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Cakelin

@thecakelin.bsky.social
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Polygon gargoyle. Flounder of nudges.io Scientist, software engineer, writer, artist. White, disabled, bi, nonbinary, solo polyam. Covid cautious 😷 They/them 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 Mid Gaussian: Flatten the Hierarchy out now ⬇️ thecakelin.com

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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 22h
Idk if I can go from the exercise isn't fascist discourse to the lesbian masked bar discourse to the cornell 7... Is the internet trying to break my will to survive 😅🫠
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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i appreciate your kind words; while i personally shouldn’t be the main character in every depiction of Living Life With Mitigations—indeed like places, LA has unique pros&cons—i too am bothered when extremes are the main portayals with little to no context of what spaces preventing infection CAN be…
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Literally wtf Babs You look like some kinda godex trickster that's gonna give me a sprig of hidden universe knowledge But only if I can resist being mesmerized The eyeshadow is so magical and then the mask AND the hair 😩🥹
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series of gj tubes @ozarkhowling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
rly need a “we’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” but for the implication that we immunocompromised exist primarily in and around healthcare facilities and never need or want to access any other public or community space
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
thank you lesbian tractor witch
image with swirling green background of the lesbian tractor witch it says: congratulations if you are seeing this you have been chosen by the lesbian tractor witch, she has removed all curses have a wonderful day
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Squeaky Toy Dinosaur (brown-headed nuthatch) saw me seeing her and was not pleased
Little grey bird with a brown head guarding a crevice in an oak, staring you down
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote
reddit.com
From the crafts community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the crafts community
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
what the hell is going on
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💖💄 Aoife ♿💖 @aoiferocksitout.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Please help our friend Mae avoid homelessness! Urgent! Be a blessing to Mae the way she is for others. If you can't help, please Cher everywhere! 💖🌺❤️🌸🍓✨
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A couple updates: Sanofi (Novavax) has begun shipping, and Walgreens will stop requiring prescriptions in Oregon after state officials took action. (I haven't heard back from CVS yet, but very possible they will do the same.) My article will be updated soon with this information.
nytimes.com
New Covid Vaccines Are Available. Here’s How to Get One. (Gift Article)
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Zinesters and would-be zinesters: There’s still time to participate in @publicsource.org and Children's Museum of Pittsburgh zine-making workshops and to submit your zine for potential public display and online publication. Here’s how: www.publicsource.org/open-call-fo...
publicsource.org
Open call: Turn your curiosity about people and places into a zine
Your zine could end up on display at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh or published by Public Source.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 05/09/2026
I kid you not, our paper on spatial apartheid was reviewed by apartheid itself. Literally, the (extremely famous) journal sent it to white South African reviewers who pointed out all these "papers" written by white South Africans DURING apartheid, that we failed to cite.
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Do you believe there is actually enough for everyone to live a decent life?" www.cakelin.com/mutuality-th...
cakelin.com
Mutuality Through Moderation
A life lived with less means more chances for generosity
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Who is hiring SWEs/tech workers who don't use LLMs? Where are the companies and teams building reliable, usable, well designed software? We are going to need ways to archive and preserve our data and a place to migrate it to.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/09/2026
REALLY interesting study. Americans most alarmed about climate most strongly oppose data centres. Those most dismissive on climate have both *strong opposition* but also the *strongest support* for data centres (!!) climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
Survey stacked bars show majority opposition to local data centers among Alarmed (70%), Concerned (58%), and Dismissive (57%) groups; overall 56% of Americans oppose building data centers locally, with smaller shares expressing support.
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Jess Rose @jesslynnrose.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Everything is stressful and a lot of you are looking for work, so I found some open remote tech roles where your work would make the world better (or hopefully just not make things worse?) threaded here!
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Six current and former Forest Service officials said the response was greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.”
In total, about nine aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers and tactical planes, responded to the blaze on July 12, according to a Post analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours and cost nearly $115,000 in federal money. The Post analysis found these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho's Alturas Lake, pear where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.
At least some
of the aircraft were diverted from efforts to contain fires elsewhere in the state, according to two agency officials and the Post analysis of the flight paths.
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Dr. Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Also, what really sucks is up until a month ago, I really liked Crowley. I thought he was doing a good job as county executive! But the way he ran his campaign was a mess, and I fear there’s just going to more of that dysfunction.
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'm going to hold a grudge against Tony Evers for the rest of my life for how he meddled in this primary. If he wanted to just endorse Crowley to begin with, fine. But to convince a dropped-out candidate to get back in the race, simply because he wanted Hong to lose is despicable.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.
theguardian.com
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If you are in a smoke affected area rn the most common place to find respirators asap is gonna be a hardware store. The bigger stores wil have 3m auras, which will be more comfortable. But the smaller stores will still have the cup shaped n95s that people wear in construction & they are fine too.
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Annie Heffernan @annieheff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Neither the NYT nor Oster (of *course* it's Oster) saw fit to mention that Oster is not, in fact, a public health expert. Rather, she's an economics professor most known for aggressively pushing in-person learning at the height of the pandemic
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Worried Should You Be About Cyclospora?
We didn’t need an outbreak of a nightmare stomach bug. But here we are.
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Alexa L @ekaterin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
More context for you: www.koat.com/article/chac... This is such a horrible reduction of the value of this place, to merely the petrochemicals underneath. Please tell the BLM not to do this! (Link in both article & original thread.)
koat.com
Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing
A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Every image has an image alt/description and at the back of the book there is an appendix with all the image descriptions. Including the cover, which I designed. Yep, my testimonial is the best internet insult I've gotten. I am great value Malfoy, when I'm blonde.
Full cover of print book, front in next image alt


