Danielle Kay
@daniellekay.bsky.social
Some things I think about often: community care & mental health, justice, books & libraries, space, the way we tell our stories, equity, trees, music, rocks, the impact of Christian nationalism/evangelicalism, authenticity & sincerity, joy.
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This, from the anti-vaccine, anti-medication administration.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This, from the anti-vaccine, anti-medication administration.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
so stephen miller is back in the room with him I see
Trump just claimed on Truth Social that he’s “terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
so stephen miller is back in the room with him I see
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
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Dostoevsky really will just end a paragraph with a line that comes from outer space and makes you reread the entire paragraph:
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Dostoevsky really will just end a paragraph with a line that comes from outer space and makes you reread the entire paragraph:
If this press conference has made one thing we already knew more abundantly clear, we are being governed at any given moment by whoever last spoke to Trump.
As soon as Stephen Miller/JD Vance have his ear, he'll change.
I wonder what we could accomplish if we could surround him with good people.
As soon as Stephen Miller/JD Vance have his ear, he'll change.
I wonder what we could accomplish if we could surround him with good people.
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If this press conference has made one thing we already knew more abundantly clear, we are being governed at any given moment by whoever last spoke to Trump.
As soon as Stephen Miller/JD Vance have his ear, he'll change.
I wonder what we could accomplish if we could surround him with good people.
As soon as Stephen Miller/JD Vance have his ear, he'll change.
I wonder what we could accomplish if we could surround him with good people.
How is this not from SNL?
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How is this not from SNL?
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“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
The infrastructure of meaninglessness
Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete.
Let me try to break down this theory, which...
collectivefutures.blog
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
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#PPOD: A vast cavity on the Red Planet looks back at ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with an icy stare. The crater is located in Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, with a diameter of roughly 3,300 km, or twice the size of Earth’s Sahara Desert from north to south. 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#PPOD: A vast cavity on the Red Planet looks back at ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with an icy stare. The crater is located in Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, with a diameter of roughly 3,300 km, or twice the size of Earth’s Sahara Desert from north to south. 🧪
Every day, I wonder anew at them passing him over for the Nobel Peace Prize.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Every day, I wonder anew at them passing him over for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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My advice is to become unsummarizeable.
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My advice is to become unsummarizeable.
This is the kind of thing that reminds me why I just love human beings so much even though we are collectively so deeply frustrating.
I already know depression hates to see this man coming. I’m cancelling all of my therapy appointments and adding this song and dance to my morning routine.
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is the kind of thing that reminds me why I just love human beings so much even though we are collectively so deeply frustrating.
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HiRISE Image of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS!
On 2 October 2025, MRO turned away from Mars to image 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system!
https://www.uahirise.org/releases/3i-atlas/
On 2 October 2025, MRO turned away from Mars to image 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system!
https://www.uahirise.org/releases/3i-atlas/
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
HiRISE Image of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS!
On 2 October 2025, MRO turned away from Mars to image 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system!
https://www.uahirise.org/releases/3i-atlas/
On 2 October 2025, MRO turned away from Mars to image 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system!
https://www.uahirise.org/releases/3i-atlas/
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This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
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This is...sort of brilliant.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is...sort of brilliant.
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This happened Friday, despite only getting attention on Monday night.
Think about all of the Epstein emails, and here you go. This is 100% in fitting with those dismissive, abusive exchanges.
Think about all of the Epstein emails, and here you go. This is 100% in fitting with those dismissive, abusive exchanges.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This happened Friday, despite only getting attention on Monday night.
Think about all of the Epstein emails, and here you go. This is 100% in fitting with those dismissive, abusive exchanges.
Think about all of the Epstein emails, and here you go. This is 100% in fitting with those dismissive, abusive exchanges.
This is disgusting.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is disgusting.
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Personally, I don't see fascist infighting as an opportunity to align with and elevate whoever appears to be the slightly less objectionable fascist.
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Personally, I don't see fascist infighting as an opportunity to align with and elevate whoever appears to be the slightly less objectionable fascist.
I understand that grief can be crushing.
This is horrifying and an affront to humanity and relationship, and that people are trying to profit off of grief disgusts me.
This is horrifying and an affront to humanity and relationship, and that people are trying to profit off of grief disgusts me.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I understand that grief can be crushing.
This is horrifying and an affront to humanity and relationship, and that people are trying to profit off of grief disgusts me.
This is horrifying and an affront to humanity and relationship, and that people are trying to profit off of grief disgusts me.
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Maligning basic, safe OTC medications that most people have to resort to, like acetaminophen and ibuprofen, is part of a larger scam to blame people for their health problems (or their children's health needs or problems), so that the administration can claim people don't deserve care or support.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Maligning basic, safe OTC medications that most people have to resort to, like acetaminophen and ibuprofen, is part of a larger scam to blame people for their health problems (or their children's health needs or problems), so that the administration can claim people don't deserve care or support.
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This is a core element of conservative philosophy: If a single "undeserving" person is getting a government benefit, the answer is to take it away from millions.*
*Offer does not apply to tax loopholes or any other benefit enjoyed by the wealthy
*Offer does not apply to tax loopholes or any other benefit enjoyed by the wealthy
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is a core element of conservative philosophy: If a single "undeserving" person is getting a government benefit, the answer is to take it away from millions.*
*Offer does not apply to tax loopholes or any other benefit enjoyed by the wealthy
*Offer does not apply to tax loopholes or any other benefit enjoyed by the wealthy
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
okay, but this mistake in the captions is funny
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
okay, but this mistake in the captions is funny
To quote the next mayor of NYC:
The name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
The name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "I know a communist and a Marxist when I see one."
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
To quote the next mayor of NYC:
The name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
The name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
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UPDATE: A very deep dive on what’s going on at Goddard.
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
UPDATE: A very deep dive on what’s going on at Goddard.