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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 2h

Why can't we be focused on doing something about this instead of worrying about our own government attacking us, lying to us, and stealing from us?

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 4d

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2h

So … is “the Frog Revolution” taken?

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 2h

Frogs are a good metaphor also because of the story of the slowly boiled frog. We need to all jump out of the pot before we are boiled alive!

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 2h

Frogs jumping out of the pot!

David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2h

So … is “the Frog Revolution” taken?

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 11h

The most galling fact about obsolete Democratic spending is that instead of helping build up a center-to-left ecosystem, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.

Most Dem ads go to local TV news. They are putting billions of dollars in the pockets of Fox, Sinclair, Nexstar, etc!

WTAF

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 12h

Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment.

Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.

He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 13h

We have a man-child who wants something absurd and somehow we all have to hear about it again and again. Something is seriously broken with this man.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

I think Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize because he thinks if he dies it will get him into heaven. Like literally at the gate they’ll be like “I’m not sure” and then he’ll flash the medal and they’ll be like “ooh damn you’re in.”

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 13h

I'm looking into a position at the Soleil synchrotron, south of Paris next to Gif sur Yvette.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif-sur...
I wonder if there is any cohousing near there?
It reminds me a bit of Brookhaven in Long Island, being far away from Manhattan. At least there are good trains.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 14h

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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BobInBoulder @bobinboulder.bsky.social · 1d

Who the fuck knew that MTG would turn out to be one of the few GOP congresspeople who actually gives a flying fuck about the American people?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 1d

Corollary: it’s profoundly devastating that the victims on the Israeli side on October 7 were generally peaceniks and leftists who wanted to live in peace and equity with the Gazans

Isaac (from the Internet) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 1d

worth pointing out: one of the many reasons Bibi didn't give a shit about the hostages is because they were all from Shaar haNegev, a region that, before the attack, was full of peaceniks and leftists who wanted to live in peace and equity with the Gazans and consequently did not vote for him.

Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Chaim Peri told another Nir Oz hostage, who was released in the first ceasefire, that a general hostage deal would take two years, because "it's Bibi and we're leftists." He was subsequently murdered last year and never saw his prediction come true to within days.

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread pointing out how broken our approach to technology is. We desperately need to take on a more critical approach, where we use evaluation of the impact of a technology to actually inform its adoption. We massively adopt AI even when studies show big negative effects.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 1d

His answer is BS, but it's good to see this guy has to hear from real people with actual life problems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Some serious BS here. Wow.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Better late than never.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Boaz Nash @boazhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Swalwell is saying that he thinks that Republicans are starting to turn on Trump. I sure hope so!

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

A loud reminder that this administration wants to bring back SEGREGATION as @victorerikray.bsky.social has pointed out and they're starting within the administration.

A literal page out of Woodrow Wilson's playbook. #blacksky #news

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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