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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday. It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever. I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

New policy: no sleeping unless the hands are held.

A black and white cat with closed eyes rests on a bed, extending one paw to gently hold a person's hand. The scene is cozy, with patterned quilts and soft lighting creating a peaceful atmosphere.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

So I went to the gym today. I live in TX so of course Fox News was the main channel for news that was on. The one headline I saw before turning my head to the tv that had HGTV on was. Greta Thunberg grounded. Infantilizing while supporting a genocide. Le sigh.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This meta-analysis goes against the common narrative. "Results indicate that ChatGPT has a large positive impact on improving learning performance (g = 0.867) and a moderately positive impact on enhancing learning perception (g = 0.456) and fostering higher-order thinking (g = 0.457)."

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The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Wisdom and Perrin (cats) would like you to sign this petition for more seasons of Wheel of Time. actionnetwork.org/letters/help...

Two tabbies standing on a cat shelf that is backed by pink Halloween wallpaper with cats, pumpkins, witches, skeletons, ghosts and spiders.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

If you spread false information I will unfollow you. ChatGPT can absolutely search the Internet. It is not only a predictive language model. It has changed so much in the little more than 2 years it's been out. Yes hallucinations still happen.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

It was dangerous to alert me that this Nelko label printer was $15 so now I'm printing labels everything in my house including my bookshelf. I'm making each icon in ChatGPT, then adding the image to the label, and then printing them for my bookshelf. I'm in love with labeling things.

A close-up photo of a white handheld label printer resting on striped fabric. Two black-and-white printed labels are affixed to the printer. The first label on the left reads "TTRPG" with an icon of a sword and a 20-sided die. The second label reads "Comics" and features a cartoon-style character speaking in a word bubble.

A wider shot of the same label printer, now displaying a full sequence of black-and-white labels wrapped around it. From left to right, the labels read: "TTRPG" with a sword and die icon, "Comics" with the speaking cartoon character, and "Non-fiction" with an icon of a person in explorer gear holding a pencil and scissors, suggesting science and crafting themes.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I have zero clue what this movie was called but does anyone remember the awful rich man who was cursed with being homeless for a month and learned compassion? If curses were real we have a large sector of society that needs this lesson.

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

" We have the right to go out and put together a sandwich and have it not kill us. That's a fundamental right, and the country is stronger when that right is in place." from the woman who literally wrote the book on food safety in the US: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

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How to Not Get Poisoned in America

The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 30/04/2025

the richest, most powerful man in the world is the kid in the school cafeteria who ate mustard packets for attention

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I have done biomedical research for the past few years. I grad in Dec and have been job searching since. I have an incredible GPA, multiple publications, and have experience teaching secondary and college level. I wanted to go industry. I can't find a job and I can't find anything else to apply for

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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 30/04/2025

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The forced confessions and torture remind me so much of the Spanish Inquisition. Human rights violations at every turn. I'm providing a bypass link beyond the paywall because this is too important to gatekeep. txtify.it/www.theguard...

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Bink @biancadonolo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I listened to this episode yesterday and was inspired to draw a non-xenophobic, pacifist snail lol

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Evan Pridmore @evanpridmore.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So excited for this episode to come out! Huge thank you to Alie and the whole @ologies.bsky.social team for helping promote knowledge weird medieval art! open.spotify.com/episode/3Dm8...

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Medieval Codicology (WEIRD MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) with Evan Pridmore

Ologies with Alie Ward · Episode

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Erin Loves Outlander @erinmangerer.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I’m still laughing at this one 😂😂😂😂

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

In life ALWAYS shoot your friggin shot. And if someone doesn’t respond right away, remind them in a little while. Everything good I’ve ever gotten in life came from asking. Squeeze under the door like a hardy little cockroach and dazzle those fools.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Went to Fort Worth today to visit a friend and stopped in to the Kimbell which was absolutely gorgeous to look at the "Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945. Here are a few of my favorite pieces.

