.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The feral cats can’t set fires with their minds. That’s just a rumor started by the feral cats. 1227538
Reposted by Kris GiereUAW @uaw.org · 01/10/2026"Two weeks after voting to authorize strike action amid stalled contract negotiations, unionized staff at the Brooklyn Museum and the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) are preparing to vote on ratifying tentative agreements with their respective institutions." 📰 ow.ly/Bxwt50ZT69Sow.lyUnions Reach Tentative Agreements at Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art MuseumPotentially averting strike action, both unions are set to vote on ratifying the tentative agreements with their respective museums starting today, September 29. 0102
Reposted by Kris GiereNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've gotten a lot of requests from faculty about how to talk to their students about the Cornell 7. I'll post a few resources I've built over the years that I've heard are the most helpful: 4264126
Reposted by Kris GierePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Some of us went to colleges filled with Hegseths. So we know the type. 827326
Reposted by Kris GiereCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Abusers always drape themselves in religion right before they're exposed. 07511
Reposted by Kris GierePaste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Macklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelypastemagazine.comMacklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelyThe rapper's three-day tour includes stops in Dublin, Paris, and London, all scheduled for the last week of October. 6660121264
Reposted by Kris GiereHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026I really think a lot of people underestimate the damage done to society by the conviction that, no matter what product we want, it should be delivered to us in a matter of hours. 523732
Reposted by Kris GiereMinnesota hates ICE @kibbles0515.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Amazon has also helped contribute to poorly-made, disposable, sweatshop products. When you can get a new widget delivered to you in less than 48 hours, why does it matter if it breaks? 04411
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Amazon is teaming up with pervert glasses to further invade your privacy like they did with Ring cameras. 051
Reposted by Kris GiereLynne M. Meyer | coffee-fueled and available for hire @lynnemeyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If this were a plot point in a piece of fiction, the author would be criticized for being too on the nose. Also: Hire human editors.apple.newsPledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States — TechCrunchOn Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top AI leaders announced a signed pledge called a “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” — a voluntary promise to implement more controls and safety mea... 0134