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Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira @mausellmoli.bsky.social · 9h

"More than 33,000 plant species are known to be initially mycoheterotrophic during germination and early development. Botanists have also identified about 600 species, nearly half of which are orchids, that have fully abandoned photosynthesis and depend on fungi throughout their lives."

These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi

www.science.org

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10h

I continue to think this is one of the most important and underappreciated media dynamics.

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 9h

Most of us diet and exercise specifically to avoid having a gut!

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 9h

And whether or not people of bsky agree that it's not overreach doesn't matter. What matters is if the densest both-sidesing journalists agree that it's not overreach.

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NBA Stat @nbastat.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan Kuminga on his role on the Warriors

“I don’t ask [Kerr] about roles because I know what he is going to tell me. I don’t waste my energy. I choose not to ask because nobody is going to tell me. It’s whatever.”

#NBA

a man in front of a sign that says " cold beer "

ALT: a man in front of a sign that says " cold beer "

media.tenor.com

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Robbie Bettelon @bobbybuckets313.bsky.social · 1d

Bucks announcers are hyping up the Cade MVP train - glad others are starting to join the club.

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

I just finished reading this book two days ago and recognized the material. 😉

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people want an outcome that will make them feel better. That's not going to happen.

Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

Finally some good news: rap battles are still legal!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 1d

dusting off my advanced political science text book that just says orange man lose if orange man president

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

With the exception of buying the Hootie and the Blowfish tape when I was 10, I've listened to almost nothing but rap in my life, and I feel like rap fans have a different definition of "lyricist" than the rest of the planet. I feel like it's a fundamentally different activity.

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think I should stop writing really long sentences and connecting everything together with commas, then I start reading some critically acclaimed book, like Melancholy of Resistance, and I realize that, no, I could win a Nobel with this writing style.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest story of the year should be that humanitarian foreign aid was a rounding error for us, but it kept tens of millions of people from starving to death. Or it did, until Musk and his script kiddies ended it.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 1d

I would like to get to a place where consigning 14 million people to death isn’t described as “DOGE didn’t do much.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?

“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

@theophite.bsky.social said something once, and I've been trying to remember the wording he used for years now, but the gist of it was: "children are temporarily oppressed human beings."

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Gee, I'm starting to think that maybe it's a bad idea to provide these services with identity documents...

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

If an ICE agent asks where someone you know is hiding, it is your categorical imperative to lie because consider the effects to society if everybody started turning their friends in to ICE!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

This is how I'm finding out Harrison Tyler passed away.

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 2d

They all thought Trump was done. Including McConnell and the Republicans.

Because even the Republican leadership doesn’t understand him or their base.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said today with glee that CNN is dying like a dog and even though I hate him to the bone I chuckled because it -is- indeed funny that CNN is dying like a dog, and it is

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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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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Jacob @jgsimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

I was thinking the same thing.

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