Jill McKnight 🖖
@maerlyn99.bsky.social
HS English teacher, bossed around by a Shiba, book lover and recommender, especially SF/F and YA. Trekkie. IDIC. LLAP. She/her. I acknowledge that I live and teach on land belonging to the Apsáalooke people.
My phone doesn't take great night photos, but I got a few that showed the colors of the aurora last night.
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My phone doesn't take great night photos, but I got a few that showed the colors of the aurora last night.
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The Five Petals of Thought is coming real! Fundraiser for supporting me as I write this artifact of an alt history philosophical movement: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn
Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!
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August 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Five Petals of Thought is coming real! Fundraiser for supporting me as I write this artifact of an alt history philosophical movement: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
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Hey Bluesky, do you enjoy reading about
-dilapidated amusement parks?
-bizarre animatronics?
-psychedelic dark rides?
-cults?
-friendship and sisterhood?
If so, you might enjoy my book The Merry Dredgers. If you'd like to learn more, here's a review by Gabino Iglesias:
locusmag.com/2023/06/gabi...
-dilapidated amusement parks?
-bizarre animatronics?
-psychedelic dark rides?
-cults?
-friendship and sisterhood?
If so, you might enjoy my book The Merry Dredgers. If you'd like to learn more, here's a review by Gabino Iglesias:
locusmag.com/2023/06/gabi...
August 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Hey Bluesky, do you enjoy reading about
-dilapidated amusement parks?
-bizarre animatronics?
-psychedelic dark rides?
-cults?
-friendship and sisterhood?
If so, you might enjoy my book The Merry Dredgers. If you'd like to learn more, here's a review by Gabino Iglesias:
locusmag.com/2023/06/gabi...
-dilapidated amusement parks?
-bizarre animatronics?
-psychedelic dark rides?
-cults?
-friendship and sisterhood?
If so, you might enjoy my book The Merry Dredgers. If you'd like to learn more, here's a review by Gabino Iglesias:
locusmag.com/2023/06/gabi...
Fuck JK Rowling.
August 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fuck JK Rowling.
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"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
We Can Save Public Radio and Television
Viewers and listeners like us.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
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BM: I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh
Defense Lawyer: *internal* shit shit, okay, ethically, if either is shot and alive somewhere bleeding out, I might have an ethical problem…
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh
Defense Lawyer: *internal* shit shit, okay, ethically, if either is shot and alive somewhere bleeding out, I might have an ethical problem…
... I might be interested in a series of articles explaining various songs through that lens.
July 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BM: I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh
Defense Lawyer: *internal* shit shit, okay, ethically, if either is shot and alive somewhere bleeding out, I might have an ethical problem…
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh
Defense Lawyer: *internal* shit shit, okay, ethically, if either is shot and alive somewhere bleeding out, I might have an ethical problem…
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Happy JUNETEENTH y'all!!! Support Black creators. Here's a great place to start:
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
June 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Happy JUNETEENTH y'all!!! Support Black creators. Here's a great place to start:
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
May 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
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Hey, here’s some more books I liked. You might like them too. Go on, get some @blacktopkid.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social yours truly and @jenniferhillier.bsky.social
Fun was had! #BookSky 📚🪓
#SummerRecs
Fun was had! #BookSky 📚🪓
#SummerRecs
May 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hey, here’s some more books I liked. You might like them too. Go on, get some @blacktopkid.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social yours truly and @jenniferhillier.bsky.social
Fun was had! #BookSky 📚🪓
#SummerRecs
Fun was had! #BookSky 📚🪓
#SummerRecs
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MEDICAID MONDAY - COLUMBIA FALLS PROTEST
Monday, May 19th - 5:00-6:00 PM
U.S. Hwy 2 & Nucleus Ave
#flatheaddemocracy #50501MT #veteranspantry #medicaid #columbiafalls #mtdems #mtleg #mtpol #mtnews #columbiafallsmt #protectmedicaid #flatheaddems #kalispell #whitefish
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Monday, May 19th - 5:00-6:00 PM
U.S. Hwy 2 & Nucleus Ave
#flatheaddemocracy #50501MT #veteranspantry #medicaid #columbiafalls #mtdems #mtleg #mtpol #mtnews #columbiafallsmt #protectmedicaid #flatheaddems #kalispell #whitefish
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Medicaid Monday! · Mobilize
What: Protest with Flathead Democracy and 50501MT and Medical Device Drive for the Veterans Pantry!
When: Monday, May 19, 5-6 pm
Where: Intersection of hwy 2 and Nucleus in Columbia Falls (we will f...
www.mobilize.us
May 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
MEDICAID MONDAY - COLUMBIA FALLS PROTEST
Monday, May 19th - 5:00-6:00 PM
U.S. Hwy 2 & Nucleus Ave
#flatheaddemocracy #50501MT #veteranspantry #medicaid #columbiafalls #mtdems #mtleg #mtpol #mtnews #columbiafallsmt #protectmedicaid #flatheaddems #kalispell #whitefish
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Monday, May 19th - 5:00-6:00 PM
U.S. Hwy 2 & Nucleus Ave
#flatheaddemocracy #50501MT #veteranspantry #medicaid #columbiafalls #mtdems #mtleg #mtpol #mtnews #columbiafallsmt #protectmedicaid #flatheaddems #kalispell #whitefish
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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FRIDAY, May 23rd, 2025
BUTTE, MONTANA
Weekly Rally at Federal Courthouse
400 N Main St
12:00-1:00 PM
A Local Indivisible Butte Event!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Rally supporting programs being cut by Doge and Trump's cabinet.
