Michael Montour
@mmontour.bsky.social
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did you know we had ~80 huge sturgeon die this year (that we know of) in 2
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
did you know we had ~80 huge sturgeon die this year (that we know of) in 2
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
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Part 138 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Part 138 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
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okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
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An empty Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk. Following the recent Ukrainian strikes, the port has halted crude loading operations. By @mtanderson.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
An empty Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk. Following the recent Ukrainian strikes, the port has halted crude loading operations. By @mtanderson.bsky.social
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
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Sheskharis is burning - a major export oil terminal near the port of Novorossiysk.
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sheskharis is burning - a major export oil terminal near the port of Novorossiysk.
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
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⚡️'Russians are striking residential buildings' — 1 person killed, 24 injured in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
'Russians are striking residential buildings' — 1 person killed, 24 injured in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack
At least 11 apartment buildings throughout the city were struck in the overnight attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
kyivindependent.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
⚡️'Russians are striking residential buildings' — 1 person killed, 24 injured in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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Important to remember!!!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Important to remember!!!
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Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Sunday night TL cleanse
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Sunday night TL cleanse
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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Turning brewery waste into sweaters!
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
Beer yeast leftovers spun into a promising sustainable yarn 50% stronger than wool
Brewery waste can be turned into a cheap, environmentally-friendly textile
www.chemistryworld.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Turning brewery waste into sweaters!
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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Absolutely WILD that the development of sofrware proceeded with so little heed to record-keeping that 52 year old source code is a major archaeological trove that requires special tools to gain access to, like it's a treasure room in a sealed royal tomb from 3500 years ago.
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
www.theregister.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Absolutely WILD that the development of sofrware proceeded with so little heed to record-keeping that 52 year old source code is a major archaeological trove that requires special tools to gain access to, like it's a treasure room in a sealed royal tomb from 3500 years ago.
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE