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Jake K

@jakekpgh.bsky.social
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digital humanist, visualizer, taiko player, maker, pinball aficionado, pens fan

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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 7h
A preprint of my paper Seasonal Employment of Hockey Stick as a Home Maintenance Tool will be released in a few weeks.
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 13h
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 13h
👏 AGENTS 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 ACTING 👏 ON 👏 THEIR 👏 OWN 👏
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 13h
The real chemtrails in are the food processing system, and RFKJr’s FDA is fine with that
theguardian.com
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“I wonder if it will be friends with me”
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I was going to offer an amusing spelling correction but then figured that Vance probably doesn’t know how Pittsburgh is spelled so it’s likely correct as transcribed.
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
or charge and pay sales tax across multiple jurisdictions
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Enshitification of our cars - It shouldn’t surprise me but it’s disapointing hackingpassion.com/connected-ca...
hackingpassion.com
Connected Cars Talk to Google and Ad Trackers While Seven Car Apps Hand Over the Owner's VIN
Researchers tested 21 new cars and 30 car apps. 19 cars talked to outside companies, and seven apps sent the VIN to trackers like Google and Meta.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026
Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have created a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks COVID-19 from infecting cells with 99% effectiveness in lab tests. This isn't a vaccine. It's a decoy. And it could change how we fight viruses forever.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In two years we've gone from a standard where the President's budget proposal was a set of suggestions Congress would ignore to where Congressional appropriations are now a set of suggestions the President ignores.
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just imagine the scenarios they’d label catastrophic
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's another fascinating bat-fact: When bats of the same species hunt in the same area, they pitch their echolocation calls to avoid confusion with their neighbors. Common bat courtesy! Scientists documenting their calls can use this to differentiate animals in a group.
"Spectrogram of 3 common pipistrelles (45-50khz) and 2 serotine bats (20-25kh) (and a noctula, 15-20khz). When individuals of the same species of bats forage in close proximity, they slightly change their pitch to avoid confusion"
CREDIT:  u/Munnin41
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All. All FBI Employees.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm thrilled to share that my new book about #SCOTUS, "The Court We Need: What's Really Wrong With the Supreme Court—and How to Fix It," is now available for pre-orders: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812983... The book is set to be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on May 4, 2027.
penguinrandomhouse.com
The Court We Need by Stephen Vladeck: 9798217061815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned...
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Generally don’t subscribe to the “Great Man” theory of history but in this case…
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
sammatey.substack.com
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 25/09/2026
this is just to say i have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to observe forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
U.S. military sends top-secret F-35 parts by UPS from Australia. China intercepts package in Hong Kong, won't give it back.
bloomberg.com
China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed ...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That the electorate could even contemplate such a man rather than reject him outright shames us all. That our founding laws could permit him to get in a position where the electorate could choose him shames our laws. That our institutions have not bodily removed him shames our institutions.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ATTENTION, NERDS ANOTHER DINO-MUMMY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE HELL CREEK FORMATION IT IS A T-REX AND THE PALEONTOLOGISTS WORKING ON IT ARE TEASING INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF FEATHERS THIS IS NOT A DRILL www.youtube.com/shorts/PQ0dg...
youtube.com
Rex Jr | A T. Rex Mummy May Reignite the Feather Debate #animals #dinosaur #evolution #fossil
YouTube video by Zeke Darwin
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pls send Claude tokens
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes having our fertilizer shipped from a Russian proxy dictator half the world away is surely a better way to arrange things than getting it from our democratic, once-friendly neighbor here in the North America
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pro tip: If you're traveling in the EU and your flight is delayed/cancelled for mechanical issues (not weather), you may be eligible for compensation. Our Delta flight from Paris was delayed, cancelled then rebooked 7 hours later. I knew this meant we were owed €600 *each*. Airline never announced +
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kavanaugh stop: US citizen briefly detained followed by a brief stop in the hospital afterwards. Hardly any inconvenience, right?
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This would explain why many Gen Xers seem to understand creatures that look scary / powerful are probably just an angry old man under a mask.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/09/2026
📣📣 Protect vaccines: Make a public comment DEADLINE: Sun Sept 20 📝 www.regulations.gov/document/HHS... Lots of anti-vaxxers have already commented 😨 - now it’s up to all of us to add some common-sense points. Confused about what’s going on? Let’s dive in (🧵)
regulations.gov
Regulations.gov
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
ballsandstrikes.org
A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He’s ready to hook a barrel of monkeys.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thanks to @michaelannica.bsky.social for flagging this infuriating news update on administrative burden in SNAP. The AZ agency tasked with verifying SNAP eligibility dropped OVER 3 MILLION CALLS in 18 months amid SNAP cuts and only 13% of calls led to complete interview! www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
kjzz.org
Data shows DES failed to complete most SNAP eligibility interviews, resulting in massive cuts
The state agency responsible for confirming which Arizonans qualify for SNAP benefits reported dropping more than 3 million calls with potential beneficiaries during an 18 month period — as nearly hal...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The utter lack of self-awareness is beyond belief.
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let’s be clear: blame his party too cuz they could have stopped some of his worst policies. They didn’t even try because they all fear a mean tweet more than him doing actual harm to America.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Leave things alone to preserve your independence” is pure mafia speak for “Nice central bank you got there, shame if something happened to it.”
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Naysayers just like the ones who worried Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 12/09/2026
I would have gone out and found like an 8th generation Texan family who had an adult trans kid who fled Texas and cut an ad with them going "i voted the way i did to keep this texas family together, but Ken Paxton drove them apart. When the government reaches into the home, I begin to question it."
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
houstonchronicle.com
Texas' first post-Roe look at maternal deaths won't be ready by midterms
Democrats say the timing is suspicious, given the Dec. 1 deadline is after Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported the state’s abortion ban are up for reelection.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Whenever I see something like this I have to wonder if he talked a doc into giving him T supplements.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There are about as many trees in Canada as stars in the milky way
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
Bessent: "Everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for taking a lying regime at face value"
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 01/09/2026
I'm a Disney Adult in that I'm a dirty little fiend for infrastructure and the processes required to manage humans. Seriously cannot get enough of that shit. Rides? No. Mouse? Fuck off. Systematic analysis of moving thousands of tons of garbage without showing your hand? HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!
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Jake K @jakekpgh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Many of us knew the answers to these questions in Nov 2024
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