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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Drexel University is very suddenly shutting down their museum of Natural History which hosts key specimens. There's more info here about what we can do to raise our voices: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxyf...

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The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We can simulate fish schools or ants in ways that solve complex problems (gradient detection, bridge building, nest selection) but no one would create this weird soul/no-soul dichotomy to argue they these that multi-agent swarms of extremely simple rules are “thinking”.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Alternative view: Any institution beset by such a gauntlet of challenges in rapid succession would struggle. Higher education is adapting to these challenges with varying success in different aspects. But that wouldn't make for a good headline would it?

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The racism and eugenics is often waiting right there under the surface. Just scrape the veneer away with a fingernail to find it. Or sometimes they'll say it openly.. www.youtube.com/shorts/8u0J4...

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The link we’ve established between money and morality needs to be severed with a guillotine

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026

The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An armed man charged at the Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio less than a week ago, and yet Republicans aren't being yelled at to turn down the temperature. The double standard is maddening.

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Hecklers shout ‘hE should be shot’ as Ted Cruz calls out El-Sayed and Talarico

Republicans increasingly seek to tie Democrats to left-wing members of the caucus and personalities like Hasan Piker

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Interesting counterweight thread to the HuggingFace hacking incident impact.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Pretty insane that NYT doesn’t have story up on man linked to GOP scandal who attacked @amyactonoh.bsky.social at campaign event yesterday. www.thedailybeast.com/twist-to-dem...

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Dark Twist Emerges as Armed Republican Attacks Dem Candidate

The Havas family has a history with the authorities.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026

Guys, this is Bernie Sanders' guy for all things AI. Max Tegmark of the Future of Life Institute, funded to the tune of $665m by crypto billionaires, that's of course, after all the Muskrat + friends' money. Their "seed funding" was from Musk. 🧵 www.politico.com/news/2024/03...

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The little-known AI group that got $660 million

Powered by a massive cash infusion from a cryptocurrency mogul, the Future of Life Institute is building a network to fixate governments on the AI apocalypse.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Quick followup for you Chris, what happened to the administration that made the previous deal?

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

People who lived 50,000 years ago had *AMAZING* straight razors.

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simine vazire @simine.com · 02/09/2026

Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“This temporary scheduling action does not apply to botanical kratom products that contain naturally occurring 7-OH below the specified threshold.” Presumably the stuff lil’ Markwayne sells is being helped out here. www.dea.gov/press-releas...

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In 20 years or so we will look back to the era when talking to any company on the phone required us to spend about 10 minutes arguing with an AI, eventually resorting to screaming "OPERATOR" until it relented, and shake our heads in wonderment.

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This thread is amazing, long, and worth the read. You'll learn about the history of the DMCA and how it intersects (negatively) with technology

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm serious, this needs to stop. Journal EICs, we need new policies or reviewers will choke to death on 30 page papers that should just be 10.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I continue to wrestle with how much I want a political candidate at a national level to talk to voters like they are goddamn adults with agency and responsibility for their actions instead of uwu smol beans and also how badly I know that would probably go and how vanishingly unlikely it is

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This movie has a low budget but is all heart (and probably involved an enormous amount of work by an experienced film crew who love the craft) . Three thumbs up. Highlights for me are Han shooting first and the Death Star attack briefing www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qy8...

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If Star Wars had a $10 Budget - Full Movie

YouTube video by Secondhand Movie Co

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

Rolling out “academic freedom” as a rallying cry now, after the CRT panic led to a bunch of Black scholars and theory to be literally banned from classrooms, shit is too rich lol

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame.

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When the first day of class intro lecture falls flat

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Democratic Party has an opportunity to once again become the party of working Americans, rather than the party of corporate America. It is more urgent than at any time since the Great Depression that Democrats act on this opportunity.

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The Last Stand of the Corporate Democrats

Their reign is coming to an end

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The problem with hiring “AI natives” is that if you aren’t careful then all you’ve done is hire people who were very good at asking ChatGPT to do their homework.

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The future DSAs want: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dN... I've always loved this video by @vinnythomas.bsky.social The timing of his facial expressions is just 💯

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Vinny Thomas: Galactic Federation Interviews Earth

YouTube video by Twickenham Science

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Good slide to begin the semester.

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Words to live (on social media) by: "I chose to say nothing because of my long-held but previously-undefended principle: when a pile-on begins, do not fucking participate."

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

During these awful times it’s always great when something amazing like this pops up on the timeline to give you hope for better days ahead

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

they could save some time if they start using my template

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[NAME], Billionaire CEO of [COMPANY], Predicts Fully-Inhabited [Moon/Mars/Space] Colony Within Several Years
By [BYLINE] Associate Editor [PUB_DATE], [PUB_TIME]
"This is really happening. There is no doubt that within the next decade, humanity will have a permanent home in the cosmos," said the billionaire tech investor. GETTY IMAGES

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Realizing that another danger of LLMs in science is loooooonnnnngggg discussion sections that are exhaustive and repetitive. This is more an issue for reviewers because readers can just ignore it.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 16/08/2026

Great thread. It’s about how manipulating salience — raising the profile of facts that fit a desired narrative — is a potent form of propaganda. I’d go even further: this is the most important way public opinion is changed today, and it’s the core method used by rightwing media. 1/

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026

With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026

Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news

Kalshi Politics

@KalshiPolitics
TODAY: WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR NOMINEE ODDS:

🟦 Francesca Hong: 95%
🟦 David Crowley: 5%

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Over the next several months, we will phase out some popular OSF features. These changes do not affect current public content, which remains safe and accessible. We have prepared support material to help users adapt. I am very sorry for the disruption to your work. Please read this post for details.

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OSF Changes | Center for Open Science

We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Remember when we were thanking delivery drivers as they were essential in getting us through the pandemic? Let’s protect them like other workers. They deserve our support.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

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Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering

These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s latest effort to overhaul higher education.

The letter, which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, asks schools to publicly pledge to make sweeping changes that include reexamining admissions practices, hiring more conservative faculty, cracking down on student protests, combating grade inflation, reducing foreign donations and lowering tuition.

In contrast, the administration’s latest move was developed in partnership with university leaders, primarily the Association of American Universities, which represents dozens of top research institutions including all eight Ivy League colleges.

AAU’s president, Barbara Snyder, described the letter as a kind of olive branch. She told Bloomberg that the administration’s outreach opened communication channels between university leaders and the White House that have been largely shut since Trump launched his pressure campaign last year. She plans to call on member colleges to support the initiative.

“It’s critical to have a really good working partnership with the federal government,” Snyder said. “Whether your particular institution is under investigation or not, everyone understands how important that is.”

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A dark day for human rights.

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