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Sapient Librarian

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Retired: teacher, dir. health sci librarian (copyright archive training web admin) nonprofit exec, $/lib. consortia, comp intel analyst. Yes: science nature & evidence. “Out beyond ideas of right or wrong there is a field I will meet you there” No "DMs"

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Charlie Angus: A Lesson in Making Nazis Unwelcome. Watch video about how one town in Canada, put them on the run, right out of their town. charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-lesson-i...
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A Lesson in Making Nazis Unwelcome
Last week I was in the beautiful town of Orillia, Ontario to host a Meidas Canada Resistance Tour rally which drew nearly 400 local resisters.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dan Rather: Trump’s Cheat-To-Win Strategy. Because he fears he can’t prevail any other way. At his ill-conceived midterm convention in Dallas, Trump told the assembled sycophants to “cheat like hell” in the coming election. steady.substack.com/p/trumps-che...
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Trump’s Cheat-To-Win Strategy
Because he fears he can’t prevail any other way
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Raw milk strikes again. Thirteen people across nine states have become sick with E. coli after consuming Sierra Nevada Graziers’ product, with 8 of them having been hospitalized.
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E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese brand: CDC, FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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steve3797.bsky.social @steve3797.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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jash725.bsky.social @jash725.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I sure hope you’re right because the number of stupid people in this country is pretty astounding. Look at TX. Voting red for 30 years and the state is crap.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope this is true!!
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
K Anderson: Anthropic Preprint! Big tech uses cloaked science plays God & stock market! Said their physical biology experiments in wet lab discovered NEW CRISPR-like enzyme system Their servers published preprint on it NO publisher editorial outside expert screener involved Bad! tinyurl.com/ycxn6m77
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Let’s Talk About That Anthropic Preprint
Thanks to us, Big Tech uses “cloaked science” to play God and the stock market
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are We Knitting Too Many Tiny Sweaters for Animals? Examining the enthusiasm for interspecies knitwear. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ani... Too cute not to post!
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Robert Reich: Rahm Emanuel worst Dem hopeful lining up run for president He's all that's wrong w/Dem Party last 34 years: takes $ via big corps/rich, no embrace of ideas to reverse widening inequalities, indifference to needs average working people DEMS should be warned off him tinyurl.com/4ej7a236
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The Rahm Bomb
He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thiel: We moralize too much There’s question I ask what's the antonym of good? Moral antonym is evil Ferrari evil car b/c it not many mi per gal Works less good than golf cart If evil you’re @least competent Evil & not bad actually kind of good b/c @least getting something done tinyurl.com/ypx9ba45
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Thiel’s Antichrist Confession: “If you’re evil… maybe you’re actually kind of good”
How Peter Thiel became the Devil himself.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have said this countless times. We had a great plan. It never got voted on for political reasons. Bring the PLAN back!
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onesillyfag @onesillyfag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#CatPics #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsOnBlueSky #Feline #Felines #Furbabies #Pets #PetSky #AnimalPics #Animals #Caturday #CatStories #AnimalStories #PetStories #FelineSky #CatSky *** Happy Caturday! ***
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Godzilla Minus Zero review – spectacular Japanese action continues franchise’s winning streak
The follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One dazzles with smart social commentary and jaw-dropping effects
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The secret behind Meta’s Muse : The new secret is the old secret garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-secret... Old-timers with an especially good memory will remember that this is not the first time that Meta tried to build agents.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft “Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing… tinyurl.com/yhk549xw
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Would a Yellowstone supervolcano eruption end humanity now? would devastate much of North America. effects could last for decade w/food shortages disease economic disruption CLIMATE CHANGE w/enormous loss of life Ecosystems, ag & humanity could gradually recoover earthsky.org/earth/yellow...
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Would a Yellowstone supervolcano eruption end humanity now?
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Curiosity rover reaches 5K sols on Mars Aug 29 2026 Launched Nov 2011 landing inside Mars’ Gale Crater Aug 6 2012 Martian days ~39 min longer than Earth Traveled 23 Mi in Gale Crater its foothills & Mount Sharp & climbing ever since w/discoveries! tinyurl.com/ye7mx888
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Curiosity rover insights after 5000+ sols on Mars
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What iconic phrase was engraved on Frank Sinatra's original gravestone? www.theustrivia.com/quiz/aUqY_8m...
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nick Anderson's Pen Strokes: "National Security [Part 1]" nickanderson.substack.com/p/national-s...
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
National Security, Part II nickanderson.substack.com/p/national-s...
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Sacred Work of Activism, Mary Trump In Conversation with Martin Sheen! www.marytrump.org/p/the-sacred...
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Excerpt from "I Am Waiting" Lawrence Ferlinghetti tinyurl.com/5n7mha3j I am waiting for the meek to be blessed and inherit the earth without taxes and I am waiting for forests and animals to reclaim earth as theirs and I am waiting for a way to be devised to destroy all nationalisms w/o killing
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Head of NASA just cryptically teased a new X-plane with an image that looked a lot like the iconic Blackbird. Now a very particular SR-71 is missing Turns out an SR-71 that had been on display at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center for years is suspiciously missing www.twz.com/air/a-sr-71-...
