Kat Ferreira
@katferreira.bsky.social
Consultant | Former Communications Director @maynardinstitute | Social media marketing survivor with love/hate for tech | @OaklandVoices alum | I suffer from topophilia and watch too much TV
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Kat Ferreira
@katferreira.bsky.social
· Nov 16
After 15 years on Twitter it can feel like work finding people again so here's a few folks to help you re-establish your Oakland roots 🔍🌳🦋 go.bsky.app/9zBSuLs
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe
Tribal leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian tribe.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
Rocky Horror is so special. The impact spans generations. It defied media convention jumping from the screen to cabaret. Rituals allowed freaks and normies to do performance art together. Shout out to Indecent Exposure in Berkeley, CA. The country's best Rocky Horror performers in the 80s/90s iykyk
#nowwatching
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Rocky Horror is so special. The impact spans generations. It defied media convention jumping from the screen to cabaret. Rituals allowed freaks and normies to do performance art together. Shout out to Indecent Exposure in Berkeley, CA. The country's best Rocky Horror performers in the 80s/90s iykyk
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Cool $10k journalism award opportunity for those covering immigrants, LTBTQ+ people, disabled people, and other marginalized communities!
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cool $10k journalism award opportunity for those covering immigrants, LTBTQ+ people, disabled people, and other marginalized communities!
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
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“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“In these lectures, Thiel doesn’t just flirt with the apocalyptic. He goes all in — openly discussing the Antichrist, naming Pope Leo XIV as a potential manifestation of that figure, and, most disturbingly, advising JD Vance to ignore the pope on moral matters altogether.”
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BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
This is like the 100th headline saying "the economy is collapsing and people cant afford to eat" without saying it directly. Not in the mood, eh?
Not in the mood for turkey? Here are the fast food restaurants that will be open on Thanksgiving: https://www.kron4.com/news/which-fast-food-restaurants-will-be-open-for-thanksgiving-2025/
Which fast food restaurants will be open for Thanksgiving 2025?
If you need a quick snack or just don’t feel like cooking on Thanksgiving, you’ll find a few restaurants are staying open.
www.kron4.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is like the 100th headline saying "the economy is collapsing and people cant afford to eat" without saying it directly. Not in the mood, eh?
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#SmallBusinessSaturday is coming up. I wrote a guide for Oakland Chinatown for @oaklandside.org , which includes a fortune cookie factory that makes gift sets and swag, a housewares shop, plant shop, and of courses, places to eat dim sum and Asian desserts 🌿🥠🧫🥟🍨 oaklandside.org/2025/11/24/o...
Oakland gift guide: Chinatown on foot
A walking guide to discover hidden gems for foodies and plant-lovers from small businesses — plus where to stop for dumplings and sweets.
oaklandside.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
#SmallBusinessSaturday is coming up. I wrote a guide for Oakland Chinatown for @oaklandside.org , which includes a fortune cookie factory that makes gift sets and swag, a housewares shop, plant shop, and of courses, places to eat dim sum and Asian desserts 🌿🥠🧫🥟🍨 oaklandside.org/2025/11/24/o...
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Earlier this month, lawsuits brought against OpenAI suggested the potential of ChatGPT to cause serious mental health harms in users.
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Earlier this month, lawsuits brought against OpenAI suggested the potential of ChatGPT to cause serious mental health harms in users.
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
In light of these cases, the Cal State U system must not continue providing ChatGPT to students.
My opinion essay in @insidehighered.com today
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The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
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This is just life under climate warlords
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is just life under climate warlords
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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I mean at this point — knowing how long and how deep this effort was, leveraging massive networks of fake accounts — the real question is:
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I mean at this point — knowing how long and how deep this effort was, leveraging massive networks of fake accounts — the real question is:
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
How much of MAGA was ever a native idea versus a coercive influence op preying on bias and weakness?
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Over 320,000 Black women have been pushed out of the workforce.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Over 320,000 Black women have been pushed out of the workforce.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
Who remembers this billboard in 2019? What a concept.
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Who remembers this billboard in 2019? What a concept.
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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one thing thats crazy about the current era in the states is that it is clear across most domains that science got processed by a lot of people as "traumatic encounter with the real" and now they are just making decisions based on that trauma.
elon, peter, anti-vaxxers, all the same problem
elon, peter, anti-vaxxers, all the same problem
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
one thing thats crazy about the current era in the states is that it is clear across most domains that science got processed by a lot of people as "traumatic encounter with the real" and now they are just making decisions based on that trauma.
elon, peter, anti-vaxxers, all the same problem
elon, peter, anti-vaxxers, all the same problem
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Last year at this time, I had just learned that I would receive a 12-month NEH, and I was excitedly starting to lay plans for a year of research. DOGE halted those plans by canceling my grant outright. Now DOGE is gone too, having accomplished nothing but harm to others. What a year.
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Last year at this time, I had just learned that I would receive a 12-month NEH, and I was excitedly starting to lay plans for a year of research. DOGE halted those plans by canceling my grant outright. Now DOGE is gone too, having accomplished nothing but harm to others. What a year.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
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While we're distracted by the Epstein files, Rubio pushing a Russian peace plan on Ukraine, Trump preparing to attack Venezuela or even the Quiet, Piggy misogynistic garbage
ICE has been terrorizing and detaining high school kids-US citizens-in Oregon
And this is just one of the few we know about
ICE has been terrorizing and detaining high school kids-US citizens-in Oregon
And this is just one of the few we know about
📣 Palabra:
Arresting young Latino-looking
American citizens will make them anti-Republican voters for life.
“I’m a citizen” the teen told officers, but ICE proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.
Boy: “But I’m a citizen.”
Officer: “Get out of the car… I don’t care.”
Arresting young Latino-looking
American citizens will make them anti-Republican voters for life.
“I’m a citizen” the teen told officers, but ICE proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.
Boy: “But I’m a citizen.”
Officer: “Get out of the car… I don’t care.”
ICE agents detained a McMinnville High School
YouTube video by The Oregonian
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
While we're distracted by the Epstein files, Rubio pushing a Russian peace plan on Ukraine, Trump preparing to attack Venezuela or even the Quiet, Piggy misogynistic garbage
ICE has been terrorizing and detaining high school kids-US citizens-in Oregon
And this is just one of the few we know about
ICE has been terrorizing and detaining high school kids-US citizens-in Oregon
And this is just one of the few we know about
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Another incredibly important @kashhill piece on chatbots and delusions: What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Another incredibly important @kashhill piece on chatbots and delusions: What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
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Watching so many MLIS programs essentially say "well, a lot of people are using it so we have to teach prompting" feels like watching a medical school say "a lot of people are anti-vax now so we have to teach alternatives to vaccines." This is a time for experts to hold the line.
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Watching so many MLIS programs essentially say "well, a lot of people are using it so we have to teach prompting" feels like watching a medical school say "a lot of people are anti-vax now so we have to teach alternatives to vaccines." This is a time for experts to hold the line.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!