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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

AI polling results can lean on racial or partisan stereotypes

In many cases, our AI poll took beliefs or attitudes that are reasonably common among a particular subgroup and portrayed them as nearly ubiquitous. For example, our AI poll would indicate that:

97% of Hispanic adults are at least somewhat likely to follow the World Cup (while the actual share is 43%).

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should let people dream of something besides labor

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Settling in with a paper copy of the Vermont Country Store catalog and the Red Sox on the radio, like the good New Englander in their eighties whom I aspire to be.

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Brown paper packages tied up with string. Those are a few of my favorite things. Also, whiskers on kittens. And on dogs.

A box full of trifolded court records wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine and red tape.

An orange and white cat with twizzly whiskers

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

These are not normal times. Your internalized expectations of what you *should* be able to accomplish right now are likely not calibrated for the kind of distress we're all experiencing. Forgive yourself for struggling, forgive your colleagues and friends and family and strangers for struggling.

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

you can have job training or you can have education, and there will be some overlap either way, but you can't have something that is first and foremost both

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When break time is over but I'm not ready to go back yet. 📸 alice7110105519

Tabby cat wearing a collar and tag sits calmly beneath a folded red A-frame floor sign inside a retail store.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.

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TashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had to get the goth violas for my autumn stoop

A closeup of a green blanket of viola leaves punctuated by charcoal to black viola flowers

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Watching the Red Sox vs Rays, and almost all the ads are for betting apps; the majority of those for the prediction markets as opposed to the standalone sports betting apps. Then we got Gordon Ramsay with an ad for cookware finally as a little treat. But yeow.

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Freshly vaxxed with Nuvaxovid (Novavax) at Costco today. I appreciate the lack of side effects compared to the mRNA versions. Thanks, science!

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Ryan Hermens @ryanhermens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last week, half of my coworkers at the Lexington Herald-Leader were laid off. Veteran reporters who have been here for 25 years along with recent hires who moved to Kentucky in the last year for the job were let go. If you can, please consider: www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

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Donate to Support laid off Lexington Herald-Leader journalists, organized by Ryan Hermens

On Thursday, Sept. 10, 13 journalists were laid off from the Lexin… Ryan Hermens needs your support for Support laid off Lexington Herald-Leader journalists

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Found a gravestone that definitely contains a trapped soul, and which comes to life at midnight in order to dispense grave warnings to anyone foolish enough to pass by at such a late hour.

A roughly carved face at the apex of an old gravestone.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Mark Trushkowsky @marktrushkowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

More beautiful quilts from the Minnesota State Fair. 2/3

A rainbow quilt with an optical illusion design of a curving tunnel, using geometric patchwork blocks fading into a bright yellow center against a dark frame.

A multi-colored quilt featuring a grid of bright rectangular blocks.

A quilt made of repeating star, triangle, and square patterns, created with rainbow-colored fabrics framed by bright white fabric.

A rainbow quilt featuring a central black flower with colorful fabric ribbons spiralling out against a textured gray background.

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blair @blairaf.com · 02/09/2026

Strange tendency in quant social sciences to gather survey responses about sentiments/perspectives/beliefs amongst a population and speculate on why respondents might hold those sentiments/perspectives/beliefs instead of asking them a single "why" question

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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry is survived by his frequent co-star, a big spooky mansion

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Jes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris performing “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” on The Dolly Parton Show (1976)

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Your moment of zen with some misty mountains scenes from eastern Kentucky.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Rock Foam (Stereocaulon saxatile) growing on moss looks so much like coral today along Left Hand Creek 🌿

Cyan to White branched lichen amidst moss

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I am liking the #RedSox outfielders' custom this year of a little dance when the team wins; welcome memories of the 2017 team. #baseball

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There's a guy in the new season of Love Is Blind: UK who seems to be dressing unironically as Allan from the Barbie movie.

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

As a long 18th century scholar, this gives me pause.

Billboard for wealth management firm with tulips along the bottom

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Frog and Toad were caught in the rain. They ran to Frog’s house. “I am all wet,” said Toad. “The day is spoiled.” “Have some tea and cake,” said Frog. “The rain will stop. If you stand near the stove, your clothes will soon be dry.”

Frog and Toad stand in Frog's house, dripping wet. Frog has prepared a nice hot pot of tea for the pair.

From "The Corner"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

At the age of 87, he stood in the White House as President Eisenhower honored him for his expeditions. Born 160 years ago today, Matthew Henson was born one year after slavery ended, and would go on with 6 person expedition in 1909 discovering the North Pole. Henson would reach it first

Matthew Henson standing in the White House with President Eisenhower and his wife. Also pictured was Henson's wife Lucy Ross Henson.

Henson points to the North Pole on a globe as they're being photographed

Matthew Henson as an older man holding a photograph of his younger self in a large coat at the North Pole

Matthew Henson as a young man on an expedition to discover the North Pole in 1909

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Please hate gen AI even harder. You can do it. I believe in you. Do it for the planet. Hate the lazy, slop producing, environment killing, water draining, participation trophy seeking, poser creating, loser machine. Do it for humanity.

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Elena Existing @elenaexisting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Small town flowers of Ohio.

A person in striped pajamas and slides stands on a green lawn next to a large group of pink surprise "lilies"

An umbrel of Queen Anne's lace cupped in a hand.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A completely invisible Pinnated Bittern at Medio Queso Wetlands #CostaRica for #overtherainbow #birdoftheday #birds #herons #bitterns

A long-necked brown bird standing upright among wetland grasses with its bill pointed toward the sky.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt

Stained glass artwork featuring a hare sitting among tall green grasses

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I got an emailed ad about an Oceania cruise with Samantha Brown, and there are suites on that ship bigger than my actual house. 👀

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In which I vent about the foolishness we display when we say "Our budgets have been cut? We'll just have to do more with less". That's a losing strategy, every time. Why do we teach toddlers, but not governments, that choices have consequences?

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The foolishness of “doing more with less”

I got a little bit riled up the other day, and I realized that it might be worth sharing because the thing that riled me is a longstanding pattern in academia (at least in Canada, anyway). It’s a w…

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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

cozy fika <3 #art #illustration

A digital drawing of a teapot, a cup of coffee or tea and a cinnamon bun on top of a tiny gingham table cloth. There is also a little vase of flowers, and a fork with a leaf handle. The scene is surrounded by a blue background and sparkles, and the colours overall are blue, orange, yellow and white.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Life-Gifted Planet - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2mgomcU

The only one we know.

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Lexington, Kentucky was known as the "Athens of the West" in the 19th century because of its citizens' great fondness for souvlaki.

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#457 in the queue for an e-book from the public library, so I guess that will be a while.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Silene hitchguirei, our Mountain Campion, blooming yesterday on Mt. Blue Sky #nativeplants 14,120’

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We watched _The Sheep Detectives,_ and it's just delightful. 🐑 I'm a bad Trekkie, though, because I didn't realize that Sir Patrick Steward voiced one of the sheep until the credits rolled.

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Well, I just absentmindedly tucked the packing tape away safely into the refrigerator, so clearly it's time for me to go to bed. 💤

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Lori Not Laura or Laurie @lorimmiller.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Unlocked another minor yoga achievement in my slow, slow recovery from acute posterior tibial tendonitis: I can now apparently move between dragon and pigeon without thinking about it too hard. 🎉

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