Catburbler
@crepuscularkitten.bsky.social
Nerd, techy, queer. Forever in search of a social media option sans trash fire.
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Also, again, a reminder that "AI" is such a broad and useless marketing term that it's almost entirely useless. I can't say I will never use "AI" because it covers so much programming ground, including ground previously not under its umbrella. I can say what creative things I won't use it *for.*
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Also, again, a reminder that "AI" is such a broad and useless marketing term that it's almost entirely useless. I can't say I will never use "AI" because it covers so much programming ground, including ground previously not under its umbrella. I can say what creative things I won't use it *for.*
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In case you're like me and knew it was bad, but not the actual details of why, here's Wikipedia on Catch-and-Kill:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a...
![Catch and kill media practice
Catch and kill is a covert technique—usually employed by tabloid newspapers—to prevent an individual from publicly revealing damaging information to a third party. Using a legally enforceable non-disclosure agreement, the tabloid purports to buy exclusive rights to "catch" the damaging story from the individual, but then "kills" the story for the benefit of the third party by preventing it from ever being published. The individual with the information frequently does not realize that the tabloid intends to suppress the individual's story instead of publishing it. The practice is distinct from using hush money, in which the individual is bribed by the third party to intentionally conceal the damaging information. The National Enquirer and its parent company American Media Inc. (AMI) have attracted attention for using the practice.[11][12]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7hyvezkwxkcqmrn37ptzcmn/bafkreiflgad5nqennr53qhpkvoyvhjbzu6d4opx56woj4hp4k3gz6hzkqy@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In case you're like me and knew it was bad, but not the actual details of why, here's Wikipedia on Catch-and-Kill:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a...
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This has always been the dark, soft underbelly of the transphobia movement. It was always never going to work in real life. Transphobia is a fantasy land.
ending of a bbc article i just read. this is so fucking funny im sorry
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This has always been the dark, soft underbelly of the transphobia movement. It was always never going to work in real life. Transphobia is a fantasy land.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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So we've had two white male Marine veterans commit mass shootings this weekend in Michigan and North Carolina leaving at least 4 dead and a church burned down.
I'm sure MAGA will declare it an epidemic and push to ban white male Marine veterans from owning guns any day now.
I'm sure MAGA will declare it an epidemic and push to ban white male Marine veterans from owning guns any day now.
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So we've had two white male Marine veterans commit mass shootings this weekend in Michigan and North Carolina leaving at least 4 dead and a church burned down.
I'm sure MAGA will declare it an epidemic and push to ban white male Marine veterans from owning guns any day now.
I'm sure MAGA will declare it an epidemic and push to ban white male Marine veterans from owning guns any day now.
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Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN
A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.
www.cnn.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
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Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
September 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
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The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
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I think the only two governors who ever followed me on Twitter were Newsom and Spencer Cox, and I feel bad that I’m apparently such a good “craven doofus” follow.
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think the only two governors who ever followed me on Twitter were Newsom and Spencer Cox, and I feel bad that I’m apparently such a good “craven doofus” follow.
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Anti-LGBTQ orgs have explicitly stated they USE sports as a "gateway drug" to undermine trans people's rights. They've also said this is how they eventually roll back all progress on LGBTQ rights. Newsom falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Anti-LGBTQ orgs have explicitly stated they USE sports as a "gateway drug" to undermine trans people's rights. They've also said this is how they eventually roll back all progress on LGBTQ rights. Newsom falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
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This headline after Skrmetti was downright lying. They knew it was not "left to the states." Now today's headline.
Fuck the New York Times.
Fuck the New York Times.
July 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This headline after Skrmetti was downright lying. They knew it was not "left to the states." Now today's headline.
Fuck the New York Times.
Fuck the New York Times.
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“The Onion is known for its oracular ability to predict the next great American horror, but the timing on this might be the most prescient bit of The Onion’s reporting yet,”
@bencollins.bsky.social tells @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
@bencollins.bsky.social tells @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: The Onion calls out ‘cowardice’ of Congress in full-page NYT ad
The ad features a scathing editorial, a physical copy of which was sent to all House and Senate members.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“The Onion is known for its oracular ability to predict the next great American horror, but the timing on this might be the most prescient bit of The Onion’s reporting yet,”
@bencollins.bsky.social tells @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
@bencollins.bsky.social tells @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
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It is firmly in the “somebody’s making an active decision to downplay this” territory.
I count 49 news headlines on the NYT mobile app home page right now, not including opinion, sports or cooking. None of them are about the massive protests yesterday.
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It is firmly in the “somebody’s making an active decision to downplay this” territory.
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Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
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The new version of the House reconciliation bill expands the medicaid and chip ban on coverage for gender affirming care to ALL AGES. This will decimated access to care for tens of thousands of trans people.
amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...
amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The new version of the House reconciliation bill expands the medicaid and chip ban on coverage for gender affirming care to ALL AGES. This will decimated access to care for tens of thousands of trans people.
amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...
amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...
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GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.
KOSA is vile & every single republican openly plans to weaponize it.
blackburn straight up said it exists to “protect minors from the transgender in society” & 22 GOP attorneys general openly said, “yes, i *would* use it to go after abortion info.”
KOSA IS A GIFT TO FASCISTS.
KOSA is vile & every single republican openly plans to weaponize it.
blackburn straight up said it exists to “protect minors from the transgender in society” & 22 GOP attorneys general openly said, “yes, i *would* use it to go after abortion info.”
KOSA IS A GIFT TO FASCISTS.
Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, mandating platforms like Meta to mitigate harms; Apple supports KOSA (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
May 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.
KOSA is vile & every single republican openly plans to weaponize it.
blackburn straight up said it exists to “protect minors from the transgender in society” & 22 GOP attorneys general openly said, “yes, i *would* use it to go after abortion info.”
KOSA IS A GIFT TO FASCISTS.
KOSA is vile & every single republican openly plans to weaponize it.
blackburn straight up said it exists to “protect minors from the transgender in society” & 22 GOP attorneys general openly said, “yes, i *would* use it to go after abortion info.”
KOSA IS A GIFT TO FASCISTS.
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“Take and eat; this is my body.” - The Ueckarist
May 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Take and eat; this is my body.” - The Ueckarist
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Lol. They released their 400 page US version of the Cass Review and refused to even name who the authors were. It's a glorified book report.
Anyway, this is out now y'all. I'll be looking it over today.
opa.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
Anyway, this is out now y'all. I'll be looking it over today.
opa.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
May 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lol. They released their 400 page US version of the Cass Review and refused to even name who the authors were. It's a glorified book report.
Anyway, this is out now y'all. I'll be looking it over today.
opa.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
Anyway, this is out now y'all. I'll be looking it over today.
opa.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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Today, the Trump administration is releasing a fake "report" about gender affirming care created by quacks so they can restrict access to care. It's going to be completely unscientific and unhinged and shouldn't be a afforded one iota of credibility.
April 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today, the Trump administration is releasing a fake "report" about gender affirming care created by quacks so they can restrict access to care. It's going to be completely unscientific and unhinged and shouldn't be a afforded one iota of credibility.