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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 8h

Dolly Parton called a press conference to clarify formally that no weapon formed against her will prosper

Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 13h

I went around a corner on a trail in Montana and came face to face with a moose and let me tell you: my greatest life achievement is that I played it cool and kept walking.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 13h

This is why I love cassowaries. They eat fruit and insects; they just disembowel you as a hobby.

Ethan “Brother Ethan” Kocak @ethankocak.com · 16h

This is why I laugh really hard at people who are like “oh it’s a herbivore, it’s safe to pet.” Bitch have you seen a rhino

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 14h

Congrats Julie!!!

joe vallino ∫🦠dxdt ≻∫🔥dxdt @mepjoe.bsky.social · 15h

Fantastic news! Julie Huber @julesdeep.bsky.social was just awarded the prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by @agu.org! Not only well deserved, but also a fitting tribute. Rachel Carson was one of Julie’s childhood heroes that guided her path. Congratulations Julie!! 🎉🙌 www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the American Geophysical Union

WHOI’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the AGU

www.whoi.edu

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 1d

GIVE US THE FOOTAGE

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Belichick and Hulu's documentary to chronicle his first year at UNC has been canceled. Heh.

www.msn.com/en-us/sports...

MSN

www.msn.com

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Nagissa Mahmoudi @nagissa.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in life’s co-evolution with planetary environments?
🌎🦠🧪

I'm looking for a postdoc to join my group at #McGill and happy to sponsor applicants for the TSI fellowship.

Please reach out if interested!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30777

McGill University, Trottier Space Institute

Job #AJO30777, Trottier Space Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Trottier Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA

academicjobsonline.org

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh! Maybe this explains the $1700 invoice from FedEx that I can’t get FedEx to explain!

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

this is like half of r/ups now

Hi Andrew,

You have a new invoice for $63,755.71

Tariff Fee on T Shirt

Total Due: $83.27

Government Charges: $59.27
Brokerage Charges: $24.00

How to go about disputing an incorrect tariff charge?

Total Due: $82.92

Government Charges: $68.92
UPS Brokerage fees: $14.00

I’ve received 15 different duties and tariff charges for items I didn’t order.
Customer Seeking Help
The title is the crux of the issue. Over the past 3 weeks I’ve received numerous brown envelopes all charging me for duty and tariff fees associated with items that I never ordered.

The seller is somebody I’ve bought from before, but the last time I purchased from them was several months ago and my name is on the sold to slot. The “shipped to” person is someone I don’t know and the address and tracking address are both unrelated to me.

I’ve sent emails to an address given to my by the one time I was able to get through the phone number listed on the paper bill. They said the invoices will be removed in 4-6 weeks but now I’ve started receiving late fee bills on top. I’ve tried to call in again once a day, but I either get hung up on or my call drops once the wait lasts over an hour.

Any advice? I just don’t want this to go to collections or affect my credit for something I didn’t order or have any relation to besides my name being on something it shouldn’t have.

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Emil Ruff @emilruff.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026?
How about:

GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...

AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon

🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳

2026 Geobiology Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 3d

Broader context here: techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/w...

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

techcrunch.com

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 3d

A well-followed account that I like, @spacelawshitpost.me, got banned, possibly for pointing out that that the Bluesky CEO follows someone (Jon Chait?) who is arguably racist

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 3d

Hey @safety.bsky.app, banning Link is some bullshit

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 3d

So @spacelawshitpost.me aka Link got banned. I just got text message.

So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now?

Link of all people?

Apparently Jay said something to him before taking him down. He didn’t even get a chance to reply.

He sent this image.

This is sad.

“Screenshot of a social media post showing ‘Post not found’ error message at the top. Below is a post from user ‘KC Complains a Lot’ (@kcclyburn.bsky.social) that reads: ‘jay Responded to you and you haven’t copypasta’d her, Im disappointed in you link’ Posted on October 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM”

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 3d

A thing I think it’s important for USians not in currently-occupied cities to grasp is that the normal and everyday goes on alongside the violent and unprecedented.

In Chicago right now you can be forced off teargas-soaked streets in the morning and have a peaceful evening picnic on the lake.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 3d

I mean surely it’s reversed in the southern hemisphere. BRB, writing proposal to fly to New Zealand and check.

Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 4d

BTW I don’t know why the title refers to “lateralized sleeping position”, the correct term is “stereocatistry”

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 4d

FINALLY some good fuckin science
www.cell.com/action/showP...

cell.com
Correspondence
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats

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Roderick @shfo.bsky.social · 4d

I assume they're doing some kind of physics-y "right hand rule" thing or something, but you can't do that! Cats do not abide by the laws of nature.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing! I haven’t paid attention to Buttercup’s orientation, I’ve got to notice now!

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 4d

The old Fig 1, obv:

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 4d

New Fig 1 dropped

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 4d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 4d

What gif pops up when you type your name?

I will be using this one frequently.

Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 5d

A tabby cat sitting on a table with its legs splayed out in ridiculous fashion

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 6d

So the WH is belatedly realizing that the huge ACA price spikes might be a tiny bit problematic. But they're refusing to negotiate until the government is re-opened.

Why on earth would the Dems agree to vote for that CR on the GOP's word that they'll "negotiate?" Lol.

Advisers are worried that the GOP will take the blame for allowing healthcare subsidies to expire, raising costs for millions of Americans ahead of next year’s midterm elections, according to administration officials.

Inside the White House, aides are discussing proposals to extend the enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health-insurance plans, the officials said. Trump hasn’t yet decided whether he will endorse such a proposal, according to the officials. Republicans say they will only hold negotiations with Democrats on the matter after the government is reopened.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 6d

The 5 could be an 8 IMO

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 6d

This is good

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 6d

I wrote this open letter to my fellow science journalists, but it could very easily be adapted to address @jay.bsky.team and the rest of the bsky team galileospendulum.org/2025/06/05/o...

Open Letter to Anti-Trans Science Journalists

To my science journalist colleagues at the New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and elsewhere: I write this open letter on the day the New York Times begins a podcast series…

galileospendulum.org

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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t use ChatGPT to reach out to prospective PhD advisors.

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