Kyla
@boysek.bsky.social
(any pronouns)
Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan
#VaccinesWork
#TransRights
skeeting since Aug '23
Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/
Primary care peds NP, mommay, friend, UU, singer, mitten state resident/fan
#VaccinesWork
#TransRights
skeeting since Aug '23
Profile pic: Tiffany Aching, by Paul Kidby, cover of The Shepherd's Crown. https://www.paulkidby.com/paintings/
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Kyla
@boysek.bsky.social
· Nov 14
This is a fraught time for our beloved trans siblings. Here is a list of some resources for anyone who cares about their well-being and rights and wants to show up. 🧵
Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6
Please read on and consider sharing, getting involved, or donating. And feel free to add! #TransRights 1/6
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Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
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Do you want churches to run public schools?
The Right is pushing new court cases to do just that.
My latest newsletter walks through it
open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...
The Right is pushing new court cases to do just that.
My latest newsletter walks through it
open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...
Do you want churches to run public schools?
Right-wing efforts to create church-run public schools have ramped back up; it's all part of a long-term plan to force states to fund religious education.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Do you want churches to run public schools?
The Right is pushing new court cases to do just that.
My latest newsletter walks through it
open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...
The Right is pushing new court cases to do just that.
My latest newsletter walks through it
open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...
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always incredibly proud to support The Flytrap, please read this first person account of gender-based violence in women's prisons in the US!
First up, we decided to drop the paywall on @kwanetaharris.bsky.social's piece because it's so powerful and urgent. Kwaneta writes about how the state is her abuser as an incarcerated woman. Read for free here:
Ain't We Women, Too?
For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.
f.mtr.cool
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
always incredibly proud to support The Flytrap, please read this first person account of gender-based violence in women's prisons in the US!
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Such an important story: ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the U.S. and the fear of what comes next.
@micarosenberg.bsky.social
@micarosenberg.bsky.social
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Such an important story: ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the U.S. and the fear of what comes next.
@micarosenberg.bsky.social
@micarosenberg.bsky.social
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This is an easy one for me. I was a founding subscriber to @theflytrapmedia.com because I already liked the work of the folks involved, and one of the first pieces made me a lifetime fan - this one by @katelynburns.com. I even have the art framed in my office.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/cities-are...
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/cities-are...
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This is an easy one for me. I was a founding subscriber to @theflytrapmedia.com because I already liked the work of the folks involved, and one of the first pieces made me a lifetime fan - this one by @katelynburns.com. I even have the art framed in my office.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/cities-are...
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/cities-are...
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A couple invited Bad Bunny to their wedding. He suggested they be part of his halftime show instead.
Yes, there was a real wedding during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show featured a real wedding. About five minutes into the performance at Levi's Stadium, a couple was married on stage.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 AM
A couple invited Bad Bunny to their wedding. He suggested they be part of his halftime show instead.
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The right will act like nobody has ever heard of someone like Bad Bunny, who has sold billions, then insist some shitty right wing band at a TPUSA event is the Beatles. They’re a bunch of weirdos and we ought to say so.
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The right will act like nobody has ever heard of someone like Bad Bunny, who has sold billions, then insist some shitty right wing band at a TPUSA event is the Beatles. They’re a bunch of weirdos and we ought to say so.
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Freedom 250, the Trump-run group the NYT reports is offering big donors special access, has totally supplanted America250, the congressional org that had been organizing 250th events, as we reported last week .So Trump is turning 250th into a party for himself, with taxpayer $, but no oversight.
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Freedom 250, the Trump-run group the NYT reports is offering big donors special access, has totally supplanted America250, the congressional org that had been organizing 250th events, as we reported last week .So Trump is turning 250th into a party for himself, with taxpayer $, but no oversight.
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New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements
The bill would undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterms.
www.democracydocket.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Remember, this administration has repeatedly found ways not to spend appropriated funds. Just appropriating funds again, w/o power-of-the-purse enforcement language, doesn't stop Russ Vought, RFK, and Jay Bhattacharya from finding ways once again not to spend them. (2/2)
February 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Remember, this administration has repeatedly found ways not to spend appropriated funds. Just appropriating funds again, w/o power-of-the-purse enforcement language, doesn't stop Russ Vought, RFK, and Jay Bhattacharya from finding ways once again not to spend them. (2/2)
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This piece is well worth your time. The only thing I'd add is: It remains to be seen how much of a win the "restoration of funding" in appropriations bills actually is. (1/2)
I wrote about the last several days.
(It's free on Substack, we will likely also get it on the website. Don't send me death threats. THANKS!)
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
(It's free on Substack, we will likely also get it on the website. Don't send me death threats. THANKS!)
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
An Inflection Point
This week feels like an inflection point in our corner of the nation called the Scientific Ecosystem.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This piece is well worth your time. The only thing I'd add is: It remains to be seen how much of a win the "restoration of funding" in appropriations bills actually is. (1/2)
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I understand the reactive formation that lead to all of this on both sides but it’s so challenging what it’s done to the environment. Science requires a willingness to be wrong.
February 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I understand the reactive formation that lead to all of this on both sides but it’s so challenging what it’s done to the environment. Science requires a willingness to be wrong.
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I do this work and I am telling you people like this poster who blocked me do more harm by chasing well resourced groups out of the space and impeding publication.
The getting mad at use of standard terminology because it doesn’t fit emotional priors, the general lack of ability to engage
The getting mad at use of standard terminology because it doesn’t fit emotional priors, the general lack of ability to engage
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I do this work and I am telling you people like this poster who blocked me do more harm by chasing well resourced groups out of the space and impeding publication.
The getting mad at use of standard terminology because it doesn’t fit emotional priors, the general lack of ability to engage
The getting mad at use of standard terminology because it doesn’t fit emotional priors, the general lack of ability to engage
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1. An anon invents a story about Big Balls that’s not in the police report or in the Daily Beast piece he links to.
2. The post goes viral because it tells a story a lot of people want to hear.
3. A Columbia Law School lecturer with 10K followers copies the original BS post.
Misinfo is bad!
2. The post goes viral because it tells a story a lot of people want to hear.
3. A Columbia Law School lecturer with 10K followers copies the original BS post.
Misinfo is bad!
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
1. An anon invents a story about Big Balls that’s not in the police report or in the Daily Beast piece he links to.
2. The post goes viral because it tells a story a lot of people want to hear.
3. A Columbia Law School lecturer with 10K followers copies the original BS post.
Misinfo is bad!
2. The post goes viral because it tells a story a lot of people want to hear.
3. A Columbia Law School lecturer with 10K followers copies the original BS post.
Misinfo is bad!
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it's misattribution tennis on his timeline, easy block
February 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
it's misattribution tennis on his timeline, easy block
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“The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered ‘highly trained,’” Ramirez wrote. “The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
Amid calls for the abolition of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), one House Democrat is calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be dismantled.
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
“The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered ‘highly trained,’” Ramirez wrote. “The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
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“But look at all the engagement I’m farming!”
There’s such a thing as client-side enshittification, folks. Social media is media. Do your due diligence.
There’s such a thing as client-side enshittification, folks. Social media is media. Do your due diligence.
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
“But look at all the engagement I’m farming!”
There’s such a thing as client-side enshittification, folks. Social media is media. Do your due diligence.
There’s such a thing as client-side enshittification, folks. Social media is media. Do your due diligence.
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This is a fake Trump post, and the account that posted it here has been told repeatedly that it's a fake Trump post but still has it up.
That's an easy block.
That's an easy block.
February 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is a fake Trump post, and the account that posted it here has been told repeatedly that it's a fake Trump post but still has it up.
That's an easy block.
That's an easy block.
Blocking 🚫@robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Stealer of posts. 🥷🏽
Skeeter of inaccuracies. 🙄
Stealer of posts. 🥷🏽
Skeeter of inaccuracies. 🙄
February 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Blocking 🚫@robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Stealer of posts. 🥷🏽
Skeeter of inaccuracies. 🙄
Stealer of posts. 🥷🏽
Skeeter of inaccuracies. 🙄
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If you have a LARGE follower count, pls know that Scott Horton is a chronic thief of posts. He also gets things very wrong and won't take posts down. No matter how nicely you ask.
Please unfollow him and do not repost.
Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.
Please unfollow him and do not repost.
Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.
Check the words. Check the time stamps.
Fucking clown shit.
Fucking clown shit.
February 8, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If you have a LARGE follower count, pls know that Scott Horton is a chronic thief of posts. He also gets things very wrong and won't take posts down. No matter how nicely you ask.
Please unfollow him and do not repost.
Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.
Please unfollow him and do not repost.
Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.
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It will take many books sure to be written to truly grasp the way this regime views children.
Some of the same ppl who did 👇🏻 also coveted and trafficked children.
Their sick involvement with Epstein should be met w/immediate removal from office. They don’t deserve the privilege of their roles.
Some of the same ppl who did 👇🏻 also coveted and trafficked children.
Their sick involvement with Epstein should be met w/immediate removal from office. They don’t deserve the privilege of their roles.
From decimating USAID (hundreds of thousands have died, two-thirds of them children), to holding little children in crowded, unsanitary, traumatic conditions with inadequate food/water/enrichment/medical care, to invading and terrorizing schools,
...this administration treats children like things.
...this administration treats children like things.
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It will take many books sure to be written to truly grasp the way this regime views children.
Some of the same ppl who did 👇🏻 also coveted and trafficked children.
Their sick involvement with Epstein should be met w/immediate removal from office. They don’t deserve the privilege of their roles.
Some of the same ppl who did 👇🏻 also coveted and trafficked children.
Their sick involvement with Epstein should be met w/immediate removal from office. They don’t deserve the privilege of their roles.
From decimating USAID (hundreds of thousands have died, two-thirds of them children), to holding little children in crowded, unsanitary, traumatic conditions with inadequate food/water/enrichment/medical care, to invading and terrorizing schools,
...this administration treats children like things.
...this administration treats children like things.
February 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
From decimating USAID (hundreds of thousands have died, two-thirds of them children), to holding little children in crowded, unsanitary, traumatic conditions with inadequate food/water/enrichment/medical care, to invading and terrorizing schools,
...this administration treats children like things.
...this administration treats children like things.
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Intelligence has been deprecated for “warrior ethos”. Coalition has been replaced with invasion. Kindness? Ruthlessness.
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Intelligence has been deprecated for “warrior ethos”. Coalition has been replaced with invasion. Kindness? Ruthlessness.
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In Minnesota, away from the cameras, a quiet resistance to ICE raids is ongoing.
This week, our Minnesotan reporters connect with friends and neighbors back home and find resolute resistance to ICE at every turn.
This week, our Minnesotan reporters connect with friends and neighbors back home and find resolute resistance to ICE at every turn.
How Minneapolis taught America to fight back
Our Minnesotan reporters connect with friends and neighbors back home and find resolute resistance to ICE at every turn.
revealnews.org
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
In Minnesota, away from the cameras, a quiet resistance to ICE raids is ongoing.
This week, our Minnesotan reporters connect with friends and neighbors back home and find resolute resistance to ICE at every turn.
This week, our Minnesotan reporters connect with friends and neighbors back home and find resolute resistance to ICE at every turn.
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.