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Kayla Williams

@kwilliams101.bsky.social
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Author, veteran, advocate, kidney donor

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 8h
chaitanyakumark.substack.com/p/what-are-t... Great piece
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What are think tanks for anyway?
How AI is set to disrupt this niche sector and what does the future hold for it? Four experiments and their results.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What's hot this week: buff.ly/xl5uor9
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MilVet News of the Week: 10/8/26
slightly shorter than usual... midterms attracting all focus & energy?
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One thing I will give them: as a patient using private insurance to schedule dental or vision appointments in the community, I have NEVER had to wait more than a week to get a new patient appointment if not picky about where I go.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
VA sites I've been monitoring have 4x longer wait times for new vs established neurology patients, it's 10x longer in oncology
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mildly confused that this @taskandpurpose.com article finds it notable that new patients wait longer than established patients for dental appts at VA - that is absolutely the norm in medical care across the board in the US. taskandpurpose.com/news/va-dent...?
taskandpurpose.com
New VA dental patients face waits of 2 months for appointments
Veterans seeking to begin dental care with the VA wait an average of 51 days for initial appointments, far longer than established patients.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I do NOT think 99% of Americans want more Elon Musks here!
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s just tremendously SAD that those AI evangelists seemingly don’t want to have relationships with their own children according to posts like this. Heartbreaking that they actively want to skip those tender moments.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"You're right to push back. I shouldn't have declassified that critical information and posted it on X; that made the US much more vulnerable to foreign adversaries. I'll do better next time" ;-) buff.ly/JIXv3FA
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Pentagon launches pilot program that will use AI to manage sensitive information
The Pentagon is launching a pilot program that will use AI to manage its classification processes and handling of sensitive military information.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The House Judiciary Committee is now demanding an investigation into Botstein’s possible involvement in Epstein’s trafficking, as well as allegations that Botstein groped women and intervened on behalf of sexual abuse perpetrators in Bard’s Title IX investigations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There’s no end to the horror Rs will tolerate
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My latest piece: what we currently know (and don’t) about DOGE’s actions at VA: buff.ly/42xf9zK
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What We Know About DOGE at VA
OIG has the receipts and GAO got stonewalled
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Avengers movie 72: in which we learn the dust from the disintegrated bad guys is a carcinogen and they have to fight for their version of the PACT Act
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But I was passed by a woman with a double stroller so
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Did not die strava.app.link/ELkdsI7JX6b
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Morning Run | Strava
View Kayla Williams's Run on October 4, 2026 | Strava
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Anyway I’m super excited to run this 5k (that I haven’t prepped for at all while recovering from plantar fasciitis) alone. Good morning!
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Me: never played sports as a child. do not play team sports as an adult. do not watch sports. Also me: why don’t my kids want to play sports, which obviously would be good for them?!
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hope you're ready because it sounds like they're coming for abortion immediately after the midterms: www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My roundup of what mil/vet news is hot this week: buff.ly/uoNdshV
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Mil/Vet News of The Week: 02OCT26
Get pissed, get inspired, & get ready to go vote to save our democracy
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 01/10/2026
A new lawsuit by journalist @bubbaprog.xyz reveals that the DOJ secretly searched his digital accounts for a wide range of materials. And prosecutors failed to tell the judges who signed off on it about a federal law that protects the press from search warrants… again.
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DOJ’s secret search of journalist’s accounts omitted press law
Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth just announced a new corps of cadets involving Liberty University - FUN REMINDER if you forgot about this amidst all the other scandals we've been living through: www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
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Liberty to pay Jerry Falwell Jr. $15 million settlement after high-profile sex scandal
The university and Falwell had announced a settlement in 2024 but provided few details. A newly released tax form revealed the sum.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Enraging
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OOF
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Man Confident He Would’ve Been Brave Enough To Send Thumbs Down Emoji In Cornell Group Chat
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New GAO report just dropped KEY FINDING: majority of sexual harassment, harassment, & sexual assault are committed by veterans *against staff*. Interventions must recognize this and be targeted accordingly. buff.ly/HDCA2nG
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U.S. GAO - VA Health Care: Prevalence Information Needed to Better Understand and Address Harassment Involving Veterans
Incidents of harassment in Department of Veterans Affairs' medical centers may be increasing despite VA's policy to curtail them. This can put...
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😭
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest piece - closing out Suicide Prevention Month: buff.ly/WLgmN6Y
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Veteran Suicide Prevention: We Have to Talk About Guns
Starting with safe storage
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026
"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...
Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation

Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My kid picked flowers when we tried 🤣
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What’s hot this week in Mil/Vet news - my latest roundup: buff.ly/tcZuh1q
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Mil/Vet News of the Week 24SEP2026
Now stores sniper ammo!
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No thank you.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
love this headline www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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Marines will get an extra $1.66 per day in danger pay after policy change
Effective Oct. 1, Marines deployed to parts of the world designated as “imminent danger areas” will get a bigger monthly stipend.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Y'all better go fucking vote for what you say you believe in. Every one of you constantly posting big opinions on this damn app better vote. time.com/article/2026...
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This Priest Pledges to Care For 31 Kids If ICE Detains Their Parents
A Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose immigrant parents fear arrest and deportation.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I enjoyed this piece on the history of the field jacket. @dieworkwear.bsky.social you might like it too! warontherocks.com/only-america...
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Only America Could Have Designed the Field Jacket
When the M-1943 field jacket was introduced at the height of World War II, it was a revolutionary garment. The jacket was the result of rigorous testing,
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are going to have SO much work to do trying to recover from all the horrible policies these people are implementing.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Apparently @theonion.com is targeting the Marine Corps demographic
Photo of box of crayons with caption “Hundreds of colors, one unbeatable taste”
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Did you know this is LGBTQ Veterans Day & it’s being celebrated around the country? Celebrate the repeal of DADT with us - and continue the struggle for full equality: buff.ly/8W7bXup
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Celebrating LGBTQ+ Veterans Day
Honoring the repeal of DADT - while recognizing the work ahead
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's down to 2 days from when this headline was written. Please give it a read and weigh in. Vaccines save lives. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: HHS is asking what to call vaccine recommendations. You have 4 days to weigh in.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My latest - Now with more fiber! buff.ly/7qLKzoV
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MilVet News of the Week: 9/18/26
War & VA & research & elections & more
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democracydefendersfund.org @democracydefendersfund.org · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: We’re suing the Department of Defense on behalf of The War Horse after the Pentagon refused to disclose how senior officials are using generative AI tools—including whether sensitive or classified information could be exposed. The American public deserves answers.
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DDF Sues Department of Defense Over Failure to Disclose Senior Leadership’s Records on AI Use
Democracy Defenders Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of The War Horse News, an independent nonprofit news organization, ag
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyway please read this book bookshop.org/lists/the-mi...
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The Ministry of the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson's latest novel - now in paperback!
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every problem like this is going to get worse because Republicans refuse to admit that NOT fighting climate change is *even more expensive* than quitting fossil fuels.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I bet they don't do crappy kipping pull-ups like No-Tab Pete, either. buff.ly/BfVmaJX
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Hegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder for Women in Combat Roles. Most Female Marines Are Passing
Data shows almost all Marine females serving in combat roles have met or exceeded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new physical fitness standard.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy National Service Dog Month! My latest, with what veterans & supporters should know about service dogs - bonus pics of my pet dogs as clickbait ;-) kaylawilliams101.substack.com/p/celebratin...
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Celebrating National Service Dog Month
Top things for veterans and supporters to know
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is TOO EARLY to use untested, poorly understood, ill-regulated tools in settings that will impact public health and the environment for decades to come. www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
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The EPA may soon deploy AI to regulate toxic chemicals. It's not telling the public.
Federal law requires U.S. government agencies to disclose how they’re using AI tools in their work. But in the case of the EPA, this doesn’t appear to be happening.
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Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My latest news roundup: buff.ly/2EhPjz2
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Mil/Vet News of the Week
9/11/2026
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