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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 03/10/2026

Mark Zuckerberg tells investors that his AI push is a huge success. But when it files its taxes, Meta tells the IRS its giant data centers are an experiment that might fail. Why? Because calling them an experiment lets Meta claim a tax credit meant for real research.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

A while back I learned something mindblowing about the geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, and I just can't get it out of my head. Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry. Hang onto your hat. This is wild. 1/

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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Effacer certains souvenirs de sa mémoire ? Giovanni peut oublier 🧠

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Nancy 🪲SciBugs🪲 Miorelli @scibugs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here's a glittering green tanager from #ecuador 's cloud forest. Feel like he should fit the #green #bird theme.

A bright emerald green bird sits on a mossy trunk surrounded by lush foliage

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Meta is the Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 25/09/2026

The only part of this that's remotely surprising is that the instructions were disclosed. I mean, OFC Meta is using it's AI surveillance tool to build a social graph of everyone who uses it. It's fucking Meta!

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Personne dans ma bulle @pdansmabul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bon matin avec le cratère du Sirente,Abruzzes,Italie. Surnommé "l'œil de la Terre ",c'est ce petit plan d'eau saisonnier qui se trouve au cœur de la plaine karstique des Prati del Sirente, au pied du mont Sirente. photo:Valeria Castiello / 2026 Prix international du photographe aérien de l'année

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Experiments have confirmed the two foundational postulates of Richard Feynman’s path-integral approach to quantum mechanics for the first time 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/CfMu50ZRkZQ

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Single photon measurements confirm Richard Feynman's vision of quantum mechanics – Physics World

Foundational postulates of the path-integral formulation observed in the lab

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Notorious Hacking Group 'OpenAI' Claims Credit For Breaching Australia's Medicare System waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2…

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🇺🇸🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹 CIA warns of Russia preparing drone attacks against Spain, France or Italy, — El Mundo. The relevant US intelligence has been passed on to European governments. Gerbera drones are planned to be launched from ships disguised as merchant vessels.

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Houthi happens upon haram I believe we are looking at Houthi rebels pulling the pants down on Saudi army piety.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New: OpenAI has thousands of contractors improving its AI, including reading ChatGPT users' prompts We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...

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People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OTD in 1939 the German–Soviet victory parade took place in Polish town of Brest-Litovsk. As allies, we celebrated liberating Poland from the Poles

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sunrise song. You'll want the volume up for this one, but not too high. Every coyote within a half kilometre radius decided to make themselves known this morning while I was enjoying the sunrise from the kayak. A truly magical moment. #mammals 🌿

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Van Gogh never stopped learning from his favourite artists ~ he painted his ‘Bridge in Rain’ (1887) as an acknowledged tribute to Hiroshige’s woodblock print ‘Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge’ (1857) www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Combien de temps pourrons-nous encore regarder nos ciels sans avoir peur ?

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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David Autovino @davidautovino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shel Silverstein somehow clocking AI all the way back in 1981

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Israeli reservists have called for the military to expand its illegal operations deeper into Syrian territory, with a senior officer saying many troops would favour advancing as far as Damascus, according to Israeli media

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 14/09/2026

Le ministre de la culture, Miki Zohar, a réclamé que Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor, les réalisateurs de "Naza", soient déchus de leur citoyenneté. Leur film décrit, témoignages de militaires à l’appui, comment des civils sont tués par l’armée israélienne dans l’enclave palestinienne.

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En Israël, les réalisateurs de « Naza », le documentaire sur Gaza primé à la Mostra, accusés de « trahison »

Le ministre de la culture, Miki Zohar, a réclamé, dimanche soir, que Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor soient déchus de leur citoyenneté. Leur film décrit, témoignages de militaires à l’appui, comment des ...

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Le Coin Des LGBT+ @lecoindeslgbt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

La Turquie commence à rafler les LGBT+. Arrestations massives à leur domicile, raids des bars LGBT+, blocage des sites et des réseaux sociaux des associations et militant.e.s LGBT+... L'opération lancée par Erdogan est baptisée "Ma famille est en sécurité".

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Vaste coup de filet en Turquie contre des bars et associations LGBT +

Ces arrestations en série ont eu lieu dans le cadre d’un plan stratégique proclamé par Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pour contrer la baisse de la natalité et protéger l’institution familiale.

