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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 23/09/2026

I remain baffled by people who send long, very professional looking emails that were clearly written by ai. Like, if you can't spend the time to write all of this, why would you expect me to read it?

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"At a total process efficiency of around 8%, we would need more than doubled all electricity generation in a year,to pull 1yrs worth of CO2 out of the atmosphere. Direct air capture is not efficient enough, nor will it ever be efficient enough that we can just keep emitting CO2 like we have been"

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

i'm so tired of media institutions replacing real, hardworking journalists with hypersexualized bombshells to boost their ratings

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 10/09/2026

considering a career change from "nonfiction video" to "focaccia"

Focaccia straight out of the oven still in the pan looking all cheesy and herby

Focaccia next to tape measure showing it's about 2" thick.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wrote this story for Slate 3 years ago. It's an as-told-to perspective from the mom of a trans boy who accessed top surgery in Texas at 14 years old. This is the kind of Texas family who Talarico wants to ban from seeking healthcare. slate.com/technology/2...

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We’ve Been in Texas for Generations. Our Trans Kid Is Being Treated Here. It’s Getting Dark.

His doctors agree that this care is right for him.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Principled politicians should say: Trans girls are girls so they should be able to play sports with other girls. Unfortunately there aren't many principled politicians.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

if it took you 5 seconds of contemplation to think of an alternative you should take at least another 5-10 to at least consider the possibility that it at least crossed the minds of 1 or 2 of the people who dedicate their lives and research careers to dealing with the problems we post about on here

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 09/09/2026

Climate scientists seeing an AI safety expert trying to warn everyone of an existential threat and just getting ignored and mocked from all sides

James Franco in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs "first time?" meme

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

SUVs are a perfect example. Research shows that people regularly exposed to SUV advertising are 71% more likely to buy one than those that see them rarely. Whether we like it or not, advertising has a significant influence on the choices we make. 3/6

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Advertising drives demand for SUVs - new research says — Badvertising

Today we release new research using sophisticated statistical methods that provides evidence that demand for polluting SUVs is higher when people are exposed to their advertising. Surprisingly, the re...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/09/2026

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The planet just experienced its hottest August on record, and likely the hottest August in the last 120,000+ years, coming in at 1.64°C above the 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline. Hot times ahead!

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the most typical @jazzpomegranate.com · 02/09/2026

will this make gas cheaper?

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 27/08/2026

Camped in Assateague a couple weeks back and this made the campfire cookies a little more difficult than normal.

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

anytime people raise concerns about land use for solar projects or anything like that i just want to point out that half the corn we grow in this country gets used to make gasoline slightly worse

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today's DOOM LOOP FOR @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Totally Normal Initiative" See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 20/08/2026

having finally gotten around to seeing The Odyssey, I gotta say I pretty much 100% agree with Emily Wilson here

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 17/08/2026

it's surprisingly straightforward to make aspirin from mint lifesavers, as Chem Thug demonstrates in our latest Reactions short 🧪

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making aspirin from lifesavers

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 01/08/2026

I think (?) grapevine beetle, Pelidnota punctata, but I know absolutely nothing about DMV insects

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 22/07/2026

DoorDash's letter attacking DC home rule over a 20-cent fee: #DeleteDoorDash

July 22, 2026
The Honorable James Comer
Chairman
U.S. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Re: DoorDash Support for H.R. 9720, the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act”
Dear Chairman Comer and members of the committee:
On behalf of DoorDash, I write to express our support for H.R. 9720, the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act,”
which would require congressional approval before the District of Columbia can impose or increase a tax
or fee. We believe this is a reasonable check against the hastily enacted local taxes and fees that fall
hardest on small businesses and the residents who depend on them.
DoorDash's marketplace in the District is built overwhelmingly on small, independent merchants: Roughly
80% of DC merchants that were active on our platform as of December 2025 had 3 or fewer storefronts on
the platform. These are the businesses least able to absorb new taxes and fees or the administrative
burden of complying with them, from costly point-of-sale upgrades to added compliance overhead.
The District's recently passed delivery tax illustrates the risk: a tax on virtually every delivery, with proceeds
designated for a myriad of projects and the District’s general fund, passed without a single public hearing
and, consequently, without input from the residents and small businesses it will most heavily impact. Based
on our internal data, a tax like this would mean millions of dollars a year in added costs for D.C. residents
and lost revenue for local merchants, and that burden grows quickly as the rate is increased, as authorized
by the Budget Support Act. Research on comparable taxes bears this out: an economic analysis of
Colorado’s retail delivery fee found it raised takeout prices by nearly 1%; cut delivery orders by more than
400,000 a year; cost the restaurant sector over $12 million in revenue; and resulted in a loss of roughly 234
jobs across restaurant and delivery workers.
Taxes like this also fall …

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 23/07/2026

Doordash supports Republicans in Congress taking away DC home rule. So if you want soggy food poorly handled and delivered to your door 2 hours later than expected, please choose a different burrito taxi service. dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/...

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D.C. Activists Boycott DoorDash Over Home Rule Snub · City Cast DC

A top House Republican says the delivery platform supports his bill to undo D.C.’s taxing power.

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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

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Ward 4 Mutual Aid @ward4mutualaid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Check in with your neighbors. How else can we all help folks who are outside in this mess?

It's hot and smoky. If you've got extra N95s, today's a great day to share them with anyone living or working outside.
Cold drinks and cash can help your unhoused neighbors survive.
W4MA

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 17/07/2026

make sure you get to the airport two hours before departure time to allow time to get through TSA, that's the best way to save time over a 2 hour drive or a 1 hour train ride

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I wish this "speed cameras are cash grabs" trope would die. We have recent studied in the U.S. showing that after an initial surge in ticketing, fines decline as behavior changes and people speed less.

