Reposted by _ o o _Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 9h"After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system" @bachynski.bsky.socialinquirer.comA 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decadesAfter measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system. 27450193
Reposted by _ o o _Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 11hMeta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 351004595
Reposted by _ o o _Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8hThe Houthis hit the Saudi Arabian oil facility with ballistic missiles. 614042
Reposted by _ o o _Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12hSeptember 2026 #Arctic sea ice extent was the 13th lowest on record for the month... This was 1,600,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. September ice extent is decreasing at about 11.56% per decade (albeit with clear multi-decadal variability). Data: @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_... 15116
Reposted by _ o o _Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have always liked the word bellwether. It derives from the practice of shepherds hanging a bell around the neck of a wether (a castrated male sheep) to lead and track the flock. The word evolved to be anything that guides or predicts the way forward. When I taught virology, I would 1156
Reposted by _ o o _Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/10/2026This is a photo of some rocks and sand. It was taken earlier today, with a camera 247,000,000 km away. It was taken on Mars. And now you're looking at it on your screen. 771655332
Reposted by _ o o _The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026President Trump directed staff to use taxpayer money for TV ads praising him and his presidency, setting in motion a $20 million contract that used funds from the Department of Homeland Security, according to people familiar with the matter. nyti.ms/4jBqx63 51261158
Reposted by _ o o _Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 884158286169
Reposted by _ o o _Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026France’s ongoing drought has once again pushed soil moisture further below historical levels than any previously recorded drought. Uncharted territory. 7258126
Reposted by _ o o _Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 02/10/2026arstechnica.comHow I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC unitsBonus: Every Electric’s batteries are beloved by household cats. 24413
Reposted by _ o o _Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Mr. Lipson, a former law partner of the chief justice, introduced him to the island and made a project of settling him in. Mr. Lipson located the Roberts home, negotiated the deal, assigned him the lobster-dinner shtick, and integrated the Roberts family…” Oh! Another justice with a rich patron?? 610135
Reposted by _ o o _The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026Bolivia arrested its attorney general, days after the U.S. accused him of accepting bribes connected to drug trafficking. In the middle of the night, authorities “dismantled a criminal organization” and arrested 14 people, the country’s interior minister said.washingtonpost.comBolivia arrests its attorney general after U.S. accuses him of narco corruptionAuthorities arrested 14 people, including four whom they said were sneaking cash out of Attorney General Roger Mariaca’s home and into an ambulance. 52513
Reposted by _ o o _New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 02/10/2026Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right nownydailynews.comEarth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now 031
Reposted by _ o o _Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit saysThe change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues. 9535412007
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Allegedly. I’m alleging. Because that’s a thing Matt Gaetz does. www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...bbc.comLive updates: Matt Gaetz ethics report says he paid for sex and drugs while in officeA House ethics reports says the ex-US lawmaker, who denies wrongdoing, violated multiple state laws. 000
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What you’re watching here is people who spend all day listening to and watching propaganda trying to form a coherent thought about why they feel the way they do, with flecks of that disjointed and confused propaganda spilling out of their mouths. Led via questions from a professional propagandist. 110
Reposted by _ o o _Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 14237751248
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cashing out my 401k to pick up and fund a raging opioid+amphetamine habit would really solve a lot of my problems. 100
Reposted by _ o o _Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office. 411373739
Reposted by _ o o _Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 65965172518
Reposted by _ o o _Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026EXCLUSIVE: US waives rights conditions for $320 million in military aid to Egypt, letter shows reut.rs/4hD4KZareut.rsEXCLUSIVE: US waives rights conditions for $320 million in military aid to Egypt, letter showsThe US State Department has waived human rights conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US war with Iran, according to a letter to US lawmakers obtained by Reuters. 32211
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 01/10/2026apnews.com/article/meas...apnews.comPennsylvania records a fifth measles death as the nation endures its worst year since 1991Pennsylvania health officials have reported a fifth measles-associated death. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Wednesday that the person was from Lancaster County and was unvaccinated. 000
Reposted by _ o o _Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/09/2026Genuinely engrossing reporting here from the Times. Some of this is a re-tread of stuff that has already been reported, but the extensive interviews with Olah and others inside Anthropic is all very new, and deeply revealing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. ModelsIn a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 53013
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pictured: the United States secretary of WAAAR, saluting the troops. 100
Reposted by _ o o _David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.theguardian.comWorld’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy useThe injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification 151204608
Reposted by _ o o _Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 512068822
Reposted by _ o o _Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 30/09/2026We are approaching a pandemic-level of travel avoidance. As we noted before, once people's vacation travel patterns change, they discover new places to fall in love with; they rarely return to their old ones. 1136
Reposted by _ o o _TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 30/09/2026Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United Statestechcrunch.comPledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United StatesPledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States. 63315
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The through line of the US being unable to collect enough tax revenue to fight wars, repair domestic disasters, or prosecute crimes cuts across regime factions. 000
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A Fox News weekend morning show host is purging the US military of its most capable and experienced officers. 100
Reposted by _ o o _Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 29/09/2026UPDATE: ICE says it bought four robot dogs for $1.3 million in part for cross-border tunnel operations. It also says the robots will help tactical teams, listen for movement inside buildings, and look on top of closets and bunk beds.projectsaltbox.comICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut companyThe agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards. 2919392
Reposted by _ o o _Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20566553353
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So many people are going to have their life savings stolen by this thing. 100
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lot of big numbers in that article. 8 inch sea level rise over last 100 years. Largest El Niño in 1,000 years. Too many 0s in that last one. 000
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tight edit on that too. Can play on loop and it sounds like he’s referencing himself over and over and over and over. 010
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s fun cause now we can see who has access to the Epstein files and the president’s crimes/involvement. Pushed out + wants to stay = no access, no kompromat; fallguy Leaves to get a better gig = has kompromat (or actual skills; limited to pre T2 hire) Stays + no skillz = kompromat (Kash here). 100
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ominous. Gonna guess there’s a crime in progress/planning he didn’t want to take the fall for. 100
Reposted by _ o o _Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A russian drone struck the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. People are still trapped inside. Some are climbing out through the windows to escape the fire and avoid being burned alive. 03016
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you drive in a car listening to the radio and flipping channels you will be pummeled with this song. Pretty easy to miss it otherwise. 000
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Looking from angle of “does this kill the American auto industry except for Tesla” it makes sense. But, more importantly, how burned out are we all that the president spelling “dumb” wrong, doing a bunch of polls about it, and continuing forever to spell “dumb” wrong doesn’t even register. 100
_ o o _ @bo0l0od.bsky.social · 27/09/2026apnews.com/article/tikt...apnews.comTikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least $100 million, will implement safety featuresTikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement safety features for teens as part of a settlement that resolved an impending trial. 000
Reposted by _ o o _Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It is strange how much LLMs turned out to be able to solve such a wide range of hard problems that would not, instinctively, seem to be problems that a model of human language would be able to solve This is from a Stanford project that let Astra drive a robot in a kitchen tml.stanford.edu/homebody/ 2339845
