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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 14h

he created a SAP???

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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 06/10/2026

My first sighting of devil's fingers, Clathrus archeri, on our local common. I did a weird squeaking noise when I realised what it was. #fungi

Five bright red tapered 'fingers' of a fungus in long, wet grass, trees in the background shrouded in the mist.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 14h

The thing about an extended party network is that the actors have agencies

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 15h

this is, in fact, how interest groups work

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 15h

They can't use the military and they don't have enough feds.

law.cornell.edu

18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Downside: The US now has government goon squads, and deploys them to try to intimidate voters into voting the way the president wants. Upside: They don’t have nearly enough goons. Not even close. They’re hoping fear will make up for that big shortfall, but it won’t.

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 16h

"Epistemicide" is widely used in sociology and information science, and has a Wikipedia page, etc. It was coined by a Portuguese sociologist and came into my lexicon via a Cypriot colleague. Two further resources with more depth on the subject:

nyslibrary.libguides.com

Resources: DEI Toolkit: Epistemicide

New York State Office of Cultural Education

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Yikes! Trump's hand looks like something you'd see on a cadaver (Win McNamee/Getty)

pic of Trump's speaking today in Maryland with his hand raised

zoom in on the back of his right hand, with skin stretched and looking extremely wrinkly

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Cheshire @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social · 16h

Uh, CBS News... that's not a microscopy image. www.cbsnews.com/news/plague-...

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 16h

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 16h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

... is Kash trying to hire him?

TMZ
@TMZ
😳 Andrew Tate allegedly had Bestiality porn with horse and eel, videos of minors.

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 16h

if AI kills fantasy sports i’ll take that as a win

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 16h

(middle and high school students, presumably)

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 16h

i swear the way the students here behave at the transit center on their way home from school, there’s gotta be a fuck ton of lead in our water

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h

dawg I WISH

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 16h

it’s shaped like a giant rutabaga

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 16h

we had this reaction when we visited Rome

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 17h

i mean who are we kidding, tech bros would def pay female ai agents more than women and tells us it’s bc they don’t get periods, pregnant, or bitchy

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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 17h

we really are the most ridiculous species on the planet

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 06/10/2026

Say hello to our 2026 physics laureate Francis Halzen! Halzen sent us a snapshot from his hotel room in Italy - join us in congratulating our new Nobel Prize laureate.

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 17h

filled out my first polling survey (joys of living in Ohio)

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 20h

one of my coworkers has one and she’s given me rides home many times. It’s a really nice crossover thingy! similar feel to the Ford Mustang MachE (which i also think is great)

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 20h

this is a shame bc the Bolt is pretty great

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Keith Hornberger @krhornberger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s that time of year once more! Who will win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Wrong answers only.

static.klipy.com

Simpsons Wrong Answer Button

ALT: Simpsons Wrong Answer Button

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 06/10/2026

the Ohio Democratic party is purging its ranks by forcing trans people to either resign or go along with politicians who threaten their existence and calling a pride group an "unwelcoming distraction." If we're just a distraction, then win without our votes and get rid of the fake "pride" orgs 👍🏾

2020: Democrat Stalin and transgender
2026: Democrat Stalin

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

SpaceX’s justification for their current stock value is based on xAI’s Grok being involved in ALL office work in the U.S. in like, five years. They say they will take your job to become trillionaires. There are real harms that they are hiding.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)

propublica.org

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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Nature @nature.com · 06/10/2026

The IceCube observatory at the South Pole is a vast array of 5160 sensors, buried more than 1.5km below the surface of the ice sheet. Today, the observatory won the Nobel Prize in Physics Originally published 2023 go.nature.com/4hEJF0t

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The most unusual portrait of the Milky Way yet: mapping the Galaxy with neutrinos

A vast telescope buried beneath Antarctica has captured high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic Centre, ushering in a new era for observing the Universe.

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026

yeah i don’t think it does either. same with mail notices, super out of date by the time they arrive

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026

fwiw the prior auth is not listed in my insurance app yet

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026

i mean there is literally nothing i can do. the hospital is the one who files the paperwork, not me. if it comes back rejected the hospital will refile, with input from me as needed

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026

so at this point no news is good news

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026

i won’t hear anything about the fucking prior auth unless there’s a problem, cause you know why would a hospital keep clear and open communication with patients about their insurance for an upcoming surgery 🙄

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 06/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey

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