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Sam Fischman

@schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social
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Nuclear engineering undergraduate student at Purdue University. Nuclear technology & policy nerd. Bundle of fuel rods. Bundle of joy. Pronouns: She/Her/Miss - My gender exists in a superposition. 🏳️‍⚧️✡️

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14h
This is so damn bleak. "The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled this week the biological sex of a transgender woman fatally shot by Samuel Ward Jr. in June 2022 was not only relevant to Ward’s claim of self defense but supported it." jamiescoop.substack.com/p/court-judg...
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Court: Judge ‘misled’ jury on biological sex
Tennessee appellate court first to rule on gender identification ‘evidence’
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13h
Today in 1964, “Fail Safe” opened in theaters in New York City. “Don’t you see, sir, this our chance. We never would have made the first move deliberately, but Group 6 has made it for us, by accident. We must take advantage of it—history demands it!” — Prof. Groeteschele (Walter Matthau)
An original one-sheet poster for “Fail Safe,” featuring the tag line, “The screen zeroes in on the most suspenseful adventure drama of our age!” Three quarters of the poster is an illustration with a red background, on top of which are multiple nuclear bombers flying left to right, as well as something that looks like a stylized destroyed skyscraper in the foreground. At the bottom are black and white photographs of many of the actors in the film in various scenes.A full page advertisement in the October 7, 1964, edition New York Daily News for the film:

“Today Fail Safe Explodes on the Screen!”

The “T” in “Today” forms an arrow that points down to the bottom of the page. It overlaps a copy of the cover of the book on which the film is based, with the cover image shattering as if hit by something very powerful. At the bottom of the page is a listing inside a box of the various theaters where the film was showing, with a prominent note inside a smaller box above the top right corner: “No one seated during the last 10 minutes of feature!"A black and white screenshot from the film of three men looking at a large display inside Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, showing the position of six US nuclear-armed bombers about to penetrate Soviet airspace.A black and white screenshot from the film showing a windowless conference room in the Pentagon. Multiple men in military uniforms, others in coats and ties, sit around both sides of a V-shaped table (with more men standing behind them) looking toward the camera with great concern at a large off-camera screen.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 11h
Thank you @erininthemorning.com for drawing attention to the importance (and previous absence) of gender affirming care for minors in Mamdani's preposed transgender health clinics. Holding leaders (including allies) accountable to their promises is how we get wins like this.
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Collieflower @collieflower.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
so you tried to seriously lobby the pope into thinking you created human consciousness which would put you on par with god, to enslave it, to make a lot of money in your currently filed IPO. am i getting that correct. what exactly did you expect to happen here.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026
Arienne Childrey resigns as Vice Chair of the Ohio Democratic Pride Caucus. The state party has censored all attempts to criticize Amy Acton and Marcy Kaptur for their anti-trans votes and/or statements.
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 06/10/2026
i dont care how good he is at detecting neutrinos, his version of War of the Worlds was still unwatchable
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NYT has gained monopoly power in the American liberal economy. With no comparable competition, they can say “fine, good luck elsewhere” to nearly any person, idea, or story they want US liberalism’s ideas became more based in what NYT wants, not which ideas are strongest or best. Monopoly power!
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The trains I bring when the club is running a "strict 1960s era" prototypical operating session:
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good catch — you are allergic to penicillin. Your ability to recognize the symptoms of anaphylactic shock isn't just clever, it's game-changing. Let me know if I can answer any other medical questions for you, or if you want me to put in an order for a different medication.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
>:3
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love being autistic & transgender ✨
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hate myself but at least I'm not an opinion columnist for the New York Times.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
This is what happens when you get loud and demand Dems not drop trans people. We CAN get orgs to realize this. But we can’t stop with Kaptur. She’s the worst but not the only one. There is NO acceptable anti-trans vote or statement or ad from a Democrat. None. GET LOUDER!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/09/2026
Governors need to get serious about disciplining utilities. Or claiming some of their planning powers for the state. Or making them publicly owned. Enough of this shit.
canarymedia.com
US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition
Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest "Dirty Truth…
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They finally admitted it! youtu.be/j6nn7qU6Uwc
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Holtec pauses refueling at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, delays restart
YouTube video by WWMT-TV
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/09/2026
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Do NOT vote for anti-transgender Democrats. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/09/2026
Ironically, the only reason this viscerally stupid column got published at all is the Times' affirmative action for conservatives.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/09/2026
The vitriol directed at me and other members of the trans community for having the audacity to declare our votes are not to be taken for granted. By cisgender people who otherwise have called themselves allies. I wish it weren’t so utterly predictable.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Arlo @arlostrains.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
almost like rail electrification is a popular idea or something
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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/09/2026
trying to get people to understand that the trans women in sports debate isn’t really about sports but a meta narrative pushed by the right all about slowly getting all trans people out of public life is truly impossible
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Edwin Lyman @nucsafetyucs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Walt Kirchner of ACRS just confronted X-Energy about why the company is keeping the temperature of its TRISO fuel irradiation testing "proprietary" when it is critical for the public to understand the safety of its reactor with its lack of containment. They are hiding something.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of The Dome
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/09/2026
Looks like Equality Ohio tends to give Amy Acton, Dem Governor candidate in Ohio, a "B" grade. The candidate has called trans girls boys, embraced a transgender sports ban, said it was a matter of safety, and refuses to meet with transgender activists int he region. Wow.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/09/2026
In 2026, there are 26 Dems running for Congress, Senate, Governor, or Statewide Office who have made anti-trans votes or statements. Iowa, New York, Ohio, and Texas lead the pack in anti-trans Democrats. Your EITM candidate guide for this election cycle. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/09/2026
They want to place foster LGBTQ+ kids with parents who will put them through conversion therapy. www.cnn.com/2026/09/06/u...
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An estimated one-third of foster youth identify as LGBTQ+. Federal agencies are ripping away their protections | CNN
Child welfare agencies and nonprofits are trying to find a delicate balance between fulfilling their mission and working within the Trump administration’s guidelines
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes, Remember why the good Lord made your eyes, So don't shade your eyes But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize! Only be sure always to call it please, "training" youtu.be/rCr-vUHanQM
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Lobachevsky
YouTube video by Tom Lehrer - Topic
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𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 06/09/2026
when i lost my job in november of 2024 and started looking for work i got plenty of screening calls right out of the gate that went nowhere despite having a decade of experience at some well known places then i took my coming out post off the blog in my resume SUDDENLY i was getting interviews
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ADHD is real, and for many, including myself, medical treatment can be effective. #ADHD
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Anatoly Dyatlov form HBO's Chernobyl yelling "You didn't see a fuel assembly on the core plate, because it's not there!" 
He is standing infront of a Holtec International logo
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
More trouble at the Palisades Plant... Apparently there are pictures of the fallen fuel assembly circulating around. I normally don't spread rumors, but I have it on good authority that this is real. Holtec still isn't saying anything...
A reddit post that says: 
I was waiting for Holtec to put out a release, but it’s been over a day now so I guess they aren’t going to, so fuck ‘em.
They dropped a fuel assembly inside of the vessel. As of about 24 hours ago it was lying fully horizontal on the core plate. Probably the worst fuel handling fuck up I’ve ever seen. There’s a picture making the rounds, it’s ugly. They’ve probably started recovery ops by now, but that picture is going to stick around.

