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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 23/07/2026

it's very important to me that you watch this video today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoK...

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You Actually Can Get Rid of Forever Chemicals

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SciShow @scishow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today's Deep Dive is for you if: ⁠ -you care about ecology ⁠ -you're curious about extinction ⁠ -you've wondered why there are no wild cows⁠ -you like when science and art ⁠ -you like our sister channels @pbseons.bsky.social and @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social Watch at youtube.com/scishow

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 13/05/2026

I was trying to free up space on my phone and I just realized I accidentally deleted some old message history with my dad. It's such a small stupid thing but I feel physically ill about it.

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 03/04/2026

we have a weekly "predictions" meeting so-called because we predict what videos will succeed/flop in the upcoming week (which is a framework for trying to fix packaging) and we spent so long talking about one video that nobody believes in that I simply had to become its champion

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 03/04/2026

YOU GUYS LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL OUR HOME IS!!! WE LIVE THERE!!!! HOW COOL!!!!

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 20/02/2026

I am so stoked for the @scishow.bsky.social team to be working with @outrider.org! There is such a strong mission alignment here and it's such a privilege to have our work recognized and valued like this!

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 15/02/2026

i love them all but this is my favorite. SKATEBOARD STELLA FOR MASCOT!!!!

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Nerdfighter Alys @alys-creative.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Stella riding a skateboard with a gold Olympic medal #p4a2026 #animalwonders

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andi @andincorporated.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

a mascot contender emerges #p4a2026

Stella Queen, noted Animal Wonders bird, riding a skateboard on an Olympic podium while wearing a gold medal

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 15/02/2026

hello #p4a2026 can someone tag me in any Stella riding a skateboard art??? I just wanna see it. please.

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Meghan @acorn-woman.dftba.social · 14/02/2026

sometimes the allergy flare up is worth it, right? Right?! #P4A2026

The "____ or draw 25 cards" meme template

The text filling in the _____ is "put down the sugar gliders because you're allergic to them" and Jessi from animal wonders is the person holding the deck of cards

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 29/01/2026

we worked really hard on this video and i might be biased but it's very good!!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJf...

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The Nazi Textbook That Doctors Still Use Today

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Seems like time to re-up: There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality....

There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality; we take vows – spiritual vows, marital vows, oaths of office, become accountable for our words when we testify under oath in court or in Congress or just make a verbal commitment. Our words shape reality when we tell someone they're worthless or valuable, beautiful or ugly, beloved or unloveable, which is a bit like chanting "I believe that you will win." Or lose.
A friend of mine reminded me that the word encourage literally means to instill courage; we can do that or its opposite with how we speak, with what we say, with how we show up. It's not the only work we can do during this emergency, but it's an important part of it. It's a big part of how we express a spirit of defiance, of resoluteness, how we act with the knowledge that emotions and attitudes are contagious, be they fear or courage, strength or weakness, kindness or cruelty.
Which is why it makes my head explode – picture this head as a volcano and these words as lava – when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics. There's a lot of "I believe that we will lose" on social media and in the news. One way it shows up is when journalists report on some of the rubbish spewing from the mouth of the geriatric clown/felon we have to call president as though his every utterance had the weight of law, as though words will become actions, as though the actions will succeed, as though they will not be met with opposition, as though they believe he will win.

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 01/12/2025

My mom's name is Joy, so marketing emails around this time get very confusing for me.

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 09/11/2025

they did not kick the ball good 😭

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 09/11/2025

I AM WIDE AWAKE AT 2AM BECAUSE I AM STRESSED ABOUT A THING I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER BUT WHICH WILL GREATLY AFFECT MY OVERALL HAPPINESS. I SURE DO HOPE THE GIRLS KICK THE BALL GOOD.

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 08/11/2025

Spirit cursed to take playoff games to PKs forever. This has been insane. #nwsl

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 08/11/2025

"And today I am here" I MEAN COME ON!!! Not an Orlando fan but sobbing nonetheless!!! A thing of beauty!!!

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KC Current @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

UNBEATEN AT HOME ALL SEASON ‼️ #KCBABY

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KC Current @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

TWO YEARS IN THE LEAGUE. TWO GOLDEN BOOT HONORS. It's just Temwa Chawinga math 💅

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 03/11/2025

I went to the women's sports bar to watch some of the other NWSL games and Melissa Etheridge was there !!!!!! I love gay Halloween.

