Reposted by MrsBaleHenkjan Honing @musiccognition.bsky.social · 15hJust out:uva.nlHumans and songbirds hear the same sounds, but organize them differentlyResearchers from the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University have discovered that humans and songbirds use markedly different strategies to recognize sequences of complex sounds. The findings sh... 36819
Reposted by MrsBaleRich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 11/10/2026OMG I was sorting through some old bookmarks and clicked on the Smithsonian Zoo's Cheetah Cam link which I hadn't active in a long time. It turns out they have a cheetah who just had cubs on 10/5 and they are so cute. They're on the Den 1 stream right now.nationalzoo.si.eduCheetah Cub CamThe Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. 14621197
Reposted by MrsBaleTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I am sorry to say that yeah it’s not looking good 5893219
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I saw a bald eagle fly down and perch on top of the mast of a Great Lakes freighter today. Dark grey sky, cool breeze carrying moisture from wherever it was still raining, stripes of light on the horizon... Not a bad way to start a day. 020
Reposted by MrsBaleNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5847111402
Reposted by MrsBaleMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That's where I've been for a while. We can't even reach questions about the death penalty itself because we fail essential predicates such as "fair and consistent criminal justice system" and "reliable death penalty verdicts that leave no reasonable doubt" and, as shown tonight, "humane execution." 181344270
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My teen has been working his way through the collected Bloom County and Doonesbury the past several weeks. A few minutes ago he asked me what I was saying WTAF about. Me: (brief explanation of Hegseth bs) 15y/o: Who’s Palmer Luckey? Me: Boy are you in for a treat. 000
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There were high school football players who looked like this in the late 70s. 010
Reposted by MrsBaleAndrew Wittkop @awestfell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Friends if you find yourself near Northfield on Thursday November 5 and would like to see me read and discuss my book details are below. 184
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@repmarcykaptur.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hist... 010
Reposted by MrsBaleSorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Libra: Your season is here! Touch grass! Pet a dog! Toss that corpse that’s just been gathering dust in the woodshed into the bog! Skip rope! 3308101
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The cider is cider. 🎉 Some years you have to wait until midOctober for the cider to taste right. Betting on exceptional fall color this year, too, but we’ll have to wait a few weeks to see. 🤞 010
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026To borrow a standard “first person/next person” threat form from a childhood neighbor: First person to tell my kid about this soda gets a kick in the ass. 021
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My kid (sincerely) upon finding out that Justin Trudeau is dating Katy Perry: “I hope that Mark Carney doesn’t turn out like that.” 031
Reposted by MrsBaleuncle leyla (scary) 🎃 @leyla.money · 23/09/2026this has been brewing for years and one one hand i'm glad to see bigger coverage of it lately but on the other hand boy do i wish someone took it seriously years ago 011342
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will not correct the Britannica IG Fitzgerald post.I will not correct the Britannica IG Fitzgerald post.I will not correct the Britannica IG Fitzgerald post.I will not correct the Britannica IG Fitzgerald post.I will not correct the Britannica IG Fitzgerald post.I will not correct the Britannica I 010
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Super grateful for the security warning that the email from procurement (at) Bizingas might be a phishing email. 010
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Alt: the exterior is formed of red sandstone and has rich Baroque Revival forms. The highlight is the lobby on the eastern side, which has a 40-metre-high clock tower with a curved canopy. The former entrance on the western side is surmounted by a copper dome. The roof is adorned with green tiles. 010
Reposted by MrsBaleNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The serious risk from AI shown by this incident is people—namely the US military—thinking the tech is more capable than it is and nearly acting based on bad info. It wasn’t insufficient reverence for the tech’s power. Not only are these opposite problems, believing the latter worsens the former. 224652
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes! Grumpy people begrudgingly going into detail about their special interests so we’ll leave them alone about it. 110
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I brought up Bloom County at work to someone in their early 30s and they didn’t know about it. Me: “The penguin? Bill the cat? (losing my will to live) Steve Dallas?????? 😶 120
Reposted by MrsBaleUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour. 10497141987
Reposted by MrsBaleKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Mitch McConnell disappeared for three months & kept his full salary. Disabled people are forced to prove they’re “still disabled” just to remain in legislated poverty. Folks on SNAP must re-apply and prove they’re “still poor”. Republican Senators don’t even have to prove they’re alive. 182150809
Reposted by MrsBalederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now. 978909866
Reposted by MrsBaleJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/09/2026ME: ooooh EXECUTIVE dysfunction, huh? What’s that, like when you accidentally book a seat in coach instead of first class or something? THERAPIST: it's when you can't do important things even if you really want to do them because your brain hates you ME: oh then that's definitely what I have 👉👈 524517
Reposted by MrsBaleChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BREAKING: SCOTUS rejects Trump admin’s request to enforce new USPS mail ballot restrictions. The brief order denying DOJ’s request for a stay of a lower court order blocking the rule only prompted noted dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito. Tonight, at Law Dork:lawdork.comBreaking: SCOTUS rejects Trump admin’s request to enforce new USPS mail ballot restrictionsThe brief order denying DOJ’s request for a stay of a lower court order blocking the rule only prompted noted dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito. 1230457
Reposted by MrsBalePrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues. 31570512531
Reposted by MrsBaleJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her 1183168710
Reposted by MrsBaleKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For @playboy.com, I spoke with sex workers around the country who are organizing for self-defense with firearms education, carry permit classes, and gun clubs. As one organizer told me, “It’s very much this ‘stay ready so you ain’t got to get ready’ type thing.” www.playboy.com/read/politic...playboy.comMeet the Sex Workers Forming Gun Clubs for Self ProtectionSex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection. 8722186
Reposted by MrsBaleCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026I just saw someone admonishing someone trans to shut up about trans rights because there are concentration camps in the US, and you know who I see overwhelmingly and disproportionately on the front lines standing up against concentration camps? Trans people. 143880803
Reposted by MrsBaleJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do something historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it". [Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here] 17672282
Reposted by MrsBaleCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...charlotteobserver.comA Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remainIn May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure. 612156849
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Well, due to the GOP’s weird psychosexual racist fascination with Piker, I now know what he looks like. 000
Reposted by MrsBaleIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026People seem a little bit overly skeptical about the new technology, why might that be (Another former Anthropic engineer posts something floridly insane) Ah 141739262
Reposted by MrsBaleACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Explaincars Drama: while specific procedures vary by airline, industry best practice in this situation is centered around assuming a ghost, and commencing a séance, in the hopes that it will be convinced to move on. 1202
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026newsguild.org/statement-fr...newsguild.orgStatement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications’ decision to cease operations of The Blade | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 000
Reposted by MrsBaleBladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Statement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications' decision to cease operations of The Blade. 012
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026newsguild.org/statement-fr...newsguild.orgStatement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications’ decision to cease operations of The Blade | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 010
Reposted by MrsBaleMrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026newsguild.org/statement-fr...newsguild.orgStatement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications’ decision to cease operations of The Blade | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 001
MrsBale @beafoundart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026newsguild.org/statement-fr...newsguild.orgStatement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications’ decision to cease operations of The Blade | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 000
![Screenshot from IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis, a novel set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany)]
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the duties of despotism along with his shoes and his fine new coat. He no longer went out racketing. His cabinet begged him not to clown in barrooms and lodge entertain-ments; it was not dignified, and it was dangerous to be too near to strangers.
So he played poker with his bodyguard, late at night, and at such times drank too much, and he cursed them and glared with bulging eyes whenever he lost, which, for all the good-will of his guards about letting him win, had to be often, because he pinched their salaries badly and locked up the spoons. He had become as unbouncing and unbuzz-ing a Buzz as might be, and he did not know it.
All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do some-thing historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it.
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