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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Elon Musk's hoard is ~10 times the size of Smaug's hoard in The Hobbit Warren Buffet is only about a Smaug-and-a-half!

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HTTP 1.1/418 Eldritch Teapot of R'lyeh @rmd1023.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oh for fuck's sake, NOW WHAT?

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Back in 2012 Forbes worked out that Smaug's hoard would be worth about $62 billion, or about $90B in today's dollars. abcnews.com/blogs/busine... My boss observed that that doesn't even crack the top 10 list of billionaires today So I think we should start giving billionaires' wealth in Smaugs

abcnews.com

Forbes' 'Fictional 15' Richest Characters Topped By Smaug

Forbes' "Fictional 15" list compares the wealth of fictional characters.

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Пангея 🇺🇦 @pangeaua.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In all this shit happening rn in Ukraine and the world, the only thing that is keeping me sane is news like this. I'm so happy for our 103 defenders, who have finally returned home. Welcome back 🫂🫶🏻 #Ukrainianview

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is the phone I read your posts from

Image of ROTOM phone from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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Alexander @apetrusk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A Freshwater Giant Living in the Great Lakes May Be Older than the United States "scientists discerned that it’s more likely that lake sturgeon can live for over 400 years." www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm excited about this book. The Holodomor (Stalin's genocide-by-starvation of Ukrainian peasants) isn't well-known in the West outside Ukrainian diaspora. To know the history is to understand why Ukrainians fought so hard against the 2022 invasion. press.georgetown.edu/Book/When-th...

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Rin @rinshev.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wonderful news 🥹❤️‍🔥 #UkrainianView

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Would love to see someone run a study on this & write it up

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Wow. Philip Morris' strategies for hooking kids on ultra-processed foods included "creating products that “produce a quick hit of reward that fades” so people will come back for more quickly."

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ICYMI, US science is getting political officers

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 27/05/2026

“In organisms that sexually reproduce, scientists categorize the sex that makes the larger gametes as ‘female’ and the sex that makes the smaller gametes as ‘male.’ Therefore, we must use this same standard when [checks notes] deciding which human beings can use which restrooms." #ScienceSky 🧪

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.

nbcnews.com

No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says

The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Accidentally left all your worldly belongings to your cat? Will issue.

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Doctorb Nick @nichsmith.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Arm yourself with facts before you go into battle. US public health experts see a decline in quality of treatment for women having miscarriages in states with abortion restrictions. medicalnewsbulletin.com/mifepristone... 🧪 reprosky medskies medsky #healthequity #feministsky 🩺📊 🏛️ #SciPol

medicalnewsbulletin.com

Abortion Restrictions Change Miscarriage Care | Medical News Bulletin

In US states with abortion restrictions, women having miscarriages are no longer receiving evidence-based medical care. Learn more with MNB

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Help health and wellness information avoid the AI doom spiral! google’s latest AI summary changes mean we are finding it harder to reach people than ever. If you are interested in health research the msm thinks is too obscure to report, why not give me a follow? 🧪 🩺

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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Peer Review "At its core, peer review faces an unsolved tension: Science advances by embracing uncertainty, yet institutions survive by minimizing it." Insightful new work by @rebekkabrandt.bsky.social 🧵

The Gatekeeping Paradox in Modern Science: Why Some Breakthroughs Are Delayed While Conservative, But Often Fragile Science Is Amplified

Rebekka Brandt Abstract 2026-01-29

Peer review is widely regarded as the cornerstone of scientific quality control, yet it is not immune to failure. This paper examines historical and contemporary instances of peer-review failures and scientific gatekeeping, highlighting how innovative ideas and disruptive discoveries have sometimes been delayed or suppressed. Using examples such as the continental drift controversy and the delayed recognition of dark energy discovery, the study illustrates how peer-review bias, peer-review flaws, and scientific elitism can obstruct the acceptance of valid research. Additionally, the analysis considers how the structural and cultural mechanisms within academia can lead to an innovation block in science, reinforcing established paradigms while discouraging unconventional approaches. By exploring both historical and modern cases, this paper emphasizes the persistent tension between maintaining methodological rigor and fostering scientific progress. The findings underscore the importance of critically evaluating peer review practices and institutional norms to ensure that transformative research is recognized and supported in a timely manner.

