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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A response from Chat GPT after asking about US healthcare issues: "AI doesn't inherently favor single payer. It favors whoever controls the technology and the rules governing it."

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yup, me too. I also say "good luck" to my vegetable seedings as I transplant them and ask my houseplants to not pee on the floor.

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They have to help stack firewood if they want to talk!

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We try to waste as much of their time as possible

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I finally gotta ask...what is a starter pack? I know. I am such Noob.

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I am from Rhode Island. A colleague made some joke about 49 states. She decided it wasn't funny a moment later though.

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of these days, a reporter is just going to laugh at his reaction to their question. Or...has this already happened? I can't imagine being able to keep a straight face around him.

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My friend had insane writing assignments. She had to type them. I helped...typed Minnie gote herpes from Goofy in the middle of a paragraph. No one noticed.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Loon dad feeding a crayfish to his loonlet captured by @harrycollinsphotography (IG): #AGoodPlace

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good luck little guys

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I want the Supreme Court reformed and an end to Citizens United.

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy Caturday! Kitty is after some catnip!

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.

Looking into bookstore from
The street at night

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Gotta keep growing in the fall. Freezers still have room. I have a drawer of meal sized ready-to-thaw pesto and spare garlic for other meals. Waaaay too many jalapenos though!

Vegetable plants in greenhouse. Ready for garden

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

@antihate.ca How do Canadian citizens feel about immigrants from the United States? Asking for a distraught family member.

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Goid for you! You have homemade oyas just like me!!! Gardening keeps me sane. Here is my beloved Wooly Bear. She likes to "hang out"

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@Cali-Candace.bsky.social @cali-candace.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I just learned that a group of Narwhals is called a ‘blessing’, and I like this!

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hello! And thank you! Happy basil harvesting season!

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Perhaps that idiot was fired? Or will soon be?

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It was scandalous! I was in first grade and picked up "Where the Wild Things Are" from the older kids' shelves. The librarian just signed it out to me. Librarians ROCK! Mom read it, but she was a bit troubled that I chose a book with monsters. I am an ecologist, and this is my favorite T.

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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Facts that Hollywood tried to keep from the masses but overtime it was proven to be true 💯🎯

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

No US Senator visited Ukraine more since the war began than Sen Graham. Regardless of your thoughts on his domestic politics, if you support Ukraine - Lindsey Graham was your ally! If any US Senator was on Putin's kill list, it was him. He was in Ukraine two days ago. He had just returned yesterday.

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US senators say agreement reached with Trump on Russia sanctions bill

Four U.S. senators said on Friday that they had reached agreement with the Trump administration to move forward with updated legislation on Russia sanctions.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

GET A GRIP Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium. No cobalt. No rare-earth metals. Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide. The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems.

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Jeff Hamilton @jeffhamilton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

a school of mantas in the harbor looking for shellfish

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“For the first time ever, a presidential administration now claims that species protected by the Endangered Species Act shouldn’t be safe from habitat modification that destroys where they live, raise their young, or search for food” -Kristen Boyles Despicable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Microbiologist & stem-cell researcher Dr. Ann Tsukamoto co-patented a process to isolate human hematopoietic stem cells, 1991. Her work laid the literal groundwork for modern regenerative medicine and cancer treatment. She was born #OTD in 1952. #WomenInSTEM #medsky

A color photograph of Dr. Ann Tsukamoto (1952–present), the pioneering biologist and stem-cell researcher whose co-patented process to isolate human hematopoietic stem cells revolutionized regenerative medicine and cancer therapeutics. Dr. Tsukamoto smiles warmly directly at the camera, her expression radiating intelligence, approachable confidence, and a proud, serene mood. She has shoulder-length, wavy grey and silver hair parted slightly to the side, framing her face. She wears a structured, dark grey or olive-green textured tweed jacket with an elegant raised mandarin collar. The background is a soft, beautifully blurred out-of-focus garden setting filled with lush green foliage, fronds, and natural sunlight filtering through the trees. The bright lighting casts a soft glow on her features, highlighting her historic legacy as a monumental figure for women in STEM.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We could do with less veneration of every aspect of a system that has led to such plainly destructive results. If we idolized the imperfect architects of our system a little less, we might utilize the amendment process (and legislative leeway) to avoid train wrecks. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Founders Maybe Weren’t Geniuses

Trump has proven you can never be skeptical enough

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I suspect the 900 page length of that financial disclosure was another distraction. Alas, many eyes are still watching (like yours). I am grateful for you and your kind.

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Jack Perks @fishtwitcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Sturgeon are the best #sturgeon #nature #science

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Be Water Around Rocks @bewateraroundrocks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Got sent to the Mo Sups office after saying God wore a lab coat and glasses. Sister Mary Off Key said "God is perfect, why would he need glasses." I said so he could see more clearly. I was six. I watched a lot of Jaques Cousteau, etc...

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Marine biologist Dr. Joan Murrell Owens (b. #OTD 1933) faced racism & sickle-cell anemia kept her from diving. She persevered. With the support of the Smithsonian, she did her marine research thru the study of collection items & discovered a new genus & 3 new species of button corals. #WomenInSTEM

A back-and-white photograph of marine biologist and educator Dr. Joan Murrell Owens (1933–2011), who overcame the systemic barriers of racism and the physical limitations of sickle-cell anemia to become one of the first African American women to earn a PhD in geology, famously discovering three new species of button coral. Positioned in the right midground, she is looking directly at the viewer with a calm, intelligent, and dignified expression. Her dark hair is styled short and curly, framing a face characterized by wide, soulful eyes and a subtle, knowing smile. She wears a patterned blouse or top paired with a delicate, single-strand pearl necklace that sits elegantly against her collarbone. In the immediate left foreground sits a modern compound microscope, its black eyepiece and white metal body sharply defined. The setting is a laboratory or study, with soft-focus wooden shelves stacked with geological specimens and scientific materials visible in the shallow-depth-of-field background. The overall mood is one of quiet determination, intellectual authority, and historical distinction, beautifully capturing the essence of a pioneering woman in STEM whose legacy continues to inspire generations of scientists.

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