Cakelin
@thecakelin.bsky.social
Polygon gargoyle. Flounder of nudges.io
Scientist, software engineer, writer, artist.
White, disabled, bi, nonbinary, solo polyam.
Covid cautious 😷
They/them 🏳️⚧️
📚 Mid Gaussian: Flatten the Hierarchy out now ⬇️
thecakelin.com
Scientist, software engineer, writer, artist.
White, disabled, bi, nonbinary, solo polyam.
Covid cautious 😷
They/them 🏳️⚧️
📚 Mid Gaussian: Flatten the Hierarchy out now ⬇️
thecakelin.com
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THEY FEED US
Farm workers are as much as 35 times more likely to be killed by heat than any other civilian occupation.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS (See prompts in link)
Farm workers are as much as 35 times more likely to be killed by heat than any other civilian occupation.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS (See prompts in link)
Heat kills. A bill just reintroduced in Congress can save lives. Urge your members of Congress to back federal heat bill introduced on July 16th. Go to:
act.seiu.org/a/heat2025?m... #WeFeedYou #Calor
act.seiu.org/a/heat2025?m... #WeFeedYou #Calor
July 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
THEY FEED US
Farm workers are as much as 35 times more likely to be killed by heat than any other civilian occupation.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS (See prompts in link)
Farm workers are as much as 35 times more likely to be killed by heat than any other civilian occupation.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS (See prompts in link)
It's not just AI being used to build software, it's that the large models being trained require huge data pools in the cloud.
It's like putting a bunch of gold in a castle and then having little to nothing guarding it.
And then anyone can copypasta their own shitty castle.
It's like putting a bunch of gold in a castle and then having little to nothing guarding it.
And then anyone can copypasta their own shitty castle.
For 15 years, I watched brilliant and caring people desperately attempt to avert the privacy and data security apocalypse that’s upon us - which has now been massively exacerbated by dumbass-enabling AI tools.
They did their best, not enough people listened, and now, well, God help us all.
They did their best, not enough people listened, and now, well, God help us all.
We are going to spend the next few years finding out exactly *why* it was a horrible idea to unleash a tsunami of vibe-coded apps made by idiots and scammers on an unprepared world.
Welcome to the Entirely Foreseeable AI Consequences Era.
Welcome to the Entirely Foreseeable AI Consequences Era.
July 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's not just AI being used to build software, it's that the large models being trained require huge data pools in the cloud.
It's like putting a bunch of gold in a castle and then having little to nothing guarding it.
And then anyone can copypasta their own shitty castle.
It's like putting a bunch of gold in a castle and then having little to nothing guarding it.
And then anyone can copypasta their own shitty castle.
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“why would someone need pre-boiled eggs” “why would someone need grocery delivery services” disabled people exist ! anytime you see something that makes life easier its probably beneficial for disabled people !
July 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“why would someone need pre-boiled eggs” “why would someone need grocery delivery services” disabled people exist ! anytime you see something that makes life easier its probably beneficial for disabled people !
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sontag wrote “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and … of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged…to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
step thru the portal, stamp your passport
step thru the portal, stamp your passport
July 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
sontag wrote “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and … of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged…to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
step thru the portal, stamp your passport
step thru the portal, stamp your passport
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Listen: they make it difficult if not impossible to mitigate the pandemic they refuse to address, which disables you. You can’t work&lose yr job, thus your insurance, so can’t afford the medical help you desperately need. You wrack up credit&medical debt trying, until you cant afford your home—then?
July 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Listen: they make it difficult if not impossible to mitigate the pandemic they refuse to address, which disables you. You can’t work&lose yr job, thus your insurance, so can’t afford the medical help you desperately need. You wrack up credit&medical debt trying, until you cant afford your home—then?
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I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.
Best Governor Wisco has had in my lifetime.
He was just in central Wisconsin celebrating removal of 1000 lead pipes in Wausau. The amount of travel and events he does would be rough for anyone, but he's 73.
So grateful for everything he's done for Wisconsin.
He was just in central Wisconsin celebrating removal of 1000 lead pipes in Wausau. The amount of travel and events he does would be rough for anyone, but he's 73.
So grateful for everything he's done for Wisconsin.
Democrat Tony Evers will not seek a third term as governor of Wisconsin, setting the stage for another competitive gubernatorial race in the midterms.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will not seek reelection
The Democrat’s announcement sets the stage for another competitive gubernatorial race in the midterms.
www.politico.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Best Governor Wisco has had in my lifetime.
He was just in central Wisconsin celebrating removal of 1000 lead pipes in Wausau. The amount of travel and events he does would be rough for anyone, but he's 73.
So grateful for everything he's done for Wisconsin.
He was just in central Wisconsin celebrating removal of 1000 lead pipes in Wausau. The amount of travel and events he does would be rough for anyone, but he's 73.
So grateful for everything he's done for Wisconsin.
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By the way, this is still happening to many Covid informed women. Because the pandemic isn't over
www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-f...
www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-f...
