Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialCE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 15hOh, man, and watch this video mentioned in the obituary, because it's *beautiful*: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Cn...youtube.comMargaret Hamilton by Moonlight: Honoring an Apollo 11 IconYouTube video by Google 13220
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialCE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 12hThis!! I have what I think of as a MG series, but I call it "MG for kids like we were:" kids who read 'above our age,' bc it's longish & complex & what *I'd* have read at age 9! The Guildmaster Saga is available in print & ebook & LOOK WHAT THE COVERS DO! :D www.amazon.com/dp/B084GRJV3... 2149
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 11hwww.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...ipd.uw.eduFirst vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein DesignThe computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats 310826
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 10hRep. Hudson: "I regret the poor decisions that were made." Dude is straight up using the passive voice to talk about decisions HE MADE. 57715
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 10hbonus delightful fall fog: 521319
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 9hMoving jobs overseas or hiring foreign workers is capitalism. Policing children's bodies is fascism. State-run sports programs that prohibit minority participation is fascism. 911271354
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8hThis has to be an 8th Amendment violation. Don't forget that everyone in the US, even visitors, are protected by the Constitution. 832061883
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialJesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 9hOkay, at this point I have to ask where the national Democratic party is on telling its candidates, "Don't talk like JK Rowling, it's probably demoralizing." Because this is just fucked. And if your answer is, "They need to run to the concerns of their district," you're fucking wrong. 619153
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026sorry if I seem weird and intense now, it’s because I’m now weird and intense 2197338725
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialわはは @mrbowers.bsky.social · 8hOkay, first: lol Second, this is a much better sentiment than the Pledge of Allegiance or whatever Christofascism garbage the City Council was hoping for here. 15810
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8hthis is so bleak, actually imagine being called a slur for a group you don't even belong to and instead of going "wow holy shit, no one should have to put up with that, we need to hold people to account," you go "no guys it's okay I hate them too!!!" and just hand the bully your lunch money 12346614
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026One of my all time favorite Tumblr bits 236070
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1959291877
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialSean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026I have never heard or read a man explain why he doesn’t read books in a way that makes him sound *smarter* 2131247
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026Re-posting this because from all the "yay Canada, this is good" responses, I see I didn't strongly enough stress the main point I meant to make, which is that well-intentioned efforts like this that rely solely on the honor system are essentially meaningless 511638
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialtoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 190113763093
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185109861831
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies. 7038411116
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialLily Lachance 🏳️⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 05/10/2026Take a break and read this funny fantasy flash story! :) It's got strong Terry Pratchett vibes. 💖 1188
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10994432967
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a really nice article. I am not a runner and have never wanted to run a marathon, but I find the customs and communities that form through marathon running really fascinating. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...mprnews.orgTwin Cities Marathon pacers do the math, carry the flag and help runners reach their goalsFor 26.2 miles, marathon pacers run with a big flag, a watch and a group of strangers counting on them to get the timing right. 4506
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I always take a photo of the "Patients of the Day" board at the vet so I can look at them later. Here are some of my recent favorites: Handsome Dan Trudy Noodle Shadow Lord Eddie Van Halen Professor Waffles Big Fuzzy Ketchup Towbar Starfox Enya Miss Pickles Little Guy Ron Sneaky Pete Simétrico 691346151
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...thequeenzone.comNew ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking RisksA new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to... 39450173051
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs." 1691170
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 201843914
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community. 501251694
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop... 501850842
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1497230706521
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialeric shamow @botmatrix.myatproto.social · 04/10/2026this would have blown my mind 20 years ago but now it genuinely tracks 0124
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Show creator Sherwood Schwartz commented in his memoir that there is always a subset of people who will believe everything they see. I think about that a lot. 517647
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 04/10/2026Confirmed ICE seen skulking around South Minneapolis. Eyes out, whistles up 3358162
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialOblique @obliques.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I looked up the key words and found a different article, same topic: www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...swansea.ac.ukLab-made sugar-coated particle blocks Covid-19 infection — Possible new treatment on the horizonGroundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem — a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle — that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing i... 311845
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have created a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks COVID-19 from infecting cells with 99% effectiveness in lab tests. This isn't a vaccine. It's a decoy. And it could change how we fight viruses forever. 291266454
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026my best friend worked at University of Mississippi at the time when nearly the entire faculty and student body was demanding the Confederate statue at the entrance be taken down but it wasn’t, because apparently the answer to Mike’s question is “a handful of very rich football families” 11218227
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialAbe El-Raheb / Editor & Writer @eldashraheb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here in Los Angeles, the government just spits on you and tells you to learn to code 233397654
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 45146822773
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Oh, what a nice idea. (Closing streets for a safer Halloween.) 714330
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hey, voters! Gavin Newsom's got a message for you... 425380
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This was literally on full display on Twitter a week or two back in the discussion of this news story: www.wired.com/story/burner...wired.comA College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to WorkMaddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back. 310730
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Court prohibits Trump administration from building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, for now. 202102397
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113034103
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hi. Be performative. The whole point of being performative is to encourage others to behave in the same way. It's why the whole "virtue signaling" thing is so dumb. You model behavior so other people will do the same. It's how we learn as a species. So, be performative. 18526
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5761911682
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 01/10/2026Bumping this for the daytime crowd! 🙂 02813
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialSchnitza Fars @schnitzafars.bsky.social · 30/09/2026did you know that we get the word "cockamamie" from a bastardization of a term ("decalcomania") for a period in the 1930s after temporary tattoos were invented by the French and kids were running around putting them on fucking everything?! 🐦🐦🐦 418136
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialLeeja Miller @leejamiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here @apnews.com I fixed this headline for you. He didn't use a "rare authority" he violated the constitution. You're blatantly buying into administration talking points by saying he has "authority" to just decide not to spend Congressionally approved funds at the last minute 942691948
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026DOJ has charged Wilber Garcés with felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, based on the allegation he struck an ICE officer with his sideview mirror when driving off after the initial traffic stop. He was then chased for 8 minutes, rammed, and then shot. 52858386
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. www.ms.now/news/russia-...ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. 9401343
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc... 2263405831
Reposted by @silkblade.bsky.socialMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I really don’t think that’s the case. I do think that probably these people hate femininity, which they see as weakness. But that doesn’t mean that they are secretly gay or trans. And I think that it does damage to insist that they are. Maybe some are, but definitely not all.  421379160
![Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.
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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nycc7oummopgeptw555s6icn/bafkreicwbyb3msa5cnllbexjrxrmuw2s6qj36aiitv2tp5aos5nsz2pem4)
