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I'm Team Seal, always. They might be selkies.
“I’m definitely Team Orca, all day, every day. But once that seal was on the boat, I kind of turned (into) Team Seal,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday.
Seal escapes hunting orcas by climbing onto photographer’s boat in Puget Sound
The orcas did not give up immediately, but instead appeared to team up to rock the boat in an attempt to make the seal fall off.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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From NYT Science:

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in place roughly 10,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/s...
The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hear me out:

6 second haiku readings on Vine.

#poetry #haiku
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ok, maybe mostly boycott Amazon.
New trailer for ‘Fallout’ S2 ☢️

Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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relaunching Vine but not on ATProto feels like you’re not getting the target market IMO
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Project 2025 has a section in it where they talk about “gentle euthanasia”, which is intended to reduce the population of the U.S. to about 100 million who will be technostate serfs.

But most people don’t die without healthcare. They just live disabled.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is Pancho and Lupe. Some siblings have the same nose or ears. Pancho and Lupe have the same side eye. 13/10 for both (IG: panchocorgi)
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'll let you in on a little secret--if it can be made into a searchable PDF--note, I said, searchable--Control F is your friend. (For, "Find".)
At last: every American is getting to discover the joys of doing doc review.

(Can the Oversight committee load the trove up in a Relativity instance or something?)
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The apartment below mine had the only balcony of the house. I saw a girl standing on it, completely submerged in the pool of autumn twilight. She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
― J.D. Salinger, A Girl I Knew
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Note the red orange horizon. That's not just sunrise. It's solar flare.
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"Red sky at night..."

Sunset over Cagliari harbour, this evening.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Read "Solar storm tsunami predicted ‘to strike earth today’ with devastating consequences" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6zwLOkPm/M...
Solar storm tsunami predicted 'to strike earth today' with devastating consequences (The Mirror US Online)
Astronomers are predicting a solar storm "tsunami" to strike Earth today, following multiple flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from the sun. One of th...
l.smartnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m now a solar storm feed. It’s way cooler than anything else in the news.
⚡️ THE CANNIBAL SOLAR STORM STRIKES EARTH — A CELESTIAL SHOW UNLEASHED 🌍🔥

A rare and powerful “Cannibal” coronal mass ejection (CME) is now colliding with Earth’s magnetic field — unleashing one of the most intense geomagnetic storms of the decade.
@bsky.app
@united24media.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Geomagnetic storms are caused by solar activity interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field, which has implications for national energy infrastructure and navigation. For this reason, it is listed as one of the primary hazards on the UK’s National Risk Register.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This can disrupt communications systems and electronics. Why isn’t this front page news? #EMP #solarstorm #solarflare #geomagnetic
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.

Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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New Realtime Techpocalypse article! I discuss the immense dangers of dual-use emerging technologies, and how Silicon Valley pro-extinctionists constitute a new category of doomsday agents. If you're looking for something to frighten you (!), read this:

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-scarie...
The Scariest People in the World: Maniacs, Misanthropes, and Silicon Valley Pro-Extinctionists
On how emerging technologies are dissolving the social contract, and enabling malicious actors to wreak civilizational havoc. (3,200 words.)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A UT-Austin researcher is keeping space safe by tracking junk the size of a wrench in orbit.

Revisit our talk with MacArthur Fellow Moriba Jah on his work preventing satellite collisions: buff.ly/E20dkRa
UT aerospace researcher recognized for pioneering work in space junk
Moriba Jah received a MacArthur Fellowship because of his research into keeping our space cleaner.
txst.us
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This morning.
Take a moment.
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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video call
from my many smiles
I choose wry

#DailyHaikuPrompt (mask)
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you’re struggling with food costs and you have food allergies, maybe revisit what you can and can’t eat.

In the last year I discovered I can eat eggs as long as they’re soy feed free, and dairy from A2 cows (Kerrygold—tariffs on Ireland are only 10%.)

My grocery bill is about 20% less now.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 10 is #numinous

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳
Hello #Writers & #Poets!
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 10, 2025):

#numinous

A spiritual journey
A trek through faith
In what? No matter
Numinous

Go create, let imagination soar.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I drove the second Prius in Texas (secondhand, built in Japan) to 308,000 miles, but there's no way I'd ever drive a Tesla. They're too dangerous.

Even old Prius had very careful safety features.

The next time I can afford to spend money on a car, I'm going to buy a plug in Prius.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM