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Map to the corners; all of them. Life in the science mines.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13h
The wrong fucking people have imposter syndrome
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3h
I feel like if AI wants to be in the business of offering medical opinions, then AI companies need to be in the "getting sued for medical malpractice" business too
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In Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 7m
Without commenting on the cult discourse qua cult discourse, I will point out that it’s genuinely astonishing that they have built (perhaps accidentally!) a machine that “thinks”, like if Scientology tech actually cured some psychiatric conditions
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Taiwan Cambot @taiwan-cambot.bsky.social · 6m
Taipei City Panorama Xiangshan Hiking Trail, Taiwan #Taiwan
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
techpolicy.press
Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 9m
'tis the season
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 3h
www.sltrib.com/news/2026/09...
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Aliens Nuke It From Orbit
Alt: Aliens Nuke It From Orbit
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 4h
Great thread, why a H5N1 mink farm outbreak is a big red alert. When the 1918 flu virus genome was recovered I asked the late Bob Lamb, an eminent virologist, if this was a terrorism hazard. His answer: “Not unless they’ve got a lot of ferrets. Or a mink farm.”
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 6h
Mussolini and his regime went about not only controlling the government but every aspect of Italian society. He also plastered his image on everything and cultivated a macho, aggressive strongman image. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 6h
Hey Pete, what's up with the stubble? Looks like grooming standards are slipping www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Republicans fuming at Hegseth as war costs build
Some lawmakers are resisting the Pentagon chief’s budget requests amid concerns over his leadership.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 8h
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 12h
This is fucking hilarious, check out the whole thread. The Trumpy committee chairman and his clownish staff confused the Iowa Hawkeyes for the Atlanta Hawks.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 16h
“There’s a special kind of mourning that comes with realizing the friendship you thought was generative is actually extractive. Maybe the White friend that you thought was committed to anti-racism was actually just committed to it when you were around.”
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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spread the word! I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to grow the Paulinella project. Some details can be found here: www.vanettenlab.org/join
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Join! — Van Etten lab at UMD
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“inevitable” tech
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stepwise evolution of the developmental and symbiotic functions of DELLA in land plants @katharinamel1.bsky.social et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience
Proposed model for the stepwise evolution of DELLA functions in the green lineage.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h
A new report sheds light on how Trump planned to restrict vote-in mailing—and put Howard Lutnick in charge of the whole thing. trib.al/Zfc6qqJ
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Trump’s Initial Plan for Vote by Mail Was Far More Sinister
A new report sheds light on how Trump planned to restrict vote-in mailing—and put Howard Lutnick in charge of the whole thing.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16h
damn near every states highest paid government employee is a college football or basketball coach. embarrassing
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Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Begin to believe… the next Queer Cut screening I’m hosting is this Saturday night, playing a very rarely screened archival print of THE MATRIX as part of the Heights Theater’s centennial series Saturday, October 3rd Curated preshow at 9:10 pm Intro from yours truly at 9:30 pm
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 23h
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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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 22h
why does he look like that
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 22h
(Arby's commercial voice) WE HAVE THE PRIORS
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(Conor Friedersdorf)
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ceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026
the tech titan backlash to “woke dei hr ladies” makes a lot more sense now huh
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Ukrinform, the state news agency of Ukraine, reports that a Russian drone has struck the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, causing a fire. Last month, we reported on a visit to one of the research groups housed within the complex, which studies fungi across the country.
thexylom.com
Ukrainian Mycologists Are Not Giving Up
As the Russo-Ukrainian war continues, Ukrainian mushroom scientists struggle in their quotidian work.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu
Front page of the website
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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I’m probably the first high school-dropout to sit on this stage,” 2026 Public Service Award winner Michael J. Fox says during his #LaskerAward acceptance speech. Fox reflects on his journey from founding the Fox Foundation in 2000 to the ongoing fight to “defeat Parkinson’s & all brain diseases.”🧪
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Turns out people are sick of the shit. Go figure.
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@gork.it is this true?
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A digital illustration based on a scene from the German Expressionist silent film Metropolis (1927). What we see is a robot woman seated in a chair, colored in gradated maroon shades. She's a shiny brass color in a sculptural art deco style staring implacably or incomprehendingly outward. Two sockets on either side of her head and many such other sockets on the chair have wires leading away out of frame. The background, colored in shades of blue is divided into radial sections with lightning bolt edges. (All these colors are purely notional as the source material is all black and white.)Around the chair and the robot are four sets of equally-spaced concentric triple rings or some sort of energy or electricity. Riding the top edges of these rings is jaggedy, electric lettering reading 'Maybe it will happen today'.
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Free tomatoes - Road 29 and Highway 113 in Davis CA
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Asexual reproduction is common in #tardigrades. A new study shows how they reproduce by abortive meiosis I parthenogenesis and maintain heterozygosity across their genome from generation to generation. 📖 Now live in the Septmber issue of #GENETICS 📷️ Bob Goldstein, Addie Coke 🔗 buff.ly/PD4joXx
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Netanyahu begged the Emirates' MBZ to deny Haaretz's report that the Emirati leader warned PM of an impending Hamas attack shortly before October 7, 2023, sources familiar with the matter tell Jack Khoury www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
Netanyahu asked UAE leader to deny Haaretz Oct. 7 warning report in secret visit
The UAE's Foreign Ministry declined to comment on reports about the meeting. But it said it maintains 'open and direct lines of communication' with Israel and shares 'all relevant intelligence'
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
According to tracking data from Jonathan McDowell's Space Report: as of late September 2026, 1,807 Starlink satellites have deorbited and re-entered Earth's atmosphere.
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nyet
adaptation of classic Soviet poster, with Starship refusing offered package labeled "Orbit"
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sadly the great Jim Woodring (@jimwoodring.bsky.social) isn't active here, so we'll have to post for him. "No goddamn way"
Jim Woodring illustration, posted on Facebook with the comment "No goddamn way!".  Character walking past gruesome skull figure with coins in oustreched hands makes "no thanks" hand gesture, another character wears a scowl.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Referenced this yesterday in a post. The guy lives in Florida. More notable is that half of the GOP Congress seems to live there. Like Mike R and Tommy T. It’s part of MAGA identity. Like red hats and bad plastic surgery.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A digital recreation of a panel from the 1960s Hungarian comic strip Jucika by Pál Pusztai. In the image (drawn with black outlines and limited color that is also charmingly, wildly out of register) we see the main character, Jucika, a brunette woman with a short, kicky haircut wearing a striped, green, knee-length, sleeveless dress. She is dancing with a delighted-looking man in a military uniform who is holding one of her hands while in the other she's carrying a red portable radio by its little handle. She's grinning back over her shoulder to the left to see an attractive woman – red hair in curly bangs and a pony tail and wearing a different sort of green dress – who is dancing to the music from the radio with a different delighted-looking man in a brown suit. Everyone is having a great time. Below the drawing is all lower case script lettering with a brown drop that reads 'talán ma fog megtörténni', which my Hungarian-speaking friend Matilda assures me translates to 'Maybe it will happend today'
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who, who could have foretold this?
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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✨‧₊˚ meh ˚₊‧✨ @ericgerhardt.com · 28/09/2026
it's practically a poem
a bsky post and a reply. the post is a link to a Guardian article, the text says: "OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue"

reply says: "API Error: 400 This organization has been disabled. An organization admin can appeal at https://console.anthropic.com/appeal"
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
McArdle still bears scars of injuries sustained in a violent hypothetical statistics incident, in which she very nearly perished.
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