Mihai
@mihailim.bsky.social
Just some random person. He/him.
Fabricati diem, punc! Illegitimi non carborundum.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Fabricati diem, punc! Illegitimi non carborundum.
GNU Terry Pratchett
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Rhododendron și cariera de Sulf - Călimani , 2022-06-26 #Nature#Landscape#Photo#Europe#Romania#TuristÎnȚaraMea
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Rhododendron și cariera de Sulf - Călimani , 2022-06-26 #Nature#Landscape#Photo#Europe#Romania#TuristÎnȚaraMea
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on the nose metaphors: some of the more painful parts of this cursed timeline
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
on the nose metaphors: some of the more painful parts of this cursed timeline
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when did earth have to fight for the right to party
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
when did earth have to fight for the right to party
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Oh look. Some Obey In Advance shit. From people who cannot possibly be unaware of Timothy Snyder.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oh look. Some Obey In Advance shit. From people who cannot possibly be unaware of Timothy Snyder.
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Private equityyyyyyyyyyyyyy
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Private equityyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Also. Next time someone tells you Ru is invading Ukraine preemptively to stop it from joining NATO, show them this and laugh in their face. Blaming these genocidal politics on Ru feeling insecure is peak ignorance or gaslighting.
#UkrainianView
Next time any piece of shit politician tells you that "these are russian territories", "everyone speaks russian there" and so on - show them this. That is the "how" and the "why". It is called ethnocide and has been done numerous times by russia over the past centuries, to erase us.
Next time any piece of shit politician tells you that "these are russian territories", "everyone speaks russian there" and so on - show them this. That is the "how" and the "why". It is called ethnocide and has been done numerous times by russia over the past centuries, to erase us.
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036 - Euromaidan Press
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036, setting 95% "Russian identity" targets for four oblasts.
euromaidanpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Also. Next time someone tells you Ru is invading Ukraine preemptively to stop it from joining NATO, show them this and laugh in their face. Blaming these genocidal politics on Ru feeling insecure is peak ignorance or gaslighting.
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At this point the surprise isn't that Trump can be bought, it's that he can be bought so cheaply.
Swiss businessmen gave Trump an engraved gold bar worth more than $130,000. Then he agreed to cut tariffs on Swiss imports.
bit.ly/4oV46sG
bit.ly/4oV46sG
A New Era of Crony Capitalism
Washington hasn’t seen graft like this for at least a century.
www.brennancenter.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
At this point the surprise isn't that Trump can be bought, it's that he can be bought so cheaply.
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This might be the most incredible road safety video you'll ever see.
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This might be the most incredible road safety video you'll ever see.
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Hi Ed, thought you’d enjoy my dive into the giant flightless birds that occasionally kill people. Love your work! open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...
The most dangerous bird in the world
Beware the cassowary?
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hi Ed, thought you’d enjoy my dive into the giant flightless birds that occasionally kill people. Love your work! open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...
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Today I learned that Wilhoit's Maxim— "Under conservatism, there are in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, and out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect"— was enshrined in Nazi Germany under the "Dual State Theory."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today I learned that Wilhoit's Maxim— "Under conservatism, there are in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, and out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect"— was enshrined in Nazi Germany under the "Dual State Theory."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Mohammed Ibrahim, the 16 year old Palestinian American child held hostage by the Israeli occupation's jail system without charge for nine months, was released yesterday on Thanksgiving morning.
The Ibrahim family credited Senator Chris Van Hollen as the chief reason for his release.
The Ibrahim family credited Senator Chris Van Hollen as the chief reason for his release.
US teen Mohammed Ibrahim released from Israeli prison after nine months
Advocates say the 16-year-old's health had been in decline since his arrest in February for allegedly throwing rocks.
www.aljazeera.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Mohammed Ibrahim, the 16 year old Palestinian American child held hostage by the Israeli occupation's jail system without charge for nine months, was released yesterday on Thanksgiving morning.
The Ibrahim family credited Senator Chris Van Hollen as the chief reason for his release.
The Ibrahim family credited Senator Chris Van Hollen as the chief reason for his release.
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I'm excited for the launch of this book, *The History of the Blind: Romania in War, 1940-1945*, in a week. It's about the Romanian home front. The title refers to how most Romanians grope blindly in the past knowing only part of their WW2 history.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm excited for the launch of this book, *The History of the Blind: Romania in War, 1940-1945*, in a week. It's about the Romanian home front. The title refers to how most Romanians grope blindly in the past knowing only part of their WW2 history.
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
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Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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That little whitish puff just above and to the right of the Boogeyman’s head?
That’s the reflection nebula vdB 62.
Inside it hides HBC 515, a baby orange star only a few hundred thousand years old that’s still having violent tantrums (it’s an FU Orionis-type variable).
🔭 🧪 #science #sciart
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That’s the reflection nebula vdB 62.
Inside it hides HBC 515, a baby orange star only a few hundred thousand years old that’s still having violent tantrums (it’s an FU Orionis-type variable).
🔭 🧪 #science #sciart
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The Boogeyman Nebula 🌌
Here's a fun astrophotography target to try with your telescope this season - but be warned, this one takes TIME!
LDN 1622 is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion that resembles 'a dark figure with a head and arms' (I kinda see it!)
This is 10 hours!
#astrophotography
Here's a fun astrophotography target to try with your telescope this season - but be warned, this one takes TIME!
LDN 1622 is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion that resembles 'a dark figure with a head and arms' (I kinda see it!)
This is 10 hours!
#astrophotography
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
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A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.