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mariavhawkins on twitter. still trying to figure this place out.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h
Menopause supplements costing more than £400 a year ‘no better than cheap multivitamin’
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Menopause supplements costing more than £400 a year ‘no better than cheap multivitamin’
Many products aimed at women over 45 lack meaningful quantities of key nutrients, consumer watchdog Which? found
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 12h
Impressionable boomers and California wine moms watch Paramount and CNN and Warner and HBO and Discovery. Donald Trump’s media and tech billionaire groupie, Larry Ellison, is about to own all of those networks. Watch this fact-filled short video from Charles McBryde on TikTok:
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 19h
ICYMI: “A 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook 32 kilometres southwest of Seattle, and officials say there is no tsunami risk to B.C.” cheknews.ca/4-2-magnitud... - @cheknews.ca #Earthquake #Seattle
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4.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles 32km southwest of Seattle
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook 32 kilometres southwest of Seattle, and officials say there is no tsunami risk to B.C.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20h
In a variant on the "oh so you hate waffles" tedium, today I received "oh so you think pancakes and waffles are equally bad" 🙄
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h
“…Muse can be easily prompted to compile dossiers on Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to members of vulnerable groups – including undocumented immigrants, transgender teachers, poll workers, Iranian dissidents, and women who said they had ordered abortion pills in states with abortion bans”
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Dox for Me, O Muse
Muse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 23h
To be clear, Kettle is suggesting Seattle reduce its overall funding for affordable housing in order to fund more police.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This morning's Seattle council meeting on the Office of Housing budget, which is relying more heavily on payroll tax funding than in previous years, has been interesting so far in one respect: The difference in how lefty and centrist council members talk about the buildings OH funds.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h
Months before OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and attacked the A.I. start-up Hugging Face, two employees raised an alarm with top executives that its newest A.I. models were not being appropriately monitored during testing. They were ignored. nyti.ms/4hPBVtT
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the world is a rough place these days, but there are tiny glimmers of light everywhere if you know where to look for example, my sister just texted that their youngest decided to take up the trumpet and was honking away all evening in the garage, driving them nuts, and that did bring me real joy
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When Seattle transit advocates successfully fought against the cap on the city's share of a pass-through on the new countywide 0.1% sales tax this summer...that resulted in a $4.7 million annual contribution to SDOT's budget that is now preventing cuts to urban forestry & bridge maintenance.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think we need a national meeting on what white collar work looks like.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The question that @guyoron.net asked Bob Kettle about why "Public Safety" doesn't include traffic safety — the consistent #1 concern of Seattleites in public safety surveys — continues to get under his skin. Just now Kettle once again implied Guy "doesn't seem to know" what they're talking about.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
What's happening is that Republicans are priming Democrats and Democratic voters for more violent forms of transphobia. They're manipulating people into caring about something that is most likely never going to affect them.
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Gary Keizur @stpraamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's a marginal tax, so 9.9% on annual income over a million dollars. And nope, it should be kept.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Be brave enough to stand up for the vulnerable even if you believe it won't work. Be brave enough to be that person. For the love of God and the lives & futures of actual human people, be brave.
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/09/2026
I don't mean to brag, but this is one of the best videos I have ever taken, feat. @dingdingpeng.the100.ci
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
one thing worth saying here specifically: there's lots that AI can't (yet) do and there's a lot of money riding on selling a particular narrative about its future capabilities. but the existential risk of AI is not only not mere hype but it is already a present tense problem
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BTW, I was saved from the men who threatened IRL to rape me by a man who intervened.
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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shit. This.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
The tech behemoth and chipmaker Nvidia has announced the largest-ever stock buyback increase in US corporate history as its profits continue to explode due to massive spending on artificial intelligence data centers.
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Tech Giant Nvidia Announces the Largest Stock Buyback in US History
Nvidia is one of the chief beneficiaries of the AI data center boom that’s sparked widespread opposition across the US.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
50501 is joining the call to Delete DoorDash until they stand up for Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, their delivery driver who was shot in the back by ICE on 9/20 in Austin. Delete DoorDash & join the Free DC pledge today! ❌ #DeleteDoorDash
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It must be noted that this whole pontification session, which produced no real new information or policy development that I could see, occurred while a cadre of SDOT employees (including the Director) were standing by to give their own budget presentation. Which then got pushed to after lunch.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/09/2026
I’ve seen several stories of young women describing rape and sexual assault on college campuses in the last week which strikes me not as a rise in assaults but, given the violence of some of the examples, I fear we’re back in an era of headlines about group assaults, for the Tate/Clavicular era
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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~Art+Rage~ @artrage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Making the work visible is absolutely necessary, but also Mayor Mamdani truly enjoys his job and enjoys serving a city he actually loves and that part is harder to imitate. We are so lucky to have him.
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 28/09/2026
🧪 Vaping among children makes subsequent conventional cigarette smoking 2 to 12 times more likely, according to a systematic review. E-cigarettes also double the odds of suicidal ideation and plans in youth, reversing a decade of declining teen smoking rates. 🛟
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Vaping in childhood has bigger health risks than we’d thought
Use of e-cigarettes makes it more likely that young people will experience mental-health disorders and take up smoking. Governments must act.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
IF YOU CAN VOTE IN PERSON (in Maryland or anywhere else) PLEASE DO! I know many people can't, &, in fact, that's why systems like absentee voting and mail-in voting exist. If you can't vote in person, the most important thing is to vote. BUT IF YOU CAN...!!
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year
Hi all,

