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Ketra Schmitt

@ketraschmitt.bsky.social
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most controversial opinion: humans are not that bad

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I want to be clear that this isn't aimed at one specific person because I've seen a lot of Discourse about how to fix the problem coming from men that does not revolve around "fix the hearts of men" and that is the only solution.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 29/09/2026
I should talk more about this book I wrote on head transplant. I mean the ones that happened. In the 70s. In a weird race against the Soviet Union. It came out during Covid. Would kinda love it if the thing went viral. It’s so… weird and true. #BookSky brandyschillace.com/book/mr-humb...
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MR. HUMBLE AND DR. BUTCHER | Brandy Schillace
The mesmerizing true story of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon and his quest to transplant the human soul... It’s not every day someone hands you a research notebook covered in monkey’s blood. But so...
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
today in Stop Romanticizing Canada: Quebec’s Bill 9 has just taken effect, barring women in veils from receiving public services. Public employees include university faculty, so professors have been instructed to require veiled women to uncover their faces or be removed from the classroom.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"what he calls 'the war on cars'" as if it's not a thing Canadian politicians have been saying for over 15 years any time you want to make things even slightly better for cyclists and transit users.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
This month's @motherjones.com cover is astounding. Reposted with alt text:
Cover of the September-October issue of Mother Jones Magazine: a white background with the words "50 years of fearless journalism" in black print, centered above the name/logo of the magazine in large Bright Red. Below that in black, the words "the southern strategy — jim crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."

And then, framing those words, there are two sets of robes: to the left, the simple black robes of the Judicial Branch of the United States Government, as a Supreme Court Justice might wear; to the right, the white robes and hood of the KKK.

