Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why would anyone want/trust this service? >>a user gives the AI agent access to various important services and accounts that they own. ...each individual Muse instance runs on a kernel-based virtual machine, which connects to, but is supposed to be isolated from, Meta’s own critical infrastructure<< 010
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trivial: the animated film Triplettes of Bellelville [sic] is vintage ASMR + lovely visuals 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Humans have so much cultural power. There is enough wealth to do good for all. But, nope 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The person who gave us milk that won't kill you also came up with the rabies vaccine? 010
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Love @mongabay.com . Wait, what -- folks are still capturing wild animals legally? Expletive fluffy chickens. Can we just leave wild animals alone? 020
Reposted by Tracy of KCAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 22/09/2026📰 Europe's largest trove of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via The University of Innsbruck www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/...uibk.ac.at"Rusty Treasure": Europe's Largest Trove of Iron Age Iron Bars FoundDuring gravel extraction in Upper Austria in 2019, workers uncovered a large quantity of rusted iron objects. Analyses and radiocarbon dating carried out by archaeologists led by Peter… 13311
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not important. But crowd surfing was an interesting way to trust strangers youtu.be/-UE7tXDKIus?... back whenyoutu.beR.E.M. - Drive (Official HD Music Video)YouTube video by remhq 000
Reposted by Tracy of KCBolts @boltsmag.org · 20/09/2026Ballot measures in Missouri and Montana would declare that people have a fundamental right to popular initiatives. This would give initiatives “the highest level of constitutional protection,” says a legal scholar.boltsmag.orgTo Protect Direct Democracy, Two States Mull a New Approach: Name It As a Right - BoltsBallot measures in Missouri and Montana would strengthen citizen-led initiatives. Democracy advocates in each state are going on the offense after facing years of attack. 27926
Reposted by Tracy of KCBoots on the Ground Midwest @bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Katsiaryna Bartko, a Belarusian asylum seeker and cancer survivor, is detained in ICE's Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. She hasn’t been given life sustaining meds and needs our help. Repost, tag news stations, get her story out there. Please SHARE. 48364
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The blergi-est. When I was in school, I wanted to be a scientist. I am not a scientist but have always been happy just knowing scientists were doing their research. Good thread (analysis) about a bad NSF manifesto 010
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A fest-of-eating-crustaceans commercial features slow-motion video of "oh, these are claws"-claws and seasoned shells. Most food commercials omit "this was a creatue" details like that 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Abortion is healthcare. Ectopic pregnancies are not viable and require intervention 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 09/09/202629 years later, I want to have a child and feel ready (wise?) enough to minimize any damage. Can't, though. Also, things are grim 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Humans used to have a lot more free time. Or another explanation for how we figured out maple syrup, tofu, beer, cheese, and turning grass into big ears of corn 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/08/2026By all means, let's pretend that a glacier falling apart has nothing to do with warming >>While experts caution against describing climate change as the sole, immediate trigger for Wednesday’s collapse, they say that rising temperatures and melting glaciers probably played a role in the disaster<< 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Just a statement: there are ~35 books w/in reach of where I sleep. Most have been started, some well past the halfway point. Some read dozens of times = one that is a duplicate/replacement for a very worn copy of Edith Wharton's "Summer." The older copy's been with a friend abroad to Central America 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Are they really arguing that untouched lands don't self-manage? Anyway, get busy tomorrow: >>A draft environmental impact statement will be posted Wednesday, and the public will have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time/8:59 p.m. Pacific time on Sept. 21 to comment before changes are finalized<< 001
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Biologists, why are many animals bisymmetrical overall (or on the "outside") but that mammals and others have asymmetrical internal organs like heart and liver (and symmetrical ones like lungs and kidneys)? 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I feel like earthquakes used to be bigger news. Likewise, I saw very little US coverage of the Kumamoto prefecture earthquake www.reuters.com/business/env...reuters.comColombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivorsRescue crews on Tuesday dug through mountains of rubble in western Colombia, shouting for quiet so they could listen for survivors still trapped under the buildings that collapsed in a powerful earth... 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I'm reminded of a dialog at Mos Eisley cantina ... Cornelius Evazan: "He doesn't like you. ... I don't like you either. ..." Luke: "I'll be careful." CE: "You'll be dead!" 000
