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Democracy, Canadian Style 🇨🇦 Elbows Up! @democracycan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The far right-wing extremists' slogan of "Save the Children" was always just a grift and didn't save one child. Meanwhile Russia has stolen over 20,000 Ukrainian children, and the U.S. has chosen to do nothing. Please support www.bringkidsback.org.ua/en if able, to bring Ukrainian kids home.

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Bring Kids Back | Official Website

A strategic action plan initiated by the President of Ukraine to bring all Ukrainian children back

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Babusya Bonkious @quackersncheese.bsky.social · 8h

It's not fine. It's evil. It's genocide.

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Steve Otteson @sotteson.org · 10h

Any other president would get impeached for this traitorous behavior. For Trump it’s just a day like every other.

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Eric de Redelijkheid :fedi: @ericdere.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

EMERGENCY VIDEO: The French Protests Explained - Alice Cappelle #AliceCappelle www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAWcxLuqfjg

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 14h

“Tiered, permission-based citizenship is central to the entire MAGA project. You can see its influence in the calls from Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Munich) … to strip Mamdani of his U.S. citizenship … [and] in the right’s freakout over the presence of a bunch of Desi students at a UT Austin football game.”

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JD Vance Will Now Hear Your Petition to Remain

Permission-based citizenship in the age of MAGA

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 17h

and also buckle up, don't drive drowsy, intoxicated, impaired, distracted, don't let safety problems fester (this last one is esp for corporate leadership) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiQ...

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Alarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-Husky

YouTube video by USCSB

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 17h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwT8... With safety procedures, imo, it's not a question of "if you don't do x you will get hurt", it's usually "if you don't do x you increase your chances of getting hurt and over time the odds will catch up with you" Use ski lift safety bars

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Seizure Causes Snowboarder To Fall From Ski Lift

YouTube video by Inside Edition

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 19/10/2026

As for 'yet another', many of the numerous other examples I can think of come from the current US presidential administration and its supporters

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Francis Villatoro @emulenews.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

#PhysicsToday #Obituary Charlotte Froese Fischer (21 September 1929 – 8 February 2024). The physicist was a pioneer in the field of atomic structure calculations. pubs.aip.org/physicstoday... cc @mujeresconciencia.bsky.social

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Beatrice “Trixie” Worsley: Canada’s 1st female computer scientist & 1st woman in the world to earn a PhD in #ComputerScience, Cambridge 1952. Wrote the 1st program on EDSAC & co-developed Transcode (early compiler) opening computer access to scientists across Canada. Born #OTD in 1921. #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white historical photograph of Dr. Beatrice “Trixie” Worsley (1921–1972), recognized as Canada’s first female computer scientist and the world's first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science. Worsley is seated at a large control desk in a mid-20th-century computing lab, looking off-camera to the right with a calm, confident, and faint smile. She wears a dark top under a textured, patterned blazer, a wristwatch on her left wrist, and her dark hair is styled in short curls typical of the era. She sits upright in a dark armchair, her right hand resting in her lap and her left hand resting gently on a document on the desk. To her right, the large, angled console of a vintage computer—likely the FERUT (Ferranti Mark I)—features circular screens or dials on its upper black face and rows of switches, knobs, and indicator lights below. The room is lit by an adjacent window, creating a focused, professional mood that highlights her historic role in early technology.

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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Customers will visit Cyberian hubs much as people today attend health clubs, museums, art galleries, theaters, or pick-up bars. The hubs might be housed in corporate workplaces or schools. Wherever hubs are located, the cyberspace experience will transcend space & time #Cyberpunk #Mondo2000 1 (1989)

Is It LIVE…
or
Is It AUTO DESK?
Cyberspace Rising!

"Reality Just Isn’t Enough Anymore."

So says Meredith Bricken quoting Autodesk's John Walker. Meredith is one of six people involved in Cyberia, the company's Cyberspace Initiative.

The term "cyberspace" harks back to William Gibson's novel, Neuromancer. There it was used to denote a global computer/communications network supporting "consensual hallucinations" involving billions of people on a daily basis. Cyberspace, as conceived by the Autodesk crew, is a multi-dimensional information space containing objects that can be manipulated either directly or remotely.
Through a variety of cybernetic devices and computer-based techniques, a human "cybernaut" is made to feel as if she is actually within an alternative reality. In the words of Cyberia project member Randy Walser, "the cyberspace business is the magic business—the business of making illusions."

