senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signalhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mvddzwzyp226I just started listening to this podcast about survival and it’s such beautiful counterprogramming to the pall of AI doomerism. Human resilience and creativity and solidarity and ingenuity and care! Really recommend if you need your cup filled. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-to-carry-what-to-burn/id189626078112 Sep 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvddzwzyp226https://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mvb7zmtlg22wThis is called a protection racket. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb7zmtlg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mvasnoyhg224He literally just launched an illegal and unprovoked war in the Middle East that will take a really long time to lose [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvasnoyhg224https://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mv4igqewyc2tI just don’t really know how to handle a discourse that careens between threatening a “Chernobyl-sized catastrophe” and the death of all humanity without acknowledging that Chernobyl killed fewer than 100 people. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/ai-superintelligence-risks-warnings-scientists-politicians?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other09 Sep 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4igqewyc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mv43piyx2k2dbought myself a cookie as a treat and it's too salty09 Sep 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv43piyx2k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mv2kcr32ss2hpersonally I think we should just take the ai doomers at their word and shut it down if they’re telling the truth, well, good thing we shut it down. If they’re exaggerating, well, they shouldn’t have done that09 Sep 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2kcr32ss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mv2bhxcxkc2hGeorgie is perfect in every way but I do find it a little bit disconcerting how hard it is to convince her to eat bits of food I drop on the floor09 Sep 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2bhxcxkc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muxxuphb7k2dok so now would be a good time to turn off the crime machine how about now08 Sep 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxxuphb7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muxulzcbnc2vI would really like to read a follow up interview with this guy [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxulzcbnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muvluu7tns2eit’s fun when you post your affective response to a thing that is true on the internet and a thousand people respond “but did you know that the thing is true?”07 Sep 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvluu7tns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muvgeioak22fit’s such a punch in the mouth that fascism achieved power by way of elections07 Sep 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvgeioak22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muvckmxoos2x“since World War II” coming in strong as euphemism of the night07 Sep 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvckmxoos2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muu5vucj3c2tThe progression of certain thinkers from denying the validity of trans people to denying the validity of disabilities is a nice illustration of the way in which transphobic habits of mind can quickly evolve into a kind of acquired sociopathy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu5vucj3c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mupgpebxq22ithere is something pernicious and hostile about telling someone (me) to go watch a YouTube video to figure out how to do something and frankly I resent it04 Sep 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupgpebxq22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muny5xm5nc2oTo be fair he also does all of these things in the wide open [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muny5xm5nc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mun5kwl5mk2vit’s fun to go to the doctor when you’re feeling like shit so you can get treated like shit for a change03 Sep 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun5kwl5mk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mulae5lmjc27I’ve been sick for one week and the level of authoritarian shit escalated so much in that period it’s kind of breathtaking03 Sep 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulae5lmjc27https://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mukxgnnmd22rit’s weird that when your larynx is completely and totally out of commission, there’s a backup speaking system (whispering) that still sort of works but also draws real attention to the fact that the larynx works better02 Sep 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukxgnnmd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mukoicr6hs2iso are we gonna get a bunch of political analysis thumbsucker pieces about the cautionary tale of a promising youngish politico who torpedoed his career by latching on to the biological gender extremists who are attempting to drag the Democratic Party into hugely unpopular political waters or nah02 Sep 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukoicr6hs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mukgqn2lmk2pthe fact that I physically cannot speak to my dog right now is really getting me down02 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukgqn2lmk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muismvhcss2xactually seems really bad that hegseth is de facto resegregating the military through purges and the remaining officer corps are increasingly complicit in that project02 Sep 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muismvhcss2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muijjvz4ts2rI just feel like day seven of a virus is no time to introduce a twist01 Sep 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muijjvz4ts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mugah2d2ek2tI just had the most appalling thought01 Sep 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugah2d2ek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mudvnfnzsk2othis sickness is such an unexpected cornucopia of miseries day six and we’ve just introduced ear popping for a fun twist31 Aug 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudvnfnzsk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mudsbqlj2s2eI need another weekend for being sick31 Aug 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudsbqlj2s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mudreq5vzs2pimagine spending this time in world history doing that31 Aug 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudreq5vzs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mudkhlqk3c2uI just feel like it would be cool if viral symptoms were more like psychological symptoms and once you recognized that they existed and accepted that they made sense they would stop bothering you quite so much30 Aug 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudkhlqk3c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3mucnzspnts2wI think it would be healthy for our culture if a putative journalist’s response to a colleague’s relation of some facts and context was interest or curiosity rather than blustering dismissal by way of fake statistics and facile generalizations. This should be deeply embarassing for her. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucnzspnts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3muckcj4k4k2wwas thinking about buying some cough suppressant at the drugstore yesterday bc misery but why even bother when you have a dog who will helpfully sit on your chest and physically restrain you from coughing the coughs that need to be coughed30 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muckcj4k4k2w