#butte #buttemt #montana #silverbow
#mtpol #mtleg #mtnews #rally
BUTTE, MONTANA
Weekly Rally at Federal Courthouse
400 N Main St
12:00-1:00 PM
A Local Indivisible Butte Event!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Rally supporting programs being cut by Doge and Trump's cabinet.
#butte #buttemt #montana #silverbow
#mtpol #mtleg #mtnews #rally
May 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
FRIDAY, May 23rd, 2025
BUTTE, MONTANA
Weekly Rally at Federal Courthouse
400 N Main St
12:00-1:00 PM
A Local Indivisible Butte Event!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Rally supporting programs being cut by Doge and Trump's cabinet.
#butte #buttemt #montana #silverbow
#mtpol #mtleg #mtnews #rally
BUTTE, MONTANA
Weekly Rally at Federal Courthouse
400 N Main St
12:00-1:00 PM
A Local Indivisible Butte Event!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Rally supporting programs being cut by Doge and Trump's cabinet.
#butte #buttemt #montana #silverbow
#mtpol #mtleg #mtnews #rally
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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
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This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
May 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
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They are gearing up to arrest some mayors, police chiefs, or governors who they think are obstructing them. That Wisconsin judge was just an appetizer. bsky.app/profile/theb...
Stephen Miller on Gov. J.B. Pritzker calling for mass protests:
“His comments…could be construed as inciting violence…This war that Democrat governors and mayors are waging against federal law enforcement. I mean, this is nullificationist behavior. This is secessionist behavior.”
“His comments…could be construed as inciting violence…This war that Democrat governors and mayors are waging against federal law enforcement. I mean, this is nullificationist behavior. This is secessionist behavior.”
April 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
They are gearing up to arrest some mayors, police chiefs, or governors who they think are obstructing them. That Wisconsin judge was just an appetizer. bsky.app/profile/theb...
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Contrary to the pundit class’ insistence, someone talking to you on public transit has been so reviled for so long there was a painting about it 150 years ago
April 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Contrary to the pundit class’ insistence, someone talking to you on public transit has been so reviled for so long there was a painting about it 150 years ago
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i'll say this, though, this story explains a hell of a lot of how and why someone like chris rufo — who is not a scholar, not an intellectual, not an interesting thinker or writer, not even an interesting person — got to be so influential.
April 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i'll say this, though, this story explains a hell of a lot of how and why someone like chris rufo — who is not a scholar, not an intellectual, not an interesting thinker or writer, not even an interesting person — got to be so influential.
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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.
buff.ly
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
I don't often cry over Internet animals that I've never met, but I cried for Greyson. He and Lucy have been some of my favorites.
April 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I don't often cry over Internet animals that I've never met, but I cried for Greyson. He and Lucy have been some of my favorites.
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As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
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A lot of my fellow authors are freaking out after learning more about the conduct of Meta (and other AI). I'm one of the authors who has been involved in suits against Meta and OpenAI since 2023. Authors who'd like to know more about the cases and the latest updates, see llmlitigation.com/index.html
LLM litigation · Joseph Saveri Law Firm & Matthew Butterick
LLM litigation
llmlitigation.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A lot of my fellow authors are freaking out after learning more about the conduct of Meta (and other AI). I'm one of the authors who has been involved in suits against Meta and OpenAI since 2023. Authors who'd like to know more about the cases and the latest updates, see llmlitigation.com/index.html
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Parents that sued Wyoming over a controversial plan to close eight Laramie County elementary schools say the recent court ruling on education funding only strengthens their arguments.
Meeting discussions, they say, also prove the district administration sought closures from the get go.
Meeting discussions, they say, also prove the district administration sought closures from the get go.
Cheyenne parents: Education ruling strengthens case against school closures - WyoFile
Parents group recently gathered meeting videos through public information request and say the discussions prove district administration did not consider educational interests.
wyofile.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Parents that sued Wyoming over a controversial plan to close eight Laramie County elementary schools say the recent court ruling on education funding only strengthens their arguments.
Meeting discussions, they say, also prove the district administration sought closures from the get go.
Meeting discussions, they say, also prove the district administration sought closures from the get go.
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SCOOP: The US Dept. of Education and GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw will each recognize "DeTrans Awareness Day" tomorrow with events featuring anti-trans activists.
In lieu of a press release, I’m told the Dept. event will be covered exclusively by a reporter from The Federalist.
In lieu of a press release, I’m told the Dept. event will be covered exclusively by a reporter from The Federalist.
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Help her the fuck out: all of you cishet people did this
ca: $millicents42
pp: @CateOcean42
vm: @temptingcate
ca: $millicents42
pp: @CateOcean42
vm: @temptingcate
just got beat up at the liquor store cus apparently i’m a faggot? nice day we’re having..
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Help her the fuck out: all of you cishet people did this
ca: $millicents42
pp: @CateOcean42
vm: @temptingcate
ca: $millicents42
pp: @CateOcean42
vm: @temptingcate
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Only 10 Days Left to Nominate for the 2025 Hugo Awards!
Get your nominations in for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Award. And, don't forget about the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem!
🔹 Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Learn more & nominate: buff.ly/3QcUTw6
Get your nominations in for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Award. And, don't forget about the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem!
🔹 Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Learn more & nominate: buff.ly/3QcUTw6
March 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Only 10 Days Left to Nominate for the 2025 Hugo Awards!
Get your nominations in for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Award. And, don't forget about the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem!
🔹 Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Learn more & nominate: buff.ly/3QcUTw6
Get your nominations in for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Award. And, don't forget about the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem!
🔹 Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Learn more & nominate: buff.ly/3QcUTw6