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Mary Oliva

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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 25/09/2026
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People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.
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Mary Oliva @maryoliva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No cheating. Share your last photo of the sky from your camera roll.
Photo of a cloudy sky near sunset with a rainbow clearly arching across the center and a fainter second rainbow above the first. The lower part of the image has various trees common in suburban yards, and some power lines.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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VOID 🔞ART CATCH UP. @v0idm0nster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Burnout's no joke kids
A cat on a space and sky background that says "sorry i havent finished a project in months, i have been at war with myself"
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sometimes I wish the general SFFH industry at large would admit, and when I say at large I include everyone writers, publishers, and other entities, that there has been a big turn against Black and brown writers and then also within that group queer, women, disabled people
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Simon W Davis @woodforbrains.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ho-LEE fuck democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
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Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
these people should be ashamed of themselves for several reasons share.google/IB2NzxpKmZaF...
The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on AI to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said AI recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats “take too long to digest.”

“We relied too much on AI rather than our own critical thinking,” the group told rangers
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Emma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From the wonderful @savannahridley.bsky.social and me: The federal government is fast-tracking a gold mine upstream from Grassy Narrows First Nation, even though its own scientists have sounded alarms about the project. www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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This proposed Ontario gold mine could pollute water ‘in perpetuity.’ Why is Ottawa fast-tracking it?
Federal reports warn Kinross Gold’s proposed Great Bear mine in Ontario could release arsenic and require water treatment ‘in perpetuity.’
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This quote is from last February. Good work sir!
"Regulations, basically, should be default gone," Musk said. "Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in."
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.
inquirer.com
The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
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Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.latinsky.app · 29/08/2026
Research shows the outcomes for these kids are better when their home language is supported. US is the only country in the world who sees being bilingual as a deficit 🫠
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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey, let’s put Ron DeSantis in prison.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 27/08/2026
My girlfriend, who runs a queer archive, is looking to publish an essay of an overarching / comprehensive look the history of queer political and social organizations in East Texas and is on the hunt for queer periodicals, journals, and magazines that would be interested. Anyone have suggestion?
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If you're writing a story about police abusing Flock access to stalk current/former/potential partners, I'm begging you to please follow up on the consequences these cops face for getting caught, because a lot of the time it's barely more than a slap on the wrist.
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🜲 @fresh72.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Annals of Unsurprising Results: Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds
Analysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
whoaaaa we did a shelved by genre bonus episode "halfway through tolkien" q&a session!!! michael did not make a video promo because he got food poisoning but if this gets one hundred reposts he will post a picture of the bloody eye he got from throwing up so much www.patreon.com/rangedtouch/...
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Shelved By Genre BONUSODE: Lord of the Year Halfway Q+A | Ranged Touch
Shelved By Genre BONUSODE: Lord of the Year Halfway Q+A by Ranged Touch on Patreon. Join Ranged Touch's community for exclusive content and updates.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The article NEVER mentions prior COVID infection as a risk factor for shingles, which research has shown that it is.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
it's not just for entertainment. gambling also goes up during economic downturns. here's the mindset: if you only have $500, you can't pay many of your bills — but if you double or triple it, you can. and if you lose that $500, you aren't much worse off than before. that's why it's so insidious.
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
i love when a press release headline sounds like it was written by an aggrieved fish
a headline from the Society for Experimental Biology reads "Think that fishes and amphibians don't have necks? Think again"
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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
Daily reminder these "teen takeovers" only apply to groups of Black kids. I've never seen a "teen takeover" with pictures of kids of any other race, not once since this bullshit started to be astroturfed
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.
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Mary Oliva @maryoliva.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I did mentally mix up Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell earlier this week… oops.
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Mary Oliva @maryoliva.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Three years of peach pie in July
Two peach pies from a side/above on trivets on a beige granite countertop. Made with peaches from my yard in 2026.A peach pie pictured from above on a trivet on a beige granite countertop. Made with peaches from my yard in 2025.A peach pie on trivet with foil underneath on a beige granite countertop. Taken from in front/above. Made with peaches from my yard in 2024. Some peaches and nectarines are in a blue bowl farther back in the photo.
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mseviechops.bsky.social @mseviechops.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I see Ann Widdecombe has died. When she was Home Secretary I showed her round Drake Hall womens’s prison. There was a pregnant woman on a bed in the early stages of Labour and she asked the prison officers why she wasn’t handcuffed to the bed. That’s the kind of woman she was.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
2 panel comic

Panel 1 is titled “Journalist logs into Twitter”
Image shows a Pink Guy performing a high jump. He easily sails over a tall barrier that says “Racism, Nazis, Homophobia, CSAM and Bigotry”. He smiles and waves at the reader.

