Madhusudan 🦉 Katti
@leafwarbler.bsky.social
Reconciliation ecologist working towards decoloniality at a Land Grab University on Saponi lands • Writer • Alien of extraordinary ability • 🏳️⚧️ parent • 🐦⬛ 🦚 🪶 📽️ 🏏
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A Reconciliation Ecologist's Testimony at a People's Hearing
Spoken in Greensboro, NC in June 2025
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A Reconciliation Ecologist's Testimony at a People's Hearing
Something I had the honor to speak last week, to an auditorium full of Indigenous, Black and Brown, really a rainbow of environmental justice activists in Greensboro, NC.
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Something I had the honor to speak last week, to an auditorium full of Indigenous, Black and Brown, really a rainbow of environmental justice activists in Greensboro, NC.
(and yes, this also launches my newsletter, so please subscribe!)
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Thinking of Kalief's mother: the prison industrial complex is so mūrderous it even kïlls the loved ones of its victims via grief. She literally dïed of a broken heart.
I always return to the fact that these are the conditions in the more prominent city in the country and ignorance is no excuse *particularly* with the way Kalief Browder’s loved ones and advocates made sure to share his story when he passed.
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Rikers Island Is Still Hell On Earth
Mayor Mamdani must do something about it—plus more stories for your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Thinking of Kalief's mother: the prison industrial complex is so mūrderous it even kïlls the loved ones of its victims via grief. She literally dïed of a broken heart.
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in general, a lot of doomerism on this website boils down to, "they are going to start treating us like black people, and i believe the marginalization of black people is immutable destiny"
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
in general, a lot of doomerism on this website boils down to, "they are going to start treating us like black people, and i believe the marginalization of black people is immutable destiny"
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In addition to all the stuff that's not legal here, recall that law enforcement is not allowed to kneel on necks in Minneapolis anymore post-George Floyd. Meanwhile: someone should probably figure out who's getting checks from private prisons housing these hostages. (hint: everybody)
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In addition to all the stuff that's not legal here, recall that law enforcement is not allowed to kneel on necks in Minneapolis anymore post-George Floyd. Meanwhile: someone should probably figure out who's getting checks from private prisons housing these hostages. (hint: everybody)
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They're coming for us again.
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
They're coming for us again.
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IT. IS. NOT. HARD.
But these chucklefucks think the idea is hard, and that the other *handwavy* shit just takes the luck of the roll of talent. I mean
And they think because they're not IMMEDIATELY GOOD at the thing they suck at the thing
when sucking at the thing
But these chucklefucks think the idea is hard, and that the other *handwavy* shit just takes the luck of the roll of talent. I mean
And they think because they're not IMMEDIATELY GOOD at the thing they suck at the thing
when sucking at the thing
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
IT. IS. NOT. HARD.
But these chucklefucks think the idea is hard, and that the other *handwavy* shit just takes the luck of the roll of talent. I mean
And they think because they're not IMMEDIATELY GOOD at the thing they suck at the thing
when sucking at the thing
But these chucklefucks think the idea is hard, and that the other *handwavy* shit just takes the luck of the roll of talent. I mean
And they think because they're not IMMEDIATELY GOOD at the thing they suck at the thing
when sucking at the thing
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thinking that
THE IDEA
is the work.
The fuck it is. It is not. Ideas are falling off the turnip truck. IDEAS ARE EASY.
I could give you 100 writing prompts, good ones, off the top of my head. Right now.
THE IDEA
is the work.
The fuck it is. It is not. Ideas are falling off the turnip truck. IDEAS ARE EASY.
I could give you 100 writing prompts, good ones, off the top of my head. Right now.
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
thinking that
THE IDEA
is the work.
The fuck it is. It is not. Ideas are falling off the turnip truck. IDEAS ARE EASY.
I could give you 100 writing prompts, good ones, off the top of my head. Right now.
THE IDEA
is the work.
The fuck it is. It is not. Ideas are falling off the turnip truck. IDEAS ARE EASY.
I could give you 100 writing prompts, good ones, off the top of my head. Right now.
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The Williams sisters are insanely talented at tennis. They have natural gifts.
And both worked their fucking ASSES off.
It is not
it is never
falling off the turnip truck.
IT IS WORK.
So these people who are like 'oh I have a GREAT idea...' are the assholes pestering creators...
And both worked their fucking ASSES off.
It is not
it is never
falling off the turnip truck.
IT IS WORK.
So these people who are like 'oh I have a GREAT idea...' are the assholes pestering creators...
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Williams sisters are insanely talented at tennis. They have natural gifts.
And both worked their fucking ASSES off.
It is not
it is never
falling off the turnip truck.
IT IS WORK.
So these people who are like 'oh I have a GREAT idea...' are the assholes pestering creators...
And both worked their fucking ASSES off.
It is not
it is never
falling off the turnip truck.
