Andrew Parrotte

I'm waiting for Flashes to land so I can try it out.

Poster for a petition saying NO DEAL on the budget till the lawbreaking stops via Resistbot.

This one is especially important for all red state elected officials, and unfortunately a few blue staters.

But what I've heard today is that the GOP getting messages from their constituents is starting to have some impact.

So go, kids, GO! Use @5calls.org or @resist.bot or simply phone or write!

The Latest Gmail Update Includes 1 Risky AI Feature You Need To Be Careful About You might want to think twice before agreeing to this. Plus, here's how to turn it off.

"To turn off Google Gemini and other “smart” Google Workspace features:
In Gmail, click the Settings button and then “See all settings.“
Under the “General” tab, scroll to “Google Workspace smart features.”
Click “Manage Workspace smart feature settings”
Turn off smart features in Google Workspace"

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

I feel this so hard. Mentally and emotionally taxing too.

cis folks, please read this hideous thing. if you didn’t believe it was all one fight before, they snuck in some “fetal personhood” here. we’re in this together.

and remember: if you know a trans person, *no, you don’t.*

*we* get to decide when/if we disclose. don’t put your trans friends at risk.

I also didn't use TikTok but I did grab RedNote andmake an account, of sorts. Still poking around it.