Technological visionaries have been talking about cyberspace, under various names, since the sixties. Papert speaks of "microworlds," Krueger of "artificial realities," Nelson of "virtuality," and Walker of "the world in a can." Indeed, the notion of projecting one's self into a virtual space is familiar to hackers throughout computerdom, from UNIX masters who "move" deftly around the UNIX file hierarchy, to adventure gamers who "fight" the forces of evil in imaginary worlds.

A cyberspace experience might be a simulation of an entirely imaginary world—as long as the space is physically lawful and self-consistent. The Ball Blazer video-game by David Levine and Lucasfilm, in which the physics is similar, but not identical, to ordinary mechanics is a primitive example.

One purpose of simulations is to help people understand different realms of discourse. People will enter cyberspace to experience what it is like in worlds they cannot experience first hand. Initially Cyberia will operate within laws analogous to the physical laws of ordinary three dimensional reality. Actions in a well-defined volume of physical space, called a control room, will be mapped into consequences in cyberspace. Using various props and input/output devices, a human will direct the activities of a virtual body or "puppet."

Puppets are important players. A puppet is any object in cyberspace whose actions are controlled by a remote intellect. It is the vehicle through which a cybernaut experiences cyberspace. Cyberspace is haunted. Trees speak, houses move, bicycles fly, and you yourself can project your center of awareness, and your personality, into any object that doesn't already have a "spirit."

Cyberia employs a startling array of input/output devices. Two Sony Watchman 3" TV screens are worn on the nose and broadcast a stereo image designed to give the viewer the illusion of being inside of the visual space. A "headtracker" tracks the movement of the viewer's head and changes the scenery in a correspondingly appropriate manner. VPL data gloves allow the viewer direct manipulation of objects in the Cyberian landscape—spoken keyword recognizers allow for further viewer interaction with the cyberspace.

The list of potential devices and props includes whole body suits with sensors for every joint position, reflectors that stick to clothes or skin and that can be sensed remotely, computer vision systems that quickly analyze video images and track body positions, stationary bicycles, treadmills, rowing machines, tunnels, chairs, musical instruments, steering wheels, accelerators, joy-sticks, and so on. Indeed, any artifact of the imagination that can be worn or moved is a potential device for controlling puppets.

The crew at Autodesk are making the software tools for constructing cyberspace. Artists will be able to use this program to create cyberspace realities for viewers to play around in. Cyberia may prove to be the penultimate word in home video entertainment (after 3-dimensional holography). Another possibility is that Cyberia will start off as a network of hubs organized around dominant themes or activities, like education, business, entertainment, or fitness. Communication among devices within a hub will likely be via fiber optic cable, while communication among hubs will likely be via microwave, laser or wire.

One prediction is that customers will visit Cyberian hubs much as people today attend health clubs, museums, art galleries, theaters, or pick-up bars. The hubs might also be housed in corporate workplaces or schools. But wherever the hubs are located, the cyberspace experience will transcend space and time.

NOTE: Major portions of this report are taken from "A Few Thoughts on Autodesk's Cyberspace Initiative," 1989, by Randal Walser. The newly formed Cyberia Project includes Meredith Bricken, William Bricken, Eric Gullichsen, Eric Lyons, Gary Wells, and Randal Walser. The initiative was first proposed by John Walker, in "Through the Looking Glass," an internal Autodesk white paper.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Prosecutors say Alexandros Paporakis, 19, spent two years planning a mass shooting and wound up targeting a Hindu worship center in Aurora, Ill. Then, when the time came, his AR-style rifle jammed. From @cindylu7.bsky.social and @tinasfon.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...

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Gun jammed when neo-Nazi attempted mass shooting at Hindu temple in Aurora, prosecutors say

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, spent years planning a mass shooting and had been targeting the temple for two months, according to prosecutors.

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 18/10/2026

torque, and more. Oh, and basic trig and optics to understand forward and side blind spots (is there a better term?) Also related: clear snow and ice off your car so it doesn't fly off (b/c of air resistance overcoming static friction) and hit someone www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2D2...

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Sarcastic weatherman explains how to have a snow-free car

YouTube video by FOX 2 Detroit

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 18/10/2026

"When am I going to need to use math/physics/other mandatory courses in school/college?" Here's just one case: if you ever want to drive, if you ever want to modify your car, you should understand inertia, acceleration, centrifugal forces, friction, center of mass, www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidP...

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From the WinStupidPrizes community on Reddit: Guy Flips Lifted Truck

Explore this post and more from the WinStupidPrizes community

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 18/10/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tubg... I know regulations exist for a reason but I have a feeling that whoever complained about this sign should maybe focus their attention on traffic calming measures.

