Mikayla
@willynilly.bsky.social
Scientist, Gamer, Hiker, Baker, Foodie. New Hampshirite. Facts Matter. she/her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌹
📍Cambridge, MA
📍Cambridge, MA
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"Give them a moment, for fucks sake."
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Give them a moment, for fucks sake."
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On Her Majesty’s Civil Service
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On Her Majesty’s Civil Service
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Make a Bond movie academic
Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
Make a Bond movie academic
Live and Let Cite
Live and Let Cite
Make a Bond Movie academic
The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)
The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)
December 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Make a Bond movie academic
Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
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Make a Bond movie academic
Tomorrow Never Dies: Post-Modern Media and Neoliberal Futures in Late 20th Century Southeast Asia
Tomorrow Never Dies: Post-Modern Media and Neoliberal Futures in Late 20th Century Southeast Asia
Make a Bond movie academic
Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
Make a Bond movie academic
Live and Let Cite
Live and Let Cite
December 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Make a Bond movie academic
Tomorrow Never Dies: Post-Modern Media and Neoliberal Futures in Late 20th Century Southeast Asia
Tomorrow Never Dies: Post-Modern Media and Neoliberal Futures in Late 20th Century Southeast Asia
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At some point in the last few years we as a society collectively decided that Santa Fucks.
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
At some point in the last few years we as a society collectively decided that Santa Fucks.
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Yes. Yes. Perfect.
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes. Yes. Perfect.
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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 4:16 PM
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.
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One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
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this whole thread ☠️😵🪦
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
this whole thread ☠️😵🪦
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The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
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Sarah McBride rarely centers her identity as a trans woman. Republicans do that for her. So when she steps to the microphone and talks about "21 years of unwavering homesickness," it means something. @mcbride.house.gov www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession
The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.
www.readtpa.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sarah McBride rarely centers her identity as a trans woman. Republicans do that for her. So when she steps to the microphone and talks about "21 years of unwavering homesickness," it means something. @mcbride.house.gov www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
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SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
When House Democrats suspected a few members in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth, McBride reached out to some Republicans who went on to oppose the...
www.notus.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
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You *can* change your sex.
I *did* change mine.
If this makes you uncomfortable, stop being part of the problem.
I *did* change mine.
If this makes you uncomfortable, stop being part of the problem.
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You *can* change your sex.
I *did* change mine.
If this makes you uncomfortable, stop being part of the problem.
I *did* change mine.
If this makes you uncomfortable, stop being part of the problem.
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I genuinely don't know what to say about this.
Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I genuinely don't know what to say about this.
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🎶 He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎶 He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out if you work for ICE 🎶
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goddam fucked up that the moderate compromise position on a vulnerable minority is "we'll only attack the children"
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
goddam fucked up that the moderate compromise position on a vulnerable minority is "we'll only attack the children"
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I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
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Are you a fan of trans journalism? Are you an enjoyer of ranked lists? If you are either of those things, or both, we've got the end of year feature for you.
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Ten Best (and Five Worst) Pieces of Trans Journalism of 2025 — Assigned
The trans community has been plagued with a surplus of news in 2025. Here’s Assigned Media’s list of the best and worst of journalism on this beat.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Are you a fan of trans journalism? Are you an enjoyer of ranked lists? If you are either of those things, or both, we've got the end of year feature for you.
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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The usual suspects are trying to drag the Overton Window to permit “deport all Muslims” as acceptable rhetoric.
Consider what should be done to those people, and then drag the Overton Window to encourage that.
Consider what should be done to those people, and then drag the Overton Window to encourage that.
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The usual suspects are trying to drag the Overton Window to permit “deport all Muslims” as acceptable rhetoric.
Consider what should be done to those people, and then drag the Overton Window to encourage that.
Consider what should be done to those people, and then drag the Overton Window to encourage that.
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CBS News Exclusive | While it's appropriate to mourn the students murdered at Brown University, we cannot be distracted from the real tragedy at America's colleges: the silencing of conservative voices.
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
CBS News Exclusive | While it's appropriate to mourn the students murdered at Brown University, we cannot be distracted from the real tragedy at America's colleges: the silencing of conservative voices.
This was the first thing I noticed when I visited Ontario. Literally dozens of high rises buildings popping up everywhere, all filled with apartments.
Still always in awe of how many apartments Canada builds compared to the US
In the most recent data, the US permitted 35k multifamily housing units and Canada permitted 24k despite being only 12% of the US population! If California built 5x as many apartments, it still would trail Canada!
In the most recent data, the US permitted 35k multifamily housing units and Canada permitted 24k despite being only 12% of the US population! If California built 5x as many apartments, it still would trail Canada!
December 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This was the first thing I noticed when I visited Ontario. Literally dozens of high rises buildings popping up everywhere, all filled with apartments.
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new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI?
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
www.wired.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI?
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for: