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Caitlin Sainio

@caitlinsainio.bsky.social
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Engineer and microscopist. Retired crochet designer. Loves science and pretty pictures. She/her.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026
Claude making a scientific discovery
Black-and-white three-part comic. In the first scene, one simple cartoon figure holds out a small round handmade-looking object and says, “I MADE THIS.” Another figure replies, “YOU MADE THIS?” In the second scene, the second figure is shown alone holding the object. In the final scene, that figure holds it proudly and says, “I MADE THIS”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is how it’s done.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
where....were the ads run
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
it’s untenable (not to mention unconstitutional) to pretend that people who are fully integrated into society, paying taxes, raising families, working to improve this country count as *less than slaves* in antebellum America
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thankfully, not all satire is dead…. www.duffelblog.com/west-point-r...
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West Point removes ‘honor’ from ‘duty, honor, country’ ethos
Academy says concept increasingly conflicts with commander in chief’s guidance
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pokarim @pokarim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#photography #unedited
Bright orange flower on a slender green stem with a blurred background of greenery and blue sky.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this is actually worth listening to. not because it's that more insane than most other stuff. but it's a window into how he understands trade. and he understands in the sense of having no idea how anything works.
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jesus Christ, famously stingy about giving fish to people
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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 04/09/2026
28 years ago today, Google was launched. This 1999 ad promised a pure search engine, no news, no ads, no distractions, no portal litter. Things have changed...
Google Ads in 1999
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's why North Korea is the richest country in the world.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/09/2026
This is pretty catastrophic and I'm not sure how either of these companies reverse the trend. It really appears the AI bubble is based on the whims of maybe a few hundred companies spending money on two companies to justify five companies spending money with one company.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The arguments against impeaching Trump next year are all bad and spurious, but they're even weaker as applied to all the other impeachable members of the Cabinet, etc. And impeaching Hegseth for literal murder should be top of the list.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
He's basically begging them to take losses for the next 8 weeks for the sake of the GOP midterm chances. They might even do it!
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If we cured all cancer tomorrow, and it became an extremely rare condition, I guarantee that 30 years from now there would be people saying, “They just want you to take that anti-cancer pill to control you. It’s a bullshit disease that doesn’t even exist anymore.”
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I've produced #redraws & #prints of this @prospectmagazine.co.uk #cartoon - it's one of my most widely shared on social media - so I was surprised this is the first signed, limited edition print I've sent out. (What a debut though: it's going to #TheHousesOfParliament!) #climatecrisis #capitalism
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Repeatedly failed in examination for Chief Engineer (gallantly, the examiners also failed the men who scored lower than her, ie virtually everybody), Drummond finally passed when she realised Panama accepted examination by post, an error greatly reducing the chance of anybody noticing her gender.
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Anna Victoria @annavictoria.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Guten Morgen! Vadstena 🏰
Eine historische Schlossanlage aus hellem Naturstein an einem breiten Wassergraben unter blauem Himmel mit leichten Schleierwolken. Im Vordergrund rechts ragt ein mächtiger, runder Wehrturm mit grüner Kupferkuppel auf. Entlang des ruhigen Wassers erstreckt sich eine lange Festungsmauer mit bepflanzter Krone, dahinter erhebt sich das Hauptgebäude mit weiteren Türmen und charakteristischen Kupferdächern. Die gesamte Anlage spiegelt sich deutlich im klaren Wasser.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Imagining going back to gun shows in Florida in 2017 to see how patrons react when you tell them that Donald Trump will empower masked armed feds to kidnap and kill people on American streets (including at least one law-abiding gun owner) while also collecting individuals' DNA for the government
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 04/08/2026
chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
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Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:
"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what will."
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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If there's more fun to be had than wandering around a mountaintop with friends looking for alpine wildflowers, I'd very much like to know about it. Today was another enjoyable day with the @mariposanature.bsky.social group I'm co-leading with my good pal @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social.
Mount Cenis Bellflower (Campanula cenisia) © Jon Dunn
Glacier Buttercup (Ranunculus glacialis) © Jon Dunn
Grey Ragwort (Jacobaea incana) © Jon Dunn 
Alpine Toadflax (Linaria alpina) © Jon Dunn
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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
[P] One day I hope to be a tenth as content as this guy
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
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Otto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Crime
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
look. nobody here likes paying consultants. but the only alternative is paying *instructors*
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Rav @rvbdrm.com · 28/07/2026
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“100 Business lessons I learned from the movie The Odyssey…”

“🎬 Leadership Isn’t About the Destination. It’s About the Journey.” “I recently watched Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and it reminded…”

“I watched The Odyssey and here are 5 things I learned…”

“Watching The Odyssey this weekend, I couldn’t help but see a workplace lesson in the inevitable fate of Odysseus’s crew.”
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Kat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
In Murano, just across the water from Venice, Watching glass come out of the furnace still glowing. #BlueSkyArtShow #Glass #photography
Close-up of a glowing glass furnace in a Murano workshop. A long metal rod enters from the left, holding a dark, molten gather of glass against the brilliant white-orange opening, surrounded by scorched industrial machinery.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) in Florida, USA - Photo courtesy of Sherry Abbott‎.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Second time in just about a week when a man not targeted by ICE was killed by them
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE killed a random guy today.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“giving his administration another 60-day clock to use the military in the region without congressional approval.” uh ok like when you keep joining a streaming service for the first free month and then canceling and then joining again with a different email? but for war? ok
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ProfessorMeredith @professormeredith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I am once again begging people to understand that “women used to stay married” is not the same thing as “women used to be happy.” Usually it actually means “women used to have no money, no legal protection, no right to their own children, and a church lady judging them from three pews away.”
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Alive in Chicago (municipal boundary) @mosermostly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We should invent a kind of canceling where the guy goes away
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Great Red Scare of Mesopotamia was really something.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I feel like ”he just says shit and sometimes it’s an order with the weight of the presidency and sometimes it’s not and there’s no way to know 100% until it happens for anyone including him” is not a sustainable state of affairs.
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/07/2026
celebrating the good parts of america today. if you don’t think there are any good parts, just look to all the stuff the fascists are desperate to stifle
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
GREAT SCOOP from @michaelscherer.bsky.social: National Park Service projects are now being defunded to cover President Trump’s Washington renovation spree. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A White House Makeover, Brought to You by Struggling National Parks
Park projects are being defunded to cover President Trump’s Washington renovation spree.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Chef's kiss, salute, tears, all of it
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Not all who wander are lost.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Peter Thiel, everybody
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The vote to overturn Roe entirely was 5-4. Kavanaugh was one of the five, and the court might not have even taken up the case if he wasn’t on it.
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
And some ferns from yesterday morning. They had a little dew from the early mist :) #woodlandphotography #Berkhamsted
A line of ferns seen from one end, focused a little way down with out of focus on either side. Some light bokeh circles from water droplets.
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Caitlin Sainio @caitlinsainio.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
i am sure this data will stay safely contained within the company
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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
L to R: Chris Richards: biracial kid from Alabama who speaks about black history and has tattoos of MLK, Ali, and Obama Sergiño Dest: Dutch-Surinamese, emigrated to Brooklyn as a kid, naturalized Fola Balogun: born in Brooklyn to vacationing parents, raised in UK but CHOOSES to play for USA
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Bob Jenkins @bobjenkins1930.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
There is nothing wrong with the reflecting pool. It was simply shaking too many hands.
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Caitlin Sainio @caitlinsainio.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Just a bit outside!
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries.” | Current Affairs www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-elo...
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How Elon Musk Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People
Former USAID global health official Nicholas Enrich explains the catastrophic human toll of DOGE's cuts to the agency.
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