K Chico
@kchico.bsky.social
Same as ever; too Californian to be realistic. I eat, drink, and sometimes communicate about science.
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
3.3 earthquakes make me slightly seasick, but maybe that's just because the building is doing a fun little shimmy.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
3.3 earthquakes make me slightly seasick, but maybe that's just because the building is doing a fun little shimmy.
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"There is a particular look about a teenage boy that lets you know what kind of man he’ll be. A certain fullness of lips, a frank sensuality in his gaze. We all know what the word for that is, but it’s not polite to use it until he’s proven he’s that kind of boy."
If Women Wrote Men the Way Men Write Women
There is a particular look about a teenage boy that lets you know what kind of man he’ll be. A certain fullness of lips, a frank sensuality in his ...
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"There is a particular look about a teenage boy that lets you know what kind of man he’ll be. A certain fullness of lips, a frank sensuality in his gaze. We all know what the word for that is, but it’s not polite to use it until he’s proven he’s that kind of boy."
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California, today is Election Day. Go vote and make your voice heard!
Find your polling place: sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Find your polling place: sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
California, today is Election Day. Go vote and make your voice heard!
Find your polling place: sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Find your polling place: sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
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I’ve said we need a term for “government by liars” because this Trump administration does seem to be breaking new ground in the telling-constant-objectively-provable-lies department.
I have been a reporter for close to 40 years, including stints covering police and the courts. This thing, from the president down, of accusing people of crimes when not charged: That did not used to be a thing. Authorities don’t do that because it is unfair and leads to cases being tossed.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’ve said we need a term for “government by liars” because this Trump administration does seem to be breaking new ground in the telling-constant-objectively-provable-lies department.
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“People walk all day without water, and when they reach it, the militias are waiting. They killed 22 men there and took the bodies away to hide them.”
They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #KeepEyesonSudan
They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #KeepEyesonSudan
‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
Thousands have fled the Sudanese city in terror with stories of the Rapid Support Forces attacking and killing civilians
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“People walk all day without water, and when they reach it, the militias are waiting. They killed 22 men there and took the bodies away to hide them.”
They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #KeepEyesonSudan
They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #KeepEyesonSudan
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Walz: "We have a federal system that we're all in it together, we help other states when they need it, but we have a situation where they're trying to divide us & provide specific aid to states that they like at the moment, which is absolutely unconscionable... either that or give us our money back"
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Walz: "We have a federal system that we're all in it together, we help other states when they need it, but we have a situation where they're trying to divide us & provide specific aid to states that they like at the moment, which is absolutely unconscionable... either that or give us our money back"
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I didn't know this
Did you
Plaque on the East Wing of the Whitehouse
This is truly infuriating !
Like everything trump touches he destroys
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
Did you
Plaque on the East Wing of the Whitehouse
This is truly infuriating !
Like everything trump touches he destroys
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I didn't know this
Did you
Plaque on the East Wing of the Whitehouse
This is truly infuriating !
Like everything trump touches he destroys
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
Did you
Plaque on the East Wing of the Whitehouse
This is truly infuriating !
Like everything trump touches he destroys
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
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Erika Moore uses Jell-O-like hydrogels to grow uterine fibroids in her lab at the University of Maryland. She hopes to understand why the noncancerous tumors grow and how to stop them.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/erika-moore-uterine-fibroids-research
#sci2w
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/erika-moore-uterine-fibroids-research
#sci2w
Most women get uterine fibroids. This researcher wants to know why
Biomedical engineer Erika Moore investigates diseases that disproportionately affect women of color.
www.sciencenews.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Erika Moore uses Jell-O-like hydrogels to grow uterine fibroids in her lab at the University of Maryland. She hopes to understand why the noncancerous tumors grow and how to stop them.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/erika-moore-uterine-fibroids-research
#sci2w
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/erika-moore-uterine-fibroids-research
#sci2w
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Contact Senator Risch here: www.risch.senate.gov/public/index...
Contact Senator Crapo here: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact
Contact Senator Crapo here: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact
September 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Contact Senator Risch here: www.risch.senate.gov/public/index...
Contact Senator Crapo here: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact
Contact Senator Crapo here: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact
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Lessons from being online since 1995
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Lessons from being online since 1995
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
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Some tips I’ve learned painting colorful skies …
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Some tips I’ve learned painting colorful skies …
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"I wish to purchase goods and services without entering a blood covenant that entitles the provider to email and text me forever and also store a bunch of my personal data that they’re going to apologize for exposing in a breach in the next five to ten years."
www.tumblr.com/ivan-fyodoro...
www.tumblr.com/ivan-fyodoro...
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💬 0 🔁 20304 ❤️ 23032 · I wish to purchase goods and services without entering a blood covenant that entitles the provider to email and text me forever and also store a bunch of my personal data t…
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August 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"I wish to purchase goods and services without entering a blood covenant that entitles the provider to email and text me forever and also store a bunch of my personal data that they’re going to apologize for exposing in a breach in the next five to ten years."
www.tumblr.com/ivan-fyodoro...
www.tumblr.com/ivan-fyodoro...
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Eight vacations in seven months by a member of the current regime but we can't afford health care for millions of Americans. 🙄
The unconstrained spending in this regime is obnoxious & unconscionable!
Want better, educate yourself & VOTE BETTER!
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#Voices4Victory
The unconstrained spending in this regime is obnoxious & unconscionable!
Want better, educate yourself & VOTE BETTER!
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#Voices4Victory
WATCH: JD Vance has been vice president for seven months now. And in those seven months, he has gone on eight vacations. Yes, eight.
JD Vance can't escape the memes: 8 vacation in 7 months but protests HAUNT him
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Eight vacations in seven months by a member of the current regime but we can't afford health care for millions of Americans. 🙄
The unconstrained spending in this regime is obnoxious & unconscionable!
Want better, educate yourself & VOTE BETTER!
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#Voices4Victory
The unconstrained spending in this regime is obnoxious & unconscionable!
Want better, educate yourself & VOTE BETTER!
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#Voices4Victory
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🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of...
Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆
Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆
Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
August 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of...
Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆
Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆
Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
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Best $3 I spent today.
Please get video. :)
Please get video. :)
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Best $3 I spent today.
Please get video. :)
Please get video. :)
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4 new quick-guides to help you help your friends and fam STAND UP FOR SCIENCE and protect democracy
www.standupforscience.net/activate-eng...
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www.standupforscience.net/team-science
www.standupforscience.net/calling-values
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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@standupforscience.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
4 new quick-guides to help you help your friends and fam STAND UP FOR SCIENCE and protect democracy
www.standupforscience.net/activate-eng...
www.standupforscience.net/inform-activ...
www.standupforscience.net/team-science
www.standupforscience.net/calling-values
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.standupforscience.net/activate-eng...
www.standupforscience.net/inform-activ...
www.standupforscience.net/team-science
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@standupforscience.bsky.social
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The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
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PSA on links: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the number of links you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
July 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
PSA on links: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the number of links you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
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Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome.
Love, Allison
Love, Allison
July 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome.
Love, Allison
Love, Allison
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My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.