@ray808.bsky.social
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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Of course. Of course.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Of course. Of course.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
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I can't lie when an educator believes in you, it's life changing.
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I can't lie when an educator believes in you, it's life changing.
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Threads is I think currently the most important social media platform because it's the only one where the witches have discovered the magical barrier protecting Trump from harm. it's not a barrier of his own making btw it's apparently an Outer God's doing
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Threads is I think currently the most important social media platform because it's the only one where the witches have discovered the magical barrier protecting Trump from harm. it's not a barrier of his own making btw it's apparently an Outer God's doing
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How it started: How it's going:
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
How it started: How it's going:
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I do not think the most significant cultural shifts will come from a World War, Class War, Race War, or whatever other battle people weirdly fantasize about. I think it’ll be an integration of the idea that children are people and not the property of their parents.
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I do not think the most significant cultural shifts will come from a World War, Class War, Race War, or whatever other battle people weirdly fantasize about. I think it’ll be an integration of the idea that children are people and not the property of their parents.
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nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
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Devil warns of heat wave.
David Ellison Warns of “Monopolistic” Netflix in Open Letter to U.K. Creatives
David Ellison Warns of “Monopolistic” Netflix in Open Letter to U.K. Creatives
David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, took the war of words and his message across the pond on Thursday, publishing an open letter to the creative community and audiences in the U.K. with a set of commitments, should the company succeed in acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which has struck a mega-deal to sell its studios and streaming businesses to Netflix. Among the list are commitments to the theatrical and home video, the preservation of HBO, and “increased creative output.”
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Devil warns of heat wave.
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WE WHO???????
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
WE WHO???????
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This conversation stayed with me.
Forcing people to carry pregnancies to term without the resources to raise disabled children is ableism.
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app talks with @vilissathompson.bsky.social about how reproductive injustice and abandoning caregivers set people up to fail.
🎧 New B*tch Listen • Out now.
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app talks with @vilissathompson.bsky.social about how reproductive injustice and abandoning caregivers set people up to fail.
🎧 New B*tch Listen • Out now.
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This conversation stayed with me.
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related: warren buffet famously enjoys a t bone steak, hash browns, and a cherry coke as his favorite meal. this is supposedly an endearing quality instead of something that makes his hoarding more obscene
its so funny that hes going to be the worlds first trillionare or whatever but the shit he actually (proclaims to) enjoy is stuff like back to the future and age of empires 2
February 5, 2026 at 6:33 AM
related: warren buffet famously enjoys a t bone steak, hash browns, and a cherry coke as his favorite meal. this is supposedly an endearing quality instead of something that makes his hoarding more obscene
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that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 AM
that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
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I wrote about the new Muppet Show, which is, thank God, exactly like the old Muppet Show.
Finally, a Muppet Show Reboot That Understands the Original Appeal of the Muppets
After countless failed gimmicks, this time it’s just like you remembered it.
slate.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I wrote about the new Muppet Show, which is, thank God, exactly like the old Muppet Show.
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WOW.
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM
WOW.
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In the spirit of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I regret to inform you that we’re going to win.
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
In the spirit of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I regret to inform you that we’re going to win.
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This is Milo. He has the reflexes of a sloth and the composure of a statue. Learning catch is going to take a minute. 12/10 (TT: milocrazy8)
February 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This is Milo. He has the reflexes of a sloth and the composure of a statue. Learning catch is going to take a minute. 12/10 (TT: milocrazy8)
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🧊 "We're going to get an ICE detention facility before we get a grocery store!"
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
🧊 "We're going to get an ICE detention facility before we get a grocery store!"
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When Jeff Bezos bought WaPo, he immediately took control of the opinions section. Now, he's laying off hundreds of journalists, including those covering Amazon.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
When Jeff Bezos bought WaPo, he immediately took control of the opinions section. Now, he's laying off hundreds of journalists, including those covering Amazon.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
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I'm going to need to be institutionalized because I'm being told I'm a conspiracy theorist for repeating information that was released on an official government website
February 3, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I'm going to need to be institutionalized because I'm being told I'm a conspiracy theorist for repeating information that was released on an official government website
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I keep saying to people in my life that the problem with writing in these days is that you sound absolutely off your nut for simply saying what is happening.
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I keep saying to people in my life that the problem with writing in these days is that you sound absolutely off your nut for simply saying what is happening.
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And I’ve seen a lot of these posts distinguishing between protest and what’s happening in Minneapolis. The subtext feels to me that they're distinguishing the protests and uprisings of 2020 with what's happening now. "We're not protesting, it's something more noble!"
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
And I’ve seen a lot of these posts distinguishing between protest and what’s happening in Minneapolis. The subtext feels to me that they're distinguishing the protests and uprisings of 2020 with what's happening now. "We're not protesting, it's something more noble!"
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I don’t have enough time to get into it, but mutual aid was not created by Minneapolis in 2026. I respect what’s happening out there, but there’s a mythology being created about what’s happening in Minneapolis to contrast it with any other movement that’s ever existed before.
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I don’t have enough time to get into it, but mutual aid was not created by Minneapolis in 2026. I respect what’s happening out there, but there’s a mythology being created about what’s happening in Minneapolis to contrast it with any other movement that’s ever existed before.
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And like it or not, that’s an insult to every single protest and movement that’s existed before. Mutual aid is not new. Legal observers are not new. Observing the police is not new. These are not groundbreaking concepts. They’re just being seen by the public in a way that might be new to them.
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
And like it or not, that’s an insult to every single protest and movement that’s existed before. Mutual aid is not new. Legal observers are not new. Observing the police is not new. These are not groundbreaking concepts. They’re just being seen by the public in a way that might be new to them.
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I don’t want what’s happening in Minnesota to stop until ICE leaves there and every other community. But I do want people to recognize that there’s a race element here. There’s a reason people are treating the protesters of Minnesota as somehow nobler and more patriotic. More "American."
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I don’t want what’s happening in Minnesota to stop until ICE leaves there and every other community. But I do want people to recognize that there’s a race element here. There’s a reason people are treating the protesters of Minnesota as somehow nobler and more patriotic. More "American."