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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

There's a trap on your ballot in California. Here's how to get past it.
1. Prop 40: 250 billionaires pay with they owe so hospitals, schools, and food assistant survive the federal cuts. Vote yes.
2. Props 41 and 42: paid for by billionaires to cancel prop 40. Vote no.
3. Tell one person, because the confusion is the plan.
Yes I'm 40. No on 41 and 42.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree

We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/10/2026

So we have had a handful of people request Hallowe'en whistles, and (a) we love that, yes, do that! but also (b) our whistles are NOT for young children; they are extremely loud and should only be given to adults and kids who are old enough.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 11/10/2026

Only a financial journalist would look at academic publishing and think "what that sector needs is more mergers and private equity" to deal with the mess that financialisation has caused. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Mergers could help by creating savings that offset the increased costs of quality control. The industry’s biggest four groups account for two-fifths of articles published. That leaves plenty of scope to roll up the unwieldy long tail that includes university publishers and professional organisations such as IEEE. There have been a few smaller transactions so far, such as Wiley’s £337mn acquisition of Emerald Publishing in June. But Informa’s decision earlier this week to separate Taylor & Francis from its live events business may give dealmakers a boost.

Private equity can help, having already dipped a toe into the sector: Springer Nature was previously owned by companies including EQT and BC Partners. And the financials still look attractive.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Proposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.”

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"The election for Michigan’s next U.S. Senator ... may well decide which party has a majority in the Senate. And control of the Senate will determine the direction of our courts." David Jaffe and me in the Detroit Free Press today. www.freep.com/story/opinio...

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Michigan’s U.S. Senate race will decide the Supreme Court's future | Opinion

Control of the U.S. Senate means control of judicial confirmations. Michigan could decide both.

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey NY, Chicago here. I made you some graphics cause we're all on the same team. Fuck ICE.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!

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SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Mecklenburg Cty, NC (aka Charlotte) public library is hiring a Chief Library & Culture Officer (sorta second in command) - I've heard good things about the system 📚📜 meckcounty.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hello, Michiganders! I'll be doing a live chalk drawing from 11am-1pm this weekend at the Ann Arbor Artoberfest! I'll be at the corner of Main & Liberty, also selling/signing books, calendars, postcards, mugs, tote bags, and other nifty gift items all day to boot! www.annarbor.org/blog/stories...

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Celebrate Artoberfest in Ann Arbor, Michigan

A2 Artoberfest is a two-day festival celebrating artwork of all kinds in downtown Ann Arbor. Plan your trip and discover why Ann Arbor is an arts destination.

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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So, no women won Nobel science prizes this year, meaning the number of female winners remains at 26. How many of them can you name? Take the challenge here (I've seen one person say they got them all first try, which is very impressive). @nature.com www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize?

Take Nature’s quiz on female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry or physiology or medicine.

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Sarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That time I put almost all the chipmunk species in the western USA on one map. Did you know there’s 1 species of chipmunk in Asia, 1 in eastern USA & >20 in western USA? (I’m not the crazy one here. The chipmunks are the crazy ones.)

Map of the western USA with 20 overlapping chipmunk species distributions in different colors.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

'Data show that flu season in the Northern Hemisphere might be off to an early start — prompting a rethink about when people should get their annual vaccines against the influenza virus.'

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Flu season could kick off ‘incredibly’ early — what scientists are watching

Cases in the Northern Hemisphere are cropping up weeks early, and they are dominated by a virus with a concerning mutation.

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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 3 #Nobel gender imbalance 0 ♀️ 5 ♂️ (And mind you, I don't want to diminish the merit of the male winners) bsky.app/profile/nobe...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a classic Voughtism: we have not eliminated the program - it still exists. It is just not distributing any resources.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A lot of lovely essays in this thread

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026

One thing all New Yorkers can agree on? It’s time to get your flu shot! Go to nyc.gov/healthmap to find all the free locations.

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Josh Kantor @jtkantor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Eternally grateful for the opportunity to continue doing something so ridiculous.

Screenshot of a list of the 810 songs I played by request this year on the Fenway organ (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

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damnarbor.bsky.social @damnarbor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sirens. County test.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope this is already obvious, but: A way anyone reading this could contribute to the fight to end campus sexual violence is to write their state representatives and ask them to pass a similar law to Enough is Enough.

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 29/09/2026

My first thought about this idiotic nightmare of newspeak is how it's going to affect academia, and whether we're about to see a rash of papers calling it "superintelligence" in a bid to get a drop of the ever-diminishing pool of government funding.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No more rhymes, now. I mean it!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/09/2026

If I’m reading this right, Anthropic has no choice but to IPO now because it doesn’t have the money to cover its computing / infrastructure obligations next year

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reading is a practice of freedom.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.

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Eve Brensike Primus @primuseve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Attn: @umichlaw.bsky.social and @mdefenders.bsky.social is hiring a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law/Associate Director for the new MDefenders Center for Public Defense. Job posting here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2.... Come work w/me to train the next generation of public defenders!

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Director MDefenders Center for Public Defense | U-M Careers

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“All watched over by machines of loving grace” by Richard Brautigan, written in 1967.

All WATCHED OVER BY MACHWES OF LoViNg GRACE
by Richard Brautigan
I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computors live together in mutually programmatic harmony
I like to think (right now, please!)
of a cybernetic
forest
filled with pines and electronics where deer stroll peacefully past computors
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms

I like to think! (it'has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labor and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters,
and all watched over by machines of loving grace.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reminder: updated covid and flu shots are now available and waiting for you. I just got mine. I know that messaging from DC has been confusing. Here is what the experts say: www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggest the vaccines for most people, including healthy adults ages 18 to 64 and healthy children ages 2 to 18, if their parents want them to get one.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is so good to see @reportermatt.bsky.social, who was in like 80% of my classes in college, become the most influential reporter in Massachusetts. He just loves the place, and you can tell in everything he does. A truly wonderful man making the whole state better.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!) I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dear Jancd st hv it k%llevv iv fxx _cc in $ d in vvvkm. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a light skinned man wearing a white button up shirt with dark diagonal striped tie. He is sitting at a typewriter and laughing at the white and ginger tabby kitten who it standing on it closely investigating the inner mechanisms.

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Brandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 24/09/2026

A new dinosaur, Kayrasaurus changliensis, has been described from Chinese fossils. This early therizinosaur had tiny teeth, a long neck, and big claws, providing new information about this unusual group's evolution! 🧪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Life reconstruction of Jehol therizinosaurians, illustrating variation in body size, skeletal proportions and inferred ecological strategies among taxa. From bottom to top: L. sihedangensis is shown in a posture suggesting greater cursoriality; J. yixianensis is depicted engaging in lingual-assisted feeding, consistent with its robust hyoid apparatus; B. inexpectus exhibits a robust, less cursorial bauplan; and K. changliensis is reconstructed browsing on higher vegetation, reflecting its larger body size and inferred feeding strategy.

Credit: Kōhei Futaka

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

having studied such outreach efforts—i think the real secret sauce is Mamdani’s popularity. (sheer number of tickets on offer is also impressive!) Others have done culture passes, discount/free tix codes for first timers, low income, young ppl etc but they can be surprisingly difficult to promote

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am the Dread Pirate Roberts.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson said that “the defining fact of our lives is that whites around the world are being eliminated.” Journos who don’t watch his show are helping his effort to rebrand so he isn’t a liability for his protege JD Vance’s 2028 run. www.mediamatters.org/jd-vance/tuc...

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Tucker Carlson helped make JD Vance. The VP refuses to condemn his antisemitism.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...

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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...

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