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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 7h

cool

barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 7h

The one we had to take prior to this iteration taught me how to pick my way through a field of land mines by probing the ground with a ballpoint pen. Life skills.

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 12h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21h

““I don’t know what the Supreme Court will decide,” Ms. Wilcox said. “But I had to fight this. Not just for me, but for working people, including those who have cases before the N.L.R.B., and to fight for the agency.””

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 1d

Those were some very enjoyable games to watch, great playing.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Tychogirl @tychogirl.bsky.social · 2d

YES!! More T Rexes, more frogs, more Pikachus. Let’s fill the streets with inflated friends. Let’s fill the streets with defiant JOY!

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 2d

In addition to awesome space images, members of ESA nations also have universal access to basic healthcare.

AAS Press Office @press.aas.org · 2d

European Space Agency: ExoMars and Mars Express Observe Comet 3I/ATLAS www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS

Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars. 

www.esa.int

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 2d

upcoming:

"Using the New Horizons Spacecraft for Crew Situational Awareness on the Moon"

"Finding Starship Landing Sites on Mars with the Juno Imager"

"Missile-defense capabilities of NASA's Earth-observing satellites: The Pale Blue Dome"

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 2d

This Administration's own guidance and Speaker Johnson's website both state, correctly, that federal workers will receive retroactive pay "as required by law."

The Trump Administration is just trying to frighten people as a tactic to avoid negotiating in good faith. Despicable.

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 2d

shocking news?

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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

A fascinating read.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 3d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 2d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to everyone participating in the The Day of Action to Save NASA Science today! 🧪🔭🚀⚒️🪐🌘

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

this timeline is so surreal

collapse of the republic!

football!

bluesky moderation meltdown!

collapse of the republic some more!

more football!

the republic: still collapsing!

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 3d

thank you for doing this!!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 4d

I suppose I’m too literal-minded, but I really don’t get these Google Cloud commercials where Google AI finds what are obviously spurious correlations in Major League Baseball stats.

Like isn’t this the whole reason why ML dressed up as AI is bullshit?

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Susan @smocarski.bsky.social · 5d

Flower of the Day - this Dahlia for #SunnySaturday #BloomScrolling

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 4d

this is a GREAT game for a seven year old, it'll be a terrific memory. lots of Yesavage still to come for him.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

So say it, Hegseth.

President Truman desegregated the military in 1948. That would be when the “wokeness” began, huh?

Say it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We won World War 1. We won World War 2. We won everything in between. We won everything before. And all of the sudden they decide to change the name. They went woke then too, you know. Woke is a long term. Word."

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 4d

though tbh it is enjoyable to see a team romp like this

barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 4d

Wish I were watching this game with a Blue Jays fan so one of us could enjoy it.

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 8d

For those unaware of how this works:

In the event of a US government shutdown, NASA mission operations are listed as "essential" and continue. But NASA staff work without pay and contractors only get paid so long as money to pay them has already been transferred.

No, none of this makes sense.

Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 8d

The government is shut down, but they can't stop me from posting stuff here.

At Mars this weekend, it's all eyes on the skies. NASA's robotic explorers – in orbit and on the ground – will attempt observations when Comet 3I/ATLAS cruises past the Red Planet on Oct 3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtQH...

NASA Spacecraft Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as It Approaches Mars

YouTube video by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

www.youtube.com

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