Katya Dreyer-Oren
@kdreyeroren.bsky.social
I talk about tech ethics, music, cats, and chocolate, not necessarily in that order. Fan of the very practical and the extremely absurd. she/her
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this is why i use "predictive model" and ask "what does it predict?"
they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind"
and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"
they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind"
and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
this is why i use "predictive model" and ask "what does it predict?"
they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind"
and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"
they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind"
and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"
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ICE deportation agent: “Just to be upfront, the goal is to put as many guns and badges out in the field as possible.”
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
ICE deportation agent: “Just to be upfront, the goal is to put as many guns and badges out in the field as possible.”
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This morning, Ms. Rachel and I visited District 2 Pre-K Center, where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We also discussed universal childcare - and how we're making it happen for NYC!
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
This morning, Ms. Rachel and I visited District 2 Pre-K Center, where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We also discussed universal childcare - and how we're making it happen for NYC!
When in doubt, aurora borealis!
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When in doubt, aurora borealis!
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My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
If you’re an indie artist working with a small, indie label, they usually handle digital distribution and don’t give you much of a choice in the matter. Depending on how “indie” you are, you may not have the leverage to push back against it.
5. Speaking of copyright, by putting your music on Spotify you agree to let them train AI with it. Spotify is licensing that tech to other companies so presumably any AI co can access it.
If you're against your work being used for AI, why are you agreeing to it by uploading to Spotify?
If you're against your work being used for AI, why are you agreeing to it by uploading to Spotify?
December 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If you’re an indie artist working with a small, indie label, they usually handle digital distribution and don’t give you much of a choice in the matter. Depending on how “indie” you are, you may not have the leverage to push back against it.
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As Ahmed Al Ahmed so clearly showed, when Republicans target and threaten Muslims simply for being Muslim, they abandon our core values and fuel hate and violence.
This dangerous and baseless Islamophobia has no place in our country, particularly from our elected leaders.
This dangerous and baseless Islamophobia has no place in our country, particularly from our elected leaders.
Across social media, Republicans are suggesting Muslims are a threat to peaceful society that must be deported, ignoring the fact that the day’s hero—Ahmed Al Ahmed, who grappled a gun away from the attackers—was a member of the local Muslim community. trib.al/yweEKWY
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As Ahmed Al Ahmed so clearly showed, when Republicans target and threaten Muslims simply for being Muslim, they abandon our core values and fuel hate and violence.
This dangerous and baseless Islamophobia has no place in our country, particularly from our elected leaders.
This dangerous and baseless Islamophobia has no place in our country, particularly from our elected leaders.
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"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you."
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America's Uncle
He brought us comfort and humor.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
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There’s a whole thing in Hanukah about how you’re supposed to “publicize the miracle” except that there are all sorts of exceptions in times of danger.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There’s a whole thing in Hanukah about how you’re supposed to “publicize the miracle” except that there are all sorts of exceptions in times of danger.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Oh you asked ChatGPT? Yeah well I told the wind and it just sighed.
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Oh you asked ChatGPT? Yeah well I told the wind and it just sighed.
Sohla is a queen. What if we didn't do this?!?
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
sorry about your cookies
this is probably TMI
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December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sohla is a queen. What if we didn't do this?!?
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
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ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
He said that software teams who were using AI coding tools were “45% more efficient” than those who didn’t. How was that calculated? Lines of code? Tickets completed? Actual products released to customers? Metrics are only useful if we know what they mean!
Why IBM CEO Arvind Krishna is still hiring humans in the AI era
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says there is no AI bubble after all
IBM was early to both AI and quantum. Here’s why CEO Arvind Krishna thinks big bets like Watsonx and next-gen computing will pay off.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
He said that software teams who were using AI coding tools were “45% more efficient” than those who didn’t. How was that calculated? Lines of code? Tickets completed? Actual products released to customers? Metrics are only useful if we know what they mean!
My hot take is: “cancel culture” simultaneously does too much and not enough. It angers people who want to be able to say whatever they want with impunity, and it doesn’t allow for actual accountability. There is no room for improvement, meaningful consequences, or reconciling with one’s actions.
“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions”
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November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My hot take is: “cancel culture” simultaneously does too much and not enough. It angers people who want to be able to say whatever they want with impunity, and it doesn’t allow for actual accountability. There is no room for improvement, meaningful consequences, or reconciling with one’s actions.
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One of my uncles made a very rude and gross joke at my expense at a holiday dinner, that was overheard by another uncle and and a few male cousins, and not one person told him he was being an ass.
I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of my uncles made a very rude and gross joke at my expense at a holiday dinner, that was overheard by another uncle and and a few male cousins, and not one person told him he was being an ass.
This makes me deeply sad but also 1000% doesn't surprise me. We northerners reeeeeally have to stop thinking that the South has the market cornered on racism.
100%. Elizabeth Spiers is right.
Aside:
If you ask Black folk that have lived all over this country 🙋🏿♂️what the most racist city they've lived in is, the most common winner is Boston.
Ironic, but Black folk can't convince white folk that Black folk understand which city is more racist.🤷🏿♂️
Aside:
If you ask Black folk that have lived all over this country 🙋🏿♂️what the most racist city they've lived in is, the most common winner is Boston.
Ironic, but Black folk can't convince white folk that Black folk understand which city is more racist.🤷🏿♂️
If you're talking about me, that is not what I said. The whole thread started bc a bunch of supposed progressives were like fuck the south, buncha racists, and I said that if you think of the south as all MAGA white people you are throwing a lot of people under the bus--especially Black Southerners
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This makes me deeply sad but also 1000% doesn't surprise me. We northerners reeeeeally have to stop thinking that the South has the market cornered on racism.
I’m most of the way through The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social and for me the central thesis is that our entire economic system is based on a broken incentive structures where the goal is not to Do Good Work (cont)
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m most of the way through The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social and for me the central thesis is that our entire economic system is based on a broken incentive structures where the goal is not to Do Good Work (cont)
Yet another reason why measuring the success of AI coding tools as “lines of code committed to production systems” is a poor metric.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yet another reason why measuring the success of AI coding tools as “lines of code committed to production systems” is a poor metric.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
The purpose of a system is what it does, etc.
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
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AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The purpose of a system is what it does, etc.
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Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
(thread)
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
(thread)
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
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