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Douglas Scofield

@dgscofield.bsky.social
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Research bioinformatician @ Uppsala University, evolutionary biologist, plants, fungi, math, stats, history, bibliovore, 🇸🇪/🇺🇸 orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6461

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is truly amazing—RFK Jr openly, gladly, joyfully telling people that under his leadership of the US health system, actual public health expertise, training, & experience is no longer needed. All that’s needed to lead the US health agencies is a past history of being a right wing blogger!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had someone tell me this once, to which I reminded them that there are *hours* of any genre of music online and the best thing that can happen is stumbling upon the channel of a 20 year old from Warsaw who will show you a playlist that will melt your face. That cannot be simulated
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...
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Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's ALL grift. Apparently @adamscochran.bsky.social isn't currently active here but over on Twitter, he posted a chain revealing a recent rush for .si domain names prior to "Super Intelligence". And .si is ... Slovakia. Melania's country. twitter.com/adamscochran...
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Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) on X
1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si domain names before his Truth Social posts.
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey Google this “Super Intelligence” thing? “Gulf of America” and “Lake America” are the same weak b.s. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If “irreparable harm” means anything, it means being sent to a country you’ve never seen, where you may well be imprisoned, tortured, or killed, under a policy that (the cert grant implicitly acknowledges!) may well be illegal
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is but a glimpse of why MAHA is not about making Americans healthy. It’s about funneling money to people who are already wealthy and who prey upon others with pie in the sky bullshit.
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Raven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm probably going to get muted or blocked for this, but as a fellow science communicator, using AI-generated imagery/text is really a bad look all around. It not only steals from your fellow scientists because it's all trained on stolen data, it also makes up fake science.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is absolutely correct, but I worry that "truth and reconciliation" will sound too foreign to Americans who have long been allergic to truth and/or reconciliation. I'd just say "we're finally going to hold people who broke the law and violated the Constitution accountable for their crimes"
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just finished Paulina Borshook's "Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech", published in 2000 and understandably back in print. Highly recommended! I was in tech for a decade back in these days and unreservedly support her conclusions.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Send this to every university President in the country.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
25 y ago I met someone in offshore betting, the only online betting then available from the US. The blithe indifference to the fact that people regularly lost everything chilled me to the bone. Your speedy ruin is their fast gain. Never ever trust these apps. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Joel Tenney is an Iowa pastor who gave the invocation for a Trump rally there in 2023. He's been to Mar-a-Lago and campaigned this summer with IA GOP gubernatorial Zach Lahn. He's got pics of himself with Trump and Vance. Oh, and also, he's an antisemitic white nationalist Holocaust denying Nazi.
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Standing by the man who stood by his promises! It was such a great honor to pray over The Greatest President of my life time. Believing for 4more yrs! I will be opening the Coralville lowa Rally in prayer before The President Speaks, on Dec 13th @ 6pml hope to see you all there!
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Zach Lahn for Governor, Had the honor to march with this lowan Patriot in the fairfax parade today!... moreDid you know that Auschwitz had a swimming pool, dentist, hospital just for inmates. swimming pool, theater, orchestra, sports fields, and soccer team
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Is that Rolfe from Sound of Music?
Because that sure is a young Nazi if I ever saw one.
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“We analyzed 7000 records of learning bouts across wild orangutans’ 8-year dependency period. Social learning was 5x more frequent than individual learning. Immature orangutans with heightened learning propensities developed most expansive diet profiles at independence.” @revathe.bsky.social et al🧪👇
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How 8 years of social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans
Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WeekendReading: Yan et al. on the bad, terrible, not-good-at-all future projections for reef dissolution into the rest of the 21st century. (Have I mentioned it's not looking good?) 🧪🌊 Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi…
Anthropogenic reversal of Quaternary coral reef carbon fluxes. (a) During interglacial periods, enhanced carbonate production caused coral reefs to function as atmospheric CO2 sources. (b) During glacial periods, subaerial weathering of exposed reef carbonate consumed atmospheric CO2, causing reefs to function as carbon sinks. (c) Under high-emission scenarios, ocean acidification is projected to shift reefs toward net sediment dissolution by 2100. As sediment dissolution surpasses coral calcification, reefs transition from carbonate-producing CO2 sources to weak atmospheric CO2 sinks, but only at the cost of substantial framework degradation.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.
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How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
And how they might have helped save the future of American apples
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Cnidarian developmental mechanisms group @clytia-vlfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Evidence collected by successive lab members over many years that neural cells in the Clytia larva have two origins: From 'i-cells' located in endoderm and by delamination of the gastrula ectoderm. doi.org/10.1242/dev.... @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @annaferraioli.bsky.social
The two proposed neurogenesis pathways during Clytia larval development
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Having swallowed all the data in the world, AI companies now think themselves "data-starved" - book destruction, Navier-Stokes, examples not yet exposed. We cannot ever trust that self-produced Terms & Conditions place boundaries on what they will do with our data or what they will do to find more.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s scary to think about how, in ~10 years, some unknown but small number of children are going to start having trouble thinking, then losing motor function, then being unable to to swallow or breathe, and then they will die. All because their parents didn’t vaccinate them against measles.
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sandraduharcourt.bsky.social @sandraduharcourt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very happy to see our Nature Reviews Genetics article on programmed DNA elimination across eukaryotes out! A fantastic collective effort with an amazing group of colleagues, born from inspiring discussions at the Fondation des Treilles. rdcu.be/tmvKgsPZNhBa @laurarossevo.bsky.social
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Claire G. Griffin @polargriffin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gettting rid of protections for 94% of wetlands and 1/3 of streams and rivers (especially out West). "Relatively permanent" as a rule from the Supreme Court is ambiguous and essentially meaningless - some of the most important ecologically waters dry up seasonally! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.
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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It is asinine to say you need to use an opaque algorithm you have no control of to do something you were absolutely able to do three years ago. And that's before we even consider theft and ethical implications
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
went to see The Odyssey on IMAX with the family. Ironic that in a relatively small country like Sweden, the only spot before the movie that used AI was for Coca-Cola. The wealthiest of all the companies included, and one which used to be most known for quality of its advertisements. Shameful.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
White supremacy in action www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Slavery exhibit swapped overnight at Philadelphia’s Independence Park
The National Park Service replaced panels that discussed the horrors of slavery and George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
# youtube_nusic: ~l.5h runtine # 113,879 hours of youtube_rusic 12,287 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics 16,843 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics_for genius_hg: -1.3h runting 17,615 hours of genius_hq 41, 544 hours of genius_hq lyrics 17,387 hours of genius ha_lyrics_ foreign freesound: -B.2h runting 410 hours of freesound # insip: -B.2h runtine 19,514 hours of insip # jamendo: ~B.1h runtine 3,726 hours of janendo * ponds_music: ~1.1h runtine # 62,117 hours of ponds_music # deezer: -8. 5h runtine 12,287 hours of deezer 10,175 hours of deezer_lyrics 6,699 hours of deezer_lyrics_foreign * ytn_tagged: ~2h runtine # 152,162 hours of ytn_ tagged # musescore: -B.1h runtine 183 hours of nusescore_lyrics
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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Nothing like an explosive diarrhea-causing parasite to remind us of the importance of a functional public health apparatus--and of course, the value of a robust surveillance network for pathogens. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):
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Why Do We Need Explosive Diarrhea to Remind Us Public Health Matters?
This week, public health detectives in Michigan got their first big lead in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the state amid a broader national surge. Initial eviden...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/07/2026
"The reach of Chinese authorities has become so extensive, and the costs Beijing bears for detaining foreign citizens and operating beyond its borders have become so low, that cases like Min Zin’s are now the norm, even for U.S. citizens." www.worldpoliticsreview.com/china-transn...
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China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence
The arrest of a U.S. scholar highlights Beijing’s expanding campaign of transnational repression and Washington’s muted response to an increasingly global threat.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/07/2026
"President Donald Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have amassed a portfolio of defense technology start-ups that are benefiting from new Pentagon priorities and spending" giving the family a direct interest in US security policy new reporting from @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3R5InT7
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Trump’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in
Most investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have taken place since their father’s reelection.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/07/2026
Seriously, just read the full piece. It's short, it's bullet points — and unlike RFK Jr's HHS, it'll tell you about the treatment that's effective against Cyclosporiasis — and even where, if you're so inclined, you can buy it tonight www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...
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Cyclosporiasis Is Here: How to Protect Yourself | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Cyclospora infection is often asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur, illness is characterized by anorexia, nausea, flatulence, fatigue, abdo
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP SAM NEILL (1947-2026) Fine Actor, lovely person.
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
How silly is Meta's AI technology? I'm currently in Budapest, Hungary (family), and I run, so Facebook decided to include in my feed something from the Budapest Park Run. In Toronto. And nothing actually useful to a runner here. Very smart 👍
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/07/2026
🚨 The data is finally in for the first quarter of the year, and it's not looking good... Global ocean heat content just set another new record high! Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Line graph time series of global ocean heat content for the 0-2000 m layer for 3-month averages, yearly averages, and five years averages from the late 1950s to 2026. There is a long-term warming trend. The baseline is 1955-2006 for the zero reference to calculate the anomalies.
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just a(nother) reminder that if using an LLM to 'improve' your academic writing it is - in fact - no longer your writing. If you then put your name at the top of the paper you are doing something unethical. Sure, some academics are unethical already. But do you really want to be like them?
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“His most recent piece for the student paper, which was published last month, criticized what he described as discriminatory hiring practices in academia biased against white men” well knock me over with a feather
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Some people are upset about the overhaul of Hungary's M1. Years and years of hearing, "You are good, *they* are bad, hate *them*" causes withdrawal, like from a drug. Lessons for the US, and others, with large populations in the thrall of Rubert Murdoch's poisonous machines.
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hungary's M1 was the TV channel most in Órban's control. Only positive on Órban's government, only negative on opponent Magyár prior to the election. Tuesday it was shut down, broadcasting "Public media cannot lie. We apologise for having done so for years." dailynewshungary.com/m1-returns-h...
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M1 returns with banned Hungarian classic after unprecedented blackout and apology for years of 'lying'
Historic scenes on Hungarian television: after an unprecedented blackout and an apology for years of "lying", M1 returned to air with one of Hungary's most famous banned films:
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I assumed everyone knew this was predicted to occur when they sacked 50% of the NOAA staff and started canceling weather balloons that collect data last year; but if not. 👇
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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately
Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/07/2026
Half of the Declaration of Independence is a list of 27 specific grievances lodged against King George III and his regime. 250 years later, many of these grievances apply to the reign of Donald Trump.
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Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I got 7/10 and 7/10, and humbled
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Lara Schwartz @laraschwartz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Windfall: noun. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or financial gain. Trump's crypto gain isn't an unexpected good fortune. It's a grift.
NYT: "Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents
President Trump’s earnings in office are at a level once unimaginable for any leader of a liberal democracy, particularly a sitting American president." 

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 02/07/2026
Listen. I spent more than a decade as a theatrical technician, rigging stages, hanging lights, flying scenery, etc. The number of times I have dropped anything on a stage with performers on it is zero. The number of times I’ve dropped something that might’ve killed someone is zero. This is major.
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Lots of people bike as their primary transportation in the winter, myself included! And clear bike lanes are *critical* then, since cars aren’t paying as much attention to cyclists, and fall risks are higher. Infrastructure should be safe and maintained to use year round for those who need it
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Trump’s profiteering in office was once unimaginable in a democracy, particularly by a sitting American president. The Trump family’s earnings move him into an echelon of enrichment more associated with strongmen in Russia and Turkey. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w...
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Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents
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