Reposted by Sarah DwyerFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 9hThe US Department of Justice will not reopen its criminal probe of Jay Powell over the Federal Reserve’s $2.5bn renovation project, after an investigation by the central bank’s watchdog cleared the former chair of criminal wrongdoing. ft.trib.al/X3hfP3B 13511
Reposted by Sarah DwyerAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15hOne pattern I see repeatedly in my research into complicity is the conflict of interest involved between the public and private sector in many contexts. I have to wonder if there is such an issue with regard to the Tompkins Cty prosecutor’s office and Cornell 1/ 1130372
Reposted by Sarah DwyerWilliam Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 16hPalantir’s AI for healthcare is doing what now? “linked the requests to the wrong patient profiles, listed tests or scans that didn’t match the orders, or made up personal details about patients.” www.wired.com/story/health... 0104
Reposted by Sarah DwyerAdam @adam35.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Driving 3.5 hours just to dial a 703 area code and hang up after saying “Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne.” 1242
Sarah Dwyer @dwyara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Second time in a week someone in nyc has looked to me for directions (and yes I knew where they should go) but does this face look like it knows where it's going? Yes, no, maybe so 040
Reposted by Sarah DwyerThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/10/2026The Geran-5 jet-powered drone is Russia's latest attempt to destroy civilian life in Kyiv and force Ukraine to capitulate, as Russian offensives stall and Moscow's forces lose ground on the battlefield.kyivindependent.comUkraine's interceptor tech outpaced by Russia’s jet-powered Geran-5 dronesThe jet-black Russian munition slammed into the Presidium building of Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, an iconic Tsarist-era structure right in the center of Kyiv, setting the building on fire.... 414650
Reposted by Sarah DwyerRewiring America @rewiringamerica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“I get to wake up in the morning and look over my panels while I drink coffee, knowing that free electricity is powering my life.” Here’s how one homeowner in the Midwest picked and set up his solar panels: lifehacker.com/home/how-to-...lifehacker.comHow I Installed DIY Solar Power and Started Running My House on BatteriesWith electricity rates rising and a new data center being built a few miles from my front door, Nick Indge decided it was time to jump in the deep end and install solar power. If you've considered mak... 0174
Reposted by Sarah DwyerPuget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🩶🐥🩶 Thu, Oct 1 The newest cutie in the Bigg's orca population, their family, & T137s continued their inland Puget Sound stay yesterday. Little one continues traveling w/Tierna (T036A1), but official ID designation still to come. 📸 T036A1 + calf 💛. By Duangjai Vasantana-Berntsen 09/28. #psws 434361
Reposted by Sarah DwyerBenjamin von Wyl @benjaminvonwyl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The Kremlin’s aim is not necessarily to win an election or this referendum in Switzerland,” explains @irgarner.bsky.social who spoke with Swissinfo before Sunday’s vote result was known. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/informat...swissinfo.chSwiss democracy in the crosshairs of Russian propagandaThe vote on the neutrality initiative saw open interference by Russia – as well as covert operations, Swiss authorities say. 073
Reposted by Sarah DwyerPlayboy @playboy.com · 30/09/2026"I think men need to challenge other men when women aren’t in the room. That’s where a lot of this culture survives, in the joke nobody challenges, the story everybody laughs at." Read the Playboy interview here:playboy.comMeet The "South Park" Writer Behind the Viral "Cornell 7" WebsiteCornell University has been the subject of innumerable headlines this week, as an anonymous woman’s lawsuit against the university over her alleged 2024 rape prompted New York prosecutors to reopen th... 144788
Reposted by Sarah DwyerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tech Executives At AI Roundtable Donated Over $200 Million To Trump’s Super PAC and Pet Projects www.citizen.org/news/tech-ex...citizen.orgTech Executives At AI Roundtable Donated Over $200 Million To Trump’s Super PAC and Pet Projects - Public CitizenWASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Big Tech executives met with Donald Trump for a meeting about the threats posed by… 1411457
Reposted by Sarah DwyerDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026happy chart #batteries www.ft.com/content/b847... 14410
Reposted by Sarah DwyerFiraga Walk With Me🔥 @akod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a terrible day to understand the English language. 0803
Reposted by Sarah DwyerJasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026maybe stars are there to remind us that darkness isn’t the end of the story 112927
Reposted by Sarah DwyerAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026cognitive sabotage, you can ban it extra credit to U Chicago for bans on professional AND undergrad programs; smart SLACs are going to market AI free campuses soon chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...chicagomaroon.comSosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This FallAll social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students... 16912272
Reposted by Sarah DwyerDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026None of the cheerleaders of the Permitting Reform bill are talking about the fact that it establishes a 150-day statute of limitations for lawsuits under *any* federal law challenging authorizations for coal, oil, and gas extraction. Forever. 150 days is no time at all. 24419
Reposted by Sarah DwyerSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided 12532215
Reposted by Sarah DwyerAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle 17453371048
Reposted by Sarah DwyerJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comUS withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groupsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog. 53820573
Reposted by Sarah DwyerSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Conservative legal groups are weaponizing public records laws to harass and silence university scientists whose research might be used to target fossil fuel companies in court: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comInside the anti-climate campaign against researchersA POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide. 14026
Reposted by Sarah DwyerJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am an AI doomer inasmuch as I feel strongly that AI is doomed and that it is our responsibility to accelerate that doom. 131336302
Reposted by Sarah DwyerPuget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🧡🐣🧡 Tue, Sep 29 New calf at T36A1's side continues their 1st foray in their Puget Sound home waters. Official ID to come, but likely is Tierna's 2nd. Per Bart Rulon: "...still fetal folds visible on the dorsal fin so this calf is probably only days or weeks old". 📸 By Jami Cantrell 9/28. #psws 310617
Reposted by Sarah DwyerBen Thomas @benjaminthomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Putin, Ji, the Iranians, Kim Jong Un could only dream of doing the damage this clown has managedthehill.comHegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaulDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta… 001
Reposted by Sarah DwyerPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 29/09/2026This is gravitational lensing. Where the a bunch of galaxies are so, so massive they distort the fabric of spacetime itself, and bend the light from background galaxies billions of lightyears more distant. 222259
Reposted by Sarah DwyerMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Central Appalachian coal miners have the highest rate of lung disease since 1978, even as coal production is less than half its record high. And Trump keeps kicking these people, his voters. when they’re down Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 2208
Reposted by Sarah DwyerSansa Sandisk @cheatlines.co · 29/09/2026Cameron, the dog so elderly he's in the last square in his column of the dog age chart that adjusts for weight, fell down two deck stairs like Buster Keaton, popped up unharmed, ate canned food which made him rowdy, and is now frisking about bothering me and chasing a feather from the couch pillow 2793
Reposted by Sarah DwyerDavid Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.businessinsider.com/meta-muse-fa...businessinsider.comA YouTuber says Meta's Muse gave his address to a Facebook Marketplace buyer: 'A guy just showed up'A Meta staffer said that in similar cases it investigated, Muse was "following direct instructions and correctly asked for permission." 045
Reposted by Sarah DwyerDBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This tidbit was in the article. 🎈💥 ? "Goldman Sachs warned Friday that AI hyperscalers, including Meta, need to generate roughly $300 billion a year in AI services revenue just to break even on their capital spending—and $1 trillion annually to earn meaningful profits—spooking investors."finance.yahoo.comMark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day As Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water On Meta Stock RallyZuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday. 28595207
Reposted by Sarah DwyerRevolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Y’all are going to need a bigger hospital.” Already burdened by petrochemical plants, Louisiana is facing a wave of gas-powered AI data centers—and their pollution. Dorothy Slater, an oncology nurse, writes for @dissentmag.bsky.social about nursing her patients at the frontier of AI buildout.dissentmagazine.orgDeath by Data Centers - Dissent MagazineI’m an oncology nurse in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. My patients and I breathe the same polluted air, and we can’t afford the toxic exposure from the gas-fired plants set to power the state’s proposed A... 26442
Reposted by Sarah DwyerCenter for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 28/09/2026Justice Samuel Alito has recused from Suncor v. Boulder — one of the dozens of state and local lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their climate deception and the resulting harms. 12712
Reposted by Sarah Dwyerevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 1001929997
Reposted by Sarah DwyerPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026This is a photo of our home planet taken only a few hours ago! So what? We have photos of Earth taken from space every day. Ah, but *this* photo was taken by a spacecraft ON ITS WAY TO JUPITER. 451848425
Reposted by Sarah DwyerStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 28/09/2026The Mamdani administration is taking advantage of a reduction in motor vehicle traffic in western Queens by adding a crucial new protected bike lanes and wider sidewalks — and you can thank congestion pricing. buff.ly/azoy1Fibuff.lyTolls With Benefits: New Protected Bike Lanes In Queens Are The Fruit Of Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York CityThe city is finally able to take advantage of the reduction in traffic to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians. 0638
Reposted by Sarah DwyerSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Yes, there are rats fleeing the sinking ship, but Trump’s poisonous influence will still require a major cleanup operation if & when the Democrats regain control in Congress…The only way we truly overcome this dark chapter is by refusing to forgive & forget.” www.americaamerica.news/p/rats-are-f...americaamerica.newsRats Are Fleeing the Sinking ShipBut they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami 1141503471
Reposted by Sarah DwyerMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.” 291200268
Reposted by Sarah DwyerShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...nytimes.comThe ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions (Gift Article)A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions. 29532
Sarah Dwyer @dwyara.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just saw a really bad play so cleansing my brain with this — that's show business baby 130
Reposted by Sarah DwyerWill Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report findsbuff.lyWorld’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report findsFirms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters 03519
Reposted by Sarah DwyerRoman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fewer than 4% of state prisoners hold a college degree. More than 30% never finished high school.open.substack.comEducation as an Antidote to ViolenceEconomics of Everyday Life #10 0214
Reposted by Sarah DwyerJames Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000. 151360303
Reposted by Sarah DwyerNPS Cambot @nps-cambot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Lake McDonald - 2, Glacier National Park #NPS #NationalParkService #Glacier 081
Reposted by Sarah DwyerArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026arstechnica.comUS being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. 1526567
Reposted by Sarah DwyerJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Just as providers are using sophisticated A.I. tools to say their patients are sicker, insurance companies have been accused of using the tools to delay or deny care." AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...nytimes.comBattle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs HigherThe use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. 411042
