Reposted by 멜 melPacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'm going to try to change your perspective on COVID in under 2 minutes. 18333155
Reposted by 멜 melPacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think it's weird how fixated a lot of you are on people who are covid conscious.. 17298105
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A core part of the problem is that parents want their sons to be able to access male privilege more than they want to stop sexual violence. You have to let go of the fraternities. And the men’s only athletic teams. And any other boys clubs. 736387
Reposted by 멜 melBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...the74million.orgNearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New MexicoA new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico. 8548184
Reposted by 멜 melOrla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Remember those really cheap, DIY fans with filters for classrooms? They work! #CorsiRosenthal pubs.acs.org/aeacd5/artic... 123165
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026But it’s also true that these systems are just misogynistic. And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively. 263687
Reposted by 멜 melNicole 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. 71601417
Reposted by 멜 melKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8852381019
Reposted by 멜 melTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 10410168
Reposted by 멜 melmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It happens so often it can be hard to even see. Men having the same experience I am, but I hit a place where the attention becomes unpleasant. Inuendos start. I have to wiggle out of something I did not start (cautiously! trying not to upset any dangerous egos!) so I leave, while the men get to stay 74102263
Reposted by 멜 melmaura 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. 168186724688
Reposted by 멜 melIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This. I strongly believe a lot of men have no idea how often women contend with this, and how it can stunt their ambitions. 01216311
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know, researchers since the 1980s have found that men can tell when they don’t have consent. They just choose to continue anyway because they prioritize consent as less important than power, domination, and sexual gratification. 326054
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally. 81109210
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another big one is teaching your son to see girls as equals. Instead of enrolling him in sex-segregated sports, introduce him to a co-ed team. And help him foster his more “feminine” interests where we can be in mixed-sex spaces, making mixed-sex friend groups. 6939115
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81167550
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026...Except it's worse, because OpenAI didn't 'invent the personal chatbot footprint', and chatbots are a tool for which we already have low-energy alternatives. So it's 100% volunteer unforced errors here 1281
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026Basically, whether on LinkedIn or Instagram, there is a push among white people in rich countries to do post-hoc rationalisations for their chatbot addictions taking a fascinatingly similar form to the same thing where high-carbon lifestyles are rationalised bc "BP invented the carbon footprint" 3315
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026I spend a lot of time looking at the bigger picture but I try to remember the big picture is made of these pixels. People deciding to switch from a lean, energy efficient mode of work and communication into a WILDLY BLOATED and just absurdly Bitcoiny mode of pointless generation and regeneration 3408
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026GenAI is what I am going to optimistically call "pre-systemic" - it hasn't been baked in yet. And the stakes are HIGH, bc once baked in, the climate impacts push it up into a high category among the plastics industry, agriculture etc So....what that means is that heavy users *are* morally culpable 24513
Reposted by 멜 melKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Instead we still have handwashing and coughing into elbows for airborne viruses, outright dismissal of long covid, normalization of being sick all the time, and zero accountability 316033
Reposted by 멜 melKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The pandemic should have led to clean indoor air, treatments for long covid and related illnesses, next gen vaccines, normalization of masking, mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare, sick leave, and a paradigm shift around what infections do to people 8374138
Reposted by 멜 melChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of my favourite profs from my undergrad, Maggie Berg, wrote a book challenging the culture of speed in academia. Can't wait to read this - seems relevant right now as someone intentionally taking forever to finish grad school 😁 utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....utppublishing.comThe Slow Professor - University of Toronto PressChallenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy 3225
Reposted by 멜 melKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 766286735988
Reposted by 멜 melKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/09/2026Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏 422568
Reposted by 멜 melKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support. 443082690
Reposted by 멜 melemily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m only seeing people with ME or Long Covid sharing this. If you’re not affected, can you please read it & share? Ableist propaganda goes viral all the time, which encourages outlets to publish more of it. Can we please make the truth go viral instead? 3198161
Reposted by 멜 melKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The thing that’s really lovely about wearing a mask in public places is that it has huge personal benefits while also making spaces safer and more accessible to others 07424
Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield. 9981269
Reposted by 멜 melbabs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026malcolm harris showing yall how to ally once again 117860
Reposted by 멜 melAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Eugenics is the tool of the oppressor. We do not need it. We will not use it. Hate to break it to you, but this means: Mentioning “the gene pool” The concept of IQ and BMI Standardized tests “Gifted” AND “special” education Rawdogging viruses “Social Darwinism” “Effective altruism” 8383143
Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game. 91735326
Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that. 101319221
Reposted by 멜 melAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yes, because it helps you avoid being a mark and to place accountability in people making these tools. Hope that helps. 1220045
Reposted by 멜 melWorld Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Prior infection doesn’t guarantee protection from getting COVID again. Reinfections can happen, and every new infection is another opportunity to develop Long COVID. Reducing the number of times we’re infected still matters. #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir 111861
Reposted by 멜 melDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026Happy to report the UN has fantastic indoor air quality! But I did get questioned by multiple security guards about why I was wearing a mask. I told them we were attending meetings about preventing pandemics 🤷🏻♂️ 1056785
Reposted by 멜 melEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For an excellent overview of all of that in documentary form: notaidoc.com >>notaidoc.comGhost in the MachineNot AI | Ghost in the Machine - A Documentary by Valerie Veatch | Premiering at Sundance 2026 214017
Reposted by 멜 melAdam Conover @adamconover.net · 23/09/2026Do data centers actually use that much water? Spoiler alert: they do! Check out the new Factually! episode with @parismarx.com wherever you get podcasts. » Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... » Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw... » YouTube: youtu.be/N__8ubegY1c 25410164
Reposted by 멜 melNilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 23/09/2026I have a lot of discussions with people who just don't believe individual action can have much of an impact even though world history is full of examples proving otherwise. By the way the two women who spearheaded this were Mary Manning and Karen Gearon. Nimrod Sejake was in Ireland in exile. 1365156
Reposted by 멜 melThe Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 23/09/2026WE ARE 68 SUBSCRIBERS AWAY FROM OUR 200 SUBCRIPTIONS GOAL! Grab an annual subscription at 40% off today and help us stay alive for the next year! This deal ends 9/24: f.mtr.cool/y6trv9mpzkf.mtr.coolThe FlytrapFeminist cultural criticism against the algorithm 069
Reposted by 멜 melErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The entire thing exists solely to paint marginalized people and those who mask as hysterical weirdos. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a national publication to be covering a teeny tiny local community scuffle. 61513179
Reposted by 멜 melErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing. 332940909
Reposted by 멜 melZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026The world has made real progress in steering away from some of the darkest climate futures where global emissions doubled (or more) this century. But as David Wallace-Wells and I note in today's NYT, we are not out of the woods yet, and climate uncertainty is not our friend: www.nytimes.com/2026... 417774
Reposted by 멜 melKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/09/2026I first wrote about dicamba back in 2017 when most of the coverage was limited to farming publications. And there's something that I think is missed in the Guardian piece that I think it's important to note about why Bayer is doing this.popsci.comA chemical meant to save plants is actually killing them—and it's spreadingNew formulations of dicamba, an herbicide, seem to be causing havoc in America's soybean fields 7313167
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026Just your regular reminder to unfollow @electrek.co because if you click and read their site, you're reading stolen work 2307
