Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 45mThis is an hugely important point. But I'd go farther & state that the fate of the hostages, were at best, an afterthought. As I've written here before in 2024, Israel (should've) had 4 strategic objectives in the wake of the 7 OCT 2023 attacks. 1/ 23812
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 36mwaking up every day in 2026 like: 5883227
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 33m🧵 1/ Our service members accept risks in service to this country. Their health should not be one of them. Eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during its extended deployment. Mental health. Safe living conditions. Adequate food. Sanitation. Sleep. 23814
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 16h“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...startribune.comPerry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic... 16675263
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5hSo many of the same “intellectuals” who are obsessed with undermining the existence of trans people are also obsessed with undermining the Cornell rape victim’s testimony. It’s almost like they don’t believe people have a right to bodily autonomy 7589104
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 3hIf only our nation's press had accurately reported on Trump's catastrophic cognitive decline, when it mattered - during the election campaign. ... But they had their hands full handwringing about Biden. 23584122
ejstark.bsky.social @ejstark.bsky.social · 3hOh, believe me, I am aware of the squirrels in my yard. They're jerks! Well, OK, that gray squirrel with the reddish tail is pretty cute. 100
ejstark.bsky.social @ejstark.bsky.social · 3h"This has been going around a lot. And I'm not saying if it's true or not, but a lot of people have been saying." Wow. The weasel worded denialability is strong in this one. 000
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialLisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · 4hone of the reasons that I warn researchers away from adapting commercial LLMs into their pipeline is that Big Tech has a history of sunsetting popular, usable products and replacing them with worse ones. (i'm trying to ween myself off of google scholar, but it is hard). 1019172
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23940171043
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026I have definitely reframed this in my head because of my lack of object permanence. If I block someone I will forget they existed within like 37 seconds but it has become clear they will often die mad about it. Forgetting they were ever there is the true flex, I win every time. lol 418316
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)propublica.orgVeterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under TrumpHundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ... 34943557
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialLeah @leah.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026(pounces on you at a cocktail party) Did you hear the good news about crabapples! #PlantSky 🌱 #ScienceSky 🧪 #Apples 🍏🍎 source.washu.edu/2026/09/wild...source.washu.eduWild crabapples have genetic potential to improve domestic varietiesA plant scientist at Washington University in St. Louis studies genetics of native crabapple species to identify traits that will help production of domestic apple crops. 59528
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's bad enough that Hegseth is a bigoted meathead. Turning every senior leader & their staffs into meatheads is an even worse outcome. And it's a clear and present danger to the security of the United States and the safety of every American, as well as everyone everywhere in the world. 14 & end/ 3277
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Speaker Mike Johnson is warning of a “nightmare scenario” if Republicans lose the House: Democrats could investigate Trump, his family, his Cabinet, GOP donors and powerful business figures.meidasnews.comMAGA Speaker Johnson Calls Trump Family Investigations a ‘Nightmare’ Ahead of MidtermsWith control of Congress at stake in November, Johnson warned that Democratic committees would investigate Trump, his family, cabinet officials and major donors—and claimed that accountability would t... 10964208912
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialShepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I posit as a trans man that the reward is that you get to fall peacefully asleep at night instead of lying there mortifyingly aware you could have intervened and did not. 336653
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We talk a lot about the importance of voting but in doing so, we romanticize it, and I've come to believe that's a mistake. It's not romantic, it's not glorious, it's not an expression of your ideals or your identity. It's selecting the best outcome for the most people. That's all it is. Do that. 6566149
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/09/2026A sundowning old man, addicted to AI slop, surrounded by supplicants and apparatchiks, with control over the US nuclear arsenal. 471427332
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026I really think our current societal outcomes at the end of the day come down to what one side was willing to do an insurrection over as compared to the things that the other side is unwilling to do one over. 513437
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way 5544151913
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"In Springfield, the heightened level of fear is so widespread, and the state-imposed terror against a vulnerable minority so constant, that it is impossible to see this as anything but Trump's proof of concept for the president’s militarized vision of what America should be." Nails the stakes: 3346148
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false. 836205077190
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For the one millionth time: THIS IS FASCISM. IT'S MORE THAN JUST GRANT FUNDING. SCIENCE IS A CRITICAL PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...democrats-appropriations.house.govDefense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense ActivitiesHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute... 5250132
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Given rising interest in the rapidly strengthening El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, I've created a one-page fact sheet succinctly describing what El Niño is, this year's (remarkable) forecast, and potential impacts from California to global scales. [Thread] 12546273
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialGenie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 09/08/2026Well! Now, I'm gonna post the image without you, and WITH alt-text, hater-ass Author. 😤 212714
ejstark.bsky.social @ejstark.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I watched this twice while trying to see what the danger was, then I realized it was just some suburbanite being neurotic. Then watched it several more times for the couch and the chairs. 👍 010
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Highly usable post from last year 139138923855
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialLeaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Okay we all have criticism for the hegemonic goliath that is American culture but one thing that I love is the continued practice of treating the Muppets, including the denizens of Sesame Street, as if they are real, living entities. I dunno I think it's a charming bit of collective whimsy. 24693164
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialJoanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Is it the cutest arrowhead I’ve ever found? Yes! Is it light, lethal and still sharp af? Also yes! Such skilled technique and artistry to make this charming killer from a single flake of volcanic stone 😍 Recovered in Tl'kemtsin / Lytton, Nlaka'pamux territory. 515722
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI. 2042637975
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Requesting your library acquire copies of a book is one of the best ways to uplift the authors you love. 6981362
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Not the biggest issue with mainstream media coverage but not the smallest: There was no plan. There never was a plan. Trump just says shit. An unbiased headline would read, “Trump’s Hormuz Bluster Turns Out to Be Total Nonsense, As Usual.” 22700165
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialSETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026#PPOD: NASA's Juno mission provides new maps of the giant planet Jupiter. This is a cylindrical composite map from Juno's 9th close pass by Jupiter. Juno is in a highly elliptical, near-polar orbit, so on each orbit JunoCam takes well-resolved images... 🧪 🔭 23811
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialCara Lopez Lee @caralopezlee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Fans of the Indiana Jones franchise, if you haven’t seen this yet, it’s a fun one: #filmsky 0312
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialSarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The transfer of climate change responsibility to individuals continues. BRB just going to create a 2-3m firebreak around the edge of my property ensuring my garden shed is away is also 2-3m from the house and the fence (check most garden sizes) www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...standard.co.ukCreate firebreaks around gardens to protect homes from wildfires, Londoners toldCut back long grass, shrubs and trees, fire chiefs advise as capital hit by unprecedented heatwaves and major blazes 2103
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14/07/2026FINALLY! (And I bet the seismographs at the USGS can pick up the grinding of his teeth...) 😄 110912
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Hey @heinrich.senate.gov, when you voted to advance the nomination of Markwayne Mullin out of committee and again voted to confirm him, was it with the understanding that he would command ICE to stop executing fathers in front of their children in our streets? www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/i...pressherald.comICE agent kills man in Biddeford, spurring protestsJoan Sebastian Guerrero, 26, was not the target of the warrant agents were trying to execute, federal officials said. 330269
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10686502420324
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialMonique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 14/07/2026So, "Vandals" -- like this? 5403
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/07/20261. The newest anti-trans risk assessment map is here for transgender people. The situation continues to deteriorate for trans people in the United States. Idaho becomes the fourth "Do Not Travel" state, with up to 5 year prison sentences for bathroom usage. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comAnti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: July 2026Idaho becomes the latest "Do Not Travel" state for transgender people, raising the number of states transgender people should not travel through to 4. 29926489
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It is not a great look that some senior Democratic leaders have had time to put out statements on social media about how much they'll miss Lindsey Graham but haven't had time to talk about these latest executions carried out by Trump's gestapo in American streets. 5240961031
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialMindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 18/06/2026If you're following (or covering) the Reflecting Pool cleanup and you have questions about nanobubble technology and how it's used for algae mitigation, NJIT researcher Wen Zhang has answers 🧪 news.njit.edu/nanobubbles-... 0175
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 18/06/2026“A core part of the danger of the proposed regime is there wouldn’t be much individuals can do to maintain their privacy,” EFF’s @cjliu.bsky.social told @cnet.com. “It’s either fork over all your information or not have a phone number.” www.cnet.com/news/privac...cnet.comIf the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy NightmareProposed rules would require every mobile customer to provide a government ID. Experts warn the move could effectively end anonymous phone service in the US. 819289
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Now with data! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 2741117
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 18/06/2026Take the bosses’ snacks, then form a union anyway. 361946364
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026🪨 Granite... A hard, non-porous surface that resists most adhesives, including paint. Experts: You should not paint the granite in the reflecting pool. MAGA: Ce-ment pond. Experts warn Trump's plan to paint federal building could cause permanent damage🧪 www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n... 43413
Reposted by @ejstark.bsky.socialdaviss @daviss.org · 18/06/2026imagine claiming to have billions of pages of signal messages but spending your time on social media yelling at local news media 25710