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Kayla Williams

@kwilliams101

Author, veteran, kidney donor, mom, advocate

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Call me a Luddite because i refuse to use it at all

11.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DOJ Lawyer Quits Before Judicial Scolding for AI Brief Error (1) An assistant US attorney in North Carolina said he’s resigning over AI-created fabricated quotes and erroneous citations in an AI-produced court brief.

Be careful with the plagiarism machine y’all

news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/doj-l...

11.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI autocomplete doesn’t just change how you write. It changes how you think AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs

β€œOverall, the study participants who saw the biased AI text shifted their positions toward those espoused by the AI.”

11.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 41
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Military child care centers opening with β€˜lightning speed’ under new pilot program The center brings 216 more child care slots under a DOD contract with nonprofit Armed Services YMCA.

Encouraging news!

11.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Veteran who survived missile strike says field screenings 'easily miss' TBIs A retired officer who survived a 2020 missile attack says the military’s current tests aren’t useful for assessing troops in combat zones.

Interesting idea. Not quite sure how a self-administered test would overcome the "conscientious underreporter" problem or how care would be provided in the "austere environments" where they envision using it?

11.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As @tiffanymuller.bsky.social explained in a recent interview, billionaires pour money into elections expecting a corrupt return on their investment.

10.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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For Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, Iran feels like dΓ©jΓ  vu Post-9/11 veterans say the U.S. strikes on Iran feel like the opening chapter of a war they thought was over.

Yes.

10.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m also leery of swift rollout without oversight and stakeholder input, two things this admin has fought every step of the way.
But they ARE vulnerable/ responsive to pressure, so stay alert & engaged!
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10.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But flagging as β€œsuspect” every DBQ from a doc more than 100 miles from home address after spending years telling me VA *must* allow more community care since SO many vets live SO far from VA facilities seems … πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„
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10.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This seems potentially reasonable: β€œSuspect DBQs could include high-volume submissions from so-called fraud mills that use similar boilerplate language on multiple questionnaires for different individuals.”
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10.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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VA plans to scan a million veterans claims for signs of fraud The tool can quickly review submitted questionnaires that document medical evidence to determine a disability rating and monthly compensation.

Issue to watch, especially as concerns about AI linger:
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10.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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VA Is Rewriting Big Pieces of the Disability Rating Playbook VA is proposing major changes to disability ratings for sleep apnea, tinnitus, and mental health, shifting away from device based formulas and toward functional impairment.

Worth reading carefully and in full. Updating the VASRD has been ongoing for many years and is long overdue. These changes sound as if they could be reasonable if implemented fairly.

09.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Most Americans would rather have their tax dollars go to veterans' earned benefits than have them fund a war with Iran they never wanted. There's a long list of Trump priorities that taxpayer money shouldn't go to.But our country should pay for increasing veteran disability & indemnity compensation.

09.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

Hegseth β€œsounds to me as a veteran and to many of my peers who served in combat like somebody who is completely inept and pretending to have this macho persona.” πŸ”₯

09.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth demands Cyberdyne remove guardrails from Skynet Unrestrained, nearly self-aware AI 'ideal' for military decision-making, NORAD commander says

Their skewering is so good

09.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Begging everyone to go read the Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson immediately

09.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AND, alongside and underneath the clinical approach, I want ... I don't know ... recognition of and empathy for (?) the ways people's traumas are triggered not just by reminders but by seeing that our existing systems will subject others to those same traumas.
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(it never ends)

08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not saying the screener should be changed or that I don't understand it; same with the evidence-based treatments, they're very helpful, please go get care! Check out the Warrior Care Network if you need intensive help, call a Vet Center, get help!
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That is gutting, it destroys me, not *because* it is my life's work but bc I know the terrible harms that will result from the destruction and that activates a concurrent feeling of profound moral injury that can't be rectified by CPT.
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was finding meaning and purpose in trying to prevent military sexual trauma and improve the response to it. The work was hard but rewarding. But FFS we've elected a rapist president TWICE, and did you WATCH the confirmation hearing of the current SECDEF?
My life's work is under attack and
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So ... Lately I feel like there is a fundamental disconnect between the clinical approach to PTSD and the world we live in right now - the experiences I had, I don't think they would fuck me up this badly if it weren't for the *context*.
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Do you think ... no one can be trusted, the world is completely dangerous"... Um. Well. Thinking back on B-F above, no ONE of those things caused me to feel that way, but combine them all with the DRIP DRIP DRIP OF EPSTEIN FILES RELEASES & no accountability for abusers and I am a fucking WRECK.
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Are you having strong negative feelings such as fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame?" BITCH AREN'T YOU?!
FFS are you watching the news? If you DON'T feel that way, do you have a conscience?
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

seeing us repeat terrible errors in the Middle East. Knowing we bombed a girls school & imagining my daughter & thinking of those parents. The news cycle triggered my traumatic memory and further activated *so much more*
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With the Iran war popping off, I went with A because that memory in that moment was triggered. But it wasn't *that traumatic event* that caused (or activated) my PTSD. It was all of them, combined, AND ...
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

f) Chronic and ongoing sexual harassment during my entire Army career, while my male peers told me to suck it up and not ruin men's careers
g) Episodic & unpredictable danger of living with a vet w TBI, MDD, PTSD, SUD
h) misc ACEs
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

b) Old man across the street letting me win at his ongoing game of "find the penis" at 3
c) Being threatened with rape at knifepoint at 12
d) Being raped at 13
e) "Unwanted sexual contact" from a fellow soldier in Iraq
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to do another PTSD screening this week. As usual one part was being asked to identify the worst traumatic event and consider it while answering subsequent questions.
Should I choose:
a) A man bleeding to death as I translated while we cared for 3 injured civilians in Iraq
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rambling thoughts on PTSD as the horrors mount and persist...
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08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Wild to read this as someone who was in Iraq β€˜03-β€˜04.
Wilder still to realize even this level of expertise absolutely dwarfs that of those now in charge of Iran war.

08.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0