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Astrid Bears

@astridbears.bsky.social
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I’m mostly here to learn, be entertained, and repost more interesting folks. Queer, probably AuDHD, almost divorced

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BoulderCAST Weather 🏔️⛈️ @bouldercast.com · 13h
You generally don't want to be in the top left quadrant on this precipitation-vs-temperature anomaly graphic, at least long term. This is the drought, wildfire, and bark beetle infestation sector. Boulder has been there 11 out of the last 12 months. #COWX #Drought #Colorado
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13h
Phil Weiser and Victor Marx meet on stage for the only time in the CO Gov race today Weiser has largely ignored Marx before recently seizing on comments about domestic abuse This is Day 17 of a 21-day statewide fast Marx called for to sway the election www.9news.com/article/news...
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I do this periodically with Guardian front pages, but this is the first one that's 100% (arguably some of it tangential, but still....and yeah, I count every Trump and Hegseth headline as relating to violence against women).
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 08/10/2026
I was talking to my mom this morning and she asked what was going on with the terrorist attack they stopped up here. I said “it’s probably another one of those things the fbi loves doing where they convince a teen to plan an attack then arrest him so they can boost their number,” and lol yep.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton has died at 90. Her painstaking work helped turn an audacious national ambition into a working system: In the famous photo below, she stands next to a stack of her team's code for the Apollo missions—pages that carried human beings to the moon. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 08/10/2026
A federal judge questioned Wednesday whether he should block President Trump and the White House from posting official announcements on Truth Social when the social media platform is selling early access to his posts.
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Judge Weighs Whether to Block Some Trump Truth Social Posts
The platform is charging up to $100,000 a month to get 50-millisecond early access to the president’s posts.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More and more convinced that the reason AI is being pushed so hard is that it allows tech CEOs to do things that a person would be sent to jail for doing, but with the excuse that it was the robot that did it on its own
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/10/2026
One of the reasons public opinion on trans health care is where it is is because a lot of cis people will never ever believe just how corrupt the professional medical class running our health care really is.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 07/10/2026
If you want to catch me at NYCC, here's my schedule! - Thursday Oct 8, 3-4pm: Signing at the DC Booth - Friday October 9th 3:30-4:30pm: Marvel Bullpen Bulletins panel, Room 405 - Saturday October 10th, 11-11:45am: Murdoch Mysteries panel, North Room 406.4 Hope to see you there!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb
Fox Biz screencap that says: "$21 TRILLION INVESTMENTS POURING INTO THE US"
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Nat Topping @nattopping.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Sounds like something someone who has missed the entire point of education might say.
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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Cool! You could also free a lot of your time up by having a robot go to the gym for you! The gyms can print up little certificates for the robot saying how much it can lift, and you can put those up on your wall to show everyone how strong you are!
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Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is why pervasive use of GenAI by university students is such a problem. (*) We do not set you an essay on the fauna of the lower Carboniferous because we want to read it (*) We do not make you write a computer program from scratch because we need to run that program (1/2)
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 06/10/2026
Without them, ecosystems will collapse, climate change will intensify, and soils will deteriorate.
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Scientists push for fungi protection
A global movement to recognise fungi is gaining momentum ahead of UN biodiversity talks at COP17.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I fear that any midterm “mandate” angry voters give them will be squandered on dinner party invites instead of building the accountability regime people are desperate for and are putting their bodies and lives on the line to get.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
The state: sorry our murdering techniques are mid
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i do think it's worth stopping for a moment to recognize how extraordinary and how fucked up it is that this sentence exists.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The radical change of saying you'll do very obvious things that people desperately want and desperately need.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is not accidental at all.
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The WH continues to defy congress. A fifth of federal $, appropriated by congress for the NSF got moved to DoD. Less foundational research will be supported. 🧪 archive.today/RzFwH
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Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wrote about Elon Musk, and why it bothers me that he is still first and foremost described in the media as an entrepreneur, rocketeer, or tech mogul, when the most salient fact about him is that he is now the world's most powerful white supremacist. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...
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Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist
The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...
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Nature @nature.com · 07/10/2026
None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This piece I have written for @prospectmagazine.co.uk says things about the AI narrative being pushed by the industry that I have been wanting to say for some time. I hope it might help to bring about a more critical and discerning position in the media. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
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We’re all going to die, but not from AI
That artificial intelligence could destroy humanity is a story imposed by the AI industry itself. It’s time to challenge it
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
lol like no matter HOW you slice it, this is objectively ridiculous. One person has majority control over two MAJOR news broadcasts and nearly ALL entertainment streams, including children programming, globally. ONE person. A single human being.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 06/10/2026
it is very cool (read: very not cool) that "What if the entire regional economy immediately exploded?" is a ballot measure in the bay area because we are in the 'touching the hot stove' era of american history. if you live in the bay area you should vote for the regional transit measure.
The ballot initiative would raise the sales tax rate by 0.5 percentage points in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda counties and by 1 percentage point in San Francisco, and is expected to generate roughly $980 million annually for the next 14 years to sustain bus, train, metro and ferry lines.

Many of the region’s transit agencies have already proposed contingency plans if the measure fails. BART said it would likely have to end service at 9 p.m. instead of at midnight, reduce train frequencies to 30 minutes and move from five-line to three-line service outside of peak commute hours. Caltrain has proposed eliminating weekend services, closing more than a third of stations and ending operations around 9 p.m. instead of 1 a.m. AC Transit is looking at reducing service by 16%, while Muni said it could eliminate up to 20 routes, cut service by at least 30% and end regular evening service.

The fiscal cliff facing transit agencies was triggered by the decline in ridership due to the pandemic and hit agencies heavily dependent on fare revenues, like BART, the hardest.SPUR, a nonprofit policy think tank sponsoring the measure, released a report last month that found that if the measure and San Francisco’s Proposition H fail, traffic delays on the Bay Bridge could increase by 33 minutes heading west in the morning and 43 minutes heading east in the evening. Caldecott Tunnel traffic could see delays of an additional 20 minutes in the morning and 27 minutes during the evening commute. Congestion could also worsen along Interstate 580, Interstate 680 and U.S. 101, the report found.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
According to a 2013 paper, almost 40% of female homicides globally are due to intimate partner violence www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 06/10/2026
We celebrate Eva Marie Saint, who died today at 102. A #SagAftraMember since 1947, Saint won an Oscar for her film debut in 'On the Waterfront' and starred in 'North by Northwest.' An advocate for organized labor, she leaves an enduring example for generations of union members.
Eva Marie Saint looking into the camera. 
Photo credit: PhotofestMarlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in 'On the Waterfront.' 
Photo credit: Columbia Pictures/Photofest © Columbia PicturesCary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in 'North by Northwest.' Photo credit: Photofest
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 06/10/2026
Children are not your "property." They are themselves. As a parent, you provide safe growing conditions, you share their joy, teach them your skills, and help them through challenges. You are a temporary captain of the ship. It's their ship.
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Astrid Bears @astridbears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I like shredded wheat, but I prefer all-bran.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base
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@nic_carter
X.com
this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al columnAndrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

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@nic_carter
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social obligation
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
OBVIOUSLY my insurance denied my request to have it covered, so I might have to do fundraising at some point lol It has documented effects for post-stroke therapy, it's known to be neuro-protective and may have some treatment benefits in MS, Parkinsons, and other neurological conditions
S-ketamine ameliorates post-stroke depression in mice via attenuation of neuroinflammation, synaptic restoration, and BDNF pathway activation.
Published in: Biochemical and biophysical research communications,2025 Jul 08
Database:MEDLINEDifferential effects of opioid receptor antagonism on the anti-dyskinetic and anti-parkinsonian effects of sub-anesthetic ketamine treatment in a preclinical model.
Published in: Neuropharmacology,Oct 1, 2024Low-dose ketamine infusion for the treatment of multiple sclerosis fatigue (INKLING-MS): Study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, active placebo-controlled phase II trial.
Published in: Contemporary clinical trials,2023 Mar
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
did you know that Ketamine reverses epigenetic damage in the brain and that's why it helps treatment-resistant depression??? I LEARNED THIS TODAY
Epigenetic aging and DNA methylation biomarker changes following ketamine treatment in patients with MDD and PTSD: a pilot study
Published in: Translational Psychiatry,2025
Database:Springer Nature JournalsThe epigenetic mechanisms of ketamine in the treatment of depression: a systematic review.
Published in: Epigenomics,2025 Dec
Database:MEDLINE
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I will not spend 100 minutes of my life watching a low-rent Netflix rom-com. I will, however, spend 200 minutes of my life watching unwell zoomers recap a low-rent Netflix rom-com
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I somehow missed this essay from @polphilpod.bsky.social with its stunning observation that liberalism is actually doing fine. It’s the utter ideological collapse of the right that’s the story behind where we are.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/10/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
But the helmet has gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that work stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.
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Alex @alexdz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 06/10/2026
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING EDUCATION IS FOR! IT ISN’T EVEN THE MAIN THING!
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/10/2026
This is today starting at 3pm ET Agenda: -Trump saying Iran should "take out LA and San Diego" -Dennis Hastert dead -Glut of anti-trans ads -Hegseth killing the military and cosplaying as a Nazi -Pope and Sanders on AI -Cornell rape case and frats -Queer bars banned from Meta See you there!
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