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 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...
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FYI Americans: if you had Canadian grandparents/parents: you may be Canadian
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
FYI Americans: if you had Canadian grandparents/parents: you may be Canadian
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One of the truest things ever said, by a long, long shot.
My dad sometimes remarks that some men simply "don't believe women are people" and I think about it a lot
this has massive "don't come to school tomorrow" vibes, like jesus fuck
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
One of the truest things ever said, by a long, long shot.
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
I’m not sure “farms” and “natural landscapes” are the same thing but still, seems good
deploying solar panels over farms increases crop yields by up to 18% by preventing them from getting scorched, meaning huge solar power plants can be built with no harm to natural landscapes
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
France agrivoltaics trials show early crop and livestock gains
Data from agrivoltaic canopy trials in France, developed by energy producer TSE and the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), indicate measurable temper...
www.pv-magazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I’m not sure “farms” and “natural landscapes” are the same thing but still, seems good
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deploying solar panels over farms increases crop yields by up to 18% by preventing them from getting scorched, meaning huge solar power plants can be built with no harm to natural landscapes
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
France agrivoltaics trials show early crop and livestock gains
Data from agrivoltaic canopy trials in France, developed by energy producer TSE and the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), indicate measurable temper...
www.pv-magazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
deploying solar panels over farms increases crop yields by up to 18% by preventing them from getting scorched, meaning huge solar power plants can be built with no harm to natural landscapes
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
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every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
Introducing my oldest kiddo to their first ever episode of the xfiles. They like cryptids so we’re starting with El Mundo Gira.
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Introducing my oldest kiddo to their first ever episode of the xfiles. They like cryptids so we’re starting with El Mundo Gira.
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i do find it hilarious that a super bowl halftime show can just be like be nice to each other and fifty million hit dogs holler
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
i do find it hilarious that a super bowl halftime show can just be like be nice to each other and fifty million hit dogs holler
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This would have been awesome.
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This would have been awesome.
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I carry an emergency leash and some dog treats in my car’s glove compartment and have actually rescued three dogs running loose over the past 10 years. Comes in handy!
My dog ran away a few weeks ago and I got her back with the help of a guy who was walking by and two people who stopped their cars, one of whom had crackers for bait, the other a person who always carries an “emergency leash” for situations like this
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I carry an emergency leash and some dog treats in my car’s glove compartment and have actually rescued three dogs running loose over the past 10 years. Comes in handy!
Actual footage of me with the turkey carcass once Thanksgiving dinner is over
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Actual footage of me with the turkey carcass once Thanksgiving dinner is over
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small crab eating a grape (important)
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 AM
small crab eating a grape (important)
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SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term “sex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals.
The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank
The department refers to gender-affirming care as “sex-denying procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
www.importantcontext.news
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term “sex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals.
The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
Aggressively going through an 80 page document by committee at least half of which was AI generated replacing Chicago style em dashes with AP style em dashes as god intended
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Aggressively going through an 80 page document by committee at least half of which was AI generated replacing Chicago style em dashes with AP style em dashes as god intended
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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