Reposted by LouisaIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 16/06/2026Here are some helpful reminders of how to lock down your phones and who to call if you need legal support. Remember, we’re together and we’re brave! 3286162
Reposted by LouisaMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Eight vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...gavi.orgEight vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementiaA growing body of research is beginning to reveal the impact that regular routine vaccines could be having on the likelihood of conditions like dementia. Here are the jabs with the strongest evidence ... 46827
Reposted by Louisaa ancient CURSE @saintchristopher.bsky.social · 07/06/2026saw some weird stuff out there 021
Reposted by LouisaMelody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026the third grade celebrated the end of the school year by shaving their teacher’s head. 173
Reposted by Louisaderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape). 14480821344
Reposted by LouisaMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 31/05/2026“Africa’s leaders need to regard public health as essential infrastructure: a sound investment with benefits that greatly outweigh the costs” www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comEbola can be stopped — but only if world leaders prioritize public healthThe deadly disease was identified half a century ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is unacceptable that it continues to take lives. 12711
Reposted by LouisaMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/05/2026This is getting messy very quickly www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...cbc.caUganda orders 'immediate' closure of border with Congo as rare Ebola cases surge | CBC NewsUgandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo "with immediate effect" as cases surge there of a rare type of Ebola, and as others emerge at home. 02921
Reposted by LouisaErin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Reminder: Pandra made this very cool resource to help you find native plant nurseries in the United States. 🌱 03311
Reposted by LouisaSimon Lee @simonleewx.com · 24/05/2026The UK is likely going to see its hottest spring day on record by some margin in the next few days. The climate we built for no longer exists. The climate we’re in isn’t even well-defined, as things continue to change faster than we observe the extremes. We are underprepared. 29134
Reposted by LouisaHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Iceland will now totally be ruled by blonde women. The Prime Minister is a blonde woman, the President is a blonde woman, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice are blonde women, the Bishop is a blonde woman, Chief of Police is a blonde woman. 40507104
Reposted by LouisaKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026what is the point of a public utility if it can be sold to private equity. really hope this doesn't happen 19817
Reposted by LouisaMargaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Gmail's automatically generated responses (which can appear whether or not you ask for them) cement human anchoring bias: The tendency for people to heavily rely on what they have already seen. The effects are insidious, subconsciously influencing what we believe. 1211
Reposted by LouisaHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 17/05/2026In Reykjavík you can throw a kids birthday party in the art installation Chromo Sapiens by Shoplifter. They played hide and seek👌🏼 527128
Reposted by LouisaSarah Day 🖋️🦊 @sarahday.org · 12/05/2026This is why we never describe actions with the words "just" or "simply" or "easily" because not all the things that are easy for us, expert users of the platform, are easy for everyone else. Also the word "once" is not welcoming to non-fluent English speakers. In this essay I will 3828
Reposted by LouisaHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Top news from my clean tech/transport panels this w/e: 1. Small plug-in home batteries that let you store grid energy when it's cheap & use it later are HERE. 30% cost savings! 2. Home sodium-ion batteries are also here, & cheaper than Li-ion. 3. Plug-in solar panels are coming to the UK SOON 🎉 935761
Reposted by LouisaHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The most exciting thing about all this is that they allow renters and ppl who live in apartments or who don't have driveways/gardens/their own roof to join in with the electric transition. They're also relatively low-cost, and very simple to use. Plug and play. More of this! 31489
Reposted by LouisaWinnie @gimmemonne.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Pocketbook is a great Kindle replacement. Libro.fm and bookshop.org are great Amazon replacements.libro.fmBuy audiobooks & support local bookstoresLibro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores. 1306
Reposted by LouisaJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 09/05/2026my top three favorite boroughs of new york: 1. new york 2. philadelphia 3. brooklyn 4. the one and only new york city! 5. boston 4. bodegas 652462225
Reposted by LouisaAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I wrote about why it's useful to think of our democracy as a sick society, in which we have no shortage of diagnoses and prescriptions for the patient, but in the end are faced with that pesky public health challenge of persuading individuals and communities to embrace change.degenerateart.beehiiv.comA sick societyA diagnosis and a prescription aren't enough. You have to get buy-in. 05912
Reposted by Louisa🎃 🧙🏻♀️Yell 👻 Growler💀🎃 @yaelwrites.com · 04/05/2026I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses. 41822204
Reposted by LouisaNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/05/2026We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight. 7871942472
