Madhusudan 🦉 Katti
@leafwarbler.bsky.social
Reconciliation ecologist working towards decoloniality at a Land Grab University on Saponi lands • Writer • Alien of extraordinary ability • 🏳️⚧️ parent • 🐦⬛ 🦚 🪶 📽️ 🏏
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A Reconciliation Ecologist's Testimony at a People's Hearing
Spoken in Greensboro, NC in June 2025
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A Reconciliation Ecologist's Testimony at a People's Hearing
Something I had the honor to speak last week, to an auditorium full of Indigenous, Black and Brown, really a rainbow of environmental justice activists in Greensboro, NC.
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Something I had the honor to speak last week, to an auditorium full of Indigenous, Black and Brown, really a rainbow of environmental justice activists in Greensboro, NC.
(and yes, this also launches my newsletter, so please subscribe!)
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The Christmas trees will checkmate on the next move
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The Christmas trees will checkmate on the next move
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File under, however bad your day was today, it could have been worse.
Based on John Sinclair's journal, Dec 26, 1846 was the day starving members of the Donner Party chose "either to die, or preserve life by eating the bodies of the dead; slowly and reluctantly they adopted the latter alternative." t.co/L40lvPBopW
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
File under, however bad your day was today, it could have been worse.
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If their genius is not recognized after they come to the convention with their manuscript in hand, surely it must be because they are white and male. Couldn't be anything else. They will go and tell people this was their experience at the convention. They were excluded. Tale as old as time.
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If their genius is not recognized after they come to the convention with their manuscript in hand, surely it must be because they are white and male. Couldn't be anything else. They will go and tell people this was their experience at the convention. They were excluded. Tale as old as time.
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They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
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I'd believe this anecdote because I've met guys like this at conventions. People do ask (politely) about their work and they can't pitch it because what makes it special is that they are the specialest boy. They go to panels and hear queer and BIPOC writers talk about their work and think "ah ha". +
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'd believe this anecdote because I've met guys like this at conventions. People do ask (politely) about their work and they can't pitch it because what makes it special is that they are the specialest boy. They go to panels and hear queer and BIPOC writers talk about their work and think "ah ha". +
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Thanks to Jim Moylan, who pulled a borrowed car into a filling station on the wrong side on a rainy day & vowed to protect the rest of us from that annoying fate.
What are some of your favorite inventions that make life just a smidge better?
What are some of your favorite inventions that make life just a smidge better?
December 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thanks to Jim Moylan, who pulled a borrowed car into a filling station on the wrong side on a rainy day & vowed to protect the rest of us from that annoying fate.
What are some of your favorite inventions that make life just a smidge better?
What are some of your favorite inventions that make life just a smidge better?
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A dangerous trend gripping America.
(My 182nd science column for Hindustan Times)
(My 182nd science column for Hindustan Times)
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A dangerous trend gripping America.
(My 182nd science column for Hindustan Times)
(My 182nd science column for Hindustan Times)
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The horrific dismantling of the American research enterprise couldn't come at a worse time. The Trump regime's sabotage has resulted in a loss of scientificbautonomy & an increase in political oversight over research w/ an emphasis on right-wing ideology. Even mRNA cancer vaccines are in jeopardy
Opinion | Dismantling the American Research Enterprise
The government's self-sabotage could not come at a worse time
www.medpagetoday.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The horrific dismantling of the American research enterprise couldn't come at a worse time. The Trump regime's sabotage has resulted in a loss of scientificbautonomy & an increase in political oversight over research w/ an emphasis on right-wing ideology. Even mRNA cancer vaccines are in jeopardy
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After Cyclone Ditwah, unusual sea-foam appeared on Sri Lanka’s north coast. Scientists say it’s a natural mix of storm turbulence and plankton compounds, not pollution—but floods flushed sediments, plastics and nutrients seaward, stressing reefs and raising risks of blooms and marine damage.
