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Kristin Gorski

@kristingorski.bsky.social
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Instructional tech & media. Literacies, ed tech & ICT. Higher ed operations. Adjunct asst. prof. Blogger & microblogger. Let's make better social networks!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Temperatures are rising again this week, and our wildlife will feel it too! Please leave out a shallow bowl of fresh water for thirsty visitors, and pop a few small stones in so insects can drink safely without falling in. A small act that makes a big difference 🧡
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
England v. Norway #WorldCup It must be so hot in Miami!!! England's short passes, maybe in response to the incredibly high humidity, are hypnotizing home viewers... #HumidityIsSerious #strategy ⚽💯❤️
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 10/07/2026
Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.
If you want to avoid AI generations of your Instagram posts without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The lack of urban trees across the UK is a public health emergency. We need vastly more green shade (and we need to nurture it through ever more brutal summers).
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Heatwave: UK's overheating towns and cities rank way below European…
Only Hastings and Guildford rank above European average for urban tree cover, with Manchester leading large cities in England
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/07/2026
Extreme heat is here - and it’s a fixture of London’s future. That’s why we’ve launched Heat Ready London. It’s London’s first-ever city heat plan to help stop homes overheating, keep communities cool and save lives as we adapt to our new reality.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/07/2026
I am not exaggerating when I say that we are deeply, deeply cooked. I just don't believe democracy, or even the Enlightenment itself, survives without literacy.
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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is your occasional reminder that Agatha Christie wasn't just the bestselling crime writer of all time but also she had a surfboard called Fred
A black and white photograph of Agatha Christie as a young woman standing on a beach in front of a surfboard which has the name Fred written on it.
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026
communities are coming to Bluesky this year. today, Bluesky is one big space. communities will be smaller spaces inside that where you can go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Disturbing Truth About How Extreme Heat Affects the Body gizmodo.com/the-disturbi...
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The Disturbing Truth About How Extreme Heat Affects the Body
Much of the U.S. is grappling with severely high temperatures and choking humidity this week. Here's what that means for your health.
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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
2026 “study found that women who submit resumes created with AI assistance are evaluated as less competent & less trustworthy than men who submit identical AI-assisted resumes. To the evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative.”🧪
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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
When a game earns a standalone Wikipedia page in real time >>>>>
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/07/2026
Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts
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Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts
Exclusive: University moves and falling exam entries fuel concerns about opportunities for working-class pupils Cutting language courses at universities and schools risks undermining social mobility and vocational skills, former education secretaries and experts in the UK have warned. More than 70 languages academics were among 500 staff at the University of Exeter to be told last week they were at risk of redundancy as it seeks to cut 150 full-time posts, predominantly in the humanities. The announcement followed the proposal by the University of Nottingham to become the first Russell Group university to offer no language degrees. Continue reading...
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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
One year ago, the level of catastrophe in Kerr County, TX was just becoming known - and dozens of families were starting down a path of horrific pain. We need to honor those families by realizing we have a flash flood problem and work to try to prevent future tragedies. tinyurl.com/4zk5tzav
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Remembering the Kerr County, TX flash flood catastrophe on the one year anniversary
Why we as a society need to better appreciate the risks flash floods pose
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Some seriously inspiring #NYC #NewYork #subway #fireworks #creative energy going on here 🎇🎆🗽🚇💕
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Let's be careful #austin #texas #everywhere #drought
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
doubling down: I owe the pausa de hidratación an apology. I was not familiar with the sun's game
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 04/07/2026
As preservation of games is a big topic right now, I'll give a shoutout to the RetroGameTalk Repository - a curated & categorized treasure trove of fan-translations, romhacks and generally obscure games. It's great just to browse. You need to be registered and logged in to see the repository page.
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Retro Gaming Community
Community for retro gaming enthusiasts. Discover in-depth articles, reviews, and discussions about classic video games across all platforms. Explore the golden age of gaming today!
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Jeffrey Ⓥ @liftforever67.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Loves America, hates fireworks." #4thJuly #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
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More Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 04/07/2026
Happy #caturday from Ripley and Jones 😺🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
Sigourney Weaver and Jones the cat on the set of Alien (1979)
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Read the Declaration of Independence!
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Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum). The spelling a...
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I think of Aaron Parsley's story “Where the River Took Us" all the time. It stays with you. Spending some time today with this breathtaking, gutting piece about the aftermath. "There is one thing I now know: Crawling out of that river was only the first act of survival."
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The Guadalupe Swept Us Away. This Is the Story of All That Came After.
In the days after last July’s historic disaster, I wrote about the tragedy that befell my family. But crawling out of the river was only the beginning.
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Pooja Sethi @poojaintexas.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Always in our hearts. 💚
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 04/07/2026
A snapshot of the last 10 foreign 🇫🇷 Tour Grand Départs The first foreign Grand Départ at the Tour de France was hosted in Amsterdam in 1954. The 2026 start in Barcelona will mark the 27th foreign start of La Grande Boucle. 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/features/... 📸 Cor Vos
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 02/07/2026
Sony is putting an end to physical PlayStation games, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the ESA doesn't really have anything to say about it. kotaku.com/video-game-industry-esa-…
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The ESA Doesn't Want To Talk About Digital Ownership
Whose job is it, exactly, to deal with this?
