Taylor Sosa
@taylorsosa.bsky.social
PhD Student of Political Science -
I study U.S. politics.
Gamer & secret chef.
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I study U.S. politics.
Gamer & secret chef.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐉
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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I miss living in a republic.
Why is Donald Trump’s name now on the @usip.org building? Who put there? And when?
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I miss living in a republic.
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I am exhausted by the number of cis people who want to seriously discuss the grade when terrorizing and ruining the life of a trans TA is the goal.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I am exhausted by the number of cis people who want to seriously discuss the grade when terrorizing and ruining the life of a trans TA is the goal.
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The real 1A issue is that a trans grad student was targeted by the state for punishment while a network of malignant political operatives who helped it happen celebrate.
None of the people picking apart the assignment want to engage with that, for probably bad reasons. It’s frustrating.
None of the people picking apart the assignment want to engage with that, for probably bad reasons. It’s frustrating.
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The real 1A issue is that a trans grad student was targeted by the state for punishment while a network of malignant political operatives who helped it happen celebrate.
None of the people picking apart the assignment want to engage with that, for probably bad reasons. It’s frustrating.
None of the people picking apart the assignment want to engage with that, for probably bad reasons. It’s frustrating.
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Katelyn and others have made the point that this attack on academic freedom is inseparable from the simultaneous attack on trans identity. This is becoming a routine part of the playbook. They want to take everything from trans people, academics is just the latest front.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Katelyn and others have made the point that this attack on academic freedom is inseparable from the simultaneous attack on trans identity. This is becoming a routine part of the playbook. They want to take everything from trans people, academics is just the latest front.
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This TDoR, I'm thinking about Elisa Rae Shupe, who died by suicide in January of this year. It's been hard for me to think about Elisa; she did what she did because she believed it would call national attention to a crisis, and it didn't. Stay alive, because death saves no-one, especially not you.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This TDoR, I'm thinking about Elisa Rae Shupe, who died by suicide in January of this year. It's been hard for me to think about Elisa; she did what she did because she believed it would call national attention to a crisis, and it didn't. Stay alive, because death saves no-one, especially not you.
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“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism
October 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism
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So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
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The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
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Ban assault weapons, not trans people.
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
edition.cnn.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ban assault weapons, not trans people.
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It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
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Historical look at anti- & pro- LGBTQ legislation numbers from 2009 through the present?
The positive stuff is not as complete as I'd like from 2019-2022 but I'm working on it:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The positive stuff is not as complete as I'd like from 2019-2022 but I'm working on it:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Big Summary LGBTQ Bills
docs.google.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Historical look at anti- & pro- LGBTQ legislation numbers from 2009 through the present?
The positive stuff is not as complete as I'd like from 2019-2022 but I'm working on it:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The positive stuff is not as complete as I'd like from 2019-2022 but I'm working on it:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Dumbest fucking timeline.
Trump announces that Rudy Giuliani will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
September 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Dumbest fucking timeline.
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If Donald Trump is this casual about calling himself a dictator we can and should acknowledge how you have to force dictators out of power.
Trump: "The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, 'You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'"
August 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If Donald Trump is this casual about calling himself a dictator we can and should acknowledge how you have to force dictators out of power.
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Drive the care out of large hospitals and then laden small providers with increasingly expensive and unnecessary equipment regulations. Welcome to the anti abortion playbook.
TPM EXCLUSIVE: The University of Michigan hospital system confirms it's discontinuing gender-affirming care for minors after receiving a subpoena from the Trump administration: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/univers...
The University of Michigan Will End Gender Affirming Care for Minors Amid Trump Admin Legal Onslaught
The Trump administration has strong-armed the University of Michigan’s statewide hospital system...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Drive the care out of large hospitals and then laden small providers with increasingly expensive and unnecessary equipment regulations. Welcome to the anti abortion playbook.
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To put it bluntly, this is a fucking disaster. For consumers, for small businesses and artists, for everybody. The US is cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world and for what?? Even if this gets sorted out or walked back, it’s going to cause a major disruption.
Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
To put it bluntly, this is a fucking disaster. For consumers, for small businesses and artists, for everybody. The US is cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world and for what?? Even if this gets sorted out or walked back, it’s going to cause a major disruption.
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I know there's a lot of controversy about the Cracker Barrel logo, so I worked up a new option that should be good with everyone... The barrel is back, but it's now guarded by Scubble, The Cracker Goblin. I also worked up a new slogan for the company!
August 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I know there's a lot of controversy about the Cracker Barrel logo, so I worked up a new option that should be good with everyone... The barrel is back, but it's now guarded by Scubble, The Cracker Goblin. I also worked up a new slogan for the company!
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The establishment on both sides is telling us in different ways "focus on white men ONLY."
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The establishment on both sides is telling us in different ways "focus on white men ONLY."
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I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
August 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread. “Misogyny now acts as a ‘gateway drug’ to broader extremist ideologies. This is particularly true in digital spaces where hate and grievance are cultivated algorithmically.” [theconversation.com]
I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread
Gender identity–driven violence is the most common ideological theme across ‘lone-actor’ extremist manifestos in a recent study.
theconversation.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread. “Misogyny now acts as a ‘gateway drug’ to broader extremist ideologies. This is particularly true in digital spaces where hate and grievance are cultivated algorithmically.” [theconversation.com]
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The difference between Colorado state legislators and the anonymous sexist and racist trolls who post on X is that the legislators wear nametags and get paid by taxpayers. Excellent reporting by @cprnews.bsky.social. www.cpr.org/2025/08/06/c...
In private group chat, GOP lawmakers made crude jokes about a Democratic colleague's clothing
The thread was sparked by a photo that was later posted to social media, unleashing online harassment.
www.cpr.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The difference between Colorado state legislators and the anonymous sexist and racist trolls who post on X is that the legislators wear nametags and get paid by taxpayers. Excellent reporting by @cprnews.bsky.social. www.cpr.org/2025/08/06/c...
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Colorado’s Democratic Gov Jared Polis has again found common ground with the Trump administration: keeping poor kids from getting soda using food benefits. #copolitics
August 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Colorado’s Democratic Gov Jared Polis has again found common ground with the Trump administration: keeping poor kids from getting soda using food benefits. #copolitics
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Chronically ill people: You should rest when you feel sick.
Some of the same chronically ill people: But, not me, I have to work, sometimes at my own peril.
Some of the same chronically ill people: But, not me, I have to work, sometimes at my own peril.
August 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Chronically ill people: You should rest when you feel sick.
Some of the same chronically ill people: But, not me, I have to work, sometimes at my own peril.
Some of the same chronically ill people: But, not me, I have to work, sometimes at my own peril.