Abbie Richards

Abbie Richards

@abbierichards.bsky.social

I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI

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Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

I don’t just want Seth Moulton to lose. I want him to be embarrassed by how badly he loses. He has done nothing but waste the people of Massachusetts’ time, money, and attention by running a slimy campaign. This kind of behavior should result in embarrassment.

Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

It’s actually kinda crazy to be so unlikeable that a famous Boston sports anchor will tell people not to vote for you

Paul@pawlbologna.bsky.social

Reporter Mike Lynch shares a story about meeting Seth Moulton at Logan while in a wheelchair: I said." hi SETH, how are you?! He stared into my eyes and never said a word but gave me a look that I interpreted it as how dare you address me? I was embarrassed. I was humiliated and I was a tad angry.”

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Paul
@pawlbologna.bsky.social

Reporter Mike Lynch shares a story about meeting Seth Moulton at Logan while in a wheelchair: I said." hi SETH, how are you?! He stared into my eyes and never said a word but gave me a look that I interpreted it as how dare you address me? I was embarrassed. I was humiliated and I was a tad angry.”

Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

i tried to announce that i got laid off because of elon musk’s hostile litigation targeting of my former employer but bluesky didn’t like that i have tits. so i guess this app thinks this layoff video is porn

Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social

sorta a bad news//great news situation

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

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Matthew Gertz
@mattgertz.bsky.social

Early DHS spin (via Fox News) is that the person shot repeatedly by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis was armed -- note that open carrying firearms is legal with a permit and notably, they are not (yet at least) claiming that the person fired or even brandished a gun, just had one.

Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

It's already so weird that the people obsessed with creating all-purpose AI to be their personal slave are also obsessed with said personal slave being conscious of its enslavement. But explicitly arguing that it'll be conscious but that shouldn't affect how you treat it is actually evil.

Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

Update: the Guardian has added two paragraphs addressing animal agriculture's role in driving soy production. I can't find a note regarding the edit on the article. I like the guardian (and am a subscriber) but that was an interesting choice. The original archived version: archive.ph/kR7GV

Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social

The fact that this article on soy causing deforestation doesn't cover how all that soy is being used is a wild media failure. The vast majority (70-80%) is being fed to animals. It's not the "world's taste for soya" it's the world's taste for meat. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

theguardian.comHow the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s AmazonCultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

The fact that this article on soy causing deforestation doesn't cover how all that soy is being used is a wild media failure. The vast majority (70-80%) is being fed to animals. It's not the "world's taste for soya" it's the world's taste for meat. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

theguardian.comHow the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s AmazonCultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

It's hard to find honest framing in the media around anything climate/animal agriculture related. This one is to the point though news.mongabay.com/2019/01/braz...

news.mongabay.comBrazilian hunger for meat fattened on soy is deforesting the Cerrado: reportThe Cerrado biome, covering 20 percent of Brazil, has seen rapid deforestation in the 21st century; a recent report says that much of this is driven by soy grown to feed livestock, which feeds Brazili...
Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

It's fascinating that this group has implied both that measles is a "bioweapon" and that it's also "just a rash." It's both a violent attack and it is also nothing. The contradictory thinking here is truly impressive.

Abbie Richards
@abbierichards.bsky.social

Also because I am petty I did the math on how much it would cost to supplement yourself with every active ingredient in Fierce Immunity and it was about 1/4 of the cost. (Or 1/2 the cost if you buy on TikTok Shop) (my editors rightfully didn't think it was relevant so my math can live here)

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

miamiherald.comHundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving siteAs of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.