Kelsey
@ksawyer.bsky.social
Parent of small kids, science librarian, townie, dabbler, easily distracted.
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.
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The team behind Climate.us aims to provide the same kind of reliable, fresh content that used to be available via Climate.gov. We hope you’ll support us. #ClimateForUs
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The team behind Climate.us aims to provide the same kind of reliable, fresh content that used to be available via Climate.gov. We hope you’ll support us. #ClimateForUs
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A full archive of The Hairpin (iykyk). [thehairpinarchives.com]
The Hairpin
Ladies first
thehairpinarchives.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A full archive of The Hairpin (iykyk). [thehairpinarchives.com]
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There is a layer of scum a connective tissue... that connects all the people that populate the Epstein ecosystem
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
NYT columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed a few weeks ago titled, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out,” lamenting people are too focused on the Epstein scandal + saying "the QAnon mentality has taken over."
Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
David Brooks Said ‘Count Me Out’ Of Epstein Story, Then Wound Up In Epstein Photos
There's no indication The New York Times columnist did anything wrong. But wow, the timing of his column and the photo dump is unfortunate!
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is a layer of scum a connective tissue... that connects all the people that populate the Epstein ecosystem
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
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For capitalism to keep operating it has to convince you that you are thing that ends at the boundaries of your body rather than a flow connected to uncountable others. After all, you can't really profit off extracting from yourself.
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For capitalism to keep operating it has to convince you that you are thing that ends at the boundaries of your body rather than a flow connected to uncountable others. After all, you can't really profit off extracting from yourself.
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for everyone visiting their parents who are getting weird ideas from the machine they never turn off, and it's getting harder to ignore them, and fixing the machine will not solve the problem:
"curb" or "kerb" are both fine
if they will notice it on the curb, they may not check the recycling bin
"curb" or "kerb" are both fine
if they will notice it on the curb, they may not check the recycling bin
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
for everyone visiting their parents who are getting weird ideas from the machine they never turn off, and it's getting harder to ignore them, and fixing the machine will not solve the problem:
"curb" or "kerb" are both fine
if they will notice it on the curb, they may not check the recycling bin
"curb" or "kerb" are both fine
if they will notice it on the curb, they may not check the recycling bin
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I know people think I’m too woo-woo about theory and capitalism and markets. But I sincerely believe this kind of degradation of micro-trust is the real social and economic rot. We constantly feel scammed and then we start reacting like marks instead of mutually reliant humans.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I know people think I’m too woo-woo about theory and capitalism and markets. But I sincerely believe this kind of degradation of micro-trust is the real social and economic rot. We constantly feel scammed and then we start reacting like marks instead of mutually reliant humans.
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LinkedIn's default permission for using your data for AI kicks in on November 3. Here's where to switch it off on your account:
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
Act until Nov 3rd to stop LinkedIn from abusing your data to train AI! | Tuta
Soon your data like your resumes and profile information will be used to train LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Co.'s artificial intelligence. And no, you didn’t opt-in. Take action and stop this now.
tuta.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
LinkedIn's default permission for using your data for AI kicks in on November 3. Here's where to switch it off on your account:
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
> Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement
tuta.com/blog/linkedi...
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peak grocery store experience - duck in from a sudden rainshower, wander the nearly-empty aisles with Tears for Fears "Head Over Heels" playing from the overhead speakers, followed by "Love My Way" by Psychedelic Furs. This nugget will be in my brain forever.
September 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
peak grocery store experience - duck in from a sudden rainshower, wander the nearly-empty aisles with Tears for Fears "Head Over Heels" playing from the overhead speakers, followed by "Love My Way" by Psychedelic Furs. This nugget will be in my brain forever.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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I've watched every minute of the recorded oral comments & read the hundreds of written submissions to
@ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.
@ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.
August 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I've watched every minute of the recorded oral comments & read the hundreds of written submissions to
@ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.
@ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.
New work for @undark.org. I discuss the increasing relevance of "metascience" in a changing world.
"Metascience is not without its critics. For one, some suggest that metascience could benefit from some humility, as it is not the first field to ask these questions."
undark.org/2025/07/31/o...
"Metascience is not without its critics. For one, some suggest that metascience could benefit from some humility, as it is not the first field to ask these questions."
undark.org/2025/07/31/o...
Metascience Is More Important Now Than Ever
Opinion | A growing research field known as ‘the science of science’ will be essential for navigating an uncertain future.
undark.org
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
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The propaganda of my youth made me believe villains were invested in being skilled at something. These days, the evil-doers can’t DO anything but publicly suck. They can’t make anything. They don’t build anything. It’s not even innovative evil. Just the same old mess with a new loser at the helm.
July 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The propaganda of my youth made me believe villains were invested in being skilled at something. These days, the evil-doers can’t DO anything but publicly suck. They can’t make anything. They don’t build anything. It’s not even innovative evil. Just the same old mess with a new loser at the helm.
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Did you know someone reverse-engineered the Weather Channel computer system from the 80s/90s and now you can generate your own private weather channel for your location?
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Did you know someone reverse-engineered the Weather Channel computer system from the 80s/90s and now you can generate your own private weather channel for your location?
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
weatherstar.netbymatt.com
Biodiversity Heritage Library is an absolute marvel. I am just bowled over every time I get to use it. That's all.
April 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Biodiversity Heritage Library is an absolute marvel. I am just bowled over every time I get to use it. That's all.
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The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
Internet friends, I understand if you are green with envy at me for attending this great talk last night!
"Who's afraid of libraries?" was the rhetorical opener and I loved the point (among many) that libraries are where things are free. "a CVS looks really weird after you've been to the library."
"Who's afraid of libraries?" was the rhetorical opener and I loved the point (among many) that libraries are where things are free. "a CVS looks really weird after you've been to the library."
A rainy Monday night. A rusty writer/speaker. A full house. An enthusiastic discussion.
I left with a bottle of brown.
Thank you, Durham Public Library, all the Tre-yonce fans, and #LibraryFest25.
“Who’s Afraid of the Library?”
I left with a bottle of brown.
Thank you, Durham Public Library, all the Tre-yonce fans, and #LibraryFest25.
“Who’s Afraid of the Library?”
April 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
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The incoming NIH Director has repeatedly stressed the importance of open science and open data.
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
www.404media.co
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The incoming NIH Director has repeatedly stressed the importance of open science and open data.
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
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In my post about PubMed, I raised concern about what might happen with the committee that decides what journals are PubMed-indexed. They could open the anti-science/pseudoscience floodgates.
This is the message now where the committee should be. Gulp
internet.csr.nih.gov/Committees/M...
#MedLibs
This is the message now where the committee should be. Gulp
internet.csr.nih.gov/Committees/M...
#MedLibs
April 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
In my post about PubMed, I raised concern about what might happen with the committee that decides what journals are PubMed-indexed. They could open the anti-science/pseudoscience floodgates.
This is the message now where the committee should be. Gulp
internet.csr.nih.gov/Committees/M...
#MedLibs
This is the message now where the committee should be. Gulp
internet.csr.nih.gov/Committees/M...
#MedLibs
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What if instead of March Madness we had Marsh Madness and it was about showing your love and appreciation for the salt marsh
October 23, 2024 at 4:01 PM
What if instead of March Madness we had Marsh Madness and it was about showing your love and appreciation for the salt marsh
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Attacking openAI's (and other LLM grifters) infrastructure is at this point "community self-defense" for the whole internet. They're literally a DOS attack funded by some of the richest and most evil men on the planet.
drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2...
drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2...
Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face
drewdevault.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Attacking openAI's (and other LLM grifters) infrastructure is at this point "community self-defense" for the whole internet. They're literally a DOS attack funded by some of the richest and most evil men on the planet.
drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2...
drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2...