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‘I don’t understand it’: Popular pie shop ordered by State to remove sign after 25 years

YouTube video by News 8 WROC

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 18/10/2026

despite showing she's qualified? Self-proclaimed opponents of DEI and any discussion of identity and supporters of 'merit', here is a (yet another) place where someone's proven themselves qualified yet is being denied what they've earned because of their identity. Where are you?

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 18/10/2026

I don't believe tackle football is safe for 8 year olds but if teams are to exist they should be open to players from all genders and sexes. Self proclaimed defenders of girls' sports, are you sticking up for this athlete who is denied an opportunity to compete www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPwD...

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8-year-old girl banned from playing on catholic school football team

YouTube video by WIVBTV

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

As the midterms approach, it's clear that Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Elon Musk are doing everything they can to engineer an outcome that, if necessary, overrides the will of the American people. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/musk...

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Musk, Moscow, and the Midterms

X, the Kremlin, and the White House are forming an Axis of Election Interference.

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Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Police in Delhi are responding to peaceful protests with seemingly unnecessary or excessive force & have wrongfully detained thousands of people. The Modi government should stop throwing protesters in jail & instead engage with them on the right to vote & fair elections. www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...

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India: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detentions

Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian cities.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Love this … “While PROMO shares the short term goal with other coalition members of defeating Amendment 3, their campaign around it is very different. Its work is in service of a long-term goal: to change Missourians’ hearts and minds about transgender youth.…

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/10/2026

Rather than cover the cost of gender affirming care for trans youth under medicaid, Colorado is voluntarily enacting the republican "taper and detransition" policy for youth on medicaid and dropping coverage. WTF.

Ironically, the first known violation of that law is now coming from the state itself. On September 18th, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) informed providers that “certain Physician-Administered Drug (PAD) services for the purposes of gender-affirming care will no longer be covered benefits for members under 18 years of age.” Two weeks later, HCPF released its full policy surrounding its updated coverage, and it somehow manages to be worse than the policies enacted by Arizona and Virginia. As Transitics reported last week, the federal rule allows for a 6-month ‘tapering’ period for youth currently receiving gender-affirming care where federal funds can still be used. And although HCPF does mention that stipulation in its policy, it also introduced a strange exception:

“Effective October 13, 2026, claims payment for GnRH/LHRH agents prescribed for gender-affirming care therapy for members under the age of 18 will not be allowed… Prior authorization for testosterone, estrogen, progesterone or medroxyprogesterone therapy for members under the age of 18,” the policy reads, “who are receiving and stabilized on therapy for gender-affirming care prior to October 13, 2026, may receive approval to allow for tapering and discontinuation of therapy.”

The exclusion of puberty blockers in the tapering policy isn’t accidental. The state’s prior authorization guidance that was updated the same day mirrors the policy and once again does not allow for a tapering period for trans kids receiving puberty blockers. And like Arizona and Virginia, Colorado has provided no indication that it has notified patients and their families. In doing so, Colorado is going far beyond what even the Trump administration intended—immediately cutting many trans kids’ care and leaving them scrambling for options.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12/10/2026

Does the right of self defense come with an asterisk for trans women? @valorievandieman.bsky.social finds that a concerning implication of a decision in Tennessee to allow a man convicted of murder a new trial because he wasn't allowed to use his victim's gender identity as a defense. More here:

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Tennessee Court Allows Trans Panic Defense, Undermining Trans Safety - Assigned Media

Appellate court overturns ruling in the murder of a trans woman, opening the doors for the trans panic defense and further attacks on the safety of trans people.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.northsky.social · 05/10/2026

"It's torture." Transgender women being detained by ICE in Louisiana allege that they are experiencing abuse, transphobia and forced detransition at the hands of guards and other people detained a facility in Jena. More @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2026/10/05/t...

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Trans detainees allege abuse at Jena ICE facility

Three trans women have been held in solitary confinement for months allege that they are facing abuse at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“Dehumanizing language is how permission for violence takes hold. When people in power treat a group as not equal, it can send the signal that abusing or even killing members of that group is acceptable. For transgender Americans, this historic precedent is already a reality”

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"Seventy percent of fossil-fueled kitchens had NO2 concentrations that surpassed what’s considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization. By contrast, electric kitchens had the lowest NO2 levels, never exceeding even a tenth of the WHO limit" #bclab #health

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