Reposted by KarlTom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Really good thread about neurodiversity which also gets at what I feel is at the heart of a lot of the modern crisis - people who are able to update their models of How The World Works vs people who can’t or won’t 36622
Reposted by KarlCyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One of the strong arguments in support of dense, frequent transit is child and parent mobility autonomy once kids are mature enough. Parents who have figured this out in San Francisco are some of the biggest proponents of Muni. Suddenly everyone is happier and has more time! 3538
Reposted by Karls. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 06/10/2026Bay comrades PLEASE vote for this. If it fails the consequences will be dire for transit and it will hollow out the entire Bay Area. 113482
Reposted by KarlDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Vancouver/UBC friends, a reminder that this is weekly, free and open to everyone, bring whatever handwork project you’re working on. Tomorrow I’ll be talking and reading about synthetic and natural fibres.* *expect to see my wrist/foream tattoo of collagen structure used as a visual aid 0209
Reposted by KarlDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 161169264738
Reposted by KarlIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 17/09/2026feels kind of wild that the default great future achievement of LLMs is "someday if could cure cancer" when mRNA vaccines are in fact making progress on potentially curing or preventing certain cancers, very "we have curing cancer at home" 331874
Reposted by KarlDr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 17/09/2026Everything kinda sucks right now, but I was going through old writing and found my defense of public lands. It reminded me why so many of us do what we do. It's so important to be able to find joy in the natural world, and that starts with being able to access it: www.grandcanyon.org/about/blog/g...grandcanyon.orgDr. Adeene Denton: Importance of Public LandsInterested in learning about the importance of public lands and how they play a role in art and science? If so, click to hear from GCC Astronomer Dr.… 14313
Reposted by Karl🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I mean… “There’s another element where you’re so privileged that you can’t imagine other things harming you. Like if you’re not worried about police brutality, or floods, or warfare—things that can actually kill you—then you can obsess over the machine-god.” 🔥🔥 172
Reposted by KarlMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day. 3545801156
Reposted by Karl🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Oh my god okay you guys I’m gonna 🧵 on fandom and I promise you the punchline is fuck JKR. Harry Potter became a shared social phenomenon like new episodes of popular TV shows. It doesn’t matter if it was “good”, it hooked people. Your view of it with 30 years of perspective doesn’t matter. 1259
Reposted by KarlAndrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.alilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded. 551523623
Reposted by KarlOnce Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/202623 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com 8450262704
Reposted by KarlIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 25/08/2026all rise for the international anthem of workers of the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxU...youtube.comDolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Official Video)YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 011030
Reposted by KarlAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 25/08/2026something that should be obvious but is rarely acknowledged: humans do not adopt first principles at birth and apply them logically to each new situation. we learn what behaviors are expected and acceptable, and stories about why we do those things 112427
Reposted by Karltweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 05/08/2026this is going to end up banal but what a world it would have been if the people who YOLO'd consumer LLMs with the pitch "this can automate the boring shit you don't want to do" had a definition of "boring shit" that was "set up AWS creds" instead of "art, music, socializing, raising children" 1639868
Reposted by KarlDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Tomorrow (first Monday in August) is a Civic Holiday in Canada; AFAICT, it’s just so we get another long weekend in the summer. Americans, we all deserve this too. Please join me in my decades-long mission to make this happen. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 0255
Reposted by KarlDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition. 473857843
Reposted by KarlCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The manufactured moral panic about “biological men playing women’s sports” is a collective mass hysteria. This is an infinitesimal issue, completely undeserving of a robust debate. It’s essentially in-person voter fraud: A thing we are told to care about that doesn’t happen. 214840
Reposted by KarlCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/07/202612. Here's the key insight though: as labor-augmenting technologies LLMs make researchers more productive and therefore they *raise the opportunity cost of researcher time*. As a result researchers will have incentives to invest less time in polishing a current project before moving on to a new one. 628039
Reposted by KarlNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026And even more so once you factored in that everybody lived within walking distance of each other to be within walking distance of the synagogue, so everyone's driving was reduced every day. My conclusion is: one of the best things you can do for the environment is try to live near a friend or two. 2295
Reposted by KarlEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, remember that many people with disabilities are paid below minimum wage and many can’t get married because they risk losing their SSI benefits. SSI recipients cannot have more than $2,000 in their bank account. 5456223
Reposted by KarlDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The thing about someone ‘improperly receiving benefits’ is I don’t care. Oh no did someone get food or health care? Good! 642301192
Reposted by KarlGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17/07/2026I legitimately find that AI is destroying every coping mechanism I had. Every time one of the tools that let me remember things or offload invisible labor blows up because they decided to shove bloated AI in it that doesn't even enhance the product? I fucking weep. 1034154
Reposted by KarlMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As always: if there's any class of people who do not have due process rights, then *nobody* has due process rights, because the government can just claim someone is in that class and there's no process to establish otherwise. 192335860
Reposted by KarlKen McLeod @kenmcld.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Somerville has lowered speed limits all over..., repainted and shortened crosswalks..., added new speed humps, fixed sidewalks, expanded its bike-lane network, installed new bus stops and bus lanes and stepped up ticketing for distracted driving" AND ITS WORKED www.governing.com/infrastructu...governing.comThis New England City Hasn't Had a Traffic Death in Three YearsSomerville, Mass., officials say their success is rooted in tried-and-true best practices for traffic safety. 7482187
Reposted by KarlBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane... 16772279
Reposted by KarlJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this. 12815540
