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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@adapalmer.bsky.social Some global Good News to go with your recent personal Good News (Congratulations!)
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Every day you cancel cleansing thermonuclear fire on behalf of cats. I applaud your restraint.
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Count Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Seattle youth, get your fucking ballots in! At least just to vote for Pramila if nothing else (but please do others if you have the capacity). And if you are in District 37, Jaelynn Scott is a Black trans woman democratic socialist who has been endorsed by SDSA. She deserves your vote.
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Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Two more things about this deeply-researched article: 1) it’s a great reminder to re-read Normal Accidents 2) the good Admiral correctly refers to DCA by its real name, which is Washington National Airport
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Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you only read one report on the DCA crash, make it this one.
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@weratedogs.com Scared Doggo has been reunited with their Humans due to kind people in Odesa.
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Bishops Perm @mansamusashi.blacksky.app · 22/07/2026
For all my Gen X and Elder Millennials. Let me know if you remember this
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I have Left A Comment, and You Can (and Should) Too!
Screenshot of a comment, which reads:
“I oppose this proposed decision.

Removing protections for Chaco Canyon to hand out oil and gas leases is a stupid, short-sighted, and racist action, and anyone who enacts this decision is Ignorant, Racist, and incapable of long-term thinking.

If the government *actually* wished to reduce energy costs, it would 1) stop paying companies to *Stop* developing wind energy assets, 2) support solar, wind, and battery storage as the fastest and cheapest sources to get on the grid, and 3) stop fighting an illegal war of choice against Iran and causing massive disruptions to global energy markets that will take years to recover from.  Any oil and gas produced here (after destroying priceless Native American archeological sites and pristine environment surrounding the area) would do *Absolutely Nothing* to reduce energy prices for Americans, as oil 
and gas are *global* markets with *global* prices.  Development would only serve to turn a profit for whichever oligarch was corrupt enough to buy off Trump to get these leases.

This is a shameful proposal and should not be enacted.”
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
One of the hardest thing I've tried to get US government officials to understand over the past 15 years, including when I was an Army civilian, is that Russian doctrine is explicit that they take no physical actions until they have set the intellectual/conceptual theory via influence operations. 1/
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Astronauts For America @astronauts4america.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
57 years ago today, the crew of Apollo 11 set out for the moon. Today, we're still reaching for the moon—and reaching for a nation united by the Constitution and the principles that make us great and go beyond the stars.
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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Since we're apparently getting the Incredibly Stupid And Pointless Space Mirror, here's why a space mirror is incredibly stupid and pointless. www.physicsmatt.com/blog/2026/5/...
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The Dumbest Thing I've Read This Week II: Space Mirrors — physicsmatt
Mirrors in space are a dumb idea. Put that aside for a second. I want to talk about math, and how physicists use math. And why you need to be better at using math as part of your thought process...
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 15/07/2026
"For orbital mirrors, the reason they are dumb as shit can be summarized like this: The Sun is really bright. Go outside nerds, touch some grass." excellent blog post from @physicsmatt.bsky.social on the really dumb idea of putting giant mirrors in space (FYI - USA FCC has approved a prototype)
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 13/07/2026
This is the link to make a comment about the proposed OMB rule change. This rule change does many things, most most centrally it effectively moves the power of the purse from the legislative to the executive branch. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... This is incredibly dangerous.
regulations.gov
Regulations.gov
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
@ironspike.bsky.social For your enjoyment as a fellow Appreciator:
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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Always and forever, the people physically closest to a disaster will be the first responders. Your neighbour is who notices you missing and digs through the rubble to find you. Make connections. Build resilience.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And I know that Mika takes this as read, but I’m saying it out loud anyway: find out who in your neighborhood is gonna need help the second after the shaking stops. You can actually be a hero if you’re prepared.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It's World Marine Aids to Navigation Day on the 1st July, so here's a quick thread on some aids to navigation. Now the first and most obvious aid to navigation is dry land. Dry land - pay attention at the back - is strongly suggestive that you can't go sailing here.
Cargo ship NCL Salten, enjoying a brief spell as a garden ornament in a Norwegian fjord.
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Have you seen the Minneapolis Cat Tour‽ As Emily notes, this may, in fact, be the best thing you will see today (except of course your own cats, who win by proximity).
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@volts.wtf I expect you will especially love (hate?) this diagram.
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@dgcomedy.bsky.social I would like to bring this to your attention as it has otters (amongst other reasons). @muellershewrote.com
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
i know the law
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Happy anniversary of D-Day, folks. Nazis are literal fucking losers, always have been, always will be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiWz...
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Sabaton - Primo Victoria Music Video (reupload)
YouTube video by реплоадщик
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Morgan @mport25.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Time to post it @erikaishii.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
WHAT DAY IS IT
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 30/05/2026
Please take a few minutes and file a comment against this terrible new plan - not just for science, but for every funding agency in the US. fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...
fight2win.standupforscience.net
Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Smöl and Fierce Kitten is Learning About The World!
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Your day can only be improved by meeting foster kittens Turt and Bert:
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
THICK COINS for @funranium.bsky.social
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Three Large Kittens Marty!!!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/04/2026
Speaker Johnson’s introduction of yet another mass surveillance bill masquerading as reform is all the encouragement we need to keep pushing for a warrant requirement in Section 702 of FISA.
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Congress Must Reject New Insufficient 702 Reauthorization Bill
Speaker Johnson has introduced a new fig leaf over the American surveillance state, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act. Introduced with only days to go before Section 702 of the Foreign Intel...
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
i feel like society moved on from these too quickly
A solar eclipse, captured from a camera mounted on one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar array wings during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon\u2019s far side. The Moon is dark, save for a bright halo of white light surrounding it. The Orion spacecraft is in the leftmost half of the image, mostly shadowed.The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis IIA crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASAA full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
@edzitron.com Just in case you weren’t there in person and/or this hasn’t crossed your feed; this is, as the kids say, Relevant to Your Interests. I believe you’ll appreciate @jigarshahdc.bsky.social ‘s Rants here.
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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@funranium.bsky.social You know, For Kids!
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king ned ludd 🇨🇦 @grumble.social · 09/04/2026
This is the good shit.
leehanchung.github.io
The AI Great Leap Forward
In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@funranium.bsky.social Related to your pinned post:
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Calling your attention to this very important matter. H/T to @silvermansecurity.bsky.social , and I see you already follow, so it may have come across your feed naturally, but it seemed too important for you to miss.
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Katherine Pratt, PhD (she/her) @gattakat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
1. I will always have time to fight the surveillance state 2. V tired of tech bros using vulnerable/disabled populations as their exemplar “but think of the good!” bec they sure as hell didn’t do the actual work to back up their responsible tech claims (looking at you Neuralink and Space Karen)
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@rykaaoki.bsky.social Just finished “Light from Uncommon Stars”. That is one of the most beautiful and touching books I’ve ever read. Thank you for putting it in the world. And thank you to my lovely wife @gattakat.bsky.social for suggesting it to me. Our edition is now updated as instructed :-)
A picture of just a couple lines of a book.  One word is crossed out and replacement text written in pen.  This is the RetCon to “Light from Uncommon Stars” that Ryka Aoki has as her pinned post.

