Kate
@k8droste.bsky.social
reading, baking, art, archaeology, museums, sparkles, birds, politics
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Artemis II is at the pad! This is a huge, huge milestone for this mission, this team, and the Agency that I'm proud and privileged to be a part of. While you're enjoying looking at the rocket I’m here to make you a SCIENCE thread! 🧪🔭⚒️🛰️🌔🪐🪨🩸 #planetsci 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center
YouTube video by NASA
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Artemis II is at the pad! This is a huge, huge milestone for this mission, this team, and the Agency that I'm proud and privileged to be a part of. While you're enjoying looking at the rocket I’m here to make you a SCIENCE thread! 🧪🔭⚒️🛰️🌔🪐🪨🩸 #planetsci 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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Why is oil-covered debris washing up on Florida’s beaches when there’s no spill in sight? A new WHOI study found that the tar-stained trash likely traveled about 5,300 miles after a massive oil spill off the coast of Brazil.
👣 Follow the oily trail: go.whoi.edu/tn-oil
👣 Follow the oily trail: go.whoi.edu/tn-oil
January 17, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Why is oil-covered debris washing up on Florida’s beaches when there’s no spill in sight? A new WHOI study found that the tar-stained trash likely traveled about 5,300 miles after a massive oil spill off the coast of Brazil.
👣 Follow the oily trail: go.whoi.edu/tn-oil
👣 Follow the oily trail: go.whoi.edu/tn-oil
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The High Seas Treaty is officially in effect! 🌊🎉🌎
TODAY, the UN’s #BBNJ Treaty becomes international law, protecting areas of the global ocean beyond any nation’s control.
👉Learn more about the road to protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 and #60toGlobal from the @highseasalliance.bsky.social!
TODAY, the UN’s #BBNJ Treaty becomes international law, protecting areas of the global ocean beyond any nation’s control.
👉Learn more about the road to protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 and #60toGlobal from the @highseasalliance.bsky.social!
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The High Seas Treaty is officially in effect! 🌊🎉🌎
TODAY, the UN’s #BBNJ Treaty becomes international law, protecting areas of the global ocean beyond any nation’s control.
👉Learn more about the road to protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 and #60toGlobal from the @highseasalliance.bsky.social!
TODAY, the UN’s #BBNJ Treaty becomes international law, protecting areas of the global ocean beyond any nation’s control.
👉Learn more about the road to protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 and #60toGlobal from the @highseasalliance.bsky.social!
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Re: Greenland, sacrificing soft power you can use to control the whole world for some land you already have access to is the work of meme-addled morons. That they think it will politically benefit them for the midterms is an extra layer of stupid
January 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Re: Greenland, sacrificing soft power you can use to control the whole world for some land you already have access to is the work of meme-addled morons. That they think it will politically benefit them for the midterms is an extra layer of stupid
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Is it a Greek rhyton or is it Tilly?
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Is it a Greek rhyton or is it Tilly?
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No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
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“A group of Home Depot investors is asking the company to review its partnership with surveillance firm Flock Safety and state how its data is used and shared with law enforcement…”
Amid ICE raids, some Home Depot investors want to know how law enforcement uses its surveillance data
Investors in several companies are increasingly seeking answers to how U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies and enforcement are affecting company operations and reputation.
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
“A group of Home Depot investors is asking the company to review its partnership with surveillance firm Flock Safety and state how its data is used and shared with law enforcement…”
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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While Denmark might be the land's security custodian, a hired bodyguard if you wish, fundamentally, Greenland belongs /to Greenlanders./ What we are defending against the US is not Denmark's right to own it but Greenland's right to belong to itself.
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
While Denmark might be the land's security custodian, a hired bodyguard if you wish, fundamentally, Greenland belongs /to Greenlanders./ What we are defending against the US is not Denmark's right to own it but Greenland's right to belong to itself.
