Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialKlaske Wijkstra 🌻🇪🇺 @keawijkstra.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026@michaelburchert.bsky.social Construction with rice waste. www.bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.comThe US produces millions of tonnes of rice waste each year. Now people are building homes with itA notoriously stubborn agricultural waste product, rice husk is now being repurposed as a sturdy and resilient construction material. 24916 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 151151796536 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026New strong candidate for best sentence of journalism in 2026 just dropped in this wild Kimberly Guilfoyle story from WSJ “‘Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,’ she texted [Eric] Deters, adding a prayer hands emoji and a PDF with bill payment instructions from American Express.”wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Pay Her $100,000 Amex BillText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 29909280 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Not my elder millennial ass getting emotional at 8:30 am watching this 371699129 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The last time I thought the best new show of the fall was a broadcast drama, the year probably had two zeroes in the middle of it (and it might have been "The Good Wife"). Meet "Cupertino." [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/a...nytimes.com‘Cupertino’ Review: The People v. A.I. (Gift Article)Robert and Michelle King have taken on law, politics and religion. Their delightful new legal drama suggests that tech might be the final boss. 213521 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialManohla Darkness @manohladargis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026gift link 🎁 How to Destroy a Reputation in Hollywood, as Told in 5 Women’s Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/n...nytimes.comHow to Destroy a Reputation in Hollywood, as Told in 5 Women’s Lawsuits (Gift Article)Five women have said they were the targets of malicious public relations campaigns that were spearheaded by three influential players. 46237 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571832059 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m seeing a new allergist-immunologist and today he brought up this study about how much Astepro nasal spray, which I use daily, appears to decrease the likelihood of COVID, flu, RSV, etc. I have barely gotten a cold since I started using it but had no idea why. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comAzelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 InfectionsThis randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens. 1536069 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030981088 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 381378576 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The full trailer for You Can See Everything is out today. And my first thought is that it should be required that Nathan Fielder film for 48 hrs at every tech CEO’s home. 411620283 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 21522361 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 163169514746 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6968493723 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 15/09/2026Bud …. Sally fields TOUGH!!!! 😤 25954126 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialjab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026gonna take a million breaks today to watch jimmy james clipsyoutube.comNewsRadio - The Rockford Files ReferenceYouTube video by Dave Land 1616711 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialChristian Dawson @zeroand09.com · 14/09/2026My mom is in serious danger of losing her home. I intend to keep that from happening. So, I'll draw custom art, she'll get the money, and everyone is happy. PLEASE SHARE ko-fi.com/c/e91f68d1adko-fi.com$50 Emergency CommissionsCommission available on Ko-fi.com 14443 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026When shit feels bad, remember that WE ARE CURING CANCERRRR 62105695 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here's an oral history of maybe the most venerated front page of The Onion of all time. You'll get the 9/11 edition along with this month's paper in the mail in a couple of weeks.melmagazine.comAn Oral History of The Onion’s 9/11 IssueImmediately after 9/11, humorists struggled with what many called ‘the death of irony.’ Then ‘The Onion’ returned and showed everyone the way 12835116 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I spent 2 weeks in Vegas contemplating the '95 Source Awards as Chekhov's Gun, haunted by gruesome autopsy photos & the still-breathing ghosts of Suge and Puff & trying not to go insane from the conspiracy theories. This is the story of 2Pac's murder trial www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...hollywoodreporter.comTupac’s Murder Finally Has a Guilty Verdict. But the Mystery Isn’t OverAfter 30 years of botched police work, gangland betrayals and conspiracy theories, a Las Vegas jury convicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis of Hip Hop's most haunting killing. THR's Jeff Weiss spent two weeks... 13517 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Rest in peace to the inimitable Wendell Berry 13811189 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: 1521469010150 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialCaryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 26/08/2026PBS has a Dolly Parton documentary available right now: pbs.org/video/dolly-...pbs.orgDolly Parton: Here I AmJoin the living legend for a musical journey through the people and places that shaped her career. 