Danielle Kay
@daniellekay.bsky.social
Some things I think about often: community care & mental health, justice, books & libraries, space, the way we tell our stories, equity, trees, music, rocks, the impact of Christian nationalism/evangelicalism, authenticity & sincerity, joy.
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
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BEHOLD: MOON 🛰️
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
BEHOLD: MOON 🛰️
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
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I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
If a person is Black, brown, trans, an immigrant, Muslim, etc & commits a crime, they call it proof of the depravity of the whole group they wish to demonize.
Yet a rich white man, pastor, cop commits a crime, & it's just one bad apple, despite actual evidence of systemic problems in those groups.
Yet a rich white man, pastor, cop commits a crime, & it's just one bad apple, despite actual evidence of systemic problems in those groups.
Fox & Friends and Pam Bondi are now sensationalizing specific instances of Somalis being charged with crimes in Minnesota to demonize the whole population
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If a person is Black, brown, trans, an immigrant, Muslim, etc & commits a crime, they call it proof of the depravity of the whole group they wish to demonize.
Yet a rich white man, pastor, cop commits a crime, & it's just one bad apple, despite actual evidence of systemic problems in those groups.
Yet a rich white man, pastor, cop commits a crime, & it's just one bad apple, despite actual evidence of systemic problems in those groups.
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A stunning image of a monstrous stellar factory: the Tarantula Nebula, measuring nearly 1,000 light-years across.
It is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas, and it hosts some of the most massive stars known.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0650/ 🔭
It is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas, and it hosts some of the most massive stars known.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0650/ 🔭
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A stunning image of a monstrous stellar factory: the Tarantula Nebula, measuring nearly 1,000 light-years across.
It is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas, and it hosts some of the most massive stars known.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0650/ 🔭
It is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas, and it hosts some of the most massive stars known.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0650/ 🔭
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this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
MSNBC reporter presents Trump's shameful racism towards Somalis as merely "a different view"
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
May every single person in this be held accountable for the atrocities they're committing and enabling while they stand there & snicker at a racist diatribe straight from the president's mouth.
Immigrants are whole human beings with as much right to live full lives on this earth as anyone else.
Immigrants are whole human beings with as much right to live full lives on this earth as anyone else.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
May every single person in this be held accountable for the atrocities they're committing and enabling while they stand there & snicker at a racist diatribe straight from the president's mouth.
Immigrants are whole human beings with as much right to live full lives on this earth as anyone else.
Immigrants are whole human beings with as much right to live full lives on this earth as anyone else.
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I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
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Straight up Nazi shit
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Straight up Nazi shit
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I went to the NYT and this is in fact their lede and like, you know how bad things have to get for NYT of all pubs to call something “unapologetic bigotry”? Infinity alarm fire
NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I went to the NYT and this is in fact their lede and like, you know how bad things have to get for NYT of all pubs to call something “unapologetic bigotry”? Infinity alarm fire
This is some truly hideous, dehumanizing language straight from the President's mouth. Yet another serious escalation in rhetoric, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’ve seen where this leads. We cannot just continue on this path.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is some truly hideous, dehumanizing language straight from the President's mouth. Yet another serious escalation in rhetoric, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’ve seen where this leads. We cannot just continue on this path.
This is absolutely horrifying, what's happening to Greenlandic parents based on some racist, eugenicist garbage masquerading as parenting assessments. The Danish government is perpetrating atrocities against indigenous people and families.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is absolutely horrifying, what's happening to Greenlandic parents based on some racist, eugenicist garbage masquerading as parenting assessments. The Danish government is perpetrating atrocities against indigenous people and families.
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Beyond irony. It steals from all human creativity to function. It destroys our environment to operate. And using it robs us of our core skills. It's the perfect economic weapon.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Beyond irony. It steals from all human creativity to function. It destroys our environment to operate. And using it robs us of our core skills. It's the perfect economic weapon.
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In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives.
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Jane Austen: I can’t stand any of you.
Her characters: but you…you made us up?
Jane Austen: yes, I was trying to improve humans. Turns out you can’t. Not even imaginary ones. The end.
Her characters: but you…you made us up?
Jane Austen: yes, I was trying to improve humans. Turns out you can’t. Not even imaginary ones. The end.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Jane Austen: I can’t stand any of you.
Her characters: but you…you made us up?
Jane Austen: yes, I was trying to improve humans. Turns out you can’t. Not even imaginary ones. The end.
Her characters: but you…you made us up?
Jane Austen: yes, I was trying to improve humans. Turns out you can’t. Not even imaginary ones. The end.
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Happy Thanksgiving. While you enjoy your meals today with family, please keep in mind the people spending this holiday in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. While you enjoy your meals today with family, please keep in mind the people spending this holiday in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. 🧵
I'm gonna need Lil Jon to release a full studio recording of Turn Down for What (Christmas Version) immediately please.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm gonna need Lil Jon to release a full studio recording of Turn Down for What (Christmas Version) immediately please.
This, from the anti-vaccine, anti-medication administration.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This, from the anti-vaccine, anti-medication administration.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
Literally all signs point to them not caring at all about our health and in fact actively wanting tons of us to die.
so stephen miller is back in the room with him I see
Trump just claimed on Truth Social that he’s “terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
so stephen miller is back in the room with him I see
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime