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Billy The Puppet Schaffnit @killabri.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The XFL/UFL has actually come up with rules I’d like to see in the NFL. This is absolutely not one of them lol. Neither coach appeared to know the rule and who can blame them? Insanity, let the players decide the game.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Do fiddleheads/ferns exist in NJ?

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Being a regular at the bar has its benefits on busy days

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Kitty @meowvt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Shout out to the four powerful women currently rocking the Top 10 in #Iditarod2026! #Paige #Mille #Michelle #Jessie #MusherSky #GirlsGotGame

Screen shot showing current Top 10 standings from iditarod.com

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Ugh, remembered alt text this time, forgot the #uglydogs

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

6th in the pack (!) but I'm not sure they have the Jaye scratch listed yet.

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 03/03/2026

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

But can we talk about that "Bone Collector Caterpillar" March Mammal Madness bump? #GoogleSearchTrends #DustsShouldersOff #2026MMM

4x the search traffic for the species after being included in MMM than when it was covered in the NYT, CBS, NPR, etc.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

20th in the pack? This is my best start in Fantasy Mushing ever #uglydogs

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This doesn’t even have to be about cheating. If you make it about what the tech companies are taking from all of us, you’ll be surprised how many students support no-tech policies.

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Against Technofeudal Education

Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I finally got my hoodie today! I had completely written it off

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I FINALLY GOT MY SNITCHES GET SCRITCHES HOODIE! #uglydogs

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is a lie and should not be spread. Renee Good has a wife, who was, horrifically, in the car with her when she was executed by the government. It is flatly untrue to assert that child has no one else in his life.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If you're truly worried about it, I would ask your IT department to invest in a quieter keyboard for you. But that's a weird thing for people to be mad at you about.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I grew up with one with the arm too!

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FormerGregSamsa @formergregsamsa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Stop saying the son of Nicole Good has no parents left. Good's wife was IN THE CAR WITH HER, and presumably a parent to the child as well. Biological parents, sure. But parents don't have to be biological, and the widow is going through enough without *also* being utterly removed from the story.

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Grimking @grimkingdom.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Please cancel my free 7-day trial of 2026.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/01/2026

what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me" you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I often show this vid to classes. #8 was where I first heard about cells that go left bc of the centriole youtu.be/ooA0J6DWWTM?...

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Wallace Marshall (UCSF): Ten Craziest Things Cells Do

YouTube video by Science Communication Lab

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Ooh, another example of "handedness" or orientation of centrioles

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You know what? This year has actually gotten off to a pretty low-key, no breaking news, stress-free start wait nevermind

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 02/01/2026

Hey I don't think you should use a website that generates CSAM on demand

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Professors and teachers: Consider assigning your students some of the many AI-related suicide/murder court documents. I'm going to in my creative writing courses. This could be relevant material in any classroom in which you think AI is a factor. Which is to say, all of them.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen. (I think it might be 1989 but still)

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Louisville Public Media @lpm.org · 30/12/2025

A DEA agent used a Louisville Metro police officer’s login credentials to search the city’s Flock license plate reader database using immigration-related terms. www.lpm.org/news/2025-12...

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A DEA agent used Louisville’s Flock camera database for immigration searches against LMPD policy

A DEA agent used a Louisville Metro police officer’s login credentials to search the city’s license plate reader database using immigration-related terms.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The come back of pertussis and Measles is only the beginning of the resurgence of preventable infectious diseases in the US. This has been one of the biggest public health failures of 2025 and the competition is tough. www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...

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The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know | CNN

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.

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Brittany S. @oklasotagal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

During one interview, the student admitted that she merely looked at the topic and then rushed together a response based on her personal feelings regarding a tangential issue that was the main thesis of the assigned article, because she was in a hurry to go see a play that evening with her friend.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This is liver failure in a bottle

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spleenly @spleenly.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

We need more holidays that smell like wood products.

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Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Haven't been on here is a hot minute but just as I suspected, all my old twitter friends are here having lively conversations. Feels like walking into the bar on a cold silent night and finding that's where all the fellowship is. Hi guys.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I’ll be randomly selecting winners for the giveaway tomorrow, so you still have a chance to enter! We currently have TWO copies bitten by Uggi that I’ll be giving away (and also signed by me). We were trying to see if he was interested in biting a couple more, but he wasn’t.

Two copies of The Night Guest, bitten by Uggi

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are few of my favorite things... @honestdogbooks.bsky.social

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Last day before TG break, let's get some grading done

A photo of a thick file folder of papers, a notebook, two pens, headphones and a coffee on a wood table

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I am getting an order from Honest Dog Books! @honestdogbooks.bsky.social One of my fave bookstores, but I love my local one a lot too. Books! Yay!

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Cloudflare's down. Look at Capybaras.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I think mine was actually supposed to be a hoodie because I remember thinking that I have too many mushing tshirts now, but I'm just glad it came

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I got my shirt the other day too. When ppl originally started asking where their orders were, it seemed like you had to complain to get yours shipped. And I'm not a complainer usually. So I picked "wait and see" as my coping method, and sure enough, it finally came.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm ready for The Life of a Showgirl. We got glittery cupcakes, but I'm dressed comfortably and under my TTPD blanket i got as a gift because this new album still needs to prove herself to me before I'm ready to move forward from TTPD.

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Valerie @heyval.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

90 dollars for Hulu plus live TV. Ugh.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I know we clown strongly worded statements but every medical professional in the US needs to issue one by tomorrow morning saying "we're not following the bullshit guidance of a lifelong antivax activist & his senile boss"

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Once more: the best evidence shows that Tylenol taken during pregnancy is not harmful. **This question is settled.** The benefit of reducing discomfort and fever is extremely important at a time when the fetus is developing. Pregnant women - Tylenol is safe. sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

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Tylenol and Autism

Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

tbh if you know a teenager (any teenager, no matter who they are or how well you think they're doing) please go and tell them that you think they're great and you like them. you don't need to elaborate. just say it. they'll be awkward and uncomfortable about it. but they'll remember it forever

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We can expect more of this (one student objecting to the content on the basis that it’s illegal because it violates a presidential executive order, another filming, admin sanctioning the professor and supportive admins because of pressure from political officials). A dangerous time for free inquiry.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Referee: "Holding, offense, number 64" Number 64: "FUCK!"

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

So. Is this AI or did they just release the secret locations of…something? Someones?

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