It reads “Oh, and he also bought her a [XXXXX] {in pen} Jaguar of her own.”
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social Please take a look at municipal broadband for our city!
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 28/01/2026
Always relevant. From 2017. gregpak.com/holocaust-re...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, here are a few pages from RED SKULL INCARNATE and MAGNETO TESTAMENT that depict some key events during the rise of the Nazis. Never forget. Never again. To lea...
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
@niais.bsky.social Are you able to provide any insight into the mind of The Supreme Babka on this critical matter?
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
@funranium.bsky.social Seems like your style
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social Can we get Seattle to follow @gregpak.net ‘s suggestion for NYC to open official accounts here on BlueSky instead of (or in addition to) Twitter/X? @seattlefas.bsky.social is here already, but it looks like there’s at least three other ofc. acts that could join them!
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
@wellerstein.bsky.social Seems like a sub-optimal* place to be putting all those over-pressure PSIs. *Unless you’re optimizing for collateral damage to an area filled with critical infrastructure.
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Not directly an answer, but related: Picture of a model for PA-39 concept from the same company. Appears to be four CH-53s bolted together with a Minuteman I (?) shaped ‘log’ slung underneath. piasecki.com/fnp-accompli...
Black and white picture of a model for the PA-39 MHHLS (Multi Helicopter Heavy Lift System).  Appears to be four CH-53 helicopters with their tail rotors removed arranged in a 2 by 2 grid and connected with an open frame truss structure.  Attached to the middle bottom of the frame is what appears to be a Minuteman I ICBM.
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
@muellershewrote.com Here’s one for the ‘Flip it Blue’ segment. As detailed in the episode, Rs actively hoping for low turn-out and voter suppression because if Ds win, and ‘Dems will smell blood in the water’! Georgia, vote D for Public Service Commission! Lower your power bills!
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Kevin Pratt @kevinspratt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
FYI @muellershewrote.com
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