@ktmulvaney.bsky.social
Children’s lit author currently querying. Will speak in iambic pentameter on demand (but probably not on YOUR demand). Teacher and theatre director.
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In the last hour, dozens of GOP lawmakers began to denounce Trump's racist meme.
Minutes ago, the White House capitulated and deleted the post.
If those same lawmakers showed that same level of moral clarity when it comes to the Constitution & fair elections, the White House would capitulate.
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Minutes ago, the White House capitulated and deleted the post.
If those same lawmakers showed that same level of moral clarity when it comes to the Constitution & fair elections, the White House would capitulate.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
In the last hour, dozens of GOP lawmakers began to denounce Trump's racist meme.
Minutes ago, the White House capitulated and deleted the post.
If those same lawmakers showed that same level of moral clarity when it comes to the Constitution & fair elections, the White House would capitulate.
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Minutes ago, the White House capitulated and deleted the post.
If those same lawmakers showed that same level of moral clarity when it comes to the Constitution & fair elections, the White House would capitulate.
/1
My favorite part is that it’s in tetrameter - a more singsong meter. This man does not deserve the dignity of pentameter.
This sonnet has the approval of at least two Shakespeare scholars ( @ktmulvaney.bsky.social and @clarabiesel.bsky.social )
here is an draft, pls feel free to workshop
February 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM
My favorite part is that it’s in tetrameter - a more singsong meter. This man does not deserve the dignity of pentameter.
Trying to figure out if there’s a way to explain to Democrats and median “center right” Trump voters are never going to vote for them, no matter how moderated their ask or their tone. Currently workshopping:
The Yankees don’t plan season strategy based on what would make Red Sox fans happy.
The Yankees don’t plan season strategy based on what would make Red Sox fans happy.
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Trying to figure out if there’s a way to explain to Democrats and median “center right” Trump voters are never going to vote for them, no matter how moderated their ask or their tone. Currently workshopping:
The Yankees don’t plan season strategy based on what would make Red Sox fans happy.
The Yankees don’t plan season strategy based on what would make Red Sox fans happy.
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Everybody in higher ed has questions these days. For example, admins ask "how can we get faculty to incorporate AI into their classes?" while faculty ask "can I come in to campus to teach my classes without being abducted by an unlawful paramilitary force?"
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Everybody in higher ed has questions these days. For example, admins ask "how can we get faculty to incorporate AI into their classes?" while faculty ask "can I come in to campus to teach my classes without being abducted by an unlawful paramilitary force?"
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Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians.
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the roadway drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians.
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
Post your photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and @mayor.nyc.gov so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets year-round!
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Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
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I post this intermittently because, frankly, there isn't nearly enough reporting on the abusive food and nutrition conditions that exist within prisons in the United States. Given the carceral climate we're living through, I think it's important to circulate again.
boston.eater.com/22153678/foo...
boston.eater.com/22153678/foo...
‘Inedible’ and ‘Inadequate’ Food Is Being Served to People Incarcerated in Massachusetts DOC Prisons
Incarcerated people, abolitionists, lawyers, and lawmakers paint a grim picture of the state of food inside the Commonwealth’s prison system, especially during the pandemic
boston.eater.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I post this intermittently because, frankly, there isn't nearly enough reporting on the abusive food and nutrition conditions that exist within prisons in the United States. Given the carceral climate we're living through, I think it's important to circulate again.
boston.eater.com/22153678/foo...
boston.eater.com/22153678/foo...
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This is incredibly disappointing Libby. You're aware of the environmental impact and yet.
You want to support choice but AI takes the that away from authors whose work was stolen to train AI.
This is embarrassing and you should be ashamed of yourself.
You want to support choice but AI takes the that away from authors whose work was stolen to train AI.
This is embarrassing and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This is incredibly disappointing Libby. You're aware of the environmental impact and yet.
You want to support choice but AI takes the that away from authors whose work was stolen to train AI.
This is embarrassing and you should be ashamed of yourself.
You want to support choice but AI takes the that away from authors whose work was stolen to train AI.
