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IbuMichele

@ibumichele.bsky.social

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IT geek since the 1980s. Trailing spouse, art person, childless cat lady, Mandarin language student, writer, baker, quilter, and more. She/her. Back in the US again. Off to Taiwan next https://www.votefromabroad.org https://www.thecenzers.com

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 12m

It's awful. Usually he at least has to go to work and be unpaid. Now, he has to try to learn Mandarin on his own for no pay

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 13m

sure, but the same thing is happening in all the overseas countries, so it's not specific to the UK

IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 29m

Husband is feeling the emotions of being furloughed

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 1h

Not really hilarious. It's to distance themselves from Indivisible, which does No Kings. There are organizations, such as Democrats Abroad, that want to make clear that they are not connected with Indivisible.

IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 2h

It’s horribly perfect

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 13h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 3h

Tokyo friends, this is happening on Saturday - please come and join us!

#translation #literarytranslation #booksky

peatix.com/event/4568298

Parallel Words: Celebrating the Translation Boom!

Event Description Over the past few years, the English-language publishing market has witn...

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3h

The Japanese government says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IPs, such as anime, calling them "irreplaceable treasures" (Verity Townsend/IGN)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 7h

So amazingly lovely 😻😻😻😻😻

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 7h

Higher. 🕊️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ0W...

Higher

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic

www.youtube.com

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 7h

I found out with this post. He was far too young

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Kelly @dancingvalentine.bsky.social · 9h

In light of D’Angelo’s passing, today feels like the right time to revisit his genius. My BFF’s @faithp.bsky.social book honoring Voodoo is a heartfelt tribute to his artistry.
www.bloomsbury.com/ca/dangelos-...

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 7h

link.foreignpolicy.com/view/6442946...

An anti-government protest organized by the families of hostages held by Hamas takes place outside the Israeli prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Oct. 4. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 8h

I’m so very sorry

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 20h

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 9h

Ffs

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 9h

We’re just 3 weeks from Election Day and our team is moving full steam ahead.

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Kate 🩸’The Brood’🩸 Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 9h

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards just dropped, and some of these pictures are mind blowing: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: snapping the world's rarest hyena

Photographer Wim van den Heever got the winning shot beside an abandoned diamond mining settlement.

www.bbc.com

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 9h

Indeed

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BOO-trous BOO-trous-Ghoulie @dlbowman76.com · 9h

Did you know that one of the best sports movies ever is a Japanese film about big money corruption in baseball? Masaki Kobayashi was one of the best and this film is spitting bullets with anger.

I Will Buy You

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi • 1956 • Japan Masaki Kobayashi's pitiless take on Japan's professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. A condemnation of the inhumanity bred...

www.criterionchannel.com

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 9h

The bad faith of the Netanyahu regime is confirmed once again. Has it even been 24 hours? They violated the agreement for aid and they breached by killing a half dozen Palestinians. With two material breaches immediately, it would seem like rescission.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 15h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 9h

Or push them up to see better

IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 9h

Sorry, but I feel the original post was dickish as did many others, so my point was exactly that

IbuMichele @ibumichele.bsky.social · 18h

Perhaps clarity is not your strong point

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 19h

Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 19h

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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