Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The output etc was addressed by the other comment, the other thing is that the building designs generally do not lend themselves to adding ductwork. There's also just not a good basis in terms of envelope/insulation because of the passive ventilation techniques preferred so far 010
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026There would still be considerable issues with the wall behind the radiator. We have problems every year in the toilet room just from the toilet cistern The general humidity level is such that any significant cooling would need decent dehumidification happening in order to be healthy and effective. 210
Reposted by KatyInfinite Perspective @infiniteview.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I remember someone super cool proposing a Terf House reality show where they were told there was a secret trans but the twist was no there wasn't. It was hilarious! And even funnier that they're just doing it themselves! 1363
Reposted by Katyc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Can I interest you in a moist owlette as a timeline cleanse? This is Sassafras the Eastern Screech Owl from the Cincinnati Zoo (@cincinnatizoo.bsky.social, but via their FB) and I love him very much. Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio) are native to eastern North America. 10653911058
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Its rainy today, but since husband had wfh day we had a coffee shop breakfast after school drop off and thats always a nice treat. Plus I enjoy supporting a local biz. Doing paperwork then groceries :/ Did you still need readers? 110
Reposted by KatyAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/06/2026Staging these sites under the EOP & circumventing fedramp means we can’t see who’s doing what, who’s writing the code, etc - things required for govt sites. This is scary stuff. They could fabricate voter registration fraud and use it to throw out votes, for example, and we couldn’t check it. END/ 341416450
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026People in the UK are often very, very convinced they never need cooling, tumble dryers, or in a lot of cases, dishwashers. Like it's a hill they're willing to die on without really understanding why. 030
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I suspect it's because the vast majority of UK heat pump installations are not heating/cooling air, but partnered with radiator systems that previously used a gas boiler. In a humid environment (like the UK) running cooling to metal radiators would create a lot of problems with mo(u)ld. 110
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Im filling out DBS paperwork in England.. why do instructions still include BRP? Those were deprecated as an ID in like 2024. At least this list also mentions eVisa, but a lot of paperwork I've encountered this year doesn't! Disturbing that services specifically working with this aren't up to date 010
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026And there were so many! I am repeatedly dumbfounded that this ended up being the guy, when nothing about the guy seems to fit the party. I had assumed early on he was a stooge entry who would flip parties after election, did not one else see this? 0110
Reposted by KatyMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I'm not surprised but I am baffled that "whiny, self-absorbed, untrustworthy, amoral, clearly no principles or sense of duty" is routinely labeled as "masculine." It's like they read scholarly articles on the interwoven nature of masculinity and toxic masculinity and decided "just the toxic parts." 1136046
Reposted by KatyCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says. 331657977
Reposted by KatyCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is incredibly tragic. I had the pleasure of speaking at an MIT Libraries event last month and got to see the good work the do and the community they support. For a university of this caliber to shutter this many of its libraries--this is truly a travesty. 1028680
Reposted by KatyNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about. 5136701193
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Just as a reminder to UK voters, this is what Reform wants to build - profit engines fueled with human suffering. 020
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I've been trying to wrap my head around a different grading system as have moved to the UK. They do high stakes testing of teens, but those tests aren't just normalized, they are curved. So a proportion always fails, even if they have ok mastery. Limiting grades hurts the top and the bottom, both. 110
Reposted by KatyCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 19/05/2026This is the height of corruption. www.politico.com/news/2026/05... 73069712693
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This right here is one of the many reasons we need to move away from a pathological model for neurodiversity. They do not accept that their 'quirky' or 'particular' or 'passionate' looks slightly different now and often gets a label that reflects the internal struggle that comes with it. 020
Reposted by KatyPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026When a regime clearly holds the rule of law in contempt, and views itself as completely above the law, it and its agents don’t have any moral argument for the protections of the rule of law. 271568313
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This is exactly what they want to do, by making the FDA so worthless it can just be shuttered. The problem is, it does (normally) serve an important purpose. 110
Reposted by KatyGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/05/2026Everyone involved in posting this should be fired and everyone in the chain of command whose office is subject to impeachment, including the president, should be impeached. Just for this. I am not kidding in the least, and Democrats who let this go by without comment are putting us all in danger. 123546985
Reposted by KatyMaría de la Ohlala @menchubasquero.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Lunes. Buenos días 92048925
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026She loves it every year and made it through the vote counts this time. Her main favor was Greece this year, but also liked Bulgaria (but not the opening with the plastic faces) and Sweden. Kid loves a bop. 010
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Thanks. I find it odd and I'm trying not to worry about it, but part of why this strain hasn't been more of a problem is that it has previously stayed pretty geographically contained. Most humans are always within a few meters of rodents and just never realize it 010
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Don't feel like doing the song and dance to read the whole thing from NYT, but I want to find somewhere that discusses what happens if the Andes strain goes into other local rodent populations as reservoir. That is my primary concern with this outbreak. 120
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Without anything to base it on I suspect this has a lot to do with it. Med pros knowingly treating an infected person behave very differently than average people at a party wrt hygiene. 110
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I'm just over the border but wasn't on BlueSky during ;) Considered boycotting it this year; didn't vote. My kid looks forward to it all year so we did watch. 110
Reposted by KatyDr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Especially when Jason was RIGHT THERE. It’s not so much that he’s called Jason and looks the part, it’s that he has Peak Odysseus Energy. A chaos monkey who got lost for 14 years on a trip that would’ve taken a month had he walked. 1425127
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Really glad Bulgaria pulled through on that one 😬 #eurovision 020
Reposted by KatyPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026🔴 Keir Starmer promised to crackdown on "Slapps" - abusive libel cases to silence journalists and critics Then Labour quietly dropped it We can reveal why: a three-year lobbying blitz by libel lawyers who've acted for Russian oligarchs, Epstein + more democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyer...democracyforsale.substack.comHow lawyers to the super-rich strangled Labour's Slapp billExclusive: A discreet lobbying campaign by lawyers who have acted for oligarchs and the super-rich told government that reforming England's libel laws was too difficult. 281144726
Reposted by KatyElizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Whaaaaa! What a cutie! A Batillipes sp. tardigrade from my latest plankton sample 🥹. #marineplankton 🦑 #zooplankton 817462
Reposted by KatySolid Evidence @solidevidence.bsky.social · 15/05/20262 more Novaseq 25B plates about to finish. 55 wastewater samples, ~30 million people, 3 coasts. Before anyone asks - yes, we would be able to detect Ebola Bundibugyo. If it has an RNA or DNA genome, we can detect it. www.afro.who.int/countries/de...afro.who.intDemocratic Republic of the Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak, WHO scales up supportThe World Health Organization (WHO) is rapidly scaling up support to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo following confirmation of an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo in the country’s n... 36717
Reposted by KatyMark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case 126135342868
Reposted by KatyJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13/05/2026FYI - I teach bystander intervention to end street harassment and the webinars are FREE and open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ Cameras/mics muted, so it's very chill and focuses on 5 tangible ways we can de-escalate. May 20 @ noon EST is the next one!zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stand up against street harassment! for Sexual Assault Awareness Month!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.It starts by taking action right now. Join us for a one-hour, interactive, virtual training to learn how to intervene when you see harassment happening. We’ll talk about what harassment looks like — f... 133
Reposted by KatyCZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 11/05/2026These authors are full of shit. Beyond the real neurobiology of ARFID, evolution equips children & pregnant people to be extremely selective about what they eat, because kids & pregnant people are more vulnerable to poison. So consider: Would these asshats say this about Hyperemesis Gravidarum? 811230
Reposted by KatyChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Trans rights are human rights and this administration is an abomination of hate and greed. 323048996
Reposted by KatyDaron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Simon Johnson and I are hiring a postdoc at MIT to research the history, social implications, and future of technology. The job description and application link are available here: shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/jame...shapingwork.mit.eduJames M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work Postdoctoral Associate - MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of WorkPosition Overview Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson are recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate to research the history, social implications, and future of technology. The position is… 15029
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Nice of him to hand it to you and not just leave it somewhere. Kids do that sometimes. 000
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Its my understanding they think the human transmissibility is respiratory, yes. I guess you could say the HV more familiar in the US is also respiratory, because it's from breathing in dessicated rodent excretions. 110
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026static.klipy.comIan Malcolm's Iconic Jurassic Park QuoteAlt: Ian Malcolm's Iconic Jurassic Park Quote about scientists focusing on can instead of should 000
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I've seen a bit of this and it reminds me of bi-erasure in the past. I wonder if it's a reaction to political issues around trans identity, because some people are upset that other people want to nope out of the binary system or gender altogether. 020
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The Andes strain still uses rodents as a reservoir species. The major difference vs other HV strains is that it has confirmed human to human transmissibility. It was previously contained to the Andes with one 34 person outbreak in Argentina outside the usual area. 110
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Absolutely, and would be happy to do so. Just let me know! If I don't respond to the DM just tag me in a post; being in the UK and not doing Bsky's age check means I often don't get the DM notifications, but I can read them when my VPN is on. 220
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Meanwhile, it's now broken geographic containment and can take up residence in rodent species around the globe. Which means more outbreaks in the future. 000
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Its been confirmed for a while that this variant is human communicable, which is why there was any concern at all about the cruise ship outbreak. What bothers me is that it also uses rodents as a reservoir species, and hadn't broken geographic containment until now. 110
Katy @morgalyn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I blame the collapse of major news journalism. I feel like decades ago, the main news was primarily factual reporting with minimal commentary, but it's been replaced by primarily commentary with minimal factual reporting. News ethics collapsed under the burden of profit seeking. 010