Melinda Byerley

Another hush money payment.

People really need to give each other grace

I have been predicting stuff for over a decade. It only pays in gray hair.

But my tombstone will say “I told you so.”

Thinking about the six lawmakers who told the military they don’t have to obey unlawful orders.

Apparently, Kegseth hasn’t destroyed their ability to drop truth bombs.

I am not alone in believing with my whole heart that this will not make America safer.

Putting my own country first doesn’t mean I wish harm on anyone else.

People will die. The rich get richer. Americans get poorer.

And for what?

It’s pissing me off that some very smart people I know think opposing this war equals wishing harm to israel.

Wrong.

There was no imminent threat.

I don’t like Iran.

I also don’t like what Trump is doing.

I hate that people think this is binary position

Every single video she makes about lead on this popular brand of “premium” glass baby bottle gets swarmed with paid bots (from the company) commenting “it’s not a big deal”…

dead internet theory but for lead poisoning is not something I had on my 2026 bingo card

I don't know that I've read a better piece on the danger of online age-verification than @taylorlorenz.bsky.social's piece for @theintercept.com.

The government, in concert with AI companies, is openly bragging about using mass surveillance to crush dissent.

And we're agreeing to given them more?

And follow @crimesnewroman.bsky.social

If you, like me, think both “technology is amazing” and “technology is fucked up” and wonder “well now what? “

Start here.

I just finished this.

After over 25 years in tech you have put voice to so much on my mind.

I got involved with AI 3 years ago exactly because I wanted to help shape it for good

Cancer showed me how much and how little it all means.

Need something soothing? Look for The Zoo: San Diego on HBO Max.

Animals. Keepers. Vets.

So full of joy.

The Spock Delusion

Strong agree.

What gets revealed here isn’t just that coding wasn’t the whole job. It’s that a lot of the lower-status, backgrounded labor (almost always women as you said) was carrying way more of the real value than people wanted to admit.

And can we talk about (lack of) documentation?! 🤣

Cosign

Can you tell how this is spam?

Kai is a…

Forgive me for being that internet person (tm).

That study wasn’t just the us.

just can’t imagine why there’s a male loneliness epidemic

Here in the bay area it’s going to be a lovely warm day. Let all get offline and touch grass, eh? This is why we pay the California premium!

If I can’t unionize Claude then it’s not conscious, next question

Blackboard? Ai!? Might as well be head of silly walks

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Me when husband escorts a spider from our home into the grass outside:

Pee mail, my friend

That smells like treason.

a lot of discussion about how "cosmopolitan" urban dwellers are, but a really underdiscussed trend is the homogenization of culture across *rural* areas of the USA - replacement of once-distinct regional cultures with generic "redneck" accent and culture, regional religions with evanglicalism etc

So many of us really questioning our life choices atm