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Kristin Toussaint

@ktoussaint.bsky.social
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staff writer @ Fast Company / words in Teen Vogue, Vox, Vice, Metro, Boston.com she/her WGAEast member ktoussaint@fastcompany.com

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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
those links in the AI overview are from 2020 and 2019...
A screenshot of an internet search. At the top in the AI overview it says "Chobani's oat milk line has not been discontinued; it continues to be available in various flavors and has gained significant market share since its launch. The company has also expanded its oat milk offerings with new flavors and product innovations."
Then below the AI overview is a link to an August 11, 2026 article from Big Box Vegan with the headline "Chobani discontinues their oatmilk line."
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am often invited to climate-themed dinners where I have to specifically request a vegan option, because the event isn't naturally vegan, which is always interesting to me...
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
unsurprisingly, Gilmore Girls was a pivotal show to me. made my husband watch all of it. Then he once said "I think 'eastbound and down' is my 'gilmore girls'" , so very fitting to see both on this list
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was about 10,000 times more interested in the reddit AMA with Wile E. Coyote, who 'answered' via images of him holding up signs, than I would ever be in watching or reading an "interview" with T*lly N*rw**d
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
lots of talk yesterday about how AI companies are 'gambling with their lives.' But 'superintelligence' isn't the only threat—so is the rampant fossil fuel use and air pollution from powering AI www.fastcompany.com/91604660/yes...
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"If we're going to have a serious conversation about whether AI could someday threaten humanity, we should also be willing to confront the measurable health consequences of how we're powering it today." Cork says. "Understanding those consequences isn't an obstacle to progress. It's the minimum we should expect."
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
looks like it wouldn't fit into any of the pockets on any clothing items I own
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I tend not to listen to the AI audio for articles but tried it for this one while I did a few other things and at one point it said "General Z" for "Gen Z" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...
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Opinion | The Truth About Brain Rot: It’s a Cry for Help
Maybe consuming meaningless content is the only way to be free online.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
have been feeling a little frazzled at work lately and realized I only took...uh...6 days of PTO this year, 9 months in 😵‍💫
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It always seems like it can't be true, but it is: American businesses often pay more to try to defeat a union drive or contract negotiation that they would if they recognized the union and agreed to better pay and benefits prospect.org/2026/09/08/u...
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How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost? - The American Prospect
Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
spent a chunk of the weekend doing a massive declutter, and in the process my husband found this relic: a 2009 receipt from blockbuster video
a picture of a paper receipt. at the top it says BLOCKBUSTER INC, 1 PORTER SQUARE CAMBRIDGE, MA. The receipt shoes the purchase of Qurantine-2007 for $14.99 and Slumbdog Millionaire-2008 for $14.99a picture of a hand holding a paper receipt from Blockbuster. The receipt says 'be kind, return on time,' 'all rentals due by 12:00 pm (noon) on the due date' and includes the date 05/05/09
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Snag Nab It is an amazing product name, 10/10
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 04/09/2026
My lukewarm take on 1.5 stories is that climate is only one of many reasons to phase out fossil fuels, and probably not in the top two reasons for most people. We should do it regardless, to save millions of lives per year from air pollution, reduce exposure to high and volatile fossil prices, and..
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
has anyone written about how the rise of robotaxis mirrors our loss of community and this idea that we don't owe each other any help in society/we are all just on our own to get through our days..? I don't have fully formed thoughts on it but feels like someone might
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
think it's very notable that both dolly parton and gloria steinem were childfree, and still took many steps to care for the world / improve things for future generations. important to see that you don't need to have your own kids to do such things
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.fastcompany.com/91600824/glo...
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Global warming beyond Paris Agreement targets is now a given, UN says. Experts say it should be a call to action, not apathy.
A UN report reveals that our planet will likely surpass 1.5°C within a few years. Some climate experts worry it does a poor job of showing us the way forward.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
the other week I was trying to read in a park and even multiple benches away I could hear an older man listening, just on max volume possible, to some AI-read article (??) about coconut oil
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
not gonna lie I always assumed 7soulsdeep was like 14 years old.... this version never even occurred to me
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
omg this is horrible!
