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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 20h
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 3h
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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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 9h
spooky season is the best season 👻🎃😈
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Turning Point USA’s production team joined alongside dozens of Border Patrol agents as they entered onto private property in Lochiel. Activists have been detained and the last standing grandmother tree in the area was destroyed. Here they are gleefully filming as people scream and the tree falls.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Four-panel comic of a fluffy black cat wearing grey armour and holding a sword and shield, against a pastel sky and green grass. The cat says: “It’s time for you to remember who the fluff you are.” Then: “A brave little warrior making a hard world softer.” Its eyes grow wide and sparkling as it adds: “I’d follow you into battle!” In the final panel, it says: “Or the kitchen.”
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gollum from the 1977 version of The Hobbit
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
that's so sweet!
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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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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I looked down. I was dripping onto the floor, a mix of blood and fluid. I hate it when I leak.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026
Butterbutt. An older comic.
A four-panel comic titled "yellow-rumped warbler poem". In panel 1, a yellow-rumped warbler stands on a branch in a late autumn scene, and says "Fall is here." In panel 2, the warbler watches a brown leaf fall to the ground, and says "Winter's near." In panel 3, the warbler faces the viewer as brown leaves fall, and says "Need some cheer?" In panel 4, the warbler is showing its luminous yellow rump, and cheerfully says "See my rear."
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's what Tucker Carlson is up to when he talks to his own audience, instead of interviewers from NPR or NY Times: Explaining that white people are facing extinction and the ADL is trying to cover it up. He concludes, "Noticing is hate. Noticing is violence." www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls...
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Again, what possible interest would the Anti-Defamation League have in attacking whites in South Africa who say they're being killed, especially since there are many, many hundreds who have been killed? And that's documented. That's not a guess, and it's not a conspiracy theory. And every single one of them was killed by a Black South African. This is intra-racial crime, and it is racially motivated.And the testimony of almost every survivor corroborates that. So why is it in the interest of the ADL not simply to deny it's happening, but to attack the survivors of it and their family members? You have to ponder that for a minute.

Here's Wikipedia's response to this racial conspiracy theory. Quote, white genocide is a political myth based on pseudoscience, pseudohistory, and ethnic hatred, and is driven by a psychological panic often termed white extinction anxiety.

White extinction anxiety, often referred to as white extinction anxiety. So let's just, I don't know, get the demographic numbers, which are publicly available for the biggest white countries in Europe and North America, and ask a really simple question. Is the percentage, the proportion, of the white population going up or down? Say over the past 50 years, has it gone up or down? Well, it's not only gone down, it's bottomed out. United States went from nearly 90% white over 60 years to probably less than half white.

So that's white extinction anxiety? No. Those are facts. So again, it's not enough to pretend that it's not happening. Wikipedia, like the ADL, like CBS News, like ABC News, feels the moral obligation to attack anyone who happens to notice what's happening. The facts are themselves racist. Objectively, again Wikipedia, white people are not dying out or facing extermination. The purpose of the conspiracy theory is to justify a commitment to a white nationalist agenda in support of calls to violence.

