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mom, wife, vegan, sentientist, #杨洋 fan, GNU Terry Pratchett Be kind and meet the world with curiosity. 💚⁠

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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Iowa Voters doing ballot research FYI: The Iowa Bar Association publishes a Judicial Performance Review with a bio and score for each judge, evaluating professional competence and personal demeanor. Not all judges get high marks. This year, scores are 58.6%?! to 100% www.iowabar.org?pg=JudicialE...
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Judicial Evaluations
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sarah Mansfield MP has made a little book about The Very Hungry Data Centre
The Very Hungry Data Centre
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio. Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%
OpenAI in talks to lease 10GW data center from SB Energy in Ohio
Data center project on federal land in the state

June 10, 2026 By Georgia Butler  Have your say
OpenAI is in discussions regarding leasing a proposed 10GW data center being developed by SB Energy in Ohio.

The data center project in question is on federal land - owned by the US Department of Energy - at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio.40
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/04/2026
GNU Terry Pratchett, whose words will echo long after we, and our children, and our children’s children have moved on thank you, as always, for making me a better person (quote from Reaper Man)
No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"The ghost is no longer in the machine. The machine is becoming the ghost." “whole-brain emulation has been the tantalizing counterpart to artificial intelligence,” Weissner-Gross wrote... “Copy a biological brain, neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse, and run it.” futurism.com/science-ener...
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Researchers Upload Fly's Brain to Matrix, Let It Control Virtual Body
A company claims to have simulated the neurons of an adult fruit fly's brain and letting it roam inside a Matrix-like virtual environment.
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Discworld Convention @dwcon.org · 12/03/2026
GNU to our beloved author, Sir Terry Pratchett. "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken." #Discworld #DiscworldConvention #GNUSirTerryPratchett #GNU
Pale yellow square background with black art nouveau border and text reading "GNU Sir Terry Pratchett" below it sits an image by Paul Kidby of Terry playing chess.  Below that is the quote "Don't think of it as dying, think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush"
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Don't be like me. If you have an old Yahoo mail account, check it often. I was surprised to find out tonight that all my old mail is gone, 20+ years' worth, deleted due to inactivity. 😭 I wish I had known. Unfortunately, they didn't send alerts about it before deleting. No more need for Yahoo now.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Elizabeth, a 10-year-old Minnesota girl, spent a month detained at the ICE facility in Dilley, TX before her release last night w/ her mom. Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
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Minnesota girl, 10, released from ICE custody after a month in detention
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility to head back to Minnesota to reunite with her father
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
No surprises here. They lied and had no basis to take the actions they did. It was unacceptable, and they knew it. Hardly the first time. Since June 2025, more than 300 federal judges in 1,600 cases have said the same.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA. Facts that bear repeating.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Every year about this time, we get to see what fresh new hell the Iowa legislature is considering. Bills pop up like whack-a-mole, and we have to try to beat back the worst. Emailing my representation about them is pretty much an exercise in futility, and they rarely respond, but still I persist.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Chuck Grassley has been an elected official since 1958 and a Senator for 45 years. He is the longest serving Senator in office. He chairs the Judiciary Committee.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Oh yeah, Pokemon Go, I'll head right out there to walk a route with the feels like -4 degrees. 🙃 I'm sure everyone with bitter cold, snow and ice love these winter walking suggestions as much as I do. /s
Pokemon Go phone notification saying it's a great day to follow a Route and suggesting you might encounter a Glimmet along with illustration of said Pokemon
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Charlie Young @charlienotold.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
REVEALED: Peter Thiel’s Palantir have over £630m in UK Government contracts. They’re laced through major projects with the NHS, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Defence: including our nuclear weapons program. By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @mc00.bsky.social and myself for @thenerve.news
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 23/01/2026
We’re using more water than nature can replenish, with irreversible consequences. Lakes shrinking, aquifers declining, wetlands disappearing, glaciers losing ~1/3 of their volume. 4B people face water scarcity at least 1 month/year. 🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #WaterCrisis #ClimateChange #UN
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A brilliant speech by Canada's Mark Carney in Davos: "The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy...The powerful have their power. But we have something too — the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home & to act together."
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Vegan friends, if you are looking to support MSP folks with their resistance from afar, consider supporting the Twin Cities Vegan Chef Collective. They are providing food and groceries to the community: 💚💪 Venmo: @Chef-Collective-1123 CashApp: $ChefCollective1123 www.instagram.com/the.t.c.v.c....
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Did you know that microplastics are often found in many tea bags, including some that look like they're just made of paper? It's used in the heat sealing process to prevent it from falling apart. www.implasticfree.com/why-you-shou.... You can dump the tea into a strainer to help avoid it.
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Plastic Free Tea Bags: Which Brands Are Really Microplastic Free in 2026?
Your cup of tea might contain 11 billion nanoparticles of plastics. Find out which tea bags are 100% plastic free (2026 update).
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/01/2026
Save your new year resolutions until the spring weather arrives
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Save your new year resolutions until the spring weather arrives
Feelings of overwhelm decrease as days lengthen meaning resolutions will be more successful in March
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Fascinating!! Present-moment awareness increases pro-sociality, and seeing something unexpected helps jar people back into the present!
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The 'Batman effect' found to double acts of kindness
