Kaitlyn Burnell
@kaitlynburnell.bsky.social
Used to make videogames. Currently recovering from long COVID.
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In first grade, Logan wore his hair long to connect with his Native culture.
His school demanded he cut it, but after Logan and his family pushed back, the school updated its rules to allow for long hair on boys.
Native students have the right to honor their heritage in their expression.
His school demanded he cut it, but after Logan and his family pushed back, the school updated its rules to allow for long hair on boys.
Native students have the right to honor their heritage in their expression.
My Son's Hair is Part of a Thousand-Year-Old Tribal Culture. His School Called it a 'Fad.' | ACLU
The school’s requirement is a rejection of who he is and a demand that he sacrifice his culture and heritage to conform to baseless and unfair rules.
www.aclu.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In first grade, Logan wore his hair long to connect with his Native culture.
His school demanded he cut it, but after Logan and his family pushed back, the school updated its rules to allow for long hair on boys.
Native students have the right to honor their heritage in their expression.
His school demanded he cut it, but after Logan and his family pushed back, the school updated its rules to allow for long hair on boys.
Native students have the right to honor their heritage in their expression.
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It’s that time of year again!
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It’s that time of year again!
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PLEASE MAKE THIS LAW EVERYWHERE
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
PLEASE MAKE THIS LAW EVERYWHERE
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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After that meeting, I'm never playing poker against Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
After that meeting, I'm never playing poker against Zohran Mamdani.
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you know what? good advice.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
you know what? good advice.
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
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For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
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I had academic job interviews this way in the late 1990s.
All of us sitting on beds in hotel rooms.
All men but me.
Nothing happened.
But it was REALLY strange, to say the least.
All of us sitting on beds in hotel rooms.
All men but me.
Nothing happened.
But it was REALLY strange, to say the least.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had academic job interviews this way in the late 1990s.
All of us sitting on beds in hotel rooms.
All men but me.
Nothing happened.
But it was REALLY strange, to say the least.
All of us sitting on beds in hotel rooms.
All men but me.
Nothing happened.
But it was REALLY strange, to say the least.
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Enraging.
Back when I was still on Facebook, I asked my (mostly liberal) friends why they had stopped masking. Most said because their doctor weren't masking, so they know COVID's not a big deal. If medical settings required everyone to mask, people would get the message.
Back when I was still on Facebook, I asked my (mostly liberal) friends why they had stopped masking. Most said because their doctor weren't masking, so they know COVID's not a big deal. If medical settings required everyone to mask, people would get the message.
Alice Wong died of an infection 💔
Thinking of all the healthcare workers over time who failed to protect her
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Thinking of all the healthcare workers over time who failed to protect her
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social me...
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Enraging.
Back when I was still on Facebook, I asked my (mostly liberal) friends why they had stopped masking. Most said because their doctor weren't masking, so they know COVID's not a big deal. If medical settings required everyone to mask, people would get the message.
Back when I was still on Facebook, I asked my (mostly liberal) friends why they had stopped masking. Most said because their doctor weren't masking, so they know COVID's not a big deal. If medical settings required everyone to mask, people would get the message.
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This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Walking through the PC section of my local best buy and disabling Copilot on all the demo units, as praxis
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Walking through the PC section of my local best buy and disabling Copilot on all the demo units, as praxis
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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This is HUGE
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is HUGE