As I’m not a fan of them I’m all for leaving Cash Generating Camera’s off the list, wait sorry “Speed Camera’s”. Bike Lanes like c’mon in urban areas they work pretty well if planned out properly.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

it's not an own to point out that all these fucking guys trying to deny trans people their hormones are so into HGH and whatnot. they don't care either way about 'gender affirming care.' they want to be he-men and they want trans people to die. to them the two projects are perfectly coherent

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 12/07/2026

Times have changed, I haven't seen a single crab rave gif this morning.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I’m so tired of this. There’s a reason why this stuff is done at airfields and not over major urban centers.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 30/06/2026

we were one vote away from a lot of people having to reach for their go bags

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 24/06/2026

a thing I just remembered for the first time in years: when I was fresh out of grad school in 2009/2010 and desperately searching for a job in the recession, I was lying in bed one night unable to sleep because of it and came up with an idea so great I woke my wife up from laughing about it too much

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Ward 4 Mutual Aid @ward4mutualaid.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sustaining supporters make a huge difference in Ward 4. Even just $5 a month has a real impact in our community, helping to provide groceries, diapers, cash, and other support for neighbors. Can't afford to give anything right now? Tell a few friends about Ward 4 Mutual Aid, instead. Links in bio.

Neighbors put $10,000/month back into Ward 4. You could make it $10,005.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

U.S. Park Police killed someone today in a high-speed chase near Woodley Park. DC leaders prohibited these chases — but last year, Congress overturned DC’s law as part of this regime’s psychotic desire to hunt people. DC leaders know what DC communities need. When Congress interferes, people die.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 19/06/2026

can't imagine why such a compelling voice of unity lost their DC council race 76–15

concession message from a ward 5 candidate saying "special Thank You to everyone who said 'Fuck Those Bike Lanes'!"

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Kenyan McDuffie has conceded to Janeese Lewis George in the D.C. Democratic mayoral primary

WASHINGTON, DC - Democratic Mayoral Candidate Kenyan McDuffie issued the following statement in reaction to the updated primary election results as of June 18:
"While the final certification process will continue, it is clear that the voters have chosen a different path. Earlier this morning, I called Councilmember Janeese Lewis George to congratulate her on her victory and wish her success as she prepares for the general election.
I want to thank every voter who participated in this election, the tens of thousands of Washingtonians who placed their faith in our campaign, and all of our volunteers, supporters, staff, family members, community leaders, and neighbors who believed in our vision for the future of our city.
The campaign may be over, but the work of building a safer, more affordable, more prosperous city continues."

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 17/06/2026

the neighborhood parents who bike group chat is HYPED about the first round of dc election results from last night

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14/06/2026

It’s funny because when kids ride dirt bikes in the city it’s taken as proof we need a totalitarian police state.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 12/06/2026

Genuinely baffled here, why does it say /pi squared?

Parchment paper box saying "19 m^2/205 ft^2/pi^2"

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 11/06/2026

The predictive text bots have their first folk hero.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 05/06/2026

George spent 3 months trying to make better pykrete—an ice composite made from water and wood pulp—and for some reason @acs.org let us push blocks of it off the roof of their DC HQ. 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt4y...

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Drop Testing "Unbreakable" Ice (Pykrete)

YouTube video by Reactions

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 21/05/2026

I know we're just here for the 30-50 feral hogs jokes, but I'm way too annoyed by the mirror just adding in the word "mutant" for funsies to describe animals that do not appear to be mutants at all

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 16/05/2026

After 5 years my coffee plants are flowering for the first time. Hoping to harvest 3 coffee beans soon.

Small white flower on a very small potted coffee plant

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 13/05/2026

testing pykrete (ice + sawdust) with a pellet gun and it's nearly unbreakable, so what role does hydrogen bonding play in this composite? Turns out, basically none. 🧪

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it's called pykrete

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Keg runs are a key e-bike use case

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...

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Iwas fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. A total bloodbath. The referee would have stepped in by now but they had knocked him out with a steel chair. The only others watching were either fascists themselves or the people trying to fight fascism with the power of love and kindness and they weren’t having a great go of it either. I kept trying to explain in between haymakers that we were better than this and on top of that it wasn’t likely to be ruled on favorably as far as the courts. None of it helped. I was on my knees now bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose. It spilled out of me onto the snow in a pattern that if you sort of squinted at it from the right vantage looked like a cartoon heart. See that I pointed. Look how beautiful the world can be I tried to say through my broken teeth. Alright well now he was pulling out a gun. I didn’t think we were allowed do that.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 09/05/2026

shocked to learn that public transit is publicly funded why did no one tell me this what's next taxpayers on the hook for public roads?

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 04/05/2026

My in-laws live in an Osaka/Kobe exurb that was growing quickly in the 80s/90s but now is ~50% over 65 y.o. The children have all long since graduated from college and moved to big cities. We walk around with our toddler and the whole neighborhood melts.

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Andrew Sobey @andrewsobey.com · 02/05/2026

Eating at a nice restaurant in Kobe and as the lunch rush winds down the head chef comes out from behind the counter to twist up a balloon sword for our toddler. This is considered normal because Kobe is a strange and magical place.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'm on Tiny Matters by the American Chemical Society talking about Deep-sea mining, Environmental uncertainty, ‘Law of the Sea,’ and shark potatoes:

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Deep-sea mining: Environmental uncertainty, ‘Law of the Sea,’ and shark potatoes

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