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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 12h

Has there been a massive surge in bots on BlueSky? Or is it just me getting tons of bot followers this week? I'm too lazy to block them all but maybe I should?

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 12h

If I have to endure one more YouTube ad read for that stupid-ass "The Book" I might lose my goddamned mind

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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 13h

No rest for the weary. The FCC is accepting comments until Nov 9. www.aip.org/fyi/direct-t...

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Direct-to-Device Proposal to Disrupt Radio Astronomy

Radio telescopes are losing important data as the government and companies look to increase Earth-to-space communications.

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Prism @prismreports.org · 30/09/2026

“It is extremely difficult to see a patient in pain & know that you cannot provide the treatment they need because the materials are unavailable or too expensive.” As Israel blocks healthcare supplies & anesthesia, patients like Esraa Abo Qamar are forced to struggle with debilitating tooth pain.

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Dental care is in crisis in Gaza due to Israel’s blockade on supplies

As Israel blocks healthcare supplies and anesthesia, patients are going without the dental care they need or living with debilitating tooth pain

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20h

Well, happy Charles Darwin is “very poorly today & very stupid & hate[s] everybody & everything” to all who celebrate, because he wrote those words in a letter to his friend (and author of Principles of Geology) Charles Lyell 161 years ago today

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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@ThoughtSlime

People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...

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Couple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)

Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/09/2026

Jonathan McKinsey, a transgender New Times executive who was head of engineering at NYT games, was murdered by his in laws over the weekend. This follows years of allegations that the in laws were abusive to him over his gender identity. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...

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New York Times executive killed by his elderly in-laws, police say | CNN

A couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with th...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What's a good way to visualize how the AI boom/bubble is propping up the economy? Ah, thanks.

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kevin Feige might actually have my soul trapped in an orb of some sort. I moan and whine about Endgame Encore and yet... I kinda wanna go again.

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm about as addicted to Marvel as a man can be, I cannot say no to the MCU, even the bits I hate, and I *love* way way way more of it than I hate. But damn, the little additions in Endgame Encore feel really insulting to the audience. Most of Doomsday's production feels insulting, tbh. *sigh*

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a good breakdown of the many wrong assumptions in anger at trans ppl upset with Dem transphobia. "All they have are “vibes” that Democrats will likely be better off without trans people supposedly “weighing them down.”

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good piece. "On two of the other hands, though, it is in Anthropic’s interest both to illustrate how powerful its own software is said to be, and to demonstrate that they’re aware of possible misuse cases and have been trying to mitigate them"

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.

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Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American Prospect

They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is what happens when you dump an inconceivable amount of money on a demographic of people who are thoroughly convinced that regulations are Stalinism and that their Roomba has a soul

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As someone with AuDHD, this can mean the difference between life or suicide. And they just decided people can wait *at least* 2 years. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I did my part, will you do yours? Vote in #FatBearWeek 🫡🐻 explore.org/fat-bear-week

The text "I Voted. Fat Bear Week 2026" overlaid on the rear of a plump, pixelated cartoon bear, its head turned to look at the camera

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“And that, my friends, is the new climate denialism to a tee, with an Orwellian spin on ‘sustainability’ and utter defeatism with respect to how to jointly tackle the affordability and climate crises.”

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had plans for tomorrow night, but I apparently forgot to record what, where, and when, and now I'm left with nothing but the faint memory that I'm supposed to do *something* tomorrow night. This is why I need a secretary, a butler, an assistant and two interns.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.

a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are a lot of people, from the ring-wing through the centre and (sadly) even to the left, who define "working class" as "white cis het male with anger issues," making only occasional exceptions for individuals that don't meet one (maybe two) of those five criteria.

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"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @thelogicman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I do worry about upcoming generations of voters having been inculcated with the idea that the president is the sole arbiter of the economy, having witnessed the "unitary executive" nonsense go unchallenged, and becoming normalised to open corruption...

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Katelyn Burns put such a fine point on this: The guy financing the trans bashing is the dirtiest data center guy alive. These Democrats are refusing to seize the wedge issue of our time while propping up that data center dick terrorizing his own daughter!

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The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People

Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 16/09/2026

For my newsletter, I wrote about how we shouldn't ignore that a billionaire trying to build data centers is putting a hundred million into Republican anti-trans ads in these midterms. www.burnsnotice.com/the-data-cen...

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The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People

Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The fact that Musk himself is sponsoring so many of the anti-trans ads this cycle presents a pretty golden opportunity for Dems to point out that of course the guy who literally wants to build a gas-powered data center in your backyard wants this election to be about trans people.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 15/09/2026

trans people are by and large the working class. we get paid less than cis people overall (trans men make less than cis women, and trans women make less than everyone). we face housing and job discrimination. when will the conmentariat get this into their goddamned heads

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.

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Cameron Clark @cameronclark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It is, to put it mildly, quite difficult to govern a society which has no shared conception of objective reality The government should be more concerned about this than it is

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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's important to recognize that the ads aimed at young girls are training them to accept subordination -- you're nothing unless men approve of you, etc. -- whereas capitalism preys on young men by telling them they COULD and SHOULD be totally dominant, but that rightful status is being withheld.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

it's horribly dispiriting to continually watch abusive men not just escape accountability, but thrive.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

nuclear deterrence works

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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

liberals not having to think about politics is simply more valuable to them than trans people having rights

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss

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