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 02/11/2025

They are giving out free TC6 bobble heads at today's @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social game to the first 5k fans. While I was still waiting to get in, 2 people in full Chiefs gear entered and left. They are making the wrong choice of what game to watch today, but I respect the commitment to the swag.

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 24/10/2025

there's a whole genre of weird internet bitching that's basically just "well i really don't like their TONE" and i'm just like "cool i can make it worse, actually"

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 24/10/2025

just saw a little time travel hypothetical video and that concept simply does not work the way it used to because I will always choose any option where I get to see my dad again, which was extremely not the point of the question but will forever be the place I answer from

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 24/10/2025

Hey so I need Portugal to stop ganging up on Michelle Cooper. #USWNT

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Tom Lum @tomlumperson.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The extra long SciShow Deep Dive I got to host is live in ONE HOUR!!! I’ll be in the chat for the premiere, so come say hi!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlUZ...

Tom Lum posing with a bad Isaac Newton wig worn over his baseball hat

A youtube thumbnail of Isaac Newton with the text “He never published” over some diagrams and a piece of gold

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 20/09/2025

idk why AMC changed the words to the national anthem on us but are we not sufferering enough????

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 07/09/2025

being drunk and hearing another drunk person talk and realizing "oh, that's how I sound rn" is so humbling

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 04/09/2025

once a week i get to order revisions for our thumbnails and sometimes trying to explain a request is easier than others

Airtable screenshot that reads:
"You commented
i sound insane"

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 04/09/2025

my therapist loves a little handout and i love that about her. whenever i get emails saying i have a new document waiting for me i get so excited to see what cutie pie printout for the mentally ill she's sent me this time!!

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 31/08/2025

Army recruitment ads during NWSL games are so funny. The vibes are very "Fascism is for GIRLS too!!! 💪🏻💃

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marines @mynameismarines.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

OUR SISTER’S KEEPER: - Southern Gothic psychological horror - Post-reconstruction in the Mississippi Delta - Sinners vibes, but with ghosts that haunt only the women - Black sisterhood, resistance, rage PRE-ORDER: bookshop.org/a/20702/9781... ADD ON GOODREADS: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 29/08/2025

nonfiction book club stays unpredictable...come hang out with me & @okidokiboki.bsky.social while we chat about GWYNETH by Amy Odell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiMU...

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gwyneth | nonfiction book club

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 29/08/2025

i've been telling people about this ever since it got pitched and now i'm so excited to be able to make people watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1o...

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How to Make a Warning Last 10,000 Years

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 22/08/2025

the first crash course linguistics video now has a million views, @superlinguo.bsky.social @jessgrieser.com aren't you glad we worked on this in 2020 anyway if you want some fun 10 min linguistics videos to watch you can still do that!

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What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 22/08/2025

me, thinking of some stupid random spot something where an object might have been put away: "yeah that seems like something i might do"

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 19/08/2025

Getting to officiate a wedding for my loved ones is so fucking cool and special who else will let me marry them??????

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 16/08/2025

Kickoff delayed at this Current v Pride game & a lady behind me is mad that they didn't tell people in advance? Idk I get that it's hot and you are uncomfortable but what would have changed? Weirdo energy to complain while we sit in the shade that these players aren't, like, killing themselves???

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 15/08/2025

did a whole 3 mile treadmill run with no headphones and it might have been worse than mile 20 of a marathon

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 15/08/2025

I am at the gym and I forgot my headphones I am distraught. How the fuck do people do this without emotional support music??????

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 14/08/2025

the youths are losing the ancient texts (our gen z staffer does not know about Balto)

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 07/08/2025

when my friend says "I probably shouldn't tell this story" I know I am about to have a great time

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nicole sweeney @sweeneysays.com · 03/08/2025

I couldn't sleep because I had anxiety about my early early morning wake up for my ride to the airport so maybe it is the exhaustion talking but also: I am still so in awe of the fact that we can put ourselves IN THE SKY. Like, yeah, sure, humans can be terrible, but they can also be so rad.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.

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