Reposted by TMurr🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 22hBlue-and-Yellow MaCaw Central, and South America Pairs bond for life affectionate inseparable nest - tree hallow, incubate 28 days, feed chicks 3 MONTHS! Young macaws continue to stay with and depend on both parents for food and guidance for several months up to 1 -2 years before moving on. 141073183
Reposted by TMurrMatt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 6hToday appears to herald Trump’s version of the Molotov Ribbentrop pact: a grubby political alliance that should cause even his most ardent supporters to pause (but won’t) and which won’t solve any of the problems he has but will definitely lead to more human suffering. 1219541
Reposted by TMurrChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 5hGarry Kasparov: "Trump doesn't want to hide anymore. He is Putin's business partner (a junior one!) and thus an accomplice in Russian crimes against humanity in Ukraine."🔻 17227125
Reposted by TMurrRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 8hWaking to another Trump outrage as he bails out his pal in the Kremlin by buying his diesel oil just in time for a winter offensive against Ukraine. This just weeks after tough new sanctions on anyone who buys Russian oil. But for the Times this llatest betrayal is not big news, just fifth story 1240274
Reposted by TMurrPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 7hLook at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax 41552257
Reposted by TMurrPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7hTrump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.bbc.co.ukTrump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged". 1091021470
Reposted by TMurrDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've just been reading Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich for a thing and Trump definitely resembles late-stage Hitler: surrounded by sycophants, rejecting all criticism, denying facts about the war he's losing, making mad declarations, seeing enemies everywhere. Not great 2038280
Reposted by TMurrRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026He makes a good point. 455267625748
Reposted by TMurrJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What would your cut away be? I think mine would be: rocking back and forth looking shellshocked, possibly compulsively eating 201186
Reposted by TMurrEloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 08/10/2026- Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum) in India - Photo courtesy of Sriram Reddy. 2141884
Reposted by TMurrAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something 1167128873796
Reposted by TMurrDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is incitement. Racist incitement. 1322341531
Reposted by TMurrBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek. 14658861111
TMurr @tmurr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Now, we both know that's a straw man in the context of this thread 100
Reposted by TMurrEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531931539
Reposted by TMurrDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Blogged angry today. It is bad for Democrats, and bad for democracy, when a few centibillionaires decide to take ownership of all mass media outlets. We can all see that, right? Your political message does not matter if your target audience cannot hear it. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/your-polit...davekarpf.beehiiv.comYour political message does not matter if your target audience cannot hear it.Your message doesn't matter if your target audience doesn't hear it. 614241
Reposted by TMurrDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Not beating the eugenics accusations 17956296
Reposted by TMurrThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I love that the bartender did that, but hate that women even have to worry about that fucked-up scenario. 16842131
Reposted by TMurrSecular Moi @secularmoi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Grey whales are dying along our shores. Researchers say a warming climate may be part of the problem 'Hypothesis is that these animals are not getting enough food,' DFO investigator says www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...cbc.caGrey whales are dying along our shores. Researchers say a warming climate may be part of the problem | CBC RadioSo far this calendar year, 10 grey whale carcasses have been discovered off the shores of B.C., and 30 in Washington state. Whale researchers say they see a connection to a changing climate, and want ... 37944
TMurr @tmurr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Damn AI companies, training their hairy chatbots on the intellectual labour of fine independent journalists 000
Reposted by TMurrMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@laurenhopesings (TT) shares pure, toothless, baby foal energy: #AGoodPlace 1358383
TMurr @tmurr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#ILMInspostatic.klipy.comHan Solo, Leia, Chewie: 'I'm Sorry, Too'ALT: Han Solo, Leia, Chewie: 'I'm Sorry, Too' 000
Reposted by TMurrRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump is fueling a culture of misogynistic impunity. My latest for The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…theguardian.comTrump is fueling a culture of misogynistic impunity | Robert ReichThe allegations against seven men at Cornell University come amid a climate of belligerent sexism 581873848
