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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 5h

Apparently this needs to be said, so I’ll spell it out: Using “intoxication” to justify rape, justifies rape. There is *no* instance of rape that should EVER be justified. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 7h

He simply must be removed from office as any other President would have been if they had uttered these words. "A small price to pay" means he is willing to let 15 million Americans be murdered and he thinks it is acceptable. The fact that those people clapped when he said that makes me sick.

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 4h

😢 I still go to Leslie’s and sure enough my closest location is up for closure

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 17h

Turns out the media does slightly give a shit when it’s their own city

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 18h

Through the first five days of October, San Francisco's tides are running more than 10 inches higher than the late-20th century baseline. About 3 inches of this anomaly are because of long-term sea level rise, the rest can be explained by short-term effects, likely El Nino related.

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 21h

Unfortunately the mosquitoes are also enjoying the breeze 😔

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 21h

Went outside to continue evening Halloween decorating and there’s a breeze!

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 21h

We are now at the Trump doesn’t give a shit if the second and eighth largest cities in the US were bombed. You know if MSM gave any shits either.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Can one politician or journalist tell him he's disgusting, to his face, on camera? One. (1).

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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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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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What I find striking about every one of these “politics are too hostile” takes, is that the emphasis is always on the people with higher standards to lower them to allow violence at the table. How come Cox isn’t telling the right to love their neighbor? Instead it’s come to the table with Trump.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ah yes, the classic Lord Farquaad “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

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EJD @firewxguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't think privatization is the answer. Weather data such as this needs to be publicly available and free. The answer is this administration shouldn't have gutted NOAA's budget with the horrible DOGE cuts.

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Three Bay Area stations. Guess which one is the Fox affiliate 🤦‍♂️ Missing 14-year-old Monterey County teen rescued in Mexico, father arrested Girl, 14, accused of killing newborn taken into custody with father in Mexico 14-year-old missing Monterey County teen rescued in Mexico, father arrested

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I want to put up Halloween decorations but I also don’t want to end up looking like one with this heat 🥵

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Homer Simpson's Scary Melting Transformation

ALT: Homer Simpson's Scary Melting Transformation

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Because it's buried at the bottom of the article and CNN is presenting it in a misleading way: before people worry, the "unknown" part is how the worker was exposed, the pathogen is good old fashioned Y. pestis which we understand extremely well and can treat just fine if caught early

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Was the toilet bowl one 😢 Forget the real name of it.

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Ryan Schwartz @ryanschwartz.tv · 02/10/2026

The headline: Man Found Liable for Sexual Abuse Empathizes With Men Accused of Rape

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the things the whole Cornell rape thing needs to factor in is just how prevalent "greeks" are in the places where attitudes, and policies, are made. And we've known for all my adult life that frat houses are rife with sexual assault. thefraternityadvisor.com/greek-life-s...

There are over 9 million Greek members nationally
Of the nation’s 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by fraternity men.

85% of the Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity.

40 of 47 U.S. Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were fraternity men.

76% of all Congressmen and Senators belong to a fraternity.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has been named the special prosecutor by Gov. Kathy Hochul to investigate the Cornell 7. In other words: they are FUCKED fucked.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has named New York State Attorney General Letitia James to serve as special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case.

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2026 calls out for versatile quartz which under stress when rubbed or crushed triboluminescences, shining rather than crushed. Tough & adaptable quartz converts light & vibrations into understandable sounds & visuals, humans & quartz are ubiquitous on earth but not in the galaxy this is Quartz yr.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

QUARTZ! QUARTZ! QUARTZ! #TeamQuartz #MinCup26

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As a transphobic male senator, there is nothing more important to me than protecting women's sports. Here's why it never occurred to me that Jack Smith, a man, would choose to attend a women's college basketball game. by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

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Dr. Christine Beavers @xtalgrrl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have to be #TeamQuartz on this one. Quartz is used as a pressure standard in high pressure crystallography experiments. It's a reliable friend in a stressful situation! #minCup26

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Global model ensembles are in strong agreement that a prolonged &anomalous nearly West-wide autumn heatwave will develop this week & persist for 10+ days. While some daytime records may be set, this event will be more notable for its persistence & breadth. [Thread]

Map showing predicted temperature anomalies in early October from the ECMWF ensemble across the western U.S. Nearly the entire region is painted red and pink, indicating widespread very warm anomalies.

