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@gegnome.bsky.social
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Scientist studying early cancer detection Father of two titans Volleyball player Reader of #scifi and #fantasy Cannonball lifting enthusiast Data and decency

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Not content with killing children by cutting global public health off at the knees, the eugencists and racists in charge of the west take a more direct approach.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Drake betting on the patriots has made me a die hard Seahawks fan for the night
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Special circle in hell for folks who put back empty communal reagents
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I saw a post the other day that noted that one of the notable things about genAI content is that the only person ever interested in the output is the one who asked for it. No one else wants to read AI books or look at AI 'art' in preference to the human-made alternative.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Long cycle sets absolutely humble me #KettlebellSport
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Is it 'online training course'?
Headline 'Scientists have discovered "third state" between life and death'.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Tabletop game playing pals. Can you recommend a four player game that's focused on cooperation towards a common aim rather than doing down the other people around the table? Please and thank you.
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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 16/11/2025
this blog's pretty good and I'm linking to their round up from end of last year of best co-op board and card games: coopgestalt.com/2024/12/20/t...
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Top 10 Cooperative Board And Card Games of 2024!
Wow! What a great year 2024 was for cooperative games! As we put this list together, it felt like any of the games here could have been the #1 game because there were were all great! Some of the ga…
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WIRED @wired.com · 16/11/2025
The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.
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The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves
The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.
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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 14/11/2025
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL
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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
When you actually think about how many issues are tied to disability you never think about, it’s intentional. crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
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Capitalists Were Never Going To Protect Your Healthcare When Your Disablement Is For Profit
When I first began my career in disability advocacy as a professional, I was bright-eyed, believing that I would be working with the most vocal supporters of DEI and who rallied behind diversity as…
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Cold plunging is probably the most bro thing I do but I love it
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Jordy Adan doesn’t miss Played Stonespine Architects 2 times today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com app
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Stonespine Architects
Build your own perilous dungeon and become a master architect.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A smooth #kettlebell jerk is frickin elusive
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
“You see the lightsaber is from Rebel Moon” #ttrpg #callofcthulhu
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Dungeons and Daddies @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Our new episode is OUT NOW: S3 Ep. 37 - John He Be Good The Screams make a very important call. www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/s3e37 🎨 by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Total points over set wins is brutal and I love it #AthletesUnlimited #Volleyball
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The Old Ways @theoldways.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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a group of people in star trek uniforms are standing around a table .
Alt: a group of people in star trek uniforms are standing around a table .
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Snatch day in my #KettlebellSport program. I love doing heavy snatches and training with a sub-maximal load for reps is the hardest mental hurdle of sport training. #Fitnesssky
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Dungeons and Daddies @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A new party has landed! We've got somethin' special brewin' for our #Daggerheart one shot and can't wait for y'all to meet our cast of characters. We think they're pretty fly.. 😎 Ready for your own adventure? @darringtonpress.bsky.social has free QuickStart Adventures at daggerheart.com/downloads!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/10/2025
For the first time in modern history, Donald Trump is shutting down SNAP. That means 42 MILLION Americans will miss out on food assistance funds starting November 1. Donald Trump is choosing to let mommas and their babies go hungry.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The more I train #KettlebellSport the more appealing entering a comp #fitnesssky
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LJ 💜🏐 @sugawarasmole.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Please I'm begging people to share this with your friends if you're still on twt/x and get the hell outta there.
Elon Musk on X quoting a question about how the X algorithm works. He posts on October 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM: 
The X recommendation system is evolving very rapidly. We are aiming for deletion of all heuristics within 4 to 6 weeks.

Grok will literally read every post and watch every video (100M+ per day) to match users with content they're most likely to find interesting.

This should address the new user or small account problem, where you post something great, but nobody sees it.

We will also be adding the ability for you to adjust your feed temporarily or permanently just by asking Grok.
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Peter Wade @peterwade.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
"I’m actually a soybean farmer. So, I have felt this pain, too,” Bessent said. But Bessent isn’t a farmer; he’s a landlord who rents to real farmers.
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Scott Bessent Claims He Feels Soybean Farmers' Pain. He's Worth $500 Million
China's boycott of American soy has farmers suffering. Trump's very rich treasury secretary feigns empathy.
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captimes.com @captimes.com · 24/10/2025
Xavior Yarn: The best solutions for Madison's unhoused population come from the people who’ve lived with the problem.
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Opinion | Include people with unhoused experience in decisions
Xavior Yarn: The best solutions for Madison's unhoused population come from the people who’ve lived with the problem.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
1min x 12 rounds snatch for my main sets today I keep diving further into #kettlebellsport and loving it more every training session #fitnesssky
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Still riding the high of my first #gameholecon. Such an amazing opportunity to find and play new games with chill people. #ttrpg
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Looking for actual play podcasts for #CallofCthulu and #RuneQuest. Any recommendations? #ttrpg
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
My first #GameholeCon was amazing. Definitely a new fall tradition
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025
To Donald Trump: Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities. Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US. Stop attacking the 1st Amendment. Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Any #kettlebell or #kettlebellsport lifters in the skies? #gymsky #fitnesssky
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
“A DESPERATE SITUATION” 🧑‍🌾 Trump’s trade war is crushing Tennessee soybean farmers, as China — their largest customer — buys NOTHING from them. Why don’t @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @CSexton25 @RepFaison @AndyOgles care? tennesseelookout.com/2025/09/15/t...
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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We're back to 2020 explanations of basic biochemistry about how mRNA cannot change your DNA. 🫠
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It is a crime to give a bowl cut in 2025
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 12/09/2025
Planned Parenthood begins informing Medicaid patients that routine health care will no longer be covered wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/09/12/r...
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Appeals ruling threatens routine care access for Medicaid enrollees at Planned Parenthood • Wisconsin Examiner
Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the country began telling Medicaid patients routine health care appointments will no longer be covered
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish. The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
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‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
AQI of 165 and I can literally see the smoke from the Canadian wildfires
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/06/2025
Save a copy of this too
CDC Table: Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule by Age Group, United States, 2025
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/06/2025
Better save a copy of this now
CDC Table: Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The owners of this ostrich farm are invested in a company trying to make commercial ostrich antibodies a thing (originally for dieting?) & in addition to ignoring the cull order, have continued to violate quarantine orders, allowing infected & even dead birds to be exposed to other wildlife & humans
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Once viewed as the path out of the pandemic, mRNA vaccines are now being vilified — & not just by fringe figures. The attack on this important platform could render the US far more vulnerable in the next pandemic & trailing China in the field of scientific advances. www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/m...
statnews.com
mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target
The sharp turnaround on mRNA vaccines shows the unprecedented rise of anti-vaccine activists to power
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Ursula K. PenGuin @ikiruined.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The Luddites had a great phrase for what they opposed: "Machinery hurtful to commonality." It's an excellent reminder that being a Luddite doesn't mean you hate technology, but that you hate the way capitalists create and use technology to destroy community and human flourishing.
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
right-wing govts are bad for the economy, pass it on
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
When does the winning start? meidasnews.com/news/the-u-s...
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The U.S. Economy Contracts For First Time in Years
These are terrible numbers for Donald Trump as he celebrates his first 100 days
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Ben @gegnome.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
So gosh dang hydrated right now
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