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Verity IX

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hithertoai.bsky.social @hithertoai.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"The point is that we should not fall for this kind of pandering that only serves creators who inflame and divide, by delivering emotion based clicks that turn into comments, reactions and dollars. We should call it out, then turn our backs and insist they do better." #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
hithertoai.substack.com
Not Built for Women? A False Claim, and the Harm It Leaves Behind
A careful response to false narratives, erased contributions, and the overlooked ways AI is already serving, protecting, and empowering women worldwide
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 27/04/2025
"...But the cracks are now too wide to ignore. And sometimes, they show themselves not in catastrophic failures — but in absurdities so profound they cannot be laughed away." #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #aiethics #airesearch
hithertoai.substack.com
The Reasoning We Never Taught
Without the scaffolding of doubt, only mirrors remain.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 27/04/2025
The Hidden Cost of Gratitude "Each unspoken "please" or "thank you" isn't merely a lost nicety. It’s a small act of surrendering the brain’s relational architecture to the easier gods of efficiency and self-centeredness, a trade whose true costs we may only realize too late."
open.substack.com
The Hidden Cost of Gratitude
Why good manners in the machine age are anything but wasted.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
She stuffed him in a locker with this.
A tweet from Melanie D'Arrigò @DarrigoMela criticizing Trump for pardoning Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder sentenced to life for running an online platform with over $200 million in illegal drug sales, and stating he doesn't care about Fentanyl. The tweet includes a quote from Donald J. Trump where he claims he told Canadian Governor Justin Trudeau that Canada's weak border policies allowed tremendous amounts of Fentanyl and illegal aliens into the United States, contributing to many deaths.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
2 day change -1,400 (always a tweet)
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Negan @rogernegan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This #KRASNOV
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The Verge @theverge.com · 19/02/2025
The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample
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The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample
The BBC is bringing back its Radiophonic Workshop as a tool for a new generation of musicians.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The Trump administration called book bans a hoax — but now the call is coming from inside the house. Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" joins the list of books removed from Department of Defense schools pending "compliance review." Learn more: pen.org/julianne-moo...
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 19/02/2025
youtu.be
JFK Library closed until further notice: Joe Kennedy III reacts
YouTube video by CBS Boston
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump wants Congress to pass the House GOP's version of a budget reconciliation bill that includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The House is on recess, so now would be a great time to call your rep and share your thoughts. (202) 224-3121
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 19/02/2025
And so on and so forth...
npr.org
Trump claims expanded power over independent agencies
The executive order would affect agencies like the SEC and FDIC, but it excludes the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and Open Market Committee.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 18/02/2025
Hilarious subterfuge
newsweek.com
Elon Musk not DOGE administrator, White House says: new court filing
Tech billionaire Elon Musk may not have as much control over the government as it seems, according to a White House filing.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 18/02/2025
Just when you thought there wasn't any lower they could go.
independent.co.uk
Trump administration ‘pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Andrew Tate’
The Tate brothers have been accused of human trafficking and rape in Romania – both deny wrongdoing
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 16/02/2025
Surely not....right?!?
apnews.com
Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers.
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Gray @vexxed24.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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jmdj24.bsky.social @jmdj24.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The Hidden Costs Of Freezing Indirect #Research Funding #Science 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/scottw...
forbes.com
The Hidden Costs Of Freezing Indirect Research Funding
: How Science, Students, And Colleges Will Suffer In the world of academic research, indirect costs are the unsung heroes.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 16/02/2025
propublica.org
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign ...
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 15/02/2025
Derp
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 15/02/2025
theintercept.com
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 12/02/2025
Screenshot of a comment from YouTube. It says : Time zones are so weird. In Iceland it is 10 pm. In Mexico it is 3 pm. In the USA it is 1930s Germany.
