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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 48m

Exhibit #1 million that you can just DO THINGS. These folks came up with an idea and have now implemented it. We can all do something where we are. I just donated to their efforts.

Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

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monicatranel.bsky.social @monicatranel.bsky.social · 1h

Starving their base: Republican shutdown hides rural Montana's hunger

In the time of the Republican Grim Reaper We the People can support local food banks, register people to vote, gather data, and be the eyes and ears on the ground that the Reaper fears.
open.substack.com/pub/monicatr...

Starving their base: Republican shutdown hides rural Montana's hunger

The republicans shutdown starves their own voters

open.substack.com

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 13h

This essay is very good but for the love of god let us not forget the staff, who run each and every one of these universities and stand to lose everything the faculty do (and then some) newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 18m

I have smart friends who write cool books!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1h

*screaming*
(This is US distributor. The Concordia UP pre-order page AND DISCOUNT CODE go live next month, when I'll start up the promo machine. But lookee that covvvver 🤤)

Illuminating Media

Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurativ...

press.uchicago.edu

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 36m

Important FYI for UVA folks

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Kelly @kirwinged.bsky.social · 2h

The consequences of failing to extend these tax credits will be devastating to individuals, families and hospitals. Red states will be disproportionately impacted, due to the lack of Medicaid expansion in the same states. The Republicans are eating their own.

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs Political Consequences of Health Policy Legislation | KFF

KFF's Health Tracking Poll finds that more than three-quarters of the public say they want Congress to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year. If th...

www.kff.org

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2h

“Before RFK Jr. took office, measles cases were rare. Vaccination requirements kept our communities safe. I urge you: do not listen to anti-vaccine rhetoric. Do not gamble with your child’s health… Vaccinate them. Spare them — and yourself — a lifetime of pain, regret, and unanswered “what ifs.””

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James Vizzard @jwvizzard.bsky.social · 2h

Virginia has a critical statewide election next month and there’s still time to register/update. There’s even same-day registration (but that takes more work) www.elections.virginia.gov/citizen-port...

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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 2h

House Republicans have been on vacation for 20 days.

The government is shut down and health care costs are exploding.

Cancel the vacation, and let’s get back to Washington. We have work to do.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 14h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

If you live in NYC and you would like to plug into public library organizing, you can join NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org. Information is here: nycplan.org

We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.

NYC Public Library Action Network

Join NYC PLAN at our upcoming Public Library People’s Assembly It will be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on the Upper West Side on Saturday, October 4th from 12:45pm-4:30pm.

nycplan.org

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Leah | Miyazaki Mango arc 🎃 @ideocene.net · 18h

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#mutualAid

@fairshare.help

Leah | Miyazaki Mango arc 🎃 @ideocene.net · 8d

Things are very bad for me. Shares appreciated. You can also visit my Redbubble shop for prints, etc.

ko-fi.com/ideocene

Support ideocene

A turquoise and white graphic that reads: Support ideocene on Ko-Fi.

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 23h

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 1d

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 6d

We (Western Carolina University) are hiring for an assistant professor in American politics (w/ focus on & willingness to teach the Presidency, & Congress). Review of applications begins Oct. 15.

jobs.wcu.edu/postings/31915

Good colleagues, good students, good views. Reach out w/ ?s.

#polisky

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 1d

please share! For this week, donations to Abortion Support Network are matched by the Big Give. Give £5, we receive £10, and so on... donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

We Fund Abortions – Big Give

Access to abortion care is a fundamental human right, but across Europe, millions of people can’t access care. ASN helps those people access a safe abortion by funding the costs of travelling to a cli...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Dr Daniel P Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 1d

I've got a student who would love to do some #PhD research on #TouretteSyndrome and the dismantling of the invisible/visible disability binary. Is there anyone in my network in the UK who is accepting #SocialScience PhD students / sponsoring them for #ESRC funding?

#TS #AcademicSky

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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 2d

The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.

There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.

The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.

www.nytimes.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

Because I know people have lots of time to react but not enough to click through

blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

thehive.ai evaluates all images posted to the site. We don't actually provide any input.

AI to Understand, Search, and Generate Content | Hive

Hive's APIs enable developers to integrate pre-trained AI models that address technically challenging content understanding needs into their applications.

thehive.ai

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

I was here for the Hive AI incident :-/ blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 1d

WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN

bluesky official posts from november 2024:

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.

Access Hive's industry-leading AI models
Seamlessly integrate with our APIs with a few lines of code
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Hive’s industry-leading models empower businesses to understand, search, and generate content at scale.

Understand your content

Generate rich classification labels on your text, image, video, and audio data at scale.

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Next generation search capabilities on datasets including web images, intellectual property, and customer provided content.

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Proprietary and open source generative AI models to create text, image, video, and audio content.

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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 1d

NYCHA residents can now look up housing code violations for their buildings online, something tenants in privately-owned properties have long been able to do. citylimits.org/city-issued-...

City-Issued Violations at NYCHA Developments Are Now Public, Following Legal Settlement - City Limits

NYCHA residents can now look up housing code violations for their buildings online, something tenants in privately-owned properties have long been able to do.

citylimits.org

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

If you have $8 you can buy a bale of hay for some wonderful animals I know! donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 2d

Hey! We need hay! Winter is almost here so we need your help to make sure all of our residents are warm and well fed through these harsh months. It is VERY EXPENSIVE but we know we can do it with your help! ❤️ donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 1d

Except, of course, when it's been locked by school admin 💀

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

For anyone who has been fighting for your life with Zoom's AI companion, you have to turn it off in the web settings, not in the app!

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