kbarnes (she/her)
@barnfeline.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 haud-ukie cat cushion and sometimes games and media researcher in amiskwaciy/Treaty 6
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kbarnes (she/her)
@barnfeline.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Excuse me while I awkwardly wander around my home clutching the first book I'm published in, y'all!!!! 🤩
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Everyone enjoying this slide should follow @hugobookclub.bsky.social for more excellent takes that balance shitposting and thoughtful criticism. And occasionally full deep dives like this hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
Organized labour in science fiction
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.
hugoclub.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Everyone enjoying this slide should follow @hugobookclub.bsky.social for more excellent takes that balance shitposting and thoughtful criticism. And occasionally full deep dives like this hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
I’m *not* biased but CGSA is the best academic association in the biz: imaginative, inclusive, accessible, supportive and constructive.
Our brand-new and bilingual website for CGSA 2026 is now live (a whole day early, go us!): event.fourwaves.com/cgsa2026
We're officially ready receive your wonderful proposals (click the "Submissions" tab in the top-left).
As always, email us if you encounter any issues or have any questions. <3
We're officially ready receive your wonderful proposals (click the "Submissions" tab in the top-left).
As always, email us if you encounter any issues or have any questions. <3
CGSA/ACÉJ 2026
Fourwaves - CGSA/ACÉJ 2026
event.fourwaves.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m *not* biased but CGSA is the best academic association in the biz: imaginative, inclusive, accessible, supportive and constructive.
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I love me some old school JRPG graphics
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I love me some old school JRPG graphics
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This is an incredible and utterly necessary project that shines a light on the enslavement of countless indigenous ppl.
(1/3) Stolen Relations has been launched for a month! Thanks to the hard work of hundreds of partners and researchers, stolenrelations.org currently has records of upwards of 7,000 individuals and many pieces of art and storytelling that help to flesh out the stories of unfree Indigenous people.
Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas
Stolen Relations seeks to recover stories of Indigenous slavery in the Americas. The website has a database as well as a map, timeline, interviews, and curricular materials.
stolenrelations.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is an incredible and utterly necessary project that shines a light on the enslavement of countless indigenous ppl.
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Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
“In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map for
those who would climb through the hole in the sky… An imperfect map will have to do, little one.”
Joy Harjo
those who would climb through the hole in the sky… An imperfect map will have to do, little one.”
Joy Harjo
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map for
those who would climb through the hole in the sky… An imperfect map will have to do, little one.”
Joy Harjo
those who would climb through the hole in the sky… An imperfect map will have to do, little one.”
Joy Harjo
The hazards of making pesto 😔
October 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The hazards of making pesto 😔
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i found the cure for autism its called treating children like individual sapient human beings
September 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
i found the cure for autism its called treating children like individual sapient human beings
“At the centre of the controversy is an X post that Marshall apparently made on Wednesday afternoon in response to a user denying the authenticity of graphic videos showing children being killed in Gaza.”
University of Toronto building shut down, police investigating threat, amid backlash to professor’s X post:
pressprogress.ca/university-o...
pressprogress.ca/university-o...
University of Toronto building shut down, police investigating threat, amid backlash to professor’s X post
While Ruth Marshall's comments were widely characterized as having concerned Charlie Kirk, evidence suggests a different context
pressprogress.ca
September 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“At the centre of the controversy is an X post that Marshall apparently made on Wednesday afternoon in response to a user denying the authenticity of graphic videos showing children being killed in Gaza.”
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Thank you to @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social for having me on to talk about why AI Slop has no place in our public libraries, and what you can do about it!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thank you to @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social for having me on to talk about why AI Slop has no place in our public libraries, and what you can do about it!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
TFW your toddler knows that rocks are a special interest of yours 🥰😍🥹
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
TFW your toddler knows that rocks are a special interest of yours 🥰😍🥹
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New shirts in support of our bid. We'll be rocking them at @seattlein2025.org. Want one? If there's demand, we'll make them available.
July 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
New shirts in support of our bid. We'll be rocking them at @seattlein2025.org. Want one? If there's demand, we'll make them available.
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Listen. I work with teams of Ph.D. experts. And if ChatGPT is going to emulate the experience of a college subcommittee meeting, gods save us all.
OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”
OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’
OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.
nbcnews.to
August 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Listen. I work with teams of Ph.D. experts. And if ChatGPT is going to emulate the experience of a college subcommittee meeting, gods save us all.
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Got a new piece in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social.
“Precarious employment in precarious futures” is one of my favourite articles Amanda and I have written.
“Precarious employment in precarious futures” is one of my favourite articles Amanda and I have written.
