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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 07/09/2026
20 years ago I was the 5497th person to sign up for twttr. Initially, I used it as a notes/reminder app via sms. But from 2008-2016 Twitter exploded and was a lot of fun. I met people, won plane and concert tickets, learned of bands and restaurants, etc. I miss how positive that site was back then.
I signed up for Twitter on Sept 7, 2006.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
From The Perfect Metaphors Dept: An ad promoting an academic conference discussing constitutional amendment is banned in the Meta universe, but [insert everything else] is perfectly fine.
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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
If you live in Texas they have cancelled 1.2 million voters’ registrations. Please check your registration. If you are told you aren’t registered at the voting site, ask for a provisional ballot. They can’t steal our right to vote. #BlueWave #ProudBlue#Vouces4Victory #OneV1 vote.gov
vote.gov
Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 29/08/2026
The funniest thing would be if Chicago's O'Hare airport, which is a much more significant airport than Palm Beach's, were renamed to Barack H. Obama International Airport. BHO is taken, but OOO/KOOO are available IATA/ICAO codes. @chicago-city.bsky.social? @mayorofchicago.bsky.social? #avgeek
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hormuz traffic vs. the 10-year yield is a great chart. 🔥 @bloomberg.com
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17/08/2026
While an all-electric commercial flight remains up in the air, Heart Aerospace's recent demonstration will help shape the development of the company's main offering to the airline industry—a 30-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner.
arstechnica.com
First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity
Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 14/08/2026
I knew about this flight but I did not realize they cut holes in the top of Concorde for the scientists instruments. #concorde #eclipse
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The Longest Solar Eclipse Ever
YouTube video by Primal Space
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 09/08/2026
"How to survive in a Louisiana swamp". unherd.com/2026/08/how-... #louisiana #cajun #nutria
unherd.com
How to survive in a Louisiana swamp
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
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Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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Jacob Gellman @jacobgellman.com · 04/08/2026
There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
oregonlive.com
As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions
Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/08/2026
On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
acteff.org
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The most satisfying—and deserved—ratio in human history.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/07/2026
Public media is powered by gifts of all sizes from people who believe in an independent press. Each new supporter makes us stronger. Swipe to see why people are taking action. If you already donated, thank you! If you haven’t yet given, please donate: n.pr/3SzxYze Thank you for your support.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 11/07/2026
I was wondering why I had so many #SkyTeam flights, but I had completely forgotten that Continental Airlines was in that alliance before the merger with United Airlines began in October 2009. Kudos to @myflightpath.club for providing tracking to this level of detail! #avgeek #continentalairlines
My flights by airline alliance over timeContinental Airlines transitioned from the SkyTeam alliance to Star Alliance in October 2009 as part of it's merger with United Airlines.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 09/07/2026
Damn Interesting is such a great site, worth supporting! www.damninteresting.com/a-possible-f... #DamnInteresting
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Donate to Keep Damn Interesting Alive and Thriving, organized by Alan Bellows
I'm Alan Bellows, founder of Damn Interesting, a publication featuring long-form… Alan Bellows needs your support for Keep Damn Interesting Alive and Thriving
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MyFlightPath.club @myflightpath.club · 08/07/2026
Want to share your flight map and diary with others, but worried about privacy? Now you can keep your future flights private 🔒 #myflightpath #flightlog #privacy #avgeek #aviation
A screenshot of MyFlightPath's privacy settings.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 06/07/2026
Good lord, this is bleak. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...
nytimes.com
‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In my day, $18 of Taco Bell was enough food to kill you.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
NEW from me: Americans are set to lose nearly $250B gambling this year—a record high, up more than 60% since 2019—and that's before counting unofficial betting via prediction markets or crypto Can anything stop America's gambling boom? 🧵
a graph of US gambling losses
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 02/07/2026
@troyteslike.bsky.social Please consider returning to posting on Bluesky.
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Eromancer @eromancer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote for a package of internet-freedom destroying bills is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th. Spread this beyond Bluesky, ASAP. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
eff.org
The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about p...
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 29/06/2026
Fascinating article (gift link) Claude (deontological) essentially has a different set of ethics than ChatGPT and Gemini (consequentialism). Also: "In 2024 ... 7% of those who had studied computer science were unemployed, against just 5.1% of philosophers."
economist.com
Why big AI labs are hiring so many philosophers
The technology presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher’s favourite kind
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 24/06/2026
Wow, @casciencecenter.bsky.social did a fantastic job with this exhibit! #SpaceShuttle #Endeavour
bsky.app
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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
So Will Cathcart is leaving WhatsApp and this is the new leader that Mark Zuckerberg has chosen.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/06/2026
In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it. Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/4mM2aS9
Austrospirachtha carrijoi, a species of rove beetle
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/06/2026
Though the carmaking industry’s centre of gravity has shifted to China, the stamp of America’s “Big Three” on Detroit endures. But can they stay relevant?
econ.st
America’s carmakers cannot escape Chinese EVs for ever
Can they stay relevant?
