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Feeniksin Kilta - Орден Фенікса @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🚨 An important update: the delivery of the car has been delayed until July 15th, so we have a bit more time. 🚨 A generous donor will double all remaining donations up to 1721€ until July 15th - let's make this happen! 📜RA/2026/425 📱Mobilepay: 37714 donorbox.org/support-ukra...

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Hampshire Next @hampshire-next.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

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Hampshire Next @hampshire-next.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Go to Hampshirenext.org/now and help Hampshire employees today!

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Atrocious customer service at #Vikingline. Death in the family in the night, called to cancel today's ticket. Customer service rep couldn't care less. Supposedly "not possible" to issue credit for travel. No empathy or humanity, just a nasty attitude over something that would cost them nothing.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

On Finland, 62.7% of Tesla Model Y cars and 58.7% of Model 3 cars fail their first inspection 4 years after their first registration (in practice, 2021 models). Other e-cars fare better but the overall electric car inspection failure rate is 23%. www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...

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Autojen viat | Teslan hittiauto tuli katsastusikään, ja hylkäysprosentti on ennätyksellinen

Sähköautoista 23 prosenttia hylättiin viime vuonna katsastuksessa. Etenkin Teslan luvut ovat rumaa jälkeä. Katso hakukoneesta oman autosi hylkäysprosentti.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

LLM never tiring of ‘discussing’ the topic of your choice can feel like human connection if you are missing that in your life

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My wife & I both went to Hampshire, & we both ended up getting jobs teaching at Dartmouth, an anti-Hampshire. I have incredible students here. But I was more challenged at Hampshire than this "elite" Ivy's system even allows for.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Saddened to hear that the pioneering, experimental, and legendary Hampshire College is apparently truly closing. My Div. 1 in School of Natural Sciences was a course called "Bugs and Drugs: Naturally occurring medicines and pesticides" + an independent project on "Medicinal effects of echinacea".

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Qualified scientists working on climate solutions: Come work with us! Details in the link below ⬇️

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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The incoming health minister of the future Magyar government, upon learning of the election results last night (From Instagram)

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is a far simpler answer than people would like to believe. Trump issues the order via the National Military Command Center to the commander of Strategic Command, and then STRATCOM carries it out directly. There is no second vote, no veto, no check-and-balance.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 07/04/2026

Healthcare is a basic right. Not a privilege. Not a luxury. 💙

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Queen BUMBLEBEES - HELP THEM OUT! A vital thread concerning bumblebee queens at this time of year! Please #repost. Likes are nice but #shares impact! EVERY QUEEN BUMBLEBEE THAT SURVIVES GETS TO ESTABLISH A NEST which otherwise would not happen. Let me explain. 1/11 #bees #love #nature #bumblebees

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The shadow fleet doesn't just evade sanctions. It evades evidence. Sweden boarded the Flora 1—nine flags, six names, EU-sanctioned—over a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland. Prosecutors found insufficient proof it caused the spill. The tanker sailed away. The oil slick didn't.

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How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times?

The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Cursive is fine. But the "signing their first checks" justification 🤣 USA banking system really is stuck in the 1980s.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Bette Midler updates a Woody Guthrie WWII classic for this Saturday's No Kings rallies in 3700 locations across America. youtu.be/U5VXwncNvTo?...

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AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026

YouTube video by Bette Midler

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

"Detention center" is a euphemism. Arbitrary and illegal detention Spoiled and insufficient food No access to outside world Denial of medical treatment Violence including sexual assault and rape No accountability for captors These are concentration camps run by the US government.

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/03/2026

Or: Grok's climate impact is about 20 Pornhubs (I should make this a standard metric)

The environmental impact of digital streaming
The carbon footprint of streaming - whether music or video - adds up significantly on a global scale. While video streaming is more energy-intensive per hour, music streaming’s widespread and continuous use means its overall emissions remain substantial.

A look at the total streaming hours and emissions across platforms reveals the scale of digital entertainment’s environmental impact:

Netflix (2024) Disney+ (2024) Amazon Prime Video (2024) YouTube (2024) Pornhub (2024) Spotify (2024)
Total streaming hours (billion) 94 5.3 49.1 (estimated) 365 10.63 170
Total emissions from streaming (million metric tons CO₂e) 5.17 2.9 2.7 20.08 0.585 0.17655
Emissions per membership/user (kg CO₂e per year) 17 12.8 13.5 - - 0.276
Equivalent to (million one-way flights Paris–NYC) 8.36 4.69 4.37 32.5 0.946 0.288

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/03/2026

The total annual emissions from the gas-fired power stations *just to run Grok* will, once operational, be greater than the total global GHG footprint of all global streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ (208bn hours) 🧐 ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m... greenly.earth/en-gb/leaf-m...

