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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 6h
Forty percent of American Nobel laureates this century in chemistry, medicine and physics have been immigrants, many arriving as students.
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Aaron Zamost @zamosta.bsky.social · 6h
Last year, Amazon ended its WFH policy and required employees return to the office five days a week. www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
forbes.com
Billionaire Jeff Bezos Says AI Could Enable 3-Day Workweeks For Americans
In an interview with Fox News, the Amazon founder said he disagreed with the assessment that AI will lead to large-scale job losses.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 23h
Nothing but respect for MY Digger
Publicity photo of William H. Macy as The  Shoveler, a superhero from 1999 film
Mystery Men who actually doesn't have any superpowers, but he is very handy with a shovel. He is a clean shaven, middle-age white man wearing a yellow hard hat with a miner's lamp on it, a black protective vest with red trimming, a brown leather jacket, and thick black protective gloves. 
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17h
I, too, love to purchase companies older than most nations, with names that are known to multiple generations of people all over the world, and then get rid of the names and replace them with the name of a thing nobody gives a shit about.
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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An important corollary to the Surf Dracula tweet that I think should be talked about more, now that we're basically inundated with these types of shows, is that most of them don't get renewed, but even the ones that are don't turn into the weekly adventures of Surf Dracula in the second season.
Screenshot of a tweet from user @topherfluence: "back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get ot see him surf for 5 min in the finale"
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Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 07/10/2026
more business owners need to be like this
Coldstuff Ice-cream • Follow

I swear to God. STOP YELLING AT MY FUCKING EMPLOYEES. They are children. This job, for most of them is their first. They are going to make mistakes. They aren't in charge of anything. This can all be fixed with a smile and a polite attitude. It's ice cream for crying out loud. Grow up and act your age.
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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton is rightly remembered for her work programming the flight computers for Apollo. But she should also be remembered for her work on early weather prediction software, which informed the realization that weather is chaotic and the limits to predicting it. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PPI: “U.S. government decisions in 2025 and 2026 simultaneously raised farm costs and diminished farmers’ income.” Here are the three main ways: Trump’s tariff taxes. Trump’s war tax on fuel & fertilizer. Lost foreign customers. Are we great yet? www.progressivepolicy.org/us-farm-inco...
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here's a good overview of the student protests in France, which began in Paris suburbs, in working-class schools attended by many black & brown students, & have spread nationwide. The government has tried to end the protests through violent repression. It hasn't worked. f24.my/CCfu
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'We're fed up': Paris students rise up in a movement that shows no sign of slowing
Hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters took part in nationwide protests across France on Tuesday after weeks of student barricades protesting school conditions.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026
"A computing pioneer who authored over 130 publications, Hamilton helped to establish software engineering as a dedicated discipline. She worked at MIT from 1959 until the mid-1970s, after which she became a successful computing entrepreneur and CEO."
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026
According to MIT News, Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. "A profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program". This famous photo 🔽 inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison.
Margaret Hamilton, but the famous 1969 photo that inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison is in the quoted post.
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The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reminder that this stuff is pushed by US Christian organizations. This is what they want in America as well
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 05/10/2026
ICYMI: The nation of Niger has become the first nation in the world to criminalise asexuality as part of a wider crackdown on the LGBTQIA+ community
wearequeeraf.com
Why Niger explicitly criminalising asexuality is significant to everyone, regardless of identity
To understand Nigers asexuality criminalisation, we should see this law as part of a bigger – and growing – global trend among conservatives about 'traditional families'
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From my notebook. My philosophy, while writing books, for the last ten years.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/10/2026
For the first time, we’re partnering with labor unions to speed up and modernize hiring for city jobs. It should be easy, fast, and fair to find a good-paying job serving the city we call home — and after 100 years, we’re due for an update.
nysfocus.com
Mamdani Enlists Unions in Push to Overhaul NYC Hiring
A new mayoral task force will study the dysfunctional 143-year-old civil service system and propose changes in Albany.
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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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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
None of this is healthy or normal. The tech right is in the throes mass disorder, a folie a plus. And they are getting more and more money and power.
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
latimes.com
'Hey Arnold!' at 30: Why a cartoon about a boy with a football-shaped head endures
When the Nickelodeon animated series premiered Oct. 7, 1996, its offbeat, lyrical and sometimes painfully honest portrayal of childhood in the city set the show apart.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
China had a world-class financial regulatory team that the "common prosperity" campaign has largely driven into the private sector.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it's not great, incidentally, that *both* China and America have lost a bunch of their key financial and regulatory talent in the last two years, albeit that the American damage is more wide-ranging and stupider.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Olivia C. caught baby elephant "Matope" at the Dallas Zoo having the time of his life. His name means "muddy water" in Swahili. A classic case of nominative determinism: a water-loving elephant named Muddy Waters. Matope reminds you to hydrate. Mother Mlilo is there to make SURE you do. ❤️🫂🐘
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 06/10/2026
Honestly, I am less worried about news of the *possible* case of the Plague emerging from Russia (where it is so far, just one case) and more concerned about the current Ebola epidemic in Africa, which has affected nearly 8,000 people with a fatality rate of almost 50%. Read that again. 50%.
reuters.com
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo
Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi.
