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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 6h

Lai giving his National Day address now. Lai frames this year a historic one for Taiwanese democracy, as Taiwan has now spent more time after martial law was lifted than it spent during martial law

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Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D. @leung-lab.bsky.social · 2d

Check it out in the Fall 2025 issue of Issues in Science and Technology (by Arizona State University/National Academy of Sciences)! issues.org/issue/42-1/ 🧵 3/3
#CannabisSafety #ASUResearch #Innovation
ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...)

Superglue for Fragmented Policy Archives

Are there superglue-like policy tools that could help fix systems that suffer from a lack of coordination?

issues.org

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Maxwell C. K. Leung, Ph.D. @leung-lab.bsky.social · 2d

We discuss the fragmented & inconsistent cannabis regulation in the U.S., emphasizing that gaps between federal & state policies undermine product safety, clinical guidance, & patient well-being, but national standards & academic involvement can contribute to patient safety in the U.S. & beyond 🧵2/3

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Ben Young Landis @younglandis.bsky.social · 17h

Congrats to my friend and #SciComm client Max Leung and his mentee Symone Griffith on this incredibly well-written #SciPol position paper on cannabis health and safety. We expect our food and medicine to be safe for consumption, so why not medical cannabis? Well done Max and Symone—read it below 👇🏽🧪

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pl 🎸 @leisuretime.bsky.social · 11d

check out my new song
youtu.be/qRX5xRqq4zo

Leisure Time - Hand drawn music video

YouTube video by Leisure Time 閒暇

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 22h

🏳️‍⚧️ 2025 #Taiwan Trans March — Break Prejudice, Shine Diversity on Oct 24:

"As the world moves backward, we must move forward together.

Join us. Sometimes even the smallest candle can help someone lost in the dark. A caring message. A kind gesture. Standing quietly beside someone who feels alone."

https://hotline.org.tw/civicrm/event/info?id=845&reset=1

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 23h

#TaipeiPride🌈 celebrates its 23rd year on Oct 25: "Only by crossing the barriers built from prejudice and fear, and by appreciating each unique life experience, can we weave a more resilient society, making #Taiwan ever more diverse, equal, and truly respectful." www.taiwanpride.lgbt/2025-theme-s...

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Ben Young Landis @younglandis.bsky.social · 18h

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 18h

Woke Pope Says Nope To DisInfo Slope

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

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Will Buckingham | 白忠修 @willbuckingham.com · 1d

I've introduced a mid-class dance break for my students at Parami university, because sitting in front of Zoom dulls the spirit. And today's track of choice was the brilliant Sauljaljui, with Power跳起來.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo7m...

【POWER跳起來！】2025排灣族魯凱族運動會主題曲MV

YouTube video by 牡丹鄉公所mudantownshipoffice

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 2d

Jason contributed a story to print for every issue I edited at Atmos, and he was always an absolute JOY to edit—his ideas are creative, he files clean and timely copy, he's responsive to edits and fact-checking notes, and he's just all around a pleasure to work with. Hire + commission him!!!!

Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · 2d

Some sad news: Yesterday, @atmosmag.bsky.social notified me that they eliminated their climate editor position. After 2.5 years there, I’m out of a job. 🧪🌎

I’m surprised and saddened by the suddenness. But I’m proud of the work I produced there.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 2d

I've just dropped the price on these because literally zero orders is usually a bad sign 😅 canopyrobin.etsy.com

Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 4d

Just added a couple of limited edition stickers at canopyrobin.etsy.com! They're an A6 trans flag and trans dropout loopdeloop.

Unlike my normal easy-peel stickers, these are an eggshell design with extra-strong adhesive, so they'll break at the edges if tampered with and become very hard to remove

a large trans flag sticker, broken along one edge where someone has tried to remove it

the dropout game changer loop de loop symbol as a sticker in the trans flag colours, with text that says we've been here the whole time. The design is broken down one edge where someone has tried to remove it

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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 3d

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Matt the outlaw
@cursedgloryhole
Lady behind me at the thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? you watch and information is revealed"

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 3d

I was going to post a #中秋 poem. But this year the eccentrically-shaped dumplings made by cheerful frosh in my kitchen, were my poems.

(And every single 🥟 held up!)

I’m holding a pan of dumplings of various shapes wrapped by my students

Part of my class came over to wrap dumplings - group photo of Duke freshmen

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Aerial video of the aftermath showed a red helicopter on its side with a smashed cockpit window and debris over the highway surface. https://cnn.it/4mV5dXr

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Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！ @betterknowafish.bsky.social · 4d

I know we've been eagerly waiting for some happy news to come out of the #LAMPLab but in the meantime, here is a baby gar for #SundayFishSketch! (Thanks to #GarLab for the reference gar!) (Also, first fish in the new sketchbook!) 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a baby gar

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 6d

The Marine Life feed has hit a whopping 2k likes 😱 so my friends, POST CELEBRATORY SEA CRITTERS. Birds Feed folks, seabirds count 😉🪶 come join us in the feed if you are a lover of ocean life!
bsky.app/profile/did:...

A dolphin above the surface of the ocean, mid-leap.

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · Nov 21

📌 Welcome to the Marine Life! 🦑 feed - photography, science, news, art, & more welcome!

To post to the feed, you must be on the feed contributor list. See thread for feed info/rules, how to get added, & how to check if you’re already on the list.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 7d

Des températures largement au-dessus des moyennes saisonnières à Taipei en septembre et pour ce début octobre. Etouffant.

Temperatures up to 38°C forecast for northern Taiwan - Focus Taiwan

The Central Weather Administration (CWA) on Friday warned of temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celsius in northern Taiwan.

focustaiwan.tw

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 6d

There are people who spend their lives studying the interaction between online sociality and tech. Some of them work in Trust & Safety, others work as researchers in anthropology, sociolinguistics, and related fields. They desperately need some of these folks on their team.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 6d

The Bluesky team treats every social interaction as an engineering problem. They have made some significant advances through this approach, and may continue to do so, but that very success has also blindsided them to aspects of social interaction that can't be reduced to tech.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

We’re system architects at core. We built a decentralized network so you could run your own moderation, but beyond that our upcoming healthy discourse project is taking some swings at the interaction model that drives these dynamics on Bluesky. Excited to start seeing it in action.

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Tomasz Śniedziewski @tsniedziewski.bsky.social · 6d

Drone sightings prompt call for German police to gain shoot-down powers
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Drone sightings disrupt Munich airport, halt flights and impact thousands

Germany's Munich airport said early on Friday that drone sightings on Thursday evening had forced air traffic control to suspend operations, leading to the cancellation of 17 flights and disrupting travel for nearly 3,000 passengers.

www.reuters.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6d

"This is not law. It is a spell, announced by a phantom."

Tonight at Law Dork, my look at today's SCOTUS order:

Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.

The majority gave virtually no reasoning. The Democratic appointees objected, but only Justice Jackson wrote: "[Y]et another grave misuse of our emergency docket."

www.lawdork.com

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine sending an airborne division after this guy

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taber @kvetch.gay · 6d

a White House staffer was just tapping away all kinds of shit talk in the secret secure Signal chat in a place where someone could take *numerous* photographs of his phone screen undetected and walk them over to the Minnesota Star-Tribune

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