Head in Brass by Rudolf Belling (1925)

A brass bust from 1925 representing a stylized female head with simplified, geometric features and a strand of metal sweeping across the face like hair. The sculpture blends expressive form with precision, suggesting emotion within abstraction. Although it appears as a modernist symbol of elegance, the piece once sparked controversy in Weimar Germany. Critics debated whether it conveyed the spiritual essence of a human or reduced the face to pure surface and design. Belling resisted easy classification, working in a style that navigated between Expressionism and New Objectivity. The sculpture was later denounced as “degenerate art” by the Nazis, but it survived and was reintroduced to the public in 1977 by the Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

The Early Train by Oskar Nerlinger (1928)
A 1928 painting using black, white, and red to depict a regimented scene of silhouetted workers walking in diagonal lines toward a train labeled “Berlin.” A bright red radio tower dominates the center, radiating beams that divide the composition into angular sections. The stylized forms and geometric layout evoke the structure and momentum of industrial labor. Nerlinger, a committed Communist, aimed to portray “a harder rhythm of life,” reflecting the mechanized, collective experience of the working class in Weimar-era Germany. The painting emphasizes locomotion and labor, using dramatic lighting, high contrast, and minimal color to capture both the alienation and coordination of modern urban work life. The work aligns with Nerlinger’s belief that modern art must serve revolutionary goals and reflect the struggles of the proletariat.

Self-Portrait with Stinging Nettle by Curt Querner (1933)

A 1933 oil painting of Curt Querner standing in a dim attic-like space. He wears a black turtleneck and beige trousers, holding a sprig of stinging nettle in one hand. His expression is tense and defiant, with furrowed brows and a piercing stare. The stinging nettle, a plant known for its painful sting, symbolizes Querner’s resistance to rising fascism and aligns with his Communist beliefs. The cramped, shadowed setting and stark lighting amplify the mood of political urgency and personal resolve during the Nazi rise to power.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Some kitties to lighten your load and brighten your feed. Unclench your jaw. Relax your shoulders. Head to bed. We can't solve all the world's problems by doom scrolling but you can make an impact by taking care of yourself and those around you.

Two cats are resting on a cat tree in front of a bookshelf filled with tabletop RPG boxes and game sets. One black-and-white cat lounges on the lower platform with a paw dangling off the edge, while a tabby cat sleeps curled up inside a cube-shaped wooden hideaway above. The scene is cozy, softly lit, and surrounded by games like Fallout, One Ring, and Dungeons & Dragons.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Given to the same guy who wants to put those with neurodiversity into labor camps.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Current WIP! Wolf in front of some mountains, circled by runes. Eventually this’ll be part of a belt cincher thing for LARPing, ren faires, or just general goblin-esque nonsense.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

If anyone has ever been to Hynafol I'd love to hear about it! I'm thinking about grabbing tickets to the Grand Gathering but would love insights before I do.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

@jasmineforus.bsky.social: Abrego Garcia "a lot less criminal than the person that's sitting in the White House because last time I checked, he didn't have any criminal convictions."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Yes. This is what happened, and it’s shameful and cowardly.

Tweet by Jon Favreau criticizing Senate Republicans for confirming a weekend Fox & Friends anchor to oversee the U.S. military despite knowing it was a bad idea, claiming they were threatened by the President’s allies and accepted it as the norm.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I'm not religious, but there's something profound about Pope Francis, in his final days, standing up to our administration's cruelty. His moral clarity serves as a reminder that higher principles still guide us, even when leadership falters.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Made my sweet kittens this cat tree from Costco. They seem to like it.