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An SR-71 Blackbird Has Vanished (Updated)
The head of NASA recent teased a new X-plane with an image that recalled the iconic Blackbird. Now one is missing.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Leaked internal memo Fish & Wildlife tells staff ignore legal definition of word “take” in Endangered Species Law "Take" defined: harassing harming pursuing hunting shooting, wounding killing trapping capturing collecting protected wildlife. "Take" now only if admission of kill tinyurl.com/4e3z5jya
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CNN Armed US troops prepared to board Chinese ship spring 2026 w/military planes in air Officials looked @intel source Generated w/AI & inaccurately identified material ship was carrying. Report FALSE & almost started war as per source US boarding Chinese vessel = armed conflict tinyurl.com/mvs9axba
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What animal is Gonzo? Muppets won't say Ask biologists. Blue w/big eyes long droopy nose fuzz covered feathery head tuft 3 fingers on ea hand Born Dec 20 1970 Movie Great Muppet Caper shipped across Atlantic in crates Kermit’s says FROG Fozzie’s says BEAR Gonzo’s says WHATEVER tinyurl.com/2e5v67ne
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What kind of animal is Gonzo? What kind of animal is Gonzo? The Muppets won't say, so we asked biologists.
Gonzo’s most distinct feature is also his most baffling: his beak. (Or is it a nose?)
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Exhibit AI all-in-1 hub for lawyers academics public about AI products to understand evolving AI legal landscape Litigation Status: Tracking 224 cases, 446 claims, 131 defendants, 156 plaintiff firms, and 51 venues. Site focus of alleged harms by AI systems NOT all suits of AI corps exhibitai.info
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Exhibit AI - The AI Litigation Hub
A comprehensive, independent resource about AI litigation for scholars, journalists, and plaintiffs. Track every AI lawsuit as it's filed. Live case data, claim-by-claim guides, and profiles of the fi...
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Blue capped hummingbird: abcbirds.org/birds/blue-c... Native to Mexico owes its shining green and blue plumage not to pigment, but to the microscopic structure of the feathers’ surfaces. Chief threat is habitat loss resulting from deforestation.
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Blue-capped Hummingbird - American Bird Conservancy
The Blue-capped Hummingbird, also known as the Oaxaca Hummingbird, is a stunning species of the Mexican highlands.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AlphaFold database goes viral! It's protein structure repository of predicted structures for nearly every protein on Earth UPGRADED w/8K protein dimers, pairs of interacting molecules from 23 virus families all w/human-infecting members tinyurl.com/saeu66ye Part of Pandemic Preparedness Portal
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AlphaFold ‘goes viral’: database adds protein complexes of common viruses
AI predictions could help with pandemic preparedness, but they will need experimental confirmation.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nature: Genomics taps into why bats are so cool. Bats are special: only mammal that flies, tolerates viruses w/o being sick, exceptional longevity. cancer resistance. Bat1K Project to get chromosome-level genomes of all bat species. Suggests bats evolved in Europe tinyurl.com/8yxytdv9
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Knud Baade (Norwegian, 1808–1879) "A Norwegian Fjord by Moonlight", 1855. Oil on Canvas, 159.5 × 132 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He kept yelling "I'm a U.S. citizen." They kept him pinned to the sidewalk anyway. He left in an ambulance with injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. DHS calls it "without further incident." www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump ranted. BUT alternative to gangster politics w/UN delegates w/joint letter by Prime Minister Carney, Kenya Brazil & EU Security Council. Middle powers to create Partners for Multilateralism. Reform UN for effective trust Call to arms Resist autocratic Washington & Kremlin tinyurl.com/3n32xpn6
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CANADA MAKES POWER MOVE FOR GLOBAL SECURITY
Make no mistake, this is a line-in-the-sand moment. Canada is standing for a better vision of the future.
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Atlas Obscura: Mystery of Loretto Chapel Staircase In Santa Fe NM Construction dumbfounds visitors Considered miracle, engineering marvel, scientific anomaly 20-ft w/two 360 degree turns built w/o nails or support Never wavers despite use Wood & carpenter unknown tinyurl.com/ymrra785
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Group of Nessies Spotted? Google Earth image of Loch Ness shows puzzling cluster of anomalies, proverbial family of monsters? Julie Fraser found it using Google Earth to plan future trip to famed Scottish site-- and look around Clan Fraser cemetery on east shore of loch tinyurl.com/2vs4y22e
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.
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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve been saying exactly this for over a year.
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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this little 2-footer with an attitude came out of its burrow and side-eyed me like I was lunch. #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay #owls
side view of a burrowing owl
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Has Anyone Seen My Baby? Sandhill Crane Found on North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to their habitat such as the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. 📷: Jim Ridley
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"That is a war crime. That is barbarism. And it is something the United States must never be associated with." I don't know, man - I think it might be a bit too late for that...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A Golden-collared Manakin from todays shoot in Western Colombia. Taken with the Nikon Z9 and Nikon 400 4.5 lens with the Nikon 1.4TC, iso 6400, 1/320, f/6.3, 3d AF mode. 📷 Nancy Elwood
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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nature: Scientists decipher burned scrolls without unrolling them www.nature.com/articles/d41... New method enables reading thousands of Herculaneum's carbonized & preserved 1K papyrus scrolls charred by Mt Vesuvius eruption 79AD Study published PLOS ONE Only complete library from antiquity.
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Watch scientists decipher burned scrolls without unrolling them
By making and burning their own papyrus, researchers have come up with a method that might help to read glowing text from unopened scrolls from Herculaneum.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I stand with Kaitlan💥
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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