JenTheTracy

JenTheTracy

@jenthetracy.bsky.social

Traditional painter. Illustrator for The No Sleep Podcast. Lunar Faire vendor. Figure Friday host. She/her. https://linktr.ee/jenthetracy

3.7K followers4.3K following14.9K posts

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jess m. ☕🍂
@jametc.bsky.social

It's weird seeing AI bubbles across the world begin to collapse in real-time because AI continually needs more input to function, every time it's used its trained and becomes shittier, but nobody's writing their own code now, so it's a death spiral for everyone who needs claude to work

KUOW Public Radio@kuow.org

Microsoft is giving about 60,000 employees the opportunity to leave with severance voluntarily.

kuow.orgMicrosoft offers voluntary buyouts to a quarter of its workforceMicrosoft is giving about 60,000 employees the opportunity to leave with severance voluntarily.
JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

If old tranphobes cared about kids sports they would vote for children’s sports funding. The safety equipment most teams use is outdated and inadequate. This is true even in wealthy districts and private clubs as team sports are a for profit industry. The mats are too thin. The helmets don’t fit.

JenTheTracy@jenthetracy.bsky.social

This we know. Children’s extra curricular activities are about team building, not winning. This derision is caused by old men who want to be confident the underage athletes they jerk off to don’t make them gay. Their trans hate has nothing to do with the integrity of gaming. Call them out.

JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

This we know. Children’s extra curricular activities are about team building, not winning. This derision is caused by old men who want to be confident the underage athletes they jerk off to don’t make them gay. Their trans hate has nothing to do with the integrity of gaming. Call them out.

Samantha Brennan@samanthabrennan.bsky.social

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.
JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

Do not dm me what should go in the comment section of a video. Algorithms incorporate comments in search. Commenting is better for a tiktok video than liking. Typing cycles the video and keywords added to the discussion amplify its reach. DMs full of literary insight. Comments full of hate.

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Rebecca Watson
@skepchick.org

me: mom, what was I like as a little girl? my mom (completely fucking braindead): hey alexa describe a human kid or something

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

What sports does she play? Are the mats thick enough to keep her head protected? Can everyone on the team afford to travel to away games? Does she feel she needs to ban other kids to win? Is winning what matters in middle school sports?

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Kim Hu
@kim-hu.com

you say the whole world's ending honey, it already did 🥤💫

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Art Fight
@artfight.net

Hello Art Fighters! The Website and Discord Server will be re-opening in a week from now on the 1st of November 2026 at 12pm Mountain Time! We're excited to welcome you all back! ✨

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JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

I do not give a shit about sports. I know a lot of people do. Good on them. But how is sports team balancing part of politics at all? Not a single person alive should be putting sports over human rights. It is heinous that the fairness of water polo matters more to some voters than gender equality.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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Colette Delawalla, PhD
@cdelawalla.bsky.social

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

Replying to @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Alright now talk about what ai is doing to the environment and our utilities costs in the section not labelled “opinion”

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Euan
@euan.bsky.social

presented without comment

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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Kim Hu
@kim-hu.com

yeh tbh if AI is so great you should be proud of it, you should disclose it everywhere and put a bunch of stickers yourself that you used it for your project showing everyone how cool and cutting edge you are, no? like, it's the future right? you love it right??

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JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social

So do we just start pouring clear nail polish on the machines? Like right in buttons and on screens? What is the most clandenstine way to sabotage these shits?

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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Disgusting company run by extractionist creeps.

Hanaa’ Tameez@hanaatameez.bsky.social

🚨 NEW: Meta has delayed rolling out terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. New date: November 20. Legal experts are still skeptical. The push comes one week after @andrewdeck.bsky.social and I first reported how the terms would impact news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta...

niemanlab.orgMeta delays rollout of terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. Legal experts are still skeptical.Meta's new commercial terms will go into effect three weeks later than initially planned.

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Chronicle of Higher Education
@chronicle.com

Humanities dissertations have fallen by 49 percent since 2015, compared with a drop of 4.5 percent in the social sciences, according to a new analysis of nearly 445,000 dissertations in these two fields over 65 years. Explore the data: https://chroni.cl/4yxUZ4S

chronicle.comHumanities Dissertations Have Declined Far More Steeply Than Those in the Social Sciences, Report FindsThe American Academy of Science and Letters analyzed 443,543 dissertations over 65 years, looking at how the numbers changed over time and the language they used.

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Ghostly Bree
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

The fact that the current crop of AI doesn't do most of the things they claim it can do should not obscure the fact that the current crop of AI is very very good at helping scammers and criminals and bad actors flood the zone so completely the zone feels like it might collapse.

Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻@mrose.ink

This is what I need denialists to understand: the AI evangelists' wildest fever dreams (sentience, the singularity, whatever-the-fuck) don't need to be real for the tech to be hugely consequential. A machine gun doesn't need to be superintelligent.