The Shadow Pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19
One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emergin...
www.unwomen.org
June 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
By the way, this is still happening to many Covid informed women. Because the pandemic isn't over
www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-f...
www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-f...
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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals…
www.propublica.org
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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Reminder to help out trans businesses on here 💙
go.bsky.app/6DkNbH7
go.bsky.app/6DkNbH7
June 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reminder to help out trans businesses on here 💙
go.bsky.app/6DkNbH7
go.bsky.app/6DkNbH7
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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
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"people aren't ready for all this trans stuff" i dont care. i exist now.
June 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"people aren't ready for all this trans stuff" i dont care. i exist now.
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A number of stories of companies replacing workers with AI are simply CEOs putting a positive tech spin on cost cutting.
It’s telling that instead of stories of how AI enables companies to do more, we mostly hear about AI enabling companies to do the same (or lower quality work) with fewer workers.
It’s telling that instead of stories of how AI enables companies to do more, we mostly hear about AI enabling companies to do the same (or lower quality work) with fewer workers.
June 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A number of stories of companies replacing workers with AI are simply CEOs putting a positive tech spin on cost cutting.
It’s telling that instead of stories of how AI enables companies to do more, we mostly hear about AI enabling companies to do the same (or lower quality work) with fewer workers.
It’s telling that instead of stories of how AI enables companies to do more, we mostly hear about AI enabling companies to do the same (or lower quality work) with fewer workers.
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🔗 Quick reminder that unlike most platforms, Bluesky doesn’t algorithmically penalize posts with links! So if you are posting some striking image or screenshot from elsewhere you don’t need to bury the link in a reply; just include it in your post so everyone will have the context right away.
May 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🔗 Quick reminder that unlike most platforms, Bluesky doesn’t algorithmically penalize posts with links! So if you are posting some striking image or screenshot from elsewhere you don’t need to bury the link in a reply; just include it in your post so everyone will have the context right away.
My rent has increased 40% since I moved into my apt in 2020.
I'm currently moving out and the next tenant will pay 40% more than I'm currently paying, because the income restricted program is ending.
80% higher rent. It has almost doubled.
I'm currently moving out and the next tenant will pay 40% more than I'm currently paying, because the income restricted program is ending.
80% higher rent. It has almost doubled.
May 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My rent has increased 40% since I moved into my apt in 2020.
I'm currently moving out and the next tenant will pay 40% more than I'm currently paying, because the income restricted program is ending.
80% higher rent. It has almost doubled.
I'm currently moving out and the next tenant will pay 40% more than I'm currently paying, because the income restricted program is ending.
80% higher rent. It has almost doubled.
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I WANT MY FUCKING LIFE BACK
I WANT A FUCKING FUTURE
I WANT TO BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN YHE WORLD
I WANT A FUCKING FUTURE
I WANT TO BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN YHE WORLD
May 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I WANT MY FUCKING LIFE BACK
I WANT A FUCKING FUTURE
I WANT TO BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN YHE WORLD
I WANT A FUCKING FUTURE
I WANT TO BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN YHE WORLD
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please use alt text on your images! it helps anyone on screen readers, phones, & other screens. if you keep accidentally forgetting, you can navigate through your bsky Settings > Accessibility > "Require Alt Text" for reminders! people perceive things differently & this provides options for them.
May 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
please use alt text on your images! it helps anyone on screen readers, phones, & other screens. if you keep accidentally forgetting, you can navigate through your bsky Settings > Accessibility > "Require Alt Text" for reminders! people perceive things differently & this provides options for them.
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they don’t call them redwoods because they love free markets
May 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
they don’t call them redwoods because they love free markets
I'm pretty sure billionaires understand what they're doing.
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. It's convenient to have a figurehead that draws attention away from everyone else.
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. It's convenient to have a figurehead that draws attention away from everyone else.
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I'm pretty sure billionaires understand what they're doing.
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. It's convenient to have a figurehead that draws attention away from everyone else.
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. It's convenient to have a figurehead that draws attention away from everyone else.
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Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
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3-Bird feeders. Often attract squirrels, which are nest predators. I use a variety of tricks, most effective has been this super hot sauce. Careful not to get it on your skin. Birds can’t feel capsaicin—peppers need birds pooping put their seeds to propagate. 7/
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coleswildbird.com/products/fla...
Flaming Squirrel Seed SauceTM - Cole's Wild Bird Products
Flaming Squirrel Seed Sauce™ is a nutritional birdseed supplement that contains all natural, 100% food grade ingredients with a super hot and spicy flavor. Birds love the taste of this liquid chili pe...
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May 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
3-Bird feeders. Often attract squirrels, which are nest predators. I use a variety of tricks, most effective has been this super hot sauce. Careful not to get it on your skin. Birds can’t feel capsaicin—peppers need birds pooping put their seeds to propagate. 7/
coleswildbird.com/products/fla...
coleswildbird.com/products/fla...