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I assumed everyone knew this was predicted to occur when they sacked 50% of the NOAA staff and started canceling weather balloons that collect data last year; but if not. 👇
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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately
Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Félix Vallotton, Fireworks, 1900
B&W graphic image of a large crowd underneath a fireworks display
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This was absolutely the best goal I've seen in this World Cup!!! #CapeVerde #CaboVerde #football #soccer ⚽❤️💯
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is a good & valid point also 😂
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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“Every dollar invested in NIH-funded research returned about $2.50 to the broader economy — a 250% return on investment.” “…sustained NIH funding has generated more than $822 billion in economic activity, supported more than 3.7 million jobs” academicmedicine.aamc.org/stories/how-...
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Client Challenge
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Bluesky Status @status.bsky.app · 03/07/2026
We are investigating an issue with our CDN origin, which is occasionally failing to load media assets. status.bsky.app
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Maybe its time to be alarmed? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Europe's heatwave 'linked to 1,300 deaths' as more records broken
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that Europe is not prepared for high temperatures.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Come and spend the next academic year embedded in our curatorial teams Two exciting fellowships are open to postdoctoral, early-career researchers which can be undertaken over 12-months full-time or part-time equivalent, as part of the Joanna and Graham Barker Fellowship Scheme Find out more👇
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If you've ever wondered what the inside of a crocodile's skull looks like, wonder no more! Here are 43 of them in our new paper led by @palaeoburke.bsky.social in which we evaluate endocranial anatomy across extant + fossil crocodylians 🐊: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha
The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth ...
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We are so thrilled to be ranked 4th in the world for SGD14: Life Below Water by @timeshighered.bsky.social Sustainability Impact Rankings 2026. This is a huge achievement which recognises the University’s commitment to conserving marine ecosystems. 🤩🐢🦑🧪🌍 news.exeter.ac.uk/top-stories/...
a sea turtle rests on the ocean floor. overlaying text outlines the achievement of 4th in the world for life below water. Exeter Uni and THE logos are at the top.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Rare glass king piece from a ‘tafl’ gaming set, a strategy board game played in the Northern British Isles some 1,200 years ago. From Lindisfarne, Northumberland. 📷 Digventures #Archaeology
The Digventures image shows a dark blue glass gaming piece with white trail decoration, against a black background. It is roughly dome-shaped, with a rounded top, and a flat base. It is made of translucent dark blue glass, which allows the display lighting to pass through it. Across the top is a ring of five white glass bosses; one in the centre, the other four spaced around it, giving the appearance of a crown, indicating that it was likely manufactured to resemble a king. The blue body is decorated with swirling white trails of glass. It is thought to be a king piece for playing a uniquely northern version of 'tafl, a war game played in the British Isles before the arrival of chess in the 11th century. It was discovered during an archaeological dig on the small tidal island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland, whose wealthy early medieval monastery was raided by Vikings in AD 793, heralding the start of the Viking Age in Britain. The only other example of this type of glass gaming piece was found at the Pictish hillfort at Dundurn in Scotland.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/07/2026
All 3 host countries have made it to the next round of the World Cup. Let the vibes roll on! 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#SHEWeekend promo loading,,,
Two daredevils climb the Empire State Building to promote flavor Flavs she weekend
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U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @usmnt.ussoccer.com · 02/07/2026
FOUND A WAY THROUGH!
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I respect Pochettino’s commitment to dressing like a scientist who tries to warn everyone in the first act of a Jurassic Park movie
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/07/2026
The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major. The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September. Woof.
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 01/07/2026
Parked but not idle: The buses “will charge up their nearly 200-kilowatt-hour batteries overnight, when the power supply is at its cleanest & cheapest, then send energy back to the grid from 4 pm to 7 pm on days when the grid is strained. The district will earn revenue for the power it shares…”
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In Massachusetts, parked EVs will start feeding the grid this summer
Three electric school buses will kick-start the state’s groundbreaking vehicle-to-grid pilot program once school's out, with more EVs to be added in the…
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Sandy West @sandywestreporter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Grateful to @texastribune.org for publishing my @publichealthwatch.bsky.social story on the lack of access to maternal health care in rural East Texas. Maternal health ‘deserts' endanger some Texas women, babies www.texastribune.org/2026/06/29/t...
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Maternal health ‘deserts' endanger some Texas women, babies
Of the more than 200 rural counties in Texas, about 70% have no hospital at all or have hospitals that don’t have facilities for delivering babies.
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Fake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Rosetta Stone!
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
😹 this tracks!
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 30/06/2026
Here are the top 5 dogs of June!
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Dutch infrastructure authority completed a systematic assessment in 2023 identifying 420 kilometres of barriers oriented within 45 degrees of south-facing, suitable for bifacial #solarpanel installation without structural modification or planning procedures beyond normal road authority approval
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Philip Mai @philipmai.com · 30/06/2026
Awww.... "Google pulls the plug on Tenor API, killing GIF pickers around the web" 9to5google.com/2026/06/30/g...
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Google pulls the plug on Tenor API, killing GIF pickers around the web
GIFs are a huge part of the modern web, with Tenor being one of the libraries that powers a variety...
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Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Phone alerts reached people before the earthquakes hit in Venezuela www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Phones Alerted Millions Before Quakes Shook Venezuela (Gift Article)
Millions of people in Venezuela and surrounding countries received early warning alerts to their phones up to two minutes before back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday.
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Tommy Beer @tommybeernba.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Mayor Mamdani and the NYC DOT announced today that each member of the champion New York Knicks will be honored with a temporary street co-naming in Manhattan. Here are the street locations for each player:
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