Katy
@morgalyn.bsky.social
🇺🇸&🇬🇧 politics, food stuff, maybe 🧶 things. High tendency to repost academic job openings of various disciplines. I hate writing bios, if you know me feel free to suggest edits. I'll be over there, reading or playing NMS or ONI probably.
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Katy
@morgalyn.bsky.social
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Just as a note, I tend to block 'people' who follow me but have never interacted with me and don't appear to be legitimate people accounts. I usually assume that you're a bot and/or scraping data 🤷🏻♀️ or selling something. Had my first spicy content follow today 🤣 I uh, was not her target market.
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Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...
Grok Users Are Attempting To Identify Epstein Victims
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...
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Do you want some great music by our composer for Children of Infinity?! Of course you do!! Check out their awesome library for Bandcamp Friday.
okay, NOW it's Bandcamp Friday. check out things I'm working on -- if you like them, watch this space for more stuff later this year, including my soundtrack for Free Stars when it's done!
PROTOTYPES EP.01 ~ BONUS MATERIAL FROM THE FUTURE, by SoozEQ
5 track album
kermix.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Do you want some great music by our composer for Children of Infinity?! Of course you do!! Check out their awesome library for Bandcamp Friday.
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I remain ever hopeful this is not true, in the same way I feel about people like Fred Rogers. I believe in the existence of good people and that they can even be successful celebrities.
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I remain ever hopeful this is not true, in the same way I feel about people like Fred Rogers. I believe in the existence of good people and that they can even be successful celebrities.
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Seems like if a staffer has control over a social media account of the President of the United States, any sort of oopsie-daisy is a fireable offense. So who was fired? And since it was erroneous, why did it take hours to rectify it? It's ... it's as if it wasn't a staffer or an error at all!
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Seems like if a staffer has control over a social media account of the President of the United States, any sort of oopsie-daisy is a fireable offense. So who was fired? And since it was erroneous, why did it take hours to rectify it? It's ... it's as if it wasn't a staffer or an error at all!
Gosh, BBC wrote this whole article without managing to mention Brexit, which seems like a choice.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK’s £8bn research fund faces “hard decisions” as it pauses new grants
UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Gosh, BBC wrote this whole article without managing to mention Brexit, which seems like a choice.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I fear, like our deeply wounded democracy, we will not understand what we’ve lost until it’s gone and it will be hard if not impossible to get it back. I am open to meeting with or convening with anyone trying to work to preserve the free press that we have.
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I fear, like our deeply wounded democracy, we will not understand what we’ve lost until it’s gone and it will be hard if not impossible to get it back. I am open to meeting with or convening with anyone trying to work to preserve the free press that we have.
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Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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I encourage you to consider that the @cato.org is right about this
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I encourage you to consider that the @cato.org is right about this
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ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
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Here we go….
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Here we go….
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Context not everyone has: this building is one of the major mental health care community access points for New Hampshire, the greater mental health center of Nashua
There are a lot of my patients and colleagues inside those buildings in that area
This likely is a statewide crisis for New Hampshire
There are a lot of my patients and colleagues inside those buildings in that area
This likely is a statewide crisis for New Hampshire
Can 2026 just STOP? I’m told the whole building is basically gone. I will know people who have been hurt, I just don’t know who yet. …Fuck. *rests forehead on desk tapping lightly* Fuck.
Massive response underway for large fire, gas leak at Nashua, NH mental health facility
Police and firefighters responded to a New Hampshire mental health facility Monday afternoon for a large fire and a reported gas leak.
www.yahoo.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Context not everyone has: this building is one of the major mental health care community access points for New Hampshire, the greater mental health center of Nashua
There are a lot of my patients and colleagues inside those buildings in that area
This likely is a statewide crisis for New Hampshire
There are a lot of my patients and colleagues inside those buildings in that area
This likely is a statewide crisis for New Hampshire
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The irony of those saying Billie Eilish should stick to music, Mark Ruffalo to acting, Gary Lineker to football is that their loudest critics aren't politicians. So these artists who use their huge platforms to highlight injustice should leave political opinions to basement incel keyboard shaggers?
a cartoon of a man using a computer with a south park sign above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man using a computer with a south park sign above him
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The irony of those saying Billie Eilish should stick to music, Mark Ruffalo to acting, Gary Lineker to football is that their loudest critics aren't politicians. So these artists who use their huge platforms to highlight injustice should leave political opinions to basement incel keyboard shaggers?
