Sarah
@sarahskeeter.bsky.social
Curiouser and curiouser, and increasingly militant
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See this is very clever - kids hate to be seen doing the same things adults do, and so because kids now see adults constantly bullying kids, they don't do it so much. Genius when you think about it
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
See this is very clever - kids hate to be seen doing the same things adults do, and so because kids now see adults constantly bullying kids, they don't do it so much. Genius when you think about it
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Absolutely this. Labour could have chosen a socialist route on immigration; to defend refugees and asylum seekers, highlight the benefits of immigration and counter Farage's lies. Instead they've tried to beat him in a race to the bottom of the barrel of bigotry.
The more anti-immigrant and racist Labour becomes, the more it:
1) Normalises anti-immigration and racist sentiments, boosting Reform's appeal since it's their specialty
2) Drives moderate voters away from Labour because they're appalled at the direction Labour is taking
Losing in all directions!
1) Normalises anti-immigration and racist sentiments, boosting Reform's appeal since it's their specialty
2) Drives moderate voters away from Labour because they're appalled at the direction Labour is taking
Losing in all directions!
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Absolutely this. Labour could have chosen a socialist route on immigration; to defend refugees and asylum seekers, highlight the benefits of immigration and counter Farage's lies. Instead they've tried to beat him in a race to the bottom of the barrel of bigotry.
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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Or, to put it another way ....
#Farage admits he is a racist - but doesn't think that should matter
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#Farage admits he is a racist - but doesn't think that should matter
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage denies saying anything racist ‘with malice’ as he attacks BBC
Reform UK leader launches tirade against broadcaster in latest effort to address claims of abuse from school contemporaries
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Or, to put it another way ....
#Farage admits he is a racist - but doesn't think that should matter
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#Farage admits he is a racist - but doesn't think that should matter
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
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I've posted about this before but one of the most memorable lessons I learned in grad school was about how IQ tests are not a very good indicator of overall intelligence because you can just train for the test - we did this by taking weekly IQ tests and getting better at it over time
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've posted about this before but one of the most memorable lessons I learned in grad school was about how IQ tests are not a very good indicator of overall intelligence because you can just train for the test - we did this by taking weekly IQ tests and getting better at it over time
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Someone sent this to me as proof that *i* am wrong about my own self.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Someone sent this to me as proof that *i* am wrong about my own self.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
Anyway, all of this fabricated. Just untrue and not even close to the direction of truth.
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Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia to boycott Eurovision.
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation comes in spite of several broadcasters calling for its exclusion
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia to boycott Eurovision.
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Ultimately this is the point where the wider state needs to step in with a massive banhammer
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
I wonder how much Ofcom’s failure to use even the limited powers it has against Twitter is based on concern that it would be quite revealing when Musk just ignores any ruling.
🙃
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ultimately this is the point where the wider state needs to step in with a massive banhammer
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
Block the website from UK IPs, imprision anyone involved with the company who visits the UK. The state does have power here, but has learned helpnessness with tech
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I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
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Karl Marx died in 1883. He wasn’t even the only systematic critic of capitalism in his own century. But *sigh* holy writ…
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Karl Marx died in 1883. He wasn’t even the only systematic critic of capitalism in his own century. But *sigh* holy writ…
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Remind me again how the duchy of Cornwall had to be publicly shamed into relinquishing its automatic appropriation of unwilled estates on their owners untimely deaths.
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Remind me again how the duchy of Cornwall had to be publicly shamed into relinquishing its automatic appropriation of unwilled estates on their owners untimely deaths.
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‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
Prohibited from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive
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Asylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australia say they are going hungry on the island, prohibited from working to support themselves and given insufficient money to buy enough food.
Others say they fear the Nauru government will deport them to their home countries, from where they say they have fled persecution and violence. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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This is basically going to be "Get off your phone and into work" isn't it?
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is basically going to be "Get off your phone and into work" isn't it?
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Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
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This is going to be interesting to watch from a critical perspective. Particularly within the wider context of the impacts of the pandemic, poverty, and political messaging around disability.
How will children and young people and families be centred in the review?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How will children and young people and families be centred in the review?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is going to be interesting to watch from a critical perspective. Particularly within the wider context of the impacts of the pandemic, poverty, and political messaging around disability.
How will children and young people and families be centred in the review?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How will children and young people and families be centred in the review?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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People objecting to infrastructure projects could be offered damages to avoid delays
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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I've said before that Ireland is simply catching up with the rest of the Europe when it comes to the far right, and this "they're all adults, actually" is one of their talking-points from 10-15 years ago.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
I see the Indo has a story implying every young person assessed to be an adult is "actually an adult", sharing this story I did in 2022 when a child was told he's an adult and left to live with a bunch of men. When the story ran they accepted it was a mistake. www.dublininquirer.com/after-coming...
After Coming Here Without His Parents Looking for Safety, a Migrant Child Is Left to Live Alone Among Adults - Dublin Inquirer
Although Mthokozisi Ncube has a birth certificate saying he is 16 years old, Tusla does not believe he is a minor.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I've said before that Ireland is simply catching up with the rest of the Europe when it comes to the far right, and this "they're all adults, actually" is one of their talking-points from 10-15 years ago.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
In Sweden they were called "skäggbarn" (beard-children).
None of this is in good faith.
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this is getting a lot of tabloid coverage and it generally looks ... positive?
Ashley James, celebrity star of Good Morning has resigned from Girl Guides in response to their exclusion of trans girls.
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
this is getting a lot of tabloid coverage and it generally looks ... positive?
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Yeah, I come up against this attitude all the time. Invariably, upon questioning, it breaks down to "Disability accommodations have become more common, which has resulted in more work for me".
I hate to say it, but in terms of HE a very sizeable number of staff appear to believe that disability accommodations are unnecessary, a nuisance, and have gone 'too far'.
Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking
Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking
okay, I have to wonder how many of the people declaring that disability accommodations have gone "too far":
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Yeah, I come up against this attitude all the time. Invariably, upon questioning, it breaks down to "Disability accommodations have become more common, which has resulted in more work for me".
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It's funny that Hegseth calls himself "Secretary of War" and the admin talks about the "Department of War" when that's just... an unofficial rebrand. Congress never changed it. He's the Secretary of Defense, legally. They're just doing a bit. They changed the website to war dot gov and everything.
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's funny that Hegseth calls himself "Secretary of War" and the admin talks about the "Department of War" when that's just... an unofficial rebrand. Congress never changed it. He's the Secretary of Defense, legally. They're just doing a bit. They changed the website to war dot gov and everything.
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[ angry goose meme ]
"DESIRED" BY WHOM?
"DESIRED" BY WHOM, MOTHERFUCKER?
"DESIRED" BY WHOM?
"DESIRED" BY WHOM, MOTHERFUCKER?
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
[ angry goose meme ]
"DESIRED" BY WHOM?
"DESIRED" BY WHOM, MOTHERFUCKER?
"DESIRED" BY WHOM?
"DESIRED" BY WHOM, MOTHERFUCKER?
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Plus so many disabilities are invisible 😭😭
You don’t want people to bare open their wounds to stick your hand in before you believe them
You don’t want people to bare open their wounds to stick your hand in before you believe them
It's white supremacist capitalist scarcity mindset that led us to STILL (ugh) be needing to talk about what if abled people fake it. There's enough help & support to go around. It's not going to run out. When you reach that point you add capacity. There's not actual the need to gatekeep services.
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Plus so many disabilities are invisible 😭😭
You don’t want people to bare open their wounds to stick your hand in before you believe them
You don’t want people to bare open their wounds to stick your hand in before you believe them