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Mikayla

@willynilly.bsky.social
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Scientist, Gamer, Sports Dyke, Foodie. New Hampshirite. Facts Matter. she/her 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 📍Cambridge, MA

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
It’s been darkly amusing watching people deal with the fact that Trump actually had not imposed a permanent change to our culture and politics that would allow them to be their worst selves without friction. Some are doubling down, hence the neighborhood bar fascination, and others are pivoting hard
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
There was a time when social media was actively useful to me as a writer because I could think out loud and yes we might disagree but aside from batshit right wingers, it was pretty chill But now people are wound up and feeling powerless and taking that out on each other
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One reason to learn about things outside your major is so that you have something to talk about with people at parties and on dates. No amount of money will make up for you being a crushing bore. History majors learn this early but I guess it takes other people longer.
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
edit of Challengers where when the kid comes in and says "can we watch Spiderverse" they just watch the entirety of Spiderverse before the movie continues
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is the one-year anniversary of the release of Unfair Flips!!! The game is not on sale today because I forgot. But also it's $1.99 anyways so a sale is mostly in the mind store.steampowered.com/app/3925760/...
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Unfair Flips on Steam
A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 24/09/2026
and there it is: regulatory capture

6 SEC. 12. CHARTERS FOR ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
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(a) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.—The Secretary may issue

9 to a person a charter to develop or distribute an advanced

10 artificial intelligence model.
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(b) CHARTER REQUIRED.—No person may develop or

12 distribute an advanced artificial intelligence model without
13 a charter issued by the Secretary under subsection (a).
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really good article
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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To me, this story is about bullying, and specifically a type of bullying where a powerless marginalized person attacks another powerless marginalized person. And I think this happens a lot in certain circles, because it’s too overwhelming to take on the real systems, so bullies attack allies instead
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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2/ the military is on testosterone, and so are bored married women. everyone and their mother is injecting peptides. dolls are on the red carpet at the met gala. plastic surgery and looksmaxxing are everywhere. we're all transsexuals now.
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ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
the goal of every decent-hearted person right now is to stay alive long enough so that they can witness actual Justice for the crimes being committed both domestically and globally
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2026
One of the reasons I think this went viral even in queer circles is because everyone has seen this dynamic play out in some form in our spaces. We need a better way to root out toxic people utilizing the language of liberation in narcissistic and sociopathic ways to dominate spaces.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/09/2026
Political winds do not only flow from voters to politicians, they go in reverse as well. Democrats running ads like these signal to the general public and their voter base that this issue now has support by both parties, and that hating trans people is publicly acceptable. They do harm to us.
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John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I sometimes get pushback for explaining that Christian Nationalists want the apocalypse, actually, so it's very bad that they are in charge. But beyond CNs, it is just a problem that the two largest religions on Earth understand life as merely a trial run for the afterlife.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"No one is going to vote for a Democrat because they came out for a trans sports ban. No one is on the fence being like, "If they just came out for a trans sports ban, then I would vote for them. I don't think that person exists," says @evanurquhart.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2154... .
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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm a Meta-Effective Altruist™️ I believe that Effective Altruism needs to be redistributed from where it is least effective (Silicon Valley sex cultists) to where it would be most effective (British pensioners who leave their life savings to the Donkey Sanctuary).
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
China hasn't got military assets in the region to turn Gulf States into the clients they were for the US. Neither does the EU/UK or India. We need go get used to the possibility of a world where external powers can no longer be decisive arbiters outside of their core area in the way the US once was
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy
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DubbaEwwTeeEff @dubbaewwteeeff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Ninja Turtles logo, but it says "Samus Aran Kills Spacepirates"
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Metroid Vore
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polytoken dot dev @polytoken.dev · 15/09/2026
nobody else has the steel moral core to tell you the truth in release notes
- Some bugs removed.
- More bugs added.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose
autonomy.substack.com
This Is Not A Love Song
Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
And don't think you don't have power, either. Recent surveys show trans people may be as high as 2% of the population, and up to 5% if you include gender-expansive categories, and we have family members and allies. Many elections are decided by a single percentage point. We have power here.
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This. No conservative who hates trans people will vote for a Dem. No moderate on the fence will change their vote because of trans issues. Especially in this political climate. If you can’t be pro-trans rights, you can at least shut up about them. It’s the economy stupid.
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Will Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Talarico is betting that: 1. Conservative voter will notice this one act of moderation and support him, rather than interpret his concession as evidence that Paxton is right; 2. Activists will still continue volunteering and supporters of trans rights will turn out in the numbers Talarico needs.
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
sorry for screenshotting some twitter rando but you guys need to see this
The Hellenist @The_Hellenist . 19h
Men must go on sex strike.
Do not give women any of your love until they submit to patriarchy.
Feminist women are undeserving of love.
Men must therefore go on sex strike.

