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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

More than half of all bird species are in decline, according to a new global assessment, with deforestation driving sharp falls in populations across the planet. Scientists have issued a fresh warning about the health of bird populations, with 61% of assessed species now recording declines.

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

www.theguardian.com

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JTMLX @jtmlx.bsky.social · 1h

PLEASE, TAKE SOME TIME TODAY TO LISTEN TO THIS TAPE FROM HEATHER COX RICHARDSON.

TRUMP IS NOT RUNNING THINGS. RUSSELL VOUGHT AND STEPHEN MILLER ARE CALLING THE SHOTS.

DEMOCRATS ARE PROTECTING MULTI-CULTURAL DEMOCRACY--THAT'S WHY MILLER WANTS TRUMP TO INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT--TO USE TROOPS.

Thor @thorvalhallen.bsky.social · 2h

youtu.be/8UK-zptXyXE?...

Why Are They Pretending Major Cities Are War Zones? | Explainer

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 20h

hey, white friends, in case you thought being white and normie lookin' was gonna keep you safe from our fascist secret police, it will not.

it matters that they are coming for ANYBODY

we must fight their stealing ANYONE

AND: all our liberations are, as always, intertwined.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for spreading joy and humor with your video! Kudos to the videographer. ;) And congrats on your book!

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 3d

😂 #KidLit

Cassandra Federman @cassfederman.bsky.social · 4d

📦Unboxing my newest picture book GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT with my kiddo! There were some bumps along the way, like the cat food dispenser sounding off, but we pressed on and now I’m inclined to make this a tradition. What do you think—should we keep unboxing together?

#kidlit #edusky

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 4d

You did?! 😍🥰

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 6d

#Amplify

That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 6d

Need resources for Banned Books Week? Check out our @la-cac.org resources curated by the fabulous Lynette Mejia! It includes this “The Attacks on Our Libraries” graphic and ways to help combat censorship. www.la-cac.org/resources

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 9d

it's october.

a black cat is laying on a shelf next to books including pet sematary

Alt: Animated clip of a black cat on a bookshelf, blinking and yawning. On the shelf, a skull; under the shelf, a cobweb.

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 11d

This looks adorable!!

Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

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Meghan Wilson Duff @mwduff.bsky.social · 12d

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 12d

🥰 Thank you!

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 12d

haunt couture 🙌

Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 13d

Little Free Anti-ICE Libraries: yesterday multiple people were abducted by ICE in my Chicago neighborhood (Avondale). This morning I added 40 ICE alert whistles to three different LFLs, including one box that is about a block from one of the kidnappings. I have ordered 700 whistles.

Bright orange individually packaged whistles, stapled to English and Spanish literature designed by Pilson Arts Community House in Chicago. They are placed inside a little free library in my neighborhood: Avondale in Chicago.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 14d

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects

So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?

And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

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UW Center for Journalism Ethics @uwethics.bsky.social · 15d

Today's the day: "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing World," launches at 9 am CT this morning with a keynote from Keith Woods (NPR, retired), "In Defense of Journalism."

Join us via livestream: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 15d

Two more. 📚

Surviving Not Thriving. Times I Was Right and Nobody Listened.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 17d

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT

"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality

"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening

START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 16d

“Gender studies scholars and experts on domestic violence have long known that gender-based bigotry is a gateway to violent extremism.”

Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism.

In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.

19thnews.org

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 20d

Editors, rise up.

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 20d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 19d

I almost bought one, but then I thought about it for too long.

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 19d

Are you sure, though?

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 19d

Am I…the target audience?

Photo of two rows of standing journals facing camera. On the left, "Hold On. Let Me Overthink This." On the right, "Things I Shouldn't Say Out Loud." Surrounded by wooden containers with bracelets, felted keychains, and bookmarks.

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 20d

Editors, rise up.

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 20d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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