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Storyteller. Wannabe crafter. Road tripper. Wrangler of a middle schooler and a high schooler. Nigerian-American. Born & raised SF Bay Area dweller. She/Her.
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NEW: We dug into the tactics of an AI slop farmer, who uses low-effort AI tools and fake "bloggers" to flood Pinterest and Facebook with synthetic copies of competitors' content. His target audience, he's said, is older women, who may not know they're clicking on AI. futurism.com/slop-farmer-...

gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

The DOGE Fraud Is Coming from Inside the House www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/20/t...

DOGE Is Xitter Files for Government (repeating the wisdom of @mmasnick.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social). www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/19/d...

“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Harrowing but helpful: When it comes to disasters like the Los Angeles fires and evacuations, “The public needs to understand that whatever planning & services are in place that do exist have almost certainly not considered a myriad of disabled people’s needs.” www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Does San Francisco need to close public schools? No. The problems go *far* deeper. Per a previously confidential report: “Basic information available with a single ‘click’ in any comparable organization takes hours or days to produce...” missionlocal.org/2024/12/san-...

Elon is starting his “efficiency” spree by targeting climate officials—specifically climate JUSTICE officials. I am still waiting on all the white dudes who swore this man was a climate hero to speak out. www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...