Kathryn Tewson
@kathryntewson.bsky.social
Good in a crisis and at no other time
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Kathryn Tewson
@kathryntewson.bsky.social
· Mar 12
New policy: people who come into my mentions to scold me for how I engage with bad-faith users are getting blocked. Y’all clearly are looking for a different online experience than the one I provide, so I’ll just help you along to it.
My friend Nicolle is a middle school choir director at Skyview Middle School in the suburbs of Seattle. Her students have been offered the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall, and she is fundraising to make that possible. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-s...
Donate to Help the Skyview Middle School Choir Sing at Carnegie Hall!, organized by Skyview Music Boosters
The Skyview Middle School Choir has been invited to an incred… Skyview Music Boosters needs your support for Help the Skyview Middle School Choir Sing at Carnegie Hall!
www.gofundme.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My friend Nicolle is a middle school choir director at Skyview Middle School in the suburbs of Seattle. Her students have been offered the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall, and she is fundraising to make that possible. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-s...
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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Nitpick here, but if I remember correctly, "nunc pro tunc" literally means "now for then"; it's been a while, so I probably have it wrong, but I think "this for that" would be "hic pro illo."
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Nitpick here, but if I remember correctly, "nunc pro tunc" literally means "now for then"; it's been a while, so I probably have it wrong, but I think "this for that" would be "hic pro illo."
Hahahaha eat shit
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hahahaha eat shit
these people do not know what an IP address is, clearly
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
these people do not know what an IP address is, clearly
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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I PARDON GOODY FLANDERS
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I PARDON GOODY FLANDERS
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Yes! People who pride themselves on being shameless norm-breakers often depend the most on norms… or, on all the other people nearby being too stunned or norm-compliant to resist.
You have to be as defiant and brazen as they are, but in defense of decency. You can be pleasant but you don’t budge.
You have to be as defiant and brazen as they are, but in defense of decency. You can be pleasant but you don’t budge.
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Yes! People who pride themselves on being shameless norm-breakers often depend the most on norms… or, on all the other people nearby being too stunned or norm-compliant to resist.
You have to be as defiant and brazen as they are, but in defense of decency. You can be pleasant but you don’t budge.
You have to be as defiant and brazen as they are, but in defense of decency. You can be pleasant but you don’t budge.
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This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
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Judge Xinis grants habeas for Abrego Garcia, ordering him released from ICE custody immediately.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum Opinion – #110 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Paula Xinis on 12/11/2025. (kns, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/11/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Judge Xinis grants habeas for Abrego Garcia, ordering him released from ICE custody immediately.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In what seems like an awesome but terrifying portent, Weird Al has added a straight cover of “Killing in the Name of” to his set list
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In what seems like an awesome but terrifying portent, Weird Al has added a straight cover of “Killing in the Name of” to his set list
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elon musk being a gooner obsessed with anime waifus built to mimic his ex wife is a big part of why hundreds of thousands of people are now dead
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
elon musk being a gooner obsessed with anime waifus built to mimic his ex wife is a big part of why hundreds of thousands of people are now dead
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these are not tertiary distractions, its like saying that anakin skywalker having weird sex issues and hangups about sand is irrelevant to the fall of the galactic republic
December 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
these are not tertiary distractions, its like saying that anakin skywalker having weird sex issues and hangups about sand is irrelevant to the fall of the galactic republic
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It’s nice when people act sane.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It’s nice when people act sane.
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doing research for a pitch to be the devil's advocate and it looks like bro always appears pro se wtf
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
doing research for a pitch to be the devil's advocate and it looks like bro always appears pro se wtf
Requiem for a Dream. Brilliant movie, but whoooooooof.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Requiem for a Dream. Brilliant movie, but whoooooooof.
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
oh dear
I put the founding date of Free Law Project as the BlueSky birthday of @free.law, and so that’s how we lost access to the account today:
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
oh dear
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The Department of Defense has a new AI program and look
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Department of Defense has a new AI program and look
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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Something a little different 🐾✨
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Something a little different 🐾✨
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
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I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
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shoveling snow sucks it’s the work of using a shovel without the joy of making a hole
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
shoveling snow sucks it’s the work of using a shovel without the joy of making a hole
I am one of today’s lucky 10,000 people, because today I got to learn this!
one of the reasons it's so hard to develop drugs to treat fungal infections is that fungal organisms and Homo sapiens are too biologically similar
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am one of today’s lucky 10,000 people, because today I got to learn this!