A black and white cat lounges on top of a cube-shaped wooden cat house, while the tail of another cat is visible curled up inside. The background features shelves filled with board games, including "Arkham Horror," "Casting Shadows," "Obscurio," and "Fallout." Halloween-themed wallpaper with pumpkins, bats, and witches is partially visible on the left side of the image.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Does anyone else feel like Thredup sells stuff for the price people originally paid? They do like 1/2 regular price but that's generally actual price in stores because of marketing schemes. And they pay those selling the clothes next to nothing. I want to like them but they seem like a scam.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Just saw Sinners. That movie is amazing! Definitely my favorite movie I've seen this year.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I'm currently reading North is the Night by Emily Rath mostly because of her takes on tiktok re:MAGA, but also it's phenomenal. I'm not into sport romances so I hadn't read her before but I'm loving this so much.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"After inspecting his birth certificate, Judge LaShawn Riggans said during the hearing that “this is indeed an authentic document,” but did not have jurisdiction beyond finding no probable cause for the charge." He is still being held. Let's hope he doesn't get disappeared like so many others.

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U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia

Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I had ChatGPT make me into a doll. My only two prompts were a photo of me and to make me into an action figure and then the second to put me in a box with branding that suits me. ChatGPT may know too much about me.

A boxed action figure titled “Litill Úlfr Woodland Collection” features a doll with red hair, freckles, and a soft smile, dressed in an orange corset-style top and matching skirt. The packaging is terracotta with gold decorative flourishes, showcasing a whimsical forest backdrop with mushrooms and floral motifs. Accessories inside the box include an embroidered hoop with flowers, a small journal, and a drawstring herb pouch, all arranged neatly to reflect a cottagecore, nature-inspired aesthetic.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I planted lavender in my front flower bed and now every single time I go out front it makes me happy. I'm really hoping that it will get enough sun to survive and that aerating the ground below it before I planted will give it good enough drainage.

Two small, newly planted lavender (Lavandula) plants are spaced apart in a rectangular raised garden bed made of gray concrete blocks. The soil appears dark and freshly turned, indicating recent planting. In the background, a green lawn and a portion of a driveway are visible.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I got likely 2 dozen notifications on my way home from the doctor appointment of stocks falling. Gives me so much confidence in the economy.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/03/2025

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options:

Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges

Both are checked

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The difference, for those who need it spelled out, is that research papers are not how researchers make their living, and publicly funded research is often paywalled away by publishing cartels. Novels and nonfiction books are not publicly funded, which means for them to exist, you need to buy them

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Studies terminated at NIH: -On reducing asthma from mold -On prenatal risks & screening -On statins influence on dementia -On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care -On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities -On improving HIV care -Training programs for the next generation of scientists

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Got on LinkedIn today mostly cause I'm job searching and went through my feed for about 5 minutes. Story after story of grants being terminated. Medical research that not only builds our scientists of tomorrow but our understanding of medical issues.

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Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We are appalled, but not surprised, by Condé Nast’s layoff of four union members last week, which marks the third time in less than a year that layoffs have impacted our union as well as many of our colleagues outside of the bargaining unit. (1/8)

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

"The point of statistical inference is not to produce the right answers with high frequency, but rather to *always* produce the inference best supported by the data at hand when combined with existing background knowledge and assumptions." —Aubrey Clayton, Bernoulli's Fallacy

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Ada Lündhé @adalundhe.dev · 13/03/2025

Imagine the world if we spent less time “creating value” and more time building joy.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Absolutely dead serious: D&D nerds are exactly who you want doing this kind of work. Last year, in more optimistic times, I even wrote a little guide for DMs who want to get involved in local politics: Roll for Climate Initiative: A Dungeon Master’s Guide to Running for Local Public Office

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Roll for Climate Initiative: A Dungeon Master’s Guide to Running for Local Public Office

Hello Friends, do you like Dungeons and Dragons? What’s your favorite class and why is it Circle of Spores Druid? In the campaign I run for my family, my daughter was sent to rescue the mayor…

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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Rie @rie-c.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is how I spent my day recovering from my third of 6 RFAs.

Racoon embroidery project in front of legs with which a bicolor black and white cat sits behind.

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