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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The main reason I don’t like robotics as the solution for in-home healthcare for aging populations is that there are dozens of smaller and cheaper interventions you can make to a home that add up to a big QoL gain.
But I can’t pretend “actually we need immigration” isn’t also on my mind.
But I can’t pretend “actually we need immigration” isn’t also on my mind.
I'm increasingly convinced that many countries will only get serious about rebalancing their economies and immigration policies when social services collapse and seniors without families go back to starving to death like in the bad old days.
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The main reason I don’t like robotics as the solution for in-home healthcare for aging populations is that there are dozens of smaller and cheaper interventions you can make to a home that add up to a big QoL gain.
But I can’t pretend “actually we need immigration” isn’t also on my mind.
But I can’t pretend “actually we need immigration” isn’t also on my mind.
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Listen a monkey’s paw somewhere is about to curl but I’d rather have 40 deg and rain for a day or two for my precipitation at this point
No thank you I’ve had enough snow actually
Here we go again! A similar setup, a little north, with our next clipper storm Tues. PM - Wed. Maine & parts of No. Mtns to get jackpot totals of 6-8". #Boston to fall within 1-3", likely higher end of this scale.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
#mawx #riwx #mewx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
#mawx #riwx #mewx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Listen a monkey’s paw somewhere is about to curl but I’d rather have 40 deg and rain for a day or two for my precipitation at this point
No thank you I’ve had enough snow actually
Here we go again! A similar setup, a little north, with our next clipper storm Tues. PM - Wed. Maine & parts of No. Mtns to get jackpot totals of 6-8". #Boston to fall within 1-3", likely higher end of this scale.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
#mawx #riwx #mewx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
#mawx #riwx #mewx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
No thank you I’ve had enough snow actually
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USA wins gold at Super Bowl
USA wins gold at Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, CA - Team USA is triumphantly announcing their third gold medal since the start of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, in the much-watched Super Bowl event.
www.thebeaverton.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
USA wins gold at Super Bowl
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There is no hell hot enough for the architects of, and foot soldiers for, this series of horrors.
Reminder: a handful of Republican congresspeople could stop this any time.
Reminder: a handful of Republican congresspeople could stop this any time.
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There is no hell hot enough for the architects of, and foot soldiers for, this series of horrors.
Reminder: a handful of Republican congresspeople could stop this any time.
Reminder: a handful of Republican congresspeople could stop this any time.
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Non-Biathlon Skier Would Also Like Gun
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Non-Biathlon Skier Would Also Like Gun
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I and others are going to think on your essay. So we are making an agreement that the thought is worth it
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I and others are going to think on your essay. So we are making an agreement that the thought is worth it
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Let us make a refinement of this claim. The claim is “do not use AI to obscure the level of effort that went into your writing.” That’s where the dishonesty lives, not in the use of the tool
Think that it's dishonest to not tell someone when your writing is AI written, the same position I hold on ghost writing
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Let us make a refinement of this claim. The claim is “do not use AI to obscure the level of effort that went into your writing.” That’s where the dishonesty lives, not in the use of the tool
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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It has been said that in every family there is one who loads the dishwasher like a celebrated Scandinavian architect and then there are the others, who load it like raccoons on meth.
I am the architect. I am right. They are meth-addled trash goblins. It pains me.
I am the architect. I am right. They are meth-addled trash goblins. It pains me.
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It has been said that in every family there is one who loads the dishwasher like a celebrated Scandinavian architect and then there are the others, who load it like raccoons on meth.
I am the architect. I am right. They are meth-addled trash goblins. It pains me.
I am the architect. I am right. They are meth-addled trash goblins. It pains me.
Expert here! Anti-science grifters only urge vaccination when they’re in extreme distress. This should scare the shit out of everyone!
A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. on.nbcboston.com/vADnBlJ
'Take the vaccine, please,' a top U.S. health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
Medicare and Medicaid will continue to cover the measles vaccine as part of the insurance programs, Dr. Mehmet Oz said.
on.nbcboston.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Expert here! Anti-science grifters only urge vaccination when they’re in extreme distress. This should scare the shit out of everyone!
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Avoiding COVID isn't rocket science, and it doesn't require abstaining from doing every activity in public. Using layered protections appropriate to the risk level of each space is sufficient.
Vaccination. Air circulation. Masking. Nasal spray. Testing.
Vaccination. Air circulation. Masking. Nasal spray. Testing.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Avoiding COVID isn't rocket science, and it doesn't require abstaining from doing every activity in public. Using layered protections appropriate to the risk level of each space is sufficient.
Vaccination. Air circulation. Masking. Nasal spray. Testing.
Vaccination. Air circulation. Masking. Nasal spray. Testing.
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I really was gonna give them like. 100k. this is so funny
I have like seven different fanfics with more views than the Kid Rock halftime show
I have like seven different fanfics with more views than the Kid Rock halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I really was gonna give them like. 100k. this is so funny
I have like seven different fanfics with more views than the Kid Rock halftime show
I have like seven different fanfics with more views than the Kid Rock halftime show
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
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Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
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February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Keep seeing the misinformation that this was Liam on here--has been reported that it was not
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Keep seeing the misinformation that this was Liam on here--has been reported that it was not
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You don’t have to share trumps racist posts. Not about the superbowl. Not about anything.
We could join truth social if we wanted. We’re here though.
We could join truth social if we wanted. We’re here though.
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
You don’t have to share trumps racist posts. Not about the superbowl. Not about anything.
We could join truth social if we wanted. We’re here though.
We could join truth social if we wanted. We’re here though.
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oh it was for real a wedding this might be my favorite halftime show ever what an incredible spectacle
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
oh it was for real a wedding this might be my favorite halftime show ever what an incredible spectacle
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Was a version of himself as a kid - gave his child self a Grammy. Thats something else.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...
During his Administration, Hurricane Maria knocked out power to 1.5 million people in Puerto Rico and it didn’t get restored for ABOUT A YEAR! It was the largest blackout in U.S. history. This should be line one of any hurricane recovery political coverage. www.vox.com/identities/2...
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...
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Last year, the administration cancelled the solar for all program that was helping improve the grid and help low-income households in all 50 states and Puerto Rico bsky.app/profile/cost...
The Solar for All program is a multi-billion dollar federal investment to help lower electricity costs & cut US energy poverty. The Trump Administration ended it. @carleysanya.bsky.social & I talked with @juliaradio.bsky.social & @jeffbradynews.bsky.social about it: www.npr.org/2025/08/08/n... 🔌 💡
EPA plans to end a program that makes solar power available to low-income Americans
The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Last year, the administration cancelled the solar for all program that was helping improve the grid and help low-income households in all 50 states and Puerto Rico bsky.app/profile/cost...
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are…uhh…are we the penis?
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
are…uhh…are we the penis?
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