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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h

A Texas pediatrician has already paid $15k in legal fees to counter requests from Ken Paxton's office about her vaccine policy. She spoke to the NYT on background after prosecutors threatened this: "You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1h

This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government.

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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 3h

The defining quality of so many tech guys is completely missing the point of nearly every social or leisure activity

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 25/09/2026

There are some with different texts artologica.etsy.com

blue brain watercolor with text: use your own brain

blue brain watercolor with text: you are smarter than AI

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Familiar Shade @familiarshade.bsky.social · 11h

Inktober Day 5: Smack Did you know a group of jellyfish is known as a “smack” I’ll be posting every day in October, so follow along to see all 31 designs! #inktober #inktober2026 #digitalart #creatureart #jellyfish

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 7h

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23h

Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"

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Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI

The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.

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California Geological Survey @cageosurvey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW MAP! The Mineral Resources Program has completed new geologic mapping of the Daggett Ridge area in the Mojave Desert, California. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/publicat...

Geologic map of the Daggett Ridge area. Different rock units are shown in different colors. A legend is on the right and cross sections run along the bottom.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 04/10/2026

NO AI ONLY MIKE'S BRAIN

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I remember getting my vaccines as a kid and thinking “I can’t wait to be a grown up because then I won’t be afraid of needles”. Turns out grown ups can also be afraid of needles. It’s nothing to be ashamed of and a very common fear. Get your vaccines anyways! They’re worth it.

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We at Skype a Scientist are deeply troubled by the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences. We urge you to contact Drexel University Leadership and Academy interim leader Trish Wellenbach to urge them to reopen the museum. President Merlo president@Drexel.edu Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu

a block of text with a statement that reads We at Skype a Scientist are deeply alarmed by the decision of Drexel University leadership and the Academy of Natural Sciences Board to close the Academy’s public museum.

Skype a Scientist is based in Philadelphia with deep roots in our city. Making science accessible, in particular for Philly’s children, is a top priority for our organization. We operate in community centers, at street festivals, and at the intersection of science and art. For the last 10 years, we have worked to engage a broader coalition of Philly residents to care for our local biodiversity.

Our program does not exist in a vacuum. The work that we do, alongside environmental education centers, our museums, classroom teachers, and more, create an ecosystem of connections with science. The loss of any part of this fragile ecosystem is detrimental. The Academy of Natural Sciences grounds biodiversity education in Philadelphia. With grand fossil halls, historical connections, and engaging exhibits, it is a place where many Philadelphians develop a love of science. Loss of access to this space cannot be tolerated.

We are living through an erosion of public education, particularly in the life sciences. Philadelphia cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum.

We call on the leaders of Drexel University and the Academy board to reverse their decision to close the Academy’s public museum. The children of Philadelphia and future generations of Philly-made scientists are counting on you.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.

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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Make stuff. For the love of all that there is, please just keep making stuff! Doesn't matter if it's bad, good etc. Just *keep* making stuff.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I cannot overemphasize that this is a fight we can win, but we need as many voices as possible here. The kids of Philly cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum. The Philly school district closed 17 schools this year. We need to turn this around for our kids and the culture of Philly.

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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🐦‍⬛❕HUMAN EXPERIENCE Stickers have been restocked on my ko-fi!! :> ko-fi.com/s/3ecf690ed7 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart

A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI rainbow holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.

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Kristin Henry @kristinhenry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now that summer is over, I'm starting to send out these little envelopes of joy to folks who sign up for my #StickersAndStamps project. Help me find out how long it takes a letter get to you from San Francisco, and get a pretty sticker too! vis.social/@kristinHenr... #USPS #art #stickers

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Attached: 1 image Who's up for getting one of my Art stickers? All I ask is that you let me know when the envelope arrives. Together we can share a little joy, and collect data on USPS delivery tim...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If this is true it would literally end any other person's presidency. And for good reason.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026

Billionaire political spending was about $16 million in 2008. In 2026, it could reach $2–3 billion. Whatever your politics, that’s a staggering shift in who has the financial power to shape American elections.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I haven't seen this posted here, but thank you to Jona Schlegel (archaeoink on Instagram) for making this #archink #inktober list. Not sure I'll be able to contribute this year, but I always love to see more archaeology drawings.

