Reposted by MTFNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 6hAll of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods. 233088
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 2hRe LRT on a far more trivial note, ignorance of that fact is one of the most annoying qualities of mediocre scifi. You need to do MASSIVE lifting if you want me to believe that your intelligent aliens are meaningfully less social/cooperative than humans. 100
Reposted by MTFGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 3hHuman beings became the apex predator on this planet for one (1) reason: we work together better than any other species that has ever existed. That's why primates were so successful and that's why humans emerged as the primate that stands so far above the rest. 1635331
Reposted by MTFGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5hOne of the really interesting findings here is that microtransit is associated with better healthcare access and health outcomes because riders are able to have reliable transportation to medical appointments. 18022
Reposted by MTFZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 21hI think it's fine for unis to be in charge of managing petty public order / QoL violations on their campuses, but if there's one thing that keeps becoming more apparent, it's that local authorities with conflicting interests shouldn't run rape or murder cases. A statewide org should. No exceptions. 417824
Reposted by MTFqdot @buttplug.engineer · 29/09/2026tired: i made the chipotle bot write python wired: i made the chipotle bot control a buttplug inspired: i made the chipotle bot write python to control a buttplug 0684
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026omg. So I thought of one!! thing I could maybe use AI for in a personal capacity won't do it, citing absurd interpretation of copyright. this is extremely, extremely funny. but also incredibly pathetic 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Okay as a dedicated fridge, food, and cooking hater who also loves Everything In Its Place, I won't lie, this gestures at a pleasant fantasy 100
Reposted by MTFUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which. 142471859
Reposted by MTFpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Are people who don’t listen to modern pop country better than people who do listen to modern pop country? Yes, obviously. 522718266
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Legit question because I almost never buy meat from a grocery store, how long has it been standard to have "unless otherwise explicitly noted, all the beef is from the US" on a sign? 000
Reposted by MTFPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073552295
Reposted by MTFAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Today at 12:30, Wilber called his wife to tell her that he had been shot,” Lincoln-Goldfinch said in an earlier interview late Sunday. “And he was yelling in agony, and the call cut off. That was all she knew.” 13608223
Reposted by MTFMichael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026DRAGONFLIGHT (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30" For the 1st book in Anne McCaffrey's legendary Dragonriders of Pern series, I wanted to create a literal visualization of the title. I selected an aerial POV and tilted the horizon to simulate the dizzying sensation of flight. #art #booksky 🪐📚 15586139
Reposted by MTFKatie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. 291672885
Reposted by MTFSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026step 2: "oh, look, a systematic issue that I cannot solve individually, no matter what I do." "That means solving it is impossible! Time to feel paralyzed. I am very good at understanding what 'systematic issue' & 'collective action' mean" 333945
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 19/09/2026good lord. I mean these days I generally do figure it's as bad as the reactions suggest, but that Converse ad is *bad* bad! 100
Reposted by MTFtweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 19/09/2026I would like RFK jr. to [ terms of service violation ] or [ terms of service violation ] or [ wow that’s like sixty strikes buddy ] 06913
Reposted by MTFAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NICU babies are the most vulnerable a human can be, and it seems almost quaint to say it now, but we are supposed to build societies where the most vulnerable can count on others to not let this happen 9731251
Reposted by MTFSol Feggio @wtdore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026one of the big frameworks I use for thinking about the W.E.I.R.D. world I live in is: For most of human history, labor was cheap and materials (and energy) were expensive, and relatively recently that changed to labor being expensive, and materials being cheap. This impacted pretty much everything 48211
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Vermont is extremely beautiful. And I live in Western Mass, which is itself beautiful to a "significant to mental wellness" degree. But jesus, Vermont 010
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am such a sucker for "dudes reviewing their babies like consumer products" videos 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Google's AI in search apparently remains bad at search, but man can it vibe code a bar menu for a person. This seems if I were Google perhaps not an ideal use of resources, butcha know, works for me 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Everything may be terrible etc but at least some people are still six with unlimited ride wristbands at the county fair 000
Reposted by MTFAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Something I think about occasionally is how much money $50 million really is to almost everyone, how much you can do with it, and how little it is relative to a billionaire. All of them could be generous beyond the dreams of saints, if they cared to 39420
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A lot of discourses could really, really use to think more realistically about what extinction entails and what even apocalypse entails, and this one especially. Mass casualty events don't need to be even double digit percentages to be Worst Ever, that's plenty bad. 220
