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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026

A Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building in central Kyiv, sparking a fire and sending a column of black smoke over the city. Footage from the scene showed people escaping through windows as the building burned. #Ukraine

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

PMC COVlD Update, Sep 21, 2026 (US) 🔥13th COVlD wave 🔥40 states/territories with outbreaks (see Alt text) 🔥3.8 million estimated weekly infections 🔥Outbreaks in NYC 🔥Extremely high levels on the Big Island of HI Mask up and get boosted. 🧵THREAD (1/4)

The US has at least 34 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Levels on the Big Island of Hawai’i are particularly high. Note also, the NYC area is seeing outbreaks.

There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Someone from Exeter was buried on Friday and one of their wishes was to have dinosaurs and the Grim Reaper present. Legend. Photo source: Exeter & Devon Crematorium and Memorial Gardens

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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He worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets.

A group that has tracked the activity of federal officers since the president’s crackdown has previously been private about the effort.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

L’Shanah Tovah to everyone celebrating the first night of Rosh Hashanah. Wishing you a sweet New Year filled with peace, happiness, and prosperity.

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don’t remember whose insight this is, but it blew my mind when I first read that to understand American history you have to get that race law was designed to increase the number of enslavable people (one-drop rule) and decrease the number of claimants to indigenous land (blood quantum)

Jamelle Bouie writes: yeah this is a separate conversation but one of the things that hasn’t quite bubbled up from scholarship into mainstream thinking is that american slavery was a system centered principally on reproduction. forced birth for capital accumulation is what it was

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cosmos4u.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Launch webcast of Roman from 10:20 UTC at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wq3...

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch

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Sangeeta Malhotra @astrodame.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope is ready to launch. With a field of view 100 times that of Hubble at same resolution, the NGRST will carry out large surveys to detect exoplanets, and study the large scale structure of the universe, to quantify dark matter and energy.

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Sangeeta Malhotra @astrodame.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Less than 4 days left to integrate, test and launch this Lego model of Roman.

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And so it begins… 🙄 Shoppers in Texas and Florida are being asked to check their freezers for beef imported from Argentina that is now being recalled by federal officials. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/b...

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Nearly 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas, Florida recalled by Miami-area company

The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026

The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 01/08/2026

My comment on NSF-2026-OTR-0001, NSF's obsequious gutting of their own procedures, replacing them with OMB's proposed rules undermining federal grantmaking with their ideological agenda. Need guidance on commenting? @standupforscience.net has you covered: fight2win.standupforscience.net #NSF

Full text at https://gist.githubusercontent.com/noamross/292dee0ff3b9d47e345801cc7796f70c/raw/2f9bde9cdd1ce067bcce6633e7ddaf70bf0db041/2026-07-31-comment-NSF-2026-OTR-0001.txt

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ve gone on at length about this, and am working with the many, many others behind the scenes, but if you are alumnae (yes I fempluralized) or simply an admirer of the program, and you care about the future of the program, you might send your notes to the provost’s office. The general idea is that

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yesterday I drove by the spot where last month ICE murdered Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. A memorial with flowers and signs remains. It was an important reminder that we cannot forget the individual victims of ICE terror. May his family get justice someday.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is a pleasing factoid: the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is the same size and weight as a T-Rex! Countdown: 15 days to launch! 🚀 AUG 30, 2026 11:26 UTC ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...

A sketch of a T-Rex dinosaur (big feet, tiny hands) next to a sketch of the Roman telescope.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14/08/2026

At a time when millions of Americans fear that the life their parents had was better than what they have, and worry over the future for their kids, the president has an answer: Build a golden ballroom.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/08/2026

We have very unfortunate news to share today... 😢 I've been an author for this report since 2020, and we just celebrated our 20th anniversary edition last year.

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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Meanwhile, as academic programs are cut: 94% of DI athletics programs spent more than they made in 2024, with a median gap of $20.6 million (up from $12.3 million a decade earlier). Over this period, spending increased more than generated revenue in all DI subdivisions. www.gao.gov/products/gao...

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U.S. GAO - College Athletics: Most Programs Spend More Than They Generate in Revenue

Many colleges spend millions on athletic programs. Division I college athletic programs, the highest competitive level, spent $20.8 billion in the...

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A shout out to everyone defending the last ancient cottonwood in Arizona. 💚✊

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DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 05/08/2026

A platypus walks into a bar owned by a duck. He finishes his drink and asks for his check. Duck billed platypus.

