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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 12h

CA prop 38 is a scam - vote NO. For example see: This CA proposition will send $4 billion to a single nonprofit. Who’s behind it? calmatters.org/politics/ele...

calmatters.org

Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?

Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 16h

Fancy guest dropped by for a drink. Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted). This bird has it all. Just check out those zygodactyl grippers! #birds

Woodpecker with big, grippy, zygodactyl feet is perched on the edge of a concrete bird bath, leaning forward with its beak in the water. Bird has stripes and spots and a cravat and a moustache and a red neck nape spot. Oh, and bright yellow tail and wing feathers, too.

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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 18h

This is right now, please share the link on your social media places so that more people show up and learn about this. I am so tired of people saying "duh, of course it's hot"

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 18h

Plague should always be on our bingo cards. It's living in squirrels right here in parts of the US. It's only old fashioned public health (that thing that RFK, jr hates) that protects us.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.

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Country (and Western) hating Sleazeball @rsgreacen.bsky.social · 19h

Eric Stockwell’s photo of Chinook salmon stacking up in the lower Eel River a few days ago. Still a week or more out from the rains they’ll need to get upriver. I’m not sure they do this anywhere else, but this is a well established pattern in the Eel.

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 19h

Pretty sure this is Keyhole Arch at Pfieffer Beach in Big Sur. In the future, perhaps as early as this winter, the cliff edge he’s standing on will fall into the sea.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Three years ago today 🌿 South Platte Gaillardia

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A Taiwanese-made Fotek SSR-50DD solid-state relay found in debris from a Russian drone shot down in Kyiv. It's possible this is a "pirated" unit, but Ukraine has repeatedly complained that Russian drones and missiles contain genuine Western-made electronic components.

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If bridge-destruction season is upon us, here are some notable bridges in Russia to watch 1. Southern overpass of the Western High-Speed Diameter, St.Petersburg 2. Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge, St. Petersburg 3. Krasnaya Polyana Railway Bridge, near Sochi 4. Crimean Bridge #Russia #Ukraine #OSINT

Southern overpass of the Western High-Speed Diameter, St.Petersburg

Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge, St. Petersburg

43.611498°, 40.049308° Krasnaya Polyana Railway Bridge

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Poor John Roberts. So very Alan Dershowitz.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of my favourite little fall migrants - American Pipit. I love finding these little guys bobbing along the shoreline of roadsides as they stop on their way south. #birds

An American pipit perched a rock along a rocky shore. It's a little grey-brown bird with a white breast and brownish wing and tail.

An American pipit perched amid pale grey pebbles looking straight at the camera, showing up its pale streaky breast.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

About 95% of wildfires in California are started by people. That includes untended Dome Fire in Yosemite, which resulted in the deaths of two helicopter pilots, was apparently started by a camper's fire. www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/30/y...

mercurynews.com

Camper responsible for deadly Yosemite National Park blaze, officials say

A spokesman said the person responsible could face federal charges and asked that anyone with information call the National Park Service tip line.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Would-be governor Steve Hilton—who lived here as a non citizen from 2012 to 2021—thinks non citizens are probably criminals. “So correct me if I’m wrong. There’s also people who don’t want to” become citizens, Hilton asserted. “If they’re working with a cartel. Like, the criminal aspect of it.”

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Melissa Blue. What a lovely name for a butterfly (Plebejus melissa) #invertebrates

Close-up of a lavender/blue butterfly perched on a purple clover flower. It has a narrow white edge around its wings, and a very fuzzy body.

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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the biggest causes of delays and rising costs of California's High-Speed Rail? PG&E. Yeah, them. They have a bunch of power lines blocking the train construction and have 0 motivation or requirement to move them out of the way no matter how much California High-Speed Rail Authority begs

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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The article and the framing is such a clear sign that fully-throated pro high-speed rail outside/grassroots advocacy is desperately needed in California. @movecalifornia.bsky.social & @transbaycoalitiocalmatters.org are stepping up to fill that void calmatters.org/politics/202... (1/2)

calmatters.org

California’s high-speed rail authority made a legislative wishlist. It mostly stalled out

California’s bullet train agency said timely construction of the rail line depended on these reforms. They mostly failed.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A “perfect storm” scenario — as described by the San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission — is generally as follows: 1. El Niño 2. King tides 3. Strong waves & wind 2 of 3 conditions will be met at Thanksgiving & Christmas. A storm at the same time is a “really scary possibility.”

sfchronicle.com

California will see extreme weather events on Thanksgiving and Christmas

King tides in California will be extremely high during the Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks. A simultaneous storm could wreak havoc on transportation and push the tides to record territory.

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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Parenting accomplishment unlocked: 6 yo felt confident enough he borrowed my Park Tool Allen keys to undo his training wheels by himself. And off he goes!

A boy in a blue shirt and bright yellow helmet rides a red bike on the side of a suburban street.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

"What? Filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court?" It's rare. But when states are bitch slapping each other, that's how it gets sorted. Abortion-ban states are really angry that abortion-friendly states won't extradite doctors providing care to patients in the ban states. Shit just got real.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“The broader lesson may be that interrogating stress responses by unleashing chemical or genetic catastrophe on the cells tells you what the pathways can do but not necessarily what the cell uses them for.”

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 22/09/2026

As I stated months ago, Palantir's software is a piece of junk. If you're modeling data about the real world into an ontology, and your ontology does not feature bitemporal modeling — a very basic technique for "when was the observation recorded and for what dates did it hold", your ontology sucks.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/09/2026

oh man, I just tried it and america.gov really does get REAL weird when you tell it to “play Minecraft”

america.gov

America.gov

Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is International Right to Know Day, which was established to celebrate freedom of information laws. But people inside prisons have difficulty getting access to critical information, oftentimes about themselves. This 2023 story from Erin highlights just one consequence.

prisonjournalismproject.org

I Had the Right to Know

A debilitating spinal condition could have been treated earlier. Instead, I was told I was fine.

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

1 - You have got to be fucking kidding me. 2 - I’ll take it. A win’s a win.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Headline correction: "Saratoga driver’s Tesla crashes into freeway emergency scene and hits firefighter, CHP says" "Saratoga man drives Tesla into freeway emergency scene and hits firefighter, CHP says"

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bonus Robin content! Sound definitely on.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Nature paper by Nerilie J. Abram, Nicola Maher, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Georgina M. Falster, Terry P. Hughes, Katrin J. Meissner, Louise J. Slater, Andrew D. King, Andrew J. Pitman, Gillian Moon & Wesley Morgan 👇👇👇

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Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our failure to do adequate managed retreat from shores vulnerable to sea level rise has closed a National Seashore beach in North Carolina: “A significant amount of private beach stairs and boardwalk decking, septic system parts, and wooden and metal debris from houses are littering the beach.”

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Art of kylin @kylinvdm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Finished this Townsend warbler drawing. It was inspired by the talented @dptbirder.bsky.social seriously, check out their work the photos are lovely. #art #birdsofinstagram #birdaday #birdsofbluesky #digitalart #procreate

A digital drawing of a yellow and black bird.

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Most of Gaza’s agricultural land also lies on the other side of the yellow line and is now inaccessible to farmers,” said Tania Hary, executive director of Gisha, an Israeli human rights group. Israel Expanding Into Gaza Despite Cease-Fire, Satellite Images Show www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Israel Keeps Expanding Into Gaza Despite Cease-Fire, Satellite Images Show (Gift Article)

The Israeli military has built new outposts and slowly encroached beyond the withdrawal line in Gaza. These are signs its troops may be preparing to stay for the time being.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fossil fuel impacts on the environment are so often swept under the rug, until the impacts are devastating.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“This is kind of just a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Hilton said, “to have a bird knock at your door and ask for help.” Years ago, a chickadee fluttered at my office window late on a cold winter night. I finally opened the window and he flew in. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...?

washingtonpost.com

Scientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.

“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Job: Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. Great department. Great university. Great students. Really great colleagues. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904

recruit.ucdavis.edu

Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026

This is a gross, cruel and unwelcome way to reduce emissions. As @glenpeters.bsky.social reminds us constantly, it almost never persists in a structural way. We should fight for fair climate action where those who most need the benefits of clean technologies get them fastest

theguardian.com

A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis

From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026

Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”

Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Elon "Free Speech" Musk doesn't believe in free speech. "X has refused to engage with Bleecker Street on the film ['Musk'] or even accept advertising for any of its other films on its upcoming calendar." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

hollywoodreporter.com

The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm glad the bald eagle and so many other raptors have recovered from the age of DDT. But I can't help noticing how appropriate it is that America's bald eagle is a kleptoparasite who doesn't hesitate to steal fish from osprey.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"What? Hypothesis testing? Experimental design? Washing glassware? Are you kidding?"

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 25/09/2026

Today, after seeing many "rogue AI" stories where no one seems to fear the slightest legal culpability, it got me thinking about how when "driverless cars" break the law it's been like "welp can't ticket a car*" & nothing has EVER laid so bare the reality that rules only apply to certain classes

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 24/09/2026

Aaron Swartz is no longer here to tell us what he saw like twenty years ago. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Swartz had been batchmates with Altman in the inaugural class of 2005 at the Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator, and warned his friends about Altman shortly before his passing.

“You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted,” he told one confidante. “He is a sociopath. He would do anything.”

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Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Last week I called up a stranger, an environmentalist who didn't vote. She was 82, couldn't drive to the polls anymore, and didn't know Maine now lets any voter sign up to get a mail ballot automatically for every election. I explained how. She was thrilled. "Take yourself to lunch!" she cried.

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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@julierehmeyer.bsky.social Democratic advantage in new Gen Z voter registration! bsky.app/profile/tbon...

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Interested in #Greenland #Food #Culture? The #ilulissat science forum is now open for registration, it sounds wonderful - I wish I was closer by! illu.gl/isf26