Mikayla
@willynilly.bsky.social
Scientist, Gamer, Hiker, Baker, Foodie. New Hampshirite. Facts Matter. she/her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌹
📍Cambridge, MA
📍Cambridge, MA
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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To the extent America has a state religion it is consumerism and oh man those tariffs are fixing to bring about a religious revival
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
To the extent America has a state religion it is consumerism and oh man those tariffs are fixing to bring about a religious revival
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
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the lone and level snow stretches far away
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the lone and level snow stretches far away
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“Democrats need to abandon trans rights to win” is a mirror image of the message that WOULD win:
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“Democrats need to abandon trans rights to win” is a mirror image of the message that WOULD win:
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
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too many of us have built ourselves a mind prison. we torment ourselves because, on a deep level, that certainty of doom is more comforting than the uncertainty of struggle. and plus it gives you the thrill of feeling more righteous, more cynical, more knowing--even as you scare yourself sleepless.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
too many of us have built ourselves a mind prison. we torment ourselves because, on a deep level, that certainty of doom is more comforting than the uncertainty of struggle. and plus it gives you the thrill of feeling more righteous, more cynical, more knowing--even as you scare yourself sleepless.
I am not an economist but… wouldn’t treasury bonds having a “good” year mean that people are buying them, a thing that people do when there is stock market volatility because they’re seeking a safe, lower return? They’re bragging that the stock market is shit on their watch?
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am not an economist but… wouldn’t treasury bonds having a “good” year mean that people are buying them, a thing that people do when there is stock market volatility because they’re seeking a safe, lower return? They’re bragging that the stock market is shit on their watch?
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Like this is their singular focus. It's not a distraction, it is what they see as their responsibility to do because they were elected. My people are seeing every right we have ground to dust before our eyes.
The Trump admin is a machine at identifying some dignity we won 20 years ago and poof gone
The Trump admin is a machine at identifying some dignity we won 20 years ago and poof gone
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Like this is their singular focus. It's not a distraction, it is what they see as their responsibility to do because they were elected. My people are seeing every right we have ground to dust before our eyes.
The Trump admin is a machine at identifying some dignity we won 20 years ago and poof gone
The Trump admin is a machine at identifying some dignity we won 20 years ago and poof gone
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Someone else here said it best. To paraphrase: From the perspective of a competitive autocracy, we are doing great at stopping it. From the perspective of a democracy, things are very very bad
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Someone else here said it best. To paraphrase: From the perspective of a competitive autocracy, we are doing great at stopping it. From the perspective of a democracy, things are very very bad
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I have read eight billion articles about What It All Means and here is my takeaway about why Trump won in 2024 and Republicans are losing everywhere now: people really did not like Joe Biden and now they really do not like Donald Trump
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I have read eight billion articles about What It All Means and here is my takeaway about why Trump won in 2024 and Republicans are losing everywhere now: people really did not like Joe Biden and now they really do not like Donald Trump
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
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correct, if you can get Actual Leftists through the primary the electorate has never been less concerned with “this person’s views are out of bounds of Acceptable Discourse (as defined by media dipshits)”
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
yeah and this is an opportunity!
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
correct, if you can get Actual Leftists through the primary the electorate has never been less concerned with “this person’s views are out of bounds of Acceptable Discourse (as defined by media dipshits)”
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
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Jimmi Pickles says it’s gonna be ok
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Jimmi Pickles says it’s gonna be ok
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
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Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
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You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
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If you want to quickly understand what's going on at Oklahoma University - with the transphobic student suing over a well-deserved bad grade from a trans TA - read Noah's post.
Wrote about a right wing student getting her trans instructor suspended, and how the worst censorship targets disfavored identities, not controversial statements.
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/tpusa-sile...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/tpusa-sile...
TPUSA Silences Another Trans Person
Trans people's free speech is under attack.
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you want to quickly understand what's going on at Oklahoma University - with the transphobic student suing over a well-deserved bad grade from a trans TA - read Noah's post.
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Wherein I ask to be at the front of the line when the basilisk arrives
Huge thanks to @justinhendrix.bsky.social for hosting this!
techpolicy.press/what-happens...
Huge thanks to @justinhendrix.bsky.social for hosting this!
techpolicy.press/what-happens...
What Happens When 'Superintelligence' Doesn't Appear in a Few Months? | TechPolicy.Press
We must question the motives of the techno-optimists and their political goals, writes Cole Donovan.
techpolicy.press
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wherein I ask to be at the front of the line when the basilisk arrives
Huge thanks to @justinhendrix.bsky.social for hosting this!
techpolicy.press/what-happens...
Huge thanks to @justinhendrix.bsky.social for hosting this!
techpolicy.press/what-happens...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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It's not the public's fault that marketing has shoved dozens of different technologies that have nothing to do with each other under the umbrella of "AI."
Blame that on the marketers and the techbro hype. They've poisoned the well and you can't explain to every single individual the differences.
Blame that on the marketers and the techbro hype. They've poisoned the well and you can't explain to every single individual the differences.
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's not the public's fault that marketing has shoved dozens of different technologies that have nothing to do with each other under the umbrella of "AI."
Blame that on the marketers and the techbro hype. They've poisoned the well and you can't explain to every single individual the differences.
Blame that on the marketers and the techbro hype. They've poisoned the well and you can't explain to every single individual the differences.
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Sadly, I assume the best ones have already been eaten
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sadly, I assume the best ones have already been eaten
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I had an interesting set of interactions w AI-generated content that I think is instructive. A very bright student made a claim in an essay that struck me as outlandish, so I searched the question on Google which turned up that phrasing the search a certain way makes the AI summary agree w the claim
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I had an interesting set of interactions w AI-generated content that I think is instructive. A very bright student made a claim in an essay that struck me as outlandish, so I searched the question on Google which turned up that phrasing the search a certain way makes the AI summary agree w the claim
Abolishing single family zoning wouldn’t remove single family homes from places where they make sense, it would just force those homes to compete on price (and also taxes) on a free and open market
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Abolishing single family zoning wouldn’t remove single family homes from places where they make sense, it would just force those homes to compete on price (and also taxes) on a free and open market
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