As Cyclone Ditwah battered land, Sri Lanka’s oceans absorbed a silent shock
COLOMBO — Cyclone Ditwah, which claimed around 650 lives and left at least 200 people missing, cast a heavy pall of gloom over Sri Lanka from the moment it entered the island’s skies Nov. 28. By Dec.…
news.mongabay.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
After Cyclone Ditwah, unusual sea-foam appeared on Sri Lanka’s north coast. Scientists say it’s a natural mix of storm turbulence and plankton compounds, not pollution—but floods flushed sediments, plastics and nutrients seaward, stressing reefs and raising risks of blooms and marine damage.
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my hot take of the day is, both the left and the right have Ls to take on the "living in CA" issue
no, rich people are NOT going to reduce their quality of life substantially to avoid taxes
no, densification alone will NOT make places everyone wants to move to magically become affordable
no, rich people are NOT going to reduce their quality of life substantially to avoid taxes
no, densification alone will NOT make places everyone wants to move to magically become affordable
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
my hot take of the day is, both the left and the right have Ls to take on the "living in CA" issue
no, rich people are NOT going to reduce their quality of life substantially to avoid taxes
no, densification alone will NOT make places everyone wants to move to magically become affordable
no, rich people are NOT going to reduce their quality of life substantially to avoid taxes
no, densification alone will NOT make places everyone wants to move to magically become affordable
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
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This year, the AAUP proved something powerful: When we fight, we win.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
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Information about various ways to give to the AAUP Foundation.
www.aaupfoundation.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This year, the AAUP proved something powerful: When we fight, we win.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
Your gift to the AAUP Foundation will power legal challenges, advocacy & education that defend the core values of higher ed. Please donate at the link below.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Together, we are stronger.
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"Sodium is nearly 50 times cheaper than lithium and can even be harvested from seawater, making it a much more sustainable option for large-scale energy storage”
Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...
Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp
Researchers have developed a new material for sodium-ion batteries, sodium vanadium phosphate, that delivers higher voltage and greater energy capacity than previous sodium-based materials. This break...
www.uh.edu
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Sodium is nearly 50 times cheaper than lithium and can even be harvested from seawater, making it a much more sustainable option for large-scale energy storage”
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GoldenAI
Make a Bond movie academic
Tomorrow Never Hires
Tomorrow Never Hires
Make a Bond Movie academic
Best, Russia
Best, Russia
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
GoldenAI
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
Daniel Ole Sambu, who helped lions and people coexist, died at age 51
In the rangelands beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence between people and wildlife has never been a simple matter. Livestock wander into the paths of lions. Farmers lose cattle they can scarcely afford…
news.mongabay.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
Beneath Kilimanjaro, coexistence with wildlife is fragile. Daniel Ole Sambu spent years holding balance—coordinating predator compensation, supporting rangers, building trust across cultures. His death is felt, but practices he shaped endure.
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Computer scientists* will (should!) know the name George Boole, but his daughters were interesting, too –
(*mulling over if I should add, and most computational biologists!)
(*mulling over if I should add, and most computational biologists!)
Reading about Ethel #Voynich (1864-1960) today for some writing and wow, what a life! Her father George Boole developed the idea of Boolean Logic. Her mother Mary was the librarian at Queen's College London. Four sisters, all math geniuses.
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Computer scientists* will (should!) know the name George Boole, but his daughters were interesting, too –
(*mulling over if I should add, and most computational biologists!)
(*mulling over if I should add, and most computational biologists!)
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This book is so incredible!!
Honored to blurb @restingdinoface.bsky.social's upcoming new book 'Tyrant Lizard Queen,' & even more honored to co-blurb it with @annaleen.bsky.social & @stevebrusatte.bsky.social! Not out until October 27, 2026, but preorders are very important for a book's (& its author's) success. 🧪🦖📚
We have a T. rex!
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This book is so incredible!!
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It’s astounding to me how quickly these nitwits pivoted on a tile from
“AGI will outperform all human intellect within a few years”
…to…
“…but if you think about it, software doesn’t actually have to work, does it?”
“AGI will outperform all human intellect within a few years”
…to…
“…but if you think about it, software doesn’t actually have to work, does it?”
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It’s astounding to me how quickly these nitwits pivoted on a tile from
“AGI will outperform all human intellect within a few years”
…to…
“…but if you think about it, software doesn’t actually have to work, does it?”
