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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Who do we call the enemy? The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall; We build the wall to keep us free - Why We Build the Wall (HADESTOWN), Anaïs Mitchell

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So sad about this, but she had a long and amazing life. I have a Lego figure of her!

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Meanwhile, me to my cat: here’s some trash to play with

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 09/10/2026

For our 10th anniversary, we're rejecting doomscrolling and chasing the algorithm and going extra analog Make or share a zine with a real person in meatspace and we'll send you real physical meatspace prizes!

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 08/10/2026

I DO NOT WANT TO DOWNLOAD AN APP TO TURN OFF THE HOTEL THERMOSTAT I WANT TO PUSH A BUTTON I WANT ONE BUTTON THAT DOES ONE THING

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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Spam that's vaguely credible until you look at it for 3 seconds is still spam. it's a spam generator. this is spam. noise. static. space filler. it's styrofoam peanuts instead of food. what are we DOING.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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skull & nomes @anachronistique.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

All Cephalopods Are Beautiful

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If anyone knows any leaders of Drexel Student groups, please have them contact me as soon as possible.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please help if you can! Queen City Cat Lounge is an adoption center I visit frequently here in Vermont and their window was vandalized last night. Fortunately they had double glass for the cats' safety, but the broken outer window needs to be fixed ASAP. www.gofundme.com/f/repair-and...

Poster with a black and white screenshot of security footage showing a man peering into the front window of a cat adoption center. Text says "please help Queen City cat lounge recover. last night someone broke the window at Queen City cat lounge - an adoption center that has placed hundreds of cats in loving homes. the cats are all safe but the window needs to be replaced quickly!"

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We all are shaped by where we have been

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Actually I hate this too, thanks!

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you saw that viral clip of the couple at the baseball game, you need to read the woman’s statement at the link Linda provides below.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:

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404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026

SCOOP: Meta execs announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. In reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media learned.

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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center

"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

At least, at long last, Silicon Valley has invented a technology that can play fantasy football for me. #TheFutureIsNow

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 23/09/2026

Tornado forecasting had to start somewhere. In the 1880s, US Army Signal Corps meteorologist John Park Finley studied tornado patterns, built a network of observers and pioneered experimental tornado forecasts. Meet America’s first tornado forecaster: www.noaa.gov/heritage/sto... #NOAAHeritageWeek

A map from John P. Finley’s booklet, “Tornadoes. What they are and how to observe them; with practical suggestions for the protection of life and property.” showing the path of the Enigma outbreak of tornadoes on February 19, 1884. (Image credit: Public Domain)

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey Philly! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences! The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!) Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A flyer with dinosaur bones and beetles and butterflies that says help save the academy volunteer this weekend. Help us hand out flyers the Museum to get more people involved in the fight and save the Academy of natural sciences volunteer at. Save-the-academy.org

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 21/09/2026

Pumpkin is a fruit.

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piskyinpresbyland.bsky.social @piskyinpresbyland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What I find weird is that a lot of people terrified of folk getting something "undeserved" claim to be followers of a faith that says we're all undeserving but get good stuff anyway because of love and calls on its followers to do the same. TL;DR: do you even Christian, bro?

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tell me why it’s mid-September and apples are almost $5 for a a 3-pound bag.

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This may be the best thing I’ve seen all week. I submit that a porch goose absolutely DOES need a wig!

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The timeline seriously needs cleansing (thanks @faineg.bsky.social) so here’s a young Green Heron with some very good “hair” and big grippy feet #birds 🌿

A small heron stands on an abate branch with neck elongated. It has brown and white streaks, an orange beak and a green puffy crest. And big yellow feet gripping the branch.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May there be good things waiting for you down the path of this week 🌿

A dirt path leading into the very green, very lush woods.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own

Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why does my car have a Settings menu?

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I didn’t lose anyone in 9/11; we heard from my brother who lived in Queens within 36 hours or so. But I’m having a really hard time this year for some reason.

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To these people I say* “what is WRONG with you???” *think

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Is someone making more Muppet Shows? If not why not & who is to BLAME

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This whole idea of AI “actors” makes me want to throw up.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So we want to livestream the rally tomorrow from the Save The Academy instagram account, but the accounts needs 1000 followers to allow livestreaming. Please please please can everyone go follow this instagram account? www.instagram.com/savetheacade...

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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Mark Trushkowsky @marktrushkowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Beautiful quilts from this year’s Minnesota State Fair 1/3

A dark quilt with a vibrant diamond pattern with sharp contrasting, bright yellow, orange, red, and blue patterned fabrics.

A colorful modern quilt made of mismatched fabric rectangles in a vibrant grid pattern. A blue award ribbon hangs in the upper right.

A quilt with a diamond pattern made of blue and off-white fabric triangles that convey a sense of movement.

A brilliant geometric quilt made of light aqua, dark teal, navy blue, and white fabrics in a repeating diamond design.

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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distracted by birds @hbaileyshy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

automakers: don’t use your phone while driving. don’t look at your phone; don’t you dare even THINK about your phone. also automakers: we’ve made a wide-screen dashboard to turn off the heated seat!

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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A few Gila monster shot glasses fresh out the kiln. I’m obsessed with this concept! #lizard #pottery #ceramics #art

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 02/09/2026

life is a series of forecasts. we live based on trends, preparing futures by available data and good judgement. and yet there’s a 100% chance that today will have some level of unpredictability for all of us. be safe. be kind. the person you meet may be weathering a storm.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com