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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 3h

Just in case anyone with any party power or ear sees this: people are going to stop giving your candidates money because they sold our lists to political spam groups. Harassing us with a dozen texts a day is not the way to engender good will in voters or get us to trust you with our info.

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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 7h

Some of the revelations from Mecklenburg's letter that could be crucial:

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 17h

My phone's last update made the buttons on the unlock number pad bigger in a really aesthetically stressful way. The outside buttons are too close to the edge. It's such a BASIC graphic design failure.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Still having flashes of rage at the idea that everything Jane Doe told police in the one statement that was their whole investigation was that it was consensual... Okay so tell me why she was reporting to police if it was consensual?

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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stop using AI detectors that are AI, even as a joke. You understand they are very likely just trying to get people to upload stuff right????

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"A university's obligation to the physical safety of its students is not one commitment among several, to be weighed against reputation or litigation exposure. It is antecedent to everything else the institution does." Fuck yeah. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Without a word the Deluxe Waffle has been replaced with something that isn't gibberish.

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Jacky Alciné @jacky.wtf · 28/09/2026

I've held my tongue on it because folks really do believe in AI plagiarism detection and it's such a false positive

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Nae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae Master! @bloodyhades.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

LRP: additionally important to know that if you’re allergic to coconut, you’re also allergic to most activated charcoal products. Many of them are made using burned down coconut husks, but no one advertises that/it’s extremely hard to find out. So be careful this Halloween season!

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just a side note for anyone who wants to keep an eye on this kind of thing in their communities - Flock is just one of the companies that makes automatic number-plate recognition (ALPR) devices. Just because you don't hear the word "Flock" from your local PD doesn't mean they aren't using an ALPR.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My kid is listening to the Ms. Rachel vinyl and reminder her stuffie not to touch it.

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Tukach Shakur @kachi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That Ms. Rachel album goes so hard, omg

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Citation remains a political and pedagogical choice.

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Old Abe @oldabe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Axios trying to get independent and democrat voters to stay home. We need EVERYBODY to turn out and ensure that any GOP election interference is overwhelmed! We need at least 70% turnout!

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From Serena Jampel, one of the writing tutors I worked with at Harvard on the difference between the human tutor and AI and how a writing tutor can help a student find their voice. Lots of wisdom and also this truth: "the more you use it, the more you use it" www.harvardmagazine.com/commentary/h...

And that was another remarkable feature of the Writing Center. Sometimes students would resist my feedback, insisting that their structure would make sense once they added a bit more reasoning. In doing so, they were often pushed to articulate their thinking more clearly, and to affirm their confidence in their position.

An LLM cannot do that, because it does not have its own opinions or thoughts. It is only trained to engage the user: the more you use it, the more you use it. That’s actually the antithesis of writing instruction, which aims to cultivate independent thought.

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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If it can't perform in the areas where I know enough to judge the quality of it's outputs, why would I trust AI to perform in the fields where I don't have sufficient knowledge to understand if it's doing a good job or not?

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

There's what DHS said...and then there's reality ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Screenshot of the first three paragraphs of the linked Balls and Strikes article, reading as follows:

On the morning of Sunday, September 20, police officers in the Chicago suburb of Evanston responded to a 911 call about a confrontation in the street. When the officers arrived, they found a man on the ground who reported injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. Soon, the officers learned that the injured man was a U.S. citizen, and his assailants were federal immigration agents.

The Department of Homeland Security put out a statement on Tuesday claiming that the beaten man “resembled the target” of an immigration enforcement operation, and that he was “not cooperative” with agents’ investigation. “Once the individual finally identified himself,” said DHS, immigration officers “left the scene without further incident.”

A video of the incident shows that immigration officers pinned the man to the ground while he repeatedly yelled, “I’m a fucking U.S. citizen,” and while concerned witnesses asked why the agents were “fucking him up.” Eventually, the agents drove off without rendering medical aid. People tried to comfort the man, who remained motionless on the ground.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day to all my fellow non-monosexuals! I hope everyone who say they specifically won’t date a bisexual person stubs their toe daily forever

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi visibility day! 🩷💜💙

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌈 Happy Bisexual Visibility Day to all, but especially to bisexual people in straight-passing relationships. Your queerness is real, valid, and beautiful and I hope anyone who's ever been biphobic to you gets what they deserve! 🌈 💗💜💙💗💜💙💗💜💙 My bisexual space smuggler romance:

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Cloud🔞 @lillhappycloud.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When you say 'all erotica is bad, no exceptions' you inevitably end up down the rabbit hole of conservatism where LGBT folks, queer culture and anything deemed 'strange' sexually is renounced and eventually banned through legal means.