Reposted by TMurrThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 08/10/2026Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen. 🥳 Sigourney Weaver has also voiced a spaceship two times (the Female Planet Express Ship in Futurama, 2002, and the Axiom from Wall-E, 2008). 302385351
Reposted by TMurr🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Araripe Manakin tiny 15cm exceptionally RARE, critically endangered First discovered in 1996. Endemic to a tiny geographic range in NE Brazil Diet primarily a fruit, also consumes small invertebrates. Green Female builds the nest, incubates, feeds and raises chicks alone, no help from the male 12727127
Reposted by TMurrIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026God. We wasted an entire season of Origin Story telling the story of this word, when we could've just checked in with James here. 3237359
Reposted by TMurrJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026Under financial capitalism, profit is the prime directive. But care is too labor-intensive to be profitable at the level of compensation needed for sustainability. And it can't be easily automated at the level of quality required for human needs. 71157113
Reposted by TMurrJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 35649721232
Reposted by TMurrDave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK" 9878672120
Reposted by TMurrHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026I don’t think slapping “for teens” at the end of product’s name means it’s actually good for young people. techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/c... 212018
Reposted by TMurrHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026“Testers spent up to an hour discussing suicide, self-harm or eating disorders on more than a dozen new accounts registered to 13- to 17-year-olds. After dangerous discussions that went as long as an hour, only a handful of alerts were sent to the accounts registered as the users’ parents.”latimes.comChatGPT’s teen safeguards failed to alert parents during suicide conversations, report findsCommon Sense Media says ChatGPT for Teens fails on parental alerts, crisis referrals and age checks, urging OpenAI to keep minors off the platform. OpenAI disputes the findings. 7272123
Reposted by TMurrc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'll discuss their blood in a future thread. They're amazing critters, intelligent but too short-lived. I find them fascinating because of the contrast between how strange & alien their biology is, but how their behavior reminds me of more familiar animals like cats. Alien hardware, cat software.static.klipy.comScuba Diver Interacts with Playful OctopusAlt: Scuba Diver Interacts with Playful Octopus 313612
Reposted by TMurrc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Octopuses evolved from shelled ancestors (ancient mollusks like modern nautiluses). When they ditched their heavy, protective shells in favor of speed & agility, they experienced major evolutionary trade-offs, including a heart that has to shut down during jetting movement.journals.biologists.comBlood Flow and Pressure Changes in Exercising Octopuses (Octopus Vulgaris)ABSTRACT. Pressure and flow were recorded from the dorsal aorta of freely moving Octopus vulgaris at rest and in exercise. Mean blood pressure, the amplitude of pressure pulses and flow all double as ... 2834
Reposted by TMurrc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Unoxygenated blood continues to be moved to the gills at this time, so that when the main heart resumes pumping, it's pushing well-oxygenated blood out. This limits the swimming of the octopus to short bursts. It also explains why it prefers to walk along the bottom, or drift in currents. 1905
Reposted by TMurrc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026To swim, an octopus inhales water into its mantle cavity & forcefully squeezes its muscular body wall to blast that water out of its siphon (jet propulsion). Because it has no hard structures, this produces a spike in body pressure that would overwhelm blood flow. So, instead, it shuts down. 3737
Reposted by TMurrc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026All animals in order Octopoda have three hearts: - 2 gill hearts ('branchial') that move unoxygenated blood from tissues to the gills - 1 systemic heart ("main") that moves oxygenated blood from gills to the tissues. When they're swimming, they shut down or dramatically slow their main heart. 2744
Reposted by TMurrc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For World Octopus Day🐙, let's learn a weird fact about the three hearts of our eight-legged friend. The SYSTEMIC HEART of an octopus STOPS BEATING while they swim / jet. Seems like a design flaw, doesn't it? Let's talk about it.static.klipy.comNational Geographic: Swimming Octopuses101Alt: National Geographic: Swimming Octopuses101: it's a red-tinted octopus on a short loop moving slightly to the viewer's right as it turns to face the camera. 10532128
Reposted by TMurre.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026brilliant example sir, this message is sure to resonate with the peasants 1241639215
Reposted by TMurrEvan @ereller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I dunno, this feels more antisemitic than anything Piker has said 241844242
Reposted by TMurrRichard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They all knew, but sucked-up anyway... 21369473795
Reposted by TMurrpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Cat resting on a cross of Orthodox church in Perast, Montenegro. 151575242