Kylie
@kylieharrington.bsky.social
Social work PhD student @ UCONN studying far-right radicalization, social media, and technology (they/them) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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impossible to separate the utility of machine learning models from the fact that the people who build them want to rule over us like kings
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
impossible to separate the utility of machine learning models from the fact that the people who build them want to rule over us like kings
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NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
What should my next nonfiction audiobook listen be? I was just gonna scroll my storygraph and pick something randomly but I’ll also accept suggestions.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What should my next nonfiction audiobook listen be? I was just gonna scroll my storygraph and pick something randomly but I’ll also accept suggestions.
Just finished the audiobook for @jacobsilverman.com’s Gilded Rage and it was amazing! I went into it with no expectations but it was interesting and way more leftist than I expected (no offense to Jacob, I was unaware of his game).
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Just finished the audiobook for @jacobsilverman.com’s Gilded Rage and it was amazing! I went into it with no expectations but it was interesting and way more leftist than I expected (no offense to Jacob, I was unaware of his game).
It's so fucked up I knew it was TCW before clicking on it...I blame @ifbookspod.bsky.social
reading this prose is like being suffocated with a pillow
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's so fucked up I knew it was TCW before clicking on it...I blame @ifbookspod.bsky.social
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Marketers are clocking how bots tend to amplify existing sentiments bc that’s easiest for them to do.
So a flood of bot posts can make it difficult to evaluate the scale of positive reactions compared to negative ones.
True for brands, as well as readers.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
So a flood of bot posts can make it difficult to evaluate the scale of positive reactions compared to negative ones.
True for brands, as well as readers.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
Will bots end social listening as we know it?
AI-driven bot networks are growing and weighing in on everything from Cracker Barrel to Tylenol, forcing marketers to parse real consumer insights from fake.
www.marketingbrew.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Marketers are clocking how bots tend to amplify existing sentiments bc that’s easiest for them to do.
So a flood of bot posts can make it difficult to evaluate the scale of positive reactions compared to negative ones.
True for brands, as well as readers.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
So a flood of bot posts can make it difficult to evaluate the scale of positive reactions compared to negative ones.
True for brands, as well as readers.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
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Trump slaps Antifa with its first-ever foreign terror label, in move that explicitly cites NSPM-7.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
Trump Slaps Antifa With First-Ever Foreign Terror Label
Move cites NSPM-7, saying four European Antifa groups espoused "anti-Christianity," "anti-capitalism," and "anti-Americanism"
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump slaps Antifa with its first-ever foreign terror label, in move that explicitly cites NSPM-7.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
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No it isn’t stop complying in advance
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
No it isn’t stop complying in advance
Opened bluesky to see about how apparently the admins are being shitty apparently but instead I got distracted by the state of American fascism…many such cases etc etc
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Opened bluesky to see about how apparently the admins are being shitty apparently but instead I got distracted by the state of American fascism…many such cases etc etc
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as usual, Margaret eloquently summarizes the thoughts that have been drifting around in my head this week. @margaret.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
as usual, Margaret eloquently summarizes the thoughts that have been drifting around in my head this week. @margaret.bsky.social
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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
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Pointing out hypocrisy does not work in terms of accountability but it can help illustrate an important point: it has never been about principles and has always been about power
pointing out the rights hypocrisy about freedom of speech doesn’t really do too much but i honestly am just stunned how blatantly and quickly they reversed on pretty much every constitutional freedom the moment they gained full power
September 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Pointing out hypocrisy does not work in terms of accountability but it can help illustrate an important point: it has never been about principles and has always been about power
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September 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Oh I think they've got a good grasp of their plot
The New York Post fanning the flames. They’ve lost the plot.
September 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Oh I think they've got a good grasp of their plot
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In a civilized society, a person who suggested murdering unhoused people would be forever shunned
Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be killed
Co-host of Fox & Friends issued on-air apology for ‘extremely callous’ remark
www.independent.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In a civilized society, a person who suggested murdering unhoused people would be forever shunned
So we all spent our weekends explaining groypers to our loved ones, right? Or was that just me?
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So we all spent our weekends explaining groypers to our loved ones, right? Or was that just me?
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Go listen to my new series Science in Transition!! It's a history of the current anti-trans backlash and the first two episodes are out!!
July 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Go listen to my new series Science in Transition!! It's a history of the current anti-trans backlash and the first two episodes are out!!
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Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park
“It’s the fattest marmot I’ve ever seen.”
infotel.ca
July 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)
How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
www.motherjones.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)
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Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
June 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.