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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 1d

WATCH: One of the UK’s last coal-fired power stations demolished #energysky

WATCH: One of the UK’s last coal-fired power stations demolished

The triple explosive demolition at West Burton in Nottinghamshire clears the way for a nuclear fusion prototype.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 2d

My city is a target.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 2d

In the era-defining US fossil fuels v China clean tech export race there's only one winner, reports @Bloomberg

www.bloomberg.com/ne...

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 3d

This weekend’s ICE activity has confused and set every Chicagoan on edge. Like everyone, I'm working to figure out what sources I can trust in this moment. (apologies to @peternickeas.bsky.social for appropriating his photo)

Whom to trust in Chicago | Middling.Industries

As a former journalist, I’d say I have a finely tuned bullshit meter, so here’s how I make my news choices.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 3d

Peter is a veteran police reporter and a chill dude. Follow this guy for accurate information about #ICE in Chicago.

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3d

Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 4d

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 4d

Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes as she confronted them at a hospital. blockclubchi.co/3Wkje5V

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 4d

In the way that I can recall how different life was before cell phones, my son will likely think about life before Sora.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 9d

Walkability, pub culture, and bake shops. After two weeks in the UK, I’m not sure I have any truly unique insights. But it sure seems to work. middling.industries/2025/09/28/w...

What I thought about in September | Middling.Industries

I like walkability, pub culture, and bake shops. After spending two weeks in the UK, I’m not sure I have any truly unique insights.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 13d

As someone with direct experience with autism, I urge you to read this. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/tylenol-an...

Tylenol and autism: What parents deserve to know

Nuance and empowerment instead of underestimation.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve been using Apple products since Mac System 1.4 (I’m old!). The new iOS Glass interface is the worst of them all.

It’s a step backward in usability, visibility, and intuitiveness. It makes me want to use my phone less.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21d

In London, hate will never win.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · 21d

I’m old enough to remember these sorts of predictions during Web 1.0. It didn’t happen, instead we experienced steady growth linked to increasing productivity- partly tech, partly automation. These guys don’t know more than the rest of us.

Dom White @domw.bsky.social · 21d

“Could” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

AI could boost UK economy by 10% in 5 years, says Microsoft boss

Boss Satya Nadella said it was the biggest investment the firm had made outside of the US.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Sep 1

Captioned "Hair Raising"

Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Sep 1

A noun, a verb, and 9/11.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 31

It’s a link-o-rama this month!

What I thought about in August | Middling.Industries

This is the big, final relaxing weekend before everything breaks loose, so I don’t have a lot of big thoughts to share with you...but lots of links!

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 31

If that's the case, you're doing it wrong.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 31

If that’s going on a lot, you don’t need gas, you need batteries.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 30

Prickly situation.

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 30

You should switch some things up. For instance, what’s up with your living room these days?

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 30

100% induction. After the switch I discovered a couple loved pots were actually aluminum, but most everything I had worked great. Cast iron is perfect!

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Mike Fourcher @vouchey.bsky.social · Aug 30

Unreal how fast it is. I've had to change so many cooking habits as a result.

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