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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

4 reasons the Trump administration is attacking science. 🧵 This is still one of the most common questions I hear from people - but why!? Isn't science good for everyone?! So, here is my current thinking on why...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in history that loves us so much he can't even breathe" -- in extremely culty scene, Trump has his supporters pledge to him that they will vote, then tells them they will "go to hell" if they don't Here's the full sequence:

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026

Rather than legally requiring platforms to spy on kids (to exclude them from being targeted by platforms' algorithms), we could prohibit platforms from spying on *anyone*, including kids, meaning kids couldn't be identified (much less targeted) by algorithms: pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/d... 5/

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Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 05/07/2026

Tens of thousands rally in Albania's capital against a resort linked to US President Donald Trump's family, in the largest protest since a movement against the project began weeks ago. u.afp.com/SKAD

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Think of CO₂ removal like a time machine. How far back does planting 100 million trees take us? One mature tree takes up ~25 kg of CO₂/year, so 100 million trees will take up 2.5 MtCO₂. That's a time machine that takes us back ~33 minutes in a year. Nature will not save us from fossil fuel CO₂.

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DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future

Alt: DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

America isn’t just losing the Iran war, we’re losing it fractally. A fractal looks the same no matter how far you zoom in or out. So does the War in Iran Here's an important yet often overlooked branch of this Mandelbrot Disaster: Trump's decision to alienate Oman 🧵

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Losing Friends and Alienating People: Oman Edition

Trump's Fractal Fuckup Continues

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

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Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Follow live updates at: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... Most recent at 12:23 p.m.: Liquid oxygen (LOX) fast fill is now complete for the SLS (Space Launch System) upper stage, marking another major milestone in tanking operations.

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LIVE: Artemis II Launch Day Updates - NASA

Live updates for launch of NASA's Artemis II test flight will be published on this page. All times are Eastern.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/03/2026

🐋 Exceptionally rare footage of sperm whale giving birth in the wild Scientists have released footage of a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn 📹 Project CETI

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Sensoren in banden kan je eenvoudig tracken. We rijden allemaal met trackers rond. @jbaert.bsky.social

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Rien Emmery @rienemmery.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Weten jullie nog, vorige week, toen er "minstens 7 nepcitaten" in het essay 'Waarheid' van Rik Torfs stonden? Die "minstens" was terecht. Ik heb het boekje nu ook eens gelezen en vond nog een hele hoop andere gehallucineerde citaten en referenties. 1/ www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Waarom gaan wij nog naar het WK?

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Comedian Ricky Gervais has donated almost £2.5 million from his “Mortality” stand‑up tour. 💸 👉 Find out more: veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/17/ri… #rickygervais #comedian #vegancelebrities #animals #animallover

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Jos Vollebergh @vollebergh.eurosky.social · 06/01/2026

‘Als Trump de waarheid spreekt’ Interessante column van Hendrik Vos in @standaard.be

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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Stop. Read the post below. Do what it says. Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars. You are a terranaut on that fragile planet. This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

#delhaize registreert via mijn klantenkaart al mijn aankopen. Ik koop nooit vlees. Wel veel veggie. Daarnet deze reclame voor het consumeren van dood dier ontvangen. Jakkes! 🤢

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BeeVee23 ❤🇺🇦🇵🇸 @beevee23.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The EU could soon censor words like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based steak’, a gift to the meat industry that raises costs & red tape for sustainable food producers -- unless we stop it! Join the call to EU Heads of State to reject the 'veggie burger' ban secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... #Veggie

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🍔 A ban on the word ‘veggie burger’?!

Tell EU leaders to vote against it!

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 28/11/2025

This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC. We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.

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Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished

Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social: Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe. NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 21/11/2025

Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Daarnet werd ik uitgescholden door een bende jagers(*) voor "vegetariër". 🤷 (*) clowns in een kaki uniformpje

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Gaat een zakje knikkers genoeg zijn om ze tegen te houden?

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Te koop op een veilingsite. Hart, getest en werkend.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Obama kan speechen. Vergelijk dat met het incoherent gebrabbel van Trump.

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Steven Boers @stefendetong.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Om jullie een idee te geven hoe betrouwbaar ChatGPT is, vroeg ik informatie over Katastroof, de band waar ik zo'n 20 jaar (en af en toe nog) in speelde en waar ik dus zeer veel over weet. Het resultaat zat boordevol flagrante fouten! Hieronder noem ik ze even op...

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/10/2025

This lovely photo has reminded me to share a great MinutePhysics video about how to spot bad moon fakery in media: youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc?...

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Common Moon Mistakes

YouTube video by minutephysics

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

McDonalds, niet te druk. Dank je Google Maps.

Schermafbeelding van Google Maps toont platgegooid gebouw, kranen en icoontje van McDonald's.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Waarom is het voor Nederlanders zo moeilijk om de Engelse uitspraak goed te krijgen? Dit klinkt als een karikatuur.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Food causes 22-34% of climate change. But it only gets 4% of the media coverage. Why? Neglect. Misunderstanding. And a hell of a lot of greenwashing.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Steek geen dood dier in je mond. Zo simpel kan het zijn om je bijdrage te leveren aan een betere wereld.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

“As Yuri Andropov once put it, “We just need to plant the seeds. Others will harvest and re-plant for us.” Useful idiots abroad—politicians, activists, or commentators—spread and legitimize Russian narratives…” tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...

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Putin’s Lies Hide Weakness

Russia has thrived on lies for centuries; its undoing will come when truth proves more powerful than the fictions it desperately spins

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Helge Thomas 🌻 @helgethomas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea … #EMobility

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Omdat het ook eens goed nieuws mag zijn. Goed geschreven stuk met enkele verrassende inzichten.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Een hete zomer met veel zon, maar tomaten uit de Delhaize blijven toch maar smaakloze rode bollen.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

"politicians decide to regulate technology they don’t understand, targeting problems they can’t define, with solutions that don’t work"

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 05/07/2025

Fires & Floods & Heat Waves? How I think about Climate Change. [Video. 9 mins. 45 sec. ] www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRA2...

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How I Think About Climate Change

YouTube video by StarTalk

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Ik had al kilo's teek kunnen opsturen. De tuin zit er vol van.

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Tom VdP @tomvdp.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

You *can* have an impact on this world.

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 14/06/2025

Yes, this is fascism. For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵

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