Archink prompts: 1. figurine 2. midden 3. hand axe 4. flotation 5. ditch 6. leather 7. Indus/Harappan 8. dating 9. antler 10. pXRF 11. Lapita

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Carl Wiens @carlwiens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

'Fisk's fifteen plates, tracking the meander plain contiguously from north to south, are works of art. In them, the Mississippi comes to life: twisting like mating snakes, writhing with river ghosts' - Robert MacFarlane, Is a River Alive? #meander #river #map #sciart

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Meander Maps of the Mississippi River - Orion Magazine

Harold Fisk's restless river studies

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I keep hearing that being concerned about Covid, or that being concerned about climate, or that being concerned about AI, is really just a sign of “a moral panic,” but based on the state of the world these days it seems immoral not to be at least a little panicked

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/10/2026

Act of Creation, a new ink painting on yupo featuring a neuron images layered over a quote about perception and memory from Oliver Sacks #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4585...

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Act of Creation : Original Ink Painting on Yupo of Brain Cell - Neuroscience Art Oliver Sacks - Etsy

This Ink Paintings item is sold by artologica. Ships from United States. Listed on Sep 29, 2026

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Fiona Creates @fionacreates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Doing "Octobird" a tiny bird paintings every day. I hope to make it all the way!

a photo of a grid with "Octobird" written on it and a painting of a puffin.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The original Mr. Peanut! 🥜 At first glance, this Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle looks like a figure wearing a hooded cloak. Amazing details and color. THEN you look at the back … he’s a peanut! Peanuts are native to South America and have been used in their cuisine for millennia. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

This bottle depicts a figure wrapped within a peanut shell reclining on its side. The vessel has a stirrup-spout handle, a common spout form used in the second half of the Moche period (ca. 500 – 850 CE). The body of the vessel, possibly produced using a mold, was decorated with pigmented slip applied before firing. The figure’s torso is exposed, revealing a sleeved tunic featuring a repeated motif and additional sleeve detailing. Only the person’s legs, hands, and face remain uncovered. The hand gesture of the thumb touching the index finger became more common in Moche pottery after 600 CE (Donnan and McClelland 1979, 63). A headstrap, worn just above the eyebrows, adorns the forehead, peeking out from beneath the tip of the peanut shell (for another example of this type of headstrap see MMA 67.167.21). The small bulge on the figure’s left cheek suggests the individual is chewing coca.

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Rear view of this stirrup-spout vessel (so named because the spout resembles a stirrup, with the rounded portion intersected with an upright spout) revealing that this is a peanut. Whether it’s supposed to be an anthropomorphic peanut or a man wearing a peanut shaped cloak is unknown.

500-800 CE, Peru. Met Museum.

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Dee @mochamustelid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New month new art challenge! Going to give this Birdtober list a go, featuring me diving through all my photos. Minus one prompt that won't be photos. I bet you can guess which one. List is by @kaylafiskbirds.bsky.social (I just don't post on instagram anymore)

A prompt list featuring various characteristics instead of specific bird species to create from.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In nearly every country, women worry about walking alone via @not-ship.com www.not-ship.com/safe-streets...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 25/09/2026

Here's a thread on how I make these bsky.app/profile/arto...

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Walking around in the bush with my head down again this morning. I’m absolutely in love with the gills on this mushroom. I think it might be a type of oysterling. 🍄🌿

Looking at the underside of a frilly oyster mushroom. The different lobes overlap, each other kind of like a nudibranch, it’s tan gills form, beautiful, ripping patterns.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/09/2026

One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Somehow we’ve almost made it to October! I’m going to be doing the #Spacetober challenge again, hosted by @spacetober_challenge on IG. If you want to share space science and astronomy #sciart, join in or follow along! 🎢🔭🧪

A poster for the 2026 Spacetober Challenge lists 31 prompts:

Spacetober 2026
1 liftoff
2 galaxy
3 Artemis II/moon joy
4 Mercury
5 space station
6 rover/robotic explorer
7 Venus
8 supernova
9 landing
10 Earth
11 crew or cargo spacecraft
12 Roman space telescope
13 Mars
14 space history
15 crew/astronaut
16 Jupiter
17 moon
18 launch vehicle/rocket
19 Saturn
20 aeronautics
21 Artemis III
22 Uranus
23 Nebula
24 Dragonfly (mission to Titan)
25 Neptune
26 star/sun
27 engine(s)
28 Pluto
29 missions
30 eclipse
31 future

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rosie1972.bsky.social @rosie1972.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm 79 and yes, it seems like we've been doing this forever. We can't give up 💪💪🏽

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Kristin Henry @kristinhenry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good men need to figure out how to help each other to stand with women and effectively shut down Bad men. No more bystanders of rape and abuse. You dudes really need to figure this out. Connect, make plans, organize, learn from women and stand with us for all of us!

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