Diligence Jones

By day, a woman who knows and does some things in the social impact space; writer of romantica; by night, shenanigans, political side eye, & snark. Y'all, I'm TIREDT.

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2026-08-14 02:33:25 UTC

This is a fascinating study.
I was on the briefing call yesterday and, y'all -- people (especially older women) HATE AI with the personal kind of passion one reserves for the villain who killed your father.
They HATE tech execs. Like, HAAAAATE.
And this sentiment does not change when folks 'get used to' AI. In fact, distrust has increased despite everyone using it.
They absolutely distrust AI boosters. No one believes the hype and an overwhelming majority believe this shit is bad -- because of personal experience of harm or they know someone who has been harmed.
People want AI *punished* they hate it so much. (This is me editorializing.)
And they want someone to wrap some chains around AI before it's too late. #RegulateAI
Duuuuude. Faaascinating.
Full report drops next week.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKvEjvDK_zwIvGDdCdL8d74ov5eVFqkm/view?pli=1

2026-05-20 23:04:29 UTC

Remember that weird ass Politico poll last week asking folks what they thought about just throwing Black folks' votes under a bus?
A piece of anecdata:
Political consultant: [sharing tea after our zoom ended] So I was in a meeting last week and I need help processing it.
Me: I'm here.
Her: DNC consultants are telling candidates to avoid talking about Black voters having their representation snatched away.
Me: Shut the fuck up.
Her: Yep. The Dems only want folks to talk about the price of gas and affordability.
Me: Those fuckers. They don't want to win ever again, do they?
Her: Nope. I pressed the consultant. Maybe that's a bad strategy, maybe that's not the way to go. And you know what he said?
Me: What?
Her: He said, Look at me. Look at my billables. I'm doing fine.
Me: ASSHOLES.
That's the party, y'all.
That's the Blue Wave that's supposed to save us.
That poll doesnt look so weird now. It looks like a fucking test balloon.