Irate but compassionate
@incognitiously.bsky.social
Makin' stuff up since 1976.
Fond of (consensually!) stabbing people in an Iberian mathematical style.
Working in state-level disaster management and emergency response.
(All opinions my own, to be excruciatingly clear.)
Fond of (consensually!) stabbing people in an Iberian mathematical style.
Working in state-level disaster management and emergency response.
(All opinions my own, to be excruciatingly clear.)
Pinned
I know the folkways here are about sharing your own thoughts, but I do a lot of reposting. A lot. Think of me as a pre-90s DJ. I don't make the music, but I select it with thought and care. And occasionally do a radio ident.
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🙃 so they are Nazis. Didn’t see that coming at all.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🙃 so they are Nazis. Didn’t see that coming at all.
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Jimmy Kimmel to Trump tonight: "I'll go when you go, okay? We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the sunset together like butch Cassidy and the suntan kid. [ Laughter ] And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: 'quiet, piggy.'"
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Jimmy Kimmel to Trump tonight: "I'll go when you go, okay? We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the sunset together like butch Cassidy and the suntan kid. [ Laughter ] And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: 'quiet, piggy.'"
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AI use widespread in research offices, global survey finds.
Our Research Offices of the Future survey, published today, also reveals fears for impact on research integrity and much more.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Our Research Offices of the Future survey, published today, also reveals fears for impact on research integrity and much more.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
AI use widespread in research offices, global survey finds - Research Professional News
RPN’s Research Offices of the Future survey also reveals fears for impact on research integrity
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
AI use widespread in research offices, global survey finds.
Our Research Offices of the Future survey, published today, also reveals fears for impact on research integrity and much more.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Our Research Offices of the Future survey, published today, also reveals fears for impact on research integrity and much more.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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This photo appears under M for MASTERPIECE
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This photo appears under M for MASTERPIECE
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Reminder if you've forgotten that it was Summers who said twenty years ago, while President of Harvard that women simply aren't as good at math as men because of ~biology~ and misogynists have used that to justify misogynist ever since
It's quite the thing to see him spell it out like that. Summers is just flat out saying his academic mentorship and knowledge is only available to someone who has sex with him.
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Reminder if you've forgotten that it was Summers who said twenty years ago, while President of Harvard that women simply aren't as good at math as men because of ~biology~ and misogynists have used that to justify misogynist ever since
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November 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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The part of being a woman in academia where you have to constantly gut-check whether your mentor really thinks your work is good or if he’s just waiting to try something* is EXHAUSTING.
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
I mean
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The part of being a woman in academia where you have to constantly gut-check whether your mentor really thinks your work is good or if he’s just waiting to try something* is EXHAUSTING.
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
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I'VE TRIED THE APPLE PIE MAC AND CHEESE. It was surprisingly okay! Light hints of apple, cinnamon and nutmeg, not enough to overpower the usual mac and cheese flavor, and not unpleasant. I wouldn't buy more boxes of it, but I will happily eat the ones we have. Should you try it? Sure, why not.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'VE TRIED THE APPLE PIE MAC AND CHEESE. It was surprisingly okay! Light hints of apple, cinnamon and nutmeg, not enough to overpower the usual mac and cheese flavor, and not unpleasant. I wouldn't buy more boxes of it, but I will happily eat the ones we have. Should you try it? Sure, why not.
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It's really funny to me that so many people think the Roman Catholic Church is "just a religion" like it's not something that has been something weirder than a nation-state, with influence over nation-states, for over a thousand years. It is one of the oldest networks of power & influence in history
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It's really funny to me that so many people think the Roman Catholic Church is "just a religion" like it's not something that has been something weirder than a nation-state, with influence over nation-states, for over a thousand years. It is one of the oldest networks of power & influence in history
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This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage.
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage.
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Sloppers fuck off. If you can’t do it yourself maybe learn to be happy as the audience
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November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sloppers fuck off. If you can’t do it yourself maybe learn to be happy as the audience
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www.sonnyross.com/shop/aisucks
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Random Bro passing as I draw with my mouth: What else that mouth do?
Me, still drawing: Ask your mom!
Me, still drawing: Ask your mom!
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Random Bro passing as I draw with my mouth: What else that mouth do?
Me, still drawing: Ask your mom!
Me, still drawing: Ask your mom!
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Hasn't Trump previously insisted that he broke off his friendship with Epstein in, like 2009 or so?
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Hasn't Trump previously insisted that he broke off his friendship with Epstein in, like 2009 or so?
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"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
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New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
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All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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This week’s main Better Offline episode is the audio of my panel with Cory Doctorow at the Seattle Public Library, where we talked about Enshittification and The Rot Economy. Whitney Beltràn moderated.
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Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 11/12/2025 · 58m
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November 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This week’s main Better Offline episode is the audio of my panel with Cory Doctorow at the Seattle Public Library, where we talked about Enshittification and The Rot Economy. Whitney Beltràn moderated.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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unfortunately, due to everything about me as a person, I WILL be listening to every minute of Allison Mack’s new apology tour podcast
Ex-'Smallville' star Allison Mack details her time in 'sex cult': 'I was ... abusive'
Ex-'Smallville' star Allison Mack details her time in 'sex cult': 'I was ... abusive'
Ex-NXIVM member Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in 2021, addresses her role in the 'sex cult' and life after prison in new podcast 'Allison after NXIVM.'
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
unfortunately, due to everything about me as a person, I WILL be listening to every minute of Allison Mack’s new apology tour podcast
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
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A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
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Joyce completely forgets social media exists in the intervals between posts, Elon wakes up at 3am drenched in flop sweat after a nightmare in which no one liked the AI-rendered image of Ayn Rand pissing on the Star Trek logo that he spent six hours honing the prompt for
joyce carol oates and elon musk are the social media avatars of the true fearless poster and the sniveling reply guy lol
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Joyce completely forgets social media exists in the intervals between posts, Elon wakes up at 3am drenched in flop sweat after a nightmare in which no one liked the AI-rendered image of Ayn Rand pissing on the Star Trek logo that he spent six hours honing the prompt for
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Go ahead and root for Oates taking down Musk but please remember she said some fucked up shit about autistic people, among other things.
Like her work.
Like her trolling.
Don't fall into that fan spiral. That way lies disappointment.
Like her work.
Like her trolling.
Don't fall into that fan spiral. That way lies disappointment.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Go ahead and root for Oates taking down Musk but please remember she said some fucked up shit about autistic people, among other things.
Like her work.
Like her trolling.
Don't fall into that fan spiral. That way lies disappointment.
Like her work.
Like her trolling.
Don't fall into that fan spiral. That way lies disappointment.