Panel 2 is titled “Journalist logs into BlueSky”
The Pink Guy is doing the high jump again, however, this time, a much smaller barrier just says “Smugness”. The Pink Guy is clinging to the barrier, trying to hook his leg over it. He yells “Hnnngh I CAN’T GET OVER IT”
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/07/2026
I do not understand the "fairness in sports" thing, in part because it isn't a thing, but also "fair to who" is always the question. People who are taller have an advantage in basketball. Does that mean we ban tall people? Why would THAT be fair?
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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
shout out to all the native plants growing in my yard for attracting cool bugs which then attract cool birds and bats and toads and mice and skunks and deer and foxes and of course loads of squirrels and also recently some mushrooms and
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It is absolutely true that Dems need to win swing voters to win elections. The misdiagnosis is that swing voters are “moderates.” They are not. They have almost entirely incoherent politics. You don’t win them from the middle. You appeal to your base with conviction and hope swings like the vibes.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/06/2026
Drowning is a leading cause of death for U.S. kids under 5. It can happen silently and in seconds. Assign a water watcher to keep eyes on kids in/near water at all times. Don't assume other adults or even lifeguards have eyes on your kid especially in crowded areas.
Graphic stating 'Assign a water watcher—an adult who will pay constant attention to children in the water.' Below, a list titled 'If you are the water watcher, be sure to:' includes putting down your cell phone, avoiding other activities, supervising even if there are lifeguards, and switching off with another adult for breaks. An illustration of an eye appears on the right. Footer shows logos for HealthyChildren.org and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I am begging people to realize that police do not use this technology is not a "jumping off point" or an "investigative lead"--the computer spits out a name and police arrest that person without follow up. How many people have to spend months in jail "by accident" before we consider the danger?
timesofsandiego.com
A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.
A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 03/06/2026
two adorable fawns cuddling with a kitten captioned: "repost if you love lesbians or [if] you[']d be happy if elon musk dies"
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Mary Oliva @maryoliva.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We need ranked choice voting
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Someone follow up with book buyers at the big retailers (who shape a *lot* of what is seen) — Walmart, target, Barnes and noble, Amazon — ask the actual people who are buying books for their stores why they’re not pushing for more lgbtq+ stories bc buyers are immensely powerful in this conversation
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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This sounds like noble stuff until you learn MIT just gutted its libraries. To quote, uh, Sally Kornbluth, without basic humanistic research, the pipeline will run dry. In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
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Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/05/2026
It’s almost like all surveillance, no matter the purported use, eventually becomes an extension of the carceral state.
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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Doesn't feel too out there to say that every hour of work "saved" by AI just becomes someone else's hour of work.
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 17/05/2026
Last month, Aleanna Royal Bechdel, a 31 year-old Black trans woman who was a DJ, promoter, and artist, was murdered in a housing complex in New York, and a 54-year old man was arrested. There has been very little press coverage on this, including by queer outlets run by cis white people.
pghlesbian.com
Black Trans Woman Aleanna Royal Bechdel Fatally Stabbed in New York State – Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Couch potato" is the archetypal metaphor for laziness. Yet if you leave a potato on the couch it will sprout without soil, relying solely on its internal reserve of water. What is this if not grindset? Are we not all, now, relying on our internal reserves to grow, on the computer?
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.
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Mary Oliva @maryoliva.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A thread of general thoughts on the books I read in May. All books are from the library unless otherwise mentioned.
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Mary Oliva @maryoliva.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang is so excellent I can barely stand it. Just a perfect book.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/05/2026
Support grassroots organizers on the ground in these states. They are going to need your help with statewide races and close district races too. Dig in and say you believe that people in these states deserve better.
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kylie, themeny of the state,,, @kylie.hater.club · 12/05/2026
From the endocrine society this AM: www.endocrine.org/news-and-adv...
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Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: New name to improve diagnosis and care of condition affecting 170 million women worldwide
Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is the new name for the condition previously known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which impacts 1 in 8, or more than 170 million women worldwide.
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