1370155 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026 1553669 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026Dolly loved and mothered all of us who were told by our towns we were too fallen for loving and mothering. The queer. The slutty. The barren. “I know, honey. Just let it out.” —— I’ll leave you this. Dolly (and Linda and Emmylou) loving and mothering the wayward son. youtu.be/wWEQDyrbphE?...youtu.beDolly Parton Linda Ronstadt Emmylou Harris - The Sweetest GiftYouTube video by littlesparrow185 182847297 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialMalice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026immediately had to search for the video of Dolly and Patti singing Shortnin’ Bread while keeping the rhythm with their acrylic nails youtu.be/AOxsQNVOhroyoutu.beDolly Parton & Patti LaBelle play 'Shortnin' Bread' on their Acrylic NailsYouTube video by Happy Mag 172130587 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialMichael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 21/08/2026My protégé, Robert Wagner the Younger, made a video for More Perfect Union about how the economics of professional baseball actually work. I'm in it. If your dad kicks off with some dumb shit about the Dodgers ruining baseball send him this.youtu.beCould There Be No Baseball Games Next Year? These Owners Are Betting On It.YouTube video by More Perfect Union 2269 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialAmrk @amrk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I googled her name and she’s a health policy researcher who writes think tank reports about gambling harms, we have found the patron saint of UK Bluesky 604602720 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 594165437122 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is a good and useful thread, thanks for sharing. Physical activity helps for me (running, lifting, even yoga sometimes), but everybody is different. Being self aware enough to think about your thinking (and be aware when you’re on a slipping path) is so, so important. It’s saved my life too! 36710 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialMatt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is a fantastic overview of the Kansas Supreme Court, its new justices, & how it might rule in several upcoming, important decisions, as well as in the next flurry of gerrymandering cases likely coming to the court in the next several years. Thanks, @boltsmag.org! boltsmag.org/kansas-supre...boltsmag.orgA Ballot Measure’s Defeat, and New Judicial Appointments, Foil Kansas Conservatives - BoltsKansans refuse to shake up their state supreme court, which has protected abortion rights and where a majority more amenable to voting rights cases may be emerging. 12810 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026NEW: We’ve spent a year tracking ICE’s massive expansion of detention for people with years-long ties to the U.S. It has strained courts, wrecked lives and been widely deemed illegal. Our report, based on interviews with judges, detainees and attorneys: www.politico.com/news/2026/08... 141353648 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialmike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026i can’t state this enough: wait for the end 2224644 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialRyan Jung @turbodonkey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I think about this a lot.youtu.beJohn Oliver almost broke his nose during Daily Show skitYouTube video by The Buenos Aires Archive 1664 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialBlue Space and Gravity couple’s costume 🎃 @newstraveler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026They’re married now! Perhaps everyone on Bluesky already knows this; if the reader isn’t, then they get to be one of today’s lucky 10,000. www.inverse.com/input/cultur...inverse.comThe adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photosNearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told. 332266 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Let’s have a dudes rock weekend everybody School starts Monday 2364 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126197998 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/07/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. That’s it. 4638691180 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG 24886632482 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor... 404100215950 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialMorgan Thompson @morgankthomp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Woah, this is huge news: most ovarian cancer begins in the fallopian tubes, which can be removed (if patient desires) during other abdominal surgeries. Ovarian cancer has vague symptoms and often isn’t diagnosed until late stage with low survival rates. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...nytimes.comThere’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent. 616462 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialandré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026[extremely dudes rock voice] dudes rock 0243 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026NEW: I dug into the court documents in the case of Andrea Shaw, the Idaho mother charged with killing her toddlers. Shaw insists they died following a set of vaccinations. I looked at how the anti-vaccine movement insinuated itself into this case and her life. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comShe's charged with killing her twins. The anti-vaccine movement made her a martyr.Andrea Shaw is charged with suffocating her toddlers. Children's Health Defense says it was the vaccines. 12727223 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Dudes rock 331627382 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026dudes rock 14310 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health. 16275162809 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 23/07/2026NEW: Madison Square Garden's sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners recently made a major exception -- for Taylor Swift. Scoop from @noahshachtman.bsky.social. Free for everyone to read, because James Dolan doesn't want you to:wired.comFor Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went DarkMSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner. 9343142 0
Reposted by @darlingk.bsky.socialRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/07/2026this should be SNL's entire 2026-27 season, just airing this nonstop 24905132 0