Netflix Amazon Prime Video Disney+
Estimated Global Hours Streamed (billion) 94 49.1 65.52
Average Hours per Membership 312 246 232
CO₂e per Membership (kg) 17.2 13.5 12.8
Total CO₂e Emissions (million metric tons) 5.17 2.7 2.9
Equivalent Driving Distance (billion km) 30 16 17
Earth Circumferences 759,000 400,000 425,000
Equivalent Flights (Paris–NYC, million) 8.36 4.37 4.69
Equivalent UK Citizens' Annual Emissions 517,000 270,000 290,000

Just dwell on the fact that all of this is for one stage of the data centres running one piece of software generating inaccurate information, abusive imagery and videos for one shrinking 4Chan-style far-right social media site. I think that gives you an idea of just how stunningly inefficient and bloated this class of software is.

I worked with an analyst (who’d prefer to remain anonymous) to pull together an estimate of what all stages of these data centres will look like when they’re operational: 11.3 MTCO2-e of annual emissions across 86 fossil gas turbines. Just the operational ones are currently at 5.1 MTCO2-e.

Compare that to what Tesla claims its fleet of products (cars, solar, batteries) avoids every year: 32 MTCO2-e in 2024, and 20 MTCO2-e in 2023 (the 2023 numbers have been challenged as significantly overstated due to biased assumptions. Analytics firm Greenly looked at them and found it was probably more like 10.2 to 13.4 MTCO2-e).

The most generous way to put it: once completed, the climate damage caused by Musk’s chatbot will undo the climate benefits of 35% of the entire global fleet of Tesla products for the year 2024. The less-generous presentation is that the fossil fuelled data centres will more than undo more than all the climate benefits from all of Tesla’s products for 2023 (the only year we have independent estimates).

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 20/03/2026

FYI @safety.bsky.app and everyone: there’s a fresh invasion of probably Kremlin bots. Fairly unsophisticated, posting identical content in waves. Bridged over. Seen them posting in Finnish and English, so probably are active in other languages too. Report and block, please!

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

177 osallistujia Tutkaksen Yhdysvallat 2026 webinaarissa nyt. mm. Trump, Project 2025, kristonationalismia, kulttuurisota, pitkäsuunnittelu mainittu ensimmäisessä 10 minuutissa.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

‪ Literacy and critical thinking are essential to democracy. These are best assured through access to quality public education. To understand the US, one must understand its literacy levels and chronic underfunding of public education. www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

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On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024.

21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.

54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level).

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

From the abstract: "This current wave of autocratization is unprecedented in length, scope, and magnitude – and shows no sign of cresting. With the United States of America now turning into an autocracy, the future for remaining democracies is going to be challenging, to say the least."

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A reminder that impeachment could end this and simply requires the support of a handful of Republican congressmembers

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

alt text:

11 minutes ago
FT reporters
Tehran residents warned about inhaling poisonous gases after strike
Residents of Tehran are being warned that inhaling poisonous gases is more dangerous than acid rain, after Iran's oil storage facilities were attacked overnight.
"Inhalation of these gases is definitely more dangerous," state media said, pointing to nitrogen and hydrocarbon gases released into the atmosphere.
People are being urged not to go outdoors and, if they do, to wear face masks with filters, such as the N95 or the FFP2, as dark clouds fill the sky over Iran's capital.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A dying empire determined to take everyone with it. Comgress could stop this madness. Instead… this.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 08/03/2026

Maria Anna Mozart composed masterpieces. Wolfgang Amadeus’ name survived, hers vanished. Janet Sobel pioneered drip painting. Jackson Pollock was the genius. This International Women’s Day, let’s restore their stories and give them the credit they deserve!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Daybreak brings only more night in Tehran. A city blackened by burning oil. Hospitals, schools, aid centres, freshwater desalination plants and now fuel storage depots. These are all the sites you would target if your wish was to perpetuate a genocide. (📸 Al Jazeera)

The skyline of Tehran has a small shaft of light to the west. But the rest is darkness, shrouded in black cloud from burning oil depots and refineries

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

NEW: Watch this report just in from CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen. It is raining oil in Tehran this morning. A city of 10 million is being actively poisoned. (🎥 CNN)

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The burning oil refinery in Tehran tonight. This ancient city of 10 million people is being annihilated by the US and Israel. (🎥 BBC Verify)

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I wonder what students think about AI being used to evaluate their work and give them feedback. I had to try this out on some group work as part of a course in university pedagogy. I felt deeply sad for the *appearance* of evaluation while knowing the algorithm can't actually evaluate our work. 🌍🧪🎓

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Daily reminder that a few folks in Congress voting to stop this madness could stop this madness.

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Traci Birge @traciinfinland.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"The teen entered the United States legally as a refugee. Her account is included in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We are being warned in real time about the purpose of these camps even as Trump is expanding them. bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Tibor Hartel @thartel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

📣 Survey: human–large carnivore coexistence in Europe For professionals in wildlife management, land-use decisions and research. Focused on governance, coordination & collaboration. ⏱️ ~15 min | Please take part and share widely. Thank you! Link in 1st reply.

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