Mikell Taylor
@mikell.bsky.social
Boston-based robotics nerd whose strong opinions do not reflect those of her employer. Come for the robots, stay for the gay pirates, Star Wars, and general cringe. It’s pronounced “Michael”.
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A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Remember last week how Dr. Oz called AI the best solution for rural healthcare shortages?
Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Remember last week how Dr. Oz called AI the best solution for rural healthcare shortages?
Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Legit so happy for him that he’ll get to swish around again
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Legit so happy for him that he’ll get to swish around again
Omg wait is a REGENCY ERA SITCOM involving a cheese empire good lord sign me up
February 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Omg wait is a REGENCY ERA SITCOM involving a cheese empire good lord sign me up
Arthur
Known for his kind eyes
Known for his kind eyes
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Arthur
Known for his kind eyes
Known for his kind eyes
They had me at “cheese empire”
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
They had me at “cheese empire”
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this may draw a lot of mockery On Here but it's true, the u.s. build a mount everest of soft power that it is now in the process of burning to ashes
people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. the death of US soft power is going to have long term consequences we are only beginning to see
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
this may draw a lot of mockery On Here but it's true, the u.s. build a mount everest of soft power that it is now in the process of burning to ashes
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Expectations management bsky.app/profile/atru...
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Expectations management bsky.app/profile/atru...
Oh yeah true them and the frigging mosquitoes have been something I’ve been delighted to freeze the shit out of this year
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Oh yeah true them and the frigging mosquitoes have been something I’ve been delighted to freeze the shit out of this year
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This morning Cathy Wurzer mentioned in passing that today is the 90th anniversary of the Gestapo Law
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This morning Cathy Wurzer mentioned in passing that today is the 90th anniversary of the Gestapo Law
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Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
Pffft age verification. In fourth grade I was taken to the computer lab to observe someone do something called “sending an electronic mail” and we marveled at it
i have eaten in the smoking section of a restaurant please be so serious
Age verification? I died of dysentery, cholera, typhoid, snake bites and was reborn each time on the Oregon Trail. Not the game, the real deal. I'm 189 years-old.
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Pffft age verification. In fourth grade I was taken to the computer lab to observe someone do something called “sending an electronic mail” and we marveled at it
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A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
This is 100% correct and sense making though
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
This is 100% correct and sense making though
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“Isn’t it very dangerous [to remove] the recommendations for certain infant vaccines… What, I wondered, are the consequences of under-vaccinating millions of babies in a country where working parents have no other choice but to put their literal newborns in a room full of other babies all day?”
The new childhood vaccine guidelines have a paid leave problem
Norway, Denmark, and other countries with fewer childhood vaccines have another thing in common: paid parental leave.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“Isn’t it very dangerous [to remove] the recommendations for certain infant vaccines… What, I wondered, are the consequences of under-vaccinating millions of babies in a country where working parents have no other choice but to put their literal newborns in a room full of other babies all day?”
Where’s that meme about a phrase you use a lot at work because at this point I’d wager my coworkers are going to make me start a “Mikell says we should use an operational design domain framework for this” jar
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Where’s that meme about a phrase you use a lot at work because at this point I’d wager my coworkers are going to make me start a “Mikell says we should use an operational design domain framework for this” jar
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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Anyway a simple way to avoid Explaining Gay is to introduce your kids to a diverse set of people from a very young age because if some of their friends have gay parents then they simply won’t ask why a character in a book has two mummies
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Anyway a simple way to avoid Explaining Gay is to introduce your kids to a diverse set of people from a very young age because if some of their friends have gay parents then they simply won’t ask why a character in a book has two mummies
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Just normal stuff happening as it normally would in a fully functioning democracy.
A billionaire family that owns a bridge crossing between Michigan and Canada has wanted Trump to stop a new bridge — and Trump is now threatening to block its opening (with authority he doesn’t have). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Just normal stuff happening as it normally would in a fully functioning democracy.
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Post a banger that's not in English
It's pretending to be in english though 😅
youtu.be/bQDY3HFkh_Y?...
It's pretending to be in english though 😅
youtu.be/bQDY3HFkh_Y?...
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Post a banger that's not in English
It's pretending to be in english though 😅
youtu.be/bQDY3HFkh_Y?...
It's pretending to be in english though 😅
youtu.be/bQDY3HFkh_Y?...
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journalism is not dead www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
The bushes on the field during the halftime show became a meme after the internet found out they were actually human performers.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
journalism is not dead www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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AUSTRALIA'S WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICES FELL TO THE LOWEST IN FOUR YEARS IN 2025, VALIDATING CLAIMS THAT RENEWABLES CAN HELP LOWER CONSUMER POWER COSTS,
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 AM
AUSTRALIA'S WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICES FELL TO THE LOWEST IN FOUR YEARS IN 2025, VALIDATING CLAIMS THAT RENEWABLES CAN HELP LOWER CONSUMER POWER COSTS,
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The cases being dismissed in the US is not proof of Gaiman’s innocence. The judges all ruled that the case should be pursued through the courts in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
US judges dismiss lawsuits accusing Neil Gaiman of sexual assault
Former nanny Scarlett Pavlovich filed suit in three US states alleging author assaulted her in New Zealand in 2022
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The cases being dismissed in the US is not proof of Gaiman’s innocence. The judges all ruled that the case should be pursued through the courts in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...