IT IS WORK.
So these people who are like 'oh I have a GREAT idea...' are the assholes pestering creators...
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have all those ideas in their heads too.
And they did a lot
A LOT
of work to learn how to do their thing.
Me? I haven't done the work. So my 'talent' only takes me so far.
In the things I DO do the work on? There's a huge difference.
That's how it works.
And they did a lot
A LOT
of work to learn how to do their thing.
Me? I haven't done the work. So my 'talent' only takes me so far.
In the things I DO do the work on? There's a huge difference.
That's how it works.
January 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
have all those ideas in their heads too.
And they did a lot
A LOT
of work to learn how to do their thing.
Me? I haven't done the work. So my 'talent' only takes me so far.
In the things I DO do the work on? There's a huge difference.
That's how it works.
And they did a lot
A LOT
of work to learn how to do their thing.
Me? I haven't done the work. So my 'talent' only takes me so far.
In the things I DO do the work on? There's a huge difference.
That's how it works.
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One artist who's work literally all of you have seen, ALL OF YOU, was blown away when we played a sketch game online because I could quickly draw images...easily.
Another friend who makes his living entirely through art told me he had ZERO natural talent which blew me away.
How. HOW!
They ...
Another friend who makes his living entirely through art told me he had ZERO natural talent which blew me away.
How. HOW!
They ...
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
One artist who's work literally all of you have seen, ALL OF YOU, was blown away when we played a sketch game online because I could quickly draw images...easily.
Another friend who makes his living entirely through art told me he had ZERO natural talent which blew me away.
How. HOW!
They ...
Another friend who makes his living entirely through art told me he had ZERO natural talent which blew me away.
How. HOW!
They ...
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That's not being a professional artist, I never depended on that money. IMO I don't want to word quibble.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING DOING THAT ART.
And they don't have natural talent.
Read that again.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING DOING THAT ART.
And they don't have natural talent.
Read that again.
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
That's not being a professional artist, I never depended on that money. IMO I don't want to word quibble.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING DOING THAT ART.
And they don't have natural talent.
Read that again.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING DOING THAT ART.
And they don't have natural talent.
Read that again.
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Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
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Some of them will say that they can't do it. They can't draw.
I have natural art talent for drawing, sketching, painting, and sculpture. Not everyone does.
I have done some of that professionally meaning I have sold my art which feels super neat. (Unlike what I do for a job which is also art)
I have natural art talent for drawing, sketching, painting, and sculpture. Not everyone does.
I have done some of that professionally meaning I have sold my art which feels super neat. (Unlike what I do for a job which is also art)
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Some of them will say that they can't do it. They can't draw.
I have natural art talent for drawing, sketching, painting, and sculpture. Not everyone does.
I have done some of that professionally meaning I have sold my art which feels super neat. (Unlike what I do for a job which is also art)
I have natural art talent for drawing, sketching, painting, and sculpture. Not everyone does.
I have done some of that professionally meaning I have sold my art which feels super neat. (Unlike what I do for a job which is also art)
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If a machine can fart out a 400-page novel based on any stray shower thought, why would even the “author” want to read it?
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
If a machine can fart out a 400-page novel based on any stray shower thought, why would even the “author” want to read it?
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
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So as someone who's a professional creator, and has always been a creator of art in many mediums ...
I've encountered a lot of people in life
A LOT OF PEOPLE
who want to do art, who think they have good ideas for art, but don't want to do the work
Now...
I've encountered a lot of people in life
A LOT OF PEOPLE
who want to do art, who think they have good ideas for art, but don't want to do the work
Now...
If a machine can fart out a 400-page novel based on any stray shower thought, why would even the “author” want to read it?
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
So as someone who's a professional creator, and has always been a creator of art in many mediums ...
I've encountered a lot of people in life
A LOT OF PEOPLE
who want to do art, who think they have good ideas for art, but don't want to do the work
Now...
I've encountered a lot of people in life
A LOT OF PEOPLE
who want to do art, who think they have good ideas for art, but don't want to do the work
Now...
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Again, I am baffled by what they’re getting out of this. Yes, they can cosplay being an author like a tourist in a souvenir cowboy hat is a cowpuncher, but they clearly aren’t satisfied and fulfilled because they keep tearing around demanding praise. “Tell me I’m a writer!”
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Again, I am baffled by what they’re getting out of this. Yes, they can cosplay being an author like a tourist in a souvenir cowboy hat is a cowpuncher, but they clearly aren’t satisfied and fulfilled because they keep tearing around demanding praise. “Tell me I’m a writer!”
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Someone made a good point about finding prompts left in AI books: they expect you to read what they didn’t read themselves.
Their argument is that they have the vision but lack the skills. Wouldn’t you want to read your vision?
Just ridiculous.
