Jamie in PEI
@paganforge.bsky.social
Reader of Sci-Fi & Sci-Fan, love old lace, sometimes wears leather, dabbler in oil painting, inhaler of cannabis, and former #QueenOfTheNight. Born at 322 ppm.
Banner: Sensation White 2013 in TO, ,Canada. I took the shot after 7 hrs on the dance floor.
Banner: Sensation White 2013 in TO, ,Canada. I took the shot after 7 hrs on the dance floor.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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You thought measles were bad enough.
Here come the mumps.
Everything old is new again. Not in a good way.
Here come the mumps.
Everything old is new again. Not in a good way.
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
You thought measles were bad enough.
Here come the mumps.
Everything old is new again. Not in a good way.
Here come the mumps.
Everything old is new again. Not in a good way.
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The Trump regime is East Winging the Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the 10,000 scientists and engineers in NASA science and engineering directorates.
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Trump regime is East Winging the Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the 10,000 scientists and engineers in NASA science and engineering directorates.
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Scientists in other countries will continue to work on cures that the USG is abandoning. Pharma companies in other countries will employ scientists to develop new cures and workers to make the drugs. Foreign investors will make the profits that used to go to US companies.
Crushing the mRNA industry in the US also probably destroys a bunch of cures for various cancers just as an FYI.
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Scientists in other countries will continue to work on cures that the USG is abandoning. Pharma companies in other countries will employ scientists to develop new cures and workers to make the drugs. Foreign investors will make the profits that used to go to US companies.
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My entire adult life has felt like a never ending series of “they can’t be that stupid?” followed by clear evidence that they are in fact that fucking stupid
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
My entire adult life has felt like a never ending series of “they can’t be that stupid?” followed by clear evidence that they are in fact that fucking stupid
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canada baldwin apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
canada baldwin apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905
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You know what this is a good question.
Has anyone from Bluesky said yet whether they’re getting these subpoenas for user data from the Trump regime?
February 15, 2026 at 2:22 AM
You know what this is a good question.
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They talk and act exactly like Nazis in pursuit of the exact same objectives as Nazis using the exact same tactics and rationales as Nazis but it would be wrong to call them Nazis until they grow the little mustache.
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
They talk and act exactly like Nazis in pursuit of the exact same objectives as Nazis using the exact same tactics and rationales as Nazis but it would be wrong to call them Nazis until they grow the little mustache.
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15 February 1902 | A Polish Jew, Gdala Guterman, was born in Domaczewo. He emigrated to France.
On 23 June 1943 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
On 23 June 1943 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
15 February 1902 | A Polish Jew, Gdala Guterman, was born in Domaczewo. He emigrated to France.
On 23 June 1943 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
On 23 June 1943 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
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In case you’re not too much into Valentine’s Day..
On February 14, 1779, British explorer Captain James Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii during a violent altercation with Native Hawaiians.
On February 14, 1779, British explorer Captain James Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii during a violent altercation with Native Hawaiians.
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
In case you’re not too much into Valentine’s Day..
On February 14, 1779, British explorer Captain James Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii during a violent altercation with Native Hawaiians.
On February 14, 1779, British explorer Captain James Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii during a violent altercation with Native Hawaiians.
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This is somewhat more of an old-fashioned ICE ruse. Arguably this is a sign of the agency going back to more standard “targeted enforcement” tactics designed to be not as disruptive as the more recent aggro-style arrests. Watch for more like this to come.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is somewhat more of an old-fashioned ICE ruse. Arguably this is a sign of the agency going back to more standard “targeted enforcement” tactics designed to be not as disruptive as the more recent aggro-style arrests. Watch for more like this to come.
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Dear Americans,
I always thought when your government inevitably built concentration camps for you that you would care more. I thought you’d know that even his supporters would be in danger. I thought much too highly of you.
Love,
God
I always thought when your government inevitably built concentration camps for you that you would care more. I thought you’d know that even his supporters would be in danger. I thought much too highly of you.
Love,
God
February 15, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Dear Americans,
I always thought when your government inevitably built concentration camps for you that you would care more. I thought you’d know that even his supporters would be in danger. I thought much too highly of you.
Love,
God
I always thought when your government inevitably built concentration camps for you that you would care more. I thought you’d know that even his supporters would be in danger. I thought much too highly of you.
Love,
God
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ICE shot Marimar Martinez 5 times
They shot & killed Silverio Gonzalez, Keith Porter, Renee Good and Alex Pretti
They kidnapped Liam Ramos & other innocent children
They’ve detained over 4,000 people illegally
The shutdown is well deserved, but ICE should not be paid
They should be abolished
They shot & killed Silverio Gonzalez, Keith Porter, Renee Good and Alex Pretti
They kidnapped Liam Ramos & other innocent children
They’ve detained over 4,000 people illegally
The shutdown is well deserved, but ICE should not be paid
They should be abolished
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
ICE shot Marimar Martinez 5 times
They shot & killed Silverio Gonzalez, Keith Porter, Renee Good and Alex Pretti
They kidnapped Liam Ramos & other innocent children
They’ve detained over 4,000 people illegally
The shutdown is well deserved, but ICE should not be paid
They should be abolished
They shot & killed Silverio Gonzalez, Keith Porter, Renee Good and Alex Pretti
They kidnapped Liam Ramos & other innocent children
They’ve detained over 4,000 people illegally
The shutdown is well deserved, but ICE should not be paid
They should be abolished
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"Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry."
archive.is/YonHM
archive.is/YonHM
EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations on how the military uses its models.
Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute
Anthropic has not agreed to the Pentagon's terms and defense officials are getting fed up after months of difficult negotiations.
www.axios.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry."
archive.is/YonHM
archive.is/YonHM
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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Little dogs of the Big Gay Out 🌈😍
February 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Little dogs of the Big Gay Out 🌈😍
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This is the most important thing to understand about AI.
…That "Generative AI" does not tell you the truth, that it doesn't give you facts, & that when its outputs conform to factual reality, it's by fucking happenstance. These systems are not all-in-1 answer production machines, they are collections of stats & regularities spat out via fucking dice rolls
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This is the most important thing to understand about AI.
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Trump is saying that he will disregard Congress and issue an Excutive order that will violate the Constitution.
Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future," wrote Trump, who is not a lawyer.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Trump is saying that he will disregard Congress and issue an Excutive order that will violate the Constitution.
Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
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A song dedicated to those I love and care for, for Valentine's Day by the incomparable Sarah McLachlan
youtu.be/Reqyu7vYDBs?...
youtu.be/Reqyu7vYDBs?...
Sarah McLachlan - Reminds Me (ft. Katie Gavin) [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by The Official Sarah McLachlan
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February 15, 2026 at 5:16 AM
A song dedicated to those I love and care for, for Valentine's Day by the incomparable Sarah McLachlan
youtu.be/Reqyu7vYDBs?...
youtu.be/Reqyu7vYDBs?...
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Under the previous govt the Wellington harbour would have 2 new purpose built ferries by now.
Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.
Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Under the previous govt the Wellington harbour would have 2 new purpose built ferries by now.
Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.
Under luxon the Wellington harbour just has poo in it.
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wythe apples, painted by bertha heiges, 1896
February 15, 2026 at 5:18 AM
wythe apples, painted by bertha heiges, 1896
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bortz apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905
February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
bortz apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905