Jerald Mathieus A.K.A. King Know-Nothing
@kingknownothing.bsky.social
Writer - Game Master - Level Design Enthusiast - Pretentious Film Buff - Retro Gaming Obsessed.
I block terfs. 32. He/Him.
I block terfs. 32. He/Him.
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there's a certain way certain people write fiction about disability that really sets my teeth on edge, and it's an approach that I can only describe as 'educational hugboxing'
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
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in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
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December 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
there's a certain way certain people write fiction about disability that really sets my teeth on edge, and it's an approach that I can only describe as 'educational hugboxing'
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
(🧵)
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
(🧵)
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Not all disabilities are visible & if some people are gaming the system it’s still worth the cost of tolerating it if it ensures that the system remains in tact.
If you’re worried about reducing the number of people who game the system a perfect way to do that is to regulate your god damn self.
If you’re worried about reducing the number of people who game the system a perfect way to do that is to regulate your god damn self.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Not all disabilities are visible & if some people are gaming the system it’s still worth the cost of tolerating it if it ensures that the system remains in tact.
If you’re worried about reducing the number of people who game the system a perfect way to do that is to regulate your god damn self.
If you’re worried about reducing the number of people who game the system a perfect way to do that is to regulate your god damn self.
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
Still attest that taking "When Love is Gone" out of The Muppet Christmas Carol is a travesty.
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Still attest that taking "When Love is Gone" out of The Muppet Christmas Carol is a travesty.
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hi, cis folks!
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
hi, cis folks!
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers.
they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both.
tap into the 🧵for a quick action.
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That's a key reason why ML research projects like the one I used to work on before the bubble even lit off specifically attempted to build a visual, white box UX to center domain specialists to validate & tune the predictive results from relatively-focused, highly-curated dataset-based ML models. /1
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
That's a key reason why ML research projects like the one I used to work on before the bubble even lit off specifically attempted to build a visual, white box UX to center domain specialists to validate & tune the predictive results from relatively-focused, highly-curated dataset-based ML models. /1
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Hi, I'm a scholar (MTheol) specialized in censorship. Give feedback NOW.
You can't enforce this w/o automated censorship AND forcing self-censorship. Both are bad! These rules are always bent to harm queer ppl and sex workers.
Who does this pre-censorship serve, other than puritans and fascists?
You can't enforce this w/o automated censorship AND forcing self-censorship. Both are bad! These rules are always bent to harm queer ppl and sex workers.
Who does this pre-censorship serve, other than puritans and fascists?
September 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Hi, I'm a scholar (MTheol) specialized in censorship. Give feedback NOW.
You can't enforce this w/o automated censorship AND forcing self-censorship. Both are bad! These rules are always bent to harm queer ppl and sex workers.
Who does this pre-censorship serve, other than puritans and fascists?
You can't enforce this w/o automated censorship AND forcing self-censorship. Both are bad! These rules are always bent to harm queer ppl and sex workers.
Who does this pre-censorship serve, other than puritans and fascists?
*sighs so long and hard that my lungs compact into dense raisin-like structures*
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
*sighs so long and hard that my lungs compact into dense raisin-like structures*
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Hey guess what Chuck Schumer's NYC phone line is wide open
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hey guess what Chuck Schumer's NYC phone line is wide open
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Do economists have a measure of stability/security?
It seems to me that wages have gone up, but the things that made life feel secure have been chipped away at.
Off the top of my head - home ownership, job security, industry stability, healthcare accessibility, and the social safety net.
It seems to me that wages have gone up, but the things that made life feel secure have been chipped away at.
Off the top of my head - home ownership, job security, industry stability, healthcare accessibility, and the social safety net.
Americans in their 20s and 30s may not feel that they’re richer than their equivalents 60 years ago, but they’re objectively wrong.
It’s fascinating how important it is to some people not to say “I’m struggling, it’s hard” or “I need help”—objectively true—but to instead insist they have it worse.
It’s fascinating how important it is to some people not to say “I’m struggling, it’s hard” or “I need help”—objectively true—but to instead insist they have it worse.
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Do economists have a measure of stability/security?
It seems to me that wages have gone up, but the things that made life feel secure have been chipped away at.
Off the top of my head - home ownership, job security, industry stability, healthcare accessibility, and the social safety net.
It seems to me that wages have gone up, but the things that made life feel secure have been chipped away at.
Off the top of my head - home ownership, job security, industry stability, healthcare accessibility, and the social safety net.
What if kinkshaming, but its me going around and critiquing your garden hoses?
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What if kinkshaming, but its me going around and critiquing your garden hoses?
Bad news, we lost the election for the union at my place of work.
Good news, my coworkers and I went out to karaoke and I killed with my rendition of Barbie Girl.
Good news, my coworkers and I went out to karaoke and I killed with my rendition of Barbie Girl.
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Bad news, we lost the election for the union at my place of work.
Good news, my coworkers and I went out to karaoke and I killed with my rendition of Barbie Girl.
Good news, my coworkers and I went out to karaoke and I killed with my rendition of Barbie Girl.
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Making art gives you power. Writing gives you power. Literacy gives you power.
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Making art gives you power. Writing gives you power. Literacy gives you power.
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
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28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
I was just at the idiot store and they were talking mad shit about you. What did you do?
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I was just at the idiot store and they were talking mad shit about you. What did you do?
This is like Tinkerbell but I am clapping to kill AI faster.
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is like Tinkerbell but I am clapping to kill AI faster.
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Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
US House Subcommittee Advances 18 Child Online Safety Bills | TechPolicy.Press
Some members expressed "fury" at the tech industry for not doing more to protect children and teens.
www.techpolicy.press
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
RIP Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
RIP Rob Reiner.
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Me to every other customer I have to talk to at work.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Me to every other customer I have to talk to at work.
Me to every other customer I have to talk to at work.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Me to every other customer I have to talk to at work.
I want this movie to make a billion dollars. I am gonna be front row for this shit.
A new look at Cody Rhodes as Guile in the new Street Fighter movie
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I want this movie to make a billion dollars. I am gonna be front row for this shit.
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Today, members of the House will vote on a dangerous bill that will expand government censorship under the guise of protecting youth online.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
Censorship Does Not Keep Kids Safe
KOSA is an alarming bill that would enable censorship and violate young people’s First Amendment right to freely access information. We must call on Congress to act now and protect free speech online.
action.aclu.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today, members of the House will vote on a dangerous bill that will expand government censorship under the guise of protecting youth online.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.