Sky Palm
@darnschyp.bsky.social
MA digital humanities | writer | disability support practitioner | AuDHD | once and future time traveller | walking liney face | still baby | YEG | they/them (and not going anywhere)
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we live in a sick society that thinks preventing problems is a waste of time and effort and hey, guess why everything sucks now
January 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
we live in a sick society that thinks preventing problems is a waste of time and effort and hey, guess why everything sucks now
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Just published a new Kairos article, in a different style than the usual: kairos-research.org/illness-trau...
It describes my own experience with ME/CFS (a severe chronic illness) and tries to explain the strangely cruel behavior that people often display in response to visible illness.
It describes my own experience with ME/CFS (a severe chronic illness) and tries to explain the strangely cruel behavior that people often display in response to visible illness.
Illness, trauma, and cruelty
Before you engage with this essay, dear reader, please heed my warning. I have made my best attempt to show how cruelty breaks people, and how it’s embedded in the deepest of our cultural structure. I...
kairos-research.org
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Just published a new Kairos article, in a different style than the usual: kairos-research.org/illness-trau...
It describes my own experience with ME/CFS (a severe chronic illness) and tries to explain the strangely cruel behavior that people often display in response to visible illness.
It describes my own experience with ME/CFS (a severe chronic illness) and tries to explain the strangely cruel behavior that people often display in response to visible illness.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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The descendants of illegal immigrants who built a nation on stolen land are complaining about illegal immigration.
You really can’t make this up.
You really can’t make this up.
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The descendants of illegal immigrants who built a nation on stolen land are complaining about illegal immigration.
You really can’t make this up.
You really can’t make this up.
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"It's the privileged who talk like this! We need to burn down the system for the oppressed!"
What do you think will happen to your disabled allies in the starvation and rubble of a civil war fought with cruise missiles and drones? You think their meds will still be available?
What do you think will happen to your disabled allies in the starvation and rubble of a civil war fought with cruise missiles and drones? You think their meds will still be available?
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"It's the privileged who talk like this! We need to burn down the system for the oppressed!"
What do you think will happen to your disabled allies in the starvation and rubble of a civil war fought with cruise missiles and drones? You think their meds will still be available?
What do you think will happen to your disabled allies in the starvation and rubble of a civil war fought with cruise missiles and drones? You think their meds will still be available?
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there's nobody out there going half-mast for robert redford i'll tell you that
September 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
there's nobody out there going half-mast for robert redford i'll tell you that
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If you’re doing any writing or posting about the phrase “transgender ideology” it should be to say one of the following things:
— it’s a meaningless dog whistle
— trans people had nothing to do with this shooting
— there’s no evidence shooter was trying to show support for trans people/trans rights
— it’s a meaningless dog whistle
— trans people had nothing to do with this shooting
— there’s no evidence shooter was trying to show support for trans people/trans rights
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you’re doing any writing or posting about the phrase “transgender ideology” it should be to say one of the following things:
— it’s a meaningless dog whistle
— trans people had nothing to do with this shooting
— there’s no evidence shooter was trying to show support for trans people/trans rights
— it’s a meaningless dog whistle
— trans people had nothing to do with this shooting
— there’s no evidence shooter was trying to show support for trans people/trans rights
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"Given the crimes Epstein was convicted of, I steeled myself before scrolling. Somehow, my internet-addled imagination failed me. This book is a nightmare." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Given the crimes Epstein was convicted of, I steeled myself before scrolling. Somehow, my internet-addled imagination failed me. This book is a nightmare." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Them: Tell me you've had your heart broken without telling me you've had your heart bro–
Me: WHAT WOULD **YOU** KNOW ABOUT THE CRANBERRIES
#writingcommunity
Me: WHAT WOULD **YOU** KNOW ABOUT THE CRANBERRIES
#writingcommunity
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Them: Tell me you've had your heart broken without telling me you've had your heart bro–
Me: WHAT WOULD **YOU** KNOW ABOUT THE CRANBERRIES
#writingcommunity
Me: WHAT WOULD **YOU** KNOW ABOUT THE CRANBERRIES
#writingcommunity
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Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
www.the-reframe.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
You’ll never hear me dump on Education, but when post2ndaries are run like (taxpayer subsidized) businesses that offer micro-credentials and hyper-specialized programs with 0 transferable skills in a job market that changes every 5 yrs, then “education” is just job orientation you’re paying to do.
August 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You’ll never hear me dump on Education, but when post2ndaries are run like (taxpayer subsidized) businesses that offer micro-credentials and hyper-specialized programs with 0 transferable skills in a job market that changes every 5 yrs, then “education” is just job orientation you’re paying to do.
Nothing reminds me I'm in my 30s like a craving for liquorice allsorts.
August 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Nothing reminds me I'm in my 30s like a craving for liquorice allsorts.
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If you don’t like this country, just leave!
If the turn signals in your car stop working, just abandon it!
If the toilets stop flushing, just move houses!
Never solve problems, always give up.
If the turn signals in your car stop working, just abandon it!
If the toilets stop flushing, just move houses!
Never solve problems, always give up.
July 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If you don’t like this country, just leave!
If the turn signals in your car stop working, just abandon it!
If the toilets stop flushing, just move houses!
