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Quite, thoughtful scientist who loves to paint and garden

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 38m
Get ready to vote early next week. 9 more states start voting next week. Looking at you, California voters, among many others. Voting has already started in 5 states. Check here to see when voting in your state starts for the midterm. 🗳️https://ballotpedia.org/Early_voting_dates,_2026
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Go Vote Early: Election Reminder
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 29/09/2026
Christian Nationalism is growing in America. It's a movement that endangers our democracy and threatens the separation of church and state. One simple act to stop its spread? Vote. Learn more ➡️ ffrf.us/3VB1eXW
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 7h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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Gary Rogers 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦⚛️🎨🖌️ @garyrogersartist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The root of all evil...
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Gary Rogers 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦⚛️🎨🖌️ @garyrogersartist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/09/2026
"We really want people talking about how I spent years harassing a woman over a couple thousand dollars in medical debt before she was arrested" - Sitting US Senator
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On the subject of I’m a person and I need money, but also woo, art, smashing! I do still have lots of pylons in my shop. www.chloecumming.com/inkwater
Rusty reddy dark pylonLeaning ink pylon with watercolour, browns and greens Two small staccato pylons on a green hill with pink in the sky Windswept pylon in golden autumnal place
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI is not uniquely creative, unlike humans. I keep coming back to this. The tech bros can’t see the forest for the trees.
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 28/09/2026
#ScienceSky 🧪When you upload the data to Claude or ChatGPT or Gemini, or any of the usual solution extraction tools, it will keep that data. And the company will "steal" your discoveries.
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The More You Know Shooting Star Meme
Alt: The More You Know Shooting Star Meme
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AAU @aau.edu · 28/09/2026
Most major scientific and medical advances began with federally funded basic research. Tonight, the Golden Goose Award will honor scientists whose fundamental, curiosity-driven research led to unexpected breakthroughs.
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Golden Goose Award a Reminder That Federally Funded Basic Research…
These examples of past Golden Goose Award stories help demonstrate why curiosity-driven basic research matters, even when its value is not at first…
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@SpokaneTom @spokanetom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s going to be another buckle up kind of week, with lots of lawsuits and legal issues in motion. Here’s what I’m watching and why it matters: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
September 27, 2026
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rph13.bsky.social @rph13.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1962: Rachel Carson's groundbreaking book 'Silent Spring' was published. This work highlighted the environmental damage caused by pesticides, particularly DDT, and is often credited with launching the modern environmental movement.
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 27/09/2026
Commentary: Donald Trump, the most corrupt president in American history has been preparing his entire life to co-opt the government for personal gain. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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How Trump Became Mob Boss of the United States
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in United States history. He's been preparing to use the government for self-enrichment his entire life.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He has to pay back his BigOil & BigGas donors somehow. And unfortunately, that means we’re paying for it. THE BILLION DOLLAR DEAL: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Bought the Trump Administration, Cashed In, and Left Americans to Pay the Price
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The nefarious plan of “providing services which enrich the lives of their constituents using tax dollars”
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Wg @wgood4.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Maybe it’s my simple mind but how in the world do we expect that online betting would have a positive impact for society? I’ll wait….💭. As humans we create some of the craziest things for the sake of $ then have all these issues and wonder how it all happened! Up next AI!
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s another breakdown of the data
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did you know that producing one pound of beef is 25-50x worse for climate change than burning a pound of coal? In fact, it’s one of the most polluting things we can consume. And grass-fed beef is usually *even worse* — thanks to its much higher land use and methane emissions.
Bar chart showing greenhouse gas emissions for different food items. Beef is the worst, by far.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are winning races in districts Trump won by 18, 19 — even 20 points. If districts that red are now in play, the GOP is in deep trouble. The midterms are our chance to stop Trump in his tracks. Organize. Volunteer. Donate. Vote. 💙 #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“In 38 days, we have one last chance to get this right—to constrain the madness of King Donald, hasten the end of the MAGA sickness and reassert our values. “It’s up to all of us—we, the people—to get this done.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...
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This Can’t Go On for Two More Years
Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.
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NachoManSandyCabbage @treebeerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hi, I'm Kelly Williams and I draw comics. I'm not famous but I am currently looking for new gigs.
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Claire Ingelow @claireingelow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
City Blocks #AoFoto
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Clear Spies 🪬 @clearspies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is there a way for Meidas to get reporters, or recruit local reporters, to these press events to ask Republicans these questions? We know you'd ask them.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hurting the president’s feelings isn’t a national security threat Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Americans paid and are still paying for the MAGA regime’s destructive trade war tariffs whilst the orange felon, his MAGA loyalists, fascist republicans in office, billion dollar corporations and their multi-millionaire executives received the actual dividend/refund/kickback.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Blueskiers, if you live in one of these 12 states, want to end Republican’s mismanagement of America, and preserve our Democracy, these are the key candidates you should support & vote for!!! 🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Gary Rogers 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦⚛️🎨🖌️ @garyrogersartist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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D-Cym @d-cym.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump voters are being played. There is no deal. There aren't even discussions for a deal. Trump just wants people to believe there will be a deal when they go to vote in the midterms.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Concessions don’t work. That’s why the State AGs need to take their case to trial. They've got the Ellisons on the ropes. Protect consumers and workers. Block the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Sign the Petition! noparamountconcessions.com
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#BlockTheMerger
Twelve state attorneys general sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Concessions don’t protect workers, consumers or creators. Tell the AGs to hold strong and take it to trial. SIGN THE P...
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
We are ALL gonna have inconsistent politics. All of us. Either from simple ignorance or just the hypocrisy of being human. But you cannot be better than in seeking to become better. And that is where integrity lies. It’s fidelity to the journey of being better everyday.
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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Enormously grateful to have sold 3 paintings this week.
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