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STUDY: “Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter.”
Follow great scientists here like @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 AM
STUDY: “Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter.”
Follow great scientists here like @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
Follow great scientists here like @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
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"This is not what our Founders wanted. I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject."
Lol. What? Is there footage of Trump in some library looking over SCOTUS arguments or the Founders correspondence?
Lol. What? Is there footage of Trump in some library looking over SCOTUS arguments or the Founders correspondence?
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
"This is not what our Founders wanted. I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject."
Lol. What? Is there footage of Trump in some library looking over SCOTUS arguments or the Founders correspondence?
Lol. What? Is there footage of Trump in some library looking over SCOTUS arguments or the Founders correspondence?
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The most corrupt pro-Putin president in US history endorses the most corrupt pro-Putin leader in Europe.
February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The most corrupt pro-Putin president in US history endorses the most corrupt pro-Putin leader in Europe.
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Could we please stop pretending that Secretary Rubio wanted to divert from what Vice President Vance said last year? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Could we please stop pretending that Secretary Rubio wanted to divert from what Vice President Vance said last year? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Rubio's speech is a toned-down version of what the US institutions have emanated for 12+ mos. A 15 min evocation of the white history of Euro-US relations, Colombo and colonisers get a cheer, 20th c migration cancelled, 21st c "mass" migration demonized. And ofc climate change being called a cult.
February 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Rubio's speech is a toned-down version of what the US institutions have emanated for 12+ mos. A 15 min evocation of the white history of Euro-US relations, Colombo and colonisers get a cheer, 20th c migration cancelled, 21st c "mass" migration demonized. And ofc climate change being called a cult.
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So much of the GOP’s project seems to be about restoring their idea of the mid-century US industrial base while dismantling the policies that made people feel fondly about it and made it viable
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
So much of the GOP’s project seems to be about restoring their idea of the mid-century US industrial base while dismantling the policies that made people feel fondly about it and made it viable
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We live in an age of medical miracles and we have a federal government who wants to burn the miracle workers.
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 AM
We live in an age of medical miracles and we have a federal government who wants to burn the miracle workers.
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The Trump effort to help Larry Ellison build state television (including this new fake DOJ investigation) will try to piggyback on the other two, and I suspect the press and dem lawmakers won't do a particularly good job making any of this clear
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Trump effort to help Larry Ellison build state television (including this new fake DOJ investigation) will try to piggyback on the other two, and I suspect the press and dem lawmakers won't do a particularly good job making any of this clear
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I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
🧵A bit on why academics fell in with Epstein. When I started graduate school ages ago, I quickly realized the importance of money. I knew the work was more important, but money was a necessary ingredient for career success.
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
🧵A bit on why academics fell in with Epstein. When I started graduate school ages ago, I quickly realized the importance of money. I knew the work was more important, but money was a necessary ingredient for career success.
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🚲📖😍: 'Boah, was für ein Fahrrad!?' von #Krashkid - ein Kinderbuch, das Radkultur feiert!
Loki will sich ein Rad bauen, aber welches? Die Antwort: ALLE sind möglich!
ankerwechsel.de/shop/boah-wa...
Nominiert für den Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis 2025
#Booksky #Fahrradkultur #Kinderbuch #ankerwechsel
Loki will sich ein Rad bauen, aber welches? Die Antwort: ALLE sind möglich!
ankerwechsel.de/shop/boah-wa...
Nominiert für den Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis 2025
#Booksky #Fahrradkultur #Kinderbuch #ankerwechsel
Boah, was für ein Fahrrad!? – Ankerwechsel Verlag
In „Boah, was für ein Fahrrad!?“ trifft Loki auf lauter verrückte Fahrräder – ein farbenfrohes Kinderbuch von Caspar David Engstfeld (aka Krashkid).
ankerwechsel.de
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
🚲📖😍: 'Boah, was für ein Fahrrad!?' von #Krashkid - ein Kinderbuch, das Radkultur feiert!
Loki will sich ein Rad bauen, aber welches? Die Antwort: ALLE sind möglich!
ankerwechsel.de/shop/boah-wa...
Nominiert für den Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis 2025
#Booksky #Fahrradkultur #Kinderbuch #ankerwechsel
Loki will sich ein Rad bauen, aber welches? Die Antwort: ALLE sind möglich!
ankerwechsel.de/shop/boah-wa...
