Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 08/10/2026This was basically the entire point of conservatives' Master Plan that legalized corruption and bribery. masterplanpodcast.com - pass it on 16021
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiBrian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026801: T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows) - from their 1976 album, 801 Live; synthesizer and vocals by Brian Eno www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Va...m.youtube.comTNK (Tomorrow Never Knows) (Live From The Queen Elizabeth Hall,United Kingdom/1976)YouTube video by 801 - Topic 2479
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Trump-backing Ellisons are the #1 🇺🇸 supporters of the IDF Now they control all of this Are Y’all paying attention? 1001252664
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 Israel now denying "right of return" to Jews who want coexistence with Palestinians. Israel is not a home for Jewish people, it is home for Zionists who want to complete the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This article seems completely unaware of Hannah Arendt's work on “the banality of evil”, that otherwise “good humans”, thru active ignoring (especially of intentions) create or contribute to great evil. Good Jews, good Americans, wake up & examine yourselves! www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comThe Missed Opportunity of ‘NAZA’A provocative Israeli documentary should make viewers think about their own moral parameters. Instead, it distances them from the war. 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Biogenesis (including evolution?) is agential, driven by mitochondria. “In most cell types, including brain neurons, mitochondria surround the nucleus. This puts them in a perfect position to turn on and off gene programs.” www.martinpicard.energy/mito-life/ 100
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiTeresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Your AI future: "It’s like a game of Spot the Errors. Everything about the map is wrong. The bridge doesn’t go over water. The name of the bridge is wrong. Barrington Street is in Dartmouth....The green arrows are directing drivers into head-on crashes with each other." 084
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiChris Conti @chriscontiphoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In short, for lay-people: Israel is not Judaism. Judaism is not Israel. Zionism is not Judaism. Judaism is not Zionism. You can be Jewish and not Zionist. You can be Jewish and not support Israel or its current far-right govt, or its atrocities. Protesting/boycotting Israel is not antisemitism. 062
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiHalifax ReTales @halifaxretales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It can not be expressed what an accomplishment it truly is to become Canada's #1 for high rents Doing all this without wages coming even close to keeping up 1365
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiCurrent Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Only Democracy In The Middle East™ 0305
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is ridiculous: "the average human body—if there’s anything like that—contains two quadrillion mitochondria. That’s 2,000 trillion little mitos, working together as a social collective to let your energy flow." We _are_ multitudes. tseenergy.substack.com/p/10-cool-th...tseenergy.substack.com10 Cool Things About MitochondriaBreaking Old Stereotypes and Revealing their Remarkable Behaviors 000
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiSamuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Many scientific fields are already drowning in plausible-seeming but unverified papers": this is publish or perish, not LLM. Science has been drowning before chatGPT and is just drowning more. If LLMs are used for more papers, they won't improve science. But they could be used for better papers. 1102
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wow! "Molecular complexes and cells possess a form of intelligence—an ability to acquire information, integrate it, evaluate alternatives, remember past states, and modify themselves to improve future performance." www.searchingformind.com/post/the-lif...searchingformind.comThe Life of p53: From Stress Sensor to Guardian of the Genomep53 is widely known as the “guardian of the genome,” and it is the single most commonly altered protein in human cancer. Yet the modern p53 molecule did not appear all at once with the rise of multice... 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’ve seen too much to believe we cannot become a conscious species. I am more convinced than ever that we are headed there already. It’s going to be a shambling, shuffling mess of a journey, but we’ll get there. We can’t run from our true nature forever. 110
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Congress has worked so few hours this year that lawmakers wouldn't even meet the Medicaid work requirements they passed. 0103
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiHumanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The inability to forcefully and strongly stand up against a genocide livestreamed for 3 years is the essence of moral bankruptcy. 37113
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiLori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 18/09/2026just remembered walking down a street in Warsaw last week, with a friend, looking up, doing my usual half conscious clocking of surveillance cameras that are now ubiquitous across all US cities (on every pole, at every intersection, along every street and path) and suddenly realized I only saw…one. 191
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiThomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Before the UN general assembly next week, I joined 1,500+ academics from 100+countries in calling on global leaders to create an International Panel on Inequality modelled after the IPCC, as recommended by the G20 Committe on Inequality led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social last year. Please share.theguardian.comGlobal leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequalityMore than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’ 05636
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026US reveals it has weapons in space: this opens Pandora’s box. China has consistently opposed the militarization of outer space, but now it would be nearly impossible for China and Russia to avoid taking reciprocal actions. www.ft.com/content/09d6...ft.comUS military reveals it has weapons in spaceSecurity experts warn announcement could result in the proliferation of weapons by other governments 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Settlements are illegal under international law as they violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which bans an occupying power from transferring its population to the area it occupies. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...aljazeera.comAnimated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across PalestineSome 750,000 settlers live across more than 500 illegal settlements and outposts, as Israeli pogroms hit record highs. 000
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump says he’ll give you $5K if you vote against socialism. Sometimes the jokes really do write themselves. 1123
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight. Forgetting this in the world of AI may turn the tool against the primary goal.” But what would von Neumann think? mathandai.org 010
