Mr Toodles says...
@mrtoodlessays.bsky.social
My rescue, Toodles, took over my account. Oh well, we can share; I'm about pets, art, computer graphics, physics and current events. He's all about cuddles and treats.
Just FYI. I'm a graphics/game dev working on multimedia ebooks, writer, & ex physicist.
Just FYI. I'm a graphics/game dev working on multimedia ebooks, writer, & ex physicist.
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Reminded of the Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times" which meant war, upheaval, etc. times. AND here we are. I still believe in our flawed democracy, but I really don't want to wait decades to get back to being where we were before the cliff edge drop. #3e #democracy #facism #racism
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He wants smarter people indentured to a visa to work for 50-80% less
When there were strict rules on how H1B’s were paid, making it truly a program to bring in talent that the US didn’t have enough of - I was for it
Not now - were not educating better for those roles here and employers abuse it
When there were strict rules on how H1B’s were paid, making it truly a program to bring in talent that the US didn’t have enough of - I was for it
Not now - were not educating better for those roles here and employers abuse it
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
He wants smarter people indentured to a visa to work for 50-80% less
When there were strict rules on how H1B’s were paid, making it truly a program to bring in talent that the US didn’t have enough of - I was for it
Not now - were not educating better for those roles here and employers abuse it
When there were strict rules on how H1B’s were paid, making it truly a program to bring in talent that the US didn’t have enough of - I was for it
Not now - were not educating better for those roles here and employers abuse it
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"Ethical due diligence should become as routine as financial due diligence. Before asking how large a technology might become, we should ask what kind of behaviour it incentivises, what dependencies it creates, and who it leaves behind." #AIEthics
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AI Regulation is Not Enough. We Need AI Morals
"The challenge of our time is to keep moral intelligence in step with machine intelligence."
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Ethical due diligence should become as routine as financial due diligence. Before asking how large a technology might become, we should ask what kind of behaviour it incentivises, what dependencies it creates, and who it leaves behind." #AIEthics
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Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio & years in a leg brace to become the fastest woman runner in the world! #inspiration
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio & years in a leg brace to become the fastest woman runner in the world! #inspiration
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
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Bird’s-eye view of Amazon deforestation.
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Bird’s-eye view of Amazon deforestation.
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
AFP’s Mauro Pimentel photographs deforested areas and logging trucks carrying wood in the rainforest close to Belem, Para State, Brazil, the Amazon town hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference
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Contrary to some media reports, heat pumps aren’t new tech — they’ve been around for 100+ years!
✅ First built in 1856 by Peter von Rittinger
✅ Zurich City Hall used one from 1938–2001
✅ UK’s first in 1945 (Norwich)
✅ ~200 million in use worldwide today
✅ First built in 1856 by Peter von Rittinger
✅ Zurich City Hall used one from 1938–2001
✅ UK’s first in 1945 (Norwich)
✅ ~200 million in use worldwide today
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Contrary to some media reports, heat pumps aren’t new tech — they’ve been around for 100+ years!
✅ First built in 1856 by Peter von Rittinger
✅ Zurich City Hall used one from 1938–2001
✅ UK’s first in 1945 (Norwich)
✅ ~200 million in use worldwide today
✅ First built in 1856 by Peter von Rittinger
✅ Zurich City Hall used one from 1938–2001
✅ UK’s first in 1945 (Norwich)
✅ ~200 million in use worldwide today
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🧊✈️ Hello, Collaborator🖕
ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)
😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦
Hmm...
ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)
😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦
Hmm...
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🧊✈️ Hello, Collaborator🖕
ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)
😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦
Hmm...
ICE Air flights at Seattle are now being refueled and serviced by SkyService, which is a... (checks notes)
😲 Canadian company 🇨🇦
Hmm...
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Clouds: 1, Me: 0. Here’s one of my favorite
aurora shots instead. 🌌 #NorthernLights
aurora shots instead. 🌌 #NorthernLights
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Clouds: 1, Me: 0. Here’s one of my favorite
aurora shots instead. 🌌 #NorthernLights
aurora shots instead. 🌌 #NorthernLights
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Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
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A little bit of excitement from last night. The northern lights very rarely ever make it down into central California. Had to go out and see what I could capture.
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A little bit of excitement from last night. The northern lights very rarely ever make it down into central California. Had to go out and see what I could capture.
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
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Here’s the thing about healthcare premiums about to skyrocket: they will never come back down, short of a complete overhaul of our system for universal healthcare. Which clearly won’t happen bc of all the money tied up between health and politics.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Here’s the thing about healthcare premiums about to skyrocket: they will never come back down, short of a complete overhaul of our system for universal healthcare. Which clearly won’t happen bc of all the money tied up between health and politics.
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Meanwhile... stop in at your local bookshop. Whether they sell new books and are helping you to discover newly published work, or whether they keep the old, the strange, and the out of print, your booksellers want you to see and smell and touch the books we have chosen to share with you.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Meanwhile... stop in at your local bookshop. Whether they sell new books and are helping you to discover newly published work, or whether they keep the old, the strange, and the out of print, your booksellers want you to see and smell and touch the books we have chosen to share with you.
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Booksellers, like librarians, curate cultural wealth.
Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
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Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Booksellers, like librarians, curate cultural wealth.
Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
2/
Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
2/
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We are really ruled by the dumbest people in existence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We are really ruled by the dumbest people in existence.
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DoorDash just had to offer breaks for people on SNAP because things are going so well!
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
DoorDash just had to offer breaks for people on SNAP because things are going so well!
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NOW: Voting is underway on the shutdown deal in the House. So far, dems Gluesenkamp Perez, Adam Gray, and Jared Golden have voted yes. So the dems couldn't get unanimity on this in the House, either.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
NOW: Voting is underway on the shutdown deal in the House. So far, dems Gluesenkamp Perez, Adam Gray, and Jared Golden have voted yes. So the dems couldn't get unanimity on this in the House, either.
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An Urgent Message: What You Must Know About AI
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Great video from Robert Reich and Inequality Media Civic Action
#AINeedsOversight
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Great video from Robert Reich and Inequality Media Civic Action
#AINeedsOversight
An Urgent Message: What You Need to Know About AI
Without public guidance or oversight, its future is being built on greed
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
An Urgent Message: What You Must Know About AI
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Great video from Robert Reich and Inequality Media Civic Action
#AINeedsOversight
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Great video from Robert Reich and Inequality Media Civic Action
#AINeedsOversight
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The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
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Did he have to check with Donnie if he could say that? Maybe he checked how sales of his shitty wine is doing in Canada and decided he needed to say something.
Nice to see that proclaiming his Canadian-ness was so high on his list of priorities. What’s, it been, half a year?
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did he have to check with Donnie if he could say that? Maybe he checked how sales of his shitty wine is doing in Canada and decided he needed to say something.
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As climate change intensifies, the conversation is expanding from how to stop it to how to protect humans from its increasingly dangerous effects.
Climate Donors Say a Hotter Planet Requires a New Playbook
As the world gathers for COP30 in Brazil, there’s a growing focus on how to protect human health from the intensifying effects of climate change.
bloom.bg
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
As climate change intensifies, the conversation is expanding from how to stop it to how to protect humans from its increasingly dangerous effects.
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A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
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Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