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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A short PBS Terra video about the rare South American Hurricane Catarina in 2004 with a short sidebar on why the Philippines is the most vulnerable to disasters. youtu.be/KIQrTspJMM4

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This Hurricane Should NEVER Have Happened… So How Did It?

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I also learned just now that John Hampson, Nine Days’ lead vocalist and “If I Am” songwriter, is an English teacher since maybe the late 2000s. Here is a video of him singing “If I Am” to his class back in 2009: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvBx...

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Hampson - If I Am

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#TuneTuesday (Oct 6) “But you should never let the sun set on tomorrow before the sun rises today” “If I Am” is not as popular as Nine Days’ hit song “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)”, but I consider this 2000 song to be the better one in terms of lyrics and musicality. youtu.be/g8eFm6jWqRg

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Nine Days - If I Am

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 05/10/2026

Spirit Halloween finally found something scarier than the prices.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 05/10/2026

After working hard taking away the civil rights of people and granting more powers to our Mob Boss President, Chief Justice John Roberts retreats to a Maine island for the summer. But lately, neighbors are protesting his presence there. Good! No peace! [nytimes.com]

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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

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Could This Actually End Citizens United?

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The #OpenStreetMap Foundation has opened the call for applications for community microgrants of up to €500. These can be used to fund mapathons, mapping parties, workshops, or other similar projects. The deadline for submission is October 25. blog.openstreetmap.org/2026/10/05/2...

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2026 Community Microgrants call for applications | OpenStreetMap Blog

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🎯🎯🎯🎯

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Awesome video by Daniel Steiner about the origin of the famous Swiss topo maps. 🇨🇭🗺️ youtu.be/ueGkCEz1S8A Also he’s very lucky that because of his excellent geography videos, this latest video was in collaboration with the Swiss government. (I definitely recommend subscribing to his channel.)

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They Spent 50 Years Making This | Mapping Switzerland with Daniel Steiner

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

from "puff the magic dragon"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Endless corruption.

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You can buy a print of the poster from the David Rumsey map collection www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yup, following a discussion on Mastodon, we figured that this is indeed an equal-area projection and is actually mathematically identical to the Werner projection. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_...

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Werner projection - Wikipedia

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026

Twenty-seven states have capital punishment, and they vary widely in how they administer the death penalty and just how much of that lethal process they keep hidden from public view, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center. to.pbs.org/4ALvCz4

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Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most people are underreacting to this El Niño.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why am I not surprised that the retracted paper’s author is from Calgary?

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The daily themes for the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge are out! 🗺️ I’m already mapping in @openstreetmap.bsky.social for the #31DayOSMChallenge and now I am already thinking of maps to create for next month. A good recipe for burnout if you ask me. 😬

#30DayMapChallenge 2026
Official categories for November 2026

1. Points
2. Lines
3. Polygons
4. Clusters
5. Senses: Sight
6. Vintage
7. 10 minute map
8. Utopia
9. Urban-rural
10. Prompting only
11. Senses: Sound
12. Power
13. Interactions
14. Borgesian map
15. Inside out
16. Collaborative map
17. Light & dark
18. NULL
19. Senses: Smell
20. Hexagons
21. OpenStreetMap
22. Projections
23. Senses: Taste
24. Network
25. Is this a map?
26. Water
27. New tool
28. Senses: Feeling
29. Raster
30. Pen & paper

Create a map that fits the daily themes in November and post your map to social media using hashtag #30DayMapChallenge. 2026 challenge sponsored by Mapbox. More information from 30DayMapChallenge.com

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

English has borrowed tons of words from French. And since the French already has a good word, vélophile, why not use it? 🚲 “Cycling enthusiast” and similar terms are a mouthful.

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Maptober is here! We invite @openstreetmap.bsky.social mappers everywhere to take part in the 31 Day OSM Challenge where you are given a daily them to improve OSM. More information wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/31_Day_...

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@timwhitaker.bsky.social, in responding to the Charlie Kirk apologists, provides tons of receipts to assert that Kirk is a bigot at best and a white supremacist at worst despite claims that Kirk is a “good Christian”. Warning: the video is over two hours long. youtu.be/dRdJntEY_6Y

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I Listened to Charlie Kirk in Context. It's WORSE

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

didn’t see quite the same level of outrage about these pardons

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is fantastic news! I spent hours visiting several museums in London, all free of charge, back in 2014. Some of these museums were the British Museum (home of fine looted artifacts), Museum of London, Royal Observatory Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery.

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UK decides against charging foreigners for museums

The government announced in March it would explore the idea of charging foreign visitors to boost funding. But after months of consultation, the culture ministry decided against the move, saying it co...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I looked at the other site and predictably, those on the right are loosing their shit at this performance.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Eugene Alvin Villar @seav4f.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#TuneTuesday (Sep 29) I instantly liked “I Dare You” from English indie pop band The xx when I first heard it. The vocals of Oliver and Romy on top of a constant drumbeat and singing about infatuation makes for a pretty nice song. youtu.be/lGBn9_aEtB8

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The xx - I Dare You (Official Audio)

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the game between South Alabama and Kentucky shows up abbreviated as a War of 1812 rematch

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