Noticing is hate. Noticing is violence.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anti trans hatred is the same as any other anti-gay, religious, or racial hatred we have ever known. This includes the efforts to dress it up, hide it, and make it about protecting women or children. That's exactly what bigots did to Black and gay people.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You'll never look at apples the same
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It was the sadistic murder of mariners at sea that compelled me to write this for the Hill: To rebuild trust in maritime policy, the US must ratify the Law of the Sea thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million
"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why must it always be about planting trees, when they managed just fine for 100s of millions of years before people came along? Just let them seed out. Yes, planting does have a role, but so often the underlying subtext is continued human domination of nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 30/09/2026
Go read Diane’s books! Seriously, they are the best!
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better
@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congratulations #89 Backpack Fat Bear Week Champ! 🎒🎉🥳🐻
A very fat brown bear with blonde ears is standing in foaming water
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 29/09/2026
According to all sources sneaking information out, this "permitting reform" bill will be the largest rollback of environmental laws in American history, affecting the Clean Water Act, NEPA, Tribal sovereignty, and more. All to benefit deeply unpopular AI hyperscalers and the fossil fuel industry.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0s
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Philadelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | Editorial
The Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable.
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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration is trying to delist wolves to placate frustrated ranchers whose bottom lines are being undercut by tariffs. Blaming the big-bad wolf is an old trope beloved by ranchers, but allowing killing wolves won’t stop predation. Here's what will. 🌎
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Can Killing Wolves Save the Beef Industry?
Experts warn that a new executive order meant to help ranchers won't actually work
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whelp. After 15 years of me saying “every shark swimming through a flooded city street after a storm photo on social media is fake,” we may finally have a real one. I’m awaiting confirmation from folks with better eyes than mine. abcnews.com/video/136803...
abcnews.com
Shark spotted in New Jersey floodwaters during nor'easter
A dogfish shark was spotted swimming through floodwaters in Surf City, New Jersey, heading up a resident's driveway and then toward Barnegat Bay on Saturday.
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Ross @rossthesedays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm always fascinated by this Great Noticing of estrangement, when pretty much every generation prior has a Great Aunt Jemima who stopped talking to everyone in 1978 or whatever. This isn't new!
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/09/2026
It is the duty of the extremely online to send this to your friends, relatives, or colleagues who own portable generators.
Three geese flying with carbon monoxide alarms on their backs. The geese are flying through an intense blizzard over the US. The geese are wearing wool hats with pom poms on top. They are not afraid. The text reads: Carbon monoxide safety geese brigade. Ever loud! Every lifesaving! Ever bird! Make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working. Keep your portable generator outdoors and 20 feet away from your home!
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big news from Peter Dobrin and Sue Snyder and the @inquirer.com : William Penn Foundation offers to fund Academy of Natural Science for a year. Drexel did not say whether the had declined the offer. www.inquirer.com/arts/drexel-...
inquirer.com
William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open
A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every week, the Muppets have to put on a show to salvage a new institution: the Kennedy Center, the Supreme Court, the No-Mask Lesbian Bar, the Wonka Experience, Kozmo Dot Com (this has a time travel dimension, à la Quantum Leap), Cafe Loup in the West Village, democracy, the third season of GLOW
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Text messages from Zanello and other officials that were previously exposed during the case revealed they were aware of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, running rampant inside 26 Federal Plaza.”
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
History via sandwich
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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just want to add, this is VERY MUCH a situation where THE PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. Even if you can only spare 5 minutes to piece together this email, it's worthwhile!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Listen, I'm just saying: a) @marynmck.bsky.social is a treasure b) if you like this kinda thing, I really really hope you'll read BLACK RIVER ORCHARD, because it literally features apple detectives hunting rare apples
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excited for this to come back but sad the Guy Fawkes Day theme means it won't be a perfect offbeat Christmas watch like the first season www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOU2...
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Black Doves: Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026
So today, honor the memory of the guy who wanted to “make the world a little bit better for my having been here.” Go do something worthwhile today. Create something. Collaborate with others. Read something. Or go be silly simply because you can. Jim Henson would want you to.
Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
ecoticias.com
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/09/2026
ATTENTION THE BEST THING ABOUT AUTUMN HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IT IS TIME FOR TINY DOGS IN TINY SWEATERS
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 24/09/2026
dog bark park bed & breakfast, cottonwood, idaho, 2004
dog bark park bed & breakfast, cottonwood, idaho, 2004
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is breathtaking. Like many things these days it is hard, but necessary, to figure what is a continuity and what is a rupture. EdTech has always been a private sector parasite feeding off the public sector. The rupture is AI EdTech is experimenting on the rich instead of the poor.
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KitKat @kitkat75.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇮🇪 worth the listen
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