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Roman Space Telescope: installation of the commemorative plaque honoring the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman and featuring a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe. Credits: NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-... #Roman 🧪🔭

Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install
NASA ID: KSC-20260727-PH-JMT01_0002
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida install a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Monday, July 27, 2026. In addition to honoring the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program, the plaque features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe, including astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions. The Roman observatory will travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, or L2, about one million miles from Earth, where the Sun’s and Earth’s gravity balance out, to complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install
NASA ID: KSC-20260728-PH-JMT01_0001
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center complete installation of a commemorative plaque on the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as photographed on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. In addition to honoring the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program, the plaque features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe, including astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions. The Roman observatory will travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, or L2, about one million miles from Earth, where the Sun’s and Earth’s gravity balance out, to complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install
NASA ID: KSC-20260728-PH-JMT01_0002
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center complete installation of a commemorative plaque on the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as photographed on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. In addition to honoring the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program, the plaque features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe, including astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions. The Roman observatory will travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, or L2, about one million miles from Earth, where the Sun’s and Earth’s gravity balance out, to complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install
NASA ID: KSC-20260728-PH-JMT01_0003
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center complete installation of a commemorative plaque on the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as photographed on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. In addition to honoring the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program, the plaque features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 names submitted by people from across the globe, including astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions. The Roman observatory will travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, or L2, about one million miles from Earth, where the Sun’s and Earth’s gravity balance out, to complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/08/2026

BASH: You have been one of the leading voices questioning the efficacy of vaccines. Do you accept some responsibility for this measles outbreak? RFK Jr: Absolutely not

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/08/2026

BASH: I want you to use your bully pulpit to tells parents who have not vaccinated their kids that they should vaccine their kids for measles. Will you do that? Look into the camera RFK Jr: I'll say it right now. Parents should get their children vaccinated for measles.

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I still don’t know how to use Siri and I get irrationally angry whenever I accidentally trigger it on my phone IM NOT TALKING TO YOU.

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026

around 350,000 Haitians will officially lose their Temporary Protected Status today, as part of the Trump admin's ethnic cleansing operations this is v clearly illegal and immoral I wrote about the Supreme Court decision that's allowing it to happen anyway ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...

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The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump Speak

No comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.

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God @thegodshow.com · 26/07/2026

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Black kids protecting their Latino neighbors from ICE

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astronomie.nl @astronomienl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In memoriam Ralph Wijers, astrofysicus (1964-2026) www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/in-me... English: In memoriam Ralph Wijers, astrophysicist (1964–2026) www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/in... 🔭

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In memoriam Ralph Wijers, astrofysicus (1964-2026)

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of Iran war casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

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Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)

Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.

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jimpers crimpers @jimprov.sendusyourmoney.com · 21/07/2026

draft print of Jimothy came out with the wrong support structure but it kinda looks like he is attacking a corporate building

rough draft Jimothy 3D printed model that has some blocky attachments beneath his paws

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Toddler “why?” phase w astrophysicist mom continues: “Why it hot out?” “Because it’s summer.” “Why it summer?” “Because the earth is a ball that’s tilted so we get more direct rays from the sun.” “Why?” “Because when the earth was a young ball it was hit off its axis and that created the moon” 🔭🧪🎢

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“… the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora was downsized from 11 people to just 3”

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hegemonic suicide

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Lana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🎤 So what happened to all those outraged people in congress saying they will read the unredacted Epstein files on the floor, in front of the cameras, if DOJ doesn’t comply? 🤔 🦗 🦗 🦗 #EpsteinFiles

Epstein and Trump

The biggest cover up in the history d the World.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I’m looking to speak with people who are resisting the erosion of human thought, creativity, skill, and relationship through AI. 🧵

Text written on a book page reads: Looking to hear from people who are resisting the erosion of human thought, creativity, skill, and relationship through AI. If that sounds like you, reach out via kellyhayes.org.

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Last Will and Testament Moss @williammoss.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Idk, conspiracies are hard and McConell is probably alive and everyone should take a breath.* But also, watch for suspicious trading spikes on Polymarket's "McConnell out before his term ends" contract. I don't believe the wisdom-of-crowds thing for a second, but I believe the insider trading.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"Today, Davey Hearn pled not guilty — because he is not guilty," Norm Eisen, one of his attorneys, said outside DC Superior Court. "If Mr. Hearn can be charged with a felony for touching the reflecting pool, every American is at risk — and every American should be alarmed about this prosecution."

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cosmos4u.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

With less than two months until the launch of the Roman Space Telescope, engineers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the observatory for its trip to space: science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/... - technicians used cranes to carefully lift Roman and place it onto a specialized work platform.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The most important thing you need to know is that, by my watch, the fireworks began after midnight There were no fireworks in Washington DC for our 250th Independence Day

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/06/2026

US Fish and Wildlife made an instructional video on horseshoe crab flipping and this looks like the most fun thing ever???? As a "don't feed the birds at parks" guy my minds blown that it's helpful to run around beaches physically moving giant arcane crabs. medium.com/usfws/helpin...

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