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Sara Baker

@sarabaker.bsky.social
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tech/data/gender research, writing, and advocacy; organizational strengthening; gardening in TN | ex @Engnroom @takebackthetech @apc.bsky.social | she/her banner photo: purple graffiti on a white wall reading NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 12h
Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them.
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 22h
The brain does weird things in response to trauma. How we react isn’t exactly a choice. My own brain refused to think about it clearly for years even as it led me to make visible changes in my daily life in some sad effort to protect myself. I only saw the connection in hindsight.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 22h
She was still alive after 2 ROUNDS of lethal injection. This is an absolute abomination and why the death penalty shouldnt exist. The government should not be able to decide who lives and dies. She is now the 65th person to experience a botched execution in modern history.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
Tonight Tennessee is going to execute the first woman legally executed in 200 years. The first was an unnamed Black woman who was hanged for murder in Sumner County in 1819. Because she was enslaved and legally considered property, her name was not recorded or preserved in official public documents.
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We relive the trauma every time a case like Cornell appears in the public discourse. A never-ending cycle of heartbreak and struggle to repair.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Three Florida counties have declared emergencies over Dengue Fever because the state is experiencing the most locally-transmitted cases since they began collecting the data 17 years ago.
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Florida counties declare local emergencies as dengue cases rise
Dengue fever is here in Florida, prompting several Florida counties to issue a state of emergency for the mosquito-borne disease.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To put it another way, you can’t just tell your sons they need to take accountability—you need to hold them accountable. Start with small stuff. Don’t shield them for the consequences of their actions. Walk them through the process of doing the wrong thing and turning it into the right thing.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
So many autistic/neurodivergent women (which I bet describes a LOT of women in the Silicon Valley AI scene) report being *specifically* targeted by sexual predators who take advantage of their issues with reading social situations. Which is why I loathe the “oh, those poor autistic men” excuse.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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O @omagus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button.
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Even the defense contractor’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” one said. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 21/09/2026
FOLKS SOMETHING HUGE IS COMING I HAVE PRODUCED A "SOUNDTRACK" ALBUM FOR @beckbook.com, OF NEW MUSIC BY AMAZING ARTISTS I GAVE THEM ADVANCE COPIES OF THE BOOK; THEY GAVE ME BANGER TRACKS "𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒" DROPS OCT. 6, BUT YOU CAN PREORDER NOW — AND STREAM @lustytirefire.bsky.social's "ℙ𝔸ℝ𝔸𝕄𝕆𝕌ℝ"!!!
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Loser Babies: Music Inspired by Josephine Riesman's "The Last Temptation of Beck", by A Few Good Records
11 track album
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 20/09/2026
I also harbor a specific, burning hatred of people who think no trans people are affected by racism, imperialism, or border regimes.
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026
We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:
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Centenary event planning
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🧵 Really worth reading. And following @olivia.science if you aren’t already. Especially if you want thoughtful consideration of the current AI models.
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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For real!! Comedian Micky Overman says it like it is. Generally the only people even entertaining the thought of evil AGI are men. Women are too busy fixing the ACTUAL problems of AI, like idk, the way it automates, reproduces and exacerbates misogyny and makes all our lives worse...
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/09/2026
…yeah, okay, that’s pretty much it.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Reminder that Kanye West performed in Tampa in June and is scheduled to play at the Cowboys’ stadium in November. There’s been no pushback from stadium owners.
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The Macklemore-Ed Sheeran Dispute is a corporate threat to free speech
Billionaire Robert Kraft allegedly pressured Ed Sheeran to remove Macklemore—and all the other opening acts who dropped out in solidarity—from the tour.
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Stephanie @blooming-burbs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
everything is so stupid.
The artificial intelligence boom is driving a massive increase in the production of toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" for data center cooling and microchip manufacturing, while AI is simultaneously being deployed to detect and clean up this contamination. [1] (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969725011775), [2] (https://www.commondreams.org/news/data-centers-and-pfas)
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Humans are reading your ChatGPT chats. Just like humans are behind your food delivery robots and various other applications of automated technology. Usually underpaid humans in other countries.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So how about this for a "pause AI" proposal: "pause credulous AI reporting". No more media about "breakthroughs" or "rogue agent swarms" or ... UNLESS and UNTIL that media demands the actual empirical evidence and/or focuses on the motivations of & harms by these companies.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
All of a sudden we're not talking about the widely popular bipartisan opposition to massive data center buildouts. I wonder why 🤔
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This adds way more color: "it is essential for lawmakers, and the public, to understand that none of the reported incidents actually involved loss of control at any time, or arguably even “rogue agents,” or any kind of humanlike agency on the part of AI models." aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...
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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s not exactly a surprise but a LOT of people revealed this weekend they don’t see human rights as an actual moral standard but simply another political commodity whose value only matches the political influence of those demanding them. It would be nice if they just admitted it.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
"perhaps most challenging of all, such proposals would require reimagining what AI is. It would require moving away from misleading anthropomorphic metaphors and narratives of inevitability, leaving behind “rogue AI agents” and embracing our own human agency to decide what we want AI to do for us."
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This whole “Is AI sentient? Will it take over humanity?” discourse is just rich bros jerking each other off. Shut it down already. The rest of us have real problems to discuss.
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Firstname Lastname @nasdaqistan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Border Patrol is analyzing the financial data of Americans and getting local police to pull over citizens who havent been accused or convicted of any crime and without any probable cause.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!
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Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity
John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our 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.
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/09/2026
would this administration stop taking “everything is gender” as a challenge please
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Put this alongside Musk’s comment about store-bought tomatoes being better than homegrown and it’s obvious these guys have empty lives with no real appreciation for anything but their own egos.
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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Join our open, free learning community 📣 Technofascism, Feminism and Democracy 📣 to explore: the rise of global authoritarianism; Big Tech, AI, & the billionaire class; how feminist & grassroots movements are proposing alternative democratic futures. technofascism.dataplusfeminism.mit.edu
Image depicts a bundle of cables (referencing the origin of the word "fasces" which means bundle in Italian) along with the head of an ax protruding from them. The text reads Technofascism, Feminism, Democracy and a smaller text invites you to join the open learning community with a QR code.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My degrees in English and religion have served me well in my professional life and in my personal life. I have a nibling who is majoring in classics, and I couldn't be prouder.
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
While we were all beautifully unified in our love and mourning for Dolly Parton last week, a couple of assholes used my post about how much she meant to us here in East Tennessee as an excuse to dunk on my state. Read the room, folks. Easy blocks.
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Even in 2011 while planning my brother-in-law's funeral, the funeral director tried to shame me for not taking my partner's last name when we married. We were discussing the obituary, and he lashed out at me. Thankfully, people don't react to our different last names anymore since it's quite normal.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026
The issue of data centers is a key issue of environmental racism because data centers are intentionally placed in Black communities to pollute them & give the people there serious health problems that even risk their deaths. @hypervisible.blacksky.app
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Goose @goosebass.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Memphis gotta be one of the most egregious case studies that these AI freaks will promise literally anything to get the papers signed, and before the ink is even dry it’s “lol fuck your town, you can’t make me”
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is brilliant. Also, if you’re too shy to do ad reads, playing any very recognisable big-label pop music (Taylor, Billie Eilish, Beatles, etc) loudly in the vicinity will make the harasser’s video essentially unpostable
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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Sara Baker @sarabaker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey, we got Flock cameras and license plate readers (except those in occupied cop cars) banned in Knoxville, Tennessee. Plus limits on drone numbers and uses. www.wbir.com/article/news...
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