Kayla
@ghostface-kayla.bsky.social
Web Dev / Misanthrope / Immigrant in 🏴
Interested in politics, art, philosophy, and all the cool bands you haven't heard of yet.
Interested in politics, art, philosophy, and all the cool bands you haven't heard of yet.
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This is so funny.
"I'm afraid the economy now runs primarily on me and my idiot threads throwing more and more money at the Create the Torment Nexus project. We can't afford to go backwards. Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the Skull Throne."
"I'm afraid the economy now runs primarily on me and my idiot threads throwing more and more money at the Create the Torment Nexus project. We can't afford to go backwards. Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the Skull Throne."
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This is so funny.
"I'm afraid the economy now runs primarily on me and my idiot threads throwing more and more money at the Create the Torment Nexus project. We can't afford to go backwards. Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the Skull Throne."
"I'm afraid the economy now runs primarily on me and my idiot threads throwing more and more money at the Create the Torment Nexus project. We can't afford to go backwards. Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the Skull Throne."
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
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We need a bigger tent, that’s why we must betray and expel the following types of people:
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We need a bigger tent, that’s why we must betray and expel the following types of people:
As an immigrant with ILR who volunteers voluntarily (the clue is in the word), from Brownies to animal shelters, being forced to have done so would have made me feel very separate to and disconnected from my community. Singling out immigrants for extra unpaid labour will only breed resentment.
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
As an immigrant with ILR who volunteers voluntarily (the clue is in the word), from Brownies to animal shelters, being forced to have done so would have made me feel very separate to and disconnected from my community. Singling out immigrants for extra unpaid labour will only breed resentment.
The absolute gall to expect immigrants to work 12 hour shifts propping up the NHS and then also have to find time to perform unpaid labour that their British colleagues don't have to, all just to appease a bunch of racist flag waving assholes who have never given anything back to their communities.
Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The absolute gall to expect immigrants to work 12 hour shifts propping up the NHS and then also have to find time to perform unpaid labour that their British colleagues don't have to, all just to appease a bunch of racist flag waving assholes who have never given anything back to their communities.
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NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
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Racist views were something agreed to be shameful. For the people pushing racist views today, the reluctance to call them out is a tremendous boon. Even as social media brings them together, it demonstrates to them that they can be bolder without consequence. That’s why they’re now more explicit /4
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Racist views were something agreed to be shameful. For the people pushing racist views today, the reluctance to call them out is a tremendous boon. Even as social media brings them together, it demonstrates to them that they can be bolder without consequence. That’s why they’re now more explicit /4
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Another thing I love about the present moment - Musk regularly goes 'don't worry, we are going to change THAT' whenever Grok produces an answer that doesn't align with his priors, yet the British Labour government thinks that they are going to be able to land an argument on there in 2029.
September 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Another thing I love about the present moment - Musk regularly goes 'don't worry, we are going to change THAT' whenever Grok produces an answer that doesn't align with his priors, yet the British Labour government thinks that they are going to be able to land an argument on there in 2029.
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
This government is really excelling at finding novel ways to be tepid.
Making it contingent a ceasefire is bizarre: why would Palestinian statehood be less valid just because Israel wasn’t in the process of killing Palestinians?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions - live updates
Starmer says the UK will take the step at a UN meeting unless Israel makes
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This government is really excelling at finding novel ways to be tepid.
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You can watch this Green Beret describe this experience in his own words to @vanhollen.senate.gov, and for us, and I cried. I’m not sure how you could watch this veteran tell this child’s story and not feel all of the emotions at once.
July 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You can watch this Green Beret describe this experience in his own words to @vanhollen.senate.gov, and for us, and I cried. I’m not sure how you could watch this veteran tell this child’s story and not feel all of the emotions at once.
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To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner says she "100%" questions the faith of Jewish politicians who endorse Zohran Mamdani.
"The same way I would question Chuck Schumer, who works against the interests of his own people at times for the politics."
Emily Compagno then accuses Mamdani of Holocaust denial!
"The same way I would question Chuck Schumer, who works against the interests of his own people at times for the politics."
Emily Compagno then accuses Mamdani of Holocaust denial!
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
🛑 Anti-war protest - Edinburgh
📍Foot of the mound
📅 23 June
🕐 17:30
📍Foot of the mound
📅 23 June
🕐 17:30
June 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🛑 Anti-war protest - Edinburgh
📍Foot of the mound
📅 23 June
🕐 17:30
📍Foot of the mound
📅 23 June
🕐 17:30
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Sex pest solidarity.
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sex pest solidarity.
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This is who is protecting you now, America.
June 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is who is protecting you now, America.
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So many genuine problems facing the UK - neither the government nor individuals have enough money, poor public services, threats from hostile foreign powers. That parts of the right obssess about "too many brown people in London" speaks volumes about their lack of solutions to the real problems.
Today’s London Standard has a big report on how the capital “isn’t working”. It blames immigrants, especially Muslims, and the lack of “White British”. It asks “if there’s a minimum number of natives” at which London must give it up its status as the UK capital. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lond...
June 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
So many genuine problems facing the UK - neither the government nor individuals have enough money, poor public services, threats from hostile foreign powers. That parts of the right obssess about "too many brown people in London" speaks volumes about their lack of solutions to the real problems.
Being an immigrant under Theresa May's stewardship of the Home Office was bleak and often frightening. This feels like it has the potential to be 100x worse. I didn't expect much from this government but fuck me, I really didn't expect them to go full Rivers of Blood.
May 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Being an immigrant under Theresa May's stewardship of the Home Office was bleak and often frightening. This feels like it has the potential to be 100x worse. I didn't expect much from this government but fuck me, I really didn't expect them to go full Rivers of Blood.
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Since Starmer decided to make immigration a supernova-hot hot button issue...
I knew Labour were piling indignities on immigrants like sprinkling confetti at a wedding, but I managed to miss this particular horror until yesterday.
Perhaps you didn't know either?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I knew Labour were piling indignities on immigrants like sprinkling confetti at a wedding, but I managed to miss this particular horror until yesterday.
Perhaps you didn't know either?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
May 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Since Starmer decided to make immigration a supernova-hot hot button issue...
I knew Labour were piling indignities on immigrants like sprinkling confetti at a wedding, but I managed to miss this particular horror until yesterday.
Perhaps you didn't know either?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I knew Labour were piling indignities on immigrants like sprinkling confetti at a wedding, but I managed to miss this particular horror until yesterday.
Perhaps you didn't know either?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
Immigration fell by a third in the 9 months after General Election. (From 1.2m visas to 800k in year to March 2025). The new lower headline migration figure (the 12 months of 2024) will come out 10 days after the white paper. Saying net migration is 700k (last stat: year to June 2024) is out of date
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
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You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
May 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
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Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
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How often I give a plaintive cry of "what a world, what a world," how rarely I feel the relief of melting into the floor beneath me.
April 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How often I give a plaintive cry of "what a world, what a world," how rarely I feel the relief of melting into the floor beneath me.