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katie
@supermathskid.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Hey! You! Do you like... learning things? Do you like... laughing?? Do you like... being that annoying person in the conversation who gets to say "um ACTUALLY Einstein wasn't even that smart he couldn't even swim and he KEPT falling in the ocean and making people save him"?
Then you'll LOVE my book
Then you'll LOVE my book
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Switched on BBC News and they’re crowing about how their investigation has led to the govt banning asylum seekers from using taxis to go see a doctor. Sick country.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Switched on BBC News and they’re crowing about how their investigation has led to the govt banning asylum seekers from using taxis to go see a doctor. Sick country.
they have to let him do this to protect against JD Vance
when you're the pope they let you do this
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
they have to let him do this to protect against JD Vance
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Crows Can Hold A Grudge Way Longer Than You Can
There's a reason they go around in murders.
www.iflscience.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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It's infuriating. www.iflscience.com/why-is-my-ey...
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's infuriating. www.iflscience.com/why-is-my-ey...
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A bold move! www.iflscience.com/australia-is...
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A bold move! www.iflscience.com/australia-is...
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
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My definition of woman includes some people wth 46XY karyotypes. Yours excludes them. Your definition is counter to law, culture, philosophy, identity, practice, anthropology and everyday facts. My definition is counter to... a bald assertion that a karyotype is necessarily determinative of sex.
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My definition of woman includes some people wth 46XY karyotypes. Yours excludes them. Your definition is counter to law, culture, philosophy, identity, practice, anthropology and everyday facts. My definition is counter to... a bald assertion that a karyotype is necessarily determinative of sex.
I maintain my position that Wicked did not need to be two movies
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I maintain my position that Wicked did not need to be two movies
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I can't even send a file to my colleague because they've got all that locked down, but they can invite a random AI note taker to any meeting
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I can't even send a file to my colleague because they've got all that locked down, but they can invite a random AI note taker to any meeting
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what I find so interesting about AI meeting tools is that companies don't seem to mind meetings with sometimes sensitive company data just being recorded by random startups
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
what I find so interesting about AI meeting tools is that companies don't seem to mind meetings with sometimes sensitive company data just being recorded by random startups
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
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Let's see... £2m... Oxford...
Just this 6 bed, 4 bath, detached home with 6 reception rooms and a sprawling garden 10mins from the city centre.
"not all the height of luxury".
Rich people really just live in an entirely alternative reality to everyone else. It's absolutely wild.
Just this 6 bed, 4 bath, detached home with 6 reception rooms and a sprawling garden 10mins from the city centre.
"not all the height of luxury".
Rich people really just live in an entirely alternative reality to everyone else. It's absolutely wild.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Let's see... £2m... Oxford...
Just this 6 bed, 4 bath, detached home with 6 reception rooms and a sprawling garden 10mins from the city centre.
"not all the height of luxury".
Rich people really just live in an entirely alternative reality to everyone else. It's absolutely wild.
Just this 6 bed, 4 bath, detached home with 6 reception rooms and a sprawling garden 10mins from the city centre.
"not all the height of luxury".
Rich people really just live in an entirely alternative reality to everyone else. It's absolutely wild.
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If trans women are generally better than cis women at (some) sports (a claim which doesn't even seem to be straightfowardly true anyway), I simply don't care. Tall women are better than short women at sport, in general. Rich women better than poor women at sport, in general. *shrug*
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If trans women are generally better than cis women at (some) sports (a claim which doesn't even seem to be straightfowardly true anyway), I simply don't care. Tall women are better than short women at sport, in general. Rich women better than poor women at sport, in general. *shrug*
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It bears repeating: some women are simply better than other women at sport.
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It bears repeating: some women are simply better than other women at sport.
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Immigration creates jobs, supports public services, & drives growth.
These are economic facts.
How is it that the only days we *dont* have the media banging on about immigration is on the days we’re handed the budget? #r4today
These are economic facts.
How is it that the only days we *dont* have the media banging on about immigration is on the days we’re handed the budget? #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Immigration creates jobs, supports public services, & drives growth.
These are economic facts.
How is it that the only days we *dont* have the media banging on about immigration is on the days we’re handed the budget? #r4today
These are economic facts.
How is it that the only days we *dont* have the media banging on about immigration is on the days we’re handed the budget? #r4today
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Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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Good illustration on the 'migration doom loop'. This is applies to the whole of Europe (including the Netherlands)
Key point: When going through the doom loop, everything always gets worse: The economy does not improve, there is not less support for populists, and irregular migration does not stop
Key point: When going through the doom loop, everything always gets worse: The economy does not improve, there is not less support for populists, and irregular migration does not stop
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Good illustration on the 'migration doom loop'. This is applies to the whole of Europe (including the Netherlands)
Key point: When going through the doom loop, everything always gets worse: The economy does not improve, there is not less support for populists, and irregular migration does not stop
Key point: When going through the doom loop, everything always gets worse: The economy does not improve, there is not less support for populists, and irregular migration does not stop
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"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
We can all only aspire to have levels of pettiness this heroic
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We can all only aspire to have levels of pettiness this heroic
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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It’s fascinating to me what a suicidal timeline we’re on as a species - that everything about our economic system is predicated upon being urged to behave in ways that ensure greater and greater struggle for all of us.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s fascinating to me what a suicidal timeline we’re on as a species - that everything about our economic system is predicated upon being urged to behave in ways that ensure greater and greater struggle for all of us.