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Arrested Development @bluthquotes.lucille2.com · 17/06/2026
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 17/06/2026
Neat site! Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields (of the U.S.) airfields-freeman.com #aviation #avgeek
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 17/06/2026
Yet another brand retirement of an airline I've flown on.
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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
📣3D Mode is LIVE on Soar Atlas! 🌍 Explore 1M+ maps 3D 🛰️ View the latest satellite imagery in 3D 📍 Annotate with markers, text, and 3D models 🎥 Record fly-throughs and share discoveries All inside your browser: soaratlas.com Open any map → Click "View in 3D"
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Barchart @barchart.com · 11/06/2026
Warren Buffett Indicator hit an all-time high of 239% last week, the most expensive stock market valuation in history 🚨🚨
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/06/2026
Breaking: 20,000 people are calling on leadership at @theatlantic.com @nytimes.com @usatoday.com to be reasonable and let @archive.org preserve the news as it has for 30 years. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-06...
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20,000+ Call on The Atlantic, New York Times, and USA Today to keep the news in the WayBack Machine
Major news outlets cited theoretical AI concerns and ended 30 years of journalism preservation. The public is asking them to be reasonable. Over 20,000 people are calling on leadership at major news o...
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 06/06/2026
What is the largest source of electricity in each country? Coal generates one-third of the world’s electricity, more than any other source. But zoom into the country level, and the picture is much more varied.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 04/06/2026
Interesting thread!
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 04/06/2026
Books I've read in the last year: - Don Quixote (finally, after 20 years on the bookshelf) - The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, by Jon Gertner - Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age, by Michael Hiltzik - The Long Way Home, by Ed Dover
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 02/06/2026
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Kagi HQ @kagi.com · 01/06/2026
Since you pay for the service, Kagi makes money when you’re happy, not when you click on ads or share your data to be commodified. It's that simple.
Three social media posts on an orange background praising Kagi search. Gergely Orosz calls it "a paid search engine where you are the user and not the product sold to advertisers." David Vrensk recommends it for those who'd rather pay with their wallet than their "eyeballs, time and sanity." Viktor Glukozavr Kurochkin says he's used Kagi for almost a year and never looks back, preferring to pay a company directly over ad-driven ones.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 29/05/2026
Welcome @myflightpath.club to Bluesky! I love using MyFlightPath to log and map my past flights, track my total airlines, airports, aircraft, and routes, and to see a bunch of stats. Even better, the site is still being actively developed and new features are added fairly often. Check it out!
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Eric Berger @sciguyspace.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is remarkably bad for Blue Origin, and possibly even worse for NASA. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
arstechnica.com
The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
New Glenn was due to play a starring role in NASA's Artemis Program.
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 27/05/2026
@nickcalyx.bsky.social Is Calyx Institute on Bluesky?
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 27/05/2026
"When applied to essential services — particularly after roll-up acquisitions that eliminate competition — it creates something more troubling: a model that profits from degradation of the very services the public cannot opt out of."
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How Private Equity Bought America’s Essential Services | Rubbish Talk
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We have *never* before seen consumer sentiment this low.
Line chart titled "Consumer Sentiment just fell to a (new) all-time low" showing the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index from 1952 to May 2026. The index plummeted to 44.8 in May 2026, the lowest reading in the survey's 74-year history, falling sharply from 74.0 in December 2024. This marks three consecutive months of decline and drops below all previous crisis lows, including the June 2022 inflation surge low of 50.0 and the April 2020 pandemic low of 71.8, signaling an unprecedented collapse in consumer confidence.
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Kagi HQ @kagi.com · 22/05/2026
Yes! Also this tips blog might help: blog.kagi.com/tips
blog.kagi.com
Kagi Product Tips
Kagi Tips - Your guide to getting the full value out of your Kagi subscription.
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 21/05/2026
Electric car sales rose to new records in nearly 100 countries in 2025 – and close to 30% of all cars sold globally this year are set to be electric Battery price declines & policy responses to the current energy crisis can add to EVs' momentum More ➡️ iea.li/4wM7V7U
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 21/05/2026
The Gourds are playing another reunion show tonight at the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX! The show is being live-streamed on Shinyrib’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/JsZIrC4... #TheGourds #LiveMusic #Shinyribs #AustinTX
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The Gourds LIVE from the Paramount Theater
YouTube video by Shinyribs
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Electrek @electrek.co · 21/05/2026
In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026
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In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026
Wind and solar just hit a major global milestone: For the first time ever, they generated more electricity than gas for the full month of April. more…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...
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Cory Wright @corywright.org · 13/05/2026
Tell the @nytimes.com, @theathletic.com, and @usatoday.com to stop blocking @archive.org! savethearchive.com/newsleaders
savethearchive.com
Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Yael Grauer @yaelwrites.com · 06/05/2026
Super helpful post on how to turn off ad sharing and personalized ads in free ChatGPT plans, complete with instructions on clearing ad history and a ton of other privacy settings to tweak. I didn't even know about some of these. onlinesafety.substack.com/p/turn-off-c...
onlinesafety.substack.com
Turn Off ChatGPT’s New Ad Tracking
OpenAI just opted free ChatGPT users into ad tracking by default. Here's how to protect your privacy and turn it off, which everyone should do.
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