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David Lebo @leboism.bsky.social · 6h
For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment." Former university president
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 9h
"Polarization Is Not the Problem." The paragraph below says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social It's starting to get attaction. So read the rest, and let me know what you think. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 13h
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 13h
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 11h
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 11h
English physician & epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart is best-known for her pioneering research in the 1950s that established a strong link between prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood leukemia. Her work influenced radiation protection standards. She was born #OTD in 1906. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky
Black-and-white photograph of English physician and pioneering epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart (1906–2002) working at her desk, symbolizing her groundbreaking research linking prenatal X-ray exposure to childhood leukemia. The composition positions Dr. Stewart on the left side of the frame, angled slightly toward the camera. She sits at a wooden desk with her body turned forward, leaning her forearms against the surface. Holding a pen in her right hand, she is captured in the act of writing on loose-leaf papers, looking directly at the viewer with a slight, knowing smile and an intelligent, engaged expression. Her dark hair is short, textured, and styled in loose curls around her face. She wears a crisp, light-colored medical lab coat over a textured collared shirt or blouse. The setting is a research lab or office environment. Positioned prominently in the background on the desk to her left is a large, classic black compound microscope. Stacks of research papers, documents, and reference materials are scattered across the workspace. The overall mood is intellectual, professional, and deeply focused, capturing a legendary scientist whose rigorous data collection transformed global radiation protection standards.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22h
It’s going to be really hard for them to say Trump’s lost his mind because their feeling of superiority to us dirty hippies has depended for so long on insisting he’s some sort of savant and he’s always been a monster and we knew it and weren’t afraid to say so.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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bluedove2024.bsky.social @bluedove2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
⬇️"..Trump is not a true fascist. Fascism requires allegiance to the state, which Trump lacks. The biggest threat to the US is not fascism but mafia state autocracy...controlled demolition by a billionaire criminal network, abetted by complicit actors within the US government."-S. Kendzior 2024💔💙🇺🇸🙏🌎
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Nathan Fenno @nathanfenno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ASU put coach Greg Powers on leave yesterday, 41 days after a team workout left a player on life support. The coach tabbed to run the team in place of Powers was arrested for DUI in 2024, telling police: "I’m going to lose my job if I blow into that." www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Arizona State places men’s hockey coach Greg Powers on paid leave (Gift Article)
The move comes two days after players asked for it pending further investigation into the workout that left their teammate on life support.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Anakin/Padme meme with a bear in the first panel and Anakin in the 3rd. No text.
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Professor Edward Birack @nicosan1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fuck this, now I can't watch it. God damnit. I hate the @nwslsoccer.com and all the bullshit of moving broadcasts to different carriers and making it harder to find and watch. I am sick of this.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
what in the WHAT
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 03/10/2026
Pete is the kind of guy who really thinks he was sent here by God to do a military coup. He should barely be allowed access to a butter knife, much less the Pentagon
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emmiedoodle.bsky.social @emmiedoodle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unfortunately, as expected... Defending the men in the Cornell gang rape case. He “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake.”
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Delusional.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy.
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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The former Secretary of State, who took Kim Jong Un uncritically at his word, who got irate that Mary Louise Kelly could find Ukraine on a map and he couldn’t, is getting a teaching fellowship at an Ivy League school. Hm.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe.
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Jackie Contreras @jackiedigital.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I also love having to switch platforms to watch different games for the same league on the same night!
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026
How on Earth did I not read this yet? really interesting and honestly kind of brazen modelling of the entire lifecycle - downstream, data centres, upstream use - of AI. Puts AI industry at 1.1% of total global energy, about the same for global emissions. More than 10x previously stated estimates
Final Results and Concluding Thoughts
Adding it all up, we estimate that the AI sector is responsible for almost 1,900 TWh of global energy consumption in 2026. And after accounting for additional factors that we did not explicitly analyze, like the construction of new electrical substations, robotic-centric warehouses, water reclamation facilities, and other infrastructure specifically designed to support the data center buildout, it’s likely that total AI-driven global energy demand is already closer to 2,000 TWh. Even at 1,900 TWh, the AI share of total global energy use in 2026 would be roughly 1.1%. We also estimate, after adding up all the sectoral numbers and landing at roughly 650 million metric tons of AI-driven CO2 emissions, that the AI share of global GHG emissions in 2026 stands at about 1.2%, with total annual global emissions sitting at roughly 55 gigatons of CO2-eq, albeit with a wide range of figures from EDGAR to UNEP (anywhere from 53 gigatons to 58 gigatons depending on a broad array of different assumptions). As we’ve discussed already, these numbers are much higher than many others in the media and academia have guessed on the basis of simplistic calculations and naïve assumptions.

The projections up to 2030 are obviously far worse and imply a catastrophic impact to global ecological stability. ChatGPT alone “processes approximately 2.5 billion prompts per day worldwide.”122 The scale of AI growth and diffusion globally is truly astounding, and the industry’s corresponding ecological footprint will soon rival that of major countries like India. It's not farfetched at all to think that the AI share of total global energy demand could rise to something like 5% by 2030, rivaling and in some cases surpassing the footprint of established dominant industries. The potential consequences of this extra resource pressure on biodiversity, global warming, freshwater scarcity, and biogeochemical cycles could be absolutely staggering and devastating for the…
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time." 🎁🔗
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026
The fossil industry has simple motives: maximising fossil fuel combustion (more that = more $) Climate is simple too: the more combustion, the worse it gets (more so for each new tonne burned) so...the fossil industry supports the things that make climate change (and our lives) worse, consistently
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Ghost of Tom Joad @mongolianbbq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scrutinize food labels for phrases like “gut buster” and “organ hell.” — theonion.com/tips-for-inc...
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Tips For Increasing Your Fiber Intake
Social media has ignited a recent surge in health-conscious Americans trying to up their fiber consumption. The Onion provides tips for maximizing the amount of fiber in your diet: Scrutinize food lab...
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 02/10/2026
Their mission is the pursuit of human rights for their technology designed to deprive you of human rights.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2016: Guy looking at an Middle Ages painting of the Crusades saying "I would never fight a Holy War" 

2026: Same guy looking at a photo of Pope Leo, saying "Pope Leo I'm readdy launch me towards the nearest data center"
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rivers mccown @riversmccown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truly gross stuff.
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Jess @jessarcade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cornell 7 just need to complete some 3rd downs - Kirk Herbstreit
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matt oak @mattoak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
primetime NFL broadcaster: the sexual assaults are not gonna be booed anymore if you convert on 3rd down y'all still watching this
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the thing. How much is it costing the US military to protect every ship going in or out of the Strait, compared to what it cost pre-war (which was zero)?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your children are much safer in the company of drag queens than: 1. Pastors or priests; 2. Republican men; 3. Billionares; and 3. Frat boys.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Birth control is not abortion. This is not a hard question. But Trump's nominee for FDA Commissioner couldn't answer.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When a president is saying, but not saying as an intimidation strategy.
Ad Baculum: Threats of force or intimidation. Used by dangerous demagogues to change the subject of debate and silence legitimate opposition. Paralipsis: I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Used by dangerous demagogues to avoid accountability by saying two things at once.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly as the US Constitution contemplates decisions on taking the country to war will be made.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/10/2026
Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend, I am almost mad myself.
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LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home
Tom Ford spring 2027 runway look
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the actual fuck
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How the month started to how it ended.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 01/10/2026
Filed under: things that are not mind-boggling.
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Haris @afcmhr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Palestine’s B team played on Konyaspor in a friendly. The club welcomed the Palestinian side with a tribute to the athletes and journalists killed by Israel in Gaza.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling.
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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