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Dirtdauber

@dirtdauber.bsky.social
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Scientist that gets to play with dirt that occasionally puts some random things on here.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
whenever we get close to seeing a systemic problem with policing, media rushes to frame it as a training problem. however, police culture is at the core of its mistreatment of victims and rape cases. policing is a tool of white supremacy AND *male* supremacy
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👻Calvinboo Congress👻 @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yall, ig is popping off. the girlies are doxxing every single admin they can find at cornell, plus the cornell 7 and their families. women are (correctly) going scorched earth.
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Dirtdauber @dirtdauber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've had cold since last night. I think I'm finally getting over it. Getting a cold sucks.
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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There‘s much to appreciate in Mamdani, but his insistence that culture isn’t a privilege of the rich is one of his strengths.It is reminiscent of how unions and the government treated it in the 1930s -art for the masses - paintings, music, opera, theater - democracy for all.
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GolgariGlenRoss @golgariglenross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other
People
Our disagreement is not merely political, but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society.
By Kayla Chadwick, Contributor
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
You absolutely cannot defeat a transphobe with even more transphobia. The only thing you do is alienate the most vulnerable members of your base and their allies while simultaneously demonstrating that your entire party is not to be trusted to defend anyone's rights.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Dirtdauber @dirtdauber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Time to start a 4 day weekend.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 03/09/2026
The first wave of Democratic candidates to understand that “The Supreme Court is a corrupt cesspool of pro-Trump reactionaries and there is only one way to fix it” is a winning message will become stars in a hurry
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
Democrats Who Are Still Afraid of Supreme Court Expansion Need to Grow Up
Democrats are finally grasping that their voters do not like the Supreme Court and do not want to be represented by politicians who defend it.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can't help but think of this hiker-rescue story I saw earlier today
The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on Al to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said Al recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats "take too long to digest."

"We relied too much on Al rather than our own critical thinking," the group told rangers.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This thing where normie Dems are like "stop talking about trans stuff," like it's a thought experiment, is so infuriating, bc this is what we're talking about. Real people, real lives, real targeting, real suffering of the sort that Serwer was talking about when he said "the cruelty is the point."
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026
Rice too.
yahoo.com
More Than 54,000 Pounds Of Jasmine Rice Have Been Recalled—What To Know
More than 54,000 pounds of Lundberg Family Farms jasmine white rice have been recalled in 12 states over possible foreign material contamination.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Lingerie icons!!!! 😭😭😭😭
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The story of Dolly giving Brigette Bandit a guitar is so cool: www.kxan.com/news/local/a...
kxan.com
Dolly Parton sends signed, bejeweled guitar to Austin drag performer Brigitte Bandit
The year ended on a high note for one local performer after unwrapping a gift sent from one queen to another.
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Roger Cormier @themetsnewsletter.com · 25/08/2026
Tweet from 2022 by Marlow Stern:

drunk guy just yelled “i love you” to dolly parton and she said “i love you too but i told you to wait in the trunk”
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Dirtdauber @dirtdauber.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yeah I’m done with today.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
National Day of Mourning immediately
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Dawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 19/08/2026
RT if you want immigration enforcement in every form to disappear tomorrow
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Dirtdauber @dirtdauber.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wow there is some really load thunder with this storm passing through.
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026
If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
how come *i* never get secret $6 million payments
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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 12/08/2026
I was shaking too much for a good picture but here is our beautiful sun and moon kissing
a total solar eclipse, with a diamond ring flaring at the lower right of the moon’s disk
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 10/08/2026
We told you this would happen. ♥️🕊️👍🏿
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you.
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🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
it is really fucking annoying how much my mood improves when I do a simple task I’ve been putting off for weeks. I will learn nothing from this
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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 01/08/2026
I have the same approach to LLMs/genAI that many people have to alcohol, gambling, or any other potential addiction they fear falling into, which is that I simply never picked it up. I have never looked at a ChatGPT interface. I have never visited the website. website? app? no idea. I never looked
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Want to buy 100 games for only a few dollars and also help support every video game worker who has been unfairly fired in the mass layoffs? kotaku.com/itchio-game-...
kotaku.com
Game Devs Put Together An Itch.io Bundle Of Over 100 Games With Proceeds Going To Help Laid-Off Colleagues - Kotaku
The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle contains over 100 games and will be on sale for the next two weeks
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 30/07/2026
dubiousculturalartifact on Tumblr: "The new Odyssey adaptation has inevitably gotten people talking about a Muppet version of it, and they're frequently suggesting Kermit as Odysseus, Miss Piggy as Penelope. 

I'm sorry but that's thinking way too small, hear me out: 

We need to have Miss Piggy as Odysseus, and Kermit as Penelope. 

Think about it... who's the more fickle, prideful, warlike one in that relationship? Who is absolutely ready to go ham, at a moment's notice?

 It ain't Kermit"

anyroads replies: "Miss Piggy tied to the mast while Statler and Waldorf heckle her from the sea"
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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Tbh, i think it's pretty reasonable to hate the party doing fascism and also hate the party who failed to stop fascism and is feckless in resisting it.
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Mummy Molly @mollymarie03.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Sigh. In two completely unrelated incidents, a tree fell on my house and now I need knee surgery. If you don’t mind, please share. Our life has been thrown into a level of chaos I honestly didn’t know was even possible.
gofundme.com
Donate to Help. A Tree Killed Our House and I Need Surgery, organized by Molly McMurtrey
Venmo and CashApp: @mollymarie03 July 18 Update: Still living in … Molly McMurtrey needs your support for Help. A Tree Killed Our House and I Need Surgery
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane 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.com
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/07/2026
this comparison leaves out a key point: the Edsel sold roughly twice the Cybertruck's volume at a time when the overall car market was just 6m units/year instead of the current 16m units/year that makes the Cybertruck the much, much bigger flop, hands down
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026
This dude used to be a logger? A literal lumberjack? And his sign says "Fight Oligarchy"? But I was told that the guy with the terrible tattoo was unique, a rare flower, never his like to be found. Huh.
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Dirtdauber @dirtdauber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
After a year and a half of telling us things are going to change, they are final going to tell us at the end of the month what's happening with our jobs at work.
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Dirtdauber @dirtdauber.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today is supposed to be hot here and it already sucks outside.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
From a Reddit forum, a photo of a can of coconut milk with a blue label, papyrus text and a flip-top, on a sidewalk.  It seems to hover because there's no visible shadow.  The pavement is sort of unevenly colored, with bright spots, and the grass along it is green and lush.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
consumerreports.org
Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports
Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.
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Dayna @whimsycalling.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's my right as an artist to put butts on everything and anything
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 12/07/2026
It always strikes me as weird that you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but our libel laws are structured in such a way that you can't speak honestly about people until after they have passed. Also, it's good to be reminded to live your life so that people will not celebrate your passing.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I love this so much
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