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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 1h

Any Claris Filemaker users here on Bsky?

If so, any of you used the cloud version of Filemaker?

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Danielle B @drdanielledatadiva.bsky.social · 2h

On social media I met the parent who introduced me to the doctor who saved my son's life.

Among many other things.

Yes.

BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 2h

I met a bunch of incredibly great friends.

Did a whole lotta cool science.

Organized conferences.

Did cool things.

Yes.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 2h

I met a bunch of incredibly great friends.

Did a whole lotta cool science.

Organized conferences.

Did cool things.

Yes.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Kathy Valentine @kathyvalentine.bsky.social · 7h

a proper and deserved send off for our beloved Clem in NYC on Sunday night. music, friends, family, art, photography, food and drums. Certain he would’ve loved it and been proud and happy

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Christopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 7h

Congratulations to @nationalacademies.org member & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Professor Omar Yaghi on winning with 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry! explorers.com/omar-yaghi/ @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

New Heroes: Omar Yaghi

Dr. Omar Yaghi is a chemist who does not simply study materials, he reimagines them. Awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in metal organic frameworks (MOFs), Yaghi has …

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 7h

The Movies That Defined Gen X. Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Do the Right Thing, Clerks, Dead Poets Society, Pulp Fiction, Before Sunrise. “Not galaxies far away, not fairy tales. Parking lots, parade floats, dead ends, second chances.” [markmcinerney.substack.com]

The Movies That Defined Gen X

A Break From MAGA Madness for a Moment

markmcinerney.substack.com

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 7h

Suuuuuch $#!^^y people…

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lynnechester cathedral 🎶🗽 @lynnh1.bsky.social · 17h

Wow. Pam Bondi brought attack notes to the hearing today. Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst captured them in these stunning photos that show her plan entire time was to try to smear Democratic senators — not provide actual information.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

Yooooooooooooooooo.

Gonna do a book.

Journalist, podcast creator, and Punk Planet founder Dan Sinker's I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS!: Terror, Truth, and the Editor Who Took on the Klan, a narrative account of crusading journalist George Dale, who faced off against a powerful, ascendant Klan movement in 1920s Indiana, and who serves as a model of journalistic integrity and defiance in the face of fascism, to Eric Kerl and Katy O'Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 13h

doomscroll break

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

If we look at 20th-century China and Germany as examples, it actually takes a few decades to recover from the type of self-harm that the US is currently inflicting on itself.

And he called US President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape American science and health policy -- including mass firings to government scientists and steep slashes to research budgets -- an "immensely serious problem."

"This will cripple much of United States science research," he told AFP, adding that he knew people who have taken enormous funding hits.

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues," Clarke said. "Assuming that the present administration finally comes to an end, it may take a decade to get back to where we were, say, half a year ago."

"It's a huge problem" that's "entirely beyond any understanding of anyone who is a scientist," he said.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 7h

This @clarajeffery.bsky.social column is really worth your time.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 7h

This 1771 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby is titled:

"The Alchymist, In Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, Discovers Phosphorus & prays for the successful Conclusion of his operation, as was the custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers."

Let's talk about how phosphorus was discovered.

A robed man with a medium length white beard sits on his knees before a round flask that is faintly glowing, with it the only light source to reveal his face and the face of students or assistants behind him.
"The Alchymist, In Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, Discovers Phosphorus & prays for the successful Conclusion of his operation, as was the custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers"

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 8h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 23h

Here's my take on Vought's threats to deny back pay, from a federal worker:
It's lawless.

Congress made statutory law that clearly states federal workers must receive backpay. This admin is ignoring the law and Constitution—from mass firings to grant terminations to this—and SCOTUS is signing off.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The letter of the law is as plain as can be—federal workers, including furloughed workers, are entitled to their backpay following a shutdown.

Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/fWCjnLQ

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 8h

20th Century music >>> 21st Century music.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 8h

ROLLING STONE RANKS THE 250 GREATEST SONGS OF THE 21st CENTURY SO FAR 🚨

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s a narrative:

It’s 2027 and Trump is clearly dementing. Physicians records have been leaked that show he’s been dementing progressively for years and it was known by his staff and cabinet… who are now being prosecuted for their taking advantage of his reduced faculties to pass legislation.

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 1d

I love this piece!

It shows the many ways a connectome can be put to use, AND the many complementary modalities that are needed, beyond the connectome, to answer real questions.

And it makes me feel good about having helped to generate the thing. :)

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 1d

To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of FlyWire, we asked nine neuroscientists to share how they are using connectome data in their research and what they hope is in store for the future of fly connectomics.

By @franciscorr25.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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