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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve never been super into Rush but no one ever told me these guys were so fuckin adorable, they’re just old Canadian dads who love each other

Geddy and Alex Send a Message to Rush Fans

YouTube video by Rush

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 18h

You may experience intermittent squawking in your head as you enjoy the bird exhibit but don’t be alarmed. It’s just Tevin, our telepathic toucan.

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RiffTrax @rifftrax.com · 16h

The Good, The Bad, and The Reflection of the Camera-man. www.rifftrax.com/guns-of-el-c...

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Nature @nature.com · 21h

Regulatory T cells, the immune cells at the centre of Monday's Nobel Prize, are showing promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and even organ transplants

go.nature.com/3VSjVDB

These immune cells won Nobel fame — can they solve autoimmune disease?

Regulatory T cells, which help to dampen inflammation, are being used in clinical trials against ailments such as rheumatoid arthritis.

go.nature.com

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Eric the Red 🌹✝️ @eric13red.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but Temporal Agents from the 29th Century are gonna prevent this because Voyager needs to find out in the 24th Century

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Johnnnnnnnn @johnnewhouse.bsky.social · 7d

lol, wrong almost half the time

Microsoft says its agent mode in excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an AI model’s ability to edit real world spreadsheets.

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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 1d

Soaking rain from a coastal storm Sunday and Monday in DC? Maybe. Some of the new modeling is coming in on the juicy side but DC may be near the edge of where the more substantial rain starts and stops.

Still a low confidence forecast.

More at cwg.live

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 2d

The White House finally released the Harambe Files. As he lay dying, his caretaker says he signed the following.

"Death is but the next great adventure, but I don't know what I fear more, to descend to a hell of swans or ascend to a heaven of meerkats."

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 2d

This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Luther Wills-Dudich @lutherduder42.bsky.social · 2d

@gailsimone.bsky.social …and you are a Sparks fan? How did you get so cool?!

a couple of people sitting next to each other with the words " we 're not worthy " written on the bottom

Alt: a couple of people sitting next to each other with the words " we 're not worthy " written on the bottom

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 2d

The cover for the 1994 Cyberpunk sourcebook NeoTribes which introduces/expands upon the Nomad character class, the in-world history of Nomads, and what they get up to in the present day so you can get an idea of life outside of the big cities and play as a Nomad or a whole group of them.

The cover features a rather rough and tumble crew and their modified vehicles. The overall vibe is like Mad Max filtered through more sci-fi detritus.

In the setting, Nomad clans or tribes or families (I think the terminology has changed over various editions? Or maybe it depends on the scale of the particular Nomad group in question?) are folks who brave the vast wilds and wastelands between the major cities of North America delivering goods and personnel and contraband.

We tend to find a higher than expected number of Native Americans among the Nomads possibly because many of them come from rural communities particularly the Southwest. It’s nice they made an effort to include more Native representation in their setting, but I worry this would have suffered from the kinda embarrassing ‘90s fascination with Native culture that often went no deeper than some throwing around some superficial aesthetics.

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Luther Wills-Dudich @lutherduder42.bsky.social · 3d

I really like the writers that capture the side of Wade that is under constant pain, which is one of the reasons he’s always joking (to distract himself) and a reason he wants to relieve the pain of others. (The recent “Deadpools & Wolverines” had great “your nuts, but your heart is good” dialogue.)

Masked hero explaining how he’s in constant diseased agony and also can’t die, meaning hell be alive and in pain forever.
…followed up with the quip “So yeah, I’m good.”

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Ghost Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 3d

Dang, imagine teaching an electric railway engineering program and having your program’s own trolley to do it with, just switching the car onto the line when it’s time to go out and do coursework.

www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commo...

Tech. Special Car, Worcester Mass.

A postcard of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Tech Trolley or Technical Special Car. With the construction of the Electrical Engineering building (Atwater Kent building) in 1907, the Electrical E...

www.digitalcommonwealth.org

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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 4d

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India

India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 11d

There is no clear link between Tylenol and autism, says Dr. Peter Hotez.

“Science Under Siege”: Dr. Peter Hotez on Trump, Tylenol & Autism

President Trump is promoting unproven claims that both vaccines and the common painkiller acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol or by the brand name Tylenol, cause autism. Trump’s recent anti-vacci...

www.democracynow.org

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Ghost Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 5d

I heard social media was a good place for troll posts.

A Dembo troll, hiding under a boat, in East Providence as visible from the water

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 4d

For Halloween, we're celebrating our masked animals: raccoons, red pandas, and that one gibbon who won’t take off the rubber Nixon mask, no matter how often we ask.

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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 6d

“The position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is to scrap Daylight Saving Time and permanently stick to Standard Time.” Remind your state and federal lawmakers!

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 5d

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults

Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults

Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Luther Wills-Dudich @lutherduder42.bsky.social · 5d

Is it too late to get some Plaxovid? (Assuming you can even get it prescribed quickly and find it in a pharmacy near you)

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 7d

Bluesky feed is like

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 5d

In just 33 years, the Shanghai Metro went from not existing to becoming twice the size of the NYC subway system, while NYC only added a few miles of track and 5 new stations.

In my latest Substack (linked below), I talk about how we can build a lot of subways quickly in the USA

(Urbanrail.net)

A comparison of NYC and Shanghai's metro systems at 1992 and 2025

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 5d

indianexpress.com/article/worl...

New Covid variants, Nimbus and Stratus, drive case spikes worldwide

Cases of the “Nimbus” (NB.1.8.1) and “Stratus” (XFG) Covid-19 variants are rising globally, now dominating infection trends across major regions like Asia, Europe, and the US. While both variants are ...

indianexpress.com

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Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 7d

“Children who have Covid twice are at double the risk of experiencing long Covid.”

“The findings, published Tuesday, challenge the perception that Covid cases in children are “mild,” as well as the notion that re-infections do not carry the same risk”
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Children who have Covid twice double their risk of long Covid

More than 6 million American children suffer from long Covid which can lead to life-threatening complications

www.independent.co.uk

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Loon on the Water @aquatixwitch.bsky.social · 6d

He looks so young, and scared. I'm sad that I never got to know this man. Frankly I'm sad I don't know any of my people down South. 😭

Loon on the Water @aquatixwitch.bsky.social · 6d

What I'm reading today! I'm learning so SO MUCH about my people's history from this book. Holm even discusses Himdag, which is something I've not had much context for.

I'm crazy about this book. I may have to buy a copy for myself.

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