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Victor R. Garza

@vrgarza.bsky.social
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Lecturer. Technologist. Writer.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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Pol Manning @polmanning.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Happy world hypnosis day
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Dr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica! If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
“A House of Dynamite” is all too plausible. I’m a nuke expert - and it scared the heck out of me. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month. -Credits: NASA
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Beef prices are at record highs, and industry experts say could stay that way into 2026 and beyond. Ground beef averaged $6.12 a pound in June, up nearly 12% from a year ago, according to federal data released this week. Steak prices jumped 8% year-over-year, per the latest Consumer Price Index.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris. Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
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The Halo-Halo Librarian 🇵🇭🇺🇲👩🏽‍💻📚 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
repost from @Facebook 1.7M | Alex Partridge on Reels
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
a while ago someone said all men think about the roman empire every day. i only think about the romans a couple times a week max but I think about the 1988 john carpenter movie "They Live" at least once a day
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
how we envisioned the dark future: you wear leather and buy brain stims from a small store in an alley. your wrist computer helps you hack actual dark future: your $89 pants rip after 8 wears. adderall shortage. your wrist computer makes you stand up hourly and buzzes with email from your boss
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
When he typed this, S&P had just downgraded the US bc of GOP govt shutdowns. Yesterday, Moody’s downgraded the US bc of GOP govt policies.
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WizardAFA @wizardafa.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 17/05/2025
The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity: 1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas… 2) enabled by Engineering Innovations… 3) based on Science Research in Universities… 4) funded by Grants from the US Government. It’s time more people understood this.
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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Beethoven, but make it ‘purr’fection. #Cats hitting the notes, channeling their inner Ludwig Van 'Beeth-o-vin'!
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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Perspective changes everything. [Ars Mathermatica]
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
As far as I’m concerned, #Caturday iz everyday!😂😂
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Das Ganon @dasganon.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Relevant XKCD: xkcd.com/1319/
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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 05/04/2025
I don't know why my washer and dryer sing a song about trout when they finish their jobs, but it brings me joy so I appreciate it nonetheless.
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Schubert: "Die Forelle" (Fischer-Dieskau, Moore)
YouTube video by FiDiTanzer528
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/04/2025
Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk
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Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk
Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease. Health records of more than 280,000 older adults revealed that those who received a largely discontinued shingles vaccine called Zostavax were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next seven years than those who went without. Continue reading...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/02/2025
This hits hard… “Then she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.” You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Eggs and Milk and Gas Oh My
Are we really better off under a Trump Administration?
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Fam @worldismyoyster.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Baby steps...starting here...not a GOD DAMN PENNY SPENT BY me + 1
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I’m so tired of him as well.
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Capt Chris @capt-chris.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I would love to be in Kyiv when the last Russian leaves Ukrainian soil. Holy hell, what a nation-wide party will be held! Afterwards, in honor of the fallen and the legacy of Jimmy Carter, I would to strap on a tool belt and help rebuild. #SlavaUkraini #DefendDemocracy #NATO #NAFOFella #JimmyCarter
Picture: Ukrainian soldier with mud on their face, staring straight into the camera.

Title: Person of the Year, Ukrainian Defenders.
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Negan @rogernegan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
This
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Study links poor indoor air quality to COVID clusters. "Taiwanese medical researchers have linked air quality in kindergarten classrooms to increased risk of COVID-19 cluster infections, a research paper published in the journal Indoor Air showed." Study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Study links poor indoor air quality to COVID clusters - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Brooklyn Rousseau 🏳️‍⚧️ @gothicwtf.eurosky.social · 24/12/2024
Art of a gnome throwing a Molotov cocktail
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
US COVID update: Dec 23, 2024 🔸1 in 79 people currently infected 🔸606,000 new daily infections 🔸4,242,000 new weekly infections "There is more transmission today than during 59.2% of the pandemic." #COVID19US #COVIDisntOVER Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...
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♘ 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 千尺丨几Ꮆ乇 ☘️⚔️ @irish-pickle.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Dead Reckons @gregreckons.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Them: Do one thing every day that makes you uncomfortable. Me: *gets out of bed*
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Good one.
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Me: this show is boring. Boss: Again, this is a zoom conference
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Grant Tanaka @granttanaka.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Me: I have a very particular set of skills, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you Kidnappers: like what Me: what? Kidnappers: like what skills Me: [covering mouthpiece] omg he's asking what skills Wife: ffs
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Government shutdowns not only are demoralizing to federal workers, Soriano said, but recovery takes a long time. “It takes time and effort to put a shutdown into place. It takes even more time to address all the deficiencies created by a shutdown.”
apnews.com
Government funding difficulties create gloom for federal workers before Christmas
Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents.
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation
President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Nothing to see here, folks. No special favors to anyone we know.
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Land doesn’t vote. Stop pretending it does.
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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1-star McDonald’s reviews and sympathetic merch: Companies try to stop online support for CEO killer suspect | CNN Business
After police found the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” printed on shell casings near the site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down, merchandise bearing those words started to ...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters — theonion.com/assad-return...
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Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one ...
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Victor R. Garza @vrgarza.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Trump’s DOJ secretly obtained records of his FBI pick Kash Patel, lawmakers, staffers and media in leak investigations | CNN Politics
The Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 staffers – including Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI – during sweeping leak i...
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who wishes the media would grow a spine and learn to interview the lying piece of shit properly the way Barbara Walters did fearlessly back in the day. She was prepared for his lies and HANDLED him. Stop sanewashing his crazy bullshit.
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