Kate Topper 🏳️🌈 🏺
@katetopper.bsky.social
Birds, ancient art, and sometimes other things.
📷: Me and a good dog in Rome/Cal Anderson Park, Seattle
📷: Me and a good dog in Rome/Cal Anderson Park, Seattle
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Yeah, once again, disabled workers, parents and caregivers who rely on work from home would appreciate it if everyone from bosses to politicians to rando pundits online would stop blaming wfh for everything from cratering morale to the death of entire cities.
Just a small note, really.
Just a small note, really.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, once again, disabled workers, parents and caregivers who rely on work from home would appreciate it if everyone from bosses to politicians to rando pundits online would stop blaming wfh for everything from cratering morale to the death of entire cities.
Just a small note, really.
Just a small note, really.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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1st November is All Saints' Day
BnF MS Latin 1141; Sacramentarium of Charles the Bald (?); 9th century, c.869-870; ff.5v, 6r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 1141; Sacramentarium of Charles the Bald (?); 9th century, c.869-870; ff.5v, 6r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1st November is All Saints' Day
BnF MS Latin 1141; Sacramentarium of Charles the Bald (?); 9th century, c.869-870; ff.5v, 6r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 1141; Sacramentarium of Charles the Bald (?); 9th century, c.869-870; ff.5v, 6r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
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Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
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"Non enim solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est..."
Cicero, De Amicitia, XV.54
#TuesdayThought
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation); 15th century; France; f.1r
Cicero, De Amicitia, XV.54
#TuesdayThought
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation); 15th century; France; f.1r
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Non enim solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est..."
Cicero, De Amicitia, XV.54
#TuesdayThought
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation); 15th century; France; f.1r
Cicero, De Amicitia, XV.54
#TuesdayThought
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation); 15th century; France; f.1r
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Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
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companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
Reposting so that I don't lose this.
For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I don't use AI because I'm actually fond of using my own brain.
August 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I don't use AI because I'm actually fond of using my own brain.
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Good morning, friends. I've got a rather busy day, so I'm afraid I must be quick with the eel post.
But don't worry, friends...I won't leave you eel-less. Please enjoy this wonderful interlinear eel and heron. Perhaps they're having a conversation about the evils of lightning.
🗃️🧪
But don't worry, friends...I won't leave you eel-less. Please enjoy this wonderful interlinear eel and heron. Perhaps they're having a conversation about the evils of lightning.
🗃️🧪
July 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Good morning, friends. I've got a rather busy day, so I'm afraid I must be quick with the eel post.
But don't worry, friends...I won't leave you eel-less. Please enjoy this wonderful interlinear eel and heron. Perhaps they're having a conversation about the evils of lightning.
🗃️🧪
But don't worry, friends...I won't leave you eel-less. Please enjoy this wonderful interlinear eel and heron. Perhaps they're having a conversation about the evils of lightning.
🗃️🧪
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Things are so bad, the planet is calling for Batman.
July 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Part of resisting fascism is resisting the normalization of cruelty and lack of empathy. We are surrounded by horrific cruelty and tragedy. We can’t normalize it. We can’t blame victims without losing our own humanity.
July 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Part of resisting fascism is resisting the normalization of cruelty and lack of empathy. We are surrounded by horrific cruelty and tragedy. We can’t normalize it. We can’t blame victims without losing our own humanity.
Will happily take suggestions. I’ve tried One Tab, but I don’t like it as much, for several reasons.
Ugh. Pocket is going away. Need to find another option for storing web-links.
May 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Will happily take suggestions. I’ve tried One Tab, but I don’t like it as much, for several reasons.
Sure, that's what Big Heron wants you to believe. (Big Bird knows better.)
Muppets were invented around 75 years ago.
Herons were invented ~45 MILLIONs of Years ago.
Might perhaps, in fact, Muppets look like Herons? 😉
Herons were invented ~45 MILLIONs of Years ago.
Might perhaps, in fact, Muppets look like Herons? 😉
This is definitely a heron and not a muppet, I swear.
📷: KRT, Commodore Park/Ballard Locks
📷: KRT, Commodore Park/Ballard Locks
May 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sure, that's what Big Heron wants you to believe. (Big Bird knows better.)
This is definitely a heron and not a muppet, I swear.
📷: KRT, Commodore Park/Ballard Locks
📷: KRT, Commodore Park/Ballard Locks
May 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is definitely a heron and not a muppet, I swear.
📷: KRT, Commodore Park/Ballard Locks
📷: KRT, Commodore Park/Ballard Locks
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“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
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AI doesn’t save labor; it magnifies the immiserating conditions of the labor done by those who haven’t been laid off.
April 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
AI doesn’t save labor; it magnifies the immiserating conditions of the labor done by those who haven’t been laid off.
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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It will soon be the Spring Equinox....
British Library Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v
British Library Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v
March 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It will soon be the Spring Equinox....
British Library Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v
British Library Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v
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As we approach the Spring Equinox, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century.
British Library Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
British Library Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
March 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
As we approach the Spring Equinox, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century.
British Library Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
British Library Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
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A toxic toy? A #Roman lead figure of a #camel, presumably a kid's toy (height 5.08cm, length 7.62cm).
Dating probably 1st century AD, from Lower #Egypt.
On display at the British Museum
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
Dating probably 1st century AD, from Lower #Egypt.
On display at the British Museum
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
March 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A toxic toy? A #Roman lead figure of a #camel, presumably a kid's toy (height 5.08cm, length 7.62cm).
Dating probably 1st century AD, from Lower #Egypt.
On display at the British Museum
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
Dating probably 1st century AD, from Lower #Egypt.
On display at the British Museum
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
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Uhhh dawg? Your gyre is widening
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Uhhh dawg? Your gyre is widening
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Oh my goodness, yes, let's make today be a debate about whether thing x distracts from thing y or vice versa. We all know the real enemies of the x-distractors are the y-distractors, no other enemies that we should be focused on. Yeesh.
February 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Oh my goodness, yes, let's make today be a debate about whether thing x distracts from thing y or vice versa. We all know the real enemies of the x-distractors are the y-distractors, no other enemies that we should be focused on. Yeesh.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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