This is embarrassing and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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Advocates say Mayor Mamdani can’t change state law, but he can halt NYPD crackdowns like Operation Restore Roosevelt, work with DAs to curb sex worker arrests, and openly back full decriminalization to protect migrant sex workers.
Mamdani Can Take Concrete Steps to Protect NYC’s Migrant Sex Workers
The mayor can’t rewrite state law, but he can take steps toward decriminalization and minimizing sex worker arrests.
truthout.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Advocates say Mayor Mamdani can’t change state law, but he can halt NYPD crackdowns like Operation Restore Roosevelt, work with DAs to curb sex worker arrests, and openly back full decriminalization to protect migrant sex workers.
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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Black Lives Matter folks are showing up to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Black Lives Matter folks are showing up to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
All Lives Matter folks are defending the man and celebrating the bullet that killed her.
Maybe now you can understand what we’d been saying all along.
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People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
Controversial but I think I enjoyed Wicked For Good so much less than the first one not so much because of filmmaking skill (I had some notes for the first one I remember and roughly equal praise for the way that introducing Glinda to “Wonderful” and the expansion of the Nessa/Boq arc filled out…
December 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Controversial but I think I enjoyed Wicked For Good so much less than the first one not so much because of filmmaking skill (I had some notes for the first one I remember and roughly equal praise for the way that introducing Glinda to “Wonderful” and the expansion of the Nessa/Boq arc filled out…
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Frans Halsstraat , Amsterdam in 1982 and today. Remove through motor traffic and car parking, replace with greenery, bike parking, café seating, and kids playing football in the street
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frans Halsstraat , Amsterdam in 1982 and today. Remove through motor traffic and car parking, replace with greenery, bike parking, café seating, and kids playing football in the street
In a workshop to help professors catch AI cheating, I prompted Gemini to write me a bleeding heart emotional appeal on a topic. It spit out a lecture about rationality and how I should argue based on logic. My one and only use of AI was enough to convince me of that.
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 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In a workshop to help professors catch AI cheating, I prompted Gemini to write me a bleeding heart emotional appeal on a topic. It spit out a lecture about rationality and how I should argue based on logic. My one and only use of AI was enough to convince me of that.
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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 7:13 PM
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.
And Trump nixed the free option. Fantastic.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And Trump nixed the free option. Fantastic.
Underpaid traumatized workers who are often children
❌ A/I can’t replace real skills
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Underpaid traumatized workers who are often children
No, YOU’RE stress quilting!
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
No, YOU’RE stress quilting!
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
PSU AAUP | PSU-AAUP wins NTTF arbitration judgment
psuaaup.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
Found out today that my op-ed has made the opposite side of the union bargaining table Big Mad. Thanks for the reminder that I didn’t post it here: ctmirror.org/2025/11/04/f...
And for the record, it violates zero of the bargaining rules but it’s nice to vex them with the truth #aaup #csu-aaup
And for the record, it violates zero of the bargaining rules but it’s nice to vex them with the truth #aaup #csu-aaup
Opinion: Faculty matter most. So where’s the support?
Faculty “is the #1 predictor for student return, retention, and graduation, above and beyond all other factors.
ctmirror.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Found out today that my op-ed has made the opposite side of the union bargaining table Big Mad. Thanks for the reminder that I didn’t post it here: ctmirror.org/2025/11/04/f...
And for the record, it violates zero of the bargaining rules but it’s nice to vex them with the truth #aaup #csu-aaup
And for the record, it violates zero of the bargaining rules but it’s nice to vex them with the truth #aaup #csu-aaup
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
My university ran a workshop to detect AI cheating that asked us to use it multiple times, so technically I have but Lordy it felt queasy. Also, would have refused if I realized then how garbage detection systems are anyway. AI labeling AI…I’m so tired.
I've never even looked at a ChatGPT screen, nor any other "AI tool" out there. Never will. It's all theft. (Also a stubborn Taurus here.)
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My university ran a workshop to detect AI cheating that asked us to use it multiple times, so technically I have but Lordy it felt queasy. Also, would have refused if I realized then how garbage detection systems are anyway. AI labeling AI…I’m so tired.