Katy
@morgalyn.bsky.social
🇺🇸&🇬🇧 politics, food stuff, maybe 🧶 things. High tendency to repost academic job openings of various disciplines. I hate writing bios, if you know me feel free to suggest edits. I'll be over there, reading or playing NMS or ONI probably.
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
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We are now accepting enquiries from parents of trans kids currently in Key Stages 3 and 4 for our trial half-term in 2026.
Full details: www.essehouse.co.uk/the-esse-house-school
Full details: www.essehouse.co.uk/the-esse-house-school
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are now accepting enquiries from parents of trans kids currently in Key Stages 3 and 4 for our trial half-term in 2026.
Full details: www.essehouse.co.uk/the-esse-house-school
Full details: www.essehouse.co.uk/the-esse-house-school
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Our "Pee in Peace" Program distributes accessible toilet keys to *ANYONE* affected by anti-trans hostility. We've assisted trans men, trans women, cis women and non binary folk who are struggling with using facilties due to anxiety, and just want to have a guaranteed way to negotiate public life 1/2
"Others say these anxieties amount to scaremongering from those who do not agree with the judgment of the supreme court."
LOL This looks like it has been added by an editor somewhere along the line, including in the subhead.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
LOL This looks like it has been added by an editor somewhere along the line, including in the subhead.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Our "Pee in Peace" Program distributes accessible toilet keys to *ANYONE* affected by anti-trans hostility. We've assisted trans men, trans women, cis women and non binary folk who are struggling with using facilties due to anxiety, and just want to have a guaranteed way to negotiate public life 1/2
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Fascist governments don't declare themselves. Police states do not declare themselves. They just label dissent the enemy and go on from there.
A study of recent ICE deployments shows unequivocally that the principal targets are US citizens protesting against ICE, not immigrants. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Fascist governments don't declare themselves. Police states do not declare themselves. They just label dissent the enemy and go on from there.
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New Yorkers & NYC adjacent (& anyone else interested):
"Science Fiction at City Tech: Teaching, Researching & Archiving Sci-Fi at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY" is free & open to the public!!! Carlos Hernandez has a keynote at 4 PM tomorrow!
openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/scienceficti...
"Science Fiction at City Tech: Teaching, Researching & Archiving Sci-Fi at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY" is free & open to the public!!! Carlos Hernandez has a keynote at 4 PM tomorrow!
openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/scienceficti...
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New Yorkers & NYC adjacent (& anyone else interested):
"Science Fiction at City Tech: Teaching, Researching & Archiving Sci-Fi at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY" is free & open to the public!!! Carlos Hernandez has a keynote at 4 PM tomorrow!
openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/scienceficti...
"Science Fiction at City Tech: Teaching, Researching & Archiving Sci-Fi at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY" is free & open to the public!!! Carlos Hernandez has a keynote at 4 PM tomorrow!
openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/scienceficti...
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(3) The actually-interesting story that the NPR reporter completely flubbed is that THIS ENTIRE "CENTRIST" OUTLET IS 100% REPUBLICANS TRYING TO SEED THIRD-PARTY SPOILER CANDIDACIES TO HELP THEIR PARTY MAINTAIN CONTROL IN 2026.
Everyone in the Independent Center worked for Trump, FreedomWorks, etc.
Everyone in the Independent Center worked for Trump, FreedomWorks, etc.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
(3) The actually-interesting story that the NPR reporter completely flubbed is that THIS ENTIRE "CENTRIST" OUTLET IS 100% REPUBLICANS TRYING TO SEED THIRD-PARTY SPOILER CANDIDACIES TO HELP THEIR PARTY MAINTAIN CONTROL IN 2026.
Everyone in the Independent Center worked for Trump, FreedomWorks, etc.
Everyone in the Independent Center worked for Trump, FreedomWorks, etc.
A little something for my fellow geriatric millennials/Oregon Trail generation folks to enjoy
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Inspector Gadget (SKA COVER)
YouTube video by Ska Tune Network
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December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A little something for my fellow geriatric millennials/Oregon Trail generation folks to enjoy
youtu.be/MuVBGoGTNw4?...
youtu.be/MuVBGoGTNw4?...
