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Stephen Checkoway @stevecheckoway.bsky.social · Jun 23

Letter from @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social (posted with permission) to our Congressman.

Dear Congressman Latta,

Dude, no one wants this. We just got out of a forever war in the middle east like four years ago. This is going to be expensive, it does not help the US in any way, and we should not be murdering people just because they live in countries with oil.

I googled it, and it turns out only congress is able to declare war. Dude, that's you! So please do your job and get us out of this.

Best, Cynthia

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Apr 27

Thanks for doing the good work of science communication!

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Apr 27

We now have a Chevy Bolt and a 110V charger and it works great for us.

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Apr 27

@techconnectify.bsky.social Just wanted to let you know your videos inspired me and @stevecheckoway.bsky.social to get an electric car because you convinced us we didn’t need a 220V charger.

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Apr 2

I need to make all of these!!!

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 21

ChatGPT as the modern equivalent of a double-exposed photo of a tween girl in a fairy costume.

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 21

Sam Altman frantically knocking the bottom of the seance table with his knees.

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 21

Like "Sure, that sounds unrealistic, but a bunch of weird new technology stuff just happened. Why not this!"

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 21

Has anyone written their thesis yet on how the current belief in generalized AI is just like when the Victorians went through the Industrial Revolution and suddenly believed in ghosts and fairies and shit?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Mar 21

What Vance is doing here is ENORMOUS disinformation. International students at the undergrad level typically pay full tuition, which subsidizes tuition for American students on financial aid by keeping tuition costs lower. At the grad level, domestic students are harder to recruit!

Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · Mar 21

"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'"

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope

Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Jillian Scudder @jillianscudder.com · Mar 19

Hello folks in spite of The Everything™️, my next book is out in one week!! 7 days!

If you would like to have a small heavily illustrated book tell you about the stars illuminating our understanding of the cosmos, this is your book!

To preorder (US): bookshop.org/p/books/fort...

🧪🔭📚 #booksky

The author’s hand holding a copy of 40 Ways to Know A Star, by Jillian Scudder, PhD, against a beige wall.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 18

1. Incredible ruling! An Ohio appeals court has ruled that trans care is healthcare, strikes down youth trans care ban!

It made the ruling using the Republican-passed "health care freedom amendment" meant to overturn Obamacare!

Subscribe to support my journalism.

You'll want to read this one.

Ohio Appeals Court Rules Trans Care Is Healthcare, Strikes Down Ban For Trans Youth

The ruling was in part based on a 2011 Amendment in the state guaranteeing healthcare freedom, originally meant to challenge Obamacare.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Stephen Checkoway @stevecheckoway.bsky.social · Mar 18

There’s a “death before detrans” sticker on a bollard just outside my office building. I see it and think about it every day when I come to work. I think it’s important and I’m glad whoever put it up did so.

piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · Mar 18

trans folk say "death before detransition" because most of us would have died without transition

that statement is backed up by a mountain of dead trans folk who never got to live

only reason not to listen to us when we tell you what keeps us alive is because you think we are not worthy of life.

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 14

I think I always have gravy vibes.

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Could this be . . . the year of Linux on the desktop?

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Sure he’s an asshole, but between this and Rust in the Linux kernel Linus Torvald is winning me back.

Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · Mar 13

yeah! what is it about them? 🤔

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Stayed up too late looking at the moon.

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Jon Huang @jonhuang.bsky.social · Nov 12

Not all heroes wear capes:

(h/t: Jay Kaufman)

Highlighted sentence in a peer-reviewed paper which reads: "As strongly requested by the reviewers, here we cite some references [35–47] although they are completely irrelevant to the present work."

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 13

(Obviously I just purchased this)

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 13

Amazing that none of these tech bros have ever heard of the Streisand effect. Sure she’s not allowed to publicize it, but now there’s a NYT article about how it hurts Zuck’s feelings if you buy a copy.

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Mar 13

It appears that poor little Zuckerberg is working his wee fingers to the bone to silence the author of a memoir. Apparently, it hurts his feelings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...

Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir (Gift Article)

An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.

www.nytimes.com

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 12

I’ve seen two different college students wearing witch hats in the last two days. I can only assume witch hats are trending now?

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 11

Cuties!

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · Mar 8

If you're a man looking for a way to support women today, tell all your female coworkers how much money you make.

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · Mar 7

happy international women’s day to all the women AND cis women out there!

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Cynthia Taylor @pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social · Mar 8

Tonight I received four identical response emails from the office of Senator Bernie Moreno, which is not actually making me feel like he is “committed to listening to my concerns and ensuring that my voice is heard in Washington”

4 identical form emails from the office of Bernie Moreno. They say “Dear Prof. Taylor,

Thank you for reaching out to my office and sharing your thoughts. Your feedback is invaluable as we work together to address the issues that matter most to Ohio. We meet with constituents every day in Washington, D.C., and it is the best part of my day.

I ran for office because I was tired of career politicians that cared only about getting reelected. I understand I work for you. It is one of the greatest honors of my life to represent Ohio and I work very hard every day to do the best job I possibly can.

I am committed to listening to your concerns and ensuring that your voice is heard in Washington. Every message I receive helps me better understand the needs and priorities of our constituents. We may not always agree, but I want you to know that I respect your passion, your point of view, and your desire to make our great country even better.

If you need assistance with a federal issue or agency that you feel my office can address, please reach out to my casework team. They can be reached at casework@moreno.senate.gov. You won’t find a more dedicated group to help you with anything from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Social Security Administration to the Passport Agency.

Again, thank you for your feedback.

Sincerely,

Bernie Moreno
United States Senator “

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