Mikell Taylor
@mikell.bsky.social
Boston-based robotics nerd whose strong opinions do not reflect those of her employer. Come for the robots, stay for the gay pirates, Star Wars, and sarcasm. It’s pronounced “Michael”. I am cringe and I am free.
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Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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most on the nose “he’s on a mission from god” reference in recorded history
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
most on the nose “he’s on a mission from god” reference in recorded history
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
Trigger warning for folks watching Pluribus, both episodes have a lot of people having seizure-like events a lot.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Trigger warning for folks watching Pluribus, both episodes have a lot of people having seizure-like events a lot.
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Please spread the word about this exciting #LongCovid trial that they’ve made super easy to participate in from home! The faster they get enough participants, the faster they can release results
There are LoCITT-T participants across 46 states & DC!
We currently do not have participants from:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Can you spread the word to anyone with LC there (or in any other, more generally underrepresented community):
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We currently do not have participants from:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Can you spread the word to anyone with LC there (or in any other, more generally underrepresented community):
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Please spread the word about this exciting #LongCovid trial that they’ve made super easy to participate in from home! The faster they get enough participants, the faster they can release results
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America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
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people have been torturing themselves over "regards," "cheers," "very best," and whatever else to sign their emails when "DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" has just been sitting there
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
people have been torturing themselves over "regards," "cheers," "very best," and whatever else to sign their emails when "DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" has just been sitting there
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every woman acutely understands this face.
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
every woman acutely understands this face.
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The overall popular version of ev-psych provides an intellectual framework for rich and powerful white men to believe they got there because of innate ability, that it would be silly to look for other explanations AND that concepts like consent are ineffectual dogoodery best ignored. Great stuff!
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The overall popular version of ev-psych provides an intellectual framework for rich and powerful white men to believe they got there because of innate ability, that it would be silly to look for other explanations AND that concepts like consent are ineffectual dogoodery best ignored. Great stuff!
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We have some good neighbors.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We have some good neighbors.
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As I was saying jenka.substack.com/p/the-viral-...
The Viral Frontier
We’ll make a lot more progress against chronic illness in this century once we decide we actually want to understand what we’re dealing…
jenka.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As I was saying jenka.substack.com/p/the-viral-...
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While we're here.... prevalence of Epstein Barr virus in breast cancer tissue is 5 times higher than in normal and benign controls. infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Catching viral breast cancer - Infectious Agents and Cancer
Abstract We have considered viruses and their contribution to breast cancer. Mouse mammary tumour virus The prevalence of mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) is 15-fold higher in human breast cancer tha...
infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
While we're here.... prevalence of Epstein Barr virus in breast cancer tissue is 5 times higher than in normal and benign controls. infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Viruses are so bad for you!
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Viruses are so bad for you!
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This means that people with preexisting conditions won't be able to afford health insurance. That's what this means.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This means that people with preexisting conditions won't be able to afford health insurance. That's what this means.
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Remember all the hype about how Uber and Lyft would allow people to live car-free?
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Remember all the hype about how Uber and Lyft would allow people to live car-free?
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
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*sickos dot gif* but it’s the pope looking through the window
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*sickos dot gif* but it’s the pope looking through the window
I will watch this
Teaser is out for Devil Wears Prada 2 starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci.
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I will watch this
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Had the same reaction. Did I miss something where everyone rich and famous sends emails that are incomprehensible gibberish?
Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Had the same reaction. Did I miss something where everyone rich and famous sends emails that are incomprehensible gibberish?
Practicing science involves actually practicing science if you disagree, to use data to show why you’re right and something else is wrong, not just saying “nah”.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Practicing science involves actually practicing science if you disagree, to use data to show why you’re right and something else is wrong, not just saying “nah”.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
Arguing with dudes on Slashdot about Summers’s comments was an extremely formative experience for me as a woman in tech and not in a way that made me respect people.
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Arguing with dudes on Slashdot about Summers’s comments was an extremely formative experience for me as a woman in tech and not in a way that made me respect people.