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Karen Klomp

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In no particular order: I'm a cricket loving south London based originally Dutch energy professional.

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 10h
haaaa I have just discovered what happens if you type "fat bear week" into Google
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One additional 'quick fact': if your name is John, the Nobel committee is twice as likely to award you the Prize for Physics, compared to scientists who are female - Number of physics prizes to a John: 10 - Number of female physics Nobel laureates: 5 Best wishes to all the John-hopefuls this yr 👩‍🔬⚛️
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
also thinking a lot about how #MeToo apparently went too far, when it’s quite obvious now that it didn’t go far enough. it didn’t really go anywhere. there were no lasting consequences of that cultural moment beyond people making jokes about it.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rare opportunity to invest in no future.
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Rachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
its not about what the triple lock means, its about once again disabled people only getting support if it means someone else loses out. It's making us the enemy again.
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Abbie @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there are men who think, "If they're gonna do something bad, they won't stop because of me." Yeah, bud. They will. You might not stop all future evil, but you can protect one person, and you might make them think in the future. You really do have power when it comes to other men.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I managed to mostly not know any of this until today. This detail is new to me. The horror coursing through my body feels like poison. My God, men. Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Susan of Texas @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A woman’s lifetime of suffering is weighed against a potential temporary setback in a man’s career, and the man’s self-induced plight always carries more weight.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Some folks get really incensed when people use the phrase "rape culture." But I'm not really sure how else you could possibly describe this convergence of events. newrepublic.com/post/215920/...
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
never skip leg day
An oil painting of a giant white ox, with a massive body and extremely tiny legs. He stands solemnly in a field beneath a moody sky, as if presiding over some kind battle.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 28/09/2026
Good, but please stop saying "agents go rogue". AI agents don't "go rogue". They pursue the goals they're set, and if the humans who set those goals don't give them limits, then obviously there's a good chance they'll do something humans consider bad in pursuit of those goals.
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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell University Police treated the victim like trash.
“My client went to the Cornell University Police because a crime was committed. It was the obligation of the police to investigate the complaints. They were given the group chat inviting the members of the fraternity to rape my client. This was a critical piece of evidence supporting that a crime had occurred. Despite this there was no follow-up with Ms. Doe either by the Cornell Police or the Tompkins County District Attorney,” he said.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just today the DA announced they are reopening the investigation. Apparently this is the first time he’s seeing the screenshot of the group chat (tells you something about the first investigation)
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026
The woman at Cornell was invited to the frat by Matthew Ingalls, who she thought was a friend. She was already drunk when she got there. He gave her another drink and ketamine, then dragged her into a room with another man. Johnathan Newell is the one who announced “free pu**y” to the group chat.
Photos of Matthew Ingalls, Diego Sarabja, Winston Lee, Scott Kretzschmer, Scott Norris, Gilio Lopes, Johnathan Newell
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s a mistake to think there’s anything about this story that is unique to Cornell. One in five women is sexually assaulted at college. The majority of them experience institutional betrayal if they report. I would like to believe this story will change that, but I doubt it will.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell expelled students who were protesting genocide in Gaza, but made five of seven guys who gang raped a drugged girl for seven hours write essays. That tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about the morals of that institution.
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Arikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Important thread 👇🏽 Migrating to Ghost is the next best path with the available digital publishing infrastructure. More good things are coming. Thanks @enfascination.com
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Betsy @lolabelle425.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How many other women were too afraid to report? How many couldn’t remember what may have happened because of drugs/alcohol? At least 7 men & not ONE stopped the others. I will always pick the bear.
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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I keep coming back to this clip against the background of AI companies infesting higher education. And I feel like I need to show this in class to students, for them to understand why not to trust these bastards
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 26/09/2026
"computer, say 'i am alive'"
> I AM ALIVE
"oh my god"
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Philanthropist" is a BIT of a stretch if you've just run crying to the papers that you're leaving in a huff if you don't get to kill any kids
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two-tier British citizenship latest.
 Conservatives to strip migrant criminals of British citizenship