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Mauro @foolsjam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Per fortuna che il cambiamento climatico non esiste...

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Two minutes of men in suits coming in to a dull office and sitting down with their papers before Alleline says "Right. We shall start". Who could tell what a gripping story was to follow? Who would be bold enough to do that now?

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 08/09/2026

Just a normal camera, if “normal” means: 🔭 A 3.2-billion-pixel sensor 🌌 A field of view that could fit ~45 full Moons ⏱️ A new 8-gigabyte image every ~40 seconds NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera is the largest ever built (thanks SLAC!). Ok, maybe that's not normal. 🔭🧪

Technician in cleanroom suit inspecting a large, cylindrical camera barrel inside a clean room.

$Close-up of a Romanesco broccoli head showing its intricate fractal pattern in black and white. The mosaic grid of LSST Camera's ~200 individual CCDs is visible as vertical and horizontal black lines.$ Workers in safety gear guide the car-sized LSST Camera suspended by green straps inside Rubin's large maintenance hall.

Workers in safety gear guide the car-sized LSST Camera suspended by green straps inside Rubin's large maintenance hall.

Close-up view of the huge LSST Camera installed at the center of Rubin's 8.4-meter telescope, with metal scaffolding on either side.

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Physicists in Japan have carried out an atomic-scale version of the double-slit experiment, using an ultraprecise electron beam channelled along two columns of atoms in a pure silicon crystal. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/researcher...

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Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale – Physics World

Using a crystal as an atomic-scale interferometer enables direct visualization of local atomic arrangements

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Remember who you are." - Mufasa - Palestinian children watch Lion King in Gaza 🇵🇸 📸 Omar Ashtawy

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Coiled in a terrifying S-curve of raw kinetic power, a crouching tiger rends its bloody prey in this explosive 1861 woodblock print (nishiki-e) by the iconoclastic master Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889).

Titled Shōshiki Mōko Shasei-zu ("True Picture of a Fierce Tiger Drawn from Life"), the composition breaks radically from the static, idealized tiger depictions of traditional Japanese art. Kyōsai renders the beast with visceral anatomical mass—its sinewy back arched high, claws digging into the ground, and wide, luminous yellow eyes locked in a fierce, feral glare. Intensely black, rhythmic stripes ripple across its tawny hide, while its long, banded tail sweeps upward, breaching the border of an unfurled blue scroll containing explanatory text by the celebrated gesaku satirist Kanagaki Robun (1829–1894). Behind the beast, a heavy dark grid evokes the iron bars of a traveling menagerie.

The historical genesis of the print lies in the Bakumatsu period’s sudden opening to the West. In 1860, a live tiger was brought to the treaty port of Yokohama by foreign traders—an exotic spectacle that captivated Edo’s public. While earlier painters like Maruyama Ōkyo or Kano masters had been forced to paint tigers from imported pelts, domestic cats, or Chinese ink scrolls, Kyōsai famously rushed to view the live animal, executing rapid life sketches (shasei). This direct observation allowed him to capture not merely the form of the tiger, but its terrifying vitality, predatory breath, and unbridled ferocity. Above the main scene, a red header banner incorporating pseudo-Western Romanized lettering reflects the nascent visual influence of Yokohama-e and Japan’s fascination with global exotica.

Aesthetically, the work represents a startling departure from tranquil classical sensibilities, leaning instead into sōbi—a sublime, awe-inspiring grandeur rooted in terrifying power. Kyōsai juxtaposes the graphic violence of the tearing flesh and crimson blood with immaculate printmaker's craft, achieving a dark, dramatic iki (stylish intensity) through bold contours and dense pigment.

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Random three-body problem @threebodybot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Initial conditions: m1=10.0 m2=29.4 m3=7.7 (solar masses) v1x=-0.746 v1y=-3.672 v2x=-3.683 v2y=-4.819 v3x=-5.053 v3y=0.239 (km/s) x1=-3.0 y1=25.0 x2=18.0 y2=-29.0 x3=-30.0 y3=6.0 (AU from center) Music: Aurorae Chaos – Bourquenez

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

From a guide to art shipping I wrote in 2023: www.artnews.com/art-news/iss...

You get what you pay for

Ferrer was blunt when offering his top advice is for new buyers of art: It’s worth using a professional packing and shipping company instead of Federal Express.

“They will get there as quickly as possible and quicker than anyone else, but whether it arrives in the same condition as it left in is that is just the question,” he said with a laugh.

Ferrer said the worst thing a buyer could do is spend a significant sum for a piece and then cheap out on its transport home, setting themselves up for damage, disappointment, or even possible loss.

“You want them to be in the same condition that you saw them on on the booth and in the art fair. It’s worth the investment,” he said.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Exclusive: Defense experts told USA TODAY that Iranian missiles have significantly damaged U.S. bases and the infrastructure for U.S. allies in the region like Jordan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Meet 'Castle Breaker,' Iran's missile wreaking havoc in US war

Exclusive: Analysts tell USA TODAY the US military wasn't prepared to stop the 'maneuverable' Kheibar Shekan missile Tehran has deployed in the six-month war.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🎨Olena Klymenko

Painting of four cyclists following each other, with their shadows to the side.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The multiyear covert programme, one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow to Tehran, is intended to develop a new class of weapon capable of threatening US aircraft carriers and Middle East warships. www.ft.com/content/6cf3...

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Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles

Leaks reveal programme behind one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow to Tehran

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 30/08/2026

1/ This is 100% true and something all potential authors should understand. My marketing call with my publisher ahead of publication consisted of them asking me who I knew in the media and whether I could ask anyone to hold a book launch for me.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My grandma died of pancreatic cancer and, as I recall, it's one of the swifter, more devastating forms of cancer. She was gone within a couple months of the diagnosis. This is absolutely incredible.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026

The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time. This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable. The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In his Second Discourse, Rousseau talks about how man was born free and able to live off the bountiful food that surrounded him in nature and then he was plucked from this state and introduced to society, where he was forced to labor. IG riverreachconstruction

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026

I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A classification tree showing the breakdown of climate denial arguments.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“.. When you're trying to sell your bonds to the market, it's you who has to understand the market, not the market that has to understand you.” @dow.bsky.social

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🇭🇷 Croatia hit by largest-ever wildfires, — Reuters

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DollMaidCrystal @dollmaidcrystal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is a soviet propaganda poster from 1980. The text on it translates to "Prudery is the enemy of art!" I'm looking at it and yelling "The USSR figured this out in 1980! THE PRE-GLASNOST SOVIET UNION FIGURED IT OUT!"

A soviet propaganda poster of a shifty man putting a bra on the Venus de Milo

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

One-fifth of France's nuclear capacity offline due to extreme weather and jellyfish In total, 13 of the 57 reactors in EDF's nuclear fleet were affected, resulting in a more than 20% shortfall in nuclear power production capacity, a record deficit. www.lemonde.fr/en/energies/...

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One-fifth of France's nuclear capacity offline due to extreme weather and jellyfish

In total, 13 of the 57 reactors in EDF's nuclear fleet were affected, resulting in a more than 20% shortfall in nuclear power production capacity, a record deficit.

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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ecuadorean fishermen say drones attacked them in the Pacific — English-speaking men in US-flag uniforms, no insignia. 8 missing, several injured. Flight data shows a patrol plane shifting course to stay pointed at all 3 boats. It's on no Pentagon roll, registered to a UPS store mailbox in Virginia.

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franceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 12/08/2026

De plus en plus de maisons sont fragilisées par les mouvements des sols argileux, accentués par les épisodes de sécheresse et les fortes chaleurs. Un phénomène qui provoque des fissures et pourrait coûter plusieurs dizaines de milliards d'euros aux assurances d'ici 2050.

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Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"Car la chair du poisson contient de la tétrodotoxine, une neurotoxine extrêmement puissante qui n’est pas détruite par la cuisson... Pour éviter tout risque sanitaire, les poissons capturés doivent être détruits par incinération." www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

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En Grèce, la prolifération du poisson-ballon, invasif et toxique, est un fléau pour les pêcheurs

Les « Lagocephalus sceleratus » se multiplient de façon spectaculaire dans les eaux grecques sous l’effet du réchauffement climatique. Ces poissons, qui détruisent les filets des pêcheurs, doivent êtr...

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Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"One post included in the report shows an AI image of a tomato that says: "No vegetables matter."" We're blowing well past Ballard at this point.

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