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Whoa 😳.. I’m adding to this now that I’m home from work... If true, that has got to be a speedrun achievement for the cursed bingo card of nuclear blunders. Forget the guy who took an accidental swim in the cavity last fall—we’ve apparently upgraded to micro-managing a high-stakes game of 3D underwater Jenga with radioactive geometry.Pour one out for the engineering team, who are currently stress-sweating through a hyper-speed 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation trying to figure out how to legally write "oops, we dropped a spicy toothpick sideways" into an acceptable recovery procedure without the NRC resident inspector developing a permanent eye twitch."**Would you like me to look up any official Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) filings or news updates regarding Holtec to see if this incident actually occurred?
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
the best thing a new administration could do to cut Big Tech down to size is offer a bounty and immunity to employees who provide evidence of crimes committed by their bosses.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Got up to some great thrifting in New York!
Sam standing on the highline during the sunset. She is wearing a black blouse.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Electric Heavy Orchestra
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In the age of generative AI, this 27 year-old listical blog still writes slop the old fashioned way.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Whenever I see these signs I can only imagine someone trying to sneak a water bottle full of pitch tar through TSA, only for the agent to turn the bottle upsidedown and wait 99 years to verify that it is indeed a liquid, and must therefore be stored separately in 3.4 Oz containers.
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just visited the Museum at Eldridge Street Synagogue in the Lower Eastside. I highly recommend getting a tour!
Sam standing in a synagogue built in the late 1800sSam standing in the balcony of the synagogue.
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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
…it is vital to note THEY DID NOT *CHARGE* Aurora with speech-related crimes (like making a threat). Rather, they charged her with allegedly filling out a firearms form incorrectly and then seemingly pointed to her social media activity to demonize her.
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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The feds incarcerated Aurora in a men’s prison despite her medical transition + “F” markers on all government documents for the last decade.
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Tacticool Girlfriend @tacticoolgf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This might be the first targeted usage of 4473 forms against trans people (read the whole thread).
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Was feeling very anxious, so I put on a corset and a cute black dress that I thrifted and now I feel much better!
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Sam Fischman @schrodingercatgirl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I may not have completed my goals for the day, but at least I feel terrible about not doing them.
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