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
interesting cultural time to make a movie like this
Screenshot of text that reads: Americans are also directly blaming billionaires for the financial struggles they face. Sixty-seven precent said billionaires are "creating more of an unfair society," an eight point increase from the 2024 survey,Screenshot of text that reads: And they're also generally over seeing extreme wealth on display: 74% of respondents say that billionaires are over-celebrated in U.S. culture.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Climate scientists worry about ‘gamification’ of extreme weather as Kalshi moves to verify weather trades" by @ktoussaint.bsky.social for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91598237/cli...
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Climate scientists worry about 'gamification' of extreme weather as Kalshi moves to verify weather trades
A partnership between the prediction market and The Weather Channel is stirring worries of manipulation and the potential to further desensitize people.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Kalshi is partnering with The Weather Company to verify climate and weather-related trades. I asked some climate experts what they thought about that: www.fastcompany.com/91598237/cli...
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Climate scientists worry about 'gamification' of extreme weather as Kalshi moves to verify weather trades
A partnership between the prediction market and The Weather Channel is stirring worries of manipulation and the potential to further desensitize people.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
took a post customer service call survey just so I could tell them how useless it was to have to talk to AI before they finally connected me to an agent
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
is this ad supposed to bring to mind the humans from Wall-E because that was my first thought seeing that hand...
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 27/08/2026
Excellent reporting by @ktoussaint.bsky.social of @fastcompany.com on our new @ips-dc.org report on CEO pay and CEO cowardice at the 100 largest low-wage corporations www.fastcompany.com/91596487/sp-...
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CEOs at these 'low wage' S&P 500 companies enjoy lavish salaries while their workers struggle: report
While bosses' pay remains sky high, a new report says companies like Walmart, DoorDash, and Target are turning a blind eye to worker hardships.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
or you could just like, carry a notebook, or take a picture of the cover with your phone
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/08/2026
"In a documented case in 2025, a single data centre's power demand jumped by 400% in a quarter of a second during an AI training run, faster than a gas turbine can physically respond" Great IEA video on data centre energy issues -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3M...
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Air pollution leads to ~8 million premature deaths a year. If kids enter adulthood with smaller lungs, they're even more at risk to its health impacts “I would hope that [this study] reinforces the message that clean air zones are a policy that deliver better health,” the researcher told me
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In 2019, London enacted an Ultra Low Emission Zone, requiring vehicles that drove through it to meet strict emissions standards, or pay a fee It cleaned up the air, spurred clean vehicle adoption—& now has been linked to improved lung growth for London children www.fastcompany.com/91591879/lon...
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London's Ultra Low Emission Zone cleaned up the city's air. Then children's lungs got bigger
A policy that curbed vehicle emissions in parts of London had apparent health benefits over five years that one researcher called 'jaw dropping.'
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I think there is an interesting (more reported?) essay this brushed up against on the decaying fabric of subcultures in a world where the internet serves everything to everyone but unfortunately it's a bit obscured by the 'what the hell are these kids wearing' framing www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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Opinion | Gen Z-ers Dress Like They’ve Never Worn Clothes Before (Gift Article)
It used to be that you could tell goths from preps by the look of them.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/08/2026
"Almost no one" - always spoken by someone who's never bothered to actually look. Environment and climate groups have been fighting big agriculture's water greed for decades and decades and decades. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
To protect water from the ravages of industrial farming, our failing global food system must radically change
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What’s going on?
Today is World Food Day and the theme this year is ‘water’, an absolutely essential input to grow food. But the impacts of climate change are going to complicate the picture: rainfall patterns are becoming more unpredictable, droughts more recurrent, whilst fields are going to require more water due to hotter temperatures. As nearly three-quarter of the world’s cropland depends on rain, we are heading for disaster.

