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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 5d

I was in Portland this summer. The only thing I worried about was a coyote wandering nonchalantly in front of my hotel at 2:00am and frankly, it was where it should have been and my East coast ass was out when it should not have been. This is the violence provoking speech that they claim to oppose.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve never felt the need to buy a dictionary before, but pay attention advertisers. This kinda sass definitely is the way to get me to buy things I don’t need. 😆

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 14d

Got my Project for Awesome stuff today and it was the perfect reminder for me to be hopeful. It was my honor to be part of something so amazing for the first time! Looking forward to next year!

A sticker of a raccoon like animal holding a croissant, a Project For Awesome metal rectangle, and a postcard of John Green dressed up as Silly Ray Cyrus with some information about Project for Awesome and some nonsense about Peeps Pepsi.

Flippin awesome blue t-shirt with a picture of the Earth as the candy on a ring pop and a heart and computer mouse orbiting it among a star filled background. Displayed on a middle aged goofball.

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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · 20d

First Amendment attorney here.

They are 100% allowed to do that.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20d

Trump:

"When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 20d

Found what I think are some Chicken of the Woods on a walk near my house. Pretty cool!

Three groups of large, orange shelf fungus growing alongside invasive English Ivy on a dead Ash tree.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 23d

Nature is the only thing that distracts me from a world on fire sometimes. There’s a wonderful urban forest near me that I wander when I can. Cool little things I found this time.

Bright green caterpillar crawling on a gray/brown log.

Tiny mushrooms growing on the side of a rotting stump.

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NPR @npr.org · 27d

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 27d

These are very easy things to say:
I am against gun violence, no matter who is the victim or perpetrator.
I am against genocide, no matter who is the victim or the perpetrator.
I am against child abuse, no matter who is the victim or the perpetrator.
Please let's choose love over fear.

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 27d

When I get anxious about events I usually go out looking for odd things to take pictures of. I’d never seen mole crickets around my house before this one in my driveway.

Image of a mole cricket caught scurrying across an asphalt covered road.

Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · 28d

I’m checking in on Bean and then putting it down. Thanks Hank.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Sep 8

Instead of trying to rein in Trump’s authoritarian urges, the justices have become his accomplices.

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · Sep 8

We should demand that the people leading our nation’s energy policy have a basic understanding of how the technology they regulate works.

This is embarrassing.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Sep 8

As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Numbers tend to benefit the left."

That's because the Right builds its narratives on lies; and lies are disproven with facts.

Vaccines save lives.
Tariffs are taxes on consumers.
America was NOT founded as a Christian nation.
Election results reflect the votes cast.
Jan 6 was a failed coup. Etc.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

CNN: When the jobs report comes out, are you going to believe the numbers?

REP. RANDY FINE: Um, I'm going to look at the numbers. Look, the people who put these numbers together are human & fallible and make mistakes

C: It wasn't that they make mistakes

F: Numbers always tend to benefit the left

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derek the solarboi @solarboi.com · Sep 5

Hank Green coming in hot with the best summation of the situation at hand in regards to renewables + energy pricing. #solar #energysky

youtu.be/39YO-0HBKtA?...

Electricity is About to be Like Housing

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes indeed.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Sep 3

About this Florida vaccine story:

When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.

We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.

“Oh, they’d have died.”

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Aug 28

When you forget that you live near a launch facility and temporarily freak out and then remember that Wallops delayed a launch until tonight.

Nighttime sky lit by bright vapor trails in an odd pattern. From rocket launch at Wallops Island in Virginia USA.

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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Putting armed military on American streets makes us less safe and less free.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Aug 26

"What you actually see in DC is deserted streets, deserted monuments, reservations cratering—because people don’t want to risk interactions with armed agents of the state."

On the pod @vermontgmg.bsky.social is great on how we're slowly sliding into authoritarianism:
newrepublic.com/article/1995...

Trump’s Fury Erupts in Many Directions, Unnerving Experts: “Insanity!”

As Trump’s threats escalate on numerous fronts, a journalist and historian explains how the events of recent days suggest that little by little, our country really is crossing over into authoritarian ...

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We're Here @wereherenews.bsky.social · Aug 23

You got a brand new We’re Here yesterday!

Hank answered the question we’ve all been asking: whose idea was it for the Focus Friend beans to have butt cracks?

Read it: werehere.beehiiv.com

early draft art of the Focus Friend app: different versions of possible bean styles and a pink, blue, and purple office with shelves on the walls.

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’m not a fun-guy person. But this thing looked so cool I had to take a picture. Found on a walk in a local forest.

Pale white wrinkled mushroom that looks similar to a coral formation. Human finger in picture for scale.

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Jeremy Gibb @hazmatraptor.bsky.social · Aug 15

Found this nest near my house recently. Fun to watch.

Large hornet/wasp nest constructed in a white pine tree.

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