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I must point out that the consensus position of Greenlanders is not "we are content with Denmark," it is "we are trying to build up and diversify our economy so that we can become an independent country at soonest possible opportunity." Notably, of course, neither of these positions involves America
January 17, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I must point out that the consensus position of Greenlanders is not "we are content with Denmark," it is "we are trying to build up and diversify our economy so that we can become an independent country at soonest possible opportunity." Notably, of course, neither of these positions involves America
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Remember: Trump has no legal authority to do this
Trump says 8 European countries will face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
apnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Remember: Trump has no legal authority to do this
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
Cancer might evade immune defences by stealing mitochondria
Hijacking the energy-producing organelles from immune cells seems to help tumours in mice to infiltrate lymph nodes.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
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Asymmetry beautifully executed here, taking black rayon crepe and draping it across the body at an angle, along with a sweep of metallic sequins. Mid #1940s evening wear on point #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Asymmetry beautifully executed here, taking black rayon crepe and draping it across the body at an angle, along with a sweep of metallic sequins. Mid #1940s evening wear on point #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Everything in the Middle East must be linked to Jesus. Everything in England and north must be Viking. Everything in Europe must be Roman. Everything pre-dating 6000 BC is nomad gatherers because it's against the rules they could have a civilization. They think everyone lived in caves until then
January 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Everything in the Middle East must be linked to Jesus. Everything in England and north must be Viking. Everything in Europe must be Roman. Everything pre-dating 6000 BC is nomad gatherers because it's against the rules they could have a civilization. They think everyone lived in caves until then
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Yeah, but so many people are obsessed with everything ‘Viking’ right now everything has to be Viking something-or-other. At least if it is even vaguely Scandinavian.
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Yeah, but so many people are obsessed with everything ‘Viking’ right now everything has to be Viking something-or-other. At least if it is even vaguely Scandinavian.
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“Archaeologists analyzed tree rings in its timber to estimate that Viking artisans constructed the cog in the Netherlands around 1410 CE.”
That’s roughly 350 years after the Viking Age ended. 🧐
That’s roughly 350 years after the Viking Age ended. 🧐
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
“Archaeologists analyzed tree rings in its timber to estimate that Viking artisans constructed the cog in the Netherlands around 1410 CE.”
That’s roughly 350 years after the Viking Age ended. 🧐
That’s roughly 350 years after the Viking Age ended. 🧐
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600-year-old #Viking #shipwreck is the largest of its kind. The medieval ‘cog’ was nearly 92 feet long and featured castles on its bow and stern.
Link for more information and photos: www.popsci.com/science/larg...
Link for more information and photos: www.popsci.com/science/larg...
January 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
600-year-old #Viking #shipwreck is the largest of its kind. The medieval ‘cog’ was nearly 92 feet long and featured castles on its bow and stern.
Link for more information and photos: www.popsci.com/science/larg...
Link for more information and photos: www.popsci.com/science/larg...
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fun fact: if a recipe tells you it will take 8 to 10 minutes to caramelize onions, they're a lying-ass bitch
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
fun fact: if a recipe tells you it will take 8 to 10 minutes to caramelize onions, they're a lying-ass bitch
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Did you know?
2025 was the third hottest year on record, and the last 11 years are the warmest ever. Oceans absorbed 90% of the extra heat, fueling stronger storms, heavier floods & marine die-offs.
This isn't "weather", it's our planet screaming. Time to listen.
#OceanHeat
2025 was the third hottest year on record, and the last 11 years are the warmest ever. Oceans absorbed 90% of the extra heat, fueling stronger storms, heavier floods & marine die-offs.
This isn't "weather", it's our planet screaming. Time to listen.
#OceanHeat
January 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Did you know?
2025 was the third hottest year on record, and the last 11 years are the warmest ever. Oceans absorbed 90% of the extra heat, fueling stronger storms, heavier floods & marine die-offs.
This isn't "weather", it's our planet screaming. Time to listen.
#OceanHeat
2025 was the third hottest year on record, and the last 11 years are the warmest ever. Oceans absorbed 90% of the extra heat, fueling stronger storms, heavier floods & marine die-offs.
This isn't "weather", it's our planet screaming. Time to listen.
#OceanHeat
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NASA's Artemis II mission is due for launch in February this year (maybe April) and will take four astronauts around the Moon in the Orion spaceship. But what's most amazing is that in modern day America, one of the astronauts is black and one is a woman!
The Artemis II rocket is rolling out this weekend. Watch live as NASA preps the next crewed Moon mission — BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Artemis II gets closer to launch day January 16, 2026 The next mission to take humans to the Moon is edging closer, with the planned rollout of the Space Launch System rocket planned for this weekend,...
apple.news
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
NASA's Artemis II mission is due for launch in February this year (maybe April) and will take four astronauts around the Moon in the Orion spaceship. But what's most amazing is that in modern day America, one of the astronauts is black and one is a woman!
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Weekend timeline cleanse!
A #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #dog's head. 🐕🐶
Vessels such as this were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down
Dating ca. 475 BC.
📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺
A #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #dog's head. 🐕🐶
Vessels such as this were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down
Dating ca. 475 BC.
📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM