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@sltrmn.bsky.social
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physics phd student in quantum information • this is not a "professional" account • they/them

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DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
full support for liberal direct action. Red salute 🫡
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
sounds like I need to start making some pretty uhh exceptional proposals
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"A projected 111,000 fewer international students are expected in the U.S. this fall — a more than 9% drop in enrollment. A coalition of higher education organizations (AND UNIONS) sued the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the rule from taking effect." www.wuky.org/wuky-news/20...
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U.S. colleges, universities brace for loss of international students
The Trump administration is capping the length of time international students can legally remain in the U.S., and declines in their enrollment could spell disaster for colleges and universities.
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Call me crazy but I actually think the job of the Senator from Massachusetts is to represent the perspectives and beliefs of the people of Massachusetts.
"Mr. Moulton urged Massachusetts Democrats to think beyond their state lines. He said the state should elect a senator who could appeal to the rest of the country to help the party build a governing majority in Washington.

He argued that it would not advance the progressive cause to have the Democratic Party branded as enthusiastically supportive of trans athletes in sports, when polls suggest that the American public believes differently."
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Strangling science.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 11/08/2026
Got a dream piece today: I profiled Deb Perelman aka @smittenkitchen.bsky.social about 20 YEARS of food blogging www.weareravenous.com/smitten-kitc...
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The Blogosphere Came and Went. Smitten Kitchen Is Still Here.
Deb Perelman has kept Smitten Kitchen going through the rise and fall of blogging, the pivot to newsletters, and the looming specter of AI. She has no intention of stopping.
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
SAM PLANS TO RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND PEACE
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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Photo of Abdul with “it’s time to vote blue no matter who” in black blue and red on white in front of him
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 19/07/2026
Flag of the second Spanish republic (notably not the current flag)
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What the fuck are the orchestrations on this rendition of the Star Spangled Banner????
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Haven't seen a French defense this weak since the Maginot line
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Ants @dressupforflying.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I know its been said but Cabo Verde's astounding performance might actually be underrated
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jonathan mantell-johnson @jmantelljohnson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
saw god in geometry likely place form him to be
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Conceptualizing an English announcer who yells "M8888888" like Andres Cantor yells "goooal" whenever someone scores.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"To lose her on a morning commute at an intersection the city has explicitly documented as dangerous for years is just an unmitigated tragedy, a systemic failure." Deaths like Louisa's occur because our leaders prioritize the convenience of drivers over the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
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‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe
Residents and public officials alike have been concerned about pedestrian and cyclist safety on the stretch of Tremont Street in Mission Hill near Parker Street for years.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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josh @joshposting.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
egypt played argentina to a draw, even though they were screwed by the refs they should still be proud
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Who asked for James Corden? Who brought his name up? Who said: I think what this needs is more James Corden? Who loves James Corden? Who likes James Corden? Who tolerates James Corden? What place does James Corden have in a free society?
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Your fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 07/07/2026
Egypt absolutely got screwed this game. This isn't a game. This is FIFA making sure Argentina advances.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This should be a 3 2 game and all these fuckers know it
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So are they just going to try to rig every game for Argentina for the rest of the tournament? Like what's the endgame here, this team clearly just isn't actually that good.
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🌈😈 @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I am hearing that on his deathbed Lionel Messi received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 07/07/2026
After review, Egypt has committed the unforgivable penalty of increasing its lead over Argentina. No goal.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
this is the absolute worst VAR decision I've seen this tournament
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
smash the machines, start with VAR
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
From Dolores Huerta's statement this past March medium.com/@dolores_hue...
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 06/07/2026
can't even say "let this be the end of the dirtbag left" because I don't really believe in the dirtbag left. it was just a way for some guys who wrote about Dem politics to describe some guys on some podcasts while ignoring the anarchists and socialists and feminists who made the left relevant again
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It's really fascinating how something can be an egregious foul when Paraguay does it, but a clean tackle when Argentina makes the same move 🤔
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Matthew Petersen @meptrsn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Reiterating
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I don’t think I’ve ever been as proud of a team as I am of this Cabo Verde team. What a remarkable performance. One of the best games I’ve ever watched. I’ll never forget it.
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
OH MY GOD THEY JUST REFUSE TO DIE
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Baby Cheetah (Marxist) @willbloom.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
mfw the refs are clearly biased against Cabo Verde
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Vozinha is just so damn good.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
in tears at the guy throwing down the kangaroo after that PK
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I personally think anyone who doesn't understand that "only 5 of 9 justices are willing to uphold the unambiguous meaning of the 14th Amendment" is a situation which makes packing the hell out of the Supreme Court the *minimum* for the next non-GOP president is fundamentally unserious.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
from @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social: Delaney hall in NJ. Met the sweetest children whose hearts are broken. They just want their parents home again. I spoke with a 13 year old whose dad is in Delaney. "He's a wonderful father" she said, tearing up. He has been in the US for 20 years.
Ms. Rachel wearing her pink headband, pink shirt, and denim overalls hugging a small child outside Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ.
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Strautz1 @strautz1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/05/2026
inside you are two wolves: one wants to tackle all the work you have on your plate today the other wants to play CK3 all day
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In addition to railing against AI, I also get to rail in favor of learning search query skills
As a man with a library science degree and thus a nerd about searching for information generally, stuffing search tools with AI is also bad for everyday people’s ability to understand and query systems, if you’ll bear with me through a little rant. Everyone faces a challenge when exploring a new library catalogue or work database or figuring out boolean operators in Google, but learning to talk to a system in its language is one way we get a sense of how its creators structured it and their worldview and priorities. Going through a system’s results also teaches you how to think about them critically: Are they what I’m looking for, are they trustworthy, what information do they connect to and reveal? Google Search is probably one of the first and primary places that people experiment with and grow their information searching skills; spoonfeeding them AI summaries while obscuring or bypassing the source of the information might seem convenient, but it’s just robbing them of the chance to develop vital information literacy skills that they need more than ever in an AI-obsessed world.
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Sam @sltrmn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Wait the rest of y'all aren't at least skimming the papers you cite to make sure you understand what you're referencing???
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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
levar burton and kermit the frog in a library and levar has a blank speech bubble below him
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/04/2026
a 26 year old half filipino nazi. only in america baby!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/04/2026
Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk has returned to Türkiye after completing her Ph.D. program in child study and human development. Last year, her life was disrupted when ICE targeted her unlawfully with detention and deportation in retaliation for an op-ed she co-wrote in support of Palestinian human rights.
Burgundy graphic with quote "“The time stolen from me by the U.S. government belongs not just to me, but to the children and youth I have dedicated my life to advocating for. With them in mind, I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States – all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights.” The quote is attributed to Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk, Scholar unlawfully detained by the Trump administration for her speech, on her decision to return home to Türkiye. Below the quote is a photo of Dr. Öztürk in graduation garb, standing in front of a book shelf.
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