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Gail Williams

@wellgail.bsky.social
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Community, nature, pix, writing, fine beer. Northern California

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So sad to hear that the iconic, trailblazing, Apollo 11 moon landing software engineering lead, Margaret Hamilton, is no longer with us. Love this image of her, standing next to a print out of the software that landed Buzz Aldrin and Neil Amstrong on the moon! 👩‍🔬🔭🛰️🧪 ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A woman looking very cool in a 70's dress standing next to a massive pile of very thick books
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I never thought “fight for the first amendment” would be on my must do list.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are great story opportunities here for major media outlets. Pull together the fact check team and get it all buttoned up. I wish I knew a hashtag used for journalists looking for stories. But I think most journalists have a fire hose of info pointing at them and are overwhelmed
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Agreed. Looking for a published article explaining this. Any ideas?
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Agreed. Looking for a published article with this analysis- know of any?
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow this is an old post. Came up in a search for bubble today (late 2026). Can you link to any recent sept/oct 2026 articles that lay it out? Looking for solid thinking
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ugh. Agreed. Is there a published article I can refer to to pass this along to friends?
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excellent. Is there an article somewhere that shares this view that I could point to? I was just telling a friend that I think Ai sector wants the sort of government deal that nuclear energy got - they don’t need to pay for insurance for any harm - the taxpayers are on the hook.
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heather champ @hchamp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Have you checked to see if you are registered to vote in the upcoming midterm elections? If you’re eligible to vote and not registered, there’s still time. www.vote.org/voter-regist...
Hands holding square Stainglass piece that has the word VOTE in pink glass
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Strangely, though we can’t literally visualize things, we can be full of creative ideas and often have creative careers. Not sure “no imagination” is a reasonable description!
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ai astroturfing theintercept.com/2026/09/17/f...
theintercept.com
Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support
As Knoxville residents soured on Flock, the company got help from Neighbors for Strong Communities, a group accused of “astroturfing.”
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Question - might it have been the implication of “not ok” even if not a real life usage - (Mexican slang - see spanishunraveled.com/va-meaning-s... )
spanishunraveled.com
‘Va’ Meaning in Spanish
In short – ‘va’ is the third person singular of the verb ‘ir’ and literally means ‘he / she goes’. In Mexican Spanish, however, ‘va’ is also an informal way
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Imagine if you just gave mathematicians 22 million dollars
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How can we make this happen?
Democrats should introduce legislation National Paid by Sick and parental Leave and call it the Mitch act. If he can be paid while missing his Senate job…
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David Gans @dgans.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#theywillkillyouformoney
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Woman holds sign saying “Somebody explain why the rule is ‘if you can’t make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts’ bout it’s never ‘if you can’t afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets and spaceships “
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We talked about possible heating of the planet in 74 in a geography course I took, but I had no idea the risk looked significant to Shell in the 60s! Knowingly killing us all for profit.
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Rhode PVD @rhodepvd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Little Free Pantry update: It’s been 9 months since I flipped from books to food. Never expected to go on this long. Been wondering if I should maybe change back. But I found a hand written note yesterday, “Thank you. You’ve kept me fed during some hard times.” Ok then, let’s keep going.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is what it looks like to take wildlife collisions seriously. There are >40 wildlife overpasses and underpasses with fencing along the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff, Alberta. They’ve reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions by 80%, saving human & animal lives while promoting connected ecosystems.
Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
he doesn’t know passports are given to people who already live here does he
the rotting hulk of a carcass who’s currently befouling the oval office posted a photo of a new US passport showing him comically glowering next to an image of the signing of the declaration of independence, and he captioned it: 

The U.S.A.'s New Passport, which says, "Welcome, but be good!" President DJT
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Well, shit.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Astonishingly able to capture the feeling of dreams in her artwork - thanks for finding this one!
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Japan is building a wind and solar hybrid platform in the open ocean — so the two technologies can share a single foundation and generate power around the clock. It produces a more consistent 24-hour electricity output than either technology alone #ActOnClimate #Renewables #ClimateActionNow
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It gets worse.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
So blatant
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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In case you have forgotten who Andy Kim is, he’s the rep who came into the Capitol building after Trump’s J6 goons had trashed it, got down in his hands and knees, and cleaned it up. And ICE have gassed him. They have peppersprayed the true patriot who thinks American ideals are worth defending.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A privacy and surveillance project for activists
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
It’s California Poppy season in the coastal region. Happy day to moms of all species and to all flowers to delight them.
California poppy - bright orange, with two nearby buds still in their caps, soon to open as well
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
commondreams.org
Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time | Common Dreams
One advocate said the Texas Republican laid bare the "two-pronged strategy to push Social Security privatization: Creating the Trump accounts with one hand and gutting the Social Security Administrati...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
These are actual Freedom Riders, now elderly, sitting together decades after risking their lives to challenge segregation in the American South. On May 4, 1961, they rode buses south to defy illegal segregation in terminal facilities.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congratulations Tom Steyer for receiving the most highly coveted endorsement a California Democrat could hope for.
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Sofia @sofiafsantos.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#NASA is racing to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon. It's "safe" and "reliable". Well... in 1964 the US satellite SNAP‑9A failed, its plutonium power source burned up on re‑entry, spreading Pu‑238 worldwide which was, in later risk models, tied to thousands of extra cancers. 🧵
wired.com
NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, a long-term study shows. The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80. The results contradict RFK Jr. statements.
nbcnews.com
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Remembering the question in the Cat Stevens song Trouble: “What makes the light in your dreams?”
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If you are told you can't vote at the polls, your LEGAL response must be: 👇 “Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.” 🗳️ Share widely! 🗳️
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Shocking and harmful on so many levels. In the fog of war, terrible damage to our public lands.
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grammyunfiltered.bsky.social @grammyunfiltered.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
this very act of treason places all of america, all us bases across the world, and all service members at risk. It removes any of our allies to want to come to our aid… the fact our congress is NOT moving to immediate impeachment of the entire administrator makes them co-conspirators
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Deploying ICE at airports is to normalize their transition from being a special operation targeting immigrants to being an entity that polices all. This is the production of the American Gestapo, one institution at a time.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 27/03/2026
Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
Mr. Buria chastised the Army secretary for selecting Maj. Gen.
Antoinette R. Gant, a combat engineer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, to take command of the Military District of Washington, said three current and former defense and
administration officials familiar with the exchange. The command provides security and performs ceremonial duties in the nation's
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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A juvenile Chimango Caracara and its mom 💕 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 🧵 #birds #Chile
A portrait of a juvenile Chimango Caracara against a light green and yellow background. An adult female Chimango Caracara standing on a branch against a dark green background.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Forests in all their manifestations- how do you respond?
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Cathartic singalong from my neighbor Erik Walker and his band for the days leading up to this No Kings Day. The FU song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-3p...
youtube.com
The F U Song
YouTube video by Foznor's Place
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
There’s something about theocracies at war …
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
And then in off-planet news we get the wonderful snapshots of northern lights on Jupiter. Our sun is able to stir up the ions way out there, too. Nice!
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Jessa @writerjessa.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Happy tyrant assassination day!
An e-card that reads, "People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups."
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Never fund DHS again. Abolish it completely. If someone wants to moan about "but but we have to ____" yeah fine we can discuss a new department, but *this* department has to go.
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Gail Williams @wellgail.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#deletechatgpt
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