Archaeologist. Boat Person. PhD. Happy CC Prof. Sewn boats rock.
Staci Willis
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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
www.thehandbasket.co
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix.
Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection.
They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
Good evening, I'm at the Montrose Center here in Houston for a vigil for Persia Amarra Conway, the transgender woman who was found dead in SW Houston. Her family is going to speak the media soon and give us an update.
I saw the headlines and read the brief stories that were very short on details. Her name was Persia and she deserves justice. Moved to hear the words from her loving family about her life.
5/ For five straight days, she laid in a hospital bed, waiting for her situation to get dire enough that doctors — and the hospital's lawyers — would act.
And we are live!
Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible
“We asked the state a simple question: How dead did we have to be to receive healthcare that could save our viable babies and our own lives? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called us ‘woke.’”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/29/k...
Staci Willis
ProPublica
gwen howerton
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
Good evening, I'm at the Montrose Center here in Houston for a vigil for Persia Amarra Conway, the transgender woman who was found dead in SW Houston. Her family is going to speak the media soon and give us an update.
ProPublica
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours!
E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.
