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Computer whisperer, Oxford comma enjoyer, public transportation advocate, and hoopy frood. Chicago-ish.
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sharonk.bsky.social
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
As a fascist trend, the anti-gender movement supports ever strengthening forms of authoritarianism. Its tactics encourage state powers to intervene in university programs, to censor art and television programming, to forbid trans people their legal rights, to ban LGBTQI people from public spaces, to undermine reproductive freedom and the struggle against violence directed at women, children, and LGBTQI people. It threatens violence against those, including migrants, who have become cast as demonic forces and whose suppression or expulsion promises to restore a national order under duress. That is why it makes no sense for “gender critical” feminists to ally with reactionary powers in targeting trans, non-binary, and genderqueer people. Let’s all get truly critical now, for this is no time for any of the targets of this movement to be turning against one another. The time for anti-fascist solidarity is now.
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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bmhughes.bsky.social
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
borghunter.bsky.social
Excellent, timely video essay by Steve Shives today.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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dumbmike.bsky.social
Do you want to view
✖️ Men
✖️ Women
✖️ Couples
✅ Tom Bombadil

tomdabomb: hey guys
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Hornystud: boots
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irl12inch: yellow boots NOW
tomdabomb: ok singing goal reached
tomdabomb: this one is called "the river-daughter"
Hornystud: NO
irl12inch: NO
MisterCocks: NO
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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atalliance.bsky.social
Check out our latest blog:
Illinois celebrates a historic win for public transit activetrans.org/blog/illinoi...
Illinois celebrates a historic win for public transit | Active Transportation Alliance
Today marks a huge step forward for our communities and the future of transit in Illinois. Early this morning, the […]
activetrans.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
Riker tooting on that boner
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
borghunter.bsky.social
Great article about the understanding gap between software professionals and the lay public regarding the rise of genAI. GenAI is fundamentally different than other software that we're familiar with, and the failure modes are fundamentally different too.
Why your boss isn't worried about AI
Can't you just turn it off?.
boydkane.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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kurzgesagt.org
AI-generated content is flooding the internet, and we're entering a new era of information overload. Watch our latest video to find out how AI slop affects the internet and why kurzgesagt videos will always remain human-made: https://kgs.link/AISlop
In the middle, there is an AI-generated picture of a duck. Below it, there is a human-illustrated Duck, looking at the other duck in shock, and saying "Wtf is this?"
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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competentposter.bsky.social
wizard frog is insane
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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jasonv.bsky.social
Star Trek: TNG is a utopian story about a guy who goes bald in high school and doesn't become stephen miller
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
borghunter.bsky.social
They should teach quicksort this way in CS101 classrooms worldwide. (source: idea-instructions.com/quick-sort/ )
A visual description of the steps of the quicksort algorithm, in the style of IKEA instructions for assembling furniture. From: https://idea-instructions.com/quick-sort/ Licensing: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
September 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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dadvans.bsky.social
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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skepchick.org
I can't fucking believe these idiots are going to make me defend Tylenol. youtu.be/GH1sEGmOrT0
Why I Think Tylenol is Both Dangerous & Useless
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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skepchick.org
Now live: Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. skepchick.org/2025/09/char...
Charlie Kirk and the Empathy Paradox
Transcript: Previously on this channel, last month I said, “Considering the fact that Trump is now redirecting federal agents to patrolling the mean streets of Washington, DC, we can expect to see …
skepchick.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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drwalpurgisnacht.bsky.social
An assassin writes Bella Ciao in the same breath as a Notices Your Bulge meme on his bullets. One of the government responses is a practicing Hindu asserting that the fundamentalist Christian victim will join him in a Norse pagan afterlife. Welcome to the epistemic collapse.
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
I can’t quite put it into words yet, but something is happening, a kind of global singularity—a fusion of tech/media/news/government/employment which allows the global elite to push single agendas: “You WILL care about Charlie Kirk. You will NOT care about Palestine. You WILL fear cancel culture.”
eschatonblog.com Atrios @eschatonblog.com · Sep 12
Think we are up to 8 bbc news alerts about charlie kirk.
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?

Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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kyradavies.com
young man, you have killed all your sperms, I said
young man, you don’t need to fear germs, I said
young man, give your brain some more worms,
you can eat 👏 that 👏 whale 👏 you scavenged
September 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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gothinkdexign.bsky.social
Some wholesome Trek content to start the week right #startrek #tng #voyager #ds9
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
I know there's a lot going on, but it should be getting more attention that the governor of Illinois just credibly accused Texas of planning to literally invade his state.

I unpack how profoundly alarming this is @theunpopulist.net:
Trump’s Leaked Plan to Deploy the Texas National Guard Against Illinois Will Tear Apart the Union
If it goes forward, it will plunge the country into an unprecedented constitutional crisis
www.theunpopulist.net
September 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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movietrubs.bsky.social
Simpsons - i sleep in a racing car meme. Text I TRAVEL IN A ROBOTAXI, HOW DO YOU GET ABOUT? I HAVE AN INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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techconnectify.bsky.social
*cracks knuckles*

okay so you know how the media has a problem with taking snippets of scientific studies out of context and writing articles which mislead the public?

now imagine a computer program is doing that when you ask it questions about scientific literature but also it makes stuff up.
September 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
borghunter.bsky.social
Had to put down one of the cats today. Kidney disease, didn’t respond to medicine/fluids. RIP Sammy! I will remember your love of butt scratches, and your mild, timid, gentle nature.
Photo of everyone’s favorite tuxedo cat Sammy
August 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested. This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people. It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc. I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information. The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun. The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed. For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision. Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically. Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM