Gates Palissery
@gateskp.bsky.social
Quietly queer writer on the road to publication & AMMR9 mentee. Actually Autistic. Huge Geek. Marathon runner. PhD doing science policy work 🏳️🌈
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Gates Palissery
@gateskp.bsky.social
· Apr 6
My program sent this out so I guess it's really official now!
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The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
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This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
The cake is ready! 😃 Now to transport it to his place. It's not perfect (I don't have my baking tools with me), but I'm very pleased with how this came out.
February 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The cake is ready! 😃 Now to transport it to his place. It's not perfect (I don't have my baking tools with me), but I'm very pleased with how this came out.
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Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the day is one new patron.
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Get more from Jeremy Creature on Patreon
fabric art, weird little guys, puppets
www.patreon.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the day is one new patron.
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Someone did a legit experiment on butter temperature in cookies, controls and all, full days analysis and stats included, and I am SO HERE FOR IT. This is so incredibly nerdy and I LOVE IT
www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/v...
www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/v...
From the Baking community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Baking community
www.reddit.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Someone did a legit experiment on butter temperature in cookies, controls and all, full days analysis and stats included, and I am SO HERE FOR IT. This is so incredibly nerdy and I LOVE IT
www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/v...
www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/v...
I've known practically-my-brother since we were 3 and still have 2 very close friends from high school who I catch up with regularly. Otherwise everyone else is a casual acquaintance.
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I've known practically-my-brother since we were 3 and still have 2 very close friends from high school who I catch up with regularly. Otherwise everyone else is a casual acquaintance.
Update: cake progress! I'm dipping the strawberries tomorrow morning so they don't get weird in the fridge overnight
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Update: cake progress! I'm dipping the strawberries tomorrow morning so they don't get weird in the fridge overnight
I'm just glad they're being safe. Go wild and consensually enjoy, Olympic athletes!
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I'm just glad they're being safe. Go wild and consensually enjoy, Olympic athletes!
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I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
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Disabled people are part of the future.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Disabled people are part of the future.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.
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A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole. n.pr/4aomsxr
Have astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole?
A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole. n.pr/4aomsxr
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Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
it's literally impossible for an LLM to do a historian's job
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.
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no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
The predominent anti-AI position on bsky is that AI is useless, fake, shit and basically the same as NFTs, destined to collapse in months once everyone sees how poor it is. So anyone who suggests that it could improve or be useful to any boss in any situation in the future must be evil.
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
The last few days:
Lost one cat. Took her to be cremated.
Heat went out in the apartment building at 10am yesterday. They're currently trying to find a part to fix it. Took my remaining cat to my partner's place because I was concerned about her getting too cold. I already lost 1 cat this week...
Lost one cat. Took her to be cremated.
Heat went out in the apartment building at 10am yesterday. They're currently trying to find a part to fix it. Took my remaining cat to my partner's place because I was concerned about her getting too cold. I already lost 1 cat this week...
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The last few days:
Lost one cat. Took her to be cremated.
Heat went out in the apartment building at 10am yesterday. They're currently trying to find a part to fix it. Took my remaining cat to my partner's place because I was concerned about her getting too cold. I already lost 1 cat this week...
Lost one cat. Took her to be cremated.
Heat went out in the apartment building at 10am yesterday. They're currently trying to find a part to fix it. Took my remaining cat to my partner's place because I was concerned about her getting too cold. I already lost 1 cat this week...
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
Fantastic breakdown here, everyone should read
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Fantastic breakdown here, everyone should read
I love a good karaoke sesh as much as the next person but what on earth was that coinbase commercial?
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I love a good karaoke sesh as much as the next person but what on earth was that coinbase commercial?
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LMAO UHHHH TELL ME YOU HAVE NO MEDIA LITERACY WITHOUT TELLING ME bsky.app/profile/page...
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
LMAO UHHHH TELL ME YOU HAVE NO MEDIA LITERACY WITHOUT TELLING ME bsky.app/profile/page...
Lady Gaga singing Won't You Be My Neighbour made me tear up a bit, not gonna lie
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Lady Gaga singing Won't You Be My Neighbour made me tear up a bit, not gonna lie
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Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!
![[photo of a pottery bowl with the stylized face of an owl]
Columbia River region, Washington or Oregon Owl Effigy Bowl, Pre-contact](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreiaxaulktswucukcuss752nhzy6sfm3e4zorpkweasatu6daarqd5a@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!
I came home from my run and my cat had died unexpectedly. Called mum, texted BF, broke down. He called me and said he was on his way and spent the rest of the night taking care of me. I need that so badly
I hope everyone has someone to take care of them when they're lost in grief
I hope everyone has someone to take care of them when they're lost in grief
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I came home from my run and my cat had died unexpectedly. Called mum, texted BF, broke down. He called me and said he was on his way and spent the rest of the night taking care of me. I need that so badly
I hope everyone has someone to take care of them when they're lost in grief
I hope everyone has someone to take care of them when they're lost in grief
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"