A white person's hand with cuff of business suit and shirt visible, reaches into the scene from the right, poised to grab the Klan robes.
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
By Lana for the Link (Concordia University newspaper)—there's a violent arrest that happened in the foreground (note a WHOLE LOT of cop pressure on someone's neck) while people are teargassed further on. www.instagram.com/lanasfilmroll/
Teargas in the background while a lot of cops press on someone on the ground already next to a plant pot
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On Wed Sept 16, Montréal hosted "All In," claiming to be the largest AI and tech event in Canada. I am infuriated that again, @spvmpolice.bsky.social beat and teargassed counterprotesters bad enough many were injured, incl a press photographer who went to hospital. 🧵(linked bc Insta doesn't embed)
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
people on both sides of the border should stop romanticizing Canada
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Inside baseball, as it were, but check out this @concordia.ca alum trying to bring back the #Expos! #Montreal www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
ctvnews.ca
‘Peanut Project,’ a plan to bring the Montreal Expos back
A group in Montreal are pushing what they call “the Peanut Project” with the hopes of bringing the Montreal Expos back.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Go ahead and boycott Ed. But let's put our focus where it matters - Robert Kraft and other billionaire owners who restricted speech and the fact that Kraft was in the Epstein files. Maybe bad people do bad things and are billionaires because they're bad. www.boston.com/news/local-n...
boston.com
Jeffrey Epstein wanted Robert Kraft to hire his lawyer amid Patriots owner's prostitution case, documents show
After the Patriots owner was charged in 2019, the lawyer he eventually hired was directly connected to Epstein.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore's actually kind of catchy. Has my taste has been influenced by an enormous number of minecraft youtuber music? the question answers itself.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Robert Kraft is in the Epstein Files.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
solidarity to everyone streaming Macklemore today. yes, i know streaming doesn't pay artists much. I've long used Tidal, which pays more for streams (double) than spotify. tidal.com/artist/4813069
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Incredible headline here (among other things)
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Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"why can't we have our own Mamdani? Why can't he come here and lead us too??" folks! Mamdani did not elect himself. this was the result of incredible activism, organizing, and more than anything else so many people had the courage and vision to imagine a radically better future.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Privatization wasn’t on the ballot when Canadians voted for Mark Carney. Really foul the way he’s using the blind trust so many continue to have in him to make massive, fundamental changes to Canada (hurting normal Canadians) so big companies can profit. Please pay attention.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
missing context for stories like these is that Canadian universities are in a crisis of their own -- including McGill, which recently laid dozens of staff and faculty off this isn't about Canada's enthusiasm for bettering the human condition; it's about poaching stars while casualizing the rest
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
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Ryan Ritter @ndtex.gamin4aven.org · 26/08/2026
I’m gonna watch this video over and over again. Be like Dolly.
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 23/08/2026
this is what juries were made for. a lot of americans need reprogramming from viewing it as jury duty to treating it as peer power
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IRL Loading Screens @irlloadingscreens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Despite video evidence of him destroying a Flock camera an Ohio grand jury declined to indict Cody Morelock in a rare legal phenomenon known as Jury Nullification.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12/08/2026
God help me, I started a new TikTok account to post this video. Please share it over there if you're an "A.i." hater like me and want a moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools in NYC! www.tiktok.com/@gregpakhate...
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Hey, I made a video for @zohran_k_mamdani! Please, @nycmayor, don't let the billionaires get their hands on our kids! Give us a full 2 year "A.i." moratorium for the schools - for students and teacher...
TikTok video by gregpakhatestiktok
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/08/2026
Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
normalize booing AI-generated images at conferences
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.
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The Day the World Didn’t End
At the height of the Cold War, with alarms screaming, one Soviet officer stopped to think. It cost him his career. It may also have saved the world. The morning of the 26th September 1983 had started ...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
it's wild how quickly we went from encouraging people to maintain their mental acuity through crosswords, reading, physical activity, etc. to heavily promoting & accepting genAI use that causes cognitive atrophy.
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I keep coming back to this because research is showing that even casual AI users lose skills. We're actively de-skilling the population.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Here's some good news www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
ctvnews.ca
Quebec scraps AI and automation projects in the public sector
Quebec has abandoned initiatives related to automation and artificial intelligence (AI) within the public sector, including the implementation of a chatbot on the government website “Quebec.ca,” follo...
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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 17/07/2026
We need 2-3 more writers with a science-y backgrounds to help us turn news chaos into orderly information on @unbreaking.org's infectious disease control, food safety, and medical research funding pages. The commitment is a few hours every couple of weeks. Is this you? 🌱 unbreaking.org/how-to-help/
unbreaking.org
How to help — Unbreaking
Documenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@repbeatty.bsky.social I have been so proud to have you as my congresswoman, especially during the early days of the first Trump presidency. I was shocked to see your name on the list of democrats who voted against suspending arms shipments to Israel. I am still hoping I have this wrong.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
thank you to whoever put the list of democratic votes against suspending weapons sales to Israel. i was horrified to find my congresswoman on that list.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
student journalists leading the way, as usual "The student body, faculty+staff, deserve accurate info, not pro-SIUE pieces filtered through an administrative agenda. This is a taxpayer-funded institution. Financial transparency is the least they can offer." expression.fire.org/p/our-univer...
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Our university is trying to discredit our paper, but that won’t stop us from telling the truth
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville claims it believes in free speech, but its administrators are disparaging the student press.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
More evidence, I am not alone #Wishbone www.autostraddle.com/there-will-n...
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There Will Never Be Another Wishbone
I can’t stop thinking about Wishbone.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
No, you should stop Wishbone posting. Because. What if the 90s was just a glorious time to make weird awesome art? as evidence, listen to this very niche karaoke episode from @99pi.org What if we just paid people who wanted to make weird art? 99percentinvisible.org/episode/670-...
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Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible
Before YouTube, before streaming, before anyone thought too hard about what to put on a screen while a drunk person sang “Benny and the Jets,” a small army of scrappy filmmakers was quietly getting pa...
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Today's Wishbone reminiscence brought to you by this adorable puppy we met in the park and my friend Amanda who still knows the song.
Jack Russel terrier puppy viewed from behind, wearing a striped blue and pink harness. Her tail curves into a perfect reverse J shape.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Behold, people 10-15 years younger than me who were appropriately childhood Wishbone fans. *All* of Wishbone is now available on youtube. WHAT?? youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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PBS's Wishbone (Complete Series) - YouTube
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/05/2026
we don't have a masculinity crisis. we have a patriarchy crisis. patriarchy creates and sustains male unhappiness with its dogmatic, toxic, rigid definition of masculinity which says the worst and most undesirable thing a human can be is female which is how we get insults like "Low-T Talarico"
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Just got a survey from my university asking how I use AI in research, wanting details on barriers to use as well as burdens that AI has reduced for me. Not one question about barriers or burdens that the use of AI has created. So the unstated position is that it must be good. This is advertorial.
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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In new Gallup polling, "55 percent of women said they strongly oppose data centers, compared to 43 percent of men. In fact, men were more likely to favor data centers, citing their economic benefits and job opportunities." 19thnews.org/2026/05/wome...
19thnews.org
Americans overwhelmingly oppose data centers. Women most of all.
New polling shows women have stronger concerns than men over the implications of the massive and costly complexes used to power AI.
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Ketra Schmitt @ketraschmitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
feels like there is so much posting with AI generated art! we see you? can we launch a shame campaign for AI art use. or a more constructive, kinder idea? if you have one, i'm in.
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Boosting this Atlantic History position at the Université du Québec (Trois Rivières campus), since Canadian jobs often fly under the radar Language of instruction is French; adequate knowledge or commitment to acquire it in post required; support provided for language training. Deadline May 15
atlas.workland.com
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