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Holly Fletcher
@hollyfletcher.bsky.social
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i try to get people to read nerdy stuff on the internet • infra + healthcare • marimekko • sustainability • hopepunk • oatmilk • cat lady with a dog • Cather/LeGuin/Austen/Christie

a scone hates to see me coming

⚡️T2/ Pebble diaspora
⚡️Editorial director
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dell.bsky.social
no paywall
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Aug 7
NEW: Four National Guard armories were breached weeks apart in incidents previously undisclosed, with evidence pointing toward a possible inside job. Sensitive equipment was taken. We learned FBI took point, but it declined to confirm its involvement.

By me w/ records via @propertyofthepeople.org
Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Googles and More
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.
www.wired.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
hollyfletcher.bsky.social
fascinating and huge study into the origins of stuttering

I've been anxiously awaiting this @natgenet.nature.com piece from @piperbelow.bsky.social to publish!

news.vumc.org/2025/07/28/l...
🧪🧬

there are clips of the researchers talking about the findings and an animated vid w/study highlights
Large-scale study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins
Findings published in Nature Genetics point to 48 genes associated with stuttering and highlight neurological pathways of risk.
news.vumc.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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kylierobison.com
Really excited to share…. I’m joining @wired.com (!) as a senior correspondent covering the business of AI.

I start next Monday, based in SF. If you work in AI, lets grab coffee — get in touch with me via Signal @ kylie.01.
April 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
hollyfletcher.bsky.social
thinking about joining signal to see if i can get on hegseth's distribution chat. i have a little free time i could use to volunteer toward DoD wargames

civic duty, etc
April 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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bsky.app
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.

In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
Bluesky’s logo, a trusted verifier’s scalloped checkmark, and a standard verified blue check mark.
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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arkansasadvocate.com
Cuts to a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and food banks to buy fresh products from local farmers is affecting small farms across the country.

Reporting by @stateline.org
USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms • Arkansas Advocate
Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm.
buff.ly
April 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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joannastern.bsky.social
Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple?

And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone.

We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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harrymccracken.com
For this week’s Plugged In newsletter, I wrote about using Replit’s AI Agent to vibecode a new note-taking app called Doolee. It’s slick and full of useful features. And for now, at least, it has an audience of one: me. www.fastcompany.com/91309330/vib...
How I wrote the notes app of my dreams (no coding required)
The new phenomenon known as vibecoding lets you describe an app and have AI build it to your specifications. The results astounded me.
www.fastcompany.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
🚨NEW: NYSE OPENS.

DOW DROPS ANOTHER 1000 PTS

Winning.
A mosaic of company stock prices with everyone showing red
April 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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anitawadhwani.bsky.social
TVA to reapply for $800M nuclear funds after Department of Energy removes 'DEI' requirement www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...
TVA to reapply for $800M nuclear funds after Department of Energy removes 'DEI' requirement
TVA must resubmit a funding application for its Clinch River nuclear project to focus solely on "technical merit."
www.knoxnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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hollyfletcher.bsky.social
Tennessee governors and biz dev leaders have been on a years-long odyssey to woo foreign investment.

Offering incentives, including training programs to cultivate a workforce in some areas.

Paused, delayed investment from tariffs could be a blow to both urban and rural areas:
2024 TN ECD data
By-the-numbers page from the 2024 annual report that shows the TN ECD's success in 2024 in bringing foreign companies to the state. 51% rural areas, and 3 projects in 'distressed counties' Haywood and Hardeman. Each have vehemently struggled in recent decades and lost hospitals, jobs, workers.
April 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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hollyfletcher.bsky.social
1,000+ foreign companies have invested $47 billion+ in Tennessee and employ >161,900 people, per the TN ECD.

Screengrab from TN ECD shows the top countries with direct investment. France's Macron, today, asked French companies to pause investments
#TNleg #nashville
tnecd.com/advantages/i...
Screenshot from the TN ECD showing the top 10 countries with investments in Tennessee: Japan, Germany, Canada, UK, South Korea, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Italy, Ireland.
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
hollyfletcher.bsky.social
1,000+ foreign companies have invested $47 billion+ in Tennessee and employ >161,900 people, per the TN ECD.

Screengrab from TN ECD shows the top countries with direct investment. France's Macron, today, asked French companies to pause investments
#TNleg #nashville
tnecd.com/advantages/i...
Screenshot from the TN ECD showing the top 10 countries with investments in Tennessee: Japan, Germany, Canada, UK, South Korea, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Italy, Ireland.
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
hollyfletcher.bsky.social
You wouldn't know tariffs are a thing if you only read #Nashville journalism.
NADA on homepages. I checked.

HCA - up
Bridgestone - down
Dollar General - up
Oracle - down
Tractor Supply - up

Writing the reax, forward looking piece article in my head.
Once a biz reporter, always a biz reporter
April 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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michaelsderby.bsky.social
Goldman Sachs on current state of Republican policy making: “While we continue to think that personal and corporate tax changes that Congress is likely to pass will modestly boost growth, fiscal policy is unlikely to offset the hit from tariffs this year.”
March 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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skellyton27.bsky.social
new pharaoh just dropped.
March 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
hello ok i am awake what did i miss
tell me every thing
the classic windows xp wallpaper with your friend darth the red panda, a red panda wearing a darth vader outfit and with blue sky butterfly wings, flying above
March 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
yaledailynews.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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alexwitze.bsky.social
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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kattullus.bsky.social
Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer
Screenshot of a single question and answer from interview in the Times Literary Supplement with Ursula K. Le Guin. Here is the quote: If you could make a change to anything you’ve written over the years, what would it be? In The Dispossessed, I would mention the communal pickle barrels at street corners in the big towns, restocked by whoever in the community has made or kept more pickles than they need. I knew about the free pickles all along, but never could fit them into the book.
March 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Holy shit: the weirdo running Social Security added administrative burdens to service delivery in Maine after its Governor disagreed with Trump over trans athletes. The idea that public services should be provided consistently and honestly seems beyond them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
In another instance, the Social Security Administration briefly ended a contract that had allowed parents of newborn babies in Maine to sign their children up for a Social Security number at the hospital, instead requiring them to do so in person at an office. Mr. Dudek said he had ordered the move after watching Janet Mills, Maine’s Democratic governor, clash with Mr. Trump at the White House. He quickly reversed that decision, as well as another to end electronic death reporting in the state.
March 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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byerussell.com
A "clock wall” was designed to connect the old Sydney Central Station with the new Metro station, "a snapshot of an earlier technology that once ruled people’s lives."
In Pictures: Central Station’s hidden clocks
Central Station’s hidden clock tour, a mix of historical and modern clocks.
www.afr.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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rose.bsky.team
“In a JGPR study of media and govt officials, nearly 37% reported a ‘Greatly Decreased’ interaction rate on X, while an additional 11.7% noted a general decrease. In contrast, only 5.4% of respondents observed an increase in engagement.”

jgpr.net/twitter-surv...
March 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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lou-m-cypher.bsky.social
Like she really just sounded like this. All the time.
lizzslockeroom.bsky.social Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · Mar 24
Released in Europe only

Happy 40th Anniversary to "All At Once" by Whitney Houston, written by Jeffrey Osborne

🗣️All at once... the smile that used to greet me, brightens someone else's day... she took your smile away...
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM