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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

What’s a paper calendar or planner you got last year that you loved?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I keep having religious experiences with @infraredflower.bsky.social at Barclays. This time it was Robyn.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

uh oh I’m emotional about the 72nd St. Q train mosaics again

tile mosaic of two men wearing tradesmen-esque clothes and carrying what look like tool or gym bags. they are holding hands

tile mosaic of an older man wearing a yalmulke in a sweater vest carrying a globe and a briefcase

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ugh, what a trash thing to do. Lmk if you need me to look out for a place. Our local parents page has regular postings for people going away for a few weeks and subletting their place.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My friend Zan is going to make an incredible documentary about SmarterChild and they could use some more funds if you want to see this come to life! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sma...

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Searching for SmarterChild - A feature documentary

Two millennials on a quest to apologize to a robot.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Last night, I saw someone carrying their enormous dog in the heat in their arms. I was so confused, then the owner said the dog wouldn’t walk home because of the fireworks. I’m not a dog person, but this can’t be worth it!

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I always like to see what the current offerings are on StreetEasy, and it’s gotten interesting with AI.

Normal-seeming apartment plan with a closet containing two water heaters, and a “water service area” with inscrutable items in it.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

My company-wide all hands meeting ended with Knicks in Five.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Feeling a sudden urge to create a LinkedIn even though I can’t / don’t want to change jobs for a long time, that I can’t explain.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

All the climate people I trust are rooting for Tom Steyer in this Cal Gov primary. Make of that what you will.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 06/05/2026

“Not for rinsing or washing,” they said. (Seen at Union Station.)

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

So good! Always go to the Florence concert.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

One of the worst byproducts of AI coding is these PR descriptions that are out of control. I’m wading through LinkedIn-speak to understand what the PR actually means to me.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 13/04/2026

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I trust journalists way more than cops and courts to investigate sexual violence allegations. When a thoroughly reported journalistic investigation comes out, like the ones about Eric Swalwell, I’ve seen enough. If you haven’t done this work you may be unaware of how much goes into it.

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Sarah Sweet @sarahsweet.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

Tabby stands on hind legs with one paw outstretched toward a TV displaying a capsule above water.

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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 09/04/2026

this is so generous, and jess and the team know their stuff - so this is a great opportunity to pick up new skills, a hobby, more internet friends

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/03/2026

NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social

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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.

Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Anyone else feel this? All of the making-fun-of-AI emojis at work are existing emojis with extra fingers. Real people have extra fingers and stunted ones and I’m sure they’ve been made fun of a lot :/

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Or the AI prompt mines apparently? 😕 I’m still confused about my feelings and thoughts on the transition happening. It was something I was going to sort out on leave but I didn’t.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I survived maternity leave heathermoor.medium.com/nypfl-f3cf23...

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

At last, a chance to repost my favourite ever font-related controversy with alt-text, now that Calibri is back in the news.

Pakistan's government is in trouble. And its fate may hinge on a Microsoft
font. Judicial investigators probing the financial assets of the country's
Prime Minister and his family allege his daughter (and apparent successor)
forged documents to hide her ownership of overseas properties. How did
they reach that conclusion? The documents from 2006 submitted by
Maryam Nawaz (daughter of PM Nawaz Sharif) were in the Calibri font.
That font, according to the investigation team's leaked report, wasn't
publicly available until 2007.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Possibly unpopular opinion but I think tenure should be revokable when you express bigotry toward the immutable characteristics of part of your student body. Such as saying women are naturally not as good at science and engineering. How many young women students has he harmed since saying that?

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16/11/2025

If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.

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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It got overshadowed by the pipeline news, but NYS’s deal to allow Greenidge Generation to keep operating an upstate gas plant *for the sole purpose of mining bitcoin* might be almost as big of a reversal gothamist.com/news/upstate...

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Upstate NY Bitcoin mine agrees to slash emissions, will get air permit from the state

The move comes days after Hochul’s administration paved the way for a new natural gas pipeline in New York Harbor.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 17/10/2025

saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

We for sure just hit 150 on the M train going under the East River. Wheels not touching the tracks.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🚨 😾 VICTORIAN EMERGENCY CAT TRICYCLE 😾 🚨 Pop a card in the London post in 1896, & a chauffeur driven tricycle would collect your pet for care & cure, providing a smooth springed ride to the Hampstead infirmary More Cycling World Illustrated gems digitised at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...

Part of a page from 'The Cycling World Illustrated', 26 August 1896. It includes photos of a tricycle for collecting cats (complete with uniformed driver) and the Cats' Infirmary, Hampstead (a pen of cats of varying sizes in someone's house, one of the cats is being cuddled by what appears to be the tricycle driver). The accompanying text reads: "A philanthropic lady in the North of London has established an infirmary for cats. On receipt of a postcard she will send for the ailing animal, the tricycle which collects them being provided with a box resting on springs to avoid all jarring and jolting. The cats are carefully tended at the infirmary, where their quarters and most comfortable, and when cured are returned to their owners, no charge being made."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/10/2025

ICE is a hostile occupying force that is a danger to everyone.

Alt text: A man in camouflage clothing and a face covering sits inside a gray Jeep, pointing a weapon out of the open driver-side window. The gun is aimed directly at the camera. The man wears gloves and a dark cap, and his eyes are visible above the mask. The vehicle’s door and side mirror are wet with raindrops.

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Astrid Atkinson @astridatkinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Dr Jane Goodall discussing her shit list is funny, but the rest of this is her last words for all of us, which are worth hearing.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Disassociation ain’t hittin' like it used to.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable." All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I’m desperately trying to order my special German socks while Nick is trying to order his special Canadian keyboard stuff.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/07/2025

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.

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Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise

Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This podcast ep is a good overview of how the recent Republican bill affected climate policy and which parts of the IRA it repealed: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... repubs have a wind and solar vendetta (they almost *added* a tax to them!), but luckily seem okay with nuclear.

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Climate Policy in America: Where We Go From Here

Podcast Episode · Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · 07/16/2025 · 1h 11m

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It’s been great! For some reason linen seems extra discounted.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

There is so much high quality summer linen for cheap on Poshmark 😍

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It’s 100° in NYC so it’s a good day to watch Do the Right Thing, leaving Netflix soon. I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago! and it’s just really good.

Woman sitting in an open window fanning herself with a paper fan.

The people sitting outside with a sun umbrella against a building painted hot red.

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Heather Arthur @heatherchars.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Is there a ranking strategy that’s best for defeating Cuomo? Or is “don’t rank Cuomo” the best you can do?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

When people support Andrew Cuomo, what they’re saying implicitly is that they don’t care about the women he’s already sexually harassed and retaliated against and they won’t care if he does it again. It’s a political stance that enables discrimination against women in government

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

She was the Speaker of the Minnesota House and she was assassinated along with her husband by someone impersonating a police officer; this is terrifying and also just so symptomatic of the political madness and violence Trump has sown

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