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Kate Swist

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Digital professional, analog civilian, living & working in Wyoming in a tiny Blue lifeboat bobbing on a raging Red sea. πŸ’™I’m a technology leader working in public education, 20+ of tech experience.

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If Gabbard and Vance weren’t in this administration, they’d be protesting against it.

Tulsi left the Democratic Party warning that Hillary would drag us into useless wars. She said Trump would run as a β€œpeace president” and Stephen Miller had the audacity to say Kamala would take us into WW3.

03.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 587 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 6
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The average college student today How things have changed

I read this thoughtful substack and I have a kid in college and one that just graduated. They literally weren't taught how to read/write: features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Those that can, had a teacher or two who snuck in phonics in defiance of their bosses.

open.substack.com/pub/hilarius...

27.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?

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How dare an advertiser co-opt pro choice language and the lives of those who have been taken due to the Dobbs decision in the past years. All because over weight people (I'm including myself here) don't like the judgement of others. At least they haven't made being fat illegal, like abortion is.

26.01.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eli Lilly TV Spot, 'My Focus' Check out Eli Lilly's 60 second TV commercial, 'My Focus' from the Health Information industry. Keep an eye on this page to learn about the songs, characters, and celebrities appearing...

"My Body My Business" Thank god we finally have a white male letting us know that our bodies are our own business, not subject to other's opinions, state laws, and police intervention. What a relief!

This angers me on so many levels. F**k all the way off!
ispot.tv/a/gkKj

26.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Predicting an IT Support mutiny soon. AI chatbots as "first line" support just marinate customers in rage. By the time I finally bypass the bot to reach a human, I’m livid. Agents aren't solving tickets anymore; they're just catching grenades.

11.12.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before You Become a Gemini Certified Educator Be careful what you tie your name to.

I'm seeing a lot of Gemini Certified Educators in my social media feeds. This is a good time to think critically about Gemini, how it is developed, and how it could impact (possibly harm) K-12 education. Be careful what you attach your name to.

www.criticalinkling.com/p/gemini-cer...

11.11.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How The AI Economy Could Collapse Podcast Episode Β· Prof G Markets Β· 09/29/2025 Β· 55m

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Circular deal theory….back in my day this was called floating checks or check kiting.

30.09.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kirk didn't serve in the military or hold office. The war hero treatment -- half-mast flags, military guard, Air Force Two escort, calls for a statue at the Capitol or to lie in the Rotunda -- shows that for MAGA, service to Trump has become the highest, most honorable form of service.

12.09.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 9970 πŸ” 2786 πŸ’¬ 242 πŸ“Œ 183
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12.09.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Namecheap and Squarespace are enabling a website that far-right extremists are using to target people they feel have said the wrong things about Charlie Kirk’s death.

If you’re looking for more companies to boycott.

11.09.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 577 πŸ” 334 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 9
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From Book Bans to Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control the Whole State’s Access to The Internet If you've read about the sudden appearance of age verification across the internet in the UK and thought it would never happen in the U.S., take note: many politicians want the same or even more stric...

I live in Wyoming. Does anyone want to help me use the new age verification law to test against Maga friendly websites? I want to engage in some malicious compliance.

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

04.09.2025 00:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From GPUs to Packets: The Critical Role of Networks in AI Datacenters Podcast Episode Β· Telemetry Now Β· 08/29/2025 Β· 52m

More fuel to the fire regarding an AI bubble. Adding GPUs also means adding more network capacity on the backplane, more power, etc at the data centers. @edzitron.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

02.09.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair enough. Thanks for the info!!

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Curate your own newspaper with RSS Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

Trying to use an RSS reader based on the excellent article and podcast from @molly.wiki www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

Here are a few folks I'd love to follow if they'd enable RSS on their websites:
@annaleen.bsky.social
@charleswlogan.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social

29.08.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."

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Oh my favorite

26.07.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Butterfly on thistle

Butterfly on thistle

Butterfly & thistle. Cleaned up a bit.
#bloomscrolling
#butterfly
#thistle

26.07.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Butterfly & thistle. #bloomscrolling
#butterfly
#thistle

26.07.2025 16:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Butterfly on thistle

Butterfly on thistle

Butterfly & thistle. #bloomscrolling

26.07.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Question: Is there room for you and Mamdani in the Democratic Party?

Phillips: The answer, ultimately, I think, is no

When you have socialists in the Democratic Party, I don't know how anybody could argue that that would be beneficial for the party or for the country

1:19 AM Β· Jul 10, 2025

@Acyn Question: Is there room for you and Mamdani in the Democratic Party? Phillips: The answer, ultimately, I think, is no When you have socialists in the Democratic Party, I don't know how anybody could argue that that would be beneficial for the party or for the country 1:19 AM Β· Jul 10, 2025

Everyone like this needs to be hounded out of the Democratic Party. These are people who genuinely believe a permanent Trump/GOP trifecta is a better outcome than policy being slightly left of their preferences. They are a major reason why millions of people who agree with Dems don't bother to vote.

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All the MS employees that just go laid off will (hopefully) get hired cleaning up all this mess

09.07.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS
ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

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@404media.co

02.07.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No it doesn’t! That isn’t true! This is straight up wrong! Good LORD!

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Attending a Protest For quick reference, we've createdΒ a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountab...

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourselfβ€”and your dataβ€”safe.

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Pink Wild rose next to stream

Pink Wild rose next to stream

Pink Wild rose bush next to stream

Pink Wild rose bush next to stream

Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 5/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming

16.06.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wild tulip

Wild tulip

Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 4/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming

16.06.2025 02:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blue lupine flowers in high elevation mountain desert

Blue lupine flowers in high elevation mountain desert

Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 3/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming

16.06.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Indian Paintbrush

Indian Paintbrush

Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 2/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming

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