Lance
@lancenichols.bsky.social
IT profesional, poly, Star Trek geek, 4x4 enthusiast, dad of two and fur dad of two GSDs
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Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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Very cool story. More deep sea beauties uncovered!
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very cool story. More deep sea beauties uncovered!
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Here's an important article about Canada's measles problem
thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-...
#abpoli #ableg #Cdnpoli
thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-...
#abpoli #ableg #Cdnpoli
How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus
A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn
thewalrus.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Here's an important article about Canada's measles problem
thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-...
#abpoli #ableg #Cdnpoli
thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-...
#abpoli #ableg #Cdnpoli
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If you need a break from Earthly bullshit may I present to you some cosmic gloriousness? I suspect it may help.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-s...
🧪🔭
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-s...
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NGC 3370: Stepladder to the Universe
Also, it’s a very pretty spiral galaxy
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you need a break from Earthly bullshit may I present to you some cosmic gloriousness? I suspect it may help.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-s...
🧪🔭
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-s...
🧪🔭
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
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“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
The infrastructure of meaninglessness
Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete.
Let me try to break down this theory, which...
collectivefutures.blog
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
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15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵
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getting unbearably close to this last stretch goal, hot damn, get your books, spread the word!! zoop.gg/c/irovedouti...
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
getting unbearably close to this last stretch goal, hot damn, get your books, spread the word!! zoop.gg/c/irovedouti...
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Time to cancel yet another subscription, eh?
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
www.vulture.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Time to cancel yet another subscription, eh?
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Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
September 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
oooh!!!
yeah, a little saddlestitch 32-page thing! Monthly superhero comic style
Oh wow, you mean like… printed tome 4 preview?
September 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
oooh!!!
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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Rare view, captured early this morning by Perseverance, when the rim of Jezero Crater projects its shadows on the outer plains to the west...
▶️ zoom app zoomhub.net/al8Rb
#Mars Sep. 12, 2025 - Sol 1622
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
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#Mars Sep. 12, 2025 - Sol 1622
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
September 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Rare view, captured early this morning by Perseverance, when the rim of Jezero Crater projects its shadows on the outer plains to the west...
▶️ zoom app zoomhub.net/al8Rb
#Mars Sep. 12, 2025 - Sol 1622
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
▶️ zoom app zoomhub.net/al8Rb
#Mars Sep. 12, 2025 - Sol 1622
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
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Despite losing customers, VMware is still driving revenue for Broadcom, thanks to the company’s new focus on subscriptions, bundles, and higher prices.
35 percent of VMware workloads expected to migrate elsewhere by 2028
“We are all addicted to hypervisors, and that needs to change.”…
arstechnica.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Despite losing customers, VMware is still driving revenue for Broadcom, thanks to the company’s new focus on subscriptions, bundles, and higher prices.
I've been waiting for these - I backed all three tomes.
the I Roved Out print edition campaign is live!! Publishing Tome 3 for the first time, reprinting Tome 1 & 2 with new covers! Tell your friends, check it out!! 🍃🍑🔪🔥🌙❄️☠️🧝♀️💦 zoop.gg/c/irovedoutinsearchoftruthandlove
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I've been waiting for these - I backed all three tomes.
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the I Roved Out print edition campaign is live!! Publishing Tome 3 for the first time, reprinting Tome 1 & 2 with new covers! Tell your friends, check it out!! 🍃🍑🔪🔥🌙❄️☠️🧝♀️💦 zoop.gg/c/irovedoutinsearchoftruthandlove
September 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the I Roved Out print edition campaign is live!! Publishing Tome 3 for the first time, reprinting Tome 1 & 2 with new covers! Tell your friends, check it out!! 🍃🍑🔪🔥🌙❄️☠️🧝♀️💦 zoop.gg/c/irovedoutinsearchoftruthandlove
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The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
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NEW: Inside the meetings and disagreements over vaccine policy that led to Susan Monarez's ouster at CDC — and a series of other agency leaders' resignations
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Inside the CDC director's ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director
www.statnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW: Inside the meetings and disagreements over vaccine policy that led to Susan Monarez's ouster at CDC — and a series of other agency leaders' resignations
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
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According to an investigation by Danish public broadcaster DR, at least three Americans with “ties” to Trump are conducting active operations in Greenland, sparking concerns that they could be working to shift public opinion and push Trump’s desire to make Greenland a part of the US.
Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland | CNN
The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men have attempted to conduct “influence ope...
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
According to an investigation by Danish public broadcaster DR, at least three Americans with “ties” to Trump are conducting active operations in Greenland, sparking concerns that they could be working to shift public opinion and push Trump’s desire to make Greenland a part of the US.