Reposted by Karl🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Gotta admit he had me in the first half with his nerdy fandom references and policy statements But the tattoo was a pretty easy “actually ew no” point for me and there’s not much excuse for that not being true for everyone 181
Reposted by KarlBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026When I explain to peeps how much we do in research labs for how few $$, they simply don’t believe me. I once explained it to a famous person from Pixar, he looked me square in the eye and said “You mean all the cancer, vision, and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be %#ing kidding me!” 8583179
Reposted by KarlMicah @rincewind.run · 01/07/2026a) there are, like, single digit trans girls in sports in most states (sometimes literally one!), this entire thing is made up so that one girl who wants to play sports with her friends can't do it b) do not, under any circumstances, make policy based on angry sports parents 6749371025
Reposted by KarlDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026When I started researching this piece on mass transit for FIFA matches and how hard it is to get tens of thousands of people in their seats by kickoff, it finally dawned on me: having to get everybody’s car into stadium parking lots before the game is *why American tailgating culture exists*. 716633
Reposted by KarlDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is very “when the worst person you know makes a good point” — I think that FIFA is a morally bankrupt organization and the demand for public transit to World Cup matches is entirely self-serving, but it is pretty cool to see car-centric US cities get to look around and try out new approaches. 47712
Reposted by KarlDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My piece for @dezeen.com: FIFA’s mandate that World Cup host cities provide game-day public transit is a unique opportunity for American cities. It’s a chance to experiment and to learn from other places addressing the same challenges at the same time. www.dezeen.com/2026/06/30/w...dezeen.com"The World Cup is a unique opportunity for different transit approaches"The World Cup has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of public transportation in North America, providing cities with the opportunity to test and implement novel approaches. 19232
Reposted by KarlErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I'm still seeing people talk on this app like it's only the children of immigrants who are born here who benefit from birthright citizenship. Everyone born here benefits from it. It's how you are a citizen. 16858186
Karl @kschults.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A thread of my own favorite mountains, to go along with these. Also starting with my all-time favorites. Nothing has quite the same place in my heart as the White Mountains. 120
Reposted by Karls. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/06/2026TikTok's latest illegal 'life hack' seems to be 'dispute credit card transactions for free stuff' and legality aside I am here to beg you: Do not do this to small businesses. It really fucks them over in ways you may not be aware of beyond stealing from them (which is, to be clear, what this is).🧵 1837241237
Reposted by KarlBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2447753003
Reposted by KarlJonathan Arenburg @jonathanarenburg.com · 22/06/2026We often debate Universal Basic Income as an economic idea, but its clearest effects show up in mental health. When survival pressure drops, anxiety eases, crises decline, and people become more functional versions of themselves. This piece looks at what the evidence actually shows—beyond ideology.jonathanarenburg.comUniversal Basic Income and Mental Health: What the Evidence Actually SuggestsUniversal Basic Income is usually debated in economic terms, but its most consistent effects show up elsewhere—in mental health, stress reduction, and community stability. When people are no longer one problem away from falling apart, anxiety eases, crises decline, and quality of life improves in measurable ways. 17543
Reposted by Karl🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026As someone whose compensation exceeds the threshold for the cap, please let me say with my whole chest YES THIS IS A CORRECT MOVE I wish to pay taxes that lead to better outcomes for society as a whole. Assuring social security as a program is one of those things. 0165
Reposted by Karlandré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 17/06/2026alright well i’ll just be in the corner crying all day don’t mind metheplayerstribune.comDear Roxane | By Yan DiomandeI wrote this because I can’t speak about it. I wrote this because I want you to know that I will make sure that you live on. 13214103
Reposted by KarlJacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Tony Bourdain taught us all that a place is full of good food, good people, and good experiences despite very shitty politics and I think it’s kind of classically American to have thought we were excluded from that Venn diagram 224306947
Reposted by KarlMatthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 11/06/2026expired: planets have genders based on their mythological names wired: planets have no gender inspired: each planet, being unique, has its own unique gender so no pronouns are sufficient 1209
Reposted by KarlCeinwen Langley @ceinwenlangley.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult. 117122353896
Reposted by KarlErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 10/06/2026Cranking up demands for self-surveillance on human artists is such a grotesque response to AI. I don't let robots anywhere near my writing but I would never use this. I edit *on paper*and then transcribe! When I'm unwell, I use dictation. No one gets a fucking log of my waking time. Come on. 329684
Reposted by KarlRen 🖤 @thatllbemybrand.bsky.social · 05/06/2026In honour of Anthony Head, I’d like to share this story. It’s lived in my mind ever since I first read it. He was good people. www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...thepinknews.comHeartwarming story of Buffy's Giles going out of his way for a young trans fanTired: J.K. Rowling supporting a woman with anti-trans views. Wired: Buffy actor Anthony Stewart-Head quietly going above and beyond for his trans fans. 59838
Reposted by KarlAbigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Oh man, this one really hurts. Thank you for Giles, and then for decades of playing oily bastards who were nothing like Giles and clearly having a ball with that. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAnthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain. 903554873
Reposted by KarlMichelle Miller @michelleimiller.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The nuance re: town council's actual power to stop the data center is important. They basically couldn't survive a lawsuit from the company that wanted to build the center. It is a story of austerity, how public austerity erodes democratic practice + how AI thrives in austerity economies. 1259
Reposted by KarlSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 17/05/2026There's a close family resemblance between "We'd be much less productive if we actually had to check every paper we cited" and "We'd not be able to deport nearly as many people if we had to give all of them due process." 2242396
Reposted by KarlKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Birth rate discourse is like “It turns out if you give women more choices, they’re less likely to make ones that make their lives harder.” Which is really helpful in figuring out how we can improve society somewhat. But instead people are like wow giving women more choices was a mistake 4545251094
