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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 9h

I still crave a pair of her cheez it earrings

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 16h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 1d

So weird how it's often just Evangelical martyr fantasies in "leftist" packaging.

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 1d

It's also part of their revolution fantasy. There has to be guns and violence, because otherwise a) how can they martyr themselves for the cause, or b) how can they be the Chosen One who survives. So many revolution fantasies are just YA novels and they've already cast themselves as the protagonist

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 2d

There we go

Home Depot 12 ft tall skeleton dressed up as the sandwich guy, even holding a foot long

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 2d

Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 3d

Huh, weird. I was told that she was canceled.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 3d

I actually kind of love this. Now they'll have that voicemail to listen to forever.

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 5d

We've got another "dog doing commentary" game brewing in Chapel Hill

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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 5d

Me, enjoying D1 college football mess.

Charli xcx tweet.

Comee onnn mess is fun! nothing matters!

3/7/24

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 6d

But did Taylor Swift credit you for the scoop, is the real question

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 6d

And changing mosey to nosey would feel antisemitic

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 7d

I'm inventing a new Jewish holiday called Second Yom Kippur. It's where I log on after Yom Kippur and immediately log back off, because the posts and replies on this website are currently a cesspool

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Michael Meir Saltzman @saltzman.bsky.social · 8d

May you be posted in the thread of life

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! Yes, not releasing the files is probably an intentional strategy, but the main goal of it isn't to hide what's in them, but to make sure people continue to have a thing they're focused on fighting instead of the whole fascism thing

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 8d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 8d

Frost three-peat here we come!!!!

a woman wearing a white and purple ccm hockey jersey

ALT: a woman wearing a white and purple ccm hockey jersey

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 9d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 9d

Washington, DC is actually the only place that didn't have a hand in *gestures broadly* this

Neighbors United for DC Statehood @51stdc.bsky.social · 9d

If you’re upset with the government shutting down or dissatisfied with government in general, don’t blame “Washington, DC.” The people of DC, all 700k of us, have no voting representation in Congress. This falls on the 535 chuckleheads the American voters sent to Congress. #DCStatehood #FreeDC

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 9d

Ffs

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 9d

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 9d

Trump: I'm not a fan of some of the ships you do. I'm a very aesthetic person and I don't like some of the ships you're doing, aesthetically.

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 9d

And the roots of "wellness culture" (and scams) are inextricably tied up with the prosperity gospel, evangelical Protestantism and Strongman Christianity that's currently dominating our political landscape, fueling, funding, and feeding on each other for at least a century. It's bleak

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Tori Espensen @drtoriespy.bsky.social · 9d

Prime midnight Ryan content here

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 13d

Morning walk

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

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