I just backed Word Dungeon on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
Word Dungeon
Print-and-play solo dungeon scrawler where letters become loot. Spell your way through hand-drawn depths and leave with treasure!
www.kickstarter.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I just backed Word Dungeon on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
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I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
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Farage is not only a known admirer of the President, but is also tied to MAGA's Big Tech and cryptocurrency network.
Many of Reform UK's plans, from 'DOGE' to mass deportations to crypto deregulation, look awfully familiar.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/r...
Many of Reform UK's plans, from 'DOGE' to mass deportations to crypto deregulation, look awfully familiar.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/r...
Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner's Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch
Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms and senior Conservative figures, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Farage is not only a known admirer of the President, but is also tied to MAGA's Big Tech and cryptocurrency network.
Many of Reform UK's plans, from 'DOGE' to mass deportations to crypto deregulation, look awfully familiar.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/r...
Many of Reform UK's plans, from 'DOGE' to mass deportations to crypto deregulation, look awfully familiar.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/r...
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This was a disturbing assault on @repilhan.bsky.social, who is frequently the target of vilifying language by fellow elected officials and members of the public.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This was a disturbing assault on @repilhan.bsky.social, who is frequently the target of vilifying language by fellow elected officials and members of the public.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and I still vividly remember being confused and traumatized alongside my classmates.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Today is the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and I still vividly remember being confused and traumatized alongside my classmates.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
I think about these kids being terrorized by ICE, and I think that trauma will also stay with them well into adulthood. It's unforgivable.
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Lady Gaga performing "Won't you be my neighbor" for Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl commercial.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga
YouTube video by Rocket
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Lady Gaga performing "Won't you be my neighbor" for Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl commercial.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
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It's similar to policing. Voters love "cops stopping criminals"; they don't love "cops brutalizing minorities and the poor"
But our current system means you don't get one without the other, so when ppl hear "Defund the Police" they just reflexively vote for brutality
It sucks
But our current system means you don't get one without the other, so when ppl hear "Defund the Police" they just reflexively vote for brutality
It sucks
I think both calling for abolishing ICE is fine and casting what ICE is doing as inherent to immigration enforcement is an extremely bad idea because if you frame the choice as "open borders or this" lots of people will choose this. It also just isn't true, Canada has borders and IRCC don't do this
January 27, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It's similar to policing. Voters love "cops stopping criminals"; they don't love "cops brutalizing minorities and the poor"
But our current system means you don't get one without the other, so when ppl hear "Defund the Police" they just reflexively vote for brutality
It sucks
But our current system means you don't get one without the other, so when ppl hear "Defund the Police" they just reflexively vote for brutality
It sucks
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
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Politicians who fear their actual constituents and don't spend real time with them generally serve billionaires. I like politicians who spend all their time with the people they actually represent.
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Politicians who fear their actual constituents and don't spend real time with them generally serve billionaires. I like politicians who spend all their time with the people they actually represent.
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It was predictable, a strategic move to calm tensions so they can continue their fascist bullshit in a quieter way, and what happens next depends on what WE do next. Americans need to not back off, they need to not settle back into relative apathy.
I will not speak my prediction into existence.
I will not speak my prediction into existence.
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM
It was predictable, a strategic move to calm tensions so they can continue their fascist bullshit in a quieter way, and what happens next depends on what WE do next. Americans need to not back off, they need to not settle back into relative apathy.
I will not speak my prediction into existence.
I will not speak my prediction into existence.