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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/10/2026

Tired of the Trump administration’s efforts to bend the will of our higher ed leadership to his authoritarian control? It's time to take action and defend academic freedom for all. 🧵

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am too much online, I fear. I did a double take at my church’s announcement: Bring your furry friends to church on Saturday! This is, it turns out, for the traditional blessing of the animals in honor of St. Francis. Not … whatever else I was thinking.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Moderately MOCO @moderatelymoco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

WSSC Water is urging customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to conserve water after a power issue disrupted operations at its Potomac Water Filtration Plant.

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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Do you understand it!!

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Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Three years ago today, my food aversion cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE was released! I couldn’t be more proud of my book. The people who have reached out to me to share how it’s improved their lives have left me humbled and I only wish more of the folks who need it find it. Thanks everyone!

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Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not voting isn't a protest. It is a green light for others to hike your rent, track your data, and shape your neighborhood without you. They don't need your approval; they just need you to stay home. Don't let them win by default. #GetReadyToVote social.demcast.com/s/rdrsW8HS

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir prevents infection in household contacts of COVID-19 patients when given within 72 hours after symptom onset in the index patient, according to a Phase III randomized controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I went to high school in the DC area, college in Virginia, and have been living near DC again since 2000, so this tracks. There are apparently still echoes of my youth in Houston and years as a young adult in New Orleans.

US dialect map comparing my responses to the quiz at mydialect.us to regional speech patterns. Mine are most like Washington DC, Baltimore, and Philly, moderately like the rest of the eastern seaboard, and somewhat like the Gulf Coast. Not at all like the Great Plains.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Social media from a shark's point of view, updated for 2026: LinkedIn: My skills including eating seals Pinterest: Here are some seal recipes, they won't look as good when you make them. Bluesky: I like Left shark but he's not Left enough. Twitter: Why do {{{dolphins}}} control the world?

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

re: everyone yelling about Google Maps - Maps just ingests the official data source for each country, which is GNIS in this case, and most other online maps will follow for American users nobody at Google is making an active decision to go in and change names in Maps directly

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sea life is moving into offshore wind farms. A Dutch technician filmed a seal hunting inside a turbine tower; scientists now find oysters, lobsters, sharks and porpoises colonising the rock piles that anchor them, the “coral reefs of the north”. Atmos buff.ly/ZYPnNfn #ShareGoodNewsToo

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The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | Atmos

Offshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

again i am just not that interested in debating whether human rights should theoretically extend to robots and ai when we currently don't even extend them to all humans

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am a freelance editor and on the side I am clearing out a hoarder house. My editing skills are probably adequate. My house is not a hoarder situation yet but it badly needs decluttering. I do hope I am not going to find really creepy things in my yard.

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Excellent. A nephew died of melanoma in his 30s about 15 years ago. Very glad to see progress against it.

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

From Henry IV Part 1: Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, and so can any man, but will they come when you do call for them? Quoted in The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks. Many things have changed in software engr since 1975, but not overclaiming.

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Eric Schiller @triplee.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

ALXSkeets squad goals

Reminder to treat your body like a data center.

Consume as much water and literature as possible

Upset local city councils with your presence

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I am sure you will agree that Ben Baldwin has given us another magnificent cover for Dan Mackmain’s latest adventure. Dan and Fin are off to Ireland – a trip I know many readers have been keen to see. The Green Man’s Debt will be published by Wizard’s Tower Press on 10th September 2026. #BookSky

Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw.

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Darcy Conaty @dconaty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

@tkingfisher.com has a new White Rat book (Daggerbound) coming out on 8/25, so if you haven't already read Swordheart you might want to pick it up while it's only $2.99. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swordheart...

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Swordheart

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

the medical bills and lack of overtime have eaten my reserves away and I need $850 to pay the mortgage before it's reported late to the credit bureau (already paying a late fee). if you can #HelpSky paypal.me/popelizbet or cashapp $popelizbet #HelpFolksLive #UrgentNeed 💸 💕 💸 💕

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Pay Elizabeth McClellan using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/popelizbet and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Many of us judge a claim by reading further down the page. Fact-checkers do the opposite, and the research shows it works. Here are the habits that make you much harder to fool online. medium.com/p/b51b28c54f45

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Quick Habits That Make You Much Harder to Fool Online

What professional fact-checkers do that the rest of us don’t, and how to learn this skill quickly

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I submitted a comment before the deadline and donated just now. Before I retired, my job for 20 years was related to NSF grants. I served on panels and helped write grant proposals and collected stats on research funding in my field You do NOT want proposals judged by political appointees …

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Only two more weeks to enter your sci-fi stories for the Protopian Prize, given to works that imagine positive futures for humanity, w/tech that serves the public interest. (I'm one of the judges!) Two winners get $5000 US each, and publication in an anthology from MIT Press! protopianprize.com

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The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest

The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“verify your age” In my job the summer after high school I learned how to use an IBM MagCard II Selectric typewriter, an early form of word processor. I was headed to college to study computer science and was fascinated by the store-and-recall technology.

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Submitted mine this morning, citing my experience with NSF proposals from the submitting and the reviewing sides. The submission was easy. Looking at a summary of the proposal and deciding which aspects to comment on took a little time. Commenting on one or two things is better than none. Go do it.

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Sometimes I really miss the old Making Light no-politics threads. People are entitled to feel what they feel and say what they think, but I have had enough and can’t fully filter the Discourse from other conversation. Muting the name helps but not enough. I guess this is my cue to quit scrolling.

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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 07/07/2026

Here’s a thread of wonderful cats & kittens we have who need people!! Some are shy and sensitive and some are outgoing and extroverted! All of them are located in Elkton, MD and you can apply for them here: form.jotform.com/crits4cats/c... Starting with our longest resident of 21 months, Shoyu🧵⬇️

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Martha Wells Lois McMaster Bujold T Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon Nora Roberts/J D Robb Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Small otter thinks it’s a cat, but nobody really minds and everyone has a great time.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/07/2026

Oh, have I not told this one here? Okay. So Grandma had The Charisma.

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Karen Lord @drkarenlord.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

SF writers and readers are some of the nerdiest nerds on the planet. We love tech. We are so early-adopter that we imagined it before you built it. If you’ve lost us, you’ve lost the fight.

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I am doing this reading equivalent of a Couch to 5K. I read a lot, but it tends to be rereads or favorite genre authors, and I would like to reaccustom my brain to reading more deeply.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The image here borrows its title from Grant's 1868 presidential campaign slogan, "Let us have peace." Here's what Frederick Douglass had to say about that sentiment.

In the language of our greatest soldier, twice honored with the Presidency of the nation, “Let us have peace.” Yes, let us have peace, but let us have liberty, law, and justice first. Let us have the Constitution, with its thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments, fairly interpreted, faithfully executed, and cheerfully obeyed in the fullness of their spirit and the completeness of their letter.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It is going to be FASCINATING to see what Leo does! On the one hand, he's very much a believer in the diversity of approaches in the church; on the other, he is absolutely DONE entertaining Vatican II denial and is signaling he is ready to start using the Holy Papal Baseball Bat of Loving Correction

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years

If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 29/06/2026

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

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OtterB @otterb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Where is my hairbrush? Where oh whe-e-ere is my hairbrush?

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

WANT TO SNORFLE THE MURDERCAT (🔊 up)

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