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@precatlady.bsky.social
(they/she) Average social science doer, DIYer, cat lady, and occasional poster of frustrated local politics comments. Some know me as a digital public archaeologist. Personal account. Very tired, as portrayed by Muffin the foster cat.
As someone who needs a translator for whatever the tech people are talking about, this was quite helpful as an explanation
Caræsten 🇵🇸@cara.city · 17h agobetween the catastrophic PHP vuln and the intermediate cert vuln and AI models that can turn a proof of concept into a bot net in like 10mins we’re in for a wild 24 hours
I have made the big decision to purchase a modern boombox which can play my CDs plus tapes, USB thumb drives, and Bluetooth connections (both directions I think?) so I'm gonna be jamming out to a bunch of scratched mix cds again
SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
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I gotta say, I think being socially outgoing and trying things is going to be a lot harder this year with a visible & awkward medical thing happening to my face. Even at the surgeon's office they thought I was a child with my mother (my friend who is less than 5 years older).
This very much tracks and played a role in why I decided not to ever go for any faculty roles after school.
Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7d ago"Men can generally be bad dept citizens as long as their research is valued, but women can’t." "Meritocracy is really just a way [to support] the status quo of a dominant white, male envrnmnt…I thought that if I worked hard enough, my work wld be recognized. But [that's] not how the system works."
Did not expect to sed "cabbage" as something that interacts with a medication but here we are
there is simply no acceptable reason to not be fighting fascism as hard as I would totally be fighting the fascism if I was there. I mean, I can't, of course, because I'm not there. so that's a good reason, actually. but nobody ELSE has one
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
Social media reports : A water cannon truck has been deployed at Place de la Bastille in Paris. These weapons can cause serious injuries, including brain trauma and fractures. phr.org/our-work/res...
Health Impacts of Crowd-Control Weapons: Water Cannons - PHR
Overview High- or low-velocity streams of water, commonly known as water cannons, are frequently used for dispersing crowds or limiting access to certain areas. Water cannons can cause hypothermia, di...
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Rape as a tool of political violence was the natural escalation point to allowing an adjudicated rapist to become President. I think I'll just start shrieking at the top of my lungs at anyone who tells me I'm overreacting from this point forward. No words, just the feral sound of unbridled rage.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w agooh my GOD
If it's anything like the last greeting card my grandma sent me before she died of old age, it says something like "your aunt made me write this" but that's 6 words so who knows
Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 2w agoWrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish.
Real life: I've encouraged my shy silent cat to use his voice and now he walks around screaming in a wobbly, pathetic voice at all hours
I cannot stress enough that the permitting reform bill will rescind the NHPA and 60 years of preservation practice. There will not be a CRM industry in January. Data centers will go unchecked. Transmission lines will run through the Sand Creek Massacre site. THPOs will be run by the federal gov.
I asked her how early students start dealing with these issues. 5th grade, she said. You can learn more about them here: www.schoolsconsentproject.com/en-us/home
Welcome to Schools Consent Project USA
We normalize conversations about consent to prevent sexual violence by delivering hour-long lawyer-led workshops in schools to young people.
schoolsconsentproject.com
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2w agoAI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
I'm not saying people should stick around to help people close to them who do horrendous things get back on a path to being less horrible, but unless you have been in the very unusual position to succeed at it like I have, I don't really want to hear your excuse for minimizing abuse distant from you
Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.
Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴@wamsleylab.bsky.social · 3w agoThe fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
Most people aren't talking about the kind of transformations we really need, because I think a lot of folks have surrendered to the idea of living in a "rape-prone" society. The satisfaction of occasionally punishing some of the most egregious actors is all many are allowing themselves to hope for.
I cannot overemphasize that this is a fight we can win, but we need as many voices as possible here. The kids of Philly cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum. The Philly school district closed 17 schools this year. We need to turn this around for our kids and the culture of Philly.
We are beyond thrilled to share that the @freedom.press has published a piece in @theintercept.com about this ridiculous fee for two records requests. Please give it a read and give us a follow to show your support ⤵️
Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
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Double Sided Media@doublesidedmedia.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW from DSM: Today we come to you with the absurd news that the Eugene Police Department wants us to pay more than $2.6 million for two records requests. Our editorial ⤵
It would appear many states are so committed are they to maintaining the shroedingers murder dynamic of lethal injection that they just keep trying instead of going back to the quite effective but slightly less fake-nonviolent firing squad
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3w ago"Gov. Lee calls off executions for rest of 2026" www.tennessean.com/story/news/c... Ah, yeah, I think so, buddy. But, also, let's be clear how little this is: Bill Lee calls off ... one execution date.
The constant social media demands to "say something." Some of us have been DOING things for decades.
To put it another way, you can’t just tell your sons they need to take accountability—you need to hold them accountable. Start with small stuff. Don’t shield them for the consequences of their actions. Walk them through the process of doing the wrong thing and turning it into the right thing.
It is no coincidence that rationalists and EAs tend to be straight white guys from well-off families, because for everybody else, the world usually conspires to knock some sense into you about your inherent god-emperor genius by the time you’re old enough to drink.
I want to make another point here, that I think Faine does an excellent job of highlighting: there isn't anything particularly wrong with putting on sex parties with consenting adults A big issue here is that women are being pressured to attend in order to network *professionally*
Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 3w agoWomen trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.
ME, VISIBLY ANGUISHED AND FALLING APART: It is what it is :)