Ratpunzel
@ratpunzel-here.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Likes to know stuff. Rescues worms from puddles.
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I keep going back to Star Trek lately.
Not for the future.
For a place where adults are in charge.
Where choices matter.
Where harm has consequences.
Beam me up.
Shields up.
Warp 10.
Make it so.
🖖🏾
Not for the future.
For a place where adults are in charge.
Where choices matter.
Where harm has consequences.
Beam me up.
Shields up.
Warp 10.
Make it so.
🖖🏾
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I keep going back to Star Trek lately.
Not for the future.
For a place where adults are in charge.
Where choices matter.
Where harm has consequences.
Beam me up.
Shields up.
Warp 10.
Make it so.
🖖🏾
Not for the future.
For a place where adults are in charge.
Where choices matter.
Where harm has consequences.
Beam me up.
Shields up.
Warp 10.
Make it so.
🖖🏾
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.
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Happiest Horse in the World
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Happiest Horse in the World
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On Remembrance Sunday we reflect on the thousands of US servicemen, East Anglia's 'friendly invasion', who lived, loved and died during those turbulent WW2 times...
A special relationship: Norwich remembers the ‘friendly invasion’
Recently, Norwich Heritage Week hosted an exhibition remembering the role of US personnel in the region during WW2, and the iconic ‘Memphis Belle’
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
On Remembrance Sunday we reflect on the thousands of US servicemen, East Anglia's 'friendly invasion', who lived, loved and died during those turbulent WW2 times...
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Carl Sagan, writing in 1995, warned that soon America would be ruled by illiterate elites wielding “awesome technological powers,” and that most people, their brains broken by screens, would be unable to resist. We are living in the nightmare that Sagan foresaw.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Carl Sagan, writing in 1995, warned that soon America would be ruled by illiterate elites wielding “awesome technological powers,” and that most people, their brains broken by screens, would be unable to resist. We are living in the nightmare that Sagan foresaw.
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There's a guy who knocked down the East Wing that couldn't pull this off.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
There's a guy who knocked down the East Wing that couldn't pull this off.
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James Watson the perverted racist is dead?! Well that means it's time to celebrate the true hero of DNA discovery: Rosalind Franklin
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
James Watson the perverted racist is dead?! Well that means it's time to celebrate the true hero of DNA discovery: Rosalind Franklin
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
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This 1964 photo of the Starship Enterprise studio model used in filming Star Trek was taken outside the production model shop in Burbank, California. It was commissioned by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, a Texan who was born in El Paso in 1921.
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This 1964 photo of the Starship Enterprise studio model used in filming Star Trek was taken outside the production model shop in Burbank, California. It was commissioned by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, a Texan who was born in El Paso in 1921.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Pylons.... a very contentious issue for East Anglia as residents fear scarring of landscape from the proposed 50m pylons to bring windfarm energy south - see🧵
But does Austria provide a possible solution?
But does Austria provide a possible solution?
PHOTOS: Austria is turning drab power lines into giant metal animals — and they are fully functional
It’s part of an effort to increase public acceptance of expanding electrification.
www.goodgoodgood.co
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Pylons.... a very contentious issue for East Anglia as residents fear scarring of landscape from the proposed 50m pylons to bring windfarm energy south - see🧵
But does Austria provide a possible solution?
But does Austria provide a possible solution?
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Spending too much time online will have catastrophic effects on your mental & emotional health. You need to be taking walks and talking to other people. You need to feel grass under your feet and wind on your face. You were made to live an embodied life.
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Spending too much time online will have catastrophic effects on your mental & emotional health. You need to be taking walks and talking to other people. You need to feel grass under your feet and wind on your face. You were made to live an embodied life.
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Our ancestors celebrated the new year at Hallowe’en, not in January.
Samhain marked the moment between light and dark – when the old year died and the new one was born. 🌒 Find out more ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Samhain marked the moment between light and dark – when the old year died and the new one was born. 🌒 Find out more ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Autumn is the mind’s true spring, and Hallowe’en its new year
Our new year is an uneasy celebration tagged onto Christmas. Much better to return to its proper place, in autumn
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our ancestors celebrated the new year at Hallowe’en, not in January.
Samhain marked the moment between light and dark – when the old year died and the new one was born. 🌒 Find out more ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Samhain marked the moment between light and dark – when the old year died and the new one was born. 🌒 Find out more ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
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The same monsters that orchestrated these crimes against humanity are still in charge🤨👉🏼 never forget! 😢
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The same monsters that orchestrated these crimes against humanity are still in charge🤨👉🏼 never forget! 😢
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Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
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Both these paintings plus a gift certificate for an 8"x10" portrait are up for bidding in the Mainely Rat Rescue Fundraising auction. Lots of wonderful things available and you are helping a great rescue. #theillustratedrat www.32auctions.com/MRRAuction20...
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Both these paintings plus a gift certificate for an 8"x10" portrait are up for bidding in the Mainely Rat Rescue Fundraising auction. Lots of wonderful things available and you are helping a great rescue. #theillustratedrat www.32auctions.com/MRRAuction20...
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
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Get ready for MRR's amazing fund raising auction! Do all your holiday shopping and help a great rescue! Original art from #theillustratedrat plus TWO gift certificates will be up for bidding. US only, sorry. participate in the auction, see the link below: www.32auctions.com/MRRAuction20...
October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Get ready for MRR's amazing fund raising auction! Do all your holiday shopping and help a great rescue! Original art from #theillustratedrat plus TWO gift certificates will be up for bidding. US only, sorry. participate in the auction, see the link below: www.32auctions.com/MRRAuction20...