Zilla
@murderousredcap.bsky.social
AuDHD. Baker. Bibliophile. Bisexual 💗💜💙 Cantankerous. Colorwhore. Dabbler. Deathling. Feminist. Nerd.
She/her.
My posts are often a bag of cats--that is to say chaotic and rage-fueled.
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She/her.
My posts are often a bag of cats--that is to say chaotic and rage-fueled.
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The humanities broaden minds and save lives. Period.
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The humanities broaden minds and save lives. Period.
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This is the way a Secret Police Force works …
"The US federal gov. now openly says it will use its supercharged spy capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. Labeled as “domestic terrorists” by the administration, these targets include anti-ICE protesters and anyone who allegedly funds them" www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is the way a Secret Police Force works …
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Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The author notes that the "performative reader" frequently mocked on social media is male.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
Now Watch Me Read
“Performative reading” has gained a curious notoriety online. Is it a new way of calling people pretentious, or does it reflect a deprioritization of the written word?
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The author notes that the "performative reader" frequently mocked on social media is male.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
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when Michael Phelps was dominating US swimming there was endless coverage of all his genetic advantages. His wingspan, the way his body processed lactic acid, on and on and on. Nobody, not one person, floated the idea of kicking him out of the sport for genetic advantages
“I just have concerns about fairness in sport” - no, you don’t. There’s nothing fair about elite sports. You’re just looking for post hoc justification because we give you the ick
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
when Michael Phelps was dominating US swimming there was endless coverage of all his genetic advantages. His wingspan, the way his body processed lactic acid, on and on and on. Nobody, not one person, floated the idea of kicking him out of the sport for genetic advantages
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It turns out that “fix your hearts or die” is not just an admonition meant for the overt bigots. It’s also a warning about what those overt bigots will do to everything you care about using your indifference about the minorities they target as cover.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It turns out that “fix your hearts or die” is not just an admonition meant for the overt bigots. It’s also a warning about what those overt bigots will do to everything you care about using your indifference about the minorities they target as cover.
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Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).
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As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
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Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.
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This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This morning I had the honor of helping lay out some panels of the #AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn of the White House. Seeing all these individual lives that were lost and knowing they are just a miniscule part of that great tapestry of loss is haunting.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
Fuck yeah Cook County!!
For the first time a U.S. county is making their guaranteed income program permanent.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.
Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program.
Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Fuck yeah Cook County!!
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yeah no, it's not a reason to homeschool. it's a reason to show up to a public school board meeting and demand representation for all.
what these folks WANT is for you to homeschool and steal public taxpayer money for your private vouchers.
what these folks WANT is for you to homeschool and steal public taxpayer money for your private vouchers.
Yet another reason to homeschool.
Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy:
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
yeah no, it's not a reason to homeschool. it's a reason to show up to a public school board meeting and demand representation for all.
what these folks WANT is for you to homeschool and steal public taxpayer money for your private vouchers.
what these folks WANT is for you to homeschool and steal public taxpayer money for your private vouchers.
Got a summons for standby jury duty. My irritation is not with the summons itself, but where I have to go--the fucking Daley Center. During the holiday season, no less. Motherfuckers, I don't live in the city anymore and parking is going to cost more than you'll pay me!
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Got a summons for standby jury duty. My irritation is not with the summons itself, but where I have to go--the fucking Daley Center. During the holiday season, no less. Motherfuckers, I don't live in the city anymore and parking is going to cost more than you'll pay me!
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I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday, please enjoy this photo of a cormorant drying its wings
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday, please enjoy this photo of a cormorant drying its wings
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Hi.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hi.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
Are you alone tonight?
I'll call you I have grace to spare and I am angry at the local religions for not making a number available in case someone needed something.
How can I help you? My DM remains open.
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"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 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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people in my replies all ‘i’d take bush over trump’ now listen. i’ll look the other way on a certain amount of ‘hold your nose and vote blue’ foolishness. but nobody is making you do ‘hold your nose and grudgingly hand it to racist war criminals’
heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
people in my replies all ‘i’d take bush over trump’ now listen. i’ll look the other way on a certain amount of ‘hold your nose and vote blue’ foolishness. but nobody is making you do ‘hold your nose and grudgingly hand it to racist war criminals’
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
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Sharing again for the daytime folks.
Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
freestylecheck.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sharing again for the daytime folks.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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wait you guys are winning them
You make up fictional arguments in your head and then feel good about winning them?
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
wait you guys are winning them
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Hey everyone,
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hey everyone,
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
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Hey in case someone wanted to take me up on this still-standing commission offer we are getting close to a cutoff for holiday delivery but we could do it if you got at me soon...
Going to try a thing here... If you want a 9x12 ink drawing of your D&D guy or a pet or an animal you'd like for a pet or something else similar to these, I will draw it and mail it to you for $100. I'll even do a little lettering. DM if interested.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey in case someone wanted to take me up on this still-standing commission offer we are getting close to a cutoff for holiday delivery but we could do it if you got at me soon...
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year