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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Berkeley Lab is expanding scientific computing platforms for modern research workflows

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ORNL researchers are using AI systems to analyze plant experiments and accelerate critical mineral research

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The vastness of Golden Gate Park holds the serene stillness of a Japanese tea garden; on one side is the breathing rhythm of city and nature, on the other, the unhurried grace of Eastern negative space, perfectly giving the bustle a quiet way out

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the city’s slopes into the Pacific wind, then through redwood forests and the wild; only when your footsteps truly enter nature do you discover that what we call vastness is not merely scenery, but a renewed sense of scale between people and the world around them

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

37 more wounded troops. Added quietly. No explanation. Here's the No B.S. truth: when anyone (a vendor, a CEO, a government) revises the numbers without telling you why, the silence IS the message. 861 wounded. Their families deserve the full story.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FDA granted Breakthrough Device designation to a wearable tACS neuromodulation device intended to help treat stimulant-use disorder, including cocaine and methamphetamine use disorder. This is not final marketing approval; it provides an accelerated development pathway

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FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to NET Recovery's Device for Stimulant Use Disorder | Psychiatric Times

FDA grants Breakthrough Device status to NET Recovery’s tACS wearable, aiming to curb cocaine and meth use and close a major treatment gap.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An ongoing Salmonella Newport investigation has risen from 111 to 116 cases, with FDA sampling underway. Foodborne disease surveillance remains active on multiple fronts

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some U.S. homeowners are reallocating or selling property to fund AI investments, showing how the technology boom is reaching individual investors

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Microsoft is adding coding capabilities and always-on AI agents to Copilot, pushing AI from answering questions toward continuous task execution.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Anthropic has reportedly committed roughly $11.6 billion over seven years for computing capacity, highlighting the long-term infrastructure race.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.

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Graham Fluster Writer @grahamfluster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

First it delivers his food, then it becomes his bed. Best box ever! #Cats #CatsOfBuesky

An orange tabby cat sleeps in a Chewy box

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is how Russia "strives for peace". In Staria Hnylytsia, Kharkiv region, the Russians killed six people at a vegetable warehouse - two men and four women. At the moment of the attack, they were sorting vegetables. Another glorious victory for the Russian army.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Corn rootworms are evolving around Bt technology. The next agricultural arms race may be genetics versus insect evolution www.ars.usda.gov/research/pub...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

FOX: Earlier, El-Sayed was pasting stickers of his Republican opponent on gas pumps with a finger-pointing to the price and the quote: I did that

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: Are you the mayor? Mamdani: I am the mayor.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Arctic is no longer just about ice. Military access, shipping routes, resources and great-power competition are turning Greenland and the Arctic into a major strategic arena.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The East Coast isn’t out of the woods yet. A strengthening coastal system could bring heavy rain, strong winds and flooding through the latter part of the week.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cancer therapy may be moving from a one-shot weapon to an updatable system. Researchers are exploring CAR-T cells that could receive new therapeutic instructions as tumors evolve.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An ICE officer shot and wounded a man during an enforcement operation in Austin. The man's attorney says he was working as a DoorDash driver at the time, while authorities describe the encounter differently

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ICE officer shoots and injures delivery driver in Austin

A man was shot and injured in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to officials.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cornell scientists identified a regulatory protein called Cbr1 that helps a yeast sense and prioritize different carbon sources. The mechanism could eventually help both fungal-disease control and the conversion of agricultural waste into biofuels or sustainable materials

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Fungi nutrient sensing breakthrough may aid green tech, disease control | Cornell Chronicle

Fungal diseases can contribute up to 20% of staple crop losses and drug-resistant fungal infections lead to some 3.8 million human deaths, globally per year.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cornell researchers have developed a hyperspectral imaging system that can detect grape diseases before visible symptoms appear. The system can reach levels of diagnostic accuracy around day three that previously required roughly six to nine days

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‘HyperBird’ spots grape diseases before they’re visible | Cornell Chronicle

The cutting-edge imaging platform observes microscopic traits in plants and can detect grape diseases that cost vineyard owners billions in annual losses globally.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We really are getting into 'The Death of Stalin' and "Der Untergang' ('Downfall') territory.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

His brain is completely broken. What the actual fuck is this nonsense

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NOAA has completed a broad coral-reef survey across American Samoa and several remote Pacific islands. Thousands of images are being used to build detailed three-dimensional records of reef conditions.

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2026 Pacific Coral Surveys Complete

Scientists surveyed coral reef conditions in American Samoa and the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If this little guy appeared in my arms, I would grant its every wish🐈🤗🤗🤗🤗

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fred Hutch researchers analyzed more than 60,000 RSV sequences and found that resistance-associated variants against two preventive monoclonal antibodies remain rare. The study also creates a framework for watching RSV evolution before resistance becomes a clinical problem

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Study supports effectiveness of RSV preventive antibody treatments for infants and provides new way to monitor viral resistance

A study published in the journal Nature of more than 60,000 RSV sequences found resistance-associated variants to two monoclonal antibody treatments are rare and provides a roadmap to help guide the d...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"The Republican Party in particular must finally loose the chains of its practical & moral enslavement to Donald Trump & separate itself from the MAGA political party cult" A MUST-READ. It may be frightening, but it's crucial we are all prepared for the inevitable! shorturl.at/US1eU

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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy

Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm good thanks

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Signe Calder @signecalder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Mayo Clinic researchers are studying minibeam radiotherapy, which delivers extremely high radiation doses through closely spaced microscopic beams. The strategy attempts to attack treatment-resistant tumors while reducing radiation exposure to healthy tissue between the beams

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Mayo Clinic First to Study Minibeam Radiotherapy in Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Cancers | Newswise

Mayo Clinic researchers report encouraging results using a new radiation technique called minibeam radiotherapy to treat patients with treatment-resistant cancers in or near the skin.

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