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Who can tell me what this "Go live" button does?

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SJSCentralTX @sjscentraltx.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

💥💥💥💥

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Good news! TIL that councillor Jeff Leiper is running for mayor of Ottawa. I just sent his campaign $50 -- an investment in future on-time buses, parks, community spaces, and bike lanes www.leiper2026.ca

leiper2026.ca

Jeff Leiper for Mayor of Ottawa

Ottawa can be a city that works. We just have to choose to build it that way.

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Publish-or-perish creates a strong incentive to put out AI slop. "[Business] schools that compete on the UTD [publication] rankings submitted more papers after ChatGPT, and those additional papers... disproportionately [scored high-probability for AI]." #scicomm 🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

forbes.com

AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It

A top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and AI reviews proved uninformative to editors.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 02/05/2026

hot take: women are less likely to use AI because we’re quick to clock flattery as a tool of manipulation

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Using AI agents with full permissions to change anything is kind of like getting in a car without a seatbelt or airbag. You know something bad's going to happen to someone who does exactly what you're doing, but you carry on & just hope it isn't you www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

tomshardware.com

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

PocketOS founder blames ‘Cursor running Anthropic's flagship Claude Opus 4.6’ plus Railway’s infrastructure for data disaster.

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

it me :( (source: www.gocomics.com/amanda-the-g...)

3 panel comic
Woman: It hurts when I am flat on my back... it hurts when I sit... it hurts when I stand...
Child: Well, it's been a good run. Time for the pasture, old girl.
Woman: Turn me towards the sun once in a while...

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ErinLindiCairns @erincairns.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Feeling overwhelmed by catastrophic events and parsing your reaction to it? Give redivider.emerson.edu/unprecedente... by Julia Leef a read! It's gory and strange and out of control, yet I found it so very bracing and comforting.

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

"According to estimates from Boston University, more than 700,000 people died in the first year following the [USAID] funding cuts" ... oof it feels like this should be a bigger story for sure

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Sandy Parsons @zazzeaux.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

hell yeah

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Nora's Guide to the Galaxy @ngttg.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Year of Space Facts: Week 15/52 🔭🧪🛰️ Planets CAN have two suns in their sky! The first one discovered was Kepler-16b in 2011. It stays stable despite the 3-body-problem-ness because its orbit (at 0.7 AU) is large compared to the orbit between the two stars (at 0.23 AU). 📸 NASA/JPL-Caltech

A tourism poster reading

"Relax on Kepler-16b
The land of two suns
Where your shadow always has company"

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Jon Ficke @jonficke.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This rips, and is about the closest I've seen to kinda sorta maybe encapsulating just how freaking fast and intricate high level foil is.

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"Sea slugs make killer web palettes" is not a sentence I ever expected to find myself saying, and yet

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Wow! All joking aside, our cells have an orientation & polarity, fundamental to function. They incessantly monitor the environment around them. Mechanosensing is the way cells translate physical changes (gravity) to internal signals. 🧪We are literally earthlings, at the cellular & molecular level.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) illustration. From my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #ctriver #connecticutriver #foxes

A close view of my illustration of a Gray Fox, drawn in Photoshop using a large Wacom drawing tablet.

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Just ran across this map of the Dumpling Diaspora. The Ukrainian name for dumplings, "varenyky", lit. means "boiled ones". I looked up a few more etymologies: Ravioli - rava (turnip) Pel'meni - bread ears Pierogi - Party (!) Here's to the little boiled ones in all their forms and fillings! 🥟

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Impeachment articles filed on Hegseth today! Tell your Rep. to support it---send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

actionnetwork.org

Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth

Contact Congress today!

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

How it's going in the world of LLMs-for-coding, in one image. (No criticism of this repo in particular, but the image does beg the question: where does this end? Harness recursion? Harnesses all the way down?)

Harness improves your LLM output
Meta-harness builds your harness
This repo builds your meta-harness

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