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Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
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FYI @bookshop.org has a sale on Ebooks for less than $4, including @scalzi.com's Kaiju Preservation Society (drm free), Hiding in Plain Sight by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social, Somebody's Daughter by @smashfizzle.bsky.social and lots of other great fiction, romance, etc.
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bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...
Ebook Deals: Less than $4
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
FYI @bookshop.org has a sale on Ebooks for less than $4, including @scalzi.com's Kaiju Preservation Society (drm free), Hiding in Plain Sight by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social, Somebody's Daughter by @smashfizzle.bsky.social and lots of other great fiction, romance, etc.
bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...
bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...
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Solzhenitsyn: " They lie, we know that they lie, they know that they lie, they know that we know that they lie,
And they still Lie".
And they still Lie".
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Solzhenitsyn: " They lie, we know that they lie, they know that they lie, they know that we know that they lie,
And they still Lie".
And they still Lie".
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Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
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AI is going to make Woozles at record speeds, generating semi-correct or fully hallucinated content that is then ingested again & strengthens the incorrect information.
This "reification-by-accretion" process will poison the value of future models, which now have Woozle-fied training sets.
This "reification-by-accretion" process will poison the value of future models, which now have Woozle-fied training sets.
AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI Models
As AI-generated content fills the Internet, it’s corrupting the training data for models to come. What happens when AI eats itself?
www.scientificamerican.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
AI is going to make Woozles at record speeds, generating semi-correct or fully hallucinated content that is then ingested again & strengthens the incorrect information.
This "reification-by-accretion" process will poison the value of future models, which now have Woozle-fied training sets.
This "reification-by-accretion" process will poison the value of future models, which now have Woozle-fied training sets.
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I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
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"People who escape house fires inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their house burning down"
"People who escape car crashes inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their accident"
"People who escape abusive relationships inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their abuse"
"People who escape car crashes inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their accident"
"People who escape abusive relationships inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their abuse"
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"People who escape house fires inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their house burning down"
"People who escape car crashes inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their accident"
"People who escape abusive relationships inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their abuse"
"People who escape car crashes inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their accident"
"People who escape abusive relationships inevitably recreate the conditions that led to their abuse"
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
This is the language that precedes justifying genocide.
Note also 'Trump' messaging around rescinding immigration status of people deemed incompatible with Western civilization (probably also written by Miller)
Note also 'Trump' messaging around rescinding immigration status of people deemed incompatible with Western civilization (probably also written by Miller)
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is the language that precedes justifying genocide.
Note also 'Trump' messaging around rescinding immigration status of people deemed incompatible with Western civilization (probably also written by Miller)
Note also 'Trump' messaging around rescinding immigration status of people deemed incompatible with Western civilization (probably also written by Miller)
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“No,” said Frog.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“No,” said Frog.
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Exciting and unique opportunity with the Institute of Health Visiting on a National NIHR research study - we are seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic Research Associate with experience in public health research to join iHV for a fixed-term period of 12 months
ihv.org.uk/about-us/opp...
ihv.org.uk/about-us/opp...
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Exciting and unique opportunity with the Institute of Health Visiting on a National NIHR research study - we are seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic Research Associate with experience in public health research to join iHV for a fixed-term period of 12 months
ihv.org.uk/about-us/opp...
ihv.org.uk/about-us/opp...
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"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I might be in trouble, but it will likely be resolved in a mildly comical and heartwarming way, because I watched an episode of The Durrells while folding laundry today.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Turing asked us to think about the possibility of a machine that could fool human observers. I've been pondering the real issue is whether a human can overcome any tendencies to think just because something communicates, doesn't mean it's actually sentient.
Many people are failing miserably.
Many people are failing miserably.
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Turing asked us to think about the possibility of a machine that could fool human observers. I've been pondering the real issue is whether a human can overcome any tendencies to think just because something communicates, doesn't mean it's actually sentient.
Many people are failing miserably.
Many people are failing miserably.
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