Reposted by SpaceweftDr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 55mEvery time I read about something wonderful #mandani is implementing I have mixed feelings. I’m both really happy that it is happening AND really enraged that it’s so obvious that this is not so hard and yet it hasn’t been done until now. 161
Reposted by SpaceweftRobo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 3hNot only is she correct, but she's being polite and subtle about it. The response they DESERVE is much harsher. 0251
Reposted by SpaceweftSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1hNew zine just dropped at the science library 0658
Reposted by Spaceweftdave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 2h🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨 Chancleta has been endorsed by a family of three random raccoons who saw him from outside. One of them even stood on our patio chair on two legs, like a person. This is incredible news for Sandal's campaign to represent whatever it is he is running for. 3555493
Reposted by SpaceweftDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 17h"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 3639301034
Reposted by SpaceweftUncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3hNew Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 72B features “Children of Calliope” by Seanan McGuire, as read by Erika Ensign; “Butterfly Effect” by Angela Liu, as read by Matt Peters; Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Seanan McGuire! buff.ly/ZJuFxHA 061
Reposted by SpaceweftHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 3hzen break: (volume up) 1029548
Reposted by SpaceweftGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3hMy phone says this is a Panicled Aster and I thought it said Panicked Aster and I was like “yeah I get it, it’s rough out there.” #BloomScrolling 🌿 1028143
Spaceweft @spaceweft.bsky.social · 3hWhat are the chances NYPD had anything to do with it? I'm betting it is entirely due to the city's violence interrupters and crisis management teams. 030
Reposted by SpaceweftUncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 10hSPOOKY SEASON is here again, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 72 Part 2 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/39JTYSQ 186
Reposted by SpaceweftJeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 6hA new complaint filed Monday alleges a web of new committees funded by the Metro Chamber's United for Portland PAC violated local and state elections laws by obscuring the true funding source of political billboards and filing false campaign-finance statements.portlandmercury.com“DitchMitch” Billboard Campaign Violates Local and State Elections Laws, Complaint Says - Portland MercuryA new complaint filed with the city, county, and state elections offices alleges multiple political action committees violated independent expenditure rules when they failed to properly report informa... 611346
Reposted by Spacewefttoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 16hFound 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 13676682083
Reposted by SpaceweftHannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 5hMoth 🔦 first picture in my October series! 2042511422
Reposted by SpaceweftSabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 5hwrote about one of the craziest worms of all time defector.com/this-worm-ha...defector.comThis Worm Has No Ifs And Many Butts | DefectorIn the 1870s, as the research ship HMS Challenger passed through the Philippines during its circumnavigation of the Earth, it dredged up a sponge from the gray sludge 95 fathoms (nearly 600 feet) belo... 1114142
Reposted by SpaceweftBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 10hAnti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2345322874
Reposted by SpaceweftDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 18hThey hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...en.wikipedia.orgAaron Swartz - Wikipedia 4966320
Reposted by SpaceweftC. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 11h1/2 🚨New commentary🚨 in Science Advances (@science.org) Many alternatives to policing strategies have been proposed, but do they work? Michael Ralph and I wrote a commentary on a new study of CAHOOTS, Eugene’s civilian crisis response program. Commentary: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...doi.orgMeasuring the effects of alternatives to policing in an American cityCAHOOTS data provide an opportunity to examine how three new diversion metrics clarify the measurable benefits, limits, and policy significance of an alternative-to-policing program. 183
Reposted by SpaceweftSarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 10h2023: American Simone Biles wins all-around gold at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, becoming the most decorated gymnast with 34 World and Olympic medals #WomensHistory #SportsHistorystatic.klipy.comBack Flip Simone BilesAlt: Back Flip Simone Biles 141
Reposted by Spaceweftfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 11hover the years I swear I've had 10+ people ask my permission to get this pic as a tattoo, but not a single person has followed up with the actual tattoo photo surely one of you is out there? you actually did it, yeah? not just a bluff? 127463
Reposted by SpaceweftCri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 10hBinx keeping an eye...er...nose on her bestest mouse. #cats #becurious 4978