Back:

Mid Gaussian is about the consequences of normal and hierarchy. The freedom of abnormal: integrating all of our parts and choosing alignment. Humans are unique among species for our ability to manipulate our environment and condition ourselves through that manipulation. Our survival requires breaking out of our capitalistic conditioning and establishing new norms of radical care and creativity for each other and the planet.

Cakelin Fable is a multidisciplinary artist, scientist, and technologist. Disabled, immunocompromised, queer, trans, white, and a rural to urban transplant: they bring all of these lived experiences to their work. They are here to ask questions, explore the unexpected, embrace friction, and welcome the abandoned. Their 2022 visual art collection Nucleation Invitation accompanies these poems.

"Why is great value Malfoy so upset?" - mmmmbop875

Octopus beaker + cakelin (cake with circuits) logosMid Gaussian: Flatten the Hierarchy
By Cakelin Fable
Middle of page has a normal distribution of black circles under a red curve. Some circles are squished or odd shapes, especially near the edges of the distribution. Two circles have escaped the top of the distribution and are much larger than the others. One of those circles is a gear with color inside of it. Above these escaped circles is the word "MID" "Gaussian" is underneath the distribution and following the curve is "Flatten the Hierarchy".
There are gears throughout the distribution in different sizes. Some of the gears look like flowers or viruses or even a ship steering wheel. The gears escape the bottom of the distribution and grow, breaking out of the bands holding them in place. They become odd amorphous shapes in several colors and then align and integrate into one multi-colored shape.
Background of the top has colored moon, stars, and hexagons in a swirl.
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
What a limited view of a country that's the size of Europe and has so many of our own regional cuisines that we are often fighting amongst ourselves. I hope you never experience the joy of Wisconsin cheese, all 350 varieties that don't come in a spray can 🤣
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Less than 0.3% of injured Canadian patients receive any compensation now. What will this be like with AI hallucinations? In the US, there's already insurance, doctors, and hospitals as potential responsible parties. Then add the tech companies creating genAI tools.
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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Alt text for images is available on this platform and you can set it up via settings to remind you to ensure they are added
The alt text section of BlueSky
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Diversify Tech @diversifytech.com · 18/05/2026
📣 Job Alert: B Lab is looking for a Senior Product Design Manager! ➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/ZHlJFLY #DiversifyTech #WomenInTech
B Lab is hiring: Senior Product Design Manager. New York, NY, USA. Full-time.
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Amendment @amendment.app · 18/05/2026
Maryland just became the first state to make data centers pay for the grid upgrades they drive—instead of spreading those costs across every household. Gov. Wes Moore signed the Utility RELIEF Act last week. Expected savings: ~$640 million for ratepayers over three years.
amendment.app
HB1532: Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act (Passed)
Maryland HB1532 modifies energy efficiency and conservation plans, rate schedules, and nuclear energy generation projects.
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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 24/04/2026
It’s fascinating and downright disturbing to see the racist undertones (or just outright racism) in so many of these AI generated “skits,” and “reality shows.” This creator does an amazing video covering it. Basically boils down to a new form of minstrelsy. youtu.be/V6u_fgeWxS0?...
youtu.be
This Black Person is Not Real
YouTube video by Pillboy
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I know we're long past the point where this should be shocking anymore, but I still can't get over official government accounts stating that Jesus is "our Savior."
Tweet from the Department of Homeland Security: "“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18