We received a package with no name to GSB 2144 with 80 sheep brains in it. If you are expecting this package, please reach out and we can coordinate the pickup!

Best wishes,
Jenna
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g @g--0.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I want to see reporting on this. How many parents are actually doing it? I was a teen in the 90's and I'd be shocked if more than a couple of my male friends ever got this kind of talk from their parents. I certainly didn't. It's wildly irresponsible.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/09/2026
The human genome is part virus. And here's a virus that's part human, having picked up a human gene about 100,000 years ago. My story here: nyti.ms/4hRKNPC
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This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It (Gift Article)
Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.
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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is no safe way for researchers to use the systems provided by OpenAI, Anthropic, or any of these other companies. They have all admitted that plagiarism is an integral component of what they do. If you put your work in – even if it's just to touch up a manuscript – they will take it.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 28/09/2026
DHS’s “voter database” is full of inaccuracies and has flagged eligible voters as noncitizens. It’s simply an attempt to purge voters ahead of the midterms. Grateful to see Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs side with WA voters, not this administration’s power grab.
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Hobbs says WA won’t use Trump’s ‘flawed’ SAVE voter database
Washington won't tap into a Trump administration database aimed at purging noncitizen voters, with Secretary of State Steve Hobbs calling it flawed.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info"
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María @mariavictoria.latinsky.app · 28/09/2026
This is really interesting to read after I just listened to an @npr.org interview with an amazon exec hawking the new alexa AI that will "change lives" by doing so many tasks for you (doing all the work of making a date with your wife was the example) and the whole time all I could think of was 1/2
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Eligible voters, time's running out for registering to vote or updating your registration for the midterms. Fri, 10/2 — SOUTH CAROLINA — in-person (10/4 online, 10/5 mail) Sat, 10/3 — U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — in-person (10/4 online) Sun, 10/4 — ALASKA Sun, 10/4 — RHODE ISLAND More at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear?
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
And when I say bad behavior I mean no, you should not be fucking your students and I mean that broadly. Not a student in your department, not a recent graduate, not even a student in another department. Not someone you’re mentoring. Some of the men who like to talk about me have done these things
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In an age when the Peter Thiels of the world are smiling and saying evil does good because it is competent, we are entering a time when we will need to be aggressively "pro-human." Or at the very least, Pro-Good. And we have to build power, unapologetically.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 28/09/2026
I think the Cornell case stands out because it mirrors Dominique Pelicot. It's not just that she was raped but they sent a group text telling other guys to rape her AND SOME (ALLEGEDLY) did.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 28/09/2026
The data also strongly suggests that campus rape is perpetrated by a small number of actors. Put differently, most men on campus don't rape, but the ones who do rape a lot of women. Getting rid of those guys would make campus way safer . psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-...
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New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s dazzling fairy tale THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) screens in 35mm Saturday & Sunday, October 10th & 11th, at 2:00pm. Tickets: buff.ly/cJeSRio
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himham @himham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Good Place:

Kentucky figured it out? Kentucky?
This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 28/09/2026
I'm seeing a lot of takes right now about the Cornell rape case, and I don't love talking about Cornell because it was not the best four years of my life. But I think a lot of people are downplaying the town-gown relationship.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminism has been a net positive. Period. Let's move along.
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