@katywatkins.bsky.social
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Things are Terrible but this might help
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Things are Terrible but this might help
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You really, really want to read this thread. Even if you don’t podcast
I'm supremely mad and I'm going to rant about it.
I have a podcast. It's hosted by ACast. They do dynamic insertion ads prior to the show, which I've enabled. These are basically the commercials you might hear before the show starts.
I have a podcast. It's hosted by ACast. They do dynamic insertion ads prior to the show, which I've enabled. These are basically the commercials you might hear before the show starts.
September 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You really, really want to read this thread. Even if you don’t podcast
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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funny story, I signed up for personal training at a local gym and was assigned a former NFL linebacker as a trainer
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
“men can’t express their feelings because they get taught as boys to toughen up if they cry”
*stares in Was In Ballet For Her Entire Childhood*
*stares in Was In Ballet For Her Entire Childhood*
August 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
funny story, I signed up for personal training at a local gym and was assigned a former NFL linebacker as a trainer
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice
I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
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Sadly evergreen truth in skeet below, taken from @marthawells.com MURDERBOT DIARIES series.
How're you feeling about your doorbell or smart speaker btw?
(Adtech started this -- no-one wants the Corporation Rim, except Corporations)
How're you feeling about your doorbell or smart speaker btw?
(Adtech started this -- no-one wants the Corporation Rim, except Corporations)
July 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sadly evergreen truth in skeet below, taken from @marthawells.com MURDERBOT DIARIES series.
How're you feeling about your doorbell or smart speaker btw?
(Adtech started this -- no-one wants the Corporation Rim, except Corporations)
How're you feeling about your doorbell or smart speaker btw?
(Adtech started this -- no-one wants the Corporation Rim, except Corporations)
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Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
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I wish more people understood that AI-assisted “search” is often this.
Sure, here’s some papers to cite on this topic.
… I very apologize, they are not real papers
Sure, here’s some papers to cite on this topic.
… I very apologize, they are not real papers
June 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I wish more people understood that AI-assisted “search” is often this.
Sure, here’s some papers to cite on this topic.
… I very apologize, they are not real papers
Sure, here’s some papers to cite on this topic.
… I very apologize, they are not real papers
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
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I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
May 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
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SO MUCH THIS
PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD
PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
May 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SO MUCH THIS
PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD
PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD
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i realize the title is a bit counterintuitive but the answer is that you cannot as an individual guarantee your food is safe. we can, as a collective, push back HARD on dismantling food safety regulations, and put pressure on an unpopular administration to keep our food from killing us.
April 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
i realize the title is a bit counterintuitive but the answer is that you cannot as an individual guarantee your food is safe. we can, as a collective, push back HARD on dismantling food safety regulations, and put pressure on an unpopular administration to keep our food from killing us.
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I honestly don’t see why air filters in every single classroom that doesn’t have effective air filtration in the architecture isn’t a no-brainer at this point.
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air pollution, pollen, pathogens or all three
www.newscientist.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I honestly don’t see why air filters in every single classroom that doesn’t have effective air filtration in the architecture isn’t a no-brainer at this point.
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The penguin is quilted and ready to protest! It’s a bit crooked, but I have had vertigo off and on all week, so I’m okay with crooked.
April 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The penguin is quilted and ready to protest! It’s a bit crooked, but I have had vertigo off and on all week, so I’m okay with crooked.
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1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed
Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.
The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.
Subscribe to support my reporting.
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The degree to which people romanticize farming is inversely proportional to their degree of actual proximity to farming and farmers
This is basically a mathematical law
This is basically a mathematical law
April 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The degree to which people romanticize farming is inversely proportional to their degree of actual proximity to farming and farmers
This is basically a mathematical law
This is basically a mathematical law
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Fascinating thread on why DOGE's notion of rewriting the IRS's code is likely to be a disaster
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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March 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Fascinating thread on why DOGE's notion of rewriting the IRS's code is likely to be a disaster
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The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
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HHS: "The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago.”
Counterpoint: 7,675 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 in 2025. apple.news/AdxdmhcbKQsK...
Counterpoint: 7,675 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 in 2025. apple.news/AdxdmhcbKQsK...
US pulls back $12 billion in funding to state health departments — Reuters
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled around $12 billion in federal grants to states that were allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal department and state officials sa...
apple.news
March 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
HHS: "The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago.”
Counterpoint: 7,675 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 in 2025. apple.news/AdxdmhcbKQsK...
Counterpoint: 7,675 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 in 2025. apple.news/AdxdmhcbKQsK...
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We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.
March 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.
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I really wish people would understand that true accessibility and inclusion is disabled people being able to do everything you can do, including move fast.
"You sure walk fast with that cane!"
Well yeah pal see my hip was rotated so bad my femur was halfway out of its socket and I was rather motivated to get to my office where I could deal with that on a sofa instead of trying to lie down and fix it on a dirty sidewalk, thanks for the feedback
Well yeah pal see my hip was rotated so bad my femur was halfway out of its socket and I was rather motivated to get to my office where I could deal with that on a sofa instead of trying to lie down and fix it on a dirty sidewalk, thanks for the feedback
March 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I really wish people would understand that true accessibility and inclusion is disabled people being able to do everything you can do, including move fast.
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We are still in the pandemic, right now.
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We are still in the pandemic, right now.
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
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The easiest way you can show solidarity right now is to wear a mask when you're doing your grocery shopping.
Seriously. You're protecting people around you and normalizing community care.
I wear a mask when I do my grocery shopping. Will you join me?
Seriously. You're protecting people around you and normalizing community care.
I wear a mask when I do my grocery shopping. Will you join me?
March 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The easiest way you can show solidarity right now is to wear a mask when you're doing your grocery shopping.
Seriously. You're protecting people around you and normalizing community care.
I wear a mask when I do my grocery shopping. Will you join me?
Seriously. You're protecting people around you and normalizing community care.
I wear a mask when I do my grocery shopping. Will you join me?
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The disinfo on trans issues is so bad. It's ubiquitous and largely unchallenged.
I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
March 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The disinfo on trans issues is so bad. It's ubiquitous and largely unchallenged.
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Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.