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Maybe the most culturally connected I feel to Mayor Mamdani is that every single progressive Jew has also been called both a Zionist stooge and a Hamas stooge by people on opposite sides.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 11h

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Nature @nature.com · 17h

None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

chef’s kiss

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back

NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

YES AND: The lack of things on it was the lure! It was an invitation. So many years of my life going, "oh, there's no site for that? I could start one!" What's the point of posting anything in a world where the search engines just answer questions and don't link? When the barriers are so high?

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

When I checked this week, my registration was gone. Durham County, NC voter in good standing for many years, and I was no longer a registered voter.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

TIL there’s a fish that lives in the lowest depths of the Congo River that has stunted growth, no color pigment, and no eyes. And locally it’s called “mondeli bureau,” which translates to “white man in an office” LMAO

A very small blind pasty white yellowish fish in the palm of someone’s hand.

Lamprologus lethops, a fish that lives in the lower Congo River, is pale and blind like fish that dwell in caves deep underwater.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Melanie Stiassny)

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

"What? Filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court?" It's rare. But when states are bitch slapping each other, that's how it gets sorted. Abortion-ban states are really angry that abortion-friendly states won't extradite doctors providing care to patients in the ban states. Shit just got real.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Remember when Cuomo was endorsed by Trump, Stephen Miller, and Elon Musk, and dem consultants tried to act like this didn't mean what it so fucking obviously meant

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 30/09/2026

As path of her job, she had to carry a pager. Every time someone needed support — were disclosing an assault or abuse — her pager went off. It went off all. The. Time.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

MTG has really been going after her own.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social in this economy?!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal

Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.*

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is an incredible investigation showing how former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick weaponized our WSJ investigation into him to silence other news media over many years (linking our OG reporting below)

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/09/2026

Chinese media is having a blast.

China pulse • • @Eng_china5 • 11h
Trump was eagerly waiting for Xi Jinping's reaction to the military parade held especially for him. He couldn't hold back and asked: "What do you think?"
Xi Jinping replied that it was "great" and gave a thumbs-up
Then China's First Lady, Peng Liyuan, added: "It's amazing."
Trump looked visibly relieved, even touching the buttons on his suit in excitement over the praise.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every once in a while I remember how this study of trans masc folks found that *all* of the 21 participants had developed prostate tissue after a median of 4 and a half years on T And if I had to bet, I'd put money on my doctor and most others treating trans masc patients having no idea?

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Prostatic metaplasia of the vagina in transmasculine individuals - World Journal of Urology

Purpose To determine the prevalence of prostatic metaplasia in an expanded cohort of transmasculine individuals undergoing gender-affirming resection of vaginal tissue. Methods Institutional Review Bo...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Trump is threatening to deploy ICE at the polls. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Governors Association and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries are suing to stop him. www.democracydocket.com/cases/federa...

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🚨 DSCC et al v. ICE et al

Learn more here.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Man fuck this guy forever.

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Making mahjong tiles

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you’re lucky enough to be able to get vaccinated, make sure you have gotten the right number of shots. Many “gen x” aged people were only given one shot when it’s now know that you need 2 for full protection. www.cdc.gov/measles/vacc...

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Measles Vaccination

Learn about measles vaccine basics, who should get it, when to get it, and why it's important.

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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Did you know that Carney’s Liberal government’s Bill C-37 violates international law surrounding First Nations' clean drinking water, this includes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (1/3)

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/09/2026

13/12 headline. No notes

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’ve seen some people making comments about not caring about the Kennedy Center, or even wanting it gone, and if you’re not local, maybe sit this one out. It may be an abstraction to you, but to me it’s where I want to take my kids someday to see the symphony, the ballet, touring shows, etc

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Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Covid in 98% of airport air samples. A reminder that you can wear an n95 when you travel, even if you don’t wear one all the time, and why wouldn’t you want to avoid getting sick while you’re on a trip?

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 18/09/2026

“For years, Microsoft and OpenAI have fought to keep certain information out of the public eye in their fight with news organizations that have accused the AI firms of teaming up to violate copyright laws by stealing tons of news content to train AI.”

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Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Incredible. “When we were being stolen from our parents and experienced genocide in Indian Residential Schools, we wondered, ‘Who are the people that will help us?’ Today, we are those people. Today we offer our help, support, and jurisdiction to override these dehumanizing laws.”

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is.

Screenshot for a Defector podcast episode with the headline "Consider the Emotional Lives of Scallops" only the accompanying photo is a white gormless stubbled red-headed UK singer of recent notoriety giving a flat smile to the camera while wearing a washed out peach top as beige as he is against a flat background. So, actually, probably a scallop anyway.

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I had to do a quick google to realize this was not some kind of metaphor.

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Klara commits to the cause @klara5.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026

I ran this by my very Chicago-inside-baseball-aware roommate, and she confirms that the Chicago city policy dimensions of this are real good also-- especially funding the pensions, which apparently always get deprioritized during budget negotiations.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

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China: “Thank Trump”

The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival

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rde @rde-irl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was just lecturing today on how Romans didn't consider guys financially responsible until 25, and how that matches up really well with car insurance agencies and bell curves of people going bankrupt from sports betting.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 15/09/2026

Or, you know, business leaders and oligarchs can hope that people thrown into economic precarity keep taking “learn to code” for an answer. Seems like a shaky bet, to me.

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I got laid off after 25 years at Adobe. Now I drive a school bus instead of working in tech.

James Strawn was laid off from Adobe after a 25-year career. After a tough tech job search, he made a career pivot into school bus driving.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.

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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the wikipedia editor who submitted it is the one who is bound up, btw

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In heaven, everything is fine @ejschuster.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Brian Eno on crafting the Windows 95 start up sound. This is never far from my thoughts.

"The thing from the agency said, 'We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional,' this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said 'and it must be 3.25 seconds long.'
"I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a little piece of music. It's like making a tiny little jewel."
Eno soon became obsessed by this task, creating 84 different pieces of music - the other 83 of which I'd love to see the light of day at some point.
"I got completely into this world of tiny, tiny little pieces of music", he continued. "I was so sensitive to microseconds at the end of this that it really broke a logjam in my own work. Then when I'd finished that and I went back to working with pieces that were like three minutes long, it seemed like oceans of time."

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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SciCommic @scicommic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I call it “youngsplaining.” 20-something co-worker was describing a campaign to others in our breakroom. She stopped to explain D&D to me. I just nodded like it was all new information. Next day I brought in my manuals and reminded her that I’m from the generation that got it all started.

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