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Tracy of KC

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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 9h
Revolution timeline
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why 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<<
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trivial: the animated film Triplettes of Bellelville [sic] is vintage ASMR + lovely visuals
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trivial: A Bug's Life or Antz
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jill, go away. Who is paying you and/or what is your pop-in motivation
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seventh Generation soap comes in plaatic bottles
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Humans have so much cultural power. There is enough wealth to do good for all. But, nope
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The person who gave us milk that won't kill you also came up with the rabies vaccine?
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it the same at casinos? You get special "status" and low-cost "incentives" because... you spend a lot of money
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel for you. The house we have "owned" for 18 years (!) has a backlog of maintenance that makes me ill. We will never catch up. And it was doomed from the very start. 🍋 indeed
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not that I would trust ...
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I heard "bad." Free market lol. Everyone interferes all the time. They do so based on what the young folks call "vibes." My-age folks just call it a poorly disguised scam over and over
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm going to ask in KC, b/c the pre-order link did not seem to show a "pre-order" button on the S&S page, just "buy elsewhere" links
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Love @mongabay.com . Wait, what -- folks are still capturing wild animals legally? Expletive fluffy chickens. Can we just leave wild animals alone?
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm old enough to be a grandparent, but these candies were rare in my youth, and I like the texture, size, and citrus flavors. They are still not easy to find, or I would have been bolstering the market (now will seek and hoard) ... Sour Patch Kids are a poor substitute
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have always liked them!
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But many things we do are not safe, either. Breathing air with smoke of any kind in it.(Candles, campfire, city, etc). Eating food with ___ in it. Everything carries a risk factor, and it just is a matter of things adding up over time + other risk factors
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No amount is 100% safe
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Translates to: "Cake!"
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Antiquity 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/...
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"Rusty Treasure": Europe's Largest Trove of Iron Age Iron Bars Found
During 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…
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Internalized ...
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not important. But crowd surfing was an interesting way to trust strangers youtu.be/-UE7tXDKIus?... back when
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R.E.M. - Drive (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 20/09/2026
Ballot 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.
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To Protect Direct Democracy, Two States Mull a New Approach: Name It As a Right - Bolts
Ballot 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.
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Although here in the mid-Midwest (Kansas City), it's been 90°-100°F for 3 weeks, so the later sunrises and sunsets feel wrong/ are knocking me for 6
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Boots on the Ground Midwest @bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Katsiaryna 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.
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The 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
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A 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
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sometimes, I buy colors, too = aspirational clothes. Sometimes I don't wear all black. But if you don't like how you look in those jewel tones, donate, then go into the thrift store, and get different shirts. We all know there are plenty of unworn clothes in the 2nd-hand shops. We both proved it
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Abortion is healthcare. Ectopic pregnancies are not viable and require intervention
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why doesn't he use a device that plugs until socially acceptable to release?
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
29 years later, I want to have a child and feel ready (wise?) enough to minimize any damage. Can't, though. Also, things are grim
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They could pay for it and demand no control
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's what generative A.I. trained on
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A cat lying down on the decorative part of a staircase. The sun is shining in from the back of the cat. Cat is orange. Wood is oak looking golden. Generally monochromatic in the orange category
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I also have had encounters with nurse-level staff who were not people of science. It's not encouraging. I do not know how to affect it
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Humans 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
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
By 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<<
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A real deal. Bye, Dolly. Not fair
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I hate the things humans chose to do
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sex, vodka, beach
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Is this a way to get Vietnamese and Cuban citizens to vote more Republican? This is neither irony nor hyperbole. Help!
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Good
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just 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
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are 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<<
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Me too. These seem to be the kind of thing in cereals like Lucky Charms, and now I wish I were younger/ more sugar tolerant!
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do these rates match the relative mortality of other mammals' (or any animal)? Today or in the past. I'm so curious about this now
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Biologists, 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)?
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I 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...
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Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors
Rescue 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...
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Tracy of KC @tracyabeln.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'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!"
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