Katya Dreyer-Oren
@kdreyeroren.bsky.social
I talk about tech ethics, music, cats, and chocolate, not necessarily in that order. Fan of the very practical and the extremely absurd. she/her
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One of my uncles made a very rude and gross joke at my expense at a holiday dinner, that was overheard by another uncle and and a few male cousins, and not one person told him he was being an ass.
I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of my uncles made a very rude and gross joke at my expense at a holiday dinner, that was overheard by another uncle and and a few male cousins, and not one person told him he was being an ass.
This makes me deeply sad but also 1000% doesn't surprise me. We northerners reeeeeally have to stop thinking that the South has the market cornered on racism.
100%. Elizabeth Spiers is right.
Aside:
If you ask Black folk that have lived all over this country 🙋🏿♂️what the most racist city they've lived in is, the most common winner is Boston.
Ironic, but Black folk can't convince white folk that Black folk understand which city is more racist.🤷🏿♂️
Aside:
If you ask Black folk that have lived all over this country 🙋🏿♂️what the most racist city they've lived in is, the most common winner is Boston.
Ironic, but Black folk can't convince white folk that Black folk understand which city is more racist.🤷🏿♂️
If you're talking about me, that is not what I said. The whole thread started bc a bunch of supposed progressives were like fuck the south, buncha racists, and I said that if you think of the south as all MAGA white people you are throwing a lot of people under the bus--especially Black Southerners
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This makes me deeply sad but also 1000% doesn't surprise me. We northerners reeeeeally have to stop thinking that the South has the market cornered on racism.
I’m most of the way through The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social and for me the central thesis is that our entire economic system is based on a broken incentive structures where the goal is not to Do Good Work (cont)
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m most of the way through The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social and for me the central thesis is that our entire economic system is based on a broken incentive structures where the goal is not to Do Good Work (cont)
Yet another reason why measuring the success of AI coding tools as “lines of code committed to production systems” is a poor metric.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yet another reason why measuring the success of AI coding tools as “lines of code committed to production systems” is a poor metric.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
As a senior engineer, some of my most important work is knowing what code *not* to write.
The purpose of a system is what it does, etc.
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The purpose of a system is what it does, etc.
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Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
(thread)
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
(thread)
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
(thread)
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
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I know NYT changes these headlines up now and then but.... 🥴
AM -> PM
AM -> PM
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I know NYT changes these headlines up now and then but.... 🥴
AM -> PM
AM -> PM
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I have received more pushback and antisemitism from Democrats telling me I'm a Bad Jew and have Betrayed My People for opposing the genocide than any other group
A lot of people in the US, particularly politicians and journalists, don't listen to or care about Arab or Muslim people. And they really don't listen to Black people. So I'm not even asking them to.🤷🏿♂️
Let's just actually *listen to US Jewish folk*.
What % of US Jewish people wanted a ceasefire?
Let's just actually *listen to US Jewish folk*.
What % of US Jewish people wanted a ceasefire?
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I have received more pushback and antisemitism from Democrats telling me I'm a Bad Jew and have Betrayed My People for opposing the genocide than any other group
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
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Framing this as part of the discussion about the cost of higher education in terms of ROI makes this even more salient. 🧵
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Framing this as part of the discussion about the cost of higher education in terms of ROI makes this even more salient. 🧵
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The president is spending quite a bit of time on renovations to public property he personally uses while millions are about to lose food assistance and the government is shut down.
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The president is spending quite a bit of time on renovations to public property he personally uses while millions are about to lose food assistance and the government is shut down.
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Tomorrow, SNAP benefits are set to expire.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tomorrow, SNAP benefits are set to expire.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
This has the vibe of the fox going to the farmer to tell them that the security at the henhouse is "completely out of control"
Facebook owner asked Government to lead pushback against data protection laws at EU level
www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...
the gluttony of zuckerberg knows no bounds. these guys must take the public for imbeciles
www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...
the gluttony of zuckerberg knows no bounds. these guys must take the public for imbeciles
Data protection rules ‘completely out of control’, Meta tells Government
Facebook owner asked Government to lead pushback against data protection laws at EU level
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This has the vibe of the fox going to the farmer to tell them that the security at the henhouse is "completely out of control"
I know I'm just screaming into the void but if you manage product in any capacity and you make an optional change such that customer data is LESS private/secure, please allow folks to OPT IN instead of OPT OUT. Customers shouldn't have to constantly be on alert for their apps to screw them, and yet.
microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I know I'm just screaming into the void but if you manage product in any capacity and you make an optional change such that customer data is LESS private/secure, please allow folks to OPT IN instead of OPT OUT. Customers shouldn't have to constantly be on alert for their apps to screw them, and yet.
One of the greats!
Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One of the greats!
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Who wants to bet that SBF is next?
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao has received a pardon from President Donald Trump after he went to jail for failing to safeguard the world’s largest crypto exchange against money laundering.
Binance Founder Zhao Pardoned by Trump in Latest Crypto Clemency
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao has received a pardon from President Donald Trump after he went to jail for failing to safeguard the world’s largest crypto exchange against money laundering.
bloom.bg
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Who wants to bet that SBF is next?
I'm not ready for this.
D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I'm not ready for this.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Yes
It's deeply racist and antisemitic at the same time
I wish it were necessary not to have to say this but also, it's not just JD Vance, I see it on the left all the time. If you are not Jewish you do not get to be the arbiter of who is and is not a (good) Jew.
It's deeply racist and antisemitic at the same time
I wish it were necessary not to have to say this but also, it's not just JD Vance, I see it on the left all the time. If you are not Jewish you do not get to be the arbiter of who is and is not a (good) Jew.
There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.
JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"
October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes
It's deeply racist and antisemitic at the same time
I wish it were necessary not to have to say this but also, it's not just JD Vance, I see it on the left all the time. If you are not Jewish you do not get to be the arbiter of who is and is not a (good) Jew.
It's deeply racist and antisemitic at the same time
I wish it were necessary not to have to say this but also, it's not just JD Vance, I see it on the left all the time. If you are not Jewish you do not get to be the arbiter of who is and is not a (good) Jew.