Reposted by WeaverbirdSen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 01/07/2024Administrative agencies: very dangerous, must be line edited by Matthew Kaczmaryk President: operates behind a curtain, no peeking 451898 518
Reposted by WeaverbirdJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 29/06/2024God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."inquirer.comTo serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial BoardBiden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump. 251425439 1.4K
Reposted by WeaverbirdManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 27/06/2024In preparation for the Biden and Trump presidential debate today. 17221 72
Reposted by WeaverbirdYell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 22/06/2024the planet is on fire and people can’t afford air conditioning, surely this is the time to come up with a technology nobody asked for and nobody wants then dedicate all the electricity to maintaining it 301821855 1.8K
Reposted by WeaverbirdMary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 23/06/2024It is my personal opinion that menopausal hot flashes are the last of one's fucks burning up. 1967098 670
Reposted by WeaverbirdPawluh @pawluh.bsky.social · 22/06/2024I put tennis balls out on the patio to see if the baby raccoons would play with them and... 382319332 2.3K
Reposted by WeaverbirdDavid Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 18/06/2024I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless. 15174212424 7.4K
Reposted by Weaverbirdjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/06/2024one of my deep seated beliefs is that elephants are one of the other high level intelligences on this planet and that if there is a judgment day humanity will be held to account for our crimes against them www.theguardian.com/science/arti...theguardian.comElephants call each other by name, study findsResearchers used artificial intelligence algorithm to analyse calls by two herds of African savanna elephants in Kenya 1183352584 3.4K
Reposted by WeaverbirdSteve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social · 04/06/2024Don't worry kids, it's just an awkward coincidence that major news outlets like @washingtonpost.com and @thedailybeast.bsky.social are replacing their top editors with right-wing propagandists before the most fraught election in American history. 271494656 1.5K
Reposted by WeaverbirdMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 03/06/2024This is why book bans are on such a steep incline. The far right extremists who organize them are capitalizing on easily inflamed bigotries to defund institutions of public learning bc it's the most effective and cheapest way to cling to their power. 2645229 645
Reposted by WeaverbirdKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 03/06/2024Just fold the studio into Disney and kill it already. Make Toy Story sequels till the sun fucking burns out. Love how this shift conveniently happened when more woman/POC were really pushing to direct their own stories. Defining their experiences as not "universal" is saying the quiet part aloud. 1752735735 2.7K
Reposted by WeaverbirdRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/05/2024TRUMP: If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. Yes. If you commit 34 felonies by filing false business records to cover up election interference, you too can be convicted by a jury of your peers via the due process of our criminal justice system. 633670 336
Reposted by WeaverbirdDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 24/05/2024Richard Linklater's romantic thriller Hit Man is minor Linklater but major fun, w/ movie-star-in-the-making Glen Powell as a philosophy prof who moonlights as a fake contract killer (based on a real guy!). See it in theaters to show Netflix that, yes, we still like movies. slate.com/culture/2024...slate.comFinally, an Honest-to-Goodness Great New Rom-ComHit Man is actually funny, actually sexy, and announces the arrival of a major new movie star. 56810 68
Reposted by WeaverbirdAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/05/2024I hope people understand that what we are seeing is the systematic destruction of the civil war amendments by the Supreme Court, which are what made America and actual democracy and upon which all minority rights in the United States rely 4232941335 3.3K
Reposted by WeaverbirdNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/05/2024GOP campaigns staffed with young operatives who are into Nazi stuff is bad actually. Very charitable explanation of "just trolling" is still quite bad. Do you know what they called people who weren't into Hitler's worst ideas but backed him because they liked how it bothered people they hate? Nazis. 10632181 632
Reposted by WeaverbirdBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 20/05/2024Now I’m no tech visionary, but if I asked a very famous actress to provide the voice for my product and she turned me down, I would not simply use her voice anyway (Statement from Scarlett Johansson on OpenAI’s “Sky”) 571489346 1.5K
Weaverbird @weaverbird.bsky.social · 14/05/2024Ok, just *reading* this got my heart rate up. I can't even imagine how scary it was to be in that situation. Holy crap. 010 1
Reposted by WeaverbirdNPR @npr.org · 05/05/2024English actor Bernard Hill, best known for roles in Titanic and The Lord of the Rings, died on Sunday. He was 79.npr.orgBernard Hill, who starred in 'Titanic' and 'The Lord of the Rings,' dies at 79The English actor played Captain Edward John Smith in the 1997 film Titanic as well as King Théoden of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. 825663 256
Reposted by WeaverbirdDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/05/2024The people who complain about class warfare won the war - the richest 400 Americans now pay the same effective tax rate as the poorest half of America. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 511953814 2K
Reposted by WeaverbirdIPBES @ipbes.net · 04/05/2024#DYK it's rumored that the character design for Yoda was inspired by tarsiers? The resemblance is uncanny! Happy #StarWarsDay, and May the 4th (of nature) be with you. 🌍🧪 05116 51
Reposted by WeaverbirdMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/04/2024denver students chanting “i don’t see a riot here. why are you in riot gear?” at the cops assembled 161409414 1.4K
Reposted by WeaverbirdLaura L @lalalowe.bsky.social · 23/04/2024Happy 460th birthday to William Shakespeare! #literature #shakespeare 18549164 549
Reposted by WeaverbirdAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 22/04/2024They've done it! Voyager 1 is talking to NASA again. After 5 months of absolutely heroic efforts from the JPL team, they isolated a single faulty memory chip in one of the onboard computers. The coding workaround sounds both cunning and devious, and it's worked. 🥳🧪🔭 ℹ️: blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/blogs.nasa.govVoyager 10780225 780
Reposted by WeaverbirdKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/04/2024Now that Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley are calling for the National Guard to be deployed to Columbia, it's worth remembering what happened when the National Guard was deployed to Kent State and Jackson State some 54 years ago. New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS: open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...open.substack.comBloodlustThis afternoon, Senator Tom Cotton — whom you might remember from his previous principled stances like “drivers should simply assault left-wing protesters,” “the military should simply attack left-win... 34505162 505
Reposted by WeaverbirdJoseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 21/04/2024I sure did. And here’s what I said. 321177431 1.2K
Weaverbird @weaverbird.bsky.social · 20/04/2024Same - I store my yeast in the freezer and it works just fine for years and years. 010 1
Weaverbird @weaverbird.bsky.social · 20/04/2024Hope you feel better soon. You'll be missed, and welcomed back - when you're up to it - with rejoicing. 🤗 000 0