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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 8h

The antivax workout moms who slather themselves in essential oils and use The Secret to get parking spaces near the Walmart storefront are rocking their heads like bobble-head dolls and screaming THAT'S RIGHT GOD GAVE ME AN IMMUNE SYSTEM to their husbands.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 1d

This man is your friend he fights for freedom poster but it’s portland frog hero

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 1d

This is their smash-and-grab era.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Kind of an incredible thing about the entire Trump administration and maga movement generally is that nobody acts like their reputation matters at all. They have no notion of establishing and maintaining credibility about anything. No concept of being known as reliable. Like complete wild animals

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 2d

Many insist that procrastination is a character flaw, but they have never unlocked the frenzied-genius beast mode of the impending deadline.

Laura Lorson @lauralorson.net · 2d

We should all tell our stories like this...mine is "the time I totally forgot about an essay and cranked out a paper on Deleuze & Guattari's Anti-Oedipus in two hours and ended up winning an award for it"

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 3d

Je suis Je rry

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 3d

I get the twitchy eye spasms if I have too much caffeine. But it is my drug of choice.

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 3d

Hell yeah

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 3d

perhaps not really a food, but I love me some instant and decaf coffee

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 4d

This. I can't believe more people don't talk about how back in 2013 Pam was going to join the lawsuit against TU but changed her mind after Trump made a $25k donation to her PAC.

She was on the take from day one.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 4d

OpenAI and the GOP are employing the same tactic: make violations of laws so incredibly numerous and widespread that they exceed the capacity of the legal system to enforce consequences.

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 4d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 5d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 4d

That @lataco.bsky.social and @teenvogue.com became (deservedly) breakout stars underscores how hungry people are for bold, fact-based journalism while the major outlets all tip over the Nazi event horizon.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

Bill Nye is currently on the Hill to advocate against a proposed 47% cut to NASA science from the Trump admin

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 5d

there's some Baghdad-Bob-level bullshit out there about Portland right now

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 6d

This captures it perfectly.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 6d

There are so many ways to stop Stephen Miller. We should try them all. Alphabetically is fine.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 6d

We’re on a speedrun to bluesky banning anti ai hate speech but leaving anti trans hate speech awesome

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 6d

it's pretty wild to be doing "stop being racist to my computer friend" discourse when the forces of Actual Racism are totally ascendant in government and inventing new ways to arrest people for their skin color every day

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 8d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 7d

I remember the day I realized that ICQ stood for "I seek you" and now that's really all I remember about it.

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 7d

man, what i wouldn’t give to wake up tomorrow with a 56k modem and be forced to socialize online through ICQ and by playing MUDs.

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