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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 13h

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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スコット @y2skot.bsky.social · 13h

Things JPL has done:

Ranger and Surveyor (Moon, 1960s)
Mariner (Venus/Mars/Mercury, 1960s-70s)
Voyager 1/2 (Solar System, 1970s-2000+)
Galileo (Jupiter, 1980s)
Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance (Mars rovers)
Cassini (Saturn)
Juno (Jupiter)
Europa Clipper (in transit now)

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 16h

Americans elected this. The ignominy of this will last longer than any political term could.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19h

President Trump about world leaders:

I've known so many of you for so long.You're friends of mine. You're great people.I have a couple I don't like in particular, but I won't tell you who… you'll never find out who they are. Maybe you will,come to think of it

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 13h

Have you looked at @carlbergstrom.com ‘s brief online course? Found it very helpful. thebullshitmachines.com

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction

A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 15h

Collaborate to Ventilate 💕 this year on Nov 8.

Air Support Project @airsupportproject.bsky.social · 7d

We are participating in World Ventil8 Day on Saturday, November 8.

This year’s theme - Collaborate to Ventilate - aligns with our mission to make clean indoor air practical and achievable.

Sign up to participate below, and message us if you can think of ways to collaborate!

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Banner for World Ventil8 Day, with this year's theme of "Collaborate to Ventilate".

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Air Support Project @airsupportproject.bsky.social · 7d

We are participating in World Ventil8 Day on Saturday, November 8.

This year’s theme - Collaborate to Ventilate - aligns with our mission to make clean indoor air practical and achievable.

Sign up to participate below, and message us if you can think of ways to collaborate!

worldventil8day.com

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Dr Sally Witcher @salwitcher.bsky.social · Sep 1

There's real momentum growing across the world for action to make indoor air safe,World Ventil8 Day on 8 November& lots of local activism too. Looking forward to speaking at this event, to share ideas on what we can do. Mon 8 Sept, 6pm BST. Register at: bit.ly/ccseptsw

Covid Action UK @covidactionuk.bsky.social · Aug 30

Clear the [Indoor] Air - Sally Witcher discusses safe-indoor-air activistm on 8 September at 6pm BST
#covidactionuk
#covidaware
#covidconscious
Register at https:/bit.ly/ccseptsw

Covid Action campaign call

Let’s clear the (indoor) air!

Unsafe indoor air is a workplace health and safety issue; an access and inclusion issue. Failure to act is seriously damaging public health, the economy and education. So, what can we do? Sally Witcher, founder of Inclusive New Normal, discusses safe-indoor-air activism. Come and share ideas and opportunities.

Monday 8 September 2025 at 6pm BST
Register at https://bit.ly/ccseptsw

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Clean Air Where @cleanairwhere.bsky.social · Nov 2

At home if someone in your household is unwell, the same logic applies, open the windows and turn on air purifiers if you have them. #Ventilate #Ventil8 #WorldVentilateDay #Absence #DontBreatheItIn #Airborne #BlowAwayTheGerms #SickOfBeingSick #MaskUp

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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · Nov 8

Today is World Ventil8 Day, a day to focus all of our attention on the importance of ventilation for health and wellbeing.

For a healthy next generation of decision makers and scientists, we must engage and enthuse children with a love for life and health.

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World Ventil8 Day 2024

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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 11d

On 8th November, World Ventil8 Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of ventilation in enabling the health and wellbeing of people. It also seeks to recognise and celebrate the ventilation and indoor air quality community.
www.worldventil8day.com/
#WorldVentil8Day #Collabor8 #Ventil8

World Ventil8 Day

World Ventil8 Day on 8th November is a celebration of the importance of good ventilation. It is a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing of people.

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Hal Newman @bigmedicine.bsky.social · Feb 7

Help us build the National Paramedic Monument!
Through our Challenge Coin Campaign, anyone who donates $50+ and requests a coin will receive a powerful reminder of sacrifices made, care given, and the lasting impact paramedics have in our communities.
💙 Donate now: paramedicmonument.ca

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 16h

YOUR FOES WOULD SEE YOU SLEEPLESS: RESIST AND REST.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 16h

it sucks so bad to watch everyone do their best work in the worst political climate for science that I’ve ever seen

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Ben Steiner @bensteiner00.bsky.social · 16h

Quite the first inning for the Jays and Mariners and we’ve already seen more runs than Game 1.

Julio Rodriguez with a three run shot before the Jays responded with Nathan Lukes and Alejandro Kirk getting RBIs.

Jays 2-3 Mariners

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 19h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 19h

Although > half of the US population resides in areas with unhealthy air quality, communities of color are disproportionately affected, comprising 50% of those breathing in toxic air pollutants, despite representing just 41% of the US pop, according American Lung Association.

Eileen is one of a growing number of Latinos across the US who, motivated by rising pollution concerns, have installed air quality sensors outside their homes, businesses and churches to better understand the air they're breathing and advocate for change in their communities.
The grassroots monitoring comes as Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) moves to scrap almost all pollution regulations by rescinding a key 16-year-old legal finding, alongside a barrage of other rollbacks of life-saving rules.
Although more than half of the US population resides in areas with unhealthy air quality, communities of color are disproportionately affected, comprising 50% of those breathing in toxic air pollutants, despite representing just 41% of the US population, according to a recent analysis by the American Lung Association. Latinos are nearly three times more likely than white individuals to live in communities with poor air quality.

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 18h

The core survival instinct of the Briefcase Carrier is to not read, because you may have to take a stand against The Boss when they’re (inevitably) wrong.

The most lethal Briefcase Carriers actually read, but only to find points of advantage for The Boss, not to cultivate & hold objective reality.

Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 19h

Etch this into stone at every public policy MA program in America:

dcthings.bsky.social @dcthings.bsky.social · 19h

Genuinely embarrassing that no senior leaders I interact with actually read anything (yes this also applies to Biden appointees). No one responds to emails, no one reads past two sentences, no one does anything. The rest of the Pentagon follows along.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18h

Lmao like it matters, they could hand over a notarized and signed document from DoD that says EVIL PLAN TO DESTROY AMERICAN CITIES to the WaPo and they would write it from an inflation and business angle

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 19h

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

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

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 1d

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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