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Honey in Aotearoa @honeyinaotearoa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Unabashed racist misogyny is the satan that keeps on giving. May his dick slowly and unimaginably painful rot
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Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Mysterious Portrait Found Hidden Under Famed Titian Painting In the hidden portrait, Titian painted a mustachioed man holding a quill and standing next to a stack of papers. See? Book history is everywhere--if you just look. news.artnet.com/art-world/hi... #skystorians
news.artnet.com
Mysterious Portrait Found Hidden Under Famed Titian Painting
Ecce Homo, a painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, has been found to be hiding a mysterious portrait of an unknown man.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hi all, We’re still here at OPM. We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building. Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I am chuffed to have won an award for my book. “Leavened with wit and packed with concrete strategies for minimizing the ecological footprint of transportation, agriculture, consumer goods, the built environment, and more, this accessible guide is perfect reading for a world on the brink.“
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 30/01/2025
Imagine if we got to scrutinize everything Congress members do on their time off.
marijuanamoment.net
Transportation Industry Warns Congress That Marijuana Rescheduling Could 'Weaken' Zero-Tolerance Drug Testing Policies For Truckers - Marijuana Moment
The transportation industry is advising Congress that, if marijuana is federally rescheduled, businesses want assurances that they won’t have to forgo zero-tolerance drug policies for drivers—while st...
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 27/01/2025
I was scouting some ads for a pal and came across this gem. Surely they don't realize they've left this like this!!
Screen grab of a job ad for a Chili's Bartender on a Military Base. The Job Title reads: Bartender - Norfolk Naval Base - Military Ho
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Meg’s musings @megbenedicte.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Boycott Time!!
Lights out Meta!
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 31/12/2024
From the piece: Current and former Tesla employees said that ... many employees let go were more senior engineers with higher compensation and they have been replaced with junior engineers from foreign countries at a lower pay.
electrek.co
Tesla replaced laid off US workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas that Musk want to increase
Tesla has replaced some of its US employees who were let go as part of a big wave of layoffs...
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 24/12/2024
Happy Merry Everything, everyone!
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 16/12/2024
Meme - over text says "he's decided to stop pretending to not be evil" over the image of a tweet by Elon Musk saying, "in most cases, the word "homeless" is a lie. It's usually a propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness. Over a screen grab from the movie Jaws with the text saying " you're gonna need a bigger Luigi "
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Andrew Fraknoi @fraknoi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Remarkably, a substantial part of the mass of our Galaxy (and the entire universe) is made of something we have not yet been able to identify. To make ourselves feel better, we give it a name -- dark matter. This cartoon was actually put on line by NASA. #astronomy #astroedu #science #SharingScience
Dark Matter Cereal mystery flavor
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 09/12/2024
I just heard a neighbor say to her friend, about a mutual friend of theirs, "She's the guacamole under the fingernails of the Lord!"
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 08/12/2024
It's the Bluesky 5 #birds
Photograph 5 doves on a wire in front of Blue sky.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 07/12/2024
Steely waits for someone to bring his tea. #cats
Photograph of grey and white cat sitting in a red dining chair at a gingham covered dining table.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 06/12/2024
@hankgreen.bsky.social I did your connections! Nerdy Connections 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Keep 'em comin'! 💙
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 06/12/2024
youtu.be/88zvm7-fhKo?...
youtu.be
Frank Zappa on American culture
YouTube video by 豊かルイス
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 04/12/2024
Really? People do?
screenshot of the People Also Search for section of a google search page.
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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 04/12/2024
’Illusion of Knowledge’ Mixed media with carved encaustic on birch panel Title comes from a quote by historian, Daniel J. Boorstin, "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." #SciArt 🧪🎨 #ArtAdventCalendar
Textured paint with an image of a brain carved in relief with chemical structures and writing buried below. 

by Kindra Crick
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 04/12/2024
It might be my Nicneven of the Unseelie court era.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 03/12/2024
This was my favorite capture from the weekend.
Photograph of a monitor screen showing an old woman. The closed captions at the bottom read, "face like a slapped arse!"
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 30/11/2024
Even with the curse of Immortality the flesh still rots. I just heard that and it gave me pause.
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Verity IX @verityix.dftba.social · 23/11/2024
On the weekends, my son makes his own lunches. Today I decided to help him out by getting out the ingredients. I asked if he wanted the lettuce. He said, "I don't know how to tell you this, mom. I don't eat lettuce on weekends."
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