Mikell Taylor
@mikell.bsky.social
Boston-based robotics nerd whose strong opinions do not reflect those of her employer. Come for the robots, stay for the gay pirates, Star Wars, and sarcasm. It’s pronounced “Michael”. I am cringe and I am free.
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Specifically, it was the National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring, begun in the 70s, which completely overhauled how we predict and respond to rapid weather events.
vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heri...
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The NWS Modernization and Associated Restructuring - A Retrospective (Part 1) - National Weather Service Heritage - Virtual Lab
Planned in the 1980s and implemented in the 1990s, the NWS Modernization and Associated Restructuring modernized the agency’s organization and technology to ensure more rapid detection of storms and d...
vlab.noaa.gov
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Specifically, it was the National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring, begun in the 70s, which completely overhauled how we predict and respond to rapid weather events.
vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heri...
vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heri...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Okay the Adama maneuver skeet has me inspired
Battlestar Galactica: this is a cautionary tale about creating the humanoid robot slaves
Robotics companies in 2025: at long last, we have created the humanoid robot slaves from
youtu.be/pHUEYIE_MZA
Battlestar Galactica: this is a cautionary tale about creating the humanoid robot slaves
Robotics companies in 2025: at long last, we have created the humanoid robot slaves from
youtu.be/pHUEYIE_MZA
Battlestar Galactica | Epilogue (150,000 years later)
YouTube video by Battlestar Galactica
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November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Okay the Adama maneuver skeet has me inspired
Battlestar Galactica: this is a cautionary tale about creating the humanoid robot slaves
Robotics companies in 2025: at long last, we have created the humanoid robot slaves from
youtu.be/pHUEYIE_MZA
Battlestar Galactica: this is a cautionary tale about creating the humanoid robot slaves
Robotics companies in 2025: at long last, we have created the humanoid robot slaves from
youtu.be/pHUEYIE_MZA
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Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Fuck yeah Adama maneuver
Stop doomscrolling and watch a rescue mission in fascist territory instead.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Fuck yeah Adama maneuver
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A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
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Miss Piggy is still the leading choice for Rosamond. No other Muppet actors appear.
I’ve seen enough. I am now fully prepared for Guillermo del Toro’s Middlemarch adaptation.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Miss Piggy is still the leading choice for Rosamond. No other Muppet actors appear.
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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stop saying it's black friday stop it WORDS MEAN THINGS
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
stop saying it's black friday stop it WORDS MEAN THINGS
Once upon a time we roasted a congresscritter for his “the internet is a series of tubes” but this is just going to be another Monday in Trump II isn’t it
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Once upon a time we roasted a congresscritter for his “the internet is a series of tubes” but this is just going to be another Monday in Trump II isn’t it
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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Why am I minding my business and I see a mini-alligator chilling along the Charles River Bike Path?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Why am I minding my business and I see a mini-alligator chilling along the Charles River Bike Path?
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Time to hock my redbubble again because. ALWAYS www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Tr...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Time to hock my redbubble again because. ALWAYS www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Tr...
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literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
Tesla's latest gambit: become a rental car company. As cars pile up in showrooms and storage lots, Elon is trying to rent his way out of a crisis. Good luck, bud. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
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A maker of organic baby formula is recalling some of the product after federal officials linked it to an infant botulism outbreak impacting at least one New England state. on.nbcboston.com/RGsgDzB
Recall alert: Baby formula linked to New England infant botulism case
Thirteen babies have been hospitalized amid the outbreak of the disease, which can be fatal, federal heath officials said. No deaths have been reported.
on.nbcboston.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A maker of organic baby formula is recalling some of the product after federal officials linked it to an infant botulism outbreak impacting at least one New England state. on.nbcboston.com/RGsgDzB
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Why,
You grave but reckless senators
You grave but reckless senators
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why,
You grave but reckless senators
You grave but reckless senators
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
small victories
also, Kim Davis, get a fucking hobby
also, Kim Davis, get a fucking hobby
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
small victories
also, Kim Davis, get a fucking hobby
also, Kim Davis, get a fucking hobby
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This goes to my point a few days ago, about whether you perceive societal complexity as inherently a conspiracy
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This goes to my point a few days ago, about whether you perceive societal complexity as inherently a conspiracy
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for reference, this means it is both closer to 9/11 and the moon landing than it is to today
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
for reference, this means it is both closer to 9/11 and the moon landing than it is to today
Anyway here are some aspirational visions of masculinity
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Anyway here are some aspirational visions of masculinity