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mattotcha.bsky.social
@mattotcha.bsky.social
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Geologist from Wisconsin living in Japan for some decades. Always in wonder at the way the world is changing!
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Slop Evader lets users freeze the internet in 2022 to escape AI-generated clutter
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Slop Evader blocks AI content and restores pre-ChatGPT internet
Slop Evader filters search results to the pre-ChatGPT internet, offering users a way to browse without AI slop and synthetic media results.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Scholar Uncovers Secret Lost for 1,500 Years Hidden on the Back of a Roman Glass Cup
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Scholar Uncovers Secret Lost for 1,500 Years Hidden on the Back of a Roman Glass Cup
A flipped Roman glass cup revealed symbols once thought decorative but now understood as ancient makers’ marks. In the quiet atmosphere of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith noticed an unexpected detai...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Lead-free hybrid turns motion into electricity with power rivaling toxic ceramics
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Lead-free hybrid material turns motion into powerful electric charge
Scientists create a lead-free piezoelectric material that turns motion into power, offering safer, high-performance energy harvesting.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Friday essay: how societies evolved into fear-dominated goliaths – then collapsed
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Friday essay: how societies evolved into fear-dominated goliaths – then collapsed
A new book, Goliath’s Curse, will reset everything you thought you knew about the rise and fall of civilisations – with worrying implications for our world now.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Scientists Found a Weird Way to Make People Kinder: Add Batman
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Scientists Found a Weird Way to Make People Kinder: Add Batman
A new study has found that people are more likely to act kind towards others when Batman is present – and not for the reasons you might assume.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge caution
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Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge caution
A new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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After a Century of Searching, We May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter
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After a Century of Searching, We May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter
Ninety five years after Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky inferred its existence from galaxies moving impossibly fast, researchers may have detected the first direct evidence of dark matter, the invisible...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Half of Suicides Show No Warning. New Research Uncovers a Surprising Biological Reason
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Half of Suicides Show No Warning. New Research Uncovers a Surprising Biological Reason
Research from the University of Utah suggests that individuals who die by suicide without previous signs aren’t simply undiagnosed; they may carry distinct genetic and clinical patterns that evade sta...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Decades-long droughts doomed one of the world's oldest civilizations
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Decades-long droughts doomed one of the world's oldest civilizations
A series of lengthy droughts brought about the fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, a new study finds.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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A Healthy 47-Year-Old Ate a Hamburger. Hours Later, He Was Dead
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A Healthy 47-Year-Old Ate a Hamburger. Hours Later, He Was Dead
Scientists have confirmed the first death caused by tick-induced “meat allergy,” a condition triggered by sensitization to alpha-gal after Lone Star tick bites. University of Virginia School of Medici...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Russians Escalate Program of Mass Murder Across Ukraine
Russians Escalate Program of Mass Murder Across Ukraine
Russians Escalate Program of Mass Murder Across Ukraine
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November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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According to a study published this week in the journal Science:
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Rights Organizations Demand Halt to Mobile Fortify, ICE's Handheld Face Recognition Program
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Rights Organizations Demand Halt to Mobile Fortify, ICE's Handheld Face Recognition Program
A coalition of privacy, civil liberties and civil rights organizations are demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down the use of Mobile Fortify, release the agency's privacy analyse...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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A brief history of the exposed nipple in fashion – from Marie Antoinette to Sydney Sweeney
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A brief history of the exposed nipple in fashion – from Marie Antoinette to Sydney Sweeney
Napoleon’s sister Pauline used to rouge her nipples to enhance their appearence.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Mycoses and Misdiagnoses: When to Test for Fungal Infections
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Mycoses and Misdiagnoses: When to Test for Fungal Infections
Fungal infections are everywhere, even Antarctica! The Curbsiders discuss 'endemic' mycoses, their dimorphic nature, why they're commonly missed, and a key diagnostic test to order.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
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As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
Despite the administration’s claim of streamlining the government to make its operations more efficient, a range of recent federal policies have, in fact, exacerbated food wastage.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Trump admin reportedly plans to target churches in holiday immigration raids: What we know
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Trump admin reportedly plans to target churches in holiday immigration raids: What we know
"I stand by the story," said John Keough, the Worcester, Massachusetts, journalist behind the report.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
Researchers design studies that might disprove what’s called their null hypothesis – the opposite of the claim they’re interested in exploring.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Speaker Mike Johnson is "crushed by his workload."

Bitch, please! You've been on a self-conferred vacation the past few months.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Slow-moving heat blob beneath US linked to Greenland’s breakup 80 million years ago
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Scientists track mysterious hot-rock anomaly beneath North America
According to researchers, this zone of deep heat marks the spot where Greenland and North America began to separate 80 million years ago.
interestingengineering.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM