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#Squirrel philosopher. Disabled. Applied Maths. Curiosity, Compassion, & Nuanced Centrism. Deplatform N4zis. #ethics, #nature, & #rstats. #Autistic. Expert on Coercive Control, Digital Abuse, IPV. she/her

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 24m
Looking up at red zinnias against a blue October sky ... lovely afternoon still hanging on to late Summer ...
Looking up into two red zinnias against a pure blue sky
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Data’s cat has learned how to update the ship’s firmware through the terminal. Rebooting will continue until food is delivered
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Stuck in the malfunctioning holodeck with Lore and Q, during a temporal rift in a galaxy class starship that keeps rebooting. Borg cube approaching off the port bow
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 2h
galaxy class starship keeps rebooting
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 5h
New Details About Secretive RQ-170 Sentinel Drone Squadron Shared With New Award www.twz.com/air/new-deta...
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New Details About Secretive RQ-170 Sentinel Drone Squadron Shared With New Award
The 30th Reconnaissance Squadron is one of two units known to operate RQ-170s, and it is very rare to hear any details about its activities.
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 11h
The Milky Way may have begun as thousands of smaller galaxies, simulations suggest. Some formed stars rapidly; others contained only gas or stellar remnants. doi.org/hcmhgw
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Milky Way may have begun as thousands of galaxies, new simulations suggest
In the early days of the universe, our home looked very different from how it does today. Back then, the region in our universe that would eventually become our Milky Way neighborhood was a collection of thousands of smaller galaxies—some pumping out tons of new stars, others filled only with gas or littered with dead stars and black holes.
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Foreign Policy Research Institute @fpri.bsky.social · 11h
This week on Shifting Ground, Dr. Tamara Wittes, President of NDI, joins for a discussion on how scholarship can effectively inform real-world foreign policy during moments of crisis.
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Episode 10 | Translating Scholarship Into Statecraft
Explore insights on democracy with Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes as she discusses global challenges and resilience in democratic systems.
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WIRED @wired.com · 12h
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. www.wired.com/story/muse-c...
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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 11h
Green to soothe your heart ... 💚
Collage of five green photographs - spider, two bullfrogs, sunflower bud, cottonwood reflecting
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Rüm Hart @luvundlee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heute im Garten. 🐝 Today in the garden. #eastcoastkin #scape #eck #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday #purplefriday #flyday
Eine Ackerhummel mit orangefarbenem Hinterleib und schwarz-gelb-weißer Behaarung sammelt Nektar an einer blauen Natternkopfblüte. Die Blüte zeigt feine, nach außen gebogene Staubblätter und ist von grünen, borstig behaarten Kelchblättern umgeben. Im Hintergrund sind weitere unscharfe Natternkopfblüten und grüne Stängel zu erkennen.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12h
Explosions are being reported in Russia’s Moscow region. Russian air defenses are reportedly active and attempting to intercept aerial targets. #Russia
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 12h
So why don't people make up stuff like "flock cameras run on water" like they do with data centers? Can't we have weird theories about the mass surveillance cameras?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12h
David Robinson, who worked on OpenAI’s safety team, resigned from the company this week. “I believe we need to look deeper than specific rules or new laws. We need to talk about culture,” he writes:
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I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h
We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca Solnit
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We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca Solnit
Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 12h
A significant chunk of the essays turned in by my last couple of undergrad classes stank of AI. So I'm also leaning away from papers more toward testing. It sucks. Everything sucks.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 12h
As Russian aggression escalates, European countries must treat internal pro-Kremlin actors as active security threats. Allowing fifth columns to operate freely inside our borders invites catastrophe. When Russia makes its moves, these traitors will side with Moscow
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12h
NC13 says its strike UGVs hit Russian rear positions during Operation Vivaldi, targeting shelters, concealed command posts and sites used to concentrate and launch UAVs. The 3rd Assault Brigade unit says its ground robots played a key role in the 3rd Army Corps offensive. #Ukraine
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Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social · 12h
Canada, U.S. failed to properly probe allegations that Russia was behind Havana Syndrome, Bolton says www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Canada, U.S. failed to properly probe allegations that Russia was behind Havana Syndrome, Bolton says
Former U.S. national-security adviser points to Moscow in alleged sonic weaponry attacks on Canadians and U.S. diplomats in Cuba
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 12h
🔎The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation omitted data from its 2025 statistics regarding citizens declared dead or missing, as well as convicted military personnel and law enforcement officers. militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...
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Russia Concealed Court Statistics on Missing Persons and Crimes Committed by Military Personnel
The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation omitted data from its 2025 statistics regarding citizens declared dead or missing, as
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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 12h
Is it time to let the machines do the work and just give our students our best wishes? Check out the latest KV advice column featured in the ACM Substack series, "Queue: In Practice." buff.ly/jlUPdpF #softwareengineering #computerscience #education
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russia has been trying to assassinate chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov on American soil.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
Americans: you are not outraged enough about this. Christians: this is absolute blasphemy www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
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‘God made Trump’ ad and at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Trumpist Catholics now face a huge dilemma.
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molly @bugmom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Robinson, leader on OpenAI's safety systems team, resigns from company - Business Insider
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 02/10/2026
I framed this piece. You can find it in my booth at artontheavenue.org
Purple and blue ink painting of a vortex with a grid
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russia's new AI law borrows the vocabulary of contemporary AI regulation but uses it to combine industrial policy with technological control, write Dmitry Kuteynikov and Lyubov Popovets.