Never solve problems, always give up.
If the turn signals in your car stop working, just abandon it!
If the toilets stop flushing, just move houses!
Never solve problems, always give up.
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we can house our fellow Angelenos, or we can have housing that is used to store, accumulate, generate, and launder capital. But we can;t have both.
July 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
we can house our fellow Angelenos, or we can have housing that is used to store, accumulate, generate, and launder capital. But we can;t have both.
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I understand why many leftists on this app are anonymous and also one of the consequences of doing your business on here as an anonymous person is that if you try to moralize and pressure people about something, no one knows why the fuck they should listen to you or what your social location is
July 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I understand why many leftists on this app are anonymous and also one of the consequences of doing your business on here as an anonymous person is that if you try to moralize and pressure people about something, no one knows why the fuck they should listen to you or what your social location is
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I think anyone who’s against expanding AC access should voluntarily give up their own for a full year before they’re allowed to talk about it.
That means no AC at home, no AC in the car, no AC at work.
That means no AC at home, no AC in the car, no AC at work.
July 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I think anyone who’s against expanding AC access should voluntarily give up their own for a full year before they’re allowed to talk about it.
That means no AC at home, no AC in the car, no AC at work.
That means no AC at home, no AC in the car, no AC at work.
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heyyy, sorry to bother you! your operating system just got in touch with me and said it was having trouble getting hold of you. it said it has an important system update it needs to install, but you aren't responding to its notifications. it sounded pretty worried honestly
June 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
heyyy, sorry to bother you! your operating system just got in touch with me and said it was having trouble getting hold of you. it said it has an important system update it needs to install, but you aren't responding to its notifications. it sounded pretty worried honestly
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"Here it's also useful to make a distinction between property damage (which protesters in the USA in our era have done from time to time) and harming living beings (which is largely something done by law enforcement in these demonstrations)."
By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Here it's also useful to make a distinction between property damage (which protesters in the USA in our era have done from time to time) and harming living beings (which is largely something done by law enforcement in these demonstrations)."
By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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“I’d rather be spoonfed propaganda by a fascist and deal with gas chamber memes in my mentions than get called a useful idiot by someone with pronouns in bio” is one hell of a revealed preference, that’s for certain.
June 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“I’d rather be spoonfed propaganda by a fascist and deal with gas chamber memes in my mentions than get called a useful idiot by someone with pronouns in bio” is one hell of a revealed preference, that’s for certain.
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These kids aren't afraid of fake bullets. They've been faced with the threat of real ones since kindergarten.
June 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
These kids aren't afraid of fake bullets. They've been faced with the threat of real ones since kindergarten.
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Seriously, FUCK Boundless.
Writers, do not publish with them.
Agents, do not submit to them.
Bookstores, do not carry their books.
Any company that thinks torching this many authors will result in being able to “continue publishing and rebuild trust” is delusional and deserves to die.
Writers, do not publish with them.
Agents, do not submit to them.
Bookstores, do not carry their books.
Any company that thinks torching this many authors will result in being able to “continue publishing and rebuild trust” is delusional and deserves to die.
May 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Seriously, FUCK Boundless.
Writers, do not publish with them.
Agents, do not submit to them.
Bookstores, do not carry their books.
Any company that thinks torching this many authors will result in being able to “continue publishing and rebuild trust” is delusional and deserves to die.
Writers, do not publish with them.
Agents, do not submit to them.
Bookstores, do not carry their books.
Any company that thinks torching this many authors will result in being able to “continue publishing and rebuild trust” is delusional and deserves to die.
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how about a public consultation on Danielle Smith's spending? From the garbage children's tylenol that magically vanished after not working; to vacations for 100 to Dubai; to outsourcing healthcare to Mr. Mraiche's clients??
Cause this nonsense below? That's meant to distract from the above.
Cause this nonsense below? That's meant to distract from the above.
May 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
how about a public consultation on Danielle Smith's spending? From the garbage children's tylenol that magically vanished after not working; to vacations for 100 to Dubai; to outsourcing healthcare to Mr. Mraiche's clients??
Cause this nonsense below? That's meant to distract from the above.
Cause this nonsense below? That's meant to distract from the above.
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Law 0: A robot must not damage company reputation, or by inaction allow company stock price to fall.
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Law 0: A robot must not damage company reputation, or by inaction allow company stock price to fall.
This, and calling it "autonomous" tech is a preemptive abdication of responsibility. When Anduril bombs a hospital it's now a "programming error" they "deeply regret," not the result of human choices buried inside an algorithm.
"a roomba vacuum has better autonomy than most of the pentagon's weapons systems" the pentagon's weapons systems are generally not autonomous because autonomous weapons systems are a stupid idea for losers with exactly this sort of hair
Palmer Luckey says the U.S. military has relied on overpriced, outdated technology for too long. He argues that a Tesla has better AI than any U.S. aircraft and a Roomba vacuum has better autonomy than most of the Pentagon's weapons systems. He is out to change that. https://cbsn.ws/4jY5qIx
May 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This, and calling it "autonomous" tech is a preemptive abdication of responsibility. When Anduril bombs a hospital it's now a "programming error" they "deeply regret," not the result of human choices buried inside an algorithm.