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Micah @rincewind.run · 3h
rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived
Margaret Hamilton standing next to a printout of code she and her team wrote for the Apollo program, which is as tall as she is
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 10h
Good morning you handsome & gorgeous lot. My family was featured on the PBS show “A World of Difference” to discuss navigating life at the intersection of neurodiversity & multigenerational caregiving. Please check it out & let me know what you think www.pbs.org/video/neurod...
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A World of Difference | Neurodiversity and the Sandwich Generation | Season 2026 | Episode 2
Nelson family; Ask the Experts; Difference Maker Rebecca Tarrant.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 5h
And no, they do not love their mixed-race children enough to abandon white supremacy. They will do what their forefathers did, which is set their children up as an elite caste to rule over the group their wife belongs to.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 5h
People do not understand how men who are white supremacists can have wives who are women of color and I need folks to realize that those men see their wives as subordinate property and not equals. These men are foaming at the mouth to bring back quadroon balls.
Screencap from Invincible: "I do love your mother, but she's more like a pet to me."
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4h
Yeah, I don’t understand what is puzzling about this at all; these men perceive their wives as objects. To be policed, controlled and shaped as they see fit. And yes, the women themselves can and do buy into white supremacism but that doesn’t change how their husbands see them
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 5h
Absolutely amazing piece by Nithya
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 4h
Beloved author Judy Blume thanks librarians for helping kids feel less alone. Blume's books have been challenged in libraries and schools for decades. "Forever" was listed at #21 of our list of the Top 150 Most Challenged Books since ALA began tracking book bans: bit.ly/4jJJxiQ
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Emily Watlington @keys-wallet-phone.bsky.social · 8h
vital & necessary, from @annakornbluh.bsky.social www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
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How Defunding the Arts Wrought Civic Disintegration
What Was America?: Art, Culture, and Politics in the Bicentennial Era tackles United States’ most ambitious cultural project: the bicentennial.
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026
The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...
The Los Angeles Police Department's officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters' union - setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city's most powerful unions.
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars on broadcast and digital advertising as well as mailers to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 6h
Neanderthals were talented hunters AND home decorators. Evidence from a Spanish rock shelter includes new tool types and evidence for windbreaks and other domestic arrangements. “Now we can start to imagine the spaces they were living in,” says archaeologist @annemiekemilks.bsky.social. @science.org
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Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals
Find in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 5h
Is there an upsetting post that keeps turning up on your timeline? (There’s a really bad one today.) You can make it disappear for you. Click the three dots below the post and click Hide This Post. More tips in the thread below.
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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 5h
Zuckerberg is building a "data center" that needs 4x the energy it takes to power a major city at peak demand. The scale is unfathomable Every light, every HVAC unit, every refrigerator, every IT system in every office, EVERYTHING, and his "data center" needs FOUR TIMES that amount of energy to run
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Today, civil rights lawyer Alexandra Brodsky joins @cartersherman.bsky.social, a longtime sexual violence reporter, in a discussion about why #MeToo never really made its way onto college campuses. Watch the full episode here:
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Cornell’s Jane Doe wants justice. Why is that so hard to get? – Stateside with Kai and Carter
The internet is on fire with demands for justice for Jane Doe, the anonymous woman who alleges she was gang-raped at a Cornell fraternity house in 2024. Carter Sherman speaks with civil rights lawyer ...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h
"Call it “mom populism”—an appeal that centers a full-throated rejection of school privatization and presents the GOP’s increasingly aggressive interventions into local school districts as “corruption schemes” intended to benefit big donors, especially the right-wing oilmen who hold such sway here."
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 8h
No white knight appears to be coming to the rescue, and that's probably because there is no carefully constructed plan of saving the museum.
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There’s a lot of love for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Where’s the rescue?
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 13h
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right
Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 8h
Incredible
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Harbor Camps provides a safe environment for trans and non-binary kids to enjoy a summer camp experience as their true selves, and under this administration, not only are they ineligible for federal grants, they've had to hire 24/7 private security.
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They have a dedicated fund set up for this purpose, and that's where we'll be sending our donation at the end of December. As in, your money will quite literally be used to protect trans kids. A very literal mission for our very imaginary PTKU fanbase: harborcamps.org/safety-secur...
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Safety & Security - Harbor Camps for trans & non-binary youth
Dear Harbor Camps Families and Supporters,Each of you profoundly understands how much has changed over the past few years. The rise in anti-trans rhetoric and laws is unprecedented in our nation’s his...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12h
Yes. I saw it with Lower Ed. Similar to challenging any orthodoxy, especially when you’re vulnerable to its collapse. You won’t convince them this is bankrupt. We who can live with the ambiguity of post austerity have to build better incentives for them, without them — and despite them. Sigh.
