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At the intersection of climate modeling and AI. No, not that type of AI. No, AI does not solve everything.

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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
For anyone else clicking through, here's a typo in the link, it should say "programming"
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have never flown BA, and after this nightmare scenario I will likely avoid it entirely
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This is why people get cynical: We can see with our own eyes that there are in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In general tobacco smoke is worse than vape clouds. vapes are still introducing compounds into the air. Some of these compounds can have adverse health effects, and some can react to form pollution in the air
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As a former air quality researcher, I am frustrated by the new proliferation of vape and weed smoking pollution (especially with the pungency of weed) that has now flooded many of our common spaces. Edibles are fine, I wish people would do that instead. Or smoke in secluded places
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
thehandbasket.co
Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault
A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oh, it's getting good*. * = predictably awful
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
digitaldigging.org
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A minor question that is beside the main point: when she says "cool things off", there is text that says "cutting rates". My impression that cooling off is typically raising rates to discourage spending. Can anyone clarify?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Survivors of US boat strikes allege - with evidence - they were kidnapped and tortured for days by the US military. The prosecutor investigating the claims was just assassinated.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Isn’t…. Isn’t that the point of the barriers?!?
The primary complaint from the community is visibility. Because the concrete barriers sit extremely low to the ground, neighbors argue that aggressively driving or distracted motorists simply
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/07/2026
The American Diabetes Association appears not to have learned their lesson the first time around (below). Now they've blocked publication of an editorial about this event that was slated for publication in the same journal, Diabetes Care, this week. But here it is. You know what to do.
zenodo.org
Community Voices: On the Events of the American Diabetes Association 86th Scientific Sessions
The editorial and the seven opinion articles posted here were scheduled for publication on July 13, 2026, in the journal, Diabetes Care. All articles were provided, in advance of the scheduled publica...
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Dan Westervelt @dwesty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
HRRR-smoke near surface smoke forecast for 5pm EDT this afternoon. Things could get pretty gross!
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Dan Westervelt @dwesty.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Time for the regularly scheduled eastern US smoke event. See thread below and check out the latest here: www.airnow.gov/wildfires/
airnow.gov
Wildfires Landing Page | AirNow.gov
Wildfire smoke is a mixture of air pollutants of which particulate matter is the principal public health threat. Although a large population can be exposed to smoke during a wildfire event, most healt...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Trump, Erdogan, Modi, all of them are like this. Don’t mind being hated by many, even welcome it if from fear, but absolutely despise mockery. Putin went after a satirical puppet show. Xi went after Winnie the Pooh. Trump went after Jimmy Kimmel (and failed). They hate hate hate being laughed at.
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Just used this to send a comment in, and it was really easy. You still have 6 hours to do so!
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Joining the chorus of having been over a year of searching
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
static.klipy.com
Archer: I Shall Fetch A Rug!
Alt: Scene from Archer where the Archer family butler stands up and says "I Shall Fetch A Rug!" to roll up and carry out a dead body
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Madison Straight Garden
wired.com
Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ICE murdered another person.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
every part of this story is absolutely wild including the cop telling OP to consider himself "lucky" after the wrongful surveillance ordeal bc "If you were in Minneapolis, they definitely would’ve come at you with guns drawn” like hey we coulda killed you for no reason and didn't sooo good job us!
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 30/06/2026
We have almost 34,000 cops. That is enough cops. Some might even say it's too many cops.
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Congratulations!!
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If you say the month first, aren't there anywhere from 28 to 31 possibilities? Saying the day first narrows it down more 🤔
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15/06/2026
Not enough is said about the dire straits the British press has found itself in: Apart from TERFs taking over the domestic press and American right-wing oligarchs systematically importing British media execs to seize U.S. legacy media, the entire country simply looks like it has run out of cash
ft.com
BBC news teams to lose hundreds of jobs in radical downsizing
Cuts likely to affect specific radio shows as part of corporation plans to reduce costs
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Ceinwen Langley @ceinwenlangley.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.
The Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin asks his dad to come play in the snow with him. His dad initially says no, because he has to work. Then, angry at himself, his Dad goes out to build a snowman with Calvin. As the Dad works into the night to make up for it, we see Calvin’s mum lifting him up to give one of the few, if only, kisses he ever gives his dad in the Calvin and Hobbes run. His dad is content. It’s a textless comic, and it’s lovely.
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
After that game I need a Xanax. An avalanche of Xanax.
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is fantastic. I love it. Congress should pass this bill. Thanks to @cmcnich.bsky.social and Matthew for their important analysis. Let me explain some of this a bit more: It takes an average of FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE days to bargain a first contract after a union is certified. Why? 1/
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
That’s really the most disturbing thing about AI: it makes people paranoid and encourages AI hunting by people who simply don’t have the know how Mentioned this many times but I was accused of posting AI because they didn’t think silent movies could do that
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Fails as expected, and with this I’m gonna call it a night. The Senate is voting to provide $69 billion to ICE and Border Patrol with almost no oversight or accountability. Tough times lie ahead.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.latimes.com/environment/... “A biologist discovered a decomposing bighorn sheep tangled in concertina wire recently strung in Imperial County, part of an effort to deter illegal immigration. Advocates had warned of danger to migrating animals.” 🧪🌎
latimes.com
Endangered sheep dies after getting entangled in razor wire at the border, biologist says
A biologist discovered a decomposing bighorn sheep tangled in concertina wire recently strung in Imperial County, part of an effort to deter illegal immigration. Advocates had warned of danger to migr...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Absolutely. As I've said before, FDR's court-packing plan failed because most Americans didn't recognize the conservative majority there was acting in a partisan fashion. But the Roberts Six are deeply corrupt, nakedly partisan, and barely bothering to hide their contempt for precedent. Let's go.
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The next time Roberts snivels about the court's legitimacy this pie should be thrown in his face
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“I am not asking you to sit here through late nights to vote on these bills that we’re dragging out,” said state Sen. Megan Hunt as a GOP colleague complained about a missed family event. “I’m asking you to love your family more than you hate mine.” www.commondreams.org/news/nebrask...
commondreams.org
'You Hate Him More Than You Love Your Own Family,' Nebraska Lawmaker With Trans Kid Says to GOP | Common Dreams
"I am not asking you to sit here through late nights to vote on these bills that we're dragging out," said state Sen. Megan Hunt as a GOP colleague complained about a missed family event. "I'm asking ...
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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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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/05/2026
Putting all of this aside: I want to push back on the idea that working the land somehow makes you noble or with a greater sense of purpose. Two words: Ammon Bundy
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Been considering getting short sleeve button-up shirts. If a capybara can pull it off, so can I, right? ...right?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I." 🫠🫠🫠
nytimes.com
Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The NYT removed the "um"s in Trump's answer on Taiwan, but put "um"s in AOC's answer on Taiwan to make her look dumb Trump said "Um, I would say 'like' is maybe too strong a word...um, no, I'm holding that in abeyance and it depends on China, depends, it's a, it's a.." L: Trump R: AOC Video below
The New York Times: The American president’s comments had been released over the weekend, after Mr. Trump left a summit with Mr. Xi in Beijing on Friday. He said he was keeping on hold a decision about a package of weapons to Taiwan worth around $14 billion, and described it as a “very good negotiating chip” that could be used with Beijing.

