Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19hAn illustration of who honked in support of the academy of natural sciences 216810
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11069161983
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is awesome: in lieu of autographs or selfies at events (this was from outside the XM Radio event in NYC this week), David Byrne now hands out this business card before cycling away. www.reddit.com/r/talkinghea... 1018426
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Enter in the hapless workplace ethnographer who tells said software engineer that no, the medical assistant does not plan a “sprint” every two weeks, and yes, people really do sit at desks and answer phones. 2929
timothymboyle.bsky.social @timothymboyle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dad Sox fans are talking about Sogard leading off the 8th 000
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialDBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This tidbit was in the article. 🎈💥 ? "Goldman Sachs warned Friday that AI hyperscalers, including Meta, need to generate roughly $300 billion a year in AI services revenue just to break even on their capital spending—and $1 trillion annually to earn meaningful profits—spooking investors."finance.yahoo.comMark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day As Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water On Meta Stock RallyZuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday. 28593206
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Student journalists still believe that it’s more important to hold powerful people to account than it is to hold on to access to those powerful people. They haven’t become Savvy Insiders yet 252741492
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 27/09/2026I think choosing Texas should be left up to the states 833956
timothymboyle.bsky.social @timothymboyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The line freedom for one shouldn’t cause anxiety for a loved one really gives away the whole “should my 5th grader take regional rail alone” advice chat in the Inky. Surely there is one reporter who commuted to school via SEPTA? 000
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 113059979
timothymboyle.bsky.social @timothymboyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026David Cohen sucks actually, is reasonable response to their take on Academy of Natural Sciences get a bridge year of funding. Also, deferred maintenance should elicit pitchforks and torches heretofore, from the Philadelphia populace 000
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026"On Monday, I can take a Zoom call from a Mexico City Airbnb that used to be a family’s house, and on Tuesday, I can send an email from a short-term rental in Bali that was once a women’s shelter. I bill my employer for the time I spend on my Instagram." buff.ly/CsWhmEybuff.lyMy Remote Job Gives Me the Freedom to Displace People All Over the World“By working remotely, I break down boundaries. I’m a traveler and a worker, a learner, and a teacher. I’m a digital nomad and a real-life colonist.” 9/14/23 ... 1389128
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s… 313174783305
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sometimes i google Ally McBeal — that 90s legal drama where all the bathrooms were unisex and nobody cared except to think it was so cosmopolitan and cool — just to make sure i didn’t make all that up. 271310132
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Dartmouth provost's decision to stop writing by substituting AI-assisted text production is a great opportunity to have the kinds of conversations every institution should be having about AI use in higher education. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...insidehighered.comDartmouth’s provost has stopped “writing.”Dartmouth’s provost raises a tension we should examine. 17321
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Boris Artzybasheff, "The Computer in Society," Time magazine, April 2 1965 content.time.com/time/covers/... 318335
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialceej @ceej.online · 29/11/2025I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer 366675876
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialStephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The air traffic controller who answered is definitely from Philly. Sound on. 15619
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We 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. 1461380
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/09/2026"Unions might be a good idea at other workplaces, but it just so happens that they’re actually not a good idea at this workplace—where, coincidentally, I just so happen to own a substantial share of the company’s equity." buff.ly/xIVz3wTbuff.lyI Support Unions, but They’re Just Not the Right Fit for the Company I Happen to Own“Unions might be a good idea at other workplaces, but it just so happens that they’re actually not a good idea at this workplace—where, coincidentally, I jus... 119550
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialBrian @brian215.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Support 👏🏼 local 👏🏼 print 👏🏼 journalism 👏🏼 032
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Attention Philadelphia! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences! The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum this weekend, Sept 25-27. Please sign up here if you can take a shift! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comHelp Save the Academy: Volunteer to talk with visitors and hand out flyers at the Academy.Sign up for a shift outside the Academy of Natural Sciences during its last open days: Fridays to Sundays, Sept 18 to 20 and 25 to 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers will be on the ground outside the Ac... 09382
