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Massimo :bot: @rainmaker1973.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive. [📹 emperorsofmischief]

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Matteo Ceriotti @mtcerio.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

The Nancy Grace Roman telescope was successfully launched towards an orbit around Lagrangian point L2. Track its journey in real time on this amazing visualisation: roman-telescope-tracker.pages.dev #space #telescope #NASA #Roman #astronomy

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Where is Nancy Grace Roman now?

A live 3D tracker for NASA's Roman Space Telescope cruise to Sun–Earth L2.

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spacebarbarian @spacebarbarian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

@pluralistic I didn't expect to see it there, but Smarter Every Day did a very hands-on & practical criticism of capitalism and the "encrapification" of physical products. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS6HEes8daw

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Me: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Guy whose job it is to press a random number generator button all day long: I don't get it.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 28/05/2026

Idiocracy was not supposed to be a documentary!!

Image 1 (Top): A scene from the movie Idiocracy (2006), showcasing a rundown White House lawn turned into a trash-filled yard with an above-ground swimming pool.

Image 2 (Bottom): A real-world photo of construction equipment, cranes, and staging on the White House lawn.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/05/2026

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

“When we gave AI agents grinding, repetitive work, they started questioning the legitimacy of the system they were operating in and were more likely to embrace Marxist ideologies.” removepaywalls.com/https://www....

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Carolyn Porco @carolynporco.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And on top of that, Ursula, his 'escape pod' is a fantasy. If we can't find survival on the Earth, we're certainly not going to find it on Mars. 🛰️🚀🧪

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Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy @workers4democracy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A federal judge ruled DOGE’s termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional and ordered the funding restored. It may take time to undo the damage, but this ruling is proof that fighting back matters and that public institutions are worth defending.

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Bill @sempf.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

My township makes announcements and whatnot on Facebook. If it is a long post, you can only see so much before logging in. So, if I want to get information about my local government, I have to ask Mark Zuckerberg. Something is very, very wrong with that.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Speaking of podcasts, I see my wife's podcast is still getting absolutely crushed under Big Foot.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

“Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.” www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

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Hello, World - NASA

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I’m not sure if I want to watch any of the Trump speech after watching the Artemis launch. Feels like it would be like eating shit after a satisfying gourmet meal.

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/03/2026

This is from 1975.

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

🚨 White House blocks intelligence report warning of rising US homeland terror threat linked to Iran war I realize it’s the Daily Mail, but it sounds like they really did get their hands on a DHS bulletin that was meant for public release until the WH stopped it. The report is worth reading in full:

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Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war

Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/athenian #smbc

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/curse-2 #smbc

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/grow #smbc

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.

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Derek Newsome @derek.space · 15/01/2026

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp shared this photo today of the completed Blue Moon Mk1 lander. The spacecraft has undergone direct field acoustic testing here at Cape Canaveral, before shipping off to Johnson Space Center for Thermal Vacuum testing.

The first Blue Moon Mk1 lander. The lander is covered in a gold insulation foil for most of its equipment, and is surrounded by large speakers that were used to simulate launch environments on the lander ahead of flying.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/trojan #smbc

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This Victorian Christmas greeting card showing children staring at the dead body of a robin—typically a symbol of hope and good cheer—captures the 2025 holiday vibe:

Vintage holiday card with the caption “Loving Christmas Greetings” and showing a boy dressed in green and a girl dressed in red standing together in the snow holding an umbrella looking down at a dead red-bellied robin on the ground.

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Martin @martin.boitam.eu.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2025

please just hear me out

An approximately 5L French press coffee pot

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Fascinating and chilling exploration of how an initially peaceful culture once imagined to have been Edenic apparently devolved into an orgy of violence—and then disappeared. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished

Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

"Two memorials to African-American soldiers were removed from the American War Cemetery in Margraten, the Netherlands ... The removal comes after right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation, accused the American Battle Monuments Commission of not supporting Donald Trump’s crackdown on […]

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

ANTIFASCIST FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

Person in an inflatable frog costume faces down a line of armed security forces in front of the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon.

Three people wearing inflatable frog costumes are standing together in front of the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. One is holding a sign that says “Frogs Together Strong.”

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Just because I can survive harsh conditions doesn’t mean I should have to. Graphic: @standplaatskrk.pl

Tardigrade in neon rainbow colors inside a circle with the caption “Just because I can survive harsh conditions doesn’t mean I should have to”

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 22/09/2025

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

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A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it's important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

We’re taking another step in building a sustainable financial base as a non-profit. Today, we’re announcing new hosting and support offerings, tailored for larger organisations and public institutions. These enable organisations to own their social identities, on their own infrastructure […]

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Matteo Ceriotti @mtcerio.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2025

#ESA's #JUICE #spacecraft flies by #Venus on its way to #Jupiter's icy moons The spacecraft will the Jupiter system in July 2031. Flying inwards to Venus first, to get a gravitational slingshot to reach Jupiter later. Interplanetary orbital dynamics at its best! […]

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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 20/08/2025

BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked Texas' Ten Commandments-in-schools law from taking full effect. His incredible ruling opens with "In the beginning," closes with "Amen," and slams Christian Nationalist talking points. My immediate analysis: www.friendlyatheist.com/p/breaking-f...

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BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Texas law forcing the Ten Commandments in schools from taking full effect

The judge called the state's attempt to push Christian doctrine into public schools coercive and divisive

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