Tim Reierson

I took a look a thistleseeds and will just leave a comment to please reconsider using "AI" so-called sentiment analysis and surveillance approaches, and find other authentically human ways to support and provide care for humans struggling with substance use. ty

#SuicideResearch feed for awareness and please share.
Author and journalist Rob Wipond is looking for 988 call center workers to interview for an upcoming story. I trust Rob's work and have collaborated with him in the past, and that is ongoing now.
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Federal Government Pushes for Expanded Forced Treatment Powers Two under-the-radar U.S. Supreme Court cases could expand coercive psychiatric drugging

2/ Email: perkingly (at) protonmail (dot) com
or follow links from Rob's latest article:
robwipond.substack.com/p/federal-go...

1/ 📣This will be a VERY significant #988Lifeline story
from #RobWipond #PsychForce please share
"I’m working on a new story abt 988. If you’ve worked or volunteered at a 988 agency or call center win the past two years, please get in touch with me for more details. You can be an anonymous source...”

A line of protesters stands along a sidewalk holding large white signs with red letters that together spell out “CITIZENS BANK FUNDS ICE HOLES.” The signs are mounted on poles and form a long banner stretching down the grass beside the street. Only the protesters’ legs and hands are visible behind the signs. A bank building and parking lot appear in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Happening NOW: @burningriverbrigad.bsky.social, @indivisibleneo.bsky.social, and 70+ other groups are at Citizens Bank branches calling on the bank to stop backing ICE detention companies.

Can't make it to a protest? Help us amplify these folks' work!

#deicecitizensbank #iceout

#CrisisLines #CrisisTextLine
Ever wonder wha happen to CTL's for-profit spin-off #Loris dot ai? Two Harvard Business School case studies later, generated a research paper on "AI assist" CX ($9.95 paywall and $30 paywall) and then last year acquired by Contentsquare.
contentsquare.com/press/conten...

#CrisisLines #NoAI #StopAI
"At significant cost savings for your behavioral health care spend"

And my question is always cost savings at whose expense?
And my answer is always, at the expense of those calling in and those who answer. At the expense of our humanity.

web.archive.org/web/20221202...

sad truth, doing more research on this and realizing my big predictions and warnings were all about things that were already happening #CrisisLines please #StopAI #NoAI

I'm trying to finish a paper i started in 2022, this time I will finish it. will make public w/in next few weeks.

2/ Crisis Text Line, I think, really thought they were going to rake in some money from it. Also, they were always so cagey about just how crisis conversation data was used by Loris. I have theory, will need to share later.

1/ I'm working on a paper critical of "AI" coming to 988 Lifeline. It's VERY long and at this point that's how it's going to stay

Reason I'm posting is to say I just came across more info about Loris dot ai (Crisis Text Line's for-profit spinoff). Now I think I know why CTL was so mad to be exposed

Theory What is a cognitive scientific theory?

some resources for cognitive scientists — especially for junior scholars who ask me wonderful questions and want to learn more — on theorising and metatheorising olivia.science/theory/ (not 100% finished & more to come, but all my work is freely available here: olivia.science#publications as usual)

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social please also notice that in the comments theres testimony of how this video convinced cities to decline #Flock 's NOT SECURE & EASILY ABUSED surveillance tech. It brings danger, not safety.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-...
please reconsider! do not become compromised!

Ten Black Heroes Behind Cannabis Legalization | High Times These Black leaders helped change cannabis law through advocacy, research, and public leadership across decades of reform.

Writing this Ten Black Heroes list for High Times felt like a love letter to the movement, just the way I want to remember it. Thank you to everyone on it. hightimes.com/activism/ten...

giant steps to trans genocide in state of Kansas, US
brutal cruelty i just wonder who are these legislators in #Kansas

cw: death
"And on the ground, there was no possible way that things were getting better—and I had pictures to prove that. We would just shake our heads and say, 'What — what are they thinking?'"

"The U.S. knew fully that there was no check on the [Salvadoran] death squads and the security forces."

ALT:
KHUH 104.9 FM Seattle & HollowEarthRadio.org
VINYL APOTHECARY
Interview with Alison Braun: Photographer
February 28, 2026 | 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM [US PT]

photo portrait of Alison Braun is featured with photos of musicians during live performances in background

2/ "Women are uniquely and disproportionately affected in conflict zones...while at the same time leading much of the peacebuilding, care, and conflict resolution activities. Despite these truths, women are typically left out or underrepresented in official political discussions and negotiations..."

Webinar: Women in Conflict Zones The Women in Conflict Zones webinar on March 4 at 12pm ET will shed light on the profound impacts of war on women and discuss measures being taken to mitigate these effects.

1/ From @world-beyond-war.bsky.social
Webinar - Women In Conflict Zones
Focus on: Africa, Caribbean & Latin America
Weds March 4, 12pm ET (US) / 1pm Caracas
#WorldBeyondWar

worldbeyondwar.org/women-in-con...

[WEBINAR] In Solidarity with Myanmar: Stories of Continuing Struggle for Peace and Democracy In 2021, Myanmar’s military carried out a coup d’état, overthrowing the civilian government. In the aftermath, communities across the country faced massacres, airstrikes, and deepening poverty amid a…

5 years after the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s junta has staged elections under repression and exclusion. Meanwhile, resistance networks, ethnic communities, and civil society groups continue organizing for federal democracy. Join our Feb 26 webinar to learn more!

🔊Sharing new preprint titled: "The Technopolitics of Data Centres"

Studying DCs raises methodological questions, while also offering opportunities and opening challenges for interdisciplinary research into the governance of digital infrastructure."

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

This is a test run, for when they use coercion to force all trans people into conversion therapy. Want rehab for your broken leg? Or insulin for diabetes? You'll have to detransition. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

2/ Crisis Text Line's attempt to erase history 404 error:
www.crisistextline.org/blog/2018/03...

and yes I archived it

1/ #CrisisTextLine former CEO/co-founder #NancyLublin had made this gross blog in 2018. Sometime in last 2yrs they took it down

"Simply put, why sell t-shirts when you can sell the thing your organization does best?" referring to their for-profit spinoff Loris dot ai
web.archive.org/web/20240225...

I can't get past "Ask the Post AI" what an #AIHype trash fire @washingtonpost.com #WAPost

Moving from Discord Stoat: QuyetPawz#7259 Root: QuyetPawz Fluxer: QuyetPawz#9152 Leave a reply for other alternatives to check out!

Slowly getting ready to move from Discord.

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ever since this post, with many comments reminding to use alt text, the mayor's account has used alt text on every image i saw
👏👏👏

BHL Care Traffic Control Software Solution YouTube video by Behavioral Health Link

comment on 9/ => nope my guess was wrong. BHL is still marketing this horrifying tech right out in the open.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ic...

i like the way you think. a friend gave me these resources bsky.app/profile/sava...

Behavioral Health Link and Recovery Innovations Announce Historic Partnership to Transform Crisis Systems Nationwide - Behavioral Health Link Five Lanes Crisis Partners Approach to Provide Unprecedented Consulting Power Across All Five Core Elements of Crisis Response ATLANTA,  July 17, 2025  --

1/ Lack of #Consent #CrisisLines
so i've warned before about use of crisis line conversations as data w/o consent (because meaningful consent can't be given in those moments). & the for-profit push to CONNECT crisis call data to other systems. Exhibit A+. behavioralhealthlink.com/behavioral-h...