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The moral arc of the universe doesn’t bend itself

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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My day at #standupforscience in DC was truly inspiring
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I didn't expect the "then they came for..." to hit me QUITE so specifically, but lesson learned.
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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I updated this chart, which I think is worth a thousand words, at least! 1/
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Kudos to @jdmunday.bsky.social & other authors of this really elegant study of viral transmission in schools. 👇 Indoor air quality is very important, something we on @independentsage.bsky.social argued strongly during pandemic. Ventilation matters.
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
What lingers in ‘The Pitt’ is heartache. What’s missing is outrage www.statnews.com/2026/01/18/t... via @statnews.com
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What lingers in ‘The Pitt’ is heartache. What’s missing is outrage
“I am hungry, so hungry, for some depiction of Covid that tells the truth. That what was done to us was not just unbearable, but wrong,” an emergency physician writes of “The Pitt.”
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Cory Doctorow makes some great points about how even the consent argument is a distraction and there are more useful ways to think about criticising AI. pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Screenshot of an excerpt from Cory Doctorow speech 5th Dec 2025
“Well, even then, you're not gonna help out creators by creating this new copyright. If you're thinking that you can, you need to grapple with this fact: we have
monotonically expanded copyright since 1976, so that today, copyright covers more kinds of works, grants exclusive rights over more uses, and lasts longer.
And today, the media industry is larger and more profitable than it has ever been, and also: the share of media industry income that goes to creative workers is lower than
its ever been, both in real terms, and as a proportion of those incredible gains made by creators' bosses at the media company.”
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Interesting. I’ve usually found new sessions helpful, apart from re-explaining context. I wonder if you might have more luck getting it to use something like pydot rather than modifying the raw .dot file directly, so that you can better seperate things you don’t want changed into eg a function?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
When you feed the file back in are you starting a new conversation?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I mean, at this point I’d settle for just bringing back the swamp 🫠 Make America Swampy Again?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This article by @jrothman.com is the earliest example I could find: www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2...
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Recognizing the Bring-me-a-Rock Schedule Game - Johanna Rothman
©2002 Johanna Rothman You’re a project manager who’s just been assigned the biggest project of your life. You’ve planned the project work with your project team. You’ve gathered the project plan and t...
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I also feel like there must be a hidden body of literature about this somewhere disguised under a different name.
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Diane Swonk @dianeswonk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Why do economists care about inequality in incomes and wealth? 1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Once I started becoming more politically active.. people would often say “oh, a data scientist, you’re smart, you should run for office” and honestly intelligence (in the way that they mean) isn’t even in the top 3 characteristics you need/want in a politician
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
As a Melburnian AFL is something you kind of have to deal with growing up but at some point it stops and the last time I spoke about it was years ago with a colleague from interstate who said that you had to have a team here and also what else would you talk about in a taxi? 1 - No. 2 - Who cares?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Oh, do you get people who kind of can’t grasp the concept and they are all “but you have to care because reasons” and you’re like.. “I hear what you’re saying, but I just don’t care about that” and their brain breaks a little?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Can you give an example?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
true, I’m not suggesting that a viable 🅱️❎ always exists and even if it does, the choice to pursue 🅰️❎ may still be valid and worthy
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The line between optional and necessary can become blurry. If there are two plans 🅰️ and 🅱️ that lead to ❎ the devout yak-shaver will tend to define their goal as 🅰️❎ rather than ❎ and will do anything in their power to solve for 🅰️❎ no matter how much simpler or easier it would be to pursue 🅱️❎.
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Why would anyone ever need a thousand Mozarts? Surely at some point we can collectively say “enough, that’s enough Mozarts”.
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I’m sure there would be folks in govt who share your concerns and are evaluating risks and considering contingencies in case US doesn’t deliver. But if this is happening they wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) make any deliberations public unless it’s time to pull the trigger on an alternative.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
All in just the last 24 days
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This was a really great interview by @parkermolloy.com — questions ab how public opinion works today, why influencers really matter, what antivaxxers get that the silent majority still doesn’t, & why participating in online trends drives ideology depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...
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The machinery of modern propaganda: Renée DiResta on invisible rulers and bespoke realities
The disinformation researcher explains how small communities of propagandists have transformed the rules of influence and public opinion.