Dual nationals serving sentences over five years could lose passports under the proposals
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CharM @artemis46.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Same old.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/09/2026
These 7 men at Cornell drugged & raped a woman for hours, then called their friends to come rape her. 2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
like I suspect many of you on This Website, I think a core reason why I find Eliezer Yudkowsky and his rationalist and effective altruist satellites so intensely annoying is because I had a VERY similar “being a super weird, pretentious, hyper-literate kid” experience - I just, you know, grew up.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What relevance has her bike's battery got to this report? You haven't told us if the 4x4 that hit her is petrol or diesel. You haven't told us if it had a driver. Are you trying to provoke fear of e-bikes now?
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sorry - it's been a long one today! Lots of false claims to cover! But wow, is that headline appalling! Always be suspicious when you see quotation marks in a headline - it is usually a newspaper's way of telling a lie with plausible deniability! 32/
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We already know what the "protect our women" crowd are like. (And yes - those are 2 different Raise the Flag founders - one charged with murder and the other facing 14 charges!) The last thing Piddington wants is these guys roaming their streets... 31/
Headline: Most people arrested during Henry Novak protests had been reported for domestic abuse.Headline: One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have been reported for domestic abuse. Raise the Colours founder denies murder as second leading activist faces child abuse image charges.Leader of group behind flag campaign in England charged with 14 offences.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And yet the same people who lied to you about Brexit are now doing the same about the ECHR. As an aside, guess how many times the ECHR ruled against the UK on immigration removal cases in the last 45 YEARS? Go on - how many times have you seen the media tell you the ECHR stopped a deportation?
A report from Oxford highlights media misrepresentation of human rights and immigration, influencing debates on quitting the ECHR.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But women in Piddington are quite literally being told by the Leader of the Opposition that they should fear for their LIVES and that never leaving the house after dark is a reasonable precaution! This isn't protecting them. This is seriously damaging them. 11/
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
85% of rapes are perpetrated by men known to the victim. We are not "protecting women" by pretending the asylum seekers are the threat. Women are no more or less in danger from an asylum seeker than they are from their boss, the Tesco delivery man, or the pub landlord. 10/
A bar graph shows the relationship of sexual assault victims to their perpetrators, comparing data between males and females in England and Wales.
43.2% of perpetrators are the partner or ex-partner of the victim. 37.8% of perpetrators are someone known to the victim other than a partner or family member and only 15% were assaulted by a stranger.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just one man charged. Which got national press coverage - understandably. But did any of the other 739,000 sexual assaults that happened in England and Wales that took place that year get national media coverage? No - you ONLY hear about it if the perpetrator is an asylum seeker. 9/
Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales highlights 900,000 sexual assault victims, with a significant gender disparity in reported cases. 739,000 females aged 16 years and over experienced sexual assault in the year ending March 2025.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Next, she says that this is all about women's safety and talks about how scared women in this village are of having asylum seekers moving in nearby. As an aside, there has been a military base there for decades, as has a men's prison. We'll cover sexual abuse rates in the military shortly... 5/
Extract from The Express: Mrs. Badenoch accused Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmud of sparking a safety crisis for women. She said villagers fear their lives will be at risk, with many considering how we will go about our everyday lives, including by learning self-defence and refusing to go out at night.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
With the news brilliant singer songwriter Michael Kiwanuka is recovering from a stroke, remember to "Act FAST" and call 999 if you suspect someone has had a stroke. F = Face weakness. A = Arm weakness. S = Speech problems. T = Time to call 999. Don't delay. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating stroke
The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 26/09/2026
All my Christmas card preorders were posted yesterday. Thank you to everyone who ordered. 2026 Christmas cards are now available in my online shop if you fancy getting in there early. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas
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Christmas Cards | Gail Myerscough
Christmas cards with bold graphics, retro pattern and a mid-century colour palette. For anyone who likes their Christmas a bit less traditional.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh shit. THAT is worse than I realized
We are spending almost five billion more on AI related construction and ten billion dollars less on other private construction since 2024
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Underwear Homunculus @marisasandlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A good chunk of these are Men's Stories about Serious Flawed Men and that just ain't my bag, baby. When I tell folks that I haven't seen shows like BB or the like, that's not me virtue signaling. That's me being bored by the idea of yet another straight man story.
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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This list tells me everything about people employed at the NYT -- their age, their education, social class. I can make educated guesses about what they eat for breakfast.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Given that cops have been admitting to using Flock cameras to surveil, stalk, and harass women they know--- and in some cases, were in relationships with--- I have more questions.
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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