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@docfreeride

Academic philosopher, lapsed chemist, occasional science writer, perpetual ethics booster. All views my own. (she/her)

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Trader Joe’s Recalls 4 Frozen Food Products That May Contain Glass

Fried Rice - March 4 through Feb. 10, 2027
Vegetable Fried Rice - Feb. 28 through Nov. 19
Japanese Style Fried Rice - Feb. 28 through Nov. 14
Chicken Shu Mai - March 13 through Oct. 23

The previous recall, issued on Feb. 20, was for Chicken Fried Rice.

07.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This bears repeating.

Dr. Casey Means is not eligible for the position as Surgeon General. The position requires experience in public health programs & entry into regular corps. She has done neither.

You can take action by sending a letter to your senator.

πŸ§ͺ actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

07.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 270 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 6

Remember, if they make this law, most places online literally cannot afford to do ID verification themselves and will have to outsource it, and the dominant business in that field currently is the one that is connected to Epstien-business-partner-owned fascist-surveillance-corporation Palantir.

07.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

"When gunshots are heard in the video, the brake lights of Martinez' vehicle appear to be on."

07.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

His last words to the ICE agents: "I'm sorry, sir."

Clearly someone who posed a threat and was trying to run them over.

07.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 400 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

Over and over, the patterns repeat

07.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Like, you don’t have to do that. You’re SO LUCKY. You’re making a fortune doing something you love, that you’re good at, and you are *constantly* given rewards, encouragement, applause, recognition of all kinds.

You just don’t have to do that.

07.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 314 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

If Timothee Chalamet wants to make being a reverse-snob part of his deal, whatever. Be a child, you know?

But at a time when arts funding and support are so imperiled, it would be nice not to lead with your contempt for wide swaths of the arts during your campaign to have your own art recognized.

07.03.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 1042 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 17
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Illinois universities roll back DEI initiatives amid Trump attacks The UI system and Northwestern agreed to scrap programs meant to uplift students and faculty from marginalized backgrounds.

new: universitiesβ€”in illinois and across the u.s.β€” are falling in line amid president donald trump's attacks on higher education.

@dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social on the death of diversity on college campuses:

06.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

07.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 4922 πŸ” 939 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 37

It is really a low water mark to be at war with the one of the worst regimes on Earth and manage to come away as the callous and undignified party.

06.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 1445 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4

This week (these years) thinking a lot about how important it is to be honest about our ontological claims, especially in relation to justice and liberation. When we envision and speak of freedom in the present or future, what is the ontology of time and being that structures our thinking?

07.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

06.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 4761 πŸ” 1201 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 17

i am not generally a "go through the hoops to write a comment I don't think will really be read" kind of guy, but for a plan THIS bad, by a guy I hate THIS much... I'll make the exception

23.02.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, β€œKristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, β€œKristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 16423 πŸ” 3341 πŸ’¬ 253 πŸ“Œ 172
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Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom. He's joined coaches including Doc Rivers, Jim Boeheim, Muffet McGraw, and more in signing a letter calling on elected offic... Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom. He's joined coaches including Doc Rivers, Jim Boeheim, Muffet McGraw, and more in signing a letter calling on elected officials to ...

@goldenstatewarrior.bsky.social's Coach Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom!

Coaches across the nation launched a letter campaign calling on elected officials to keep political interference out of our colleges and universities.

We can't have college sports without academic freedom.

06.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

β€œThe CSU and SJSU disagree with OCR’s legal position and its findings and have declined to enter into the Proposed Resolution Agreement.”

06.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love working for a CSU.
β€œthe CSU has filed a lawsuit against OCR to protect CSU from an unlawful attempt to retroactively impose punitive measures against SJSU.”
www.calstate.edu/Pages/ocr.aspx

06.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Proud & relieved that the California State Univ system rejected the Trump administration's "Proposed Resolution Agreement" regarding a trans athlete's participation on a women's volleyball team at San Jose State. "SJSU fully complied with the law and cannot and must not be punished for doing so."

06.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet that says, "I’m sure this will make you sad too, but I’m also using Claude to second guess home contractors. The licensed electrician was lying to me (or just totally wrong) about the kind of wiring in my house and recommending an expensive and unnecessary job."

Tweet that says, "I’m sure this will make you sad too, but I’m also using Claude to second guess home contractors. The licensed electrician was lying to me (or just totally wrong) about the kind of wiring in my house and recommending an expensive and unnecessary job."

This is the sort of thing I'm talking about in just implicitly trusting AI and acting like it doesn't hallucinate.

If you had to hire an electrician in the first place, what makes you think you're qualified to judge Claude's output to determine if the electrician is wrong?

06.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 24

Im a historian of vaccination.
Every semester/year since 2015, I teach the histories of smallpox vaccination.
And every semester/year, I have had anti-vaxxers/vaccine hesitant people in my classes.
If I want to change their minds, telling them how evil or stupid they are isn't going to cut it.

06.03.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 314 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4
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This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

05.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 993 πŸ” 476 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 76

I wonder if Claude would be β€œanxious” because the military is using it to bomb schoolgirls or because it’s poisoning the air around data centers or because it’s going to crash the economy or because it’s encouraged thousands of psychotic delusions or all of the above

06.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1898 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 8
A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says β€œBREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says β€œBREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity

06.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 4965 πŸ” 789 πŸ’¬ 305 πŸ“Œ 599

a. piece. of. software. is. not. the. type. of. entity. that. can. gain. consciousness.

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pittsburgh 'Stand Up for Science' to emphasize immigration issues - Pennsylvania News Beep The National β€œStand Up for Science” day of action returns to Pittsburgh tomorrow for the second year in a row to protest government actions and policies

Pittsburgh β€˜Stand Up for Science’ to emphasize immigration issues

https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/131166/

The National β€œStand Up for Science” day of action returns to Pittsburgh tomorrow for the second year in…

06.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

we know for a fact that the U.S. Department of Defense has been thinking about β€œwhat do we do about Iranian drones” for years now. now, what Hegseth did with that information in this context…

06.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

either they’re actually so wildly incompetent they genuinely never thought about defense against Iranian Shaheds or (more likely) Hegseth et al are lying about why they’re screwing this particular operation up so bad.

Neither option is good

06.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 6

Often in a poor job market, college grads will choose to continue their education into grad school.

But with federal funding being gutted, a lot of grad programs are recruiting fewer students, or none at all. Leaving less opportunity for our young adults and putting more pressure on the job market.

06.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky

06.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 1110 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 53