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Patrick

@atomicpopwi.bsky.social
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Lover of words, science, & trivia. Intolerant of intolerance. Random acts of kindness do make a difference. Fantasy baseball champion (yes, it's dorky) and often praised for my grilled cheese skills.

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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 1h
The shoulder pad was such an underrated luxury.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 1h
lol. We need to have priorities, Ina!
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 1h
Before we let San Diego be taken out, can we let the Brewers finish out the series? Let's have a little compassion for Brewers' fans!
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 2h
Science catching up to science fiction, for better or worse.
technologyreview.com
An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at from a brain scan
Scientists hope it could be used to reconstruct a person’s inner thoughts, mental images, or even dreams.
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Tom Zinnen @tmzinnen.bsky.social · 5h
Belgium's, true. Happily for us in Madison, he's been a professor at the University of Wisconsin since 1972, and is also a US citizen.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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Eos @eos.org · 5h
What creature made these strange hexagonal patterns in ancient ocean floors? Scientists think they finally know. 🧪 Comments from Andrea Baucon at the Universitá degli Studi di Cagliari, Stephen Hasiotis @universityofkansas.bsky.social, and Andrew Gooday @noc.ac.uk. eos.org/articles/sci...
eos.org
Scientists Finally Think They Know What Made These Geometric Fossils - Eos
Arthropods, with harder bodies and better cognition than some other candidates, seem to be the most likely culprit.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 7h
Even Greg Abbott won't touch him with a 10' pole
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Karen “the good kind” @kpsinging.bsky.social · 13h
I finally had time to read the article and apparently all the money these accounts are invested in is managed by State Street. One company. What a sweetheart deal they got to manage the Trump accounts for every American child in their portfolio. That deal was worth billions of $$ You cannot opt out.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 7h
The management and trading fees were always the point. Everything is a grift.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 8h
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 7h
Same G3 as me I suspect! I played a little too quickly.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 8h
Cosmic neutrinos with extremely high energies are very rare, so an enormous volume of ice is needed to observe an adequate number of collisions. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory covers an entire cubic kilometre and was finished in 2011.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 8h
Well, if it’s 6 October, it’s the 83rd anniversary of the day the world was deprived of Ignatius Trebitsch-Lincoln, who was born a Hungarian Jew, elected to the House of Commons, spied for Germany in both world wars, and eventually declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama
Frontispiece from Lincoln’s 1916 book Revelations of an International Spy, showing a man in a suit and bow tie, holding papers, wearing a moustache, and looking at camera through small round glasses
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 8h
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory – ideated by this year’s physics laureate Francis Halzen – tracks neutrinos that originate in the distant cosmos.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 8h
This is a significant number because it represents a major portion of the 30% of Americans who still give him a good job approval rating. Even his hardcore base is over him.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 9h
Scandal unfolding in Germany: Police has arrested the former head of the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage. Hanning was the agency's chief from 1998 to 2005. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
spiegel.de
(S+) August Hanning: Ex-BND-Chef verhaftet – Verdacht auf Landesverräterische Ausspähung
Nach Informationen von SPIEGEL und SPIEGEL TV haben Fahnder den ehemaligen BND-Präsidenten August Hanning festgenommen. Der frühere Spitzenbeamte soll jahrelang privat Geheiminformationen von seinem a...
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The diary of my latest funeral referral is full of top tips. HP sauce cleans copper. If you can't sleep, eat a tablespoon of finely chopped onions. All interspersed with her thoughts and feelings. My fave entry is "2020. Terrible year (pandemic)" So understated.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 9h
That exoskeleton is fighting for its life.
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Here is some great Democratic messaging created by a group of activists that designed signs in red with simple and yet devastating anti-Republican messaging. You can order the signs on-line.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12h
There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵
In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 9h
Really sticking their neck out with that one.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo
nature.com
Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 10h
Wordle 1,935 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 10h
Very nice, DmR!
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 10h
Very nice, BlackCatRanch!
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 14h
I suck at parallel parking, but this whole article is Philly joy: "'Under Duress': parking while navigating various obstacles of Philadelphia street life, such as a trash fire or a crowd yelling 'Dallas Sucks,' judged by the final 'parallelness.'"
nytimes.com
Tight Competition: The Contest to Name Philly’s Best Parallel Parker (Gift Article)
Out of more than 900 applicants, 15 were chosen to compete in three rounds, including “Tight Squeeze” and “Under Duress.”
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 14h
Very nice, Hilary!
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 14h
Wordle #1935 @drawstickpeople.bsky.social @evilplasticfork.bsky.social @killersumobunny.medsky.social @susanruddick1.bsky.social @lsmchandler.bsky.social @paulajwilson.bsky.social @ffmichelle.bsky.social @icu-cna.bsky.social @hilaryg.bsky.social @jmdc88.bsky.social @captainconstance.bsky.social
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
Yeah I was watching the crowd behind him too. SO not into it. Trying to rally some enthusiasm, and failing.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
Astronomers believe they have found a planet, HS 0209+0832, unlike any previously seen—and it is made up of the pieces of a dying sun. It is the first time that we have ever seen a “second-generation” planet of this kind: a world made up of pieces of the dead star that it now orbits. "Second-
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Discovery of a second-generation planet candidate accreting onto a white dwarf - Nature Astronomy
Niobium has been detected in the atmosphere of a young white dwarf, probably originating from a second-generation planet candidate being evaporated by the white dwarf. The planet probably formed from ...
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
Should it not have a butter fountain out of the blowhole though? Such a missed opportunity!
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
Lol, cute
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
Gemini is clearly not a Rays fan.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
😂
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
I love these appearances for him. Every single one only serves to hurt him, and all of those on the ballot who are desperately trying to distance themselves from him.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 15h
Lol, that made me laugh (the OP, not your soup which I'm sure is amazing :)
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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 18h
fwiw arstechnica.com/apple/2026/1...
arstechnica.com
Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 20h
I've written about this before. This is the "Superman will save us" mentality. It allows people to rationalize not trying because they will be saved by someone else who does try. It's this weird little quirk where game theory meets psychology.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 22h
I genuinely think he should talk all day everyday. Every public appearance only serves to damage his cause, and the political aspirations of anyone left still supporting him.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ars is well behind the curve on this one. That's surprising as they're normally on the ball with things.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 05/10/2026
Mac users on mac OS 27 - we can get our disk space back and remove Apple AI! Somebody has made a tool: www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/a...
macrumors.com
Mac Users Reclaim Storage With New Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the tool disables Apple Intelligence on...
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Never stop poasting @persistentpoasting.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The danish CPR register was breached. The CPR or the central person register is the backbone of how Danish people interact with their gov today. Everyone has a 10 digit cpr no assigned at birth or entry. It has information on roughly 8.8 million people, alive, dead and emigrated persons. Its bad.
dr.dk
LIVE Uvedkommende har haft adgang til millioner af CPR-numre
Ministeren kalder det 'en dybt alvorlig hændelse'.
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Matt @differentmatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
0:00 - this is dumb, who cares about growing giant vegetables 1:20 - if Secretariat doesn't win the Giant Zucchini Contest I'm gonna burn down America
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very nice, Connie!
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deepak Karra (deepak_karra on IG) captured this shot of a pink robin, native to the forests of South Australia & Tasmania. In technical terms, this is a bird shaped like an orb, or 'BORB'. 🐦🟣 Reminder that this little guy is a direct descendant of theropod dinosaurs like T. rex. (📷: Deepak Karra)
A poof of bright pink belly feathers that looks like one of those fuzzy pencil-toppers is surmounted by a dark grey head in which is a wary dark eye.  It's gripping a pink flowering branch that changes from nearly vertical to actually vertical, requiring a sort of death grip by the legs.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Middle of the night Bluesky, before America wakes up, is often a more interesting place.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. n.pr/4rNyBD2
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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
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