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The question you just asked is an example of the former and not the latter. If I were to ask you a question in response, would that be an example of the latter?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
They certainly did an awesome job freeing Assange! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Relentless lobbying and a garden party ambush: how Australia pushed for Julian Assange’s freedom
WikiLeaks founder’s release was culmination of years of behind-the-scenes diplomatic lobbying, which got a big boost when Albanese took office
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Cynicism is born of fear. Fear turns to anger; and, anger needs a target; which, in turn becomes hate. I have heard far too many of these excuses, just about boycotts. Don't do this. #TheAlliedForces
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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It's all getting going in Victoria now. Covid, flu, RSV, it's even looking like a good year for Influenza B. This would be an excellent weekend to book in covid & flu shots at your pharmacy. And pleasepleaseplease: If you're feeling sick, stay home.🙏 www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
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Jason Carl @vampiresnvino.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
“We aren’t a country where this happens.” - Sen. Schiff, on his colleague Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed when trying to question DHS Sec. Noem while in Los Angeles today Newsflash Senator: we absolutely ARE that country, and our chance to do something about it is fading fast
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
see also @dansinker.com's essay: "In the Who Cares Era, the most radical thing you can do is care." dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
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The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com
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Dominic Meagher @dom-ma.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Long thread of images & links from LA today (I’m linking to the bottom rather than the top so it’s easier to navigate)
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Completely agree. The word “defection” does not belong in a senator’s vocabulary. People voted for the party, not the senator. If remaining a member of the party that got them elected becomes untenable they need to resign from the senate.
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
See also: go.bsky.app/Rn8TiR9
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Jerome Laxale MP @jeromelaxale.com · 08/05/2025
Labor has now received two mandates to transition to renewable energy. This one bigger than the last. That means more solar, more wind and more storage to firm it up. Bring it on #auspol
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I had the same thought. But I would assume the connection between policies they announce in these messages and the actions their candidates might actually take if elected is pretty loose.
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Thanks! Now I have all the information I need to make an informed choice 😆
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I haven’t seen that one either! I didn’t get any before Saturday.
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My wife hasn’t received anything from them
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I haven’t seen the iron ore one
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Jim Chalmers @jimchalmers.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Today’s rate cut shows the progress we’ve made on inflation together. It won’t solve every problem, but it will help. Under Labor, inflation is down, wages are up, unemployment is low & now interest rates have started to come down too. #auspol #ausecon
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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
2025 is going to be HUGE in AUS politics. #AusVotes25 #auspol I have prepared this incomplete starter pack of AUS pollies using #Bluesky 🦋 Some will follow you back😊 Please share with friends coming from the dead bird place & encourage pollies to join 🦋 Suggestions welcome 🙏 go.bsky.app/Rn8TiR9
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casey briggs @caseybriggs.com · 13/12/2024
“in seeking to conflate and confuse on its centrepiece policy, the Coalition is doing little more than treating voters like mugs, assuming they'll be more interested in style over substance.” www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Coalition's nuclear costs effectively comparing apples and elephants
In the world of comparing apples and oranges, the Coalition's claim that its nuclear plan would be hundreds of billions cheaper than Labor's looks to have come from comparing apples and elephants.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
‘A slightly more dangerous place’: Australia is in its 8th COVID wave. “The sad, unavoidable fact is the world is now a slightly more dangerous place because not only is influenza circulating, but so is SARS-COV-2,” - Professor James McCaw #COVID19 Source: www.smh.com.au/national/a-s...
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Face masks ward off COVID-19, so why are we still arguing about it? "The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue." #MasksUp #COVIDisAirborne www.newscientist.com/article/2400...
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Face masks ward off covid-19, so why are we still arguing about it?
The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Are you saying COVID will always have at least a 4x advantage because it can kill in any month of the year, while influenza only shows up for about 3 months each year?
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lvdarcy.bsky.social @lvdarcy.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
In 2022 we had ~5 COVID waves and by 2023 at least 80% of the population infected 1+ times. How much more prior infection would be needed to properly build immunity?
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Top doctor’s warning as COVID surges. COVID hospitalisations have significantly increased at Geelong hospital. There were 21 people with COVID in Geelong hospital on Monday, compared to just 1 person a week earlier. #COVIDisNotOver #Geelonghospital geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong...
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Karen Cutter @karencutter.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Yay! I just discovered @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social is here! Denis has religiously been tweeting Aust Covid news articles and govt announcements since the dawn of time
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