Reposted by Tracy of KCOhio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 09/08/2026A New Mexico House committee created to probe the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s activities at Zorro Ranch has released its first report, detailing his acquisition of the ranch, time spent there, visitors, and alleged sex crimes and human trafficking ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/new-m...ohiocapitaljournal.comNew Mexico Epstein commission releases report on investigation so far • Ohio Capital JournalNew Mexico's Truth Commission on Wednesday issued its interim report on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's activities in New Mexico. 44125
Reposted by Tracy of KCAlex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026What Truman did do, the next day (August 10), as I have written about, is issue the order to STOP dropping atomic bombs on Japan. That is the most "proactive" thing he did regarding the atomic bomb in WWII. thebulletin.org/2025/08/trum...thebulletin.orgTruman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stoppedOn the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that atomi... 129552
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Missourians are so jaded by past events that we can't even celebrate 80%+ defeat votes on Amendments 4 & 5. We are in "wait & see" cautiously optimistic "Show-Me-State" mode 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Things are so crowded in our US newscluster/ newsclutter that I only belatedly learned about the #Kumamoto earthquake b.c a family member posted a prayers thing on FB re: Japan. I saw 0 about this on BlueSky, and most coverage I do see is from non-English sites/ media 000
Reposted by Tracy of KCmarytetris.bsky.social @marytetris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Are people hiding in attics and closets yet? 022
Reposted by Tracy of KCS.T. Bikes KC 🚶🚴 🚌 & 🚎 @stbikeskc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It's Disability Pride month and no two disabilities are alike. Some are permanent, some are temporary. Some are visible, many are not. Some require extra support & care, others don't. This is a month to celebrate the anniversary of the ADA and to raise awareness for the challenges we all face! 0114
Reposted by Tracy of KCThe Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, was reportedly killed in action on July 17, 2026. 514933
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It only does damage if you watched it and are swayable somehow or already believed this tripe. Also, of course, The Atlantic of today 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The idea of a searchable & all-encompassing database is exciting. Libraries were already doing that. They were getting more & more connected, & while lots of academic & medical research is still paywalled, A.I. just went & stole everything & now boasts generation w/out thinking. I prefer thinking 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Is my experience wrong or is it OK to be annoyed at older shows + commercials of today showing the major execution of computer functions happening via keyboard typing vs mouse/trackpad? 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We have all the money in the world to pay private prisons $1000s a day to lock people up, but not to provide legal services for unaccompanied minors 000
Reposted by Tracy of KCAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Just One Vote The thinnest of margins separates the Supreme Court from perverting the Constitution-yet again-to impose the xenophobic, racist MAGA hegemony on America If you aren’t concerned, you should be. Because Trump, JD Vance and Mike Johnson are hatching a plot to end birthright citizenship 13495261
Reposted by Tracy of KCLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/07/2026‘Once you acknowledge that most of the Americas were inhabited long before 1492, everything changes, starting with the idea that nature in its ideal state is what they used to call virgin wilderness, in which people don’t belong.’ @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukRebecca Solnit · Before 1776In 1848, the US seized the northern half of Mexico, from California to New Mexico, and imposed American law and the... 219249
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 04/07/2026youtu.be/8lMOL7GaPWI?... Plus some other things... See @hcrichardson.bsky.social in comments for a solid history run-down of the #DeclarationofIndependenceyoutu.beDazed & Confused - Ginny Stroud - 4th of JulyYouTube video by Stephanie Lindholm 120
Reposted by Tracy of KCPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2026What could you create/make by next summer to lessen suffering in some part of your world? Let that question be your guide and hold yourself to making something of whatever size and impact by that time. Hold yourself to the commitment. No one else needs to know but you will. 6731286
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A few years ago, when things felt differently. As things in the past do 000
Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We don't need reminders about how horrible humans can be to each other. But we do need reminders 000
