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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · Oct 2

I'm ready for The Life of a Showgirl. We got glittery cupcakes, but I'm dressed comfortably and under my TTPD blanket i got as a gift because this new album still needs to prove herself to me before I'm ready to move forward from TTPD.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · Sep 24

90 dollars for Hulu plus live TV. Ugh.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 23

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Sep 22

I know we clown strongly worded statements but every medical professional in the US needs to issue one by tomorrow morning saying "we're not following the bullshit guidance of a lifelong antivax activist & his senile boss"

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · Sep 22

Once more: the best evidence shows that Tylenol taken during pregnancy is not harmful. **This question is settled.** The benefit of reducing discomfort and fever is extremely important at a time when the fetus is developing.

Pregnant women - Tylenol is safe.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · Sep 21

tbh if you know a teenager (any teenager, no matter who they are or how well you think they're doing) please go and tell them that you think they're great and you like them. you don't need to elaborate. just say it. they'll be awkward and uncomfortable about it. but they'll remember it forever

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · Sep 9

We can expect more of this (one student objecting to the content on the basis that it’s illegal because it violates a presidential executive order, another filming, admin sanctioning the professor and supportive admins because of pressure from political officials). A dangerous time for free inquiry.

Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · Sep 9

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

www.kbtx.com

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Sep 6

Referee: "Holding, offense, number 64"
Number 64: "FUCK!"

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · Sep 6

So. Is this AI or did they just release the secret locations of…something? Someones?

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 6

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AAUP @aaup.org · Sep 3

BOOM💥💥💥

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Sep 3

AAUP-HARVARD, AAUP, & UAW WON THE HARVARD CASE!!!!

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Donald Trump has been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a 2025 first round pick.

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Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · Aug 30

how do we not have an app that will make all our phones make the tornado sound if it happens

Daniel McFee @danielmcfee.bsky.social · Aug 30

I want to be awakened about it at 2am because Marisa posted the news so I've turned on notifications!

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Katie Schenkel, Person @katieschenkel.bsky.social · Aug 30

Madison told me about the *speculations* so I of course came on here to see the jokey jokes on my feed.

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Victor Von Doomscroll @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · Aug 30

If trump isn’t actually dying he will get mad that we are all excited that he might be dying

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Lindsay 👩‍🔬🚲 @llbroadwell.bsky.social · Aug 28

seconding every word of this. we have gone backwards. and us in the various queer scenes need to remember we are *not* immune to this shit either.

lastoneout.tumblr.com/post/7911909...

A post from lastoneout on Tumblr. It reads: "Sorry we really went from free the nipple, take back the night, slut walks, and ending gender/sex segregation in sports being fucking milquetoast feminism 101 concepts to fucking girl dinner and "I just worry about fairness if we let trans girls play against cis ones" and "it was right of that woman to call the cops on a black man for existing near here in public during the day time because men are all violent monsters" and "radical feminism isn't transphobic we just need to kill all men including trans ones those oppressive traitors" and I will legit never be able to be normal about it. What the FUCK happened. I'd say I wonder what the feminists of my youth would say about this but I'm one and lemme tell ya I want to throw up. Go fucking read bell hooks or do something else useful please because all of this learned helplessness, gender essentialism, and transphobia dressed up as feminism is actively holding us back."

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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haunted mentions @makeitsnow.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Mark S. Zaid & Abbe David Lowell
Counsel for CDC Director Susan Monarez
August 27, 2025 - 7:03 pm ET

First it was independent advisory committees and career experts. Then it was the dismissal of seasoned scientists.
Now, Secretary Kennedy and HHS have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk.

When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted. Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired, and as a person of integrity and devoted to science, she will not resign.

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Ben Clemens @benclemens.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm not sure if this ended up being a labor of love or a boondoggle, to be honest. I spent a long time trying to learn about hot streaks but mostly ended up learning about statistical dead ends, pitfalls, and the importance of asking questions precisely:
blogs.fangraphs.com/the-enigma-m...

The Enigma: My Journey Through Statistical Artifacts in Pursuit of Hot Streaks

I dove into the world of batter streaks, trying to predict which hitters were likely to have extreme swings in performance. In the end, the journey was more fascinating than the conclusion.

blogs.fangraphs.com

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · Aug 27

This

illumi @illumi.meme · Aug 27

There should be a Bluesky setting that makes your post self destruct if it hits the discover feed

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Aug 27

I’ve begun describing A.I. as an admin assistant with 3 PhDs who smokes in the office and is also on a PIP for lying all the time. In the beginning it’s amusing how much they seem to know but it doesn’t take long to grow tired of their bullshit and hold up turns out they stole all their PhDs!?!

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❗️URGENT❗️Help Me Escape Florida @rancidreggie.bsky.social · Aug 24

This is the drug that is a 100% effective treatment for HIV. this is the one you've been seeing in the news. I would LOVE to see an in-depth discussion of exactly what "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors" are keeping them from essentially carrying a cure to a deadly disease.

The Advocate @advocate.com · Aug 22

CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."

CVS Health denies coverage for breakthrough HIV drug, committing 'clear violation' of ACA

CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."

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explore.org @explore.org · Aug 23

Hanging onto Mom.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · Aug 23

I did it the other way

Again, if you plan to consult Al platforms or find their use too alluring to resist, please drop this course from your schedule now. It is the wrong class for you. I am looking forward to meeting with many of you very soon -- first class on Thursday of next week!

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Aug 23

This week in court a white cis woman landlord started *literally crying* when I was doing my opening argument for my client and started saying to her lawyer "how is this allowed? How are these people just allowed to have a lawyer?" through tears, because evidently oppression is when due process

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 23

You can add up all the enjoyable pursuits of LLMs and the work productivity hacks and none of them, separately or together, will be more important than AI’s ecological costs or political disruption.

“We” is more important here.

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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