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George

@nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social
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Baroque mind that loves Baroque music. Broken mind that loves breakaway minds. I am 68. A radical environmentalist. Happily married for 36 years. Dual citizen. In Canada - NDP or Green Party. In the US - straight Democratic ticket. I am sort of retired.

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George @nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social · 1h
How many answers would you like?
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Dane H. @homealone2.bsky.social · 1h
On one hand, I'm encouraged by polls showing Dems leading in many states. On the other hand, I still see Republicans polling at 40-45% minimum after [waves hands around]....HOW THE FUCK ARE REPUBLICANS NOT COMPLETELY RADIOACTIVE AS A POLITICAL PARTY!?! It's so discouraging to be an American.
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Still in Kamala rehab @amfisher3000.bsky.social · 1h
Mass firings, critical agencies gutted, exposed personal data, life-saving international aid cut. DOGE wasn’t efficient, it was reckless. Tell Members of Congress: Lead Investigations into Musk & DOGE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Peter Benn @thatproviso.bsky.social · 1h
BREAKING: Trump says a “ Big Surprise” is Coming And You Should Be Terrified. Maybe. deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump says a “ Big Surprise” is Coming And You Should Be Terrified. Maybe.
The chess pieces are lined up for Trump goon to trigger the insurrection act ahead of the midterms. But will he? Meet the 2nd most dangerous asshole in America, Russ Vought.
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Corruption in politics @anita2surf.bsky.social · 1h
youtube.com/live/LsOgeCV... Garcia alleges that while working-class Americans struggle with rising costs, the Trump family is exploiting their positions for significant personal wealth.
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‘Whole Family Looting the American Treasury’: Democrats Hold Nothing Back as They Shred Trump Jr.
YouTube video by Hook Global
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 31/01/2026
My politics
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Elon’s politics are disturbing.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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dash. @dashiellwood.com · 04/04/2025
so basically the "keep politics out of gaming" crowd have now destroyed gaming with politics
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SoldierExclipse || 18+ Illustration @soldierexclipse.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
purity politics
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/04/2026
Politics was invented to prevent violence. When violence enters politics, politics fails
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Marcia Aurelia 💙 🖕 Elon and the Felon @marciaaurelia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Sums up the current state of the US politics
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/11/2024
Politics 101: Recess Appointments
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Mila ........ Flip The United States Senate Blue 💯💙🇺🇸💙 I’m Blue @iwantmycountry26.bsky.social · 22h
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Release The Imposter Files - Politics Epstein
ALT: Release The Imposter Files - Politics Epstein
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 3h
"The world has moved on. Nothing works. Everything costs too much. No one can help. No one knows how to fix anything." Corey Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net doesn't have any consumer advice — "shopping is not politics" — but he does have political guidance to share.
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Opinion: The world has moved on. But it need not stay this way forever
In 2022, the author, Cory Doctorow, coined the term “enshittification” to describe how the internet is declining in value to its end-users, due to the prevalence of monopolies and an emphasis on…
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 3h
My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or tables, so they sit on the dirt. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Back to School, in Gaza
My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or desks, so they sit on the dirt.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h
Anne Carson and Can Xue favourites to win Nobel prize in literature
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Anne Carson and Can Xue favourites to win Nobel prize in literature
The Canadian poet and Chinese experimental writer are the bookmakers’ favourites to win, with Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane and Margaret Atwood also in the mix Canadian poet Anne Carson and Chinese experimental writer Can Xue are the bookies’ favourites to win this year’s Nobel prize in literature, set to be announced Thursday. The frontrunners both have 10/1 odds of taking home the world’s most prestigious literary prize, this year worth 12m Swedish Krona (approximately £900,000), according to Ladbrokes. Continue reading...
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 2h
The Energy Innovation analysis found that households will pay an average of $6,500 more for energy, cumulatively through 2040. In five states, households will pay roughly $9,000 more: Oregon, Mississippi, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming. buff.ly/7tKf5r4
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Mississippians Will Pay Higher Energy Rates Due to Trump’s Policy Changes, Think Tank Says
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040, a nonpartisan think tank said Friday.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join SciFri Educate on October 8th for a Cephalopod Week live Q&A! When: Thursday, October 8 at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT Where: Science Friday’s YouTube channel ⤵️ www.youtube.com/live/O4X5kdv... Tickets: Free! RSVP for reminders below ⤵️ www.sciencefriday.com/articles/dis...
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A breath of fresh air: @saskiapopescu.bsky.social writes about the specific threats of bioweapons AND POLICIES TO REDUCE RISK. A very real threat is distraction. Best thing I've read on this topic. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now
Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 2h
Last month, Dor Minzer and his graduate students rushed to post a milestone result in theoretical computer science, hoping to get ahead of a rumored AI proof. They were just in time. OpenAI put out a proof of a related conjecture yesterday. www.quantamagazine.org/as-ai-closed...
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As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines | Quanta Magazine
In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20h
Scientists target a G protein regulator to combat neuropathic pain, a study in mice shows how metabolically reprograming disease-linked T cells can calm inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease, and more in the new issue of #ScienceSignaling. scim.ag/4AS62bx
The image shows H&E staining of colon tissue from inhibitor-treated colitic mice.