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026France, UK, Canada: we have intentions to ban trade... Israel: Power comes out of the barrel of a gun. Proverb: "Words don't cook rice." 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026JD stumped by koan, "what is the sound of one person clapping?" 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Henceforth to be known as the "Cobain Study": Ig Nobel goes to Ilona Croy, Tomasz Frackowiak, Thomas Hummel, and Agnieszka Sorokowska, for collecting evidence that babies smell wonderful to their parents but teenagers do not. arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comMeet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winnersThe annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures. 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Upper-class participants proved more likely & willing to engage in unethical activity—cutting off cars or pedestrians, taking candy from babies, lying about their scores—and also more likely to view greed as a positive attribute. arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comMeet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winnersThe annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures. 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026USDA scientists find that levels of fatty acids in farmed salmon have dropped considerably due to switch to soy & canola feeds, making the agency’s advice & that of the American Heart Association outdated and insufficient. arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comFarmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggestsThe shift in the fish’s diet is having significant downstream impacts on the environment and climate. 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"Even deeper behind this is a fight between the Zelensky allies in the British MI6, and the CIA over who is to take the lead in Ukraine." Proxy war indeed: actor Zelensky is the face of MI6? CIA? www.moonofalabama.org/2026/09/insi...moonofalabama.orgInside The Fight Of MI6 And CIA Proxies Over Who Is To Lead Ukraine – Moon of Alabama 000
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiTim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This Is For Everyone is now available in paperback. You might recognise the face on the cover...a younger me at MIT in 1998 when 150 million people used the web. Today it's roughly 6 billion. Read about how the web came to be and where I think it's going ➡️ thisisforeveryone.timbl.com 911427
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Canada will warm this century with an estimated increase of 5 C. In Nunavut, warming in winter could exceed 10 C. Glaciers in western Canada will lose >75% of their ice & there's a >60% likelihood that central Arctic Ocean will be ice-free most Septembers. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCanadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC NewsThe federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign." 000
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiParis Marx @parismarx.com · 03/09/2026good to see new rail cars, but the real problem with via is that the feds privatized the rails and now train passengers can’t get anywhere on time. what are they going to do about that?bnnbloomberg.caOttawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger carsPrime Minister Mark Carney says his government is spending $4.7 billion to build 313 new passenger cars for Via Rail. 1123155
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Pentagon issued detailed guidance on Wednesday for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and reserve service members age 30 and older, a follow-up to a July announcement from U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...cbc.caPentagon makes testosterone screening mandatory for U.S. service members effective immediately | CBC NewsThe U.S. Pentagon issued detailed guidance on Wednesday for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and reserve service members age 30 and older, a follow-up to a J... 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 01/09/2026There are Nazi-era movies where the protagonist realizes that a good, decent, cultured friend/acquaintance is actually a genocidal Nazi. I feel I’m in such a movie, but the friend is a genocidal Zionist. Friendship conflicts with caring and justice, pushing toward silence and acquiescence. 000
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiRegina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Doonesbury has still got it www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2...gocomics.comDoonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 30, 2026 | GoComicsRead Doonesbury—a comic strip by creator Garry Trudeau—for today, August 30, 2026, and check out other great comics, too! 7355102
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiTim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I was told this is unpossible. 24210
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 27/08/2026Worth reminding yourselves what europe and the US fairly uncontroversially considered to be genocide then, especially when your favorites have regular meltdowns over the use of the term today 14834218
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiLloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I am working my way through this, a great guide. 1368
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiAnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Canada 🇨🇦 will not give up its sovereignty. 4259
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiTim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026In which I try to clarify the issues around #GenAI watermarking its text output without requiring readers to be computer professionals: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/202… 279
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiCurrent Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There is a genuine anti-war current on the American right, but its opposition to particular wars should not be confused with opposition to U.S. imperialism. 1155
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Older people sweat less & their hearts have to work harder as blood vessels do not expand as much. As temps rise, the body eventually cannot cool quickly enough to compensate. 1.5°C global warming stresses old people more than 4°C stresses young people. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...aljazeera.comWhy extreme heat is much more dangerous for the elderly than we realisedHuman heat tolerance limits are lower than previously thought, and age is a major risk, Stanford researchers say. 000
Mark Szpakowski @mszpak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Evils are real in their arising and real in their consequences, and the Buddha way is their non-production. When children are dying under rubble, the practice includes saying so, plainly, and refusing to let the enormity be normalized. #Gaza www.upaya.org/2026/07/theu...upaya.orgThe Unfinished Vow—Essay by Roshi Joan HalifaxThere is a story I have carried with me for some decades, and it gets truer every year. The Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi, a man of considerable learning… 000
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiJ.P. Kirby @the506.bsky.social · 16/08/2026always thought that if it was Ontario or Alberta that was getting ripped off by Quebec in this way, there would have been a constitutional crisis. 2438
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiSiddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A system that covers everyone, costs $1 trillion less, and averts more than 100,000 deaths annually requires no new discovery to implement, only enactment,” they wrote. 1235
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiParis Marx @parismarx.com · 15/08/2026How about some sanctions on US and Israeli officials who launched an illegal war and committed war crimes?cbc.caCanada announces new sanctions on Iranian officials over Strait of Hormuz | CBC NewsCanada has announced new sanctions against five senior Iranian officials, accusing them of being involved in activities obstructing navigation rights in the Strait of Hormuz. 419538
Reposted by Mark SzpakowskiDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 08/08/2026🇮🇱 Israel is revoking entry authorizations for American Jews who volunteer to accompany Palestinian farmers & communities facing settler & military violence in the occupied West Bank, The Forward reported Fri. 🔹7 American Jews told the Forward that their ETA-IL travel authorizations... Full story ⬇️ 27542