Their argument is that they have the vision but lack the skills. Wouldn’t you want to read your vision?
Just ridiculous.
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Someone made a good point about finding prompts left in AI books: they expect you to read what they didn’t read themselves.
Their argument is that they have the vision but lack the skills. Wouldn’t you want to read your vision?
Just ridiculous.
Their argument is that they have the vision but lack the skills. Wouldn’t you want to read your vision?
Just ridiculous.
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Are you an undergrad or grad student at a Pacific Northwest university studying wildlife? “PNW” loosely defined as North America west of the Great Plains and north of the Mojave Desert. Scholarship application deadline is this Monday! thesnvb.org/scholarship/
Scholarship - The Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology
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January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Are you an undergrad or grad student at a Pacific Northwest university studying wildlife? “PNW” loosely defined as North America west of the Great Plains and north of the Mojave Desert. Scholarship application deadline is this Monday! thesnvb.org/scholarship/
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lolsob as I try for the 100th time to convince a biologist that differences in statistical significance are not significant
January 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM
lolsob as I try for the 100th time to convince a biologist that differences in statistical significance are not significant
That would have saved me much time during my PhD when I learned all about PCA and eigenvectors and how to apply those to my multivariate datasets. I did learn a lot the hard way, enough to teach it to students subsequently.
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
That would have saved me much time during my PhD when I learned all about PCA and eigenvectors and how to apply those to my multivariate datasets. I did learn a lot the hard way, enough to teach it to students subsequently.
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but for a more in-depth reference with similar narrative prose, here's a free whole book (and adds in lessons for linear algebra in general too)
peterbloem.nl/publications...
peterbloem.nl/publications...
Unraveling principal component analysis | peterbloem.nl
peterbloem.nl
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
but for a more in-depth reference with similar narrative prose, here's a free whole book (and adds in lessons for linear algebra in general too)
peterbloem.nl/publications...
peterbloem.nl/publications...
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still one of the best explanations of principal component analysis (pca), explained at different levels from layman to the more math inclined stats.stackexchange.com/a/140579/132...
Making sense of principal component analysis, eigenvectors & eigenvalues
In today's pattern recognition class my professor talked about PCA, eigenvectors and eigenvalues.
I understood the mathematics of it. If I'm asked to find eigenvalues etc. I'll do it correctly li...
stats.stackexchange.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
still one of the best explanations of principal component analysis (pca), explained at different levels from layman to the more math inclined stats.stackexchange.com/a/140579/132...
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PCA is one of those techniques that sounds unreasonable (yeah sure we all want to fit a p-dimensional ellipsoid to our data) but turns out to be a reasonable solution to a wide range of problems.
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
still one of the best explanations of principal component analysis (pca), explained at different levels from layman to the more math inclined stats.stackexchange.com/a/140579/132...
Making sense of principal component analysis, eigenvectors & eigenvalues
In today's pattern recognition class my professor talked about PCA, eigenvectors and eigenvalues.
I understood the mathematics of it. If I'm asked to find eigenvalues etc. I'll do it correctly li...
stats.stackexchange.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
PCA is one of those techniques that sounds unreasonable (yeah sure we all want to fit a p-dimensional ellipsoid to our data) but turns out to be a reasonable solution to a wide range of problems.
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
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I am reading "Killer Instinct: The popular science of human nature in 20th century America" by Nadine Weidman, and I am learning a lot. I was aware that Konrad Lorenz (father of field of ethology, winner of 1973 Nobel prize) was a Nazi, but didn't know he was so enthusiastic about it.
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I am reading "Killer Instinct: The popular science of human nature in 20th century America" by Nadine Weidman, and I am learning a lot. I was aware that Konrad Lorenz (father of field of ethology, winner of 1973 Nobel prize) was a Nazi, but didn't know he was so enthusiastic about it.
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This book definitely sounds worth a read. a second recommendation here: "Killer Instinct provides an excellent analysis of the public debates about human nature, delving deeply into the dynamics between individual actions, collective endeavors, and public positions"
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This book definitely sounds worth a read. a second recommendation here: "Killer Instinct provides an excellent analysis of the public debates about human nature, delving deeply into the dynamics between individual actions, collective endeavors, and public positions"
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Donald "building a $300 million gilded ballroom" Trump solves the affordability crisis by limiting the number of toys your child gets while you eat a piece of broccoli.
President Grinch.
President Grinch.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and “one other thing” can help overhaul the affordability crisis.
www.jezebel.com/trump-admins...
www.jezebel.com/trump-admins...
Trump Admin’s Recommended Tiny $3 Meal for Americans Is a Big Load of Crock
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and “one other thing” can help overhaul the affordability crisis.
www.jezebel.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Donald "building a $300 million gilded ballroom" Trump solves the affordability crisis by limiting the number of toys your child gets while you eat a piece of broccoli.
President Grinch.
President Grinch.