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Ricki Bliss

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2025
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
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Jim Benton @jimbenton.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I heart Tina Smith.
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Graduating during the pandemic slowed down my process and is part of why I did two postdocs. Now as a first year faculty, all the federal grants are frozen. I love the work I do but this has all of us questioning how much www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 24/02/2025
they call me 007 0 lines of code 0 commits 7 open issues
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We've invested over a trillion dollars on AI for what? Just so we could turn people into Nazis again? I'm just not seeing the ROI here.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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A molecule is shown to produce cognitive improvement in rodents with early Alzheimer's disease
Scientists have come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents. Research shows that the drug activates the cannabinoid neu...
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
When Meta promotes 'Viral' content - It promotes: The hate that segregates America and its citizens even further. Content that dehumanizes and paves the way for genocide. It promotes 'Viral' content - that spreads measles with hoaxes and the amplification of anti-vaccine leadership. For Profit.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 24/02/2025
The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics Commission finding.
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Mississippi Legislature Not a ‘Public Body,’ Judge Rules
The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Those dreams where you try to scream but can't make a sound, or try to run but can't even walk - but reality and now.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's Intenational Celebration of Women in Science Day! The CERN Lab in Geneva has this page in honor of the day. home.cern/news/news/ce...
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025
From left to right: Irene, Sofia, Eva, Maria, Asar and Marta share their stories about working at CERN on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. (Image: CERN) On 11 Febru...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/02/2025
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/02/2025
All MMWRs since 1993* have been archived. Thank you to our data archivists!! You can find them here: archive.org/details/cdc-...
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 1993-1996, 1999-2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
All PDF issues of the CDC's MMWR from 1993-1996, and from 1999-2025. PDFs of 1997 and 1998 were not available at time of archival. The included MD5SUMS file...
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"TTX - Making the U.S Unbreakable" In some fields, "Tabletop exercises" are used to assess plans, locate weakness and to highlight improvements. Often I imagine our collective disarray since January 20, 2025, just as part of such an exercise to strengthen the U.S. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54...
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Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SoulIISoulVEVO
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The NY Gay Men's Choir has a message for you this Sunday... and always You are not alone! #LGBTQ with open arms
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𝘋 𝘌 𝘌 ❧❦💙❦❧ @trinigyal247.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Black History is 365 Days! Black Inventor’s
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/02/2025
I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them. Celebrate thy diversity. Love each other.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Kiah was set to join our faculty at Howard Law School in the Fall. She was a dedicated, brilliant civil rights lawyer poised to make a powerful difference in our world. Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends. www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/c...
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Civil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airport
As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t...
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 30/01/2025
OpenAI on Thursday said the U.S. National Laboratories will be using its latest artificial intelligence models for scientific research and nuclear weapons security. Read more: cnb.cx/3CjKRpF
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Ahmed Zidan @zidan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
" @bsky.app’s approach directly addresses the enshittification fear by ensuring that no single entity..can gain too much control over the network. The open protocol acts as a check on any potential abuse of power." Great read by @mmasnick.bsky.social about bsky, atproto and @freeourfeeds.com.
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The Technological Poison Pill: How ATProtocol Encourages Competition, Resists Evil Billionaires, Lock-In & Enshittification
Disclosure: I’m on the board of Bluesky, so feel free to take as many grains of salt as you want in reading it, even though part of this is cheering on a new entrant looking to build an alternative…
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The Register @theregister.com · 28/01/2025
OpenAI cozies up to Uncle Sam with ChatGPT government edition
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OpenAI cozies up to Uncle Sam with ChatGPT government edition
Pay no attention to the DeepSeek behind the headlines OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Gov, a variant of the Enterprise version of the product specifically tailored for use by the US government.…
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Decrypt @decrypt.co · 28/01/2025
DeepSeek Rattles Markets, FED decision this Week, Abstract Launches Today decrypt.co/videos/in...
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio)
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 27/01/2025
Commentary: The third patient to receive a pig kidney is thriving, advancing animal-to-human transplants and progress toward clinical trials to ease the organ shortage.
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Why a recent pig kidney transplant is a major advance
The 53-year-old woman who received the genetically modified animal organ is the ideal recipient to push science forward.
