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NPR @npr.org · 42m

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 2h

Said it a thousand times, but the fact that the general public does not understand the difference between an opinion writer and a reporter is a real fucking problem.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2h

Portland is showing the way. Hail Portland

FOX 12 Oregon facebook post screenshot. Headline reads "Latest Updates: 2 more arrested near Portland ICE facility Saturday." Picture shows people outsid the ICE facility in blow-up costumes, L-R: Squidward, Mr. Potato Head, not sure but it's a diapered person in a trucker hat, Garfield, again not sure, banana, lobster

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 1h

I'm just a humble Tacoman but I presume to agree that Seattle needs public restrooms slightly more than an eldritch wall of AI necromancy

Athenaknits @theparthecraft.bsky.social · 1h

Bathrooms, Bruce. Bathrooms are needed, not slop versions of historical figures

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3h

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting New Jersey to declare a state of emergency. Another storm has struck farther south with some heavy rain and flooding.

New Jersey declares state of emergency as nor'easter approaches

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting New Jersey to declare a state of emergency. Another storm has struck farther south with some heavy rain and flooding.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2h

“they also did not offer any puppies for target practice, SEIZE THEM”

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 4h

If you’re now thinking that maybe you should switch to Linux before you’re stuck in windows 11 hell, welcome to It’s FOSS, a site you’ll probably visit often from here on out. This is a post describing a bunch of linux distributions that might be right for you:

itsfoss.com/best-linux-d...

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

If you’re not following the @oregonian.com that should change immediately. They are doing incredible coverage of the ice protests.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21h

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 1d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · 2h

At what point does news media decide to call what the administration produces propaganda?

Especially when the statements are easily verifiable as false?

What would it take?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2h

Also, if you are NC local and would like to help out or maybe even adopt a soon to be tripod, I know she’s trying to find homes for those who can conceivably become pets, and would love to hear from you!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2h

So my buddy Carlota, who is taking over Dogskull Patch, has a group of feral cats to deal. She’s been trapping and neutering as possible, but one sweetheart named Big Daddy showed up on the porch limping. Some asshole shot him. She’s raising money for his amputation and care. gofund.me/3b6cf293e

Donate to Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot, organized by Carrie Sykes

There's a colony of lovely cats living in a rural neighborhood in Goldston, NC. Fr… Carrie Sykes needs your support for Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot

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PCAC 😷🦚 @portlandcleanair.bsky.social · 21h

Free masks are back in stock, while supplies last!

Huge thanks to the dozens of people who helped us get these into storage. Y'all were able to bust down SIX pallets of masks and get them moved into storage in less than half an hour.

Now it's time for distribution.
We keep us safe. 1/3

A white and light blue graphic with the Portland Clean Air Committee and Free COVID Tests PDX logos in the upper right corner. The slide reads, "Masks are back in stock! Thanks to the Multnomah County Office of Emergency Services, multiple local groups were able to secure more than 40,000 free N95 masks! Visit PCAC.carrd.co to add some to your HEPA loan request or bit.ly/freecovidtestspdx to arrange delivery!" There is clip art of stacks of cardboard boxes and this is the first of seven slides.

A light blue background with a medium blue banner with white text reads "3M 9205+ Aura N95s (individually packaged)" In the center of the slide is a white circle with an image of this mask model. Below it the description reads "white boat/tri-fold mask with head straps" and along the bottom are logos for the Portland Clean Air Committee and Free COVID Test PDX and the numbers 2/7 to show the slide number.

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jadehawk "FREE ŁINK" @jadehawk.bsky.social · 3h

fuck me, the community whistles work to save people. i don't understand why/how, but they demonstrably do.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 3h

JD Vance is LYING. These firings have NOTHING to do with the shutdown.

Donald Trump is CHOOSING to fire these scientists to threaten Democrats.

Trump is destroying what little is left of our public health infrastructure, and we will NOT be ready for the next pandemic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · Mar 20

Re: *waves generally* allathis

Any US Rep can introduce articles of impeachment against exec branch officers, not just POTUS/VPOTUS.

It's murky and only one person has been impeached (US Grant's Secretary of War) but it's hard to see why these clowns shouldn't be burning time on defense

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 2h

If you are planning to make cheesecake for Canadian Thanksgiving, American Thanksgiving, Christmas or other winter holidays, I would buy your cream cheese and other baking supplies at Costco.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2h

Heads up, people of the internet: This isn't me. I don't have a TikTok account. This person is apparently messaging people over there, but this person, again: not me. Feel free to report the account, or whatever TikTok's version of that might be.
www.tiktok.com/@eloranoso?_...

Cherie priest's Creator Profile

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6h

this is very good

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting that in most of the 34 US states in which child marriage is legal, divorce is not legal until you’re 18.

So in other words, you can marry a child at 15, and be guaranteed 2-3 years to rape her before she can leave.

Such an advanced, civilized, enlightened nation.

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Angela Korra'ti @annathepiper.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 5h

I just saw a hummingbird fly up to the door that leads out to our patio, and hover there for a few moments, as if it were thinking "HI BIPEDS just stopping by BAAAAAAAAAI" as it then zoomed off again.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Sep 6

The other animating feature of authoritarian "conservatism" in Oregon is the widespread belief that everything they don't like is the outgrowth of some evil-intended conspiracy funded by George Soros, promoted by woke Commie academics, or hatched by Tony Fauci. rightlandia.ghost.io/its-funny-un...

It's funny until it's not; why I've stopped finding absurd right wing conspiracy theories so hilarious

What is there to do, really, other than laugh at stuff like this?

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 5h

The Morning Monty settles in for fall.

Fluffy gray tabby with big gold eyes perched on a cat tree with his little bunny paws hanging over the side. His whisker vibes are immaculate. So are his ear tufts.

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