Nominiert für den Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis 2025
#Booksky #Fahrradkultur #Kinderbuch #ankerwechsel
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404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.
www.404media.co
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
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I get that everyone who is in the know knows this already but I am quite happy for a publication to be surfacing it again, especially for readers who may not be aware
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I get that everyone who is in the know knows this already but I am quite happy for a publication to be surfacing it again, especially for readers who may not be aware
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here's the thing. do data centers use far less water than ag? yes, absolutely, and ag is horribly wasteful in much of the country. but is adding a lot of water use *in places hydrogeologically not equipped* a smart call?
"We have no way of reconciling what these cases will do to water supplies."
New from Miranda Williamson: The world’s largest artificial intelligence data center complex is being built in Amarillo, and it’s almost seven times the size of Central Park.
New from Miranda Williamson: The world’s largest artificial intelligence data center complex is being built in Amarillo, and it’s almost seven times the size of Central Park.
The Texas AI Boom is Outpacing Water Regulations
Each data center can “drink” as much as an entire community. Yet, Texas does not require these tech firms to disclose projected or actual water consumption.
www.texasobserver.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
here's the thing. do data centers use far less water than ag? yes, absolutely, and ag is horribly wasteful in much of the country. but is adding a lot of water use *in places hydrogeologically not equipped* a smart call?
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it's just so fucking obvious, can we please move forward from the lame defense of this sack of sour milk and mothballs
"Schumer needs to get the hell out": House Democrats fume over DHS funding talks
"The main feeling among members is a lack of trust in his strength and ability to strike a hard bargain."
www.axios.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
it's just so fucking obvious, can we please move forward from the lame defense of this sack of sour milk and mothballs
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Textbook Negotiating 101 in action here, boys and girls: Start with a half-assed useless but politically “sensible” proposal, then start backtracking immediately and making concessions before you even get to the table. This is how it’s done!
"except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances" is a big enough loophole for a family of elephants to walk through. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats Ease Up On 1 Of Their Biggest ICE Demands
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Textbook Negotiating 101 in action here, boys and girls: Start with a half-assed useless but politically “sensible” proposal, then start backtracking immediately and making concessions before you even get to the table. This is how it’s done!
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Tooting the horn again, but I wrote a whole book about this. Tom Homan has been promising this.
Wait wait wait, this "drawdown" is because sheriffs agreed to break state law to help DHS with nazi crimes on the stipulation their legal costs are covered when people rightly say hey fucko thats illegal? This isn't a drawdown, it is just replacing some DHS goons with regular cops
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Tooting the horn again, but I wrote a whole book about this. Tom Homan has been promising this.
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Some folks brains will just never be healed from the ravages of car brain. Probably not a good idea to give those folks power over our cities. #CarBrain
Councillor James Pasternak says providing visitor parking is an important part of dealing with "chronic loneliness." Councillors Cheng and Holyday also brought up parking as a way to make people feel less lonely.
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Some folks brains will just never be healed from the ravages of car brain. Probably not a good idea to give those folks power over our cities. #CarBrain
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this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
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we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM
we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
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Call your reps and say how unacceptable this is - these are all things DHS is *already supposed to be doing*
Call your reps, tell them it’s defund abolish and prosecute and nothing less.
Call your reps, tell them it’s defund abolish and prosecute and nothing less.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Call your reps and say how unacceptable this is - these are all things DHS is *already supposed to be doing*
Call your reps, tell them it’s defund abolish and prosecute and nothing less.
Call your reps, tell them it’s defund abolish and prosecute and nothing less.
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We ask that the secret police engaged in a program of ethnic cleansing do so with greater transparency.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
We ask that the secret police engaged in a program of ethnic cleansing do so with greater transparency.
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov please tell me EXACTLY what a body cam is gone do for this baby girl.
Put it in record . Because I want it read at your reckoning
Put it in record . Because I want it read at your reckoning
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov please tell me EXACTLY what a body cam is gone do for this baby girl.
Put it in record . Because I want it read at your reckoning
Put it in record . Because I want it read at your reckoning
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Shapiro thinks he’s somehow protecting and defending the Jewish community. I got news for you, bud.
Gov. Josh Shapiro called District Attorney Larry Krasner's comparison of ICE agents to Nazis "abhorrent." Krasner responded that Shapiro is "not meeting the moment."
Philly DA Larry Krasner says ‘don’t be a wimp’ after Gov. Josh Shapiro decried his comparison of ICE agents to Nazis
www.inquirer.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Shapiro thinks he’s somehow protecting and defending the Jewish community. I got news for you, bud.