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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19h

For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Abortion is healthcare. Abortion bans kill people. They criminalize pregnancy. They result in arrests for miscarriages, shamefully delayed care and patients bleeding out unnecessarily. Roe saved lives.

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Dr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was there and it was a deeply unpleasant time to be alive.

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xfilesenjoyer69 🛸 @mothpiss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

when you believe in UBI, it's hard to think "wow that disabled person isn't trying hard enough to work" maybe they shouldn't HAVE to work. maybe they should have a role in society that's safe, comfortable, & "productive" in their own way (incl making art, having meaningful convos, learning stuff)

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Ross Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There are a hundred people alive right now who could commit to funding all of Dolly Parton's good works for the next hundred years without even noticing the financial hit

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've never heard anyone discuss Dolly Parton's success, influence or contributions to the world in terms of her net worth. I'm sure it was substantial, but I am blissfully unaware of it. Cos it doesn't fucking matter. What's important is not what you earned but what you *gave* to the world.

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Thad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🔭 Saw this release from AAVSO - mag 7.3 nova in Sagitta - N Sge 2026 - first found in outburst less than 24 hours ago. This will be an easy target (though a very crowded field) for northern hemisphere observers, and still decently high for southern hemisphere

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Thad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I like seeing all the creative pics from the 2026-08-12 eclipse, but the videos of people's reactions are sparking jealousy and frustration for me. After getting clouded out during totality in 2024, I really need the next one to go well. I need my #KidneyTransplant first, though.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them

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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

More lying per the usual. In this case, grifting credit for things done by others.

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 04/08/2026

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"ICE is out of control." .. (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) .. (cartoon David Horsey) #politics

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.

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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is becoming very clear.

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Thad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I hadn't done deep sky imaging through an SCT in over 2 years - before I started dialysis. Wanted to remember the process and get a newer laptop set up for it, so I went with the Ring Nebula tonight at a focal length of about 1530 mm. We'll see how it turns out! 🔭

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Since “defunding the pillars of society in order to save money” and “giving all the money to police and wealthy pricks” are core tenets of conservatism, I think as a society we ought to consider “conservative” a dangerous indecent thing to be, and those who identify as such should pay a social cost.

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Gay Bitterskeets @gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's cool that Jimothy is getting love, but can we bring even more of that to disabled *people* please?

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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"The Nazis frequently described disabled people as “useless eaters”, “empty human shells”, and “life unworthy of life”. They chose these labels to evoke images of people who were incapable of doing anything, and so needed to be kept in institutions for their entire lives"

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Disabled people were Holocaust victims, too: they were excluded from German society and murdered by Nazi programs

In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis assumed power. Disabled people were the first Holocaust victims; Nazi programs discriminated against and murdered them.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

trans kids have always been the canary in the coalmine. that's why giving in on "just that" and assuming it would make the goons go away has always been infuriatingly obtuse.

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Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I don't think I like the narrative of being in a divided country. When somebody is racist I don't have a difference of opinion with that person. they have a moral failing. I'm not obliged to reach over the boundary and explain that we could probably swap kidneys if we needed. Who has the time lol

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Thad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ever wonder what it would look like if you could see the Veil Nebula rising over Half Dome from Glacier Point Road if there was no interference from Earth's atmosphere? Wonder no more! 🔭 flic.kr/p/2sj2fa6

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Veil Nebula over Half Dome

What if you could see deep sky objects rise over the landscape? I set up along Glacier Point Road to see if I could get the Veil Nebula aligned with Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. I had to star...

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Thad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I was walking briskly along a narrow trail through some thick, creekside greenery when a bird flew into me and bounced off. I think it was a junco. It and a comrade twittered loudly as I profusely apologized.

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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I just—like, sure, being a trillionaire is cool I guess but what’s it all for if you haven’t even seen the wreckage of the titanic firsthand

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026

It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.

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Thad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I have an Askar FMA135 which is a truly tiny (30 mm) scope. Attached to a Nikon D5100, it gives about a 9.5° by 6.5° FOV. So can I get most of the Virgo Cluster in one set of frames? Looks promising magnitude and size wise. Hope to have an image to share soon! 🔭

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

One of the greatest tragedies of American history is that the party of Abraham Lincoln has become the party of Jefferson Davis.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The US is deeply misogynist & it's a bipartisan problem. Most voters were happy to pull the lever for a Black man, 2×, but confronted with women POTUS candidates--1 white, 1 Black--they not only chose a man, but specifically a *rapist.* Violent patriarchy is politically popular on both sides.

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Compelling essay by sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on why LLMs are nowhere near consciousness, but why it serves the interests of LLM companies to constantly suggest that they might be. I've pulled one quote below, but the whole article is worth reading.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?

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