Kirsty Hall
@kirstyhall.bsky.social
Artist & purveyor of obsessive projects. Scots bi feminist with MECFS. Had arse cancer, it was tedious but it's fixed now. Cis/her. No terfs or fash. Insta: kirstyhallartist/
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if I see another academic describe LLMs - a tech owned by a small elite of white billionaires, built from extracting data from humans and minerals from the earth, and refined by the labor of underpaid workers in the global south - as an ‘important tool for decolonization’ I may simply just explode
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
if I see another academic describe LLMs - a tech owned by a small elite of white billionaires, built from extracting data from humans and minerals from the earth, and refined by the labor of underpaid workers in the global south - as an ‘important tool for decolonization’ I may simply just explode
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PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
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There’s nothing wrong with healthy eating, exercise, sunlight & stress reduction.
They’re great ways to improve health.
The problem is the “wellness” community.
It’s always been a direct pipeline into eugenics.
They believe you can “healthy living” your way out of disability, and it’s not true
They’re great ways to improve health.
The problem is the “wellness” community.
It’s always been a direct pipeline into eugenics.
They believe you can “healthy living” your way out of disability, and it’s not true
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
There’s nothing wrong with healthy eating, exercise, sunlight & stress reduction.
They’re great ways to improve health.
The problem is the “wellness” community.
It’s always been a direct pipeline into eugenics.
They believe you can “healthy living” your way out of disability, and it’s not true
They’re great ways to improve health.
The problem is the “wellness” community.
It’s always been a direct pipeline into eugenics.
They believe you can “healthy living” your way out of disability, and it’s not true
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Every time you talk to someone about "what we did before" things like commercially available formula the answer is "babies died" (or suffered nutritional deficiencies, or or). I can tell you every household manual from the 19th c back has recipes for replacements for breast milk. Not a new issue.
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Every time you talk to someone about "what we did before" things like commercially available formula the answer is "babies died" (or suffered nutritional deficiencies, or or). I can tell you every household manual from the 19th c back has recipes for replacements for breast milk. Not a new issue.
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Less unbelievable when you’ve actually lived through a decade like the 80s or 90s and realize people who weren’t there or were too young to remember mainly know it from ads
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Less unbelievable when you’ve actually lived through a decade like the 80s or 90s and realize people who weren’t there or were too young to remember mainly know it from ads
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It’s genuinely unbelievable how much the average right winger’s conception of history is based on post-war American advertising of the mid 20th century
Terminally online Right wingers are telling on themselves
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s genuinely unbelievable how much the average right winger’s conception of history is based on post-war American advertising of the mid 20th century
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My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
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Getting increasingly mad about the ai theft of time, even/especially for those of us who aren’t using it
December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Getting increasingly mad about the ai theft of time, even/especially for those of us who aren’t using it
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
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This is what makes it personal. It's not just my work that has been stolen, but that of all of my friends who do creative work. Every artist, writer, designer, musician has had their work stolen and their ability to work targeted in this way.
That's on TOP of the hundreds of other reasons.
That's on TOP of the hundreds of other reasons.
If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is what makes it personal. It's not just my work that has been stolen, but that of all of my friends who do creative work. Every artist, writer, designer, musician has had their work stolen and their ability to work targeted in this way.
That's on TOP of the hundreds of other reasons.
That's on TOP of the hundreds of other reasons.
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This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.
This is…a real problem online.
This is…a real problem online.
People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.
This is…a real problem online.
This is…a real problem online.
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Chugger at the tube station: Hello madam, you look like a friendly person!
Me cheerily: Wrong!
Worked like a charm.
Me cheerily: Wrong!
Worked like a charm.
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Chugger at the tube station: Hello madam, you look like a friendly person!
Me cheerily: Wrong!
Worked like a charm.
Me cheerily: Wrong!
Worked like a charm.
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This reveals such a profound difference in values between [most] artists and [most] "AI" enthusiasts. Walk with me. 🧵
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This reveals such a profound difference in values between [most] artists and [most] "AI" enthusiasts. Walk with me. 🧵
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I have never again had to tread water for two minutes whilst wearing my pyjamas, oddly enough.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have never again had to tread water for two minutes whilst wearing my pyjamas, oddly enough.
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In the puberty ban consultation, before it was made permanent, academics like me told the Gov this was happening. We noted the risk of youth who are self-meding avoiding engagement with routine healthcare, leading to wider healthcare inequalities. Our testimony was dismissed as 'anecdotal evidence'
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In the puberty ban consultation, before it was made permanent, academics like me told the Gov this was happening. We noted the risk of youth who are self-meding avoiding engagement with routine healthcare, leading to wider healthcare inequalities. Our testimony was dismissed as 'anecdotal evidence'
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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It’s maddening that I just heard this tribunal decision covered on BBC News, which led with “Sandie Peggie wins her case,” expanded with “Sandie Peggie secures a partial victory,” then only on listening further did it become clear she actually lost on most of the substantive points she was pursuing.
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It’s maddening that I just heard this tribunal decision covered on BBC News, which led with “Sandie Peggie wins her case,” expanded with “Sandie Peggie secures a partial victory,” then only on listening further did it become clear she actually lost on most of the substantive points she was pursuing.
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A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
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What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
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Once upon a time, this would have been a bit of a red flag.
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Once upon a time, this would have been a bit of a red flag.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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'A spokesman for the party said: “These inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor. The party was disgusted by his inappropriate sexual behaviour with women, and he was expelled several months ago."'
Charming people all round, it seems.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
Charming people all round, it seems.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’
Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
'A spokesman for the party said: “These inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor. The party was disgusted by his inappropriate sexual behaviour with women, and he was expelled several months ago."'
Charming people all round, it seems.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
Charming people all round, it seems.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...