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Russia’s AI Law Puts Control Ahead of Capability
Dmitry Kuteynikov and Lyubov Popovets examine Russia’s first comprehensive AI law, its rushed passage, and what it means for AI development.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 02/10/2026
"In disclosures buried in securities filings, [Meta] warns that billions in tax savings are vulnerable to being overturned by the I.R.S., in large part because of “uncertainties with our research tax credits.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Large Facebook & Instagram study finds that exposure to content from misinformation-prone sources was low for the typical user but heavily concentrated among a small group. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Untrustworthy sources on Facebook and Instagram in 2020: Concentrated exposure but no attitudinal effects
Reducing exposure to untrustworthy sources on Facebook/Instagram had no measurable effects on attitudes, even for heavy consumers.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 02/10/2026
It *looks* like Latvia is going to opt for an array of sensible centrist parties. Which is good news, because it looked like a divided field was going to benefit the far-right and pro-Russia parties. kyivindependent.com/latvia-votes...
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Latvia votes with Russia threat looming large
Latvia will elect a new parliament this weekend, in an election dominated by security concerns over the now emboldened Russia next door and a cost-of-living crisis shaping the domestic agenda. The Oc...
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Foreign Policy Research Institute @fpri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check out what FPRI worked on in September!
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Monthly Highlights | September 2026
Russia’s seabed warfare, the Trump-Xi summit, space-based interceptors, and more
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/10/2026
⚡️Update: Key Kyiv bridge hit by Russian drones fourth time in two days. At the time of the fourth drone strike, the bridge was still closed for traffic from an earlier attack in the morning, said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
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Breaking: Key Kyiv bridge hit by Russian drones fourth time in two days
The Kyiv City Military Administration said on Oct. 2 that the Southern Bridge is closed in both directions.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here are some nice mushrooms
A family of firey orange mycena mushrooms grow from the side of a fallen log under warm fall overgrowth. All photos by me
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River Cavy ♿️ @rivercavy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.bedrockpodcast.com oooh fluorescing rocks are always thrilling!
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Bedrock: A Podcast on Earth's Earliest History
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 02/10/2026
Russia is planning to cut 90% of electricity, heating and water supplies in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa this winter, according to an alleged intercepted plan obtained by The New York Times. The newspaper said it could not independently verify the document. www.kyivpost.com/post/85948
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Russia’s Alleged Winter Offensive Aims to Slash Power and Heating by 90% – NYT
A document Ukraine shared with European partners reportedly outlines attacks using up to 1,000 missiles, drones, and bombs, including strikes intended to force nuclear power plants offline.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oleg Levushkin is behind the attempt to plant explosives at Leipzig airport - joint investigation by The Telegraph and Welt Am Sonntag. Evidence analyzed by these media suggests that there are clear similarities between the attacks in Leipzig
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sunflower holding sunlight ... 🧡
Orangey petaled sunflower full of light
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bullfrog of the day! Friday, 2 October 2026
Duckweed with a bullfrog poking his nose and eyes up
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Snowfloe @snowfloe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'Things may get ugly': Meta's new AI Muse is about to make the internet more annoying
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'Things may get ugly': Meta's new AI Muse is about to make the internet more annoying
Someday we'll redesign the internet for tools like this. Until then, you're in for a wild ride.
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Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm currently in Kyiv 🇺🇦 Quite different from my first visit. Air raid alerts are constant, and you regularly hear close explosions and anti-aircraft fire throughout the day, even in the centre of the city.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/10/2026
⚡️Ukraine aims to produce up to 400 interceptor drones as Russian jet-powered drone use grows, Zelensky says As Russia scales up production of its jet-powered drones — the Geran-4 and Geran-5 — Ukraine is struggling to shoot them down amid the hours-long attacks.
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Ukraine aims to produce up to 400 interceptor drones as Russian jet-powered drone use grows, Zelensky says
Ukraine is testing five types of high-speed interceptor drones designed to shoot down the faster Russian weapons, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new stage of the war. Russia has started striking Ukrainian bridges with jet-powered drones. In particular, Russia carried out several strikes on the Southern Bridge across the Dnipro - one of the key transport arteries not only of #Kyiv but of Ukraine as a whole,⤵️
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Thos Swans @thosswans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We need to examine what antizionism produces: Across centuries and continents, antizionism: - constructs Jews as collective moral threats, - justifies their exclusion, harassment, and targeting, - reframes hostility and violence as responses to evil.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It is self-destructive for European countries to refuse to ban pro-Russian parties and media
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
so we need to understand that the business as usual is not coming back.” Governments also need to communicate clearly with the public, he said, so people know what to do in the event of an emergency without panicking.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“But it doesn't mean that it may not happen in the future. So let's use this time for preparation.” “We must coordinate our intelligence services, secret police,” he said. “We need to take Putin very seriously; he's a terrorist. He is using all the different opportunities to attack us already,
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tsahkna said it should improve intelligence sharing, invest in security services and give countries the ability to respond rapidly to unconventional warfare. Currently, “Russia is not able to wage any military full-scale aggression or attacks against NATO,” Tsahkna said.
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Hippy | SCHOOL BONDS SQUIRREL 🎗️🌻🐿 @hippysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 Estonias FM is correct. “Hybrid” was the soft launch, the gentle warning sign we all hoped would not be serious. It *is* terror, it *is* war.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨🚨European leaders must stop calling #Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's FM. They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war." www.politico.eu/article/esto...
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It’s war, not hybrid attacks, says Estonian foreign minister
Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front against Moscow.
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