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𝕁, Accused Boyfriend of Antifa @checkwithscience.com · 14h

I maintain that this is a Universal Post For Our Times

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 9d

I mean, like, we absolutely positively do not need this. In many ways that is the opposite of what is true.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 21h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 23h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Marcos Nogueira - Cozinha Bruta @cozinhabruta.bsky.social · 7d

O escândalo do metanol está prejudicando o falsificador honesto

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Guilherme Freitas @guilhermefreitas.bsky.social · 21h

porra, cada vez q vc assiste de novo, melhora
youtu.be/l470P-l5glA?...

FÉ CEGA FACA AMOLADA

YouTube video by Filó Machado

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Pediatra de Bebê Reborn @allancmorais.bsky.social · 1d

⛏️💪🏻🕯️ Ricardus Stuckertius

Cris @crisvector.com · 1d

Companheiro, já te conteis a parábola do frango no cofre?

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The Last FábeOASIS @thelastfabeo.bsky.social · 21h

Que imenso fdp

Revista Fórum @revistaforum.com.br · 21h

Tarcísio, que agiu para impedir tributação de bets, tributa gorjetas de garçons em SP

Governador atuou em Brasília para derrubar MP que mirava empresas de apostas, mas em terras paulistas parte da “caixinha” dos atendentes de bares é recolhida por sua gestão

Tarcísio, que agiu para impedir tributação de bets, tributa gorjetas de garçons em SP

Governador atuou em Brasília para derrubar MP que mirava empresas de apostas, mas em terras paulistas parte da “caixinha” dos atendentes de bares é recolhida por sua gestão

revistaforum.com.br

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 1d

A reoccurring frustration for philosophers of science: Many scientists know how to do science like people know how to ride a bike. When they reflect on the practice of science, they repeat platitudes about how science works. Those platitudes are often wrong, sometimes even about their own field

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 1d

*sighs in philosopher of science*

Looking for confirmatory evidence is an entirely normal part of science. The primary problem here is the eugenics and the fascism, not the lies to children about "the scientific method."

One Bluesky account is quoting another. Inner post has a video of RFK Jr., some person I don't recognize (Tylenol and autism guy, maybe?), Marco Rubio (I think), and Trump. Post text: "RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: 'It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Outer post text: "We're doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)"

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Ricardo Coimbra @coimbraricardo.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

these people are actually out of their fucking minds and im so sick of being told we need to pretend otherwise

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, a classic moment of @nature.com recognizing the scientific contributions of both genders: man and machine.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

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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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Guillermo Del Toro is 61.
Here he is on the Weinsteins:

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2d

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d

Preparing some slides on the replication crisis for my undergrad students who were born ca. 2008

a man with long hair is making a funny face and saying `` i was there gandalf i was there 3000 years ago ... ''

Alt: Elrond from Lord of the Rings: `` i was there gandalf i was there 3000 years ago ... ''

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to see this paper led by Mica Santos in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B! w/ @dpvazquez.bsky.social The study examines extinction debts of species & their interactions (plant–herbivore, herbivore–parasitoid) in a fragmented landscape in Mendoza 🇦🇷 🧪🌎
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Extinction debt of species and ecological interactions in a fragmented landscape | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Addressing the worldwide biodiversity crisis in fragmented landscapes requires considering both immediate and delayed extinctions—the extinction debt. This debt arises from the gradual loss of species...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 2d

*I wonder if planetary rich guys want to replace the US govt or if they're content just to not have one at all

qz.com/wall-streets...

Why the stock market is up even as the economy weakens

Gold is soaring, Bitcoin is back, and the dollar is sliding — even as jobs vanish and the government shuts down. What gives?

qz.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Roger Vaillancourt @rogerjva.bsky.social · 4d

Ask not for whom the monkey shrieks

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 4d

years ago heard an interview w/ a biologist who worked on interspecies comm and identified the ways birds and monkeys share info, including the way they announced the presence of a jaguar. one day in the jungle he heard the jaguar call, wondered who was getting hunted, and realized "oh, it's me."

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 3d

Which journal would publish such a fragmented mess?
www.cell.com/current-biol...

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 6d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

Portlandia is a central document of the American anti-fascist movement.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15d

I spoke with analyst Gil Luria at D.A. Davidson, asking if the capital existed to build OpenAI's promised 17GW of data centers.

He said "of course there isn't enough capital for all of this," but "enough capital to do this for a at least a little while longer."

www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...

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Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 3d

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

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