Kyla
@boysek.bsky.social
(any pronouns)
Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan
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skeeting since Aug '23
Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/
Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan
#VaccinesWork
#TransRights
skeeting since Aug '23
Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/
But Dems didn't spend hardly any time on LGBTQ issues or climate change or other "cultural war" issues - the Republicans/maga just ginned it all up. They lied, and the right wing echo chamber amplified it, and the fan base believed it. How would those people even have a clue what Dems say, anyway?
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
But Dems didn't spend hardly any time on LGBTQ issues or climate change or other "cultural war" issues - the Republicans/maga just ginned it all up. They lied, and the right wing echo chamber amplified it, and the fan base believed it. How would those people even have a clue what Dems say, anyway?
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We have, by far, incarcerated more people than any country in the world in conditions that amount to torture.
When you want more of this you're not "tough on crime," you're just a sadist.
When you want more of this you're not "tough on crime," you're just a sadist.
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We have, by far, incarcerated more people than any country in the world in conditions that amount to torture.
When you want more of this you're not "tough on crime," you're just a sadist.
When you want more of this you're not "tough on crime," you're just a sadist.
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Plus crime and inflation and even immigration issues were coming down. And when was the last time republicans were in touch with ANYTHING? I hate this argument.
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Plus crime and inflation and even immigration issues were coming down. And when was the last time republicans were in touch with ANYTHING? I hate this argument.
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The "don't talk about social issues" strategy only works if you *admit that was your strategy after the fact*. We're in this doom loop where Democrats try something, gaslight themselves into believing they didn't try it, then decide to try it again.
"if we just don't talk about it, they can't hit us for talking about it" has been thoroughly discredited but we're going to keep trying it because the point was always that party elites/centrist Dems don't want to talk about those things, not whether it was good strategy/messaging to do so!
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The "don't talk about social issues" strategy only works if you *admit that was your strategy after the fact*. We're in this doom loop where Democrats try something, gaslight themselves into believing they didn't try it, then decide to try it again.
Sun on snow and still some red and golden leaves on the trees. It's a beautiful morning! ☀️🍂❄️
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sun on snow and still some red and golden leaves on the trees. It's a beautiful morning! ☀️🍂❄️
There is no room that can contain Vortie!
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
There is no room that can contain Vortie!
Plus there's the principle.
It's wasteful to use an LLM unless you actually need it for a compelling reason.
It's wasteful to use an LLM unless you actually need it for a compelling reason.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Plus there's the principle.
It's wasteful to use an LLM unless you actually need it for a compelling reason.
It's wasteful to use an LLM unless you actually need it for a compelling reason.
That's actually an understatement. Even when presented with cold, hard data proving otherwise, people still argue that that basically everything is worse than it used to be!
www.gapminder.org/factfulness-...
www.gapminder.org/factfulness-...
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That's actually an understatement. Even when presented with cold, hard data proving otherwise, people still argue that that basically everything is worse than it used to be!
www.gapminder.org/factfulness-...
www.gapminder.org/factfulness-...