A Milan subway study shows surprise, not sermons, can spark kindness. Batman’s cameo doubled seat offers to a pregnant rider.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Years ago I used to make custom plushes to help our son with his YouTube channel. I think these are still the ones I'm most proud of - Shiverians from Super Mario Odyssey. Hand-sewn, made out of 50¢ felt sheets and an old sweater. No pattern, just guesswork.
Hand-swen plushes of the Shiverians from Super Mario OdysseyShiverians and Mr. Blizzard plush Super Mario Odyssey characters
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Our son has just released a playable demo for his game called Holiday Hooligan (HoHo!) 🎅 Please check it out! You can download it or play online at j4miecl4rk.itch.io/holiday-hool..., 3 levels available now. #indiegame #gamedev
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Holiday Hooligan: Bobbob Demo by j4miecl4rk
Help Santa deliver gifts to trap filled houses.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Thinking about shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday? Watch this first. www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
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Should You Boycott Amazon?
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
'Tis the season to be kind! 💚❤️ For several years now, our son and I have endeavored to spread some extra Christmas kindness, an idea spurred on by Helen at Make Today Happy and her Kindness Advent Calendars. maketodayhappy.co.uk/kindness-adv...
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Kindness Advent Calendar 2025
Hello lovely, I really hope you are keeping well, and have had a fantastic year so far. As we step into the festive season, I’d like to gently invite us all to make kindness a big part of that &#82…
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
#TheVoice Yoshihanna has such an amazing voice!!! 🎼 I hope she's selected to perform at the 🌹parade. Max would do well too.
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Fun fact - Marjorie Taylor Greene will have been a member of congress for five years on January the 3rd. At that point she becomes eligible for the full congressional pension at 62. She’s retiring on January the 5th. Freaking coincidence, huh.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
We cancelled our family membership a few weeks ago. I was using it every single day so definitely feeling the loss. Been trying out Tidal as a replacement. So far feeling like it's about 80% as useful. It doesn't have all my songs :( and does have confusing UX for some tasks.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
As seen further down the thread, 46.5% of all people booked into detention (from all sources) had no record.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
No matter how powerless we may feel about global events, being kind to others is always something we can do to improve the world. 💕 Happy World Kindness Day!
Illustration of a globe with hearts and text reading Happy World Kindness Day - Moments of Kindness
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/11/2025
What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
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What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
Look at all those zeroes – look at them!
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I just can't get over how beautiful the northern lights are tonight!! They have been going for 4 hours and are still so vibrant! And this is from our front porch, with no effort to control for light pollution, just using the night sight phone setting. Visible without that though too! 😍
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I'm beyond furious at them, giving up their leverage for nothing. What little hope I had is lost. If only we had a more responsive system of governing. Hoping we can vote these people out many years from now is not it.
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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Solextre @solextre.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
INSTACART FOOD BANK DONATIONS Instacart will let you shop from the "foods desired" list of a local Food Bank. Items will be purchased from a local grocery, and delivered to the Food Bank for free. Reach the Instacart food bank shopping service here: instacart.com/store/hub/co...
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Donate items to a local cause with Community Carts | Instacart
Select a participating organization to support, browse their personalized wish list, and donate items with a few clicks through Instacart - delivered directly to the organization.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents. NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
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Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We cancelled our Spotify family plan as part of the ICE recruitment ads boycott. I was using it daily. Tidal is decent so far, but missing a bunch of music from my playlists. Should I try Apple Music? Thoughts from those who have already made the switch? #CancelSpotify #DontStreamFacism #stopICEads
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/11/2025
Yup. “In the United States alone, a spike in non-renewal rates across the homeowners’ insurance industry – even beyond high-risk markets in Florida and California – indicates that climate threatens to trigger a national insurance crisis.”
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Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
#mettamonday is a great reminder to pause and send some goodwill and compassion out into the world. 🪷🦋🫶
A photo of a window that is wet and has a colorful leaf stuck to it. Text overlay reads, "May all beings be free from danger. May all beings be protected and safe. May all beings be free from suffering. May all beings live with ease."
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
"The official theme of the Halloween night bash was “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody,” ..."
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A checklist: "The Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
SCOOP: The Trump administration acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing; can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors; and consider those survivors to be “unprivileged belligerents." theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
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Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
For a real fright, just watch videos from some recent ICE stops. The fear and screams of the family members are worse than anything you'll find in the most terrifying Halloween movie. I'm still shaken up half an hour later. Truly horrific.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Let’s take a short pause to speak about the war in Sudan. 💔🇸🇩 The reason the world stays silent is simple. ➡️ The UAE is driving this war, funding, arming, and enabling the atrocities. And since everyone wants to do business with the UAE first, they choose silence. 💰🤐 #Sudan #HumanRights
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
So proud of our son! His #ScreamJam2025 game made top 100 in most categories, out of around 1k entries!
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 30/10/2025
The nuclear test news is really hitting my 80s kid trauma.
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hthr @hthrnn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
So Utah's solution to homelessness is a poor farm, or workhouse? Those have been tried before, and they did not go well. www.tiktok.com/@wtf_fla/vid...
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Being unhoused isn’t a crime, but America’s acting like it is - 10/29 #thisisamerica #usa #america #fyp #foryoupage
TikTok video by Dani
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