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bobmayer.bsky.social
This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
#Biodiversity and #CropDiversity have to be the foundation of a healthy future.

Industrial monoculture - the plantationocene - threatens us all

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?
Vast swathes of the country’s trees have been killed off by droughts and infestations, in a trend sweeping across Europe. A shift towards more biodiverse cultivation could offer answers
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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🧑‍🌾🌎 “Regenerative farming works in harmony with nature and natural ecosystem processes.”

🗣️ @darastanley.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...
Rejuvenating soils and nature through regenerative farming
Better productivity has come at expense of ecosystems but new and old practices show their vibrancy can be restored
www.irishtimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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muellershewrote.com
10/10. No notes.
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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jonathanstea.bsky.social
Anyone who downplayed the threat of the anti-vaccine movement was either not paying attention or had been bamboozled.

Sadly, many of us warned about its pseudoscientific assault on public health for years.

And now it’s mainstream.

And children are dying.
January 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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benjaminsteven.bsky.social
Found myself drawn in by this one - sublime.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865–1931
Finnish painter, printmaker, illustrator, architect, designer, and graphic artist
Lake View - 1901
National Gallery of Finland
A luminous lakeland scene, shimmering light cascades across the water, in the distance wooded islands can be seen and above that the ephemeral light of a spring sunset or sunrise, clouds shaded in blues and purples and pinks. In the foreground are young trees.
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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atinysilverfrog.bsky.social
Mood.

Artist - Lily Seika Jones

#whimsy #fuckdjt #fuckfascists #fuckimperialism #staywhimsical #findjoy #resist
A squirrel wearing a cloak with a sword on their back and a dagger on their belt hold a flower with the caption: We must remain whimsical to survive the horrors of this world
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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michaelwarburton.bsky.social
Remembering J. R. R. TOLKIEN - born 134yrs ago today.
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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breakify.bsky.social
This is really bad news. This growing misalignment between flowering plants and insects not only puts the food supply at risk, but also the survival of pollinators, as well.
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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shonnathewhite.bsky.social
"Don't be a mimic, don't be a mimic..."
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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adamjschwarz.bsky.social
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:

He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.

C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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davidgoodtrouble.bsky.social
This is meth not math.
December 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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piyushmittal.bsky.social
Finnish president cancels US trip and travels to Berlin for Ukraine talks. Good decision. Nothing meaningful would happen talking to a dementia patient and his idiotic lackeys.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Finnish president cancels US trip and travels to Berlin for Ukraine talks
President of Finland Alexander Stubb has decided to take part in talks on the situation in Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, on Monday 15 December.
www.pravda.com.ua
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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“I love you – not just your body but everything that is you. I love you deep down, past flesh, where your soul burns like a flame.”

John Ostrander wrote a transgender character in 1987. And while parts of the story are sensationalized for Grimjack’s adventure, underneath is care and understanding.
a man frees a woman from some shackles and comforts her fears by pouring out his heart to her Grimjack #41 (1987) art by Tom Mandrake. Written by John Ostrander
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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mee-ny.bsky.social
Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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governor.ca.gov
California stands with our nurses, doctors, scientists, and patients.

While Trump takes a wrecking ball to the advancement of our public health, we’re modernizing resources and building trust on evidence-based, science-backed decision-making to create better health outcomes.
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Farage “draws his power not from the sheer force of his arguments and personality, but increasingly just how recklessly the immigration issue has been handled by the political establishment… there is now a little bit of his poison everywhere”

How a country fails.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik
After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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DANDELION 🌼 #DragonAge #DorianPavus #dafanart #zazrichart
illustration done for the Dragon Age fanzine Ardent Blossom. It shows Dorian Pavus lounging on the stairs of an undefined ruin, wearing leisure wear. Dandelions are surrounding him, having grown through the cracks of stone. Dorian's expression is serene and he is holding an assortment of blowballs in front of his face. In his other hand he's holding a stem with only a seed head remaining, the pappus already blown away.
May 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Always an honor to meet our healthcare professionals, like our nurses, whenever I get the chance.

Thank you — thank you for your care, your service, and your advocacy.
Governor Pritzker meets nurses at Lurie Children's this week.
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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cwebbonline.com
Hundreds of kids in S Carolina are being quarantined right now because of a measles outbreak.

I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM