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Science, space, and stuff and things 🚀🔬🩰🏊‍♀️🏄‍♀️💻🗞️📚🧘‍♀️🏋️🍽️ 🍸☕️ she/her/hän Cover photo: Moon at night with a sliver of it reflecting light Profile pic: Red bodyboard lying on driftwood on a beach

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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
In this case, it’s Andy Harris.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ohhhh, snap.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Please 💙🩵💙🩵
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TonyHQ @tonyhq1985.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
;-)
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Larry should be prime minister.” www.gov.uk/government/h...
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The whole explanation of the big tech bros believing humanity is and should go extinct and so they’re racing to create AI gods in their own image that will live on after them tells you all you need to know about WTF is going on. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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And, This Is An Urgent Message on Artificial Intelligence
Podcast Episode · This is Gavin Newsom · September 18 · 1h 38m
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Layoffs almost always follow a merger. Cutting staff is a classic why companies reduce obligations after they increase debt or expenditures in buying another company. If they say they won’t or that they don’t know, they’re lying or playing dumb. Assume layoffs are always coming.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe we women need to demonstrate our feralness. Maybe we need some protests right now, in which we have effigies that we take turns beating to shreds like pinatas, but we use Lucille-like baseball bats. Or we burn and rip apart the effigies.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The Great British Tedious Format” 😂😂😂😂
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OPB @opb.org · 22/09/2026
A former Newport city councilor is missing after his plane crashed into the ocean about a mile off the coast. He is believed to have been the only one aboard.
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Former Newport city councilor missing after his plane goes down in Pacific Ocean
A longtime flying enthusiast and former city council member is missing after his twin-engine plane crashed into the ocean about a mile off the coast of Newport early Monday afternoon.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Insightful podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Women Not Included: Consumer Products
Podcast Episode · Discovery · September 14 · 27m
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A thread
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A good episode. It reinforces what we already know: Tech bro billionaires are batshit crazy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Book Club: The Nerd Reich
Podcast Episode · Conspirituality · September 5 · 27m
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026
French prosecutors have found new investigative leads in the Epstein case, and have identified 13 new victims. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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France's Epstein probe identifies 'potential recruiters'
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau revealed said that new leads had been identified as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Tech activist Cory Doctorow says the internet's been enshittified. So is it too late to save it?
Podcast Episode · Big Ideas · September 7 · 1h 1m
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Zoonotic. Yes.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤦‍♀️ This gal is an “energy therapist,” and this is “energy testing” food. It’s absolute woo. The Lululemon bag really is the cherry on it all. Surprised it’s not from Goop.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I would love to see another network gobble up all of those fired from 60 Minutes to do a new investigative news magazine. Also, Bari Weiss is a hack. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’
Guy Campanile addresses ouster in Facebook post and says ‘we were told to leave because we insisted on doing our jobs’
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A thread 👇
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And now Gloria Steinem. Fuck.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The West Coast Health Alliance’s recommendations are due out soon. apnews.com/article/vacc...
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Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I had soooo many thoughts while reading this, including we need more consumer protection laws and support for those scammed, we need to nuke c r y p t o (it’s a scam in and of itself), and we need be on guard when we’re feeling lonely. apnews.com/article/scam...
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Scams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even more
Virtually every American has been targeted by scammers in some way, exclusive new polling data shows.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That’s a headline. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Norway’s King Harald dies leaving stormy succession over crown princess’s Epstein links
Crown Prince Haakon’s wife, Mette-Marit, corresponded with late US sex offender between 2011 and 2014, long after he was convicted
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s Lake Ontario.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Currently watching it.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
OMG. STOP. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrou...
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate
Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Awww, damnit. RIP, Dolly. We’ll always love you. apnews.com/article/doll...
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Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80
Dolly Parton, the beloved music and film star known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting, has died. She was 80 years old.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A good episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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AI and the Enshittification Era with Cory Doctorow
Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · July 29 · 1h 41m
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Hypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’m gonna start a company that expresses human insulin in a bacteria. I’ll call it: gain of function
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
BOOP!
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Spiteful Matt @realmfresh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tech Company: We have this new feature for our product that sprays diarrhea on all our customers. Customers: No that sounds terrible, and we all think it sucks. Tech Company: We will force the diarrhea spray on them unless they go into the settings to turn it off. God we're so smart
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An interesting episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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The Shoe Thrower
Podcast Episode · Radiolab · July 31 · 1h 17m
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 09/08/2026
What's this? (Wrong answers only)
A fruit scone on a small white plate
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Oh, that’s an asterisk on the photo. I was like if swapping toilet seats attracts giant spiders, I’ll pass. 🤣
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
And here’s Part Two. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Emmenology (MENOPAUSE & PERIMENOPAUSE) Part 2 with Monica Christmas, Mary Claire Haver and Sarah Witkowski
Podcast Episode · Ologies with Alie Ward · July 23 · 2h 3m
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For those about to ‘pause, I share this for you. (Part One) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Emmenology (MENOPAUSE & PERIMENOPAUSE) Part 1 with Monica Christmas, Mary Claire Haver and Lara Durgavich
Podcast Episode · Ologies with Alie Ward · July 15 · 1h 5m
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Another good episode, with a great analogy of empires versus bicycles podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... 
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Why we should 'fight like hell' against Big AI
Podcast Episode · Ideas · July 31 · 54m
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
An excellent episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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What if AI had empathy and 'maternal instincts'?
Podcast Episode · Ideas · July 28 · 54m
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Welcome to the clicktatorship
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Sci-what?! @sciwhat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
That’s channeling the spirit of 1773 patriots. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras
An underground network of privacy activists is disabling or destroying the ubiquitous surveillance devices sprouting up across the US
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