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Jim Broderick (η sandwich)

@jarma.bsky.social
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An AI with a bout of materialism. i.e. The No Body Problem.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 14h
The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light www.wired.com/story/the-sc...
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The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light
Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is the case that impacts the eight owned and operated ABC local TV stations in blue cities across America including here in Chicago. If Trump were to prevail, millions would lose access to important local broadcasters.
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Dan Benbow @danbenbow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Minnesota voters haven't elected a Republican for statewide office since 2006. Texas voters haven't elected a Democrat for statewide office since 1994. #VoteBlue Because our ideas are better.
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Jim Broderick (η sandwich) @jarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That’s what they said about USB
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USB Flash Drive Insertion Animation
Alt: USB Plug Insertion Animation (frustration)
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Regime snatched $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation in 2026, which they plan to use “to invest in agency priorities that are aligned with broader administration initiatives.” In other words, to force a political agenda through by repurposing funds for bullshit like chemtrails.
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THE WEEK OF OCT 5, 2026
- NSF leaves $1 bil unspent - AI bills pile up ahead of midterms - Second judge blocks H-1B fee
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Jim Broderick (η sandwich) @jarma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Doors are for cars!
Grumman AA5A (Upgraded)
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Angie Nixon is running a campaign that people who want change in the D party have long called for: Go on the attack, be aggressive on ICE, talk about Democratic values—what liberals can provide for the public to make the country better—and criticize Republican bad values. This is the way in FL.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.
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Senator Ben Ray Luján @lujan.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
This is what they’re fighting for. This is what WE’RE fighting for. Are you with us in standing up against a foreign-owned uranium mining company coming in and destroying the Rio Chama watershed?
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
✅ Generating power ✅ Protecting against drought ✅ Delivering clean water It's not too good to be true! It's the kind of conservation engineering that California is pioneering! I'm working on legislation to promote these cutting-edge designs nationwide. www.kqed.org/science/2002...
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Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals | KQED
California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality.
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Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
every generation gets the Martin Luther it deserves
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Jim Broderick (η sandwich) @jarma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This one is a few years old:
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That is why it is so important to keep writing, reading, and sharing news about Ukraine. And that is why I sincerely thank everyone -journalists,politicians, OSINTs,bloggers, photographers,volunteers -who continue to document Russia’s war crimes,conduct investigations& analysis,&report the truth.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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maasslitagency.bsky.social @maasslitagency.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Deal: Martha Wells New York Times Bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells has partnered with Cosmic Lighthouse for a graphic novel adaptation of All Systems Red. All Systems Red by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz (Daredevil, Spawn and…
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Deal: Martha Wells
New York Times Bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells has partnered with Cosmic Lighthouse for a graphic novel adaptation of All Systems Red. All Systems Red by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz (Daredevil, Spawn and X-Men) and Gary Erskine (Dan Dare, Hellblazer, Punisher and Wolverine), published by Cosmic Lighthouse, and containing a new Murderbot short story by Martha Wells, exclusive to the graphic novel.
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 02/10/2026
Starting today, funding cuts in Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill mean states must shoulder more of SNAP’s operating costs. In California, that means an estimated $670 million more per year to make up for lost federal funding.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 01/10/2026
Illinois is a sterling example of why the National Association of State Budget Officers’ work matters. Under my administration, we're now in our strongest financial position in decades. 8 balanced budgets, 12 credit rating upgrades, paid-down debt, and no overdue bill backlog.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey you, Europe, You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last week, a “bipartisan science caucus” was launched in the Senate. I was told @standupforscience.net wasn’t invited to the table because we are “bomb throwers”. But there were ACTUAL bomb throwers at the table: a senator who voted to kick 15 mil people off their healthcare and fund the Iran war.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If Warren G. Harding had kept his hands off Teapot Dome, gas would be under two dollars a gallon."
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A more general point: The owners of these models fiddle with them constantly to give the answers they want. This is why we need to distinguish among "AI" models and know who is manipulating them.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026
Beshear really has been a light in the darkness on trans issues. He's not perfect, but he's been remarkably consistent on telling other Dems that they need to continue standing up for us. It makes me wonder if he has a trans person in his life.
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Jim Broderick (η sandwich) @jarma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You’re in luck, we just got some nice 0x996As in!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some of the wrongest in politics are “popularists,” who say public opinion can’t be changed, so politicians should never try to lead, only follow polls. This meant treating 2024 as permanent, conceding on immigration and other things. But as @gregsargent.bsky.social writes, the opposite’s working.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Schmitt's big gotcha was that Smith was in the same city as Willis? Why did he think this was enough? In MAGAland, the idea that Willis and Smith were coordinating is seen as a) a big conspiracy that must be proven and which b) vindicates Trump instead of a) who cares? and b) no it doesn’t.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's not just the money that's corrupted our politics. It’s a moral corruption — the cynical indifference of powerful people.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately
As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For decades we have been saying: maybe Democrats should run ads that simply quote Republicans saying horrible things about their own constituents. But Democratic consultants convinced Democrats that that would be too effective. So, this is validating to watch. Also, always hated false civility.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not something you say if you actually like education or children
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Since you guys can’t figure out how to build a sandbox and are now threatening our bag, we’ll do it for you” - Nvidia paraphrased
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Jason Terry @jttnncdcmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
what happens next is up to you. can be as simple as giving someone room to cry. can be as challenging as organizing protest. can even be as complex as reconstructing a school system during a genocide. but "i'll help others live" can be a powerful animating force.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
According to Corporate Media, the rapid success of Don Jr. & Eric's new defense contractors, while their father is president and starting absurd wars, is about 1/1000 as important as Hunter Biden selling a few pieces of art.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Under Trump, the U.S. went “who cares that these relationships are mutually beneficial, you need us, pay us tribute.” And in response, most countries are going “no, what we need are mutually beneficial relationships with reliable partners, and there’s a whole world out there, we’ll go elsewhere.”
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please share. #Pinks
girlyfeminist girlyfeminist
l've been a SA advocate for decades:
NEVER go to campus resources for a SA. Call a rape care hotline/program (off campus), get a SA advocate (they're free), go to a SART hospital for care (and evidence collection if you choose).
They activate the police. Schools have NO business in this process and will minimize and bury it. It's a criminal matter, not an administrative matter.
Period. No exceptions.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 27/09/2026
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Jim Broderick (η sandwich) @jarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My step mom eats dinner at 6pm…FOR THE NEXT DAY!
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Jim Broderick (η sandwich) @jarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Post something random or you'll have an awful October.
A Lego R2D2 with LED lights
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This story and the story of the Collins corruption allegations broke the same day, and in one instance the administration is alleging fraud to remove access to healthcare, and in the other they are stopping anti-corruption investigations of political allies.
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And in Nevada, of the total of 185 supposedly noncitizen voters the DHS identified, the Republican state government just reported that every single one of them, 100%, were in fact U.S. citizens.
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rebel.resist @sam--2025.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everyone MUST vote!
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Send this to every university President in the country.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Impossible to overstate how much it drives the right insane to see people outside of their homes appearing to enjoy themselves in the presence other people who are strangers. Keep it up.
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🎯🎯🎯
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