NO SEX UNTIL YOU ABANDON FEMINISM
STRONG WOMEN BUILD NOTHING.
SUBMISSIVE WOMEN BUILD CIVILIZATION.
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✨Sapphire Pyli Rose✨ on Etsy!! @pypixy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's eat or be eaten ⭐ #Kirby #Art #Metroid #Nintendodirect
Fanart for metroid ravenous and kirby. "we're gonna have to eat this guy, Kirby." "POYO <3"
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Piper Paige @pipermintz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
P1: mouse girl looking at the brawl Victory screen for samus wishing she'd kill and eat her 
P2: same girl looks at announcement for the new metroid game where samus is saying she needs to kill and eat everyone 

The girl is blushing in both panels
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/09/2026
a little maddening to be doing corporate code of conduct training in this day and age "it is illegal to bribe people" is it though, is it really
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
it's me
theonion.com
Everything Finally Clicks For Man After Getting Diagnosed As Stupid
CARY, NC—Describing the experience as “a revelation,” 38-year-old Derrick Henard told reporters Wednesday that everything had finally clicked for him after he was given a diagnosis of stupid. “I remem...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I've seen a lot of "saying AI is useless is hyperbolic" but the flipside hyperbole is denying that AI still has serious deficiencies. Bullshitting is inherent to the ways LLMs work. Whatever the form—erroneous facts, mangled data, fake cites, or the plagiarism here—it's impossible to fully mitigate.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/09/2026
Being skeptical or anti AI is a valid position but continuing to ignore the increasing capabilities of this tech is making people detached from reality. There's absolutely real danger here because these frontier labs are acting recklessly without any sort of safety driving their decisions.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
someone could do a “after moulton rebuke, centrists face growing pressure to retreat from extreme right-wing positions on gender conformity” number that would be fun
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‘You can’t own a game’ rendered like the old anti piracy ads
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Seth Moulton wanted a debate over trans rights and he got one.
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More than 2-1, you craven piece of shit
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“The cure would be owned by the billionaires who would patent it” how exactly do you think the system works now?
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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No dying,

ABSOLUTELY no dying until It Happens

(to a crowd of trans adults, trans kids, and also trans but he's looking at the guy's ass)
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 01/09/2026
Welcome to Bluesky.
Thanks for being patient. A team member is coming to cancel you.
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake of Mexico
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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Mikayla @willynilly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22/08/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul LGBTQnation [con't] Shockingly 2.34% of adults as trans is roughly THREE TIMES earlier widely-cited estimates of just 0.8% by Williams Institute and 0.9% by Gallup. That 2.34 % equals 6.22m ppl: more than the population of 20 US states. We ain't goin' anywhere...
lgbtqnation.com
Startling new study shows 12% of US adults are LGBTQ+, the highest estimate yet - LGBTQ Nation
The analysis shows that a majority of LGBTQ+-identifying adults are below the age of 35.
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rue @deathcarpets.enterdeepfo.rest · 10/12/2025
“why did someone save this post??” i dunno that button was put in a part of the UI that makes it trivially easy for someone to accidentally press it & not realize it, but no actually i saved that post because later im going to stroke my shit to completion to your thoughts about orange juice pulp
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 21/08/2026
The most victimised man, chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, considering road crossings to be an act of violence and taxation of life against the motorist, is maybe one of the most libertarian things I've ever heard of.
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