Credit: Mishra et al./Science Signaling
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Nature @nature.com · 06/10/2026
International students explain the advantages and challenges that come with pursuing a doctoral degree in China go.nature.com/4APLZdR
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Rising numbers of Asian and African PhD students choose to study in China
International students explain the advantages and challenges that come with pursuing a doctoral degree in China.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 4h
I'm increasingly frustrated that people who are anti-AI aren't being taken seriously, and taking a page out of my thoughts on why the anti-trans backlash got as far as it did I'm starting to think the anti-AI side isn't extreme enough.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 19h
Turbulence is all around us: bumping our planes, shaping our waves, swirling milk into our coffee. While these systems can begin simply, they quickly become extremely chaotic and complex. www.quantamagazine.org/sea-monkeys-…
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3h
Cannabis can be relaxing—or it can cause anxiety and paranoia. Scientists have long wondered why weed can have these effects, and new research hints that something may be happening to the amygdala—the brain's emotional center. Here's what to know.
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Scientists might finally have figured out why weed makes you feel paranoid
A new study explores what goes on in the brain when mice get high on marijuana
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George @nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social · 1h
This is a fascinating piece about the early “career” of Jeffrey Epstein and his obsession with the ultra-wealthy Sir James Goldsmith and his family. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s
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DJStarling @djstarling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can do better. I can do anything better.
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DJStarling @djstarling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Be who you are. Seize life and find a way.
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Hannah @hannah1543.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Elon Musk's lawsuit to stop an AI child p*rn ban in Minnesota has officially failed.
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Hannah @hannah1543.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifications. www.rawstory.com/trump-educat...
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifi...
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Alicia Jeong @aliciacjeong.bsky.social · 16h
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Voters Want Change. Will They Get It This Midterm Cycle? Feat. Adam Mockler and Hasan Piker.
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Alicia Jeong @aliciacjeong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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AI Bubble, MAGA Testosterone & Russia’s Plague Scare: Is America Losing the Plot? | Danielle Moodie
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Alicia Jeong @aliciacjeong.bsky.social · 20h
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Trump Under Fire Over Iran Remarks as Cornell Erupts | Angie Nixon vs. Heckler | Jon Stewart on AI
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George @nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social · 2h
Grifters have to grift. It is a pathological need. Combined with Narcissistic Personality Disorder it leaves a person who can easily be victimized by strangers with trinkets, like Jets and rings. Meanwhile, his victimizers make thousands of times the cost of the bribe. substack.com/@senatorwarr...
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (@senatorwarren)
In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t ...
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 17h
if I didn’t know anything about Susan Collins’ politics I would think of her as that nice older lady who is really kind to the tourists who hang out at the Capitol, which I think is part of why she’s been hard to defeat….Troy seems to be making a good go of it
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h
Susan Collins’ accomplishments: ~ Sponsored ad • Paid for by bribes for Susan Collins ~
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 17h
Troy Jackson: Brett Kavanaugh was against abortion when Susan Collins met with him. She knew that was going to happen, and now after it's been overturned, she doesn't regret the vote. Everybody else in Maine and across this country regrets her vote.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h
everyone has their own personal senate race this fall that will be more satisfying than any other if the republican goes down for some it’s texas, for some it’s kansas, etc maine is mine
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h
I don't vote in Maine, but if I did, I would find this pretty convincing. Electing criminals has not served us well.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 16h
I don't know how it will play in Maine, but Troy Jackson seems to be winning this debate
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18h
Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Morning Bro
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H. Walter Muchow @hwm777.bsky.social · 17h
Sen. Susan Collins and Troy Jackson had their first of four US Senate debates in Maine, and Collins was awful. The three decade long incumbent showed why she is in real trouble. open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Susan Collins Is In Big Trouble And She Just Had An Awful Senate Debate
Sen. Susan Collins and Troy Jackson had their first of four US Senate debates in Maine, and Collins was awful. The three decade long incumbent showed why she is in real trouble.
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Spike The Rescue Pup & Rex The TV Terrier ™ 🌈 @rexthetvterrier.org · 19h
The sun was shining today, but it was really Octobery out there. Very chilly and breezy this morning. It warmed up nicely this afternoon for a while, but now it's chilly again. The next few days should be warmer. #Spike #AutumnLeaves #Tuesday #Dogsofbluesky
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