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 06/10/2026
NEW: The contrasting colors in NGC 7129 show differences in temperatures detected by #NASAWebb. The gold cavity at the left is hottest due to the central star and other embedded stars. The clumpy, red matter is colder and represents jets from less mature protostars: news.stsci.edu/3U8T7Bz 🔭
A young star cluster filled with many stars that display the Webb Telescope’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its center is a yellow star, which sports the largest diffraction pattern. To the left of the star, there is a region filled with yellow dust and gas that extends from the star to the left border. This yellow region extends from the bottom, covering about two-thirds of the image. The yellow region has several blue stars of different sizes embedded within. The top third, which lies outside of the yellow region, holds a few bright protostars, within dense gray gas. Those stars illuminate the gas, making it appear blue. A few red outflows from other protostars are visible above this grayish-blue region. To the right of the central star, there is a clumpy, flame-like plume of red dust and gas with protostars that emit a soft white light within. The plume is surrounded by more dense gray gas and dust. There are several background galaxies strewn throughout the image/
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Freddie Jackson, the RnB legend known for multiple hits, including “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70
Freddie Jackson, the RnB legend known for multiple hits, including “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70
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Steve Huntsman @stevehuntsman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They really are trying to get around the fact that math is about having reproducible mental structures by preventing folks from participating in the point of the enterprise, which is to actually mentally reproduce these structures.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The fascist monopolization of US media, intent on ending what's left of democracy on behalf of billionaire mobsters, was finalized by a Democratic-appointed SCOTUS justice.
Deadline&
@DEADLINE
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a last minute
effort to halt Paramount's merger with Warner Bros.
Discovery, a transaction that is scheduled to close on
Tuesday.
See more details here: deadline.com/2026/10/paramo..
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Mat Brunet (AniMat) @matbrunetvo.com · 06/10/2026
The fact that David Ellison is another story of a privileged guy who failed to get into art / entertainment because money can't buy talent explains SO MUCH about who he is today.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'well this isn't for me but you all have fun' is a very healthy spirit toward many things
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
to me this is what a tolerant and open society is
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So... "cable"... we're just doing cable again.
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Brad Reed @brad-reed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“For the first time in my career I was able to do what I loved — and not feel like I’m dying.” All-electric cooking is where it's at. All the speed and precision, without all the cancer and asthma-inducing chemicals of gas.
canarymedia.com
Gas stoves put restaurant cooks’ health at risk, new study finds
Dangerous amounts of heat and air pollution swirl in most commercial kitchens — even when the stoves are off. Switching to electric appliances helps…
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Jurge Cruz-Alvarez @jurge.site · 06/10/2026
happy galactic racer launch day
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
“Tying funding for transit projects to marriage rates and how many babies a woman has is the sort of bizarre and dystopian idea you’d expect in a TV show, not actual policy put forth by the U.S. government — yet here we are,” Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state said in a statement.”
politico.com
Trump administration unveils plan to tie high birth and marriage rates to transit funding
The federal government is seeking to revamp a national program that supports rail and bus rapid transit.
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@foodandwater.bsky.social: US households are facing large-scale increases in water utility bills. Key drivers: corporate water abuses, federal disinvestment and climate change.
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US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds
For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/10/2026
Breaking News: Paramount officially closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a vast media empire.
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Paramount Closes Its Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery
After a legal battle, Paramount has finally acquired Warner Bros. Discovery. The new company, Skydance, combines Hollywood studios, streaming services and cable networks.
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Rob Dunson, Collateral Beautician @wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The chopped and screwed Jim Bakker videos by Vic Berger are among the greatest media of the 21st century, really cannot recommend them highly enough. I say "I'm FINE! The cows are dead, the kids are on drugs, but I'M FINE! I'M FINE!" at least once a week
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assbutt @nasboat.org · 06/10/2026
lines that get quoted in our house regularly: -Lori Bakker’s less than enthusiastic “wow” -“THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED THE BLOOD MOONS IS WITH US” -“Y’all get that?” -“this is how you dig the LATRINE”
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sunrise Silhouette. This morning's start in Chicago.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Lula’s 47%-45% loss disappointed some, but fell within the margin of error...Here’s how he plans to win the runoff election on October 25." bmier.substack.com/p/glimmers-o... "The only response to the defeatism and nihilism engulfing social media over Lula today:" x.com/marcusbarnet...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Parisians dressed their dogs up for Paris Fashion Week. Video via @reuters.com
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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JacqueBlue @jacqueblue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why has Kinzinger become the new spokesperson for Democrats?!?!?! He still holds Republican beliefs. Not ONCE has he apologized for a single vote he made that hurt regular people. He voted with trump 97%. Never trumpers aren't Dems. They are Reps who want power by pushing Dems further to the rt.
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