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Kaz @kazmological.bsky.social · 1d

I just read your newsletter - holy guacamole, thank you so much for your service, honestly, at pushing back against this incredibly sadly lazy antiknowledge anti-obvious-facts idiocy. And, my thanks also to Amy as well. You're both fighting the noble fight 🙏

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Kaz @kazmological.bsky.social · 6d

insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...

AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights? - Inside Climate News

The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers think the discoveries could galvanize the world to recognize whales’ ...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Sep 22

trump is underwater on tariffs by 20 points (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data?open=...)

that means he's negative in 40 states (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-is-u...)

this is a good opportunity for democrats to show how they fight for working-class voters (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...)

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · Sep 18

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · Sep 18

📌 Thank u 🐥 Wanda Sykes ♥️
Kamala & Hillary tried to warn
us 💯 Shame on FCC & ABC

#Project2025 #JimmyKimmel

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · Sep 19

Jon Stewart doesn't miss ☠️☠️☠️

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Sep 10

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cartoon

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · Jul 26

Recessions throw young people out of the labour market - exhibit one. If we want to avoid another lost decade for young people (and a continued exodus), we need a youth training, education, job guarantee programme.
Remember: we keep youth unemployment high to 'prevent inflation'. It's ridiculous.

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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · May 6

NO regulatory impact statement.
NO Treaty analysis.
NO Attorney General report.
NO consulting the Minister of Justice.
On a RETROSPECTIVELY active agreement.
This is against the rule of law.
Great outline in the committee stage by a furious @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social

#nzpol

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Mozilla @mozilla.org · Mar 26

More than 200 sites including #Reddit, #Etsy and @duolingoverde.bsky.social are being used as tools for surveillance👀

Users deserve transparency and data protections. Sign our petition and tell these companies to stop feeding surveillance tech mzl.la/4j2er2r

Tell Etsy, Reddit, Tinder & Duolingo: Stop Feeding Surveillance Tech

ShadowDragon is using data from sites like Etsy, Reddit, Tinder & Duolingo for U.S. government surveillance. Sign Mozilla’s petition to demand stronger privacy protections and block shady surveillance...

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Kaz @kazmological.bsky.social · Mar 30

There's so much to love/fear in this brilliantly written article from the Outlaw Ocean. I'm gonna have to re-read to appreciate the depth of detail describing the unbelievable diversity of the Saya de Malha Bank, and the tragically exploitative threats it faces www.theoutlawocean.com/reporting/th...

The Saya de Malha Bank | Reporting | The Outlaw Ocean Project

www.theoutlawocean.com

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JJW @jjw.wtf · Mar 17

If you ask most public servants about “hot desking” you will come to understand it is considered a violation of Geneva Conventions and an insult to basic human dignity.

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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · Mar 13

New #StrongMessageHere is up, on #BBCSounds and all podcast platforms. This week, ‘Be quiet, small man.’ The language used by ‘strong’ leaders. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Strong Message Here - Be Quiet, Small Man - BBC Sounds

Helen and Armando investigate how politicians convey strength through rhetoric.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kaz @kazmological.bsky.social · Mar 16

A wonderful read - artists, creatives, and programmers getting together to create machines to fight the machines that sample/use/re-present/steal IP without permission 👏

The Great AI Art Heist

A lab at the University of Chicago is protecting artists from theft by a new adversary: the machines.

www.chicagomag.com

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our dynamic planet in monochrome, pt. 1. #photography

A towering supercell thunderstorm with incredible structure and three lightning bolts striking the ground around it, one of which is as tall as the storm itself! A clear and starry night sky provides a stark contrast immediately to its left.

Bright lava erupts hundreds of feet into the air from a dark black cone, with gasses escaping all around the lava. In the foreground, a lava river snakes toward the camera.

Wyoming's Devil's Tower with three bison grazing in a field in the foreground - one of which is looking at the camera - and partly cloudy skies overhead.

A black & white image of the partially snow-covered Teton mountains from the center of a road pointed straight toward them.

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Emily Lakdawalla, Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · Mar 15

Holy cow this is spectacular news

Freeyore @mewefree.bsky.social · Mar 15

Looks like we've got a cure for sickle cell. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Long Island man is first in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia

A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say.

www.cbsnews.com

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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · Dec 15

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · Dec 12

oh christ look at the time

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Nov 10

I sometimes wonder why we're so eager to look in space for aliens

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Nov 10

Today’s Daily Jelly is a beautiful pink and purple root-mouth jelly topped by a baby paper nautilus octopus. These babies ride jellies, using them for transportation, protection, and may occasionally nibble the jelly’s food. Giddy up little octo!
📸 Songda Cai
#dailyjelly #inc3 🧪🍃🪼