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@tclark.bsky.social
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Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry. #plutoisaplanet It's OK, I have an Astrophysics degree. he/him Repost = Endorsement of post (not necessarily poster) without comment Quote post = Emphasis, refutation, context, or interpretation

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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 1h
Even when Ben-Gvir's own genocidal rhetoric is disregarded, there is abundant evidence of action (intentional destruction of water resources, blocking food supplies) bolstering the *already demonstrated motive* for genocide in the Netanyahu regime.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
2028 Word of the Year: Slamhound
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
2027 Word of the Year: Airgap
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Air gap? What's an air gap?
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*I'm inclined to believe that lots of people do really like lies, as long as the lies are perceived as a flex and they're visibly harming somebody else. #MAGA
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Everything is blinkenlights now.
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
follow your bliss!
at last we have created the cliff of human-shaped holes from renowned manga, don’t go into the human-shaped holes in the mysterious cliff (aka Junji Ito’s The Enigma of Amigara Fault)
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 06/10/2026
this is what hypertext was made for
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This 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
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Allow me first to say go fuck yourself, because I know at least right now in 2026 an AI never would say that, and please believe me when I say I didn't mean it."
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Titan's Northern Lake District - From Ian Regan - flic.kr/p/2i1QQBq
A mosaic of restored and carefully repaired data swathes captured by Cassini's SAR (synthetic aperture radar) experiment.

Incorporates radar swathes collected during the following flybys: (T-19, T-25, T-28, T-29, T-30, T-84, T-91, T-95 and T-104).
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Ian Regan
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There were probably more than 26 separate impeachable offenses in the first 24 hours.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember when grocery and other stores used to have big rubber pressure maps instead of motion detectors for their doors?
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Every three weeks it’s like but white supremacists who mostly care about testosterone and killing minorities were supposed to fix the economy
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
oh shit now I know about the iced coffee discourse
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Awww yisss new Fall of Civilizations video is up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP14...
youtube.com
21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands
YouTube video by Fall of Civilizations
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad I've missed it so far. Whatever it is.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 25/09/2026
i heard woke is trying to do same-sex bathrooms now... they want our sons pissing next to each other to turn them gay
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*God bless 'em, it feels good to see America's wild creatures happy
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At last. It'll be a nice autumnal 91 degrees here tomorrow.
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Mujib @mujib.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
[Describing them as “superintelligence” or “rogue models” ascribes agency to products rather than to the companies building them. This framing markets these companies’ products as “superhuman” and, at the same time, helps the companies evade accountability for their actions.]
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I still don't know why @nickharkaway.com 's Gnomon didn't so much as get a nom or shortlist for the majors that year, though.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Y'know what would slow down AI development? Fines for every instance of copyright infringement equivalent to what the RIAA had courts impose on people who shared MP3s. That one's for free, Sam.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ah, easy to do. Thanks!
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gnomon seems to be the biggest disconnect of quality and notoriety in SF of the last 15 years I can think of. Sure, coming out the same year as the finale of the rightly lauded Broken Earth trilogy by SFF titan N.K. Jemisin didn't help, but I still can't believe it didn't get any major nominations.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I really do need my headlights redone -- one of them is particularly bad bc of where I parked it under a pine tree for years. Where'd you get this done?
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Four years ago today, President Biden said, "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID." At the time, we were in the 5th COVlD wave. We're now in the 13th.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If Turing was interested in making the deals with the demons, yeah.
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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So this is what they mean when they say, "AI is going to kill us all."
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Given the outrageous, dangerous, and outright false statements made about how the polio (and other) vaccine was a "fraud" (at the Children's Health Defense conference), here's a reminder of what a massive success it was. RFK Jr. & his minions must be stopped from destroying the US healthcare system.
Graph of the number of cases and deaths from polio from 1910 to 2022, showing how polio completely disappeared after the introduction of the vaccine -- one of the most important health advances of the 20th century. Data from the US Public Health Services; the Center for Disease Control.
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"No, it will take too long. Let me sum up:"
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same game from 2018, making non-MAGA noises right before the midterm. It'll last exactly that long.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"the largest theft of labor in human history" "LLMs are a product that destroys its supply chain" Every poor sucker on the hook for millions because they were sharing MP3s shows that individuals get the unlubed dildo of consequences when Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others just skate.
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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can the media please stop using the word “skeptic” to describe cult members and science deniers?
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Chris Roberson @chrisroberson.net · 17/09/2026
I'm trying and failing to compose a coherent response to politicians who say they "oppose transgender ideology in schools," when the only trans "ideology" that matters to me is that trans people exist, trans rights are human rights, and that these assholes should leave trans kids the fuck alone.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anguish, motherfucker, do you speak it???
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@nebula.tv Seriously, I like the first layout and really hate the second. Please revert or add an option back. Can't we let a good design stay what it is anymore?
Before nebula redesign with theater mode not taking up the whole browser.After nebula redesign with theater mode taking up the whole browser window
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@nebula.tv is it not possible for there to be a point at which a good functional design can be left alone? I don't want "theater mode" to fill the whole browser window. I was happy when it just used the full width. Can I get that feature back?
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SpaceX prematurely sunsetting the Falcon 9 in favor of a vehicle that has never reached orbit and had as many failures as the Saturn V had successes should be treated as a national crisis of both security and science.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Does this count? 1999 is my first amazon buy.
cover of the book "Difficult Loves" by Italo Calvino
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@jbum.bsky.social this may be relevant to your interests: the-101-plays-itself.netlify.app#theremin,rho... (not loving the slop header image, though)
the-101-plays-itself.netlify.app
The 101 Plays Itself
A live traffic camera on the US-101 in Studio City, playing itself as music in your browser. Every car that crosses the line is a note.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I suspect media verifiably created before roughly 2018 is likely to be the future's data-equivalent of low background steel.
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qntm @qntm.org · 12/09/2026
terrytao.wordpress.com
A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Sparks Band Russell Mael
Alt: GIF of Sparks Band Russell Mael and Ronald Mael
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
. ݁✧˖° geologist to the stars ⋆˙⟡
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The neo-Nazi party made huge gains in the German elections thanks to the backing of the world‘s biggest billionaire and most prominent publicizer of white nationalist conspiracies on the planet. Good thing there’s no comparable relationship in the US for our media to explore.
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tclark @tclark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A24 has put out a lot of horror films, but I contend that the creepiest A24 trailer ever just came out. youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI
youtu.be
You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
it's insane they do this bend-over-backwards "critics say it raises questions" shit when the actual law just says "its illegal to put living people on currency"
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