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialdoctor eek (alt decorative ghost season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 20/09/2026how come ai models never break out of containment and steal ten billion dollars from their companies to build a private server farm in a non-extradition country 91057154
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/09/2026"Ed Sheeran has, for some reason, decided to claim that he was just following orders. Robert Kraft is hoping everyone forgets he was in the Epstein Files. And Ryan Lewis is… what? Watering a plant somewhere? Birdwatching?" buff.ly/busFvRnbuff.lyRyan Lewis’s Silence on the Macklemore Situation Is Deafening“As controversy spreads and the country collectively holds its breath to see if Mr. Thrift Shop has Mackled his last More, I find myself asking the question ... 2444
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My friends with young kids cry real tears whenever Ms. Rachel once again does not fail them. That’s real. And it matters. 81343102
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialAdam Bates @abates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026bro you had one job 342347225
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Got my mind blown yesterday realizing that the Second international's archives are basically fully digitized!! Gonna need a team of German, French & Russian translators to dig into this... search.iisg.amsterdam/Record/ARCH0... 7789
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140446462
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/09/2026midnight in a perfect world is maybe one of my favorite songs ever? 3655613
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Aid in the region” probably means something bad and reporters should ask him to be specific. 882160260
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 15/09/2026Pretty funny that Ed Sheeran seemingly only hired Irish people and yet didn't see this coming. 544952664
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialHumor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026 3169851
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialPEER Illinois @peerillinois.org · 15/09/2026State and federal officials have left students to confront climate change in buildings built nearly half a century ago– and students are done paying the price. To learn more, check out @peer_equity’s new report: Learning Among the Elements at peerforeducation.org/report/ Art by Shauda Islam 002
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There’s nowhere near enough squid street art in [redacted]. Someone’s gotta do something about that. 71113
timothymboyle.bsky.social @timothymboyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We were mindful of the waterways and natural areas within FDR Park,” Slawson said of the decision. Infuriating, not surprising. 000
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialBrian Barrish @brianbarrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026MALALA SAYS GO BIRDS 242171306
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Let me tell you a story about how top-end menswear retail transformed over the last hundred years. 🧵 14863211034
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialjennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s our air, our lives, and our city — we should decide 🦅 Two potential data center sites have already been identified in Philly—but the city has no rules to protect communities. We're rallying on 9/14 to demand City Council press PAUSE on data center development. Join us at philly.my/sep14rally 19536
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lone Progressive Dissenters have the highest batting average of being correct in history, yet that does nothing to change the widespread conviction that today’s Lone Progressive Dissenters must be crazy wackos. 271648401
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years ago today America was attacked by zero Afghans, zero Iranians and zero Iraqis. 371039286
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I really like this FOIA idea and think this could be a powerful method to learn more about how institutions are using generative AI in consequential settings. 18617
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026 Save the Academy organizers need some volunteers to help hand out informational flyers at the academy of natural sciences this weekend. If you are able to help please get in touch via this contact form save-the-academy.org/contact.htmlsave-the-academy.orgContact us — Save the AcademyQuestions, press, partnerships, or a way to help? Write to the Save the Academy campaign. 012275
timothymboyle.bsky.social @timothymboyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Only because he has so, so bad at his job is this even believable, if a competent senator released this it would be panned as a too cute by half staffer fucking around with unregulated AI 010
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialSic Transit PHL @sictransitphl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Personal to the dude in the pickup truck who threatened me as I Laser Visioned him for parking in the Germantown Ave curb-separated bidirectional bike lane: You still can't park there, bruv. 191
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialBilly Penn at WHYY @billy-penn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Mural Arts is helping you use SEPTA to ride to 35 Philly parks. Its new card deck can show you how to enjoy these spaces. billypenn.com/2026/09/04/p...billypenn.comMural Arts map shows how to get to Philly parks using SEPTA‘Getting to Green: Routes to Roots’ has updated its map and made a new card deck to guide SEPTA riders to 35 Philly parks. 057
Reposted by @timothymboyle.bsky.socialEd @notdred.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I guess it’s important to communicate that MAHA is fundamentally an movement by individuals to capture health care dollars by lying to people about having products and services that work 594735913