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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Just chilling at home, then I remember that Ayn Rand named a character "Balf". 😂 Never gets old.

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Tricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Adulthood is having as many marshmallows as you want.

A black mug from Matilda: The Musical, full of hot chocolate and a large number of small multicoloured marshmallows. There is a full layer, but you can see the hot chocolate peeking through.

The same mug, with many more marshmallows. You cannot see any hot chocolate and the marshmallows have formed a mountain that rises higher than the lip of the mug.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Not based on No Kings. A separate event, though I wouldn't be surprised if the date was arranged to align.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Nope. A coalition that includes Stand Up to Racism. Hundreds of thousands showed up; organised and run by Brits.

MARCH TOGETHER
AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT
LONDON
28 MARCH 2026

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Jonathan Janz @handle.invalid · 28/03/2026

"But AI uses em dashes and semi-colons and figures of speech, so you can't use them in your--" Let me stop you right there. I don't give a damn what AI does. It will never impact the way I write. Ever. Nothing is less relevant to me than generative AI "writing" tendencies.

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a close up of a man 's hands reaching out towards a glass wall .

ALT: a close up of a man 's hands reaching out towards a glass wall .

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

USians seemed confused: the march in London wasn't for #NoKings. It was #TogetherAlliance Against the Far Right. They suck here too.

A placard reading "Gilead -- Sponsored by Reform UK" with a Handmaid's Tale bonnet in the background.

A placard of a jar of Marmite labeled "Reject Hate" and the text "SPREAD LOVE" above it.

A placard reading "JOBS AND HOMES NOT RACISM"

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Korlis @korl.is · 13/03/2026

"would be" he's giving the order. the declaration itself is a war crime (...even if I remain suspicious Hegseth has no idea what it means to give no quarter). you can't just comment from the sidelines, you have to actually do something.

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

POSSIBLE NEW IDIOMS: sharpen the zig, sharpen the zag staircase full of petticoat fluffers chest like a pillow & a face like a wolf & THAT’S a Bratislava goodbye one eye on the flapjacks, one eye on the bellhop g-g-g-g-g-gong it! blah blah blah & your zipper’s undone Julius your Caesar 😉

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/03/2026

The question is always "what if a kid is wrongfully transitioned" and never "what if a trans kid is denied the ability to transition and endures years of excruciating dysphoria and has to have multiple surgeries later in life to fix the issues caused by going through the wrong puberty."

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm listening to a new audiobook and having trouble getting into it. But worse than that, I can't figure out if the issue is the writing, the translation, or the audiobook narrator. Recently listened to a book narrated by John Hopkins, who was *excellent*. This one, maybe not.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I have no idea what Myst is. I will definitely watch.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

America: [1776-?] Some great ideas marred by poor direction and unlikable characters. Greed, bigotry, and gratuitous violence. ★★☆☆☆

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

When there are no consequences for the last bad thing, you'll get a next worse thing.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Tone doesn't communicate well via text, but I'm actually just confused. I have seen the clip a bunch of places, but didn't find it newsworthy then or now. I'm genuinely surprised someone would think it needs *more* attention. I tried to communicate why it feels so banal to me - guess it didn't work.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A 2021 survey found that about ~65% of Americans believe aliens exist. Only 52% of Americans believe in human-driven climate change (U Chicago 2025). Obama agreeing with 2/3 of the country isn't a revelation.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Um...are you talking about Obama saying aliens "are real, but I haven't seen them"? Basically agreeing with the Drake equation (proposed in 1961)? What's there to talk about? It's not news for a former president to have scientific views.

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Korlis @korl.is · 22/02/2026

if I ran for parliament promising to leave all my decision-making to a magic 8ball it would be functionally equivalent to this, but the headline wouldn't be "magic 8ball runs for parliament"

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I asked him why and he said, "I don't know. I'd have to ask someone from quantum field theory." So probably not very satisfying, but from your starting point re: relationship between dimensions, it's likely that if that could be, someone would have the math to support it.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

From my partner (not in quantum field theory): the reason that the theory is they're "rolled up small" is because that is what is shown to be mathematically possible. What you're suggesting probably hasn't been suggested because it's probably not mathematically possible.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Picked my partner's brain; he thinks it's field-specific. There are way more astronomers on bsky because visual media engages more and can communicate more info in fewer chars, while quantum field theory, for example, has a small potential audience and is v challenging to communicate in this format.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I'd say post it. *Somebody* will see it.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Was it more prevalent on X, suggestion a migration issue, or is this a short form platform issue broadly? Most physicists I know want more nuance than 240 chars offers.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

My partner is a physicist and I'm pretty sure it's because he has very large teams he's regularly talking to; there isn't such a desire to send thoughts "into the ether", as it were, if you can just text or email an expert. (He also doesn't use bsky much in general, which may be a bigger factor.)

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 20/02/2026

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

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Korlis @korl.is · 20/02/2026

I'd go further and say: it shouldn't matter even if they were useful (still, they aren't). If your society only functions because of a cabal of pedophiles, abusers, and sex traffickers operating with absolute impunity then it's not a society worth having.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

To my knowledge, no ICE Enforcement and Removal officer has ever been shot by an immigrant. Might be wrong but I don’t think so.

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Holir @holir.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

In agreement! Love the idea of what generative models can do. Dislikes: No safe guards & rails Desire to replace all workers Need for the systems to consume everything it touches Corporate thought that it can replace human art Etc. etc

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It is pretty pervasive, but I have found some good people there. It's the most common tag, so we have to put our voices in the spaces to attract like-minded people. But I suspect AI promoters use the spaces differently from AI-haters.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"The fact that we charge tuition for the privilege of participating in these experiences could be mistaken for a scam: one in which no learning and very little effort are exchanged for grades and credits. But, I assure you, this is not a scam. This is innovation."

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"Citizenship is a privilege" is such a fundamentally racist statement that it's really hard to know where to go from there. So Labour go to "Simply being allowed to be here is a privilege", just make sure you're getting the message. 80 years of international humanitarian law can go whistle.

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The Constant @constantpodcast.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Here’s a story about Nazis, antifascists, corrupt political movie-making and The Nobel Peace Prize, which has zero contemporary relevance. megaphone.link/ARML4304032796

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Peace Forever by The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/02/2026

“With this decision, Governor Stitt has made Oklahoma less attractive to highly qualified educators & has weakened the institutions that provide the most accessible & affordable education to its residents—at real cost to students, communities, & the democratic & economic future of the state.”

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Reading this while home with a URI. Would like some political will, please.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
7um Jing
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university: 1. Cyborgs & Images of Artificial Life in American Lit 2. Geography of the Middle East and Southwest Asia 3. Human Heredity 4. Advanced German Diction & Phonetics 5. Philosophy, Genocide & the Holocaust

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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/01/2026

NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines

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Kathryn Shrader @kmshrader.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"[I]t can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line."

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

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