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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On 11 Nov. 2020, APOD published this spectacular image. It is a spiral mosaic of 48 full moons, collected over 10 years from northern to southern Italy. No trick: it is the Moon, filtered by Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Marcella Giulia Pace apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20111... 🔭⚛️🧪 #astrophotography
Forty-eight full-Moon photos. Black background. They form a spiral, and the rings get tighter toward the middle. Some appear gray, some brownish gray. Others appear yellow, orange or deep red. A few pale blues. One vivid purple Moon sits near the center.
Several disks low in the arrangement look slightly flattened rather than round. The sequence ends with a faint red Moon from the total lunar eclipse of 27 July 2018. 
Small credit text at the bottom reads Marcella Giulia Pace.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nor’easter in September: because hurricane season needed a coworker.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026
Age verification is an egregious privacy violation, an inexcusable form of surveillance, and… it’s also voodoo bullshit that doesn’t work. It’s one of the reasons I’m proudest to support @eff.org, who have been leading the fight against the horrible practice for years: www.eff.org/issues/age-v...
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Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “ag...
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Charlie Austin @chuckles-s.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Halifax NS Canada🤣🤣
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tell me again how good and important A.I. is for human flourishing? Between this and the killer drones, I’m struggling to find the pro-human balance. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose (Gift Article)
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 16/09/2026
"Please, don't say a 100%! " "Call it 70% and let's just move on." H/t @ghostpanther.bsky.social
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We've just gone through the jump cut in Kubrick's 2001 where the bone hurled into the air turns into an orbiting nuclear weapon.
theguardian.com
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'Large outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA superbug in Ireland was linked to bouncy castles' www.thejournal.ie/mrsa-bouncy-... Paper: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
thejournal.ie
Large outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA superbug in Ireland was linked to bouncy castles
Most previous large outbreaks have been found in sporting activities, prisons and childcare facilities.
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ashley (birthday month) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
remove him from the senate democratic caucus. if he does this tonight, the removal must happen tomorrow. you don’t get to call yourself a Democrat and do shit like this.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/09/2026
Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work theonion.com/americans-take-day-off…
Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work
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nathanielshawn.bsky.social @nathanielshawn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Welcome to hell
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 30/08/2026
🚨 OCEAN HEAT: We are entering uncharted territory. Record-breaking ocean temperatures are pushing ecosystems closer to dangerous tipping points. Fossil fuel corporations and big polluters are gambling with a liveable planet for profit.
Global sea surface temperature graph
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google Maps has officially caved and changed the map.
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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 26/08/2026
I did not know this but I’m not surprised.
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Laura R. @laurared.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s in Project 2025. If they get rid of the wild horses then they don’t have to protect the lands the horses live on.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
AP has called Tuesday's special election in a Pennsylvania state House district for Democrat Brandon Dukes. This is a FLIP for Dems. Their 6th so far in 2026 (and in the reddest district so far, this one was +18% Trump), and their 31st since January 2025. The GOP has flipped 0 seat in that period.
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 11/08/2026
Schools going back to pen and paper and saying no to AI! What’s next, cursive? Where will it end! (I am so ready for AI to die)
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So many people I encounter, especially in HigherEd, believe the only strategy for this moment is "keep your head down." @debtcollective.bsky.social didn't change priorities in 2024, nor in 2020, nor in 2016. They barreled ahead. There first big win was $800 million. This one is $11 billion.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
NEW: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is demanding in a new letter that Mitch McConnell "directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign."
axios.com
Speak or resign: Beshear ups demand for McConnell health status
McConnell's absence is fueling speculation about his capacity to serve.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026
Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Pyrocene
Forest fire, Porge, Gironde (France), 23 July 2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
AOC on Mitch McConnell's absence.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 23/07/2026
Mitch McConnell would have replaced Mitch McConnell a month ago. Why can’t the Dems get their shit together?
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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Voted NO on the $1 trillion Pentagon budget. We have a moral responsibility to stop writing blank checks for endless wars and invest in our communities. My statement with @pocan.house.gov. 🧵
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/07/2026
Lindsey Graham’s funeral procession will make three sudden U-turns and end up at Mar-a-Lago.
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026
We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.
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Antonia 🦋 🩵 💙🦋 Democratic Election Judge, Autism Awareness @antonia2024bsky.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This was sent by one of 🍊 dumb ignorant son’s. Threatens that his dumb father will make all Americans suffer. This is the kind of 💩 we have to put up with. Premeditated violence and suffering to all Americans which is why we must all join together and make sure they in turn will pay for this !!!!
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nathanielshawn.bsky.social @nathanielshawn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We are in the last hour of the pool doubling in a geometric progression scenario when it comes to the climate and habitability of our planet. This year and next year will be some of the most horrifying years humanity has witnessed...https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/15/41/2024/esd-15-41-2024.pdf
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sadly this morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Sen. Mike Lee’s amendment to eliminate the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects roughly 45 million acres of national forest land.
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The struggle is real
Scientific literacy
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario”
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Brad Paisley criticizes data center planned next to Nashville Zoo
The petition, created by the zoo’s communications team, has 331,824 signatures and 126,599 shares.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/06/2026
Absolutely disgusting. Not the most disgusting thing we’ve done in immigration even in the last 24 hours, but outrageous and public enough it feels purposeful.
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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 09/06/2026
Data centre electricity demand is projected to exceed the entire power consumption of the state. Already, data centres are adding an estimated €1.6 billion to Irish households’ electricity bills, while paying around half the rate charged to ordinary consumers. This model is unsustainable.
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It’s embarrassing, and honestly it’s starting to look like Idiocracy could see the future.
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It’s really frightening.
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Malcolm Mair @malcolm55.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Any president who sues his own government is a traitor to the nation.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good.” -Pope Leo in #MagnificaHumanitas
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Jeff walked right into that one.
comicsands.com
Zohran Mamdani Expertly Claps Back After Jeff Bezos Claims That Raising His Taxes Won't Help 'That Teacher In Queens'
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center has been the go-to resource for American beekeepers for over a century. When 1.6 million bee colonies collapsed between June 2024 and March 2025,
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
These data centers do not produce jobs. These centers raise electricity rates and create electric shortages. These centers use tens of millions of gallons of water and discharge toxic water, causing environmental pollution and noise pollution. Why are they getting billion-dollar tax breaks???
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
France floods Europe's grid with solar, pushing prices negative www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
France Floods Europe’s Grid With Solar, Pushing Prices Negative
French solar power surged on Thursday as a stretch of sunny weather boosted generation allowing the country to export huge volumes of electricity to neighboring markets.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
1. Imperial College did the modeling cited below. They've put out a release about it. I may have misheard during yday's #WHO briefing. The worst-case scenario figure of 1,000 cases was not suggesting that's how big the outbreak might get, but how big it might have been by 5/17/26. Yikes & apologies
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
BAN DATA CENTERS,NOW !......
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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
. Mark Davis is quickly becoming my new fav politician. In #FLORIDA no less 😳 .
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/05/2026
As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer. But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine. What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 help.archive.org/help/faq-pub...
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FAQ: Publishers Blocking the Wayback Machine – Internet Archive Help Center
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