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Dots and Lines @dotsandlines.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's time! #MineralCup finals are now! On this tenth year of the Mineral Cup, the mineral that started it all deserves a win. #Quartz for #MinCup26!

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Vote #quartz! I found this doubly terminated Herkimer “Diamond” in NY a few years ago by cracking tons of dolostone searching for vugs coated in small quartz crystals (druzy) that are black from hydrocarbons. This piece opened, but not enough to let the crystal fall. I kept it like this b/c it’s rad

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You know that milky white rock you picked up when you were a kid and you thought you just picked up the awesomest rock ever and your friends were all gonna be super impressed? Yeah, that was quartz.

My daughter standing in a rocky stream bed alongside some brush and trees. She is holding an iron-stained chunk of milky quartz in front of her face. She is wearing her grandfather's old hiking hat and a tshirt from the Europa Clipper mission. This is part of the San Gabriel Anorthosite-Syenite-Gabbro Complex.

A picture of a chunk of iron-stained quartz that I'm holding up. A rocky stream bed and some green brush is in the background. This is part of the San Gabriel Anorthosite-Syenite-Gabbro Complex.

Me holding a chunk of quartz schist from the Pelona Schist formation north of Los Angeles, California.

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ChukG @chukg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I voted for #quartz of course! How could I not? #MinCup26

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm categorized as an AI subscriber, because I'm subscribed to the 3 TB tier of Google Drive and and they literally just changed the name of the plan to "Google AI Plus." Those "AI subscriber" numbers are 100 percent juiced and phony, and you're a sucker if you believe otherwise.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sometimes something happens that's so undeniably good that you've got to celebrate, and Newsom signing AB 2222 is one of those things. Shout out to @mattdpearce.com and @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social for their efforts on getting this in front of the right people and also across the finish line.

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Hamilton: We Won! Lafayette's Victory Celebration

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026

This is now a sycophancy test. Joking about it I’ll accept, barely, but anyone who even remotely indulges this is a coward

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sigh... it bears repeating: imagine if a Democrat had pulled that shit today in a congressional hearing. Every major newspaper editorial board in the country would be calling for their resignation, and Jake Tapper, through tears, would spend a chunk of his show asking what our country has become.

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Rebecca Wilcox @rebeccawilcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As much as I will always love quartz, in this moment when generative AI companies are doing their best to make all my art valueless, I have to choose graphite. Give me a graphite stick and some paper, and I can make something wonderful that no one’s ever seen before.

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Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These photos are appalling. It should be a violation of game rules for competing contestants to fraternize like this 🤣😆🙈

Screenshot of Mincup showing photos of graphite & quartz in the same hand sample.

Caption:
Left: Graphite inclusions and bubble within a water pocket within a double-terminated quartz crystal. Credit: Robert M. Lavinsky.
Center: Graphite and quartz intermixed from Connecticut. Credit: Harold Moritz.
Right. Hexagonal graphite crystal within a quartz crystal. Ferdinando Giovine (right)

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Both quartz and graphite can form in the same kinds of rocks, either entangled together or with graphite as an inclusion within quartz. This gradient most often in hydrothermal fluid. As the fluids cool, carbon precipitates out first as graphite with silica crystallizing into clear quartz crystals around it.

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#MinCup26 Semifinal 2 It’s a match sure to break hearts between industrial powerhouses piezoelectric #quartz and lubricating #graphite! (With the correct links this time!) VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo between a pair of glassy-clear terminated quartz crystals and flaky blades of dark grey graphite at odd angles to each other, with green crystals around them.

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Kevin Geipel @kageipel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There just was a Threads post about a mom raving that her kid was getting Fs in Chicago and since moving now gets As and Bs in Texas. Most people were quick to point out that it wasn’t the flex she thought it was. Just shows how completely low Texas’s standards are.

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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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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#StaySalty, but be sure to vote for the mineral that moves mountains, Halite. #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

Woody with Buzz Lightyear’s hand around his shoulder. Buzz looks into the distance like he’s having Woody imagine something and says, “Salty people. Salty people everywhere.”

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