Precarious Employment in Precarious Futures - Uncanny Magazine
At the start of Isaac Asimov’s novel Foundation, the young, gifted mathematician Gaal Dornick arrives on Trantor to accept an appointment at Streeling University. The conditions of his employment cont...
www.uncannymagazine.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Got a new piece in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social.
“Precarious employment in precarious futures” is one of my favourite articles Amanda and I have written.
“Precarious employment in precarious futures” is one of my favourite articles Amanda and I have written.
@mohawkrainian.bsky.social OMG ANOTHER KANIENKEHAKA-UKIE HYBRID?! I thought I was the only one lmao
July 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@mohawkrainian.bsky.social OMG ANOTHER KANIENKEHAKA-UKIE HYBRID?! I thought I was the only one lmao
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Deeds not words are needed now.
“The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
“The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation
Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Deeds not words are needed now.
“The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
“The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The literal story of my German ancestor was that my great-great grandmother found him alone, lost, dehydrated and sick, and she asked her parents if she could adopt him, like a pet. 🤣
settlers died, like, a lot, because they were dumbasses
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The literal story of my German ancestor was that my great-great grandmother found him alone, lost, dehydrated and sick, and she asked her parents if she could adopt him, like a pet. 🤣
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
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Such a hard story to read about a woman in science who was clearly passionate about what she did — and excellent at it — and had that taken from her because she was Chinese.
May she rest in peace. 🧪
May she rest in peace. 🧪
"Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
Northwestern sued over suicide of professor targeted in China investigation
The estate of Northwestern University Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide last year after being investigated in a controversial federal probe, is suing the school for allegedly discriminating ag…
www.chicagotribune.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Such a hard story to read about a woman in science who was clearly passionate about what she did — and excellent at it — and had that taken from her because she was Chinese.
May she rest in peace. 🧪
May she rest in peace. 🧪
My grandfather’s distant ancestors came from Scotland, so pretty much anything boiled to shit. Especially oatmeal. That texture is a one-way bullet train ticket to autistic meltdown city.
what's a traditional food of your people/culture that everyone else seems to love that you absolutely cannot stand?
for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste
for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste
July 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My grandfather’s distant ancestors came from Scotland, so pretty much anything boiled to shit. Especially oatmeal. That texture is a one-way bullet train ticket to autistic meltdown city.
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Not exactly happy I've got to do something like this, but shit is fucked at the moment. So if any of you all can share this or whatever, that'd be nice. Getting evicted sucks, my dudes. 0/10. www.gofundme.com/f/n4sznu-eme...
Donate to Emergency moving expenses, organized by Matthew Welwood
Hey, I'm Matt, me and my friend Kelsey and her dog Kuma(that's who the picture is) live in a… Matthew Welwood needs your support for Emergency moving expenses
www.gofundme.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Not exactly happy I've got to do something like this, but shit is fucked at the moment. So if any of you all can share this or whatever, that'd be nice. Getting evicted sucks, my dudes. 0/10. www.gofundme.com/f/n4sznu-eme...
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The only time I have ever been in support of leafblowers.
Just now: Police throw tear gas canisters at protestors, who then kick it back to police. They are also shooting fireworks at the police in response to the police aggression.
Protestors have also armed themselves with defensive leafblowers to push back toxic tear gas.
Protestors have also armed themselves with defensive leafblowers to push back toxic tear gas.
June 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The only time I have ever been in support of leafblowers.
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Here's what to add to robots.txt:
# Block Gen AI Scrapers
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PiplBot
Disallow: /
# Block Gen AI Scrapers
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PiplBot
Disallow: /
May 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Here's what to add to robots.txt:
# Block Gen AI Scrapers
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PiplBot
Disallow: /
# Block Gen AI Scrapers
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PiplBot
Disallow: /
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If you own any website, I urge you to at least block scrapers through your robots.txt file.
robots.txt is a generic text file usually on the root of your host ( mywebsite(dot)com/robots.txt ) that can block certain clients from accessing your data. You can simply create one if it doesn't exist. 1/2
robots.txt is a generic text file usually on the root of your host ( mywebsite(dot)com/robots.txt ) that can block certain clients from accessing your data. You can simply create one if it doesn't exist. 1/2
So apparently my art blog is now being cited by google's AI as an authoritative source, making people think that my silly art project about brains escaping bodies is a real thing...
The state of the internet sucks, man
The state of the internet sucks, man
May 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you own any website, I urge you to at least block scrapers through your robots.txt file.
robots.txt is a generic text file usually on the root of your host ( mywebsite(dot)com/robots.txt ) that can block certain clients from accessing your data. You can simply create one if it doesn't exist. 1/2
robots.txt is a generic text file usually on the root of your host ( mywebsite(dot)com/robots.txt ) that can block certain clients from accessing your data. You can simply create one if it doesn't exist. 1/2