“I’m holding that in abeyance and it depends on China,” he said in an interview with Fox News. It was not immediately clear what Mr. Trump wanted China to do in return.The New York Times: The visit also demonstrated the relative foreign policy inexperience of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who has made a few overseas trips since taking office but does not sit on any House committees devoted primarily to world affairs. She struggled at times to formulate succinct answers at a nighttime panel session, during which she was asked probing and specific questions about how to respond to international crises.

Questioned about whether the United States should send troops to defend Taiwan if China invaded the island, she stalled for roughly 20 seconds before offering a substantive response.

“I think that, uh, this is such a, a — you know, I think that — this is a, um — this is of course, a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy of the United States,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said, before saying that the country should try to avoid reaching that point with China in the first place.
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Fascinating, the same happens for me, but on a Samsung phone. Expanding in portrait mode results in a grainy picture (though readable), but flipping to landscape and then tapping the picture gives a higher resolution image!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
If the Supreme Court is concerned about its declining public legitimacy and thinks too many Americans are calling the Supreme Court illegitimate, the majority could try not issuing bad faith rulings that illegitimately distort law in pursuit of undemocratic partisan power. That’s always an option.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
on a personal note, i am just so sick of this shit. prioritizing nebulous feeling of discomfort over elevating the voices of people explicitly advocating for the freedom and safety of palestinians is sick. it makes those voices *less* safe and it doesn't make jews safer. i am begging people to stop.
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 02/05/2026
Anne Hathaway, you will ALWAYS be that girl. 💙💛
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Lansbury is seated. The two people on either side of her are her children
irishexaminer.com
From California to Conna: How Angela Lansbury ended up living in Co Cork
American actress Angela Lansbury has died. In this feature, originally published in 2016, Marjorie Brennan chatted to people who helped the actress settle in Cork, after she decided to move to Ireland...
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
SCOTUS is basically a white supremacist organization
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 27/04/2026
Nicely argued w/ some rather biting, refreshingly direct prose... e.g., "While Michael is at least more proficiently directed than that trainwreck of ineptitude (Bohemian Rhapsody), both films are blatantly dictated by the respective estates behind them."
pastemagazine.com
Musical biopics have been making a killing off audiences who don't want the truth
Michael follows the surefire moneymaking strategy of modern musical biopics - namely, lying - to the bitter end.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Unlike the Democratic leadership in Congress, which still suffers under the delusion that there's a rump of good Republicans who are better than this and really want to forge bipartisan solutions to get back to normal, former GOP allies like Bill Kristol know that it's time for major changes.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
How much "loss" do fire departments report annually? Police? The armed forces? Roads? Schools? Solid waste collection? Wastewater treatment? Public health agencies?
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scitour.bsky.social @scitour.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Could have called it Bilbo Baggins: There and Back Again
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