Reposted by Karen KlompDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 18h"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 3741441083
Reposted by Karen KlompPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Smith goes on: “My kids are all at school, but down a 60mph lane with no footpaths. Even if I could persuade them to do the 2 mile walk every morning, it would be monstrously unsaid to do so.” If only there was some sort of policy intervention that could make this route safer. 434118
Reposted by Karen KlompJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Scrapping the Future Homes Standard will deliver cost reductions for developers, but it’s hugely unlikely they’d be passed on to buyers and those buyers would be left with homes that cost thousands of pounds a year more to run. 515822
Reposted by Karen KlompJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 761365430
Reposted by Karen KlompKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You've probably seen this news by now. I find it hard to deal with. 20% of all the ice in Switzerland's glaciers lost in 5 years! And it's not just the beauty of the high Alps; this has major implications for Europe's water supply. #ClimateChangeisWaterChange 38540
Reposted by Karen KlompMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sounds about white. 9649801342
Reposted by Karen Klompgamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026CNN making this sound more mysterious than it is. It was Yersinia pestis, the plague, the researcher died because she inhaled it into her lungs and developed pneumonic plague, there is no danger but to those directly exposed in the lab. Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice. 321185341
Reposted by Karen KlompPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Well, this is a delight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 815569
Reposted by Karen KlompAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The kids using “Brexit” and “AI” as insults makes me think the kids are pretty great, actually 236353
Reposted by Karen KlompDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 260184344875
Reposted by Karen KlompNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All 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. 71622420
Reposted by Karen KlompKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The way the Cornell victim is being publicly disbelieved by a lot of journalists, officials, and online posters is also a warning shot to every other victim not to dare to actually pursue a case against your rapist lest you suffer the same fate. It’s a means of protecting the status quo 221969377
Reposted by Karen KlompKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 238101953244
Reposted by Karen KlompShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The competitiveness of the white conservative lasted exactly as long as artificial barriers to entry for everyone else did, what they lost to was the free market they pretended to care about because their entire success was based on not actually facing competition. 429150
Reposted by Karen KlompAndrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's insane how many ppl even entertain the idea of data fabrication as being good for research. 311240
Reposted by Karen KlompRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The party has also said it would look closer at whether parents' earnings and savings should be factored into welfare payments for their children" So according to the Tories, it's wrong to means-test benefits for boomers... but totally fine to do so for their adult children children.bbc.co.ukConservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25sThe party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit. 2123064
Reposted by Karen KlompChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way… 547125093637
Reposted by Karen KlompAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For those in England & Wales who don’t get them on the NHS: private flu & covid jabs are available from today. I’ve just had both at my local pharmacy. £115 for the pair. Yes, that’s expensive, but if you’re a freelancer & don’t get sick pay it’s probably a lot cheaper than taking time off. 520380
Reposted by Karen KlompSunny (came home with a mission) @stillsunny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely Also, the emotional cost of having to weigh safety constantly - it costs energy that we could be putting to better use, that men don’t have to spend It’s so automatic that we forget it still taps energy to run that program in the background, then we wonder why we are so exhausted 728528
Reposted by Karen KlompEclipse 🏳️🌈 🐦⬛ @eclipsemage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have a friend who no longer goes to many events and restaurants because her stalker/harasser/gaslighter often goes to them. Her life is much smaller because of him, while he enjoys the freedom to go where he wants, and do what he wants, after making her life hell. 121216
Reposted by Karen KlompBrandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I read a book this summer about 'the new Hollywood' of the '70s (Lucas, Spielberg, Coppola, Scorsese, etc) and this thread articulates a lot of what it left me feeling. 01324
Reposted by Karen Klompmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anyway I don't want to be accused of starting drama. I don't want to be assaulted, and I don't want to be a problem! So I leave and the men assume I'm tired or dull or maybe they don't care bc without me, they don't have to confront the creeps, they can claim ignorance and buy the bar another round. 313748258
Reposted by Karen Klompmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The good men, the friends and lovers even, say to me later "well why didn't you just tell that creep off" as though I wouldn't be accused of starting shit, as though they'd stand up for me and not interrogate me to make the creep comfortable instead. Experience tells me most men will do the latter. 124009343
Reposted by Karen Klompmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168187694710
Reposted by Karen KlompKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense 231209267
Reposted by Karen KlompJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?jessica.substack.comCarrying That Weight—AgainI can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case 211956405
Reposted by Karen KlompJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL 732614635
Reposted by Karen KlompKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I 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...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs 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. 531870617
Reposted by Karen KlompKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 30/09/2026haaaa I have just discovered what happens if you type "fat bear week" into Google 10395
Reposted by Karen KlompAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One 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 👩🔬⚛️ 89932
Reposted by Karen KlompCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026also 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. 12768149
Reposted by Karen KlompJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rare opportunity to invest in no future. 26823216
Reposted by Karen KlompRachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026its 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. 0174
Reposted by Karen KlompAbbie @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I 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. 428675
Reposted by Karen KlompEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I 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. 211044304
Reposted by Karen KlompJessica 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? 352045664
Reposted by Karen KlompMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You 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: 39972222881
Reposted by Karen KlompAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026It 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." 482523717
Reposted by Karen KlompSusan of Texas @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A 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. 226841
Reposted by Karen KlompJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Some 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/...newrepublic.comTrump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape InvestigationThe Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools. 27626
Reposted by Karen KlompThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026never skip leg day 131097182
Reposted by Karen KlompKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 28/09/2026Good, 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. 6387
Reposted by Karen KlompClumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cornell University Police treated the victim like trash. 619032
Reposted by Karen KlompArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026Just 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) 084
Reposted by Karen KlompArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026The 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. 54619
Reposted by Karen KlompArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026It’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. 1498
Reposted by Karen KlompPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cornell 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. 19704258
Reposted by Karen KlompArikia Millikan @arikia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Important thread 👇🏽 Migrating to Ghost is the next best path with the available digital publishing infrastructure. More good things are coming. Thanks @enfascination.com 0268
Reposted by Karen KlompJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yes 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 202716412