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Axios @axios.com · 27/01/2025
A collection of Quaker groups sued the Trump administration over a policy allowing federal officials to arrest undocumented immigrants in "sensitive" spaces, like houses of worship.
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Quakers challenge Trump order allowing immigration raids at religious sites
The Quakers said the policy violates their religious freedom, which requires them to welcome everyone.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 27/01/2025
DeepSeek has released a new set of multimodal AI models that it claims can outperform OpenAI’s DALL-E 3. The models are part of a new model family that DeepSeek is calling Janus-Pro. They range in size from 1 billion to 7 billion parameters. Read more here: tcrn.ch/40Bc5Qm
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Every now and then I think I need market place or groups, but then I remember that the Terms of Service at Meta explicitly promote the targeted dehumanization of U.S citizens which will lead to genocide, and genocide as a service is a core product systemicjustice.org/article/face...
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Facebook and Genocide: How Facebook contributed to genocide in Myanmar and why it will not be held accountable - Harvard Law School | Systemic Justice Project
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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A Jewish woman walks toward the gas chambers with three young children and a baby in her arms in May 1944. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Ricki Bliss @ricki-bliss.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Great podcast and nice coverage on the history of Facebook, Zuck, TikTok and the splendid RedNote vacation many went on. substack.com/@caroclaireb...
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caro claire burke on Substack
This latest episode of Diabolical Lies is for: -anyone who cares that Meta has started forcing people to follow POTUS and VP on Instagram, as well as blurring images related to abortion care -the Ti...
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/01/2025
Times like this reveal everyone's character. Never forget the people who giddily collaborated with fascists. Also, never forget the people who would rather die than bend the knee.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Musk speaking to the far right German party, the AfD, today. Best picture angle, ever! 😂
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💙 Happysnarkygal 💙 @happysnarkygal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Taps mic a little harried: Um folks we’re now prooooooooobably dancing around/flirting with a potential pandemic. PS our “fearless” feckless leader has halted health communiques…FML www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2025/01...
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US reports first outbreak of H5N9 avian influenza in poultry
H5N9 is a more rare strain
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Darbyscastle @darbyscastle.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hmm.. I wonder if this was for personal or professional pleasure.. Hegseth restores Tuskeegee Airmen to Air Force training program after DEI flub www.rawstory.com/hegseth-2671...
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Hegseth restores Tuskeegee Airmen to Air Force training program after DEI flub
During his first day at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reversed efforts to cut video of the famed WWII Tuskegee Airmen from Air Force training courses.The Air Force removed videos on the...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Scroll @scroll.in · 26/01/2025
Magnus von Horn’s gripping movie tells a contemporary story of reproductive rights while evoking the stylistic flourishes of Expressionist cinema as well as early vampire films. Read more: scroll.in/reel/1078373/ Via The Reel
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Uncle Rico Dynamite @unclericodynamite.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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cdlane.bsky.social @cdlane.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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St. Gael @stgael.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I think of this video often. We shouldn’t be fighting the same fight. Waiting for comfort and decorum isn’t the way. Progress happens when you don’t stop.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 22/01/2025
The independent tech community is implementing new technologies to fight internet shutdowns in Russia, while the government prepares to create a fully ‘domestic’ internet.
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Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship
The independent tech community is implementing new technologies to fight internet shutdowns in Russia, while the government prepares to create a fully ‘domestic’ internet.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/01/2025
What Happened at Auschwitz review – this urgent documentary is a small step back towards enlightenment
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What Happened at Auschwitz review – this urgent documentary is a small step back towards enlightenment
Indelible stories from survivors and chilling present-day footage of the former camp combine to make this short, stark yet hopeful film. Look at the world in 2025 and you can easily see why it is such vital viewing This month is the 80th anniversary of…
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Darklighthouse @darklighthouse.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Fun fact. 54% of Americans can only read at a grade 6 level. They virtually let adults with the mental capacity of understanding, like 12 year old children, to decide the future of their country. www.thepolicycircle.org/briefs/liter....
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Literacy - The Policy Circle
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
What people — financial overlords aside — truly want a world in which we don’t have a say in our futures? What the fuck happened to the right wing of civilization? Why in the fuck do they want to surrender their personhood? The serfdom vibe they’re giving off is utterly insane.
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