troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 26myeah, impeachments, even if they fail, are important because they set the historical record but more importantly in the immediate term, they suck up energy the guy could otherwise use to wage war or enrich himself via more theft of the public 062
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 6hmessaging based on moral imperative and environmental impact rather than disgust and fear? interesting, i guess. whatever ends the practice, i’m not trying to bicker 000
Reposted by troy farahSalon.com @salon.com · 09/10/2026A Democrat and a Republican, both doctors, say there’s one health care fix Congress can agree on: reining in insurers’ prior authorization denials.salon.comA health reform both parties can get behindHolding insurers accountable could be a point of agreement in a divided Washington 134
Reposted by troy farahTuta @tuta.com · 21hCheck out this cool open source tool that removes or disables unwanted AI components like Copilot, Recall, and other AI tools from Windows. 👏 Don't let Big Tech track you!💪🏼 ➡️ www.opensourceprojects.dev/post/c54eaf7... 42674301
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 14hAstaxanthin is a natural and safe to consume terpene, they are trying to make it seem scary here, which won’t work on anyone who can google. We should end factory farming and stop the suffering of these fish but not because of the pigment… 110
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 14hway past time to acknowledge he has no interest in ending the Iran war or bringing down the cost of living because he profits from the chaos. @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/10/10/t...salon.comTrump gets richer while gas prices soarThe Iran war and energy crisis aren’t problems for the president. They’re a business model 000
Reposted by troy farahKrista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 09/10/2026How do you bite into an egg without using your teeth? You turn your vertebrae into knives. 3192
Reposted by troy farahSalon.com @salon.com · 09/10/2026A bounty on 1,000 fish hearts is as barbaric as it sounds.salon.comLeave the Greenland sharks aloneA bounty on 1,000 fish hearts is as barbaric as it sounds 13812
Reposted by troy farahpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026objectively pro-diarrhea regime 426887
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026wrote about my love for sharks www.salon.com/2026/10/09/l...salon.comLeave the Greenland sharks aloneA bounty on 1,000 fish hearts is as barbaric as it sounds 033
Reposted by troy farahRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️ 15259071564
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026just pure theft www.reuters.com/business/ene...reuters.comUS seizes $3 million in fuel shipments to Cuba as crackdown continuesThe US said on Wednesday it had seized 90 separate shipments of biodiesel bound for Cuba worth nearly $3 million, the second time in a week US authorities have announced the seizure of "illegal" fuel... 000
Reposted by troy farahSalon.com @salon.com · 08/10/2026Holding insurers accountable could be a point of agreement in a divided Washington.salon.comA health reform both parties can get behindHolding insurers accountable could be a point of agreement in a divided Washington 032
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026nothing in the image references solving a problem. having names for behaviors or traits can be very useful for other reasons. 120
Reposted by troy farahAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.nytimes.comTrump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary. 1991555847
Reposted by troy farahProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026NEW: America’s largest professional group of pediatricians has renewed its call for a nationwide ban on raw dairy products, warning of the serious health risks, particularly for children, as well as pregnant and immunocompromised people.propublica.orgAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw MilkCiting the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut... 672429944
Reposted by troy farahCephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Coconut Octopuses (Amphioctopus marginatus) are known to use tools. They will carry around shells in order to deploy them as a mobile shelter. It's nice to have some armour when you're a soft and squishy mollusk They also are known to sometimes walk around on two limbs. Take that Plato! #OCTOtober 29634
Reposted by troy farahArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 07/10/2026arstechnica.comPA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminatedPennsylvania reported 1,066 outbreak-linked cases on Wednesday. 30618349
Reposted by troy farahMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96114652661
Reposted by troy farahBernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There’s some lovely colours out there… #FungiFriends 327730
Reposted by troy farah404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:404media.coWatch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock." 321013582
Reposted by troy farahKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8536932210
Reposted by troy farahArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 07/10/2026As bipartisan backlash against Flock grows, some cities are asking anti-surveillance advocates and media outlets to pay eye-popping fees to get information about how police departments are using and potentially abusing AI-enabled camera systems: arstechnica.visitlink.me/LYylZfarstechnica.visitlink.meTexas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usagePrices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells. 38642339
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026ah i miss the rabbitbrush but in illinois we have goldenrod this time of year, for some reason they seem similar 110
Reposted by troy farahCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 8140231015
Reposted by troy farahAinsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026tiny brown creatures who all kind of look the same and you can only tell them apart by dissecting the genitalia? CHIPMUNKS ARE NOW BEETLES 213827
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026jfc www.npr.org/2026/10/07/n...npr.orgOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 000
Reposted by troy farahStevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Beautiful but so delicate - Porcelain Fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) in Hampshire today 7/10/26 #fungi 417915
Reposted by troy farahCephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Blue-ringed octopuses (genus Hapalochlaena) are the only cephalopod whose venomous bite is potent enough to kill a human. However, they are docile and won't bite unless provoked or hunting. So keep your distance and don't make them feel threatened or be a crustacean and you'll be safe. #OCTOtober 49228
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026some good news www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caJudge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC NewsA B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs. 020
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026wrote about how tech bros want to turn us all into NPCs while giving AI rights @salon.com salon-crashcourse.beehiiv.com/p/super-inte...salon-crashcourse.beehiiv.comSuper intelligence is super stupidPlus: Pete Hegseth's holy war on "weirdos" targets most Americans 021
Reposted by troy farahphillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reminded, today, of this poem by Thomas Lux 14916
Reposted by troy farahLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The same chuds who swear they're protecting women's sports but ridicule Jack Smith for being a Caitlyn Clark fan. 13214
Reposted by troy farahBernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Twig Parachute everywhere after the rain. Marasmiellus ramealis. #FungiFriends 220643
Reposted by troy farahArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026More than two dozen lawsuits have accused the industry of deceiving the public about climate change, with claims seeking potentially billions in damages to help pay the costs imposed by climate-related extreme weather: arstechnica.visitlink.me/hjlfqvarstechnica.visitlink.meBig Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trialOil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims. 22915
Reposted by troy farah404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.404media.coLawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media CoverageSenator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers. 271326483
troy farah @troyfarah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026was reading the byline on this, "Al Root" and thought it was an AI article but apparently it's by someone named Allen Root who appears to be a real person... it's only Tuesday? what a long week. Anyway, i really thought only a bot could write a headline this shitty www.barrons.com/articles/spa...barrons.comSpaceX Stock Jumps 7.6%. It’s Now a Super Intelligence Company.The tech industry has renamed things to fall in line with the Trump administration. 010
Reposted by troy farahSarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026RIP and thank you for your work! 🐢news.mongabay.comSabine Schoppe who built a refuge for Palawan’s forest turtles has diedGerman biologist Sabine Schoppe, who built a refuge for endangered Palawan forest turtles and led their conservation, has died at 63. 073
Reposted by troy farahElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 06/10/2026Let’s be clear: this isn’t about removing access to an infringing work–that already exists via the DMCA. It is about making an entire website inaccessible for everyone trying to visit it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgSite-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s NameThere has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the 19739