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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 10d

Its insane that American politics now more or less revolves around infrequently passing a single comically large overstuffed money bill instead of like... normal legislation

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · 26d

Every person in every liberal #democracy needs to listen to this.

#uspoli

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Bernie Sander's Statement On Charlie Kirk's Murder Goes Viral; Here's What He Said: Watch

Charlie Kirk was shot dead at an event on the University of Utah campus

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · 27d

This is heartbreaking. Acid rock exposure thanks to thawing #permafrost in the #Arctic. 😢

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"Truly astounding": rivers in Alaska are turning orange. Some are so bright they're visible from space | Discover Wildlife

Scientists warn of widespread ecological damage as thawing Arctic permafrost turns once-pristine rivers toxic with metals.

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌊 New research alert! Sea otters, it turns out, aren’t fans of farm-fresh oysters in this study - no matter how fresh they are. In fact, researchers found zero evidence of otters dining on oysters, even when these bivalves were grown in farms right in their foraging zones.

#seaotters #oysters

JWM: Sea otters don’t dine on farm-fresh oysters - The Wildlife Society

Bivalve cages deep under the surface may be too much trouble for marine mammals

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 15

#Broligarchy seems to be where this heading …

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Jan 23

Here's everything I've done so far on broligarchy, all in one place, starting with my Inauguration Day interview on @thedailyshow.com with Jon Stewart, through multiple BlueSky threads on the subject, some other interviews & a couple articles in @theatlantic.com. 1/9
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Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is just dumb. The raison d’etre for #CanadaPost is to provide affordable services to rural and remote communities.

Not many remote communities in Germany. #Context matters all you budding economists. 🙄

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Opinion: Privatize Canada Post and end its monopoly

Germany dealt with an underperforming postal service by privatizing it and ending its monopoly. Let's do the same with Canada Post. Read on.

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 13

The sooner we stop listening to the #Broligarchs the better.

#PeakAI

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Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried That We've Already Hit Peak AI

Skepticism is mounting as the rate of progress for scalable artificial intelligence models appears to be slowing down.

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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · Aug 11

There's only one marine mammal native to Oregon that can shape the future of our nearshore marine ecosystems for the better... and that's the sea otter 🦦

youtu.be/8Ze-SUvEopg?... #seaotters #seaotter #elakhaalliance #oregon #oregoncoast #kelpforest #kelp #marinescience #ocean #whales

One Animal Could Change the Future of the Oregon Coast

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Laura E. Richardson PhD @richardson-le.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 11

These guys are truly batshit crazy. Space jobs to replace those lost to #AI within 10 years?

Seems Chat-GPT isn’t the only one suffering from #hallucinations.

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OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman says in 10 years time college graduates will be working 'some completely new, exciting, super well-paid' job in space

While Bill Gates has said the 2-day workweek could come within the next decade, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Gen Alpha college graduates will be too busy planet-hopping.

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Mat Wright @matwright.bsky.social · Aug 7

Nothing better encapsulates the current state of the US than killing funding for mRNA vaccine development - so Covid, Bird Flu and cancer treatments are now woke

and planning to destroy 2 active cutting edge climate monitoring satellites so O&G fuckheads can gaslight the planet

#USpoli

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 6

Of course this is a field of study. I do love #Science.

Martin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social · Aug 6

👋 Hi! Time Perception researcher here. Emotional time dilation has been studied pretty extensively with some neat findings. (I recognize OP was meant as joke but this is what I do). Check out my recent Psyche article if curious psyche.co/guides/how-t...

How to alter the passage of time to feel fast or slow | Psyche Guides

Knowing the psychology behind why moments drag or whizz by can give you a degree of control over your experience of time

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Wonder how sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh and sexual predator Clarence Thomas will vote on the fate of sexual predator Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations @rhizalyssa.bsky.social and @hakai.org for this valuable, groundbreaking work in coastal disease #Ecology. Clearly, we shld be checking w Alyssa for all things #Seastar. :)

Check out the press …

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#SeastarWasting #NorthPacific

Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 is a causative agent of sea star wasting disease - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The causative agent of sea star wasting disease has been elusive. This study used genetic datasets and experimental exposures to demonstrate that a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida caused di...

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 4

But … you could have had the BEST windows!

Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 4

Truffle oil

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excellent rebuttal. 👍

Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 3

Previously unknown subglacial lakes under Greenland’s ice sheet - and probably Antarctica’s - an example of unknown unknowns missing from #climate models.

Another reminder that we don’t know as much as we think we do.

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Scientists Alarmed as Floodwater Punches Through Greenland's Ice Sheet

Scientists were caught by surprise after discovering a massive flood of subglacial lakewater had burst through Greenland's ice sheet.

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Aug 3

Spoiler: #FIFA keeps all the sponsorship & advertising revenue while #VanCity pays to maintain a “controlled area” around the venue. All for the vague benefit of ‘future visitors’.

Corporate greed is getting increasingly shameless.

#BCPoli #DTES

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Vancouver's set to co-host World Cup next year. Who stands to benefit? | CBC Radio

World Cup soccer is just a year away from descending on Vancouver. And while some are thrilled about international football stars coming to their backyard, others are concerned about the potential neg...

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 1

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” — Hannah Arendt

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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · Jul 27

Americans decide to preserve B.C.s old growth forests #cdnpoli #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

U.S. slaps 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber, majorly impacting B.C. | CBC News

The U.S. Commerce Department has decided to raise anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, with B.C. lumber organizations calling them unjustified, punitive and protectionist.

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · Aug 1

Universal healthcare? Too expensive.

Disaster relief? Tight budget.

People can’t afford insulin or rent, but they’re building a golden ballroom at the White House.

Priorities.

Nothing says America First like Versailles cosplay during a housing crisis.👇

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Most of you don’t know what’s hard”. #Gratitude

ButtigiegDem 🇨🇦 📎 @buttigiegdem.bsky.social · Jul 27

Be Proud 🇨🇦

You don’t know what you’ve got. Make sure you realize it before it’s all taken away fueled by hate & lies!

#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
#BoycottUSA 🇺🇸

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Edward Gregr @ejgregr.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yup, clearly hashtags are a thing. Ok, then. 👍👍

Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing" via @thetyee.ca

#vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanre

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Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing | The Tyee

Noted BC urban experts pen an open letter with six musts for making homes affordable in Canada.

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