Reposted by MTFSnitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One thing about this weekend's MAHA discourse where I think some people with good intentions missed the mark is in emphasizing a "meet people where you are" approach that is designed for healthcare professionals in clinical settings but not for society at large. 193
Reposted by MTFStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fed accounts using the post office as a brick-and-mortar access point. GI and child allowance deposited directly into the account. Sahm rule stimulus checks too. This was a big focus of mine during my JFI days jfiresearch.org/building-a-h...jfiresearch.orgBuilding a Helicopter: Pathways for Targeting & Distributing a US Guaranteed Income - Jain Family InstituteUnprecedented levels of unemployment and income loss stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have left many Americans unable to afford basic necessities such as food and housing. In response, governments,... 59321
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I am all for as much pressure as possible being applied from all quarters and also, as the owner of an oil-heated New England home, would really have preferred it to have been applied three or four months ago. But alas. 010
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I have many Thoughts shared on other sites, but on this one I will say that Babylon 5's conceit? assumption? that network news would persist into the 23rd century is very charming and fun 000
Reposted by MTFDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/09/2026i think conceding the idea that militancy per se is "fascist" is conceding the fascist worldview entirely, because the fascist worldview is that freedom and equality and friendship are luxuries which can only be paid for by "strong men doing strong man things" 364979
Reposted by MTFashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026friends! i haven’t asked for you to donate to rent in awhile but i got a request in our inbox for an undocumented ecuadorian mother of two who is $850 short on her $1700 rent you think we could raise that? maybe helping someone will make me feel less shitty venmo @ziibiing pp: @standwithminnesota 4215155
Reposted by MTFOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026if it took you 5 seconds of contemplation to think of an alternative you should take at least another 5-10 to at least consider the possibility that it at least crossed the minds of 1 or 2 of the people who dedicate their lives and research careers to dealing with the problems we post about on here 282379299
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Personally I figured it was The Game, but it was definitely something 000
Reposted by MTFEd @ed3d.net · 08/09/2026I think this is extremely true and will be very uncomfortable (and, at the end of the day, is the actual, managerial drive behind misaligned incentives like token leaderboards) I also think it's probably not a bad thing in the long term, even though it's going to be very uncomfortable in the short 9703
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I just installed Minecraft on my kid's tablet (almost 7) and oh my god A. it is SO fun to show kids videogames and B. the chatter has been CEASELESS in the six hours since, this game has some kind of forcefield around it wth 100
Reposted by MTF👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026the thing is, MAHA is like. one end of the spectrum. the other end of the spectrum is NOT, however, the current medical system. that's the middle of that bell curve, that. the actual other end of the spectrum is 'the medical system without medical misogyny and racism' and it currently doesn't exist. 7722178
Reposted by MTFMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Slash remember yesterday when I was talking about how MAHA-type sentiments are very widespread among winnable voters and thus the underlying emotions and people should be engaged with? Yeah, Exhibit 1, being approvingly reposted by people who were giving me shit yesterday lmao 11434
Reposted by MTFA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury. 5058562040
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I am SO clever. It wasn't the thing which prompted the post, so I may boast about this one prematurely. I have created a pomegranate-based NA riff on the Zombie Brain Hemorrhage which I shall be calling The Queen Of The Damned. I shall be in costume as Maharet. 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It is sometimes very annoying to be someone who's always genuinely honest to god fucking disliked Gaiman's work lololol 100
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 03/09/2026omfg, literacy, man. thinking with our brains just saying, "but the remaining options to me as a US citizen violate ToS" is not a counterargument to "if external forces feel obliged to invade that would be Bad Times For Everyone", team 010
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Man I know the reasons and I was even raised in "rich septic" land* but the idea that you'd cling to septic just to keep out density is just. Eeeeew. That's one of them there things you use money to get rid of, the finicky sewage sludge under your yard! 110
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 02/09/2026aaaaw I am rooting for an ass kicking please let this one be simple and correct 000
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I stg I have some sort of miswiring re: words for periods of time. It'll always be directionally correct, but if I mean to say "next week" it's anyone's guess whether I say that, tomorrow, next year, etc. 010
Reposted by MTFEd @ed3d.net · 31/08/2026to be clear, you are required to respect this amount of Hatering with a donation to the Nepalese disaster fund, right here. there is no other allowable response, except to also retweet it with additional Hater Respect 0278
MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 31/08/2026am being inspired by chatter to look again at local + personal use LLMs, but am again confronted with the facts that 1. my executive function is let's say Fully Adequate, 2. I have no computer hobbies and want to keep it that way, and worst of all... 100