“AGI will outperform all human intellect within a few years”
…to…
“…but if you think about it, software doesn’t actually have to work, does it?”
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We have a T. rex!
Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore
The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore
bookshop.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We have a T. rex!
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Honored to blurb @restingdinoface.bsky.social's upcoming new book 'Tyrant Lizard Queen,' & even more honored to co-blurb it with @annaleen.bsky.social & @stevebrusatte.bsky.social! Not out until October 27, 2026, but preorders are very important for a book's (& its author's) success. 🧪🦖📚
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Honored to blurb @restingdinoface.bsky.social's upcoming new book 'Tyrant Lizard Queen,' & even more honored to co-blurb it with @annaleen.bsky.social & @stevebrusatte.bsky.social! Not out until October 27, 2026, but preorders are very important for a book's (& its author's) success. 🧪🦖📚
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Writing is so often finding the right words for ideas. But the ideas themselves? I’m usually finding them on walks, in the shower, while cooking, really doing anything where my brain can just be unbothered a while.
If you’re stuck for ideas, try unplugging a little. Maybe they’ll come.
If you’re stuck for ideas, try unplugging a little. Maybe they’ll come.
December 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Writing is so often finding the right words for ideas. But the ideas themselves? I’m usually finding them on walks, in the shower, while cooking, really doing anything where my brain can just be unbothered a while.
If you’re stuck for ideas, try unplugging a little. Maybe they’ll come.
If you’re stuck for ideas, try unplugging a little. Maybe they’ll come.
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bsky.app/profile/pook...
An internet where a child can't throw a rock without hitting a chatbot, where *all the content* is slop.
Where it's made purposely impossible to talk to other humans, and consume media made by other humans.
An internet where a child can't throw a rock without hitting a chatbot, where *all the content* is slop.
Where it's made purposely impossible to talk to other humans, and consume media made by other humans.
Facebook literally made a chatbot months ago that sexted with children while pretending to be John Cena, and *then* made a chatbot with actually-written out specific policies on how to sext with children.
Meanwhile, the US and UK are going wild destroying the internet in terror of trans people.
Meanwhile, the US and UK are going wild destroying the internet in terror of trans people.
December 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
bsky.app/profile/pook...
An internet where a child can't throw a rock without hitting a chatbot, where *all the content* is slop.
Where it's made purposely impossible to talk to other humans, and consume media made by other humans.
An internet where a child can't throw a rock without hitting a chatbot, where *all the content* is slop.
Where it's made purposely impossible to talk to other humans, and consume media made by other humans.
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The explicit goal of the people happily setting fire to the internet in order to burn trans people, is that the only internet a child gets to experience is one specifically shaped by the whims of a billionaire freak.
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The explicit goal of the people happily setting fire to the internet in order to burn trans people, is that the only internet a child gets to experience is one specifically shaped by the whims of a billionaire freak.
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As the anglosphere gleefully sets fire to the internet out of virulent transphobia, one of its main tools is age verification: dividing the internet into one for adults, and one for kids.
And, the *exact same people* are desperately trying to cram genAI into the kids' internet.
And, the *exact same people* are desperately trying to cram genAI into the kids' internet.
December 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As the anglosphere gleefully sets fire to the internet out of virulent transphobia, one of its main tools is age verification: dividing the internet into one for adults, and one for kids.
And, the *exact same people* are desperately trying to cram genAI into the kids' internet.
And, the *exact same people* are desperately trying to cram genAI into the kids' internet.
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Back when the internet was young people kept trying to make spaces for kids online. This kept running into the problem of them being full of the worst adults you can imagine, and some so awful they are beyond the capabilities of most decent people to imagine.
As the anglosphere gleefully sets fire to the internet out of virulent transphobia, one of its main tools is age verification: dividing the internet into one for adults, and one for kids.
And, the *exact same people* are desperately trying to cram genAI into the kids' internet.
And, the *exact same people* are desperately trying to cram genAI into the kids' internet.
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Back when the internet was young people kept trying to make spaces for kids online. This kept running into the problem of them being full of the worst adults you can imagine, and some so awful they are beyond the capabilities of most decent people to imagine.