Encyclopedia Salesman @ the Gates of Mordor
@kitmarloe.bsky.social
Scots/Kale Science Lesbian
Retired Script Doctor/Comedy Writer
Creative & Continuity Consultant for various comics/RPGs
Systemic Analyst, Anthro, forensic Bio, wet feet in genetics, neurology, & "zen physics" (chaos/quantum/etc)
Lizzy,Kit or Kate works
Retired Script Doctor/Comedy Writer
Creative & Continuity Consultant for various comics/RPGs
Systemic Analyst, Anthro, forensic Bio, wet feet in genetics, neurology, & "zen physics" (chaos/quantum/etc)
Lizzy,Kit or Kate works
International Roma Day:
April 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
International Roma Day:
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington state, overseeing Shilling v. U.S., just blocked the anti-trans military ban nationwide.
Opinion from Judge Benjamin Settle, a George W. Bush appointee:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington state, overseeing Shilling v. U.S., just blocked the anti-trans military ban nationwide.
To my friends way up north:
One thing about assholes is they will use violence as a bullying tactic and then use your response as a pretense for more violence against you.
March 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
To my friends way up north:
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It's only "Houthi PC small group" if it comes from the espionage region of the Kremlin, otherwise it's just sparkling sedition...🤷♂️
March 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's only "Houthi PC small group" if it comes from the espionage region of the Kremlin, otherwise it's just sparkling sedition...🤷♂️
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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They’re going to try to make the front half of the zebra white and the back half black
March 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
They’re going to try to make the front half of the zebra white and the back half black
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Details about a flight of immigrants that landed many days ago? Too secret to reveal.
Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal.
Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal.
Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Signal Leak Shows Trump Only Takes Federal Secrets Seriously When It Suits Him
In the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Details about a flight of immigrants that landed many days ago? Too secret to reveal.
Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal.
Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal.
Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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I may well die from the schadenfreude I’m experiencing right now
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I may well die from the schadenfreude I’m experiencing right now
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imagine having to tell 1997 michael jordan that, during a loss, you accidentally fed him 20 potatoes
incredible anecdote in one of Phil Jackson’s memoirs: Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls accidentally drank *Gaterlode*, a high-carb drink, in an NBA Finals game
“Each of the players, it was estimated, had ingested the equivalent of about twenty baked potatoes.”
Bulls lost the game
“Each of the players, it was estimated, had ingested the equivalent of about twenty baked potatoes.”
Bulls lost the game
March 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
imagine having to tell 1997 michael jordan that, during a loss, you accidentally fed him 20 potatoes
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As the AI discourse heats up, I recommend people familiarize themselves with the concept of "sealioning" and disengaging with said individuals the second you recognize it.
![The sealioner feigns ignorance and politeness while making relentless demands for answers and evidence (while often ignoring or sidestepping any evidence the target has already presented), under the guise of "just trying to have a debate",[5][6][8][11] so that when the target is eventually provoked into an angry response, the sealioner can act as the aggrieved party, and the target presented as closed-minded and unreasonable.[7][12][13] Another maneuver of sealioning is the "Just Asking Questions" tactic, which frames false or misleading statements in the form of questions.[14][15] Sealioning has been described as "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate".[9] Sealioning can be performed by an individual or by a group acting in concert.[16]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4g5pnsava5vgpemrf5hewt56/bafkreifmuct6xmwo2absqt6nlbq4p3y7ls6wnds5yu6p2473uvu6qzw7r4@jpeg)
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As the AI discourse heats up, I recommend people familiarize themselves with the concept of "sealioning" and disengaging with said individuals the second you recognize it.
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The Senate voted Thursday to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure adopted late last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that had been expected to save Americans billions of dollars per year.
Senate Overturns Rule Limiting Bank Overdraft Fees to $5
Lawmakers voted to invalidate a rule adopted last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It now moves to the House.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Senate voted Thursday to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure adopted late last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that had been expected to save Americans billions of dollars per year.
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The "secretary of defense" has a Russian burner phone.
Nothing to see here, move along. This is fine, everything's fine...
Nothing to see here, move along. This is fine, everything's fine...
March 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The "secretary of defense" has a Russian burner phone.
Nothing to see here, move along. This is fine, everything's fine...
Nothing to see here, move along. This is fine, everything's fine...
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The Vichy gays, the transphobic “LGB”groups that threw trans people under the bus have put all LGBT people’s rights in the far right’s firing line.
The Quislings who sold out to the fascist homophobes because they actually thought they would stop with us.
They are the worst kind of stupid.
The Quislings who sold out to the fascist homophobes because they actually thought they would stop with us.
They are the worst kind of stupid.
The culture war refocuses on gay marriage a decade later
June this year will mark a decade since the Supreme Court codified gay marriage across the nation — a ruling right-wing media said was worth “weep[ing]” over, and lamented at the time as “the greatest...
www.mediamatters.org
March 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The Vichy gays, the transphobic “LGB”groups that threw trans people under the bus have put all LGBT people’s rights in the far right’s firing line.
The Quislings who sold out to the fascist homophobes because they actually thought they would stop with us.
They are the worst kind of stupid.
The Quislings who sold out to the fascist homophobes because they actually thought they would stop with us.
They are the worst kind of stupid.
Ayyyyyyep.
From day one of the "Gender Critical" movement we've pointed out how it was radicalising people into the far right. The whole way people denied it. We were right all along
youtu.be/rptOLUikgNI
youtu.be/rptOLUikgNI
"Gender Critical" radicalises people to the FAR RIGHT
YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ayyyyyyep.
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I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
AI models miss disease in Black and female patients
Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say
www.science.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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It’s actually true.
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s actually true.
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Biden: Electric cars are good
Ted Cruz: Electric cars are abomination before the Lord
Trump: Everything is computer
Ted Cruz: Yasss king, electric cars give me boner.
Ted Cruz: Electric cars are abomination before the Lord
Trump: Everything is computer
Ted Cruz: Yasss king, electric cars give me boner.
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Biden: Electric cars are good
Ted Cruz: Electric cars are abomination before the Lord
Trump: Everything is computer
Ted Cruz: Yasss king, electric cars give me boner.
Ted Cruz: Electric cars are abomination before the Lord
Trump: Everything is computer
Ted Cruz: Yasss king, electric cars give me boner.
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IN CASE THERE WAS A SHOOTING LOCKDOWN
Three years ago, three other reporters and I ID'd and called any school accused of having litter boxes for furries.
We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district.
Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district.
Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...
March 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
IN CASE THERE WAS A SHOOTING LOCKDOWN
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Protesters from Jewish Voice For Peace occupy Trump Tower to protest the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil. (via @btnewsroom.bsky.social)
March 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Protesters from Jewish Voice For Peace occupy Trump Tower to protest the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil. (via @btnewsroom.bsky.social)
Reactionary pics
March 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reactionary pics
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The Scottish Greens will stand with trans people today, tomorrow and always.
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Scottish Greens will stand with trans people today, tomorrow and always.
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Congrats, they heard you! The Social Security Administration has decided tonight to abandon its plans to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims. Thank you to all who shared our post and made calls today—you did it!
March 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Congrats, they heard you! The Social Security Administration has decided tonight to abandon its plans to end phone service for millions of Americans filing retirement and disability claims. Thank you to all who shared our post and made calls today—you did it!