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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8h

“We need so many people to care, so many people to say that, ‘I am willing to make financial and social sacrifices, professional sacrifices, in order to build a better world.’Whoever is questioning whether or not they should do that, I want them to know that they can, and it’ll be okay”

I miss Link

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

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The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 11h

thank you for describing this generation we get to inhabit. And for your pet rescue work!

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 3d

Thursday 10/9 at 1 PM Central, @sciencewriting.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on covering scientific funding chaoes with @stephaniemlee.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.

Sign up: connector.casw.org/event/casw-c...

CASW Connector Chat: How To Cover Ongoing Chaos in Science Funding - CASW Connector

CASW Connector's next Chat comprises top reporters discussing funding cuts and reinstatements, related lawsuits plus database Grant Witness.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Unacceptable to put the costs of the AI boom on the backs of families struggling to pay their bills. It’s a crisis.

Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 1d

“By 2028, an average family in the region will be paying around $70 a month extra on their electricity bills because of forecasted data center growth”

I'm once again asking why ratepayers are subsidizing AI titans?

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Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 2d

Wow.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

‘The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year… Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade’
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America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 3d

Books!

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 3d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Steffani [Scary Name Here] Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 4d

Even better is the live performance she did for the 2010 Olympics.

Like, these are •live• vocals.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

Elected officials simply CANNOT POST THROUGH IT. That is NOT their JOB.

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Adopt a Pet @adoptapet.bsky.social · 6d

This friend is in search of a forever home: Newt, located in Pacific Grove, CA.

Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/newt-76000260/ca/pacific-grove/peace-of-mind-dog-rescue-ca1623/

Newt is a Chihuahua and Terrier dog, available for adoption in Pacific Grove, CA.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 7d

Thank you to the career federal employees, who show up to work every day and improve people's lives across the country.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8d

(not re: the deer, but the colorscapes:)

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8d

Wow.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8d

link to her profile: www.petfinder.com/dog/bamboo-7...

Adopt Bamboo on Petfinder

Bamboo is an adoptable Dog - Mixed Breed searching for a forever family near Atlanta, GA. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8d

Those eyes! And the heart patch on her chest! Who do we know in Atlanta who can broadcast for this sweet senior? via @adoptapet.bsky.social

A senior black-coated dog named Bamboo melts the camera in her shelter photo shoot with those eyes while wearing a colorful floral bandana. On her chest, an heart-shaped patch of white fur. She’s available to adopt in Atlanta, Georgia, info via petfinder.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8d

yes. I found his persistent use of the first person plural deeply ahistorical and icky in other ways (and only listened through minute 28 so far.)

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!! Looking forward to reading the article.

Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 10d

So grateful for your work amidst all this and sending you wishes for rest and care. here’s a pet pic (Rosalind 🐾)

Picture of a sweet black and tan terrier on a sofa

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 11d

I love this! Will it be in the shop?

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 11d

I loved this story! and this passage about how we’re haunted by even the beauty in our past

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 19d

ICYMI: I wrote a story about nostalgia and parties and the gorgeous wild unseriousness of this life and how sad and good it all is, and it has (almost) nothing to do with politics at all and I do really hope you read it because I wrote it for you ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/your-life-...

The further back you go, the people are less people and more ghosts, just smudges of smoke in the corners. This is what it's like to be haunted, you think. This is what it's like: everyone you loved a long time ago, gathered in your childhood basement forever.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 12d

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Layli Long Soldier on Wounded Knee and the Murder of George Floyd

For George Floyd, his family, and all who are deeply affected * Today, after two months of Covid-19 lockdown and four days after the murder of George Floyd, I’m flooded. Tossing in the waves. I hav…

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 12d

thinking of Layli Long Soldier and this passage:

‘I think about being a woman in this world, in this country to be specific, and the lengths to which I have been stretched…

And I have learned that along the way—en route, when there is time—a dress can be ripped up to bandage.’

Text from essay: ‘I might note that I am especially drawn to women’s stories and accounts, perhaps because I am a woman and I make natural connections. For example, the following day after surviving the Wounded Knee Massacre, Mrs. Mosseau wore three dresses—this image has hooked me, years after reading her account. I think about being a woman in this world, in this country to be specific, and the lengths to which I have been stretched. Yet, our grandmothers, they endured more. I know this so I keep going, sometimes, only, because I can. And I have learned that along the way—en route, when there is time—a dress can be ripped up to bandage.’

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 12d

Has the annual soup recipe mega-thread happened yet? One of my favorite trifles from the old place! Hope it happens here—please advise 🍲

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 15d

sending you love to go through it.💜

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