Reposted by SpaceweftLindsey Wailes (looking for work!) @linwail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Day 5 - Dragon Rat #rattober #rattober2026 #beansrattober 316454
Spaceweft @spaceweft.bsky.social · 23hQuestions like "If my editor feeds my manuscript into A.i., should I feed my editor into a wood chipper or a piranha tank?" 000
Reposted by SpaceweftSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 20686601583
Reposted by SpaceweftMitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Our Fair Share Tax proposal is coming to Committee of the Whole this Thursday morning at 9:30. If you think it’s a good idea to cut taxes for small businesses, raise taxes on large mega corporations, while raising more money to fund critical services then we need to hear from you.portland.govRegister for testimony or submit written testimony to CouncilComplete this form to register to provide verbal testimony on an agenda item during Council and committee meetings, or to submit written testimony on an item. 38325
Reposted by Spaceweft✧𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026my multitudes are anything but contained 720355
Reposted by SpaceweftAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026BEGGING people to look up terms before using them for library social media. “BBW” doesn’t mean Banned Books Week 1223108743
Reposted by SpaceweftUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. 07928
Reposted by SpaceweftNieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons buff.ly/YJ1mAiPbuff.lyChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoonsOpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists. 29385268
Reposted by SpaceweftJennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter 452540815
Reposted by SpaceweftSarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#Paleontologyphys.orgRare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur ageSome 99 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs, a tiny insect belonging to a species previously unknown to science became trapped in tree resin. The resin hardened and turned into amber, a... 0173
Reposted by SpaceweftGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Branch Manager loves fall 119912
Reposted by SpaceweftSurly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The roommate left to go to school. 1312
Reposted by SpaceweftGeoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Different pilots, different cities; same solved problem keeping this post evergreen. Just pay people to clean them! That's it. That's the whole administrative challenge. 16823
Spaceweft @spaceweft.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"You backalley squidsquishers" And we all fall in (parasocial) love with you just a little more. 160
Reposted by Spaceweftlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/10/2026say what you will about nordic cinema. no matter which country, no matter what genre, setting, or tone, you're all but guaranteed to be made witness to some of the most beautiful, luxurious looking wool sweaters ever put on the silver screen 28108861
Reposted by SpaceweftSchmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Siphonophore — the grizzly bear of squishy things. ROV pilots recorded this footage at 1589 meters during the 2025 #AsgardArchaea expedition in the deep waters of Uruguay. (Sound on to learn more.) 215159
Reposted by SpaceweftJohn 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 10388862778
Reposted by SpaceweftElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 54117313469
Reposted by Spaceweftlukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here are some nice mushrooms 1879080
Reposted by Spaceweft'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Last re-skeet: there is no one solution for accessibility, and we really, really need to do better at accepting that as an immutable fact across all areas of disability. What provides access for one person can even close the door for another. Having *multiple* choices/options is the way ahead. 13611
Reposted by Spaceweftmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 05/10/2026i know it's one of you | patreon.com/lubchansky 51019138
Reposted by SpaceweftRustic Acres Wildcat Rescue @rawrsanctuary.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Which box will Manka bobcat choose? 7435123
Reposted by SpaceweftMstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#BadWeather? @atlanticbirding.bsky.social's alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay. One of my favorite portraits of a Red-winged blackbird, showing a soft rain can be beautiful. #birds #photography #Rain #PNW 2774995
Reposted by SpaceweftSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Let's talk eels & colonization! In the early 17th C. London was growing fast and needed more eels.The surrounding countryside couldn't provide enough. The Dutch importers could...but the English were nervous of the strong Dutch monopoly. So where did they look? Ireland. 1/5 🗃️🧪 616041
Reposted by SpaceweftAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026Higher ed leaders are doing "decline of public trust" discourse in order to avoid talking about all the things they've done to undermine their institutions, including exploiting contingent faculty labor, attacking student protest, and underfunding the humanities 7613169
Reposted by SpaceweftMin Hyoung Song @minsong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is amazing satire at a time when satire is becoming nearly impossible. 531884