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Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · Nov 19

First post: I’m simply curious about life. I travel a lot and love languages. I worked as a film producer with a prior background in graphic design and scientific illustration. Now I paint, draw, and write. I’m not pitching anything and I can live without clout.

My advice to all — do your best.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 4d

Listen to the video. This is what people have to do to get through algorithmic censorship.

With Meta, X, Tik Tok - we know only what they let us know. And AI has made their "thought police" capable of even reading that.

Maybe we'll have to bring back pig Latin or cursive to outwit AI censorship.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 8d

This is all really unutterably depressing.

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 8d

Hegseth is a joke..

Country over Party 🇺🇸

Fuck you and your loyalty test..
#SheShed

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 James Baldwin responding to, “why must you always concentrate on color?”
White privilege is as blind and emboldened now as it was then, if not more so. 1/2

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 24d

This is certainly a different take I can get behind

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Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · 24d

I’m with Michel Serres who considered argumentative or polemical debate an obstacle to invention and growth. Holding a fixed position creates division. Dialogue, on the other hand, promotes synthesis and connection.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24d

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 28d

Just gonna drop this here tonight
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A gunman shot at the CDC, killing an officer. Trump hasn’t said a word.

Trump has said nothing about the police officer killed by a gunman who shot at the CDC, an example of how selective he can be amid his daily torrent of words.

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Nell Scovell @nellscovell.bsky.social · 28d

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'

Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.

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@ratlimit @ratlimit.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm PhD in graphic design and Cracker Barrel's REAL problem is they didn't go *far enough*

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 23

Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.

European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs

Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Aug 22

Oh, hey, happy George Herriman's birthday!

Ignatz throws a brick at Krazy, who responds with a ❤️. His speech bubble reads "Good hunting."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 19

Art expresses what words cannot

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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · Aug 17

This letter to the editor in @postandcourier.bsky.social is dead on. Written by a museum curator with a history at the Smithsonian. I copied it in 2 parts so you could read it.

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Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · Aug 8

Billy Short

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · Aug 7

"We're proud of our history." --Pete Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery

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Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · Aug 6

Nevertheless, if I were starting a new band today I’d call us The Groomers.

Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · Jul 31

In the 80s and 90s I collected cranks and quacks as a sort of hobby. Joseph Newman was a splendid example. His self-published book The Energy Machine of Jospeh Newman is a thing to behold. Expensive to buy now, but I understand that PDFs are floating out there.

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · Jul 28

Love this.

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Jul 28

My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October.

So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.

NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker

Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists

www.science.org

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Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · Jul 27

I loved his songs. Years later I tried to get into one of his math classes at UCSC but quickly realized that I couldn’t cut it. But he was gracious about it.

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Jul 27

Oh, no.

Three generations of nerds bow their heads and weep.

Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · Jul 27

Very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Lehrer at age 97. The cleverest, funniest singer/songwriter of all time, even if he lost interest in the whole business pretty quickly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ...

Dirk. @dirkbrandts.bsky.social · Jul 15

I’ve seen a few allusions to it once I a while, but I fear that most people don’t remember those days, when Birchers were rightfully seen as rancid weirdos.