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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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.
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Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
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Judge orders 3 families returned to US after finding agents used 'lies' to deport them abcnews.go.com/US/judge-ord...
Judge orders 3 families returned to US after finding agents used 'lies' to deport them
A judge has ordered the administration to return three immigrant families to the U.S. after finding that immigration agents used "deception and coercion" to remove them.
abcnews.go.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Judge orders 3 families returned to US after finding agents used 'lies' to deport them abcnews.go.com/US/judge-ord...
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February 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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If there's one thing that characterizes american conservatism in 2026, it's the concept that every human life is valuable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
If there's one thing that characterizes american conservatism in 2026, it's the concept that every human life is valuable.
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This line: "They claim to be in Minnesota because of “rampant fraud,” but they didn’t send accountants, they sent slave catchers"
"My country is full of lies sing-scream-screeches Nina Simone in the middle of ‘Mississippi Goddam’ and more than six decades later I scream it back from the other end of our shared river.”
Magnificence from Danez Smith.
Magnificence from Danez Smith.
Minnesota Goddam
In the Twin Cities, the hand of a polluted country reaches to choke the future out of us.
jewishcurrents.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This line: "They claim to be in Minnesota because of “rampant fraud,” but they didn’t send accountants, they sent slave catchers"
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"The city's single largest revenue source for affordable housing has also been used to pay for operational costs of the city's shelters ... [A]n estimated $40 million that was originally intended for permanent affordable housing has instead been used to shelter unhoused residents in the short term."
The city’s use of temporary shelters harms affordable housing efforts and merely delays displacement of unhoused people.
San Jose Is Displacing Its Unhoused Residents to Prepare for Super Bowl Tourism
The city’s use of temporary shelters harms affordable housing efforts and merely delays displacement of unhoused people.
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
"The city's single largest revenue source for affordable housing has also been used to pay for operational costs of the city's shelters ... [A]n estimated $40 million that was originally intended for permanent affordable housing has instead been used to shelter unhoused residents in the short term."
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Judge Dana Douglas, about Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan:
"The majority seems to be unable to imagine what it might mean to be detained ... [and] to require the services of a federal habeas corpus lawyer to show that one ... deserves to see the outside of a detention center again."
"The majority seems to be unable to imagine what it might mean to be detained ... [and] to require the services of a federal habeas corpus lawyer to show that one ... deserves to see the outside of a detention center again."
This from Douglas is so very on point — and not at all subtle.
February 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Judge Dana Douglas, about Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan:
"The majority seems to be unable to imagine what it might mean to be detained ... [and] to require the services of a federal habeas corpus lawyer to show that one ... deserves to see the outside of a detention center again."
"The majority seems to be unable to imagine what it might mean to be detained ... [and] to require the services of a federal habeas corpus lawyer to show that one ... deserves to see the outside of a detention center again."
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SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
"Stay woke, bitches"
(trust after you verify)
(trust after you verify)
Deep Fake of Barack Obama
by Jordan Peele
video.ucdavis.edu
February 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"Stay woke, bitches"
(trust after you verify)
(trust after you verify)