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 23/09/2026

need to make tshirts that say “I will try to live as I was and I hope to survive”

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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

course for you and your interests you will learn so much and learn to enjoy learning. And it can start well before college but it is something that good humanities courses can really do for people.

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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So someone made a post about how all AI ads are like "and then I didn't have to think" which is so true and just another reason why AI has proven how important Humanities classes are. Like they are important for dozens of reasons but if you get into the right one not only does it teach you

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vortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 23/09/2026

This is also why I can’t take seriously anyone who thinks AI is actually going to be put to use producing life-saving medical advances, material abundance (however that is supposed to work), or advances in liberty in our lifetimes. Data is a fine prison and mill to grind us in.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

16/ Collins is once again fighting to keep her seat, in a race that could determine control of the Senate. We’re continuing to report. If you have information about political dealmaking in Washington, contact us on Signal at 917-512-0201. www.propublica.org/tips/

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

3/ This is risky. Government contractors are banned from making political contributions. For the company to offer donations to Collins in exchange for an official action, or for Collins to accept, would constitute criminal bribery.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Where the fuck can you get a COVID vaccine for a 3yo? The age available changes every year and I have never been able to get this kid vaccinated because nobody has it in the Godforsaken state.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Someone is advertising products on YouTube with straight AI Alan Ritchison, and he changes size in every shot.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I love when they give you a multiple choice menu when they ask for your feedback and then don't let you type anything after you select other/something else.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ms. Rachel is not only standing for what she believes in but she's doing it the week of an album launch.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just saw a guy try to defend AI with an argument that was basically that because copyright doesn't solve power imbalances between artists and distributors that we should just let artists starve and what I want to say about that would get me a toxicity rating.

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yes, copyright has already been twisted quite a lot, but the basic premise—if you paint a painting, you should be able to profit more than the guy who happens to own a printer and makes 1,000 copies of your work—is fundamental and very obviously gAI is designed to undermine that core concept

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

836 today! Those four Es were fun!

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Monks of New Skeet @amagire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

not the most important thing going on, but "profanity," for fuck's sake. why is rodericks head of trust and safety on a social media website when there's a kindergarten somewhere desperately missing its hall monitor

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'd like to point out at this juncture that banning people who disagreed with vibes-based enforcement of poorly defined ToS is why Romancelandia did a mass exodus of Spoutible.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Google phone ppl I found a new thing to turn off by accident in my settings: Contextual suggestions. It's tracking your location and using AI to suggest shit like playlists.

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Motzie Dapul @motzied.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to Ed Sheeran "I don't take sides" for siding with the child killers (Israel) and the child rapists (Epstein friend Robert Kraft). You sure did that.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just Ms.Rachel spreading Ed Sheeran for filth

If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children’s lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral.
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Imagine looking back 20 years from now at yourself kicking someone off a tour because they spoke out during a genocide that has killed 20,000 kids.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

795 today on Outlier. So close to 800.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Teaching is the very thing that’s been degraded and underfunded and is the very thing that we know across k-16 is the most important aspect of student learning and outcomes – well beyond the classroom. Yes, this is now my checklist for any essay/ pod abt "higher ed." 10/

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Anything To Win An Election* block list getting some new friends today. This list had its name changed because someone on it was a butthurt baby.

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Married Juniper in Fields of Mistria. Now I just have some collections to complete and I'm done. I like that Dozy was with my dog in the dog bed by the fire the next morning. 🦴💕

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✨ 𝕷𝖎𝖆 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖘 ✨ @lia-draws.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Another #artwork I didn’t post here yet. I’m sure it’s pretty self explanatory. #supporthumanartists #NoAI

Six fingered hand pierced by a pencil. Text says “Support human artists. No AI”

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Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I remember a pep rally after 9/11 where a white kid sat on a high jump mat in a turban and our mascot ran in and pretended to beat him up. We like to gloss over those ugly moments. Bunch of adult educators in Massachusetts signed off on that shit, and even then at 15 I knew they shouldn't have.

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