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AltNOAA also has a big ol' hard-on for AI, including using it to post straight up fake news, justified by it supposedly generating "emotions" about beluga whales. When challenged on how insane that stance is, AltNOAA spent the day doubling down and calling everyone "emotionally shallow."

AltNOAA: Beluga Whale Escapes Research Facility and Swims Hundreds of Miles Back To Her Baby.

It is wrong and immortal to hold brings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.

[AltNOAA attaches a hilariously obvious AI image of a beluga whale leaping out of an aquarium tank into the sea]

AltNOAA: Two types of people will see this. The first type is the emotionally shallow person who just sees AI and that's it for them. Everyone else will think about the emotions it creates for a self aware being they personally don't know and understand that cetacean captivity is wrong. I love it for this!

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 10h

It was on PBS in Iowa. bsky.app/profile/laur...

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sure diesel prices will drop... as soon as harvest is over.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 13h

Behind every cowardly man, there's a woman who will kill him for spending $100 grand on the US ambassador to Greece's AmEx bill.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's weird that people google something, then post a screenshot of the AI overview in the replies to a post as if they've contributed, right?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 06/10/2026

Not just them: Hamilton is one of 8* pastors, former pastors and seminarians running for Congress as Dems this year — 6 in tight races or likely to win. Hamilton and Haynes are both megapastors. Garriott and James are ordained clergy. (Talarico hasn't finished his MDiv, nor is he ordained.)

Candidate District/State Religious ID Party
James Talarico (seminarian) Texas PC(USA) Dem
Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3 ELCA Dem
Rev. Lindsay James IA-2 PC(USA) Dem
Rev. Freddie Haynes III TX-30 PNBC Dem
Pastor Robb Ryerse AR-3 Progressive evangelical (Source: us) Dem
Rev. Adam Hamilton Kansas UMC Dem
Rev. Emanuel Cleaver MO-5 UMC Dem
(Former Rev.) Anna Golladay TN-3 UMC Dem

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's so corny! I hope it's also effective.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If your local library offers magazines via Libby, Popeye is included.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

$1? You can't afford NOT to buy one!

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Called insurance company to complain again about the outrageous copay for the generic they made us switch to in January. Spent 40 minutes getting the run around. $700 every 8 weeks is untenable, especially when the brand name was free. If the dose was twice as often, the copay would be $250x2!

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 05/10/2026

A CNN piece this weekend: "Republicans are discussing pulling money from once-competitive races they see as too difficult to win," which includes #IA01, #NE02, and #NJ07 www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/p...

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lab-acquired infections happen. Only a small percent ever become public information, in part because they never need to. The plague thing is interesting and unfortunate, and also the pandemic risk of wild type Yersinia pestis in 2026 is indistinguishable from zero. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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https://ilona-andrews.com @ilonaandrews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We will not be attending Rare London 2027. We will still go to London. We just will not be at RARE. More to come on detailed plans. Also @aconnsw is an awesome charity, and they send you a very nice email when you donate to them. :) ilona-andrews.com/blog/going-t...

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Going to London. Not Going to RARE. - ILONA ANDREWS

You know things are bad when the "Zen" butterfly header shows up. A first time convention organizer made an LGBTQ+ book event in Melbourne, Australia. The event coincided in some way with RARE Austral...

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh: I really can’t emphasize enough how useful it is to check — literally right now, do it. Likely, it’s peace of mind in a couple of minutes. At worst, you still have time (barely) to remedy it.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are nearly 70 million Americans on Medicare. Less than ⅓ of them will receive this $90 "refund".

Q: Who will receive the Medicare Improvement Fund Premium Rebate?

A: The 20.8 million Americans in Original Medicare Part B who are: (1) Living in the United States, are (2) not receiving premium assistance from Medicaid; or, (3) not paying an Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount. Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage are not eligible.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What about the other 50 million Americans on Medicare? How will he choose which individuals get a check and which ones don't?

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What about the other 50 million Americans on Medicare? How will he choose which individuals get a check and which ones don't?

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are nearly 70 million Americans on Medicare, so less than half will get then checks (if they go out).

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks for the numbers. I was curious about how much folks were spending vs this one-time check, but I hadn't actually tried to look it up.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Medicare Part B premium is $2,435 this year, plus deductibles, coinsurance, and potential supplemental premiums. President Trump says he’s going to send $90 checks to Medicare beneficiaries.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What! Already? Is this her 100th book this year? (I know it's not out yet, but if it's available for pre-order, I assume she finished writing it.)

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Got followed by two "Julies". 1) report account as faie/bot 2) block everyone who followed "Julie" back 3) block "Julie"

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They could cap following at 1,500 total and not harm anyone. Even if you are a chronic doomscroller, you can't actually read that many posts every day.

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Daniel 🎮 @poordanrichard.com · 03/10/2026

Maybe the real Julie is the friends we made along the way

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 03/10/2026

Religion aside: There is a small (at least currently) subset of people who have sworn off AI use for religious reasons — and at least one has already gotten a work exemption from using it. www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...

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She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.

Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The results are mixed and depend on factors like climate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysi...

en.wikipedia.org

Analysis of daylight saving time - Wikipedia

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Everyone picking a side is wrong. No permanent DST or Standard time. Instead SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE! Best of both worlds. Let's fall back 30 minutes on November 1 and stay there.

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My beautiful sister everyone

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Virtual Voice is Amazon's AI voice narration product, which is why it's the only AI narration allowed on Audible. If other AI narration is used, the book cannot be sold on Audible, which is the biggest storefront. I assume most of the AI narrated books are also AI written, on Audible or otherwise.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Audible has a new AI "interactive feature" for some of its productions from it's Audible Originals branch. The first two titles are available. One is Bram Stoker's Dracula. Guess what the other one is. Go on. Guess.

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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

bsky.app/profile/star...

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Mike Behr @mabehr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Greenest President ever He cut global consumption of oil by 20%. No other president has come close!

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

26. The president, or someone acting on his behalf, gave the senator, via Grassley, text messages about Jack Smith's whereabouts that they all believed was evidence that was strong enough, at least by rightwing media standards, to smear Smith's integrity, thus preventing the truth from being clear.

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