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Frogbat

@dr-frogbat.bsky.social
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Dad, scientist, nut. Navigating an increasingly crazy world and trying to leave it better than I found it.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/09/2026
You may have seen a few familiar MAGA faces distance themselves from Trump this past week. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Peter Thiel. Sen. John Kennedy. But hold your applause for now, because their courage just happened to show up when the cost of speaking out got cheap. (link below)
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dubya seriously hurt US credibility with two botched wars and the biggest economic crisis since 1929. MAGA has reduced it to zero. Trump is a symptom - a pustule not the plague. This is now recognized by most allies, and they are adjusting to build a world order with less reliance on the USA.
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Aviendha69 🦋🍁 🇨🇦 | ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂ @aviendha69.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Forensic pathologist Darin Wolfe says that he only finds water in the lungs in about 5% of the drowning autopsies he does.
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Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God this is so smart @sarahkendzior.bsky.social An example of how white supremacy works in such hidden, nefarious ways
One reason Trump’s backers strenuously opposed diversity in newsrooms is because it made the reporter more likely to be removed from elite, nepotistic circles — and potentially harder to control. The demand for insularity is what motivated mass firings of Black journalists prior to and after Trump’s reinstallation. “Access journalism” is not about the journalist having access to the regime, but the regime having longtime access to the journalist. It is a common prerequisite in mafia states.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/09/2026
Please read this article on the massive weirdos who are largely running the massively powerful and big-money AI industry in the U.S. today.
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why does AI Vance seem much more human, sincere, and relatable than the real one?
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I 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.🤷🏽‍♀️
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything!
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The taxidermist did a fantastic job.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is Pete Hegseth's spiritual mentor and his wife talking about child rearing. It's shows a common attitude among conservative christians and it's got a lot to do with why they are such fucked up assholes. Content warning for child abuse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5lu...
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How not to raise your child
YouTube video by danasinspired
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is a good example of how you need quite a lot of detail of how these systems *actually* work to understand what the risks are, and how over-indexing on sci-fi can lead you a bit astray on what the future looks like
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To whomever hacked the RNC Midterm Election website to redirect to the Justice Department's Epstein files site.... You are the wind beneath my wings. Go here before they fix it: www.gopdallas2026.com
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Unfortunately, when everyone but you is wrong, it is still a you problem
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hey I'm not actually done talking about Dolly Parton. 🧵 Specifically I want to talk about her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in 1980 (not the soundtrack to the film 9 to 5, that's a different thing). The whole album is about work, with most of the songs focused on a different type of worker.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Terry Gross: Did you ever go to one of the midnight screenings [of Rocky Horror] back in the '70s and watch the movie with the people who were reciting along?

Tim Curry: [The first time] I had to call the theater because you could never get in. I said, 'I'm in it, and I'd really love to come and see it and get an eyeful.' And the operator said, 'You're the third Tim Curry to call this week.'
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Russia has no plans to invade: Moldova.. Ok. But not Georgia Ok but not Ukraine. Ok, Just Crimea Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia Ok, all of Ukraine But not NATO…
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's Time For The Left To Have A Conversation That Has Already Happened Multiple Times But I Didn't Care Then
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Medical Advice
How to survive the global heatwave 
Stay hydrated 
Treat yourself to an ice cream 
Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class
Loose fitting clothing
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I can see how nearly dying could make a person think hard about how they want to spend the rest of their life and so be the thing that tips the scales in favor of transition but the moose detail makes this absolutely epic. Only thing that would have been better is if it was a beaver.
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Perfect job for AI. It's obvious they are looking for confidently stated bullshit that confirms their biases, exactly what AI is good at. Truth is clearly not the point so there's no downside.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two security researchers shipped me a pink plastic kid's smartwatch from Amazon. When I wore it, they tracked my movements, surreptitiously took photos of me, even listened to my conversations. The same backend they hacked is used by 30+ watch brands for kids. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's vital to understand that the conservative obsession with calling their political adversaries groomers, rapists and pedophiles while simultaneously protecting sexual offenders in their own party isn't a contradiction, but the result of an ideology that views rape as a crime of property damage.
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ECP @ecppdx.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
omg I found the picture ❤️
An image of The Villeneuve Scale of Air Pollution (aka the Milleneuve)

Arrival
< 100 milleneuves
(normal particulate levels)

Prisoners
200 milleneuves
(chimney smoke and rage)

Sicario
300 milleneuves
(gunsmoke and drugs maybe?)

Enemy
600 milleneuves
(C'mon, Toronto, you used to be cool)

Dune
750 milleneuves
(stillsuits are a must!)

Blade Runner 2049
900 milleneuves
(omg why are you even outside, Ryan Gosling??)

[each entry has a still from the film showing the sky color, from clear to deep orange]
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Peter Thiel of all people called Uber the most unethical company in Silicon Valley. From what I have seen I think he’s right.
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Voilà
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm getting some unhinged reactions to this piece, from people mad that I suggested McConnell is afraid of dying, which is apparently giving him too human a motivation. I get that he sucks, but if we start thinking our opponents aren't human, that will backfire. www.salon.com/2026/08/03/m...
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Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate
The likeliest reason for the Kentucky senator's ruse is also the most pathetic
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mrtoads.bsky.social @mrtoads.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“Glibertarian concerned that world he helped create stubbornly refuses to match Ayn Rand’s prescription..”
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One of the few good uses for the surveillance economy would be tracking down the people doing this kind of thing and making it easy to block anything at all connected to them across all platforms. Not just blocking accounts, blocking people. The technology exists.
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 03/08/2026
I'm going to alienate some people now. Abortion is a critical part of gynecological care. Full stop. Hormonal birth control is used by many individuals simply to regulate difficult menstrual cycles. Legislators who don't understand the minutiae of reproductive biology should SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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Frogbat @dr-frogbat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If she’s not paid by fossil fuel lobbyists yet, she soon will be. She’s way too useful to them to just let her be without amplifying her nutty ideas.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I had my car broken into and laptop stolen in front of a police station in San Francisco and when I walked in to report the crime the officer on duty asked what I wanted him to do about it
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I AM A DEMOCRAT💙💙💙 @joessy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sam Altman
@sama •7h
cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Chemist Stephanie Kwolek was born #OTD in 1923. She invented Kevlar, used in high-strength / low-weight applications like body armor and airplane parts. She also invented the Nylon Rope Trick demo! 🧪 👩‍🔬 Images: DuPont/Stephanie Kwolek
Black and white photo of Stephanie Kwolek standing in front of a microscope. She wears a dark jacket and striped blouse, with a lapel pin that looks like an umbrella. Her dark hair is worn in a short bob and she is looking at the camera.
Color photo of Stephanie Kwolek. She wears a blouse with a batik patter. Her hair is still in a short bob but is more gray than the previous photo. Kwolek wears large, yellow rubber gloves and is holding a large pipette full of milky white fluid up to the camera.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
One of the worst things about the Senate’s attempted Fauci show trial is how the supposed evidence against him is early in COVID he considered multiple hypotheses, then increasingly ruled some unlikely as evidence came in. The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/07/2026
Missed payments. Slashed staffing. Broken security. A patient who froze to death on the roof of a hospital. Inside American Healthcare System, the for-profit healthcare company driving hospitals around the country to financial chaos.
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