Gretchen Kelly
@gretchenkelly.bsky.social
Writer • Feminist • Reluctant Southerner
Writing about pop culture, disability, grief, sexism, and the like.
Writing about pop culture, disability, grief, sexism, and the like.
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This is the thing; we should be able to analyze accommodations as threatening not only established and well defended hierarchies of ability but also race, gender and class.
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
they got there by using a system intended to help able bodied and wealthy white men
they've been getting a lot of accommodations for a very long time
they've been getting a lot of accommodations for a very long time
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is the thing; we should be able to analyze accommodations as threatening not only established and well defended hierarchies of ability but also race, gender and class.
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
Disabled people being denied accommodations is a far bigger issue than "pretenders gaming the system." It's deep and systemic. Many disabled people face obstacles to even getting a diagnosis, which is required for accommodations. We have to stop focusing on everything but the actual problem.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Disabled people being denied accommodations is a far bigger issue than "pretenders gaming the system." It's deep and systemic. Many disabled people face obstacles to even getting a diagnosis, which is required for accommodations. We have to stop focusing on everything but the actual problem.
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Pras' (The Fugees) lawyer used a generative AI program to write closing arguments, mixing up key facts in the case and quoting a Diddy lyric from "I'll Be Missing You."
It would be funny if AI fails didn't have such disastrous consequences.
apnews.com/article/fuge...
It would be funny if AI fails didn't have such disastrous consequences.
apnews.com/article/fuge...
Fugees rapper says lawyer's use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial
The trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pras' (The Fugees) lawyer used a generative AI program to write closing arguments, mixing up key facts in the case and quoting a Diddy lyric from "I'll Be Missing You."
It would be funny if AI fails didn't have such disastrous consequences.
apnews.com/article/fuge...
It would be funny if AI fails didn't have such disastrous consequences.
apnews.com/article/fuge...
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
This is important, and it's also important that we use accurate words for what ICE agents are doing. Every one of them needs to be charged with kidnapping. Charged w child abuse for tear gassing kids, attempted murder for hitting people with cars, etc. NO MERCY.
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is important, and it's also important that we use accurate words for what ICE agents are doing. Every one of them needs to be charged with kidnapping. Charged w child abuse for tear gassing kids, attempted murder for hitting people with cars, etc. NO MERCY.
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Abolishing ice and prosecuting those ICE officials and employees who commit these crimes must be the baseline for the Democratic Party going forward. Anyone who does not adopt this basic stance is OK with you or your neighbors being kidnapped by masked men and must be driven from political life.
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Abolishing ice and prosecuting those ICE officials and employees who commit these crimes must be the baseline for the Democratic Party going forward. Anyone who does not adopt this basic stance is OK with you or your neighbors being kidnapped by masked men and must be driven from political life.
Free childcare is arguably the most impactful policy when it comes to equity for women, safety of children, and lifting families out of poverty.
New Mexico becomes the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.
In U.S. first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
Under the program, families, regardless of income, can receive state vouchers to cover public and private child care fees.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Free childcare is arguably the most impactful policy when it comes to equity for women, safety of children, and lifting families out of poverty.
DON'T TEMPT US WITH A GOOD TIME ALAN
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
DON'T TEMPT US WITH A GOOD TIME ALAN
Pulling out receipts like it's a Real Housewives reunion.
Trump brought printouts to his 60 Minutes interview of the "wars" he's "ended"
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pulling out receipts like it's a Real Housewives reunion.
"Guidelines now focus on early adoption of the technology by students and schoolchildren. But what does it mean to ‘learn how to use ChatGPT’? What are you teaching them? Copying and pasting the output of a chatbot?" - Luc Steels, AI pioneer
"“You can only critically assess the output of an AI chatbot if you have the skills to do so, and you don’t develop these skills by using AI. Before you can be critical of an AI summary, you have to learn to understand a text without having it summarized by an AI tool.”
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Guidelines now focus on early adoption of the technology by students and schoolchildren. But what does it mean to ‘learn how to use ChatGPT’? What are you teaching them? Copying and pasting the output of a chatbot?" - Luc Steels, AI pioneer
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
The dumbest fucking men alive are driving us all over a cliff.
Lunacy. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn't Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be 'Discouraged'—Because Soon, 'Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space'
Jeff Bezos says the future is so bright, he "doesn't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now." Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025 earlier this month with Ferrari and Stellantis chair...
tech.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The dumbest fucking men alive are driving us all over a cliff.
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Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.
These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.
AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.
These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.
AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.
World's 10 richest people are $500 billion wealthier this year thanks to the AI boom
The 10 wealthiest people on the planet are jointly worth around $2.5 trillion, as AI buzz has boosted tech stocks such a
www.businessinsider.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.
These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.
AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.
These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.
AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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US intelligence agencies confirm that UAE has redoubled its weapons supply to the RSF this year. "The war would be over if not for the UAE. The only thing keeping RSF in this war is the overwhelming military support they’re getting from the UAE." #Sudan #BDStheUAE
Exclusive | How U.A.E. Arms Bolstered a Sudanese Militia Accused of Genocide
Reports by U.S. intelligence agencies show an increase in the flow of materiel from the U.A.E. to the rebel Rapid Support Forces since the spring, according to U.S. officials.
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
US intelligence agencies confirm that UAE has redoubled its weapons supply to the RSF this year. "The war would be over if not for the UAE. The only thing keeping RSF in this war is the overwhelming military support they’re getting from the UAE." #Sudan #BDStheUAE
This new version of The Office is going to be wild.
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This new version of The Office is going to be wild.
New DEBATE ME bro has emerged
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New DEBATE ME bro has emerged
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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People will say illegal immigration is obviously a problem and then struggle to name what the actual problem they have with it is in ways that aren't just xenophobia. "Oh, some people aren't legible to the state? Why do you, not the state, care?"
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
People will say illegal immigration is obviously a problem and then struggle to name what the actual problem they have with it is in ways that aren't just xenophobia. "Oh, some people aren't legible to the state? Why do you, not the state, care?"
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When this circle-jerk pyramid scheme comes crashing down it's gonna take the entire economy with it.
"OpenAI chief Sam Altman and an inner circle of executives masterminded deals worth as much as $1.5tn with little input from external advisers, despite unusual structures that tie the start-up’s fortunes to some of the world’s largest companies."
OpenAI shunned advisers on $1.5tn of deals
Sam Altman tapped a handful of in-house dealmakers over external advisers and lawyers to design a huge web of infrastructure agreements
on.ft.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
When this circle-jerk pyramid scheme comes crashing down it's gonna take the entire economy with it.
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right to repair, but for all the relationships and trust you broke while surveilling your friends with your glasses
Today in luxury surveillance.
Who's Going to Fix All Our Broken Smart Glasses?
Smart glasses may have a repairability problem.
gizmodo.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
right to repair, but for all the relationships and trust you broke while surveilling your friends with your glasses