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ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 5h

the falconer? no, we haven't heard anything from him in a while. i'm hearing this for the first time. folks, our gyre is beautiful, some are saying the widest and getting wider. one of the widest ever, in terms of gyres.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 5h

many ppl are saying - have you heard this yet? it’s true - many people are saying that life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. it’s true. you’re hearing it more and more.

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 5h

This is a land of wolves now? Wow. I didn’t know that. You’re just now telling me for the first time. The rule of law lived an amazing life. What can you even say?

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Ben Monreal @benmonreal.bsky.social · 17h

In the 1950s, National Geographic wanted Kodachrome nature photography that really popped in print. One trick was to put foreground subjects (hikers, etc.) in bright colors; it was called the "red shirt school". Dick Lasher's Pinto makes this the greatest red shirt school photo of all time.

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16h

(posts a chart showing prices on groceries are at the highest point in history) you fool. You rube! How dare you say grocery prices are high! You can clearly see the second derivative... bsky.app/profile/kevi...

kevinwglass.bsky.social @kevinwglass.bsky.social · 16h

Inflation for food was legitimately much worse between January 2021 and January 2024 than it has been for the last six months, that's why

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 16h

lesbian vampire who just goes around curing endometriosis by eating women out

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 1d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 16h

Ghost: “can you tell me what my labs mean?”
Me: *looks at labs for about 5 seconds* “Yeah they mean go to the ER right now”

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

i love how often i get cloudfront-gated

like, guys. just because i'm REALLY GOOD at clicking REALLY FAST on things doesn't mean i'm a scraper bot

skill issue

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Dave's Notes @ldsfn.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn’t have said it better.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 17h

We need help getting Ghost the right kind of food for his medical needs! Anything helps

Ghost @carverredacted.bsky.social · 17h

If you're wondering if I'm okay I'm not. I almost fainted while using a toilet in my doctor's office today. Then I went home puked all over myself and slept for 9hrs. Pls help.

venmo.com/code?user_id...

cash.app/$CAugustMcMu...

PayPal.me/AugustMcMullen

www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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Ghost @carverredacted.bsky.social · 17h

If you're wondering if I'm okay I'm not. I almost fainted while using a toilet in my doctor's office today. Then I went home puked all over myself and slept for 9hrs. Pls help.

venmo.com/code?user_id...

cash.app/$CAugustMcMu...

PayPal.me/AugustMcMullen

www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Venmo | Carver M

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

venmo.com

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 18h

confession: a couple weeks ago we had a big bag of nerds gummy clusters in the student room and today halfway through journal club I saw one on the floor in the corner and

I ate it

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 19h

from Cory Booker’s official TikTok account:

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

it would be so easy for all of you who put money where your mouth is over kimmel to do the right thing for trans lives. trans expression is also freedom of speech. attacks on us are attacks on you too

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

One of the most perverse ideas on the anti-trans side is that trans people are instantly affirmed and celebrated by everyone when they come out and that acceptance is driving a social contagion.

It's the ultimate form of gaslighting against our community.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/pew-survey...

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 1d

yeah you know it like. ates the garbage.

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 1d

something I love about Canadian English is the whimsy

dollar coin with a loon on it? loonie
two dollar coin? toonie
parking garage? parkade
garbage disposal? garburator

it’s like someone put a toddler in charge of naming everything and it’s perfect

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 1d

this is broadly relevant to a couple situations I can think of

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ciarangallagher.bsky.social @ciarangallagher.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is particularly true of the “what if someone transitions in name only just for the woman’s heavy weight boxing final” which appeals a lot to lawyers brained elites and is easily dismissed with “why would anyone do that?” by normies.

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 1d

another data point of a Dem MORE popular on trans issues than they are in the abstract. As with abortion, the theory of a socially conservative electorate before whom libs must cringe is simply not borne out in general.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

5. The CNU poll shows Spanberger with a commanding +10 lead in the governor’s race. When asked which candidate would better handle transgender issues, voters sided with Spanberger over Earle-Sears by a 50–37 margin, giving Spanberger a whopping +13 advantage.

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 1d

and the heavy subtext of the inter-elite persuasion campaign is "if even you, self-satisfied lib, experience bigoted sentiments, surely the mass of hicks and rubes are seething haters" and like. no.

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 1d

(Also to be clear you don’t have to be cis to want hormone-modifying meds that ~happen to not be cross-sex hormones, cis men are just clearly their target audience)

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a dig at Hims, to be clear!

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 1d

But like. You can get enclomiphene from Hims even though it isn’t FDA-approved! So I see a certain parallel in like. Pursuing hormonal treatment goals that Medical Institutions won’t give you.

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