Kate Holland

Kate Holland

@fyodor76.bsky.social

Assoc Prof of Russian Lit at U of Toronto. Torontonian, reader, Mum, soprano, Great Lakes swimmer, Digital Humanist, Computational Text analyst. 19th Russian lit scholar. Dostoevskian. Pres of North American Dostoevsky Society. No DMs if I don't know you.

765 Followers 914 Following 224 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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Netanyahu: “These achievements are increasing the status of Israel as a superpower… We will reach the kingdom. We will make it to the return of the Messiah.” (Grok confirms👇🏽)

This is what your tax dollars are paying for.

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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

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A good piece of news for once. Monarchy next, please.

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Again, leaders of other countries don’t talk this way. The glee with which our current leaders talk about killing people is not normal, and nor is their lack of concern for who exactly we’re killing. American bombs incinerated 100 kids in Minab. Were those the “right people”?

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Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

Tennessee grandmother spent nearly six months in jail after AI facial recognition mistakenly linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

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Elon Musk's X Rots Your Brain Data indicates that Elon Musk's X algorithms indisputably drive users into right wing propaganda rabbit holes from which they may not be able to untether themselves.

this is a radical position but I believe that if you are a person of integrity you should not be using far right wing propaganda websites owned by sociopaths

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This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

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In cases you were wondering . . . this is a photo that annoyed Pete Hegseth so much because he thought it was "unflattering" so he got the photographer barred. I encourage all of you to use it as often as possible.

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girl are you the Straight of Hormuz because I see a lot of men greatly overestimating their chances of getting their ship into your channel

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I am curious, not least because many non-professors with doctorates follow me, to know what your doctorate was in (broad field ok, narrow if you want to share) and what you do for a living now. TT professors, we'll save you for a different thread. Please share for curiosity's sake, not using data.

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When ChatGPT is gone: Creativity reverts and homogeneity persists ChatGPT has been evidenced to enhance human performance in creative tasks. Yet, it is still unclear if this boosting effect sustains with and without ChatGPT. In a pre-registered seven-day lab experim...

Here is the right paper:[2401.06816] When ChatGPT is gone: Creativity reverts and homogeneity persists share.google/m7LdL9llQZYz...

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A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

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4 days ago

Never knew about this! I hope Irish comedians (something you absolutely lead the world in) had a field day with it!

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Competence has never been the forte of Irish governments.

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1 week ago

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

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6 days ago

Fair!

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No, more time, if they're not springing forward and you are.

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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

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Also congrats on getting tenure.

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I grew up on the north east coast of Britain and I used to hear foghorns throughout my childhood. Now I hear freight train horns.

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Erm ... black comedy? Dark humor?

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An anti-capitalist vision for football.

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Have fun in (my) old country.

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The cutest GWR!

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Followed this advice in 2025. Will try to do so in 2026.

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Tourette’s syndrome tests the limits of acceptance – I’ve struggled with it for 30 years | Leyland Cecco The anger toward John Davidson’s racist Baftas outburst is understandable. But I’ve had to ask what I owe to others with the condition

Good and brave piece on Tourette's by the Guardian's Canada correspondent whom I have enjoyed for years and had wondered why he never does videos or interviews.

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Years - 4
Victories - 0
Casualties - 1,260,000🌻
Coups -1
Ruble -💩
War crimes -♾
NATO -🇫🇮&🇸🇪
Goodwill gestures - 🤷
Warships -Submarines
Submarines -Sub marine
Aircraft - 🚀💥
Refineries -🔥🦩
Raccoons -1🦝
Tankies - 😭
Tanks -🚜
Red lines - ➡️

I remain a master strategist

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2 weeks ago

Sorry but since you're shafting us in every other way currently, we can't forgive you this time.

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3 weeks ago

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

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