Stephen Michael Kellat
@alpacaherder.bsky.social
Current instructor of digital literacy. Multiple affiliations but I do not speak here on behalf of any of them nor do I speak at their direction here.
Special interests though not expert: PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, AuDHD, TTRPG, Ashtabula & more
Special interests though not expert: PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, AuDHD, TTRPG, Ashtabula & more
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no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
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The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Marco Rubio has made the tenures of Charles Evan Hughes and William Jennings Bryan as SECSTATE look like impossible to replicate successes.
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Marco Rubio has made the tenures of Charles Evan Hughes and William Jennings Bryan as SECSTATE look like impossible to replicate successes.
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This is particularly wild if you think about what happened yesterday in the oval office
Trump: “To Leonard Leo, Koch, and all of the Countries and Slimeballs that have ripped off the United States of America for years through the use of their own Tariffs, we don't have a Court System that's going to let you destroy our Country any longer.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is particularly wild if you think about what happened yesterday in the oval office
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The most insane, cruel thing is that he has agreed to be removed to Costa Rica, Costa Rica agreed to it, and as soon as that happened the administration insisted that it must remove him to an African country instead. Cruelty and evil is the only explanation.
They could have ended this whole thing 3 months ago, claimed a victory of him being removed, and most Americans would have assumed yes, the admin won.
But being cruel was more important to them.
But being cruel was more important to them.
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The most insane, cruel thing is that he has agreed to be removed to Costa Rica, Costa Rica agreed to it, and as soon as that happened the administration insisted that it must remove him to an African country instead. Cruelty and evil is the only explanation.
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Finished version of the South Side fake Burger King for the Pittsburgh city county building display
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finished version of the South Side fake Burger King for the Pittsburgh city county building display
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Here is the south side fake Burger King on display at the Pittsburgh city county building
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here is the south side fake Burger King on display at the Pittsburgh city county building
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If you don’t know the story of the fake Burger King in the south side, read this - used the story to portray scenes from the story www.cracked.com/article_2801...
The Story Of The Rogue Burger King In Pittsburgh
Every city has its own fast food urban legend, here's Pittsburgh's.
www.cracked.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you don’t know the story of the fake Burger King in the south side, read this - used the story to portray scenes from the story www.cracked.com/article_2801...
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After talking to Rubio, Sen Rounds announces that the 28 point plan was a Russian document, not a US document.
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
After talking to Rubio, Sen Rounds announces that the 28 point plan was a Russian document, not a US document.
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What are "autism grievance parents"? Those who claim to represent a wider underserved autism community—while working against the interests of autistic people & families who lack grievance parents’ class advantages, or have trouble accessing public benefits:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
Grievance Parents Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What are "autism grievance parents"? Those who claim to represent a wider underserved autism community—while working against the interests of autistic people & families who lack grievance parents’ class advantages, or have trouble accessing public benefits:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
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Good article. There really is not enough pushback on this kind of stuff. There are so many putatively “good faith” libs & even progressives who still frame these stories as tragic for the mother & remove all agency from the autistic child who is just some broken vessel for their parents dreams
What are "autism grievance parents"? Those who claim to represent a wider underserved autism community—while working against the interests of autistic people & families who lack grievance parents’ class advantages, or have trouble accessing public benefits:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...
Grievance Parents Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Good article. There really is not enough pushback on this kind of stuff. There are so many putatively “good faith” libs & even progressives who still frame these stories as tragic for the mother & remove all agency from the autistic child who is just some broken vessel for their parents dreams
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As of September, Bible sales were up 11% this year over 2024, part of a continuing boom in Bible sales.
religionnews.com/2025/11/17/b...
religionnews.com/2025/11/17/b...
Bible sales keep growing, even as many Americans lose their religion
(RNS) —About 18 million Bibles have been sold this year, part of a five-year boom in Bible sales.
religionnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As of September, Bible sales were up 11% this year over 2024, part of a continuing boom in Bible sales.
religionnews.com/2025/11/17/b...
religionnews.com/2025/11/17/b...
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Dumpster Fire (Bard 1) It's a fireball that only damages inanimate, unattended objects, and foes within the area take a -1 morale penalty to all checks for 1 minute.
#ItsaFireballThat
#ItsaFireballThat
a blue dumpster is on fire and smoke is coming out of it with a sign on the side that says " no smoking "
ALT: a blue dumpster is on fire and smoke is coming out of it with a sign on the side that says " no smoking "
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Dumpster Fire (Bard 1) It's a fireball that only damages inanimate, unattended objects, and foes within the area take a -1 morale penalty to all checks for 1 minute.
#ItsaFireballThat
#ItsaFireballThat
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15 min ago:
Dutch Def Min: “Several drones detected at Eindhoven Airport. Both civilian and military air traffic suspended. Min of Defence’s counter-drone resources are on standby to intervene. Police and military on site. Investigation is ongoing, we will take all necessary measures if required.”
Dutch Def Min: “Several drones detected at Eindhoven Airport. Both civilian and military air traffic suspended. Min of Defence’s counter-drone resources are on standby to intervene. Police and military on site. Investigation is ongoing, we will take all necessary measures if required.”
According to local media, yesterday several drones were spotted over the Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands. Soldiers opened fire from the ground in an attempt to shoot them down, but the drones moved away from the area and could not be located afterward.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
15 min ago:
Dutch Def Min: “Several drones detected at Eindhoven Airport. Both civilian and military air traffic suspended. Min of Defence’s counter-drone resources are on standby to intervene. Police and military on site. Investigation is ongoing, we will take all necessary measures if required.”
Dutch Def Min: “Several drones detected at Eindhoven Airport. Both civilian and military air traffic suspended. Min of Defence’s counter-drone resources are on standby to intervene. Police and military on site. Investigation is ongoing, we will take all necessary measures if required.”
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Rightly so.
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Rightly so.
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This will be a fun article to talk about with my ethics in computing class in the spring
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This will be a fun article to talk about with my ethics in computing class in the spring
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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this is literally a radio play
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
this is literally a radio play
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Heck, even in radio plays, I both write and then edit to create a soundscape where the sound tells you movement and actor placement. Saying things flat out is just bad writing. (But that's entirely too much of Netflix too...)
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Heck, even in radio plays, I both write and then edit to create a soundscape where the sound tells you movement and actor placement. Saying things flat out is just bad writing. (But that's entirely too much of Netflix too...)
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Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine requires further work, according to a joint statement from European leaders. Essentially,
they has rejected plan in its current form❗️
they has rejected plan in its current form❗️
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine requires further work, according to a joint statement from European leaders. Essentially,
they has rejected plan in its current form❗️
they has rejected plan in its current form❗️