In an attempt to mitigate climate impacts, well-meaning water conservation and management policies, often adopted by international donors like the World Bank, promote the expansion of “sustainable irrigation” (meaning water efficient systems such as drip irrigation). But as modern irrigation uses water pumped from reservoirs (such as groundwater), this may come at a cost to people and the planet.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
related to this opening: I watched the 1991 Cape Fear in a theater a few months back and repeatedly told people afterward how nice but also wild it was to see normal teeth (and faces in general) on a big screen www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Optimization Backlash Has Begun
Why the relentless pursuit of perfection — plastic surgery, Instagram, AI — has suddenly left us craving the imperfect.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
for some reason I can't get over seeing once-coin-operated tourist binoculars now with tap to pay
A picture of a cast-iron binocular viewing machine seen at tourist destinations, with a tap to pay section and a sign saying that it costs $1
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A 3-year-long strike against Tesla in Sweden is over after the company *buys out all of the strikers.* The union calls Tesla "an entirely exceptional employer." Remarkable language in these statements. Elon Musk is truly a global villain. www.industriall-union.org/if-metall-en...
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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A quote I always return to is from University of Chicago geoscientist David Archer: “I have a feeling that by the time we get close to 2°C we’ll think it’s pretty insane we ever thought that that was a target to shoot for.”
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
everything else aside, saying that AI known for being sychophantic "agreed" with you as a point is just....yikes
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You might think the most environmentally-friendly car is the one you already own. lots of energy & materials went into manufacturing it, right? If it's a gas car, wrong: to reduce emissions, don't repair your gas car. Instead switch to an EV asap, this study says www.fastcompany.com/91586427/sho...
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Scrapping your gas-powered car right now would actually be better for the planet than fixing it, study says
While it may not make sense financially, getting rid of a brand-new gas vehicle and switching to an EV would have environmental benefits.
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 06/08/2026
"The combined value of the entire United States newspaper industry today is about $20 billion, while the combined net worth of the two guys who started Google is $345 billion. These things are related."
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Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It
The consequences of privatizing public information.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
heard kids on the subway this morning going "rock paper scissors *says* shoot" and that might be among the strangest nyc regionalisms to me
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
For the past few years, Ford has been working on an affordable midsize electric truck. Now, the automaker has announced the vehicle's name and official starting price: The Ford Fathom, with an MSRP of $28,350 www.fastcompany.com/91585552/for...
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Ford's affordable midsize electric truck officially has a name and starting price
The American automaker is 'super confident' about the price point as it aims to compete with Tesla and cheaper EVs from China.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Farmworkers have more than 35x the risk of heat-related death than workers in any other industry, but there are no federal heat protection standards. The @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social has its own—& just added a rule requiring access to electrolytes for farmworkers www.fastcompany.com/91584914/far...
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Farmworkers across 22 states will get free access to electrolytes to combat dangerous heat stress
The Fair Food Program, whose buyers include major retailers like Walmart, McDonald's, and Trader Joe's, will now mandate electrolytes for workers.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I feel dangerously close to running away into the woods and never looking at a computer again www.vulture.com/article/infl...
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The Influencer Recession
Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 31/07/2026
“Some people think we can wait and, when it gets too bad, then we reduce emissions and things will get better again. People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse.”
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‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis
In this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/07/2026
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal grist.org/energy/data-...
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It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I actually don't know how I would react if someone used AI to talk to me in person. I would be tempted to just walk away. Also, it's fine to not know things in a conversation. If you're unfamiliar with a book, ask them, let the real human you are in front of explain it to you!
Screenshot of an article that reads: Niharika Abbaraju uses artificial intelligence in her work as a cancer researcher. But when she leaves the lab, the tool becomes her conversation coach. ChatGPT helps her draft pickup lines for dating apps and icebreakers for parties.

She'll even, at times, fire it up to formulate a response to the person standing next to her. When the conversation shifts to an unfamiliar book or article, for instance, Abbaraju will call up an AI summary. The vibe she's going for: "Like, I read sometimes," she says.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
this kicks right off with a banger of a line: "A quintessential quality of modern American life is the inescapable feeling that once-good things are subtly but surely being degraded."
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
literally any time my husband & I are driving on the highway, if there's someone in front of us braking for no reason (no one in front of them), we end up passing them & see that they are on their phones
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 17/08/2025
At a vigil to honor the journalists in Gaza held today in Atlanta, it took the speakers over 20 minutes to read through the names of over 270 Palestinian journalists assassinated by Israel during the War in Gaza, as identified by @pressfreedom.bsky.social.
Flowers placed on top of printouts of names of the over 270 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel during the War in Gaza
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