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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 12h
People keep thinking they can automate the type of admin work often done by women... bc they think their institution is a machine and not a brain. They think it can be recreated as a set of tasks executed w/ rules, and that we can skip the parts relying on relationships, memory, and judgment.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 12h
TODAY (Wednesday, Oct. 7) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in MISSOURI. And later this week: Fri, 10/9 — OKLAHOMA Sat, 10/10 — DELAWARE More at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 18h
This beautiful amethyst-tinted serving bottle is made from a type of glass developed during the 1670s that contained a high percentage of lead. This so-called ‘lead-glass’ or ‘crystal’ was much heavier, less fragile and more brilliant than that produced previously in either England or Europe.
A glass purple decanter bottle.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13h
There’s no A.I. “literacy”. There is only power, to either rebuild or eradicate commonly shared knowledge production. They haz it. Remains to be seen if we haz some too.
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NPR @npr.org · 14h
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Josh Cozart @joshcozartwx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great views out of Seaside on Tuesday afternoon. ☁️ #Oregon #PNW
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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Haha, this fucking sucks.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.
A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22h
legalizing gambling was the single biggest social disaster of the last decade, and that's a high bar to clear.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 07/10/2026
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Consider the marmots. When federal cuts hit, UCLA ecologist Daniel Blumstein raised funds for his marmot colony research on OnlyFans. It's raised money, subscriptions, donations, even a memecoin. He says it still doesn't cover half of one PhD student's support. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/s...
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‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
and this is why we always ask how the fune was! #RIPBigMama
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My latest story, published with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social — I went to Georgia to talk with two trans candidates making history right now. Their paths to the statehouse couldn't be more different, but they want the same things for voters: better healthcare, lower costs, and no data centers.
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In Georgia, 2 Trans Candidates Believe Voters Are Ready for Them
For Bentley Hudgins, winning could mean a historic first in the Georgia House. For Bella Bautista, it starts with giving voters a choice they haven’t had in 16 years.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alaska Native veterans helped shape a new monument at the Alaska Native Heritage Center: a Tlingit dagger in its sheath, carved by Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂) to represent vigilance, memory and resilience.
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New monument honors Alaska Native veterans and their healing journeys
Veterans helped shape the monument, which was unveiled at the Ngíisdla Garden outside the Alaska Native Heritage Center last weekend.
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TBSkyen Shorts @shorts.tbskyen.com · 06/10/2026
Design is NEVER neutral | #knightsofguinevere #tbshorts
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Aragorn @sweetblueheaven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We have one last @runforsomething.net endorsement class out today -- 48 amazing young leaders running for state and local office, including many in deep red states & communities. runforsomething.medium.com/meet-run-for...
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Meet Run for Something’s October Endorsement Class: These Candidates Are Coming for Red Seats
Today, Run for Something is proud to endorse 48 candidates running for local and state office across 22 states. This class includes 25…
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 05/10/2026
RESEARCHER: Koko, you cannot eat RHOSLC's Lisa Barlow's child KOKO:
email sub: Lisa Barlow Baby Gorgeous Meal
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 06/10/2026
For @us.theguardian.com, I spoke to Native WNBA fans about the loss of the Connecticut Sun. “For a tribe that fought long and hard to be granted tribal sovereignty, the [sale] decision being taken out of their hands can feel like a violation of that sovereignty.”
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‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move echoes centuries of erasure and displacement
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Simply put, across the US and UK, university administrators, their management consultants and their funders no longer consider the arts and humanities worthy of being studied, taught and transmitted. Their vision of human society is anti-humanist. No wonder the kids are at the barricades.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Autherine Lucy would've been 97 years old today. But she passed only 4 yrs ago at the age of 92. She led the charge to desegregate the University of Alabama in 1956 but was expelled. She was finally allowed back in 1988, obtaining her Master's in 1991. In 2019, they gave her an honorary Doctorate
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Amber Ying 應 緣 @amberying.com · 05/10/2026
There’s an update at the link that if the museum can raise enough money, they can stay open for another year. Click the link in the OP to learn more or donate here: foundation.fhsu.edu/save-sternbe...
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Save Sternberg - Fort Hays State University Foundation
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Daily Connor Storrie @dailyconnorstorrie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Can you believe this? This thing that you made up is real now?” 🥹 Rachel Reid shares Connor Storrie’s reaction at the Kate Spade x Irina Foundation event during her Keswick Theatre book tour. 📲 via lalalaikazz on X
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Looks like there’s an mRNA vaccine against pneumonic plague. Eat your heart out, RFK Jr. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Novel Bivalent mRNA‐LNP Vaccine for Highly Effective Protection against Pneumonic Plague
The study investigates mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccines targeting Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. Combined F1+LcrV mRNA vaccination elicited robust immune responses and protected mice....
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I understand that paywalls are annoying, but the grim reality for everything right now, is if you want something to exist, you have to put money towards it. Every creative person is having their life's work hoovered up by AI companies. Layoffs never end. Private equity keeps making things worse.
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Among young men, sexism predicts support for Trump among young men. In 2024, Democrats *won economically precarious young men.* Trump won young men who held bad views about sex. In *particular,* Trump won those young men both sexist AND high-socioeconomic status. So... www.ymrp.org/polling
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