Reposted by LouisaAnn Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The old saw is that SHs have three rights: vote, sell, and sue. All 3 are disappearing: states rush to eliminate litigation rights; all these are controlled companies; and now they're being forced into the indexes. 322489
Reposted by LouisaRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 28/04/2026EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C chargingrte.ieEU common charger rules come into force for laptopsEU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging. 451947356
Reposted by Louisa👻 Dead Chachra 💀 @debcha.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Watching the northeast coast roll by under the spring sunshine. My favourite bit remains the staging area for (I presume) the Block Island Wind Farm — all the giant components on the New London State Pier (and across the river from General Dynamics Electric Boat). 1151
Reposted by LouisaEthan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 23/04/2026I’ve been a @showuptoronto.ca subscriber for aaaages, and I’d recommend it to just about anyone. Even if you’re not in Toronto! I think Jenny’s writing is invaluable for activists and organizers, regardless of where you find yourselves showing up. 174
Reposted by LouisaErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 24/04/2026I took the wrong day offline yesterday, this is the thing I am *most* psyched about on the whole ecosystem, YES, YES 310712
Reposted by LouisaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/04/2026It me!soest.hawaii.eduUH oceanographer selected as lead author of IPCC report on CO2 removal approachesSOEST oceanography professor David Ho was selected as a lead author for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) 1022575192
Reposted by LouisaEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/04/2026The world is warming. Every country is warming. www.ShowYourStripes.info #ShowYourStripes 7278173
Reposted by LouisaMelody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026looking for kid-appropriate youtube videos on the topics of: - the berlin wall falling - human evolution - air hockey tables - how the apple evolved 021
Reposted by LouisaDESI Survey @desisurvey.bsky.social · 15/04/2026🌌 Major milestone for DESI: full originally planned survey footprint was completed on April 15, ahead of schedule! 47M+ galaxies & quasars mapped → the largest 3D map of the Universe ever made. Keep posted: Observations continue through 2028. More: tinyurl.com/Y5DESI #DESI 014351
Reposted by LouisaINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Tia Lessin was part of Goodman’s team covering the Republican National Convention in 2000, where the journalist was “chasing after politicians and billionaires and asking the hard questions.” “She was covering it like an athletic event,” Lessin said with a laugh.indyweek.comAmy Goodman and the Art of the Follow-up Question"Steal This Story, Please!", a new documentary about the intrepid Democracy Now! host, streams at this year's Full Frame Documentary Festival. 033
Reposted by Louisa👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant 84138953539
Reposted by LouisaDavid KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 04/04/2026At 4-0 down there's a still a cheerful chorus of "We lose every week, we lose every wee-ek, You're nothing special, We lose every week" 1566
Reposted by LouisaMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/04/2026this, about what AI robs us of, hit hard: “She spent a year building a structure inside her own head, and that structure is hers now, permanently, portable, independent of any tool or subscription.“ 05512
Reposted by LouisaRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/04/2026this is a brilliant idea honestly 192544306
Reposted by LouisaHend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 30/03/2026The BBC is an apartheid propaganda outlet. The editors deserve to face justice and prison. 211019
Reposted by LouisaHend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Israel’s holocaust of Palestinians reached a horrific new low today. No different than trains heading to gas chambers. Shame on everyone silent about this. 201730927
Reposted by LouisaIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 29/03/2026Telling the guy at the Amsterdam coffeeshop that I’m from Minneapolis and having the rest of the staff turn around and look at me was not on my bingo card 846120
Reposted by LouisaBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026From Texas to Virginia to Minneapolis, people at No Kings protests agree: It is probably not great news that The Onion is doing so well right now. 384119661
Reposted by LouisaAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/03/2026TFW you stage managed it to perfection (and oh yes, things are very messed up, but still) 213025
Reposted by Louisadell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 28/03/2026wow. langchain vuln left ee en vees exposed. more than a quarter of fortune 500 using this llm. 45521
Reposted by LouisaOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026rueing the day I will have to explain to my daughter that, once upon a time before mobile phones, you simply had to agree to meet someone somewhere and then actually be in the place you agreed at the time you said you'd be there, and people actually made this work 1123283337
Reposted by Louisaevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/03/2026If you are traveling to or through Hong Kong, here is a new thing to consider when you are deciding whether or not to take your devices with you and how you should set them up. 512776
Reposted by LouisaJulia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · 26/03/2026how diffie hellman key exchange works (with as little math as possible) 7427113
Reposted by LouisaMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape. What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people. 242504849
