kay taylor rea
@kaytaylorrea.bsky.social
kay & rea rhyme | she/her | 🩷💜💙 | former emt-b | current student rn | pride was a riot, grab a brick | abolish ice | talking horror/mystery/sff/irl sports/romance | chaotic good-ish | loves a color coordinated spreadsheet | probably reading fanfic tbh |
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If your family really sucks this holiday season, I am your new family and I think you're great and deserve love, a job, shelter and safety.
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If your family really sucks this holiday season, I am your new family and I think you're great and deserve love, a job, shelter and safety.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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there has been no meaningful improvement in the devices or their functionality in 10 years in any way that affects what any normal person uses them to do, people only switch when forced updates cause a device which worked fine yesterday to lag so bad you can't type at full speed until you replace it
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
there has been no meaningful improvement in the devices or their functionality in 10 years in any way that affects what any normal person uses them to do, people only switch when forced updates cause a device which worked fine yesterday to lag so bad you can't type at full speed until you replace it
I don’t have a lot of strong opinions about Wicked: For Good, but I do think whoever made the executive decision to highlight Glinda’s very pointy collarbones with multiple rhinestones deserves jail time.
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don’t have a lot of strong opinions about Wicked: For Good, but I do think whoever made the executive decision to highlight Glinda’s very pointy collarbones with multiple rhinestones deserves jail time.
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
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my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
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This was about Gilmore Girls, but it could really be about a TON of movies and shows.
That’s why you need romance writers on your team. WE KNOW ROMANTIC CONFLICT.
That’s why you need romance writers on your team. WE KNOW ROMANTIC CONFLICT.
They just didn’t know how to write conflict within an existing relationship without adding cheating, fighting, breakups, babies, or personality transplants. It pisses me off!
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was about Gilmore Girls, but it could really be about a TON of movies and shows.
That’s why you need romance writers on your team. WE KNOW ROMANTIC CONFLICT.
That’s why you need romance writers on your team. WE KNOW ROMANTIC CONFLICT.
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
no matter how many years I’ve lived in Arizona there is nothing that will inure me to the experience of having to stomp on a scorpion after it’s crawled out from behind the toilet I’m sitting on
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
no matter how many years I’ve lived in Arizona there is nothing that will inure me to the experience of having to stomp on a scorpion after it’s crawled out from behind the toilet I’m sitting on
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In light of the fact that our health workers and care infrastructure need a break this holiday season, too, here's a guide from @cspinet.org on common cooking bloopers to avoid during the holidays.
#foodsafety
www.cspi.org/article/6-fo...
#foodsafety
www.cspi.org/article/6-fo...
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
In light of the fact that our health workers and care infrastructure need a break this holiday season, too, here's a guide from @cspinet.org on common cooking bloopers to avoid during the holidays.
#foodsafety
www.cspi.org/article/6-fo...
#foodsafety
www.cspi.org/article/6-fo...
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I got a Twitter DM from the publisher of a book by Jeffrey Haas (Fred Hampton's lawyer) that I'd recommended in a thread that went viral, thanking me for the unexpected spike in sales. I'm sure we're talking dozens, not hundreds, but they were like doing highkey internet sleuthing to figure it out!
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I got a Twitter DM from the publisher of a book by Jeffrey Haas (Fred Hampton's lawyer) that I'd recommended in a thread that went viral, thanking me for the unexpected spike in sales. I'm sure we're talking dozens, not hundreds, but they were like doing highkey internet sleuthing to figure it out!
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We are launching our first ever limited edition candle collection, celebrating our 20th anniversary.
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We are launching our first ever limited edition candle collection, celebrating our 20th anniversary.
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
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ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
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This is an excellent piece that you should read and also, I think there's something so much bigger going on on top of all this, which is that we have become so utterly numbed to dead kids in this country that we think just a couple kids dying of a horrible preventable disease isn't a big deal
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is an excellent piece that you should read and also, I think there's something so much bigger going on on top of all this, which is that we have become so utterly numbed to dead kids in this country that we think just a couple kids dying of a horrible preventable disease isn't a big deal
I have the ducky and dumpster fire clicky toys. One sits on my desk and the other on my bedside table and they’re both fantastic.
These are our second most popular clicky toys (falling close behind the dumpster fires) and they never fail to delight! For $13.50 they are currently a steal!
http://thebrokencirc...
http://thebrokencirc...
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I have the ducky and dumpster fire clicky toys. One sits on my desk and the other on my bedside table and they’re both fantastic.
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It's day two of our big 25% off sale!
Get the journal lover in your life (or yourself) one of our custom designed & brightly colored planner organizers!
http://thebrokencirc...
Get the journal lover in your life (or yourself) one of our custom designed & brightly colored planner organizers!
http://thebrokencirc...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's day two of our big 25% off sale!
Get the journal lover in your life (or yourself) one of our custom designed & brightly colored planner organizers!
http://thebrokencirc...
Get the journal lover in your life (or yourself) one of our custom designed & brightly colored planner organizers!
http://thebrokencirc...
Creatives were so supportive of the ACA bc it made it possible for many more writers and artists to go part time or contract in their other work without having to rely on a full time position for health insurance. Conservatives hate free artistic expression. Just another reason they hated Obamacare.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Creatives were so supportive of the ACA bc it made it possible for many more writers and artists to go part time or contract in their other work without having to rely on a full time position for health insurance. Conservatives hate free artistic expression. Just another reason they hated Obamacare.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
People have a million excuses for pirating books, and I'm so tired of all of them. If you're in the US, you have access to most books through a library, SOMEHOW. If you're outside the US, it's trickier, but there are so many other books to read! Don't pirate when many authors are barely scraping by.
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
People have a million excuses for pirating books, and I'm so tired of all of them. If you're in the US, you have access to most books through a library, SOMEHOW. If you're outside the US, it's trickier, but there are so many other books to read! Don't pirate when many authors are barely scraping by.
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there is no such thing as a bad trope, just tropes I haven't seen one of my favs execute flawlessly yet. lol
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
there is no such thing as a bad trope, just tropes I haven't seen one of my favs execute flawlessly yet. lol