May our nation continue to be guided by the light of our Savior."
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Reasons for rewilding your yard: you might get weird little guys deep in the grass! I'd only ever seen one Neon plutonus before, 5 years ago, but apparently all I needed was to let the swampy grass grow and remove some invasives from my own yard to see them again 🖤 #EmotionalSupportSpood
Tiny black boxy little jumping spider with big palps, waving a leg at you as he peers The little man waving his 1st leg pair as he peers at something to left of frame A lass of the species, a little dark orange nugget with a darker head and 1st leg pair; she's chilling on a bit of dry grassTop view of the lass on her bit of grass. She's very stubby
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Nugget Classic™ One of the more common encyrtid wasp forms out there: stubby, dark orange, big grey eyes, and stripy little clubbed antennae. Out tirelessly doing important biocontrol work. ❤️
Little orange and winged encyrtid wasp as described in the post text, running along a bright fence board Face of the creature, little black false pupils showing cross-eyed in her big grey eyes
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
<miraculously wakes up from 15 year coma, sees headline "looksmaxxer Clavicular gets brutally frame mogged by Chad judge in his alligator-shooting case," miraculously returns to 15 year coma>
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
this is infuriating. utterly infuriating
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Very hot contender for worst headline of the week award, what with at least 350 suspected cases and 91 deaths among other (likely predominantly African) humans.
bbc.co.uk
At least six Americans exposed to Ebola during DR Congo outbreak
One of the six Americans believed to have been exposed is experiencing symptoms, according to media reports.
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I love Farscape, I just rewatched it a couple months ago. But I am assuming it's mainly for diehard scifi/fantasy fans? Maybe I'm wrong though.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 06/05/2026
we need to talk about what Louisiana Republicans are doing to Calvin Duncan, who deserves so much better than this ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org
A Black Man Won an Election In New Orleans. Republicans Are Trying to Abolish His Position Altogether
The legislative response to Calvin Duncan’s landslide victory has a long, shameful history in Louisiana.
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Resistbot @resist.bot · 05/05/2026
🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours: 1️⃣ “Vote for HR 1155, Rep. Larson's articles of impeachment. Impeach Trump now.” (+2,915) 2️⃣ “Restore Science Funding and Stop Executive Interference” (+1,287) 3️⃣ “60 day war powers deadline for Iran conflict has passed. DO YOUR JOB” (+787)
resist.bot
Resistbot Campaigns
Trending campaigns organized by Resistbot members.
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papeekaboo.bsky.social @papeekaboo.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
👇THIS👇
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"Stumpus Unwell" @philipmarks87.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Slightly diminish a book The Anecdote Of The Sower
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Huge BDS victory on the heels of May Day! BC Nurses Union passes a member-led resolution to no longer invest internal union funds in companies profiting from occupation of Palestine. This come after 2.5 years of organizing by nurses in BC.
Poster saying BCNU resolution 1 passes at convention 2026. No union funds for companies linked to illegal occupation of Palestine.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
in case you were wondering what stage of capitalism we're at, google search is now treating the word "crumble" as a misspelling of the cookie brand crumbl
These are results for crumbl
Search instead for crumble
Crumbl Cookies
https://crumblcookies.com
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Crumbl Cookies
Crumbl offers 6 classic cookies plus 4 new rotating flavors weekly. Fresh-baked cookies for delivery, pickup, or carryout. Dirty sodas at select locations.
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Divider Decider 👩🏻‍⚖️🌊⚖️(Renee GOOD, ICE BAD) @dividerdecider.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Uniter Immigrant ally angels hand out clothes to families so they can visit loved ones at ICE Delaney Hall Detention facility in Newark, NJ These families often don’t know DHS’s strict dress code. 🎥 @andremalok nj.com #DV1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Reminds me of President Jarrett in the Parable books
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Cakelin @thecakelin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Can't figure out what my spelling nemesis is, but lots of pronunciation nemeses.. Including "pronounciation" 🥲
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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 26/04/2026
I found the cutest fucking pattern on Etsy. My sisters loves gardening. She hasn’t grown any carrots yet, but she wants to. I made her this lil’ dude. Hopefully he will provide some encouragement and moral support. No name for him yet. He’s carrot dude. 🧶 🥕 🧑‍🌾
Crocheted carrot with arms and legs, wearing overalls and a neutral expression. Three leaves sprout out of its head. In the background is a bookshelf.
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