Vidious
@vidious.bsky.social
#ufotwitter, videogames, ninja turtles.
Not Verified, don't trust me.
Not Verified, don't trust me.
"Nothing is happening."
As a literal paradox.
As a literal paradox.
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"Nothing is happening."
As a literal paradox.
As a literal paradox.
I recently came across one of my new favorite phrases.
I suffer from "ontological impoverishment."
The world seems too damn mundane. Where are all the magic powers, fantastic beasts, non human intelligences, immortal entities, phenomena, and esoteric things?!
Is this really it?
I suffer from "ontological impoverishment."
The world seems too damn mundane. Where are all the magic powers, fantastic beasts, non human intelligences, immortal entities, phenomena, and esoteric things?!
Is this really it?
a close up of a cartoon character 's fist against a blue background .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's fist against a blue background .
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
I recently came across one of my new favorite phrases.
I suffer from "ontological impoverishment."
The world seems too damn mundane. Where are all the magic powers, fantastic beasts, non human intelligences, immortal entities, phenomena, and esoteric things?!
Is this really it?
I suffer from "ontological impoverishment."
The world seems too damn mundane. Where are all the magic powers, fantastic beasts, non human intelligences, immortal entities, phenomena, and esoteric things?!
Is this really it?
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Radio frequency interference from Starlink not only spans the narrowband intended emissions but also broadband unintended emissions, coming from propulsion and avionics.
This RFI is unregulated and affects key science goals.
Starlink can appear in ~30% of all sky images.
📸 Grigg et al. 2025
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This RFI is unregulated and affects key science goals.
Starlink can appear in ~30% of all sky images.
📸 Grigg et al. 2025
📡🔭
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Radio frequency interference from Starlink not only spans the narrowband intended emissions but also broadband unintended emissions, coming from propulsion and avionics.
This RFI is unregulated and affects key science goals.
Starlink can appear in ~30% of all sky images.
📸 Grigg et al. 2025
📡🔭
This RFI is unregulated and affects key science goals.
Starlink can appear in ~30% of all sky images.
📸 Grigg et al. 2025
📡🔭
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An Emerging Risk To #RadioAstronomy 📡
Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands.
@cosmicrami.com writes about this new study.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin...
📸 Astro_Work 🔭
#SpaceAustralia
Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands.
@cosmicrami.com writes about this new study.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin...
📸 Astro_Work 🔭
#SpaceAustralia
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
An Emerging Risk To #RadioAstronomy 📡
Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands.
@cosmicrami.com writes about this new study.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin...
📸 Astro_Work 🔭
#SpaceAustralia
Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands.
@cosmicrami.com writes about this new study.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin...
📸 Astro_Work 🔭
#SpaceAustralia
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“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
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[bene gesserit] giddy up jingle horse pick up your feet
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
[bene gesserit] giddy up jingle horse pick up your feet
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Andromeda and Sprites over Australia apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25121...
What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future.
What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future.
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Andromeda and Sprites over Australia apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25121...
What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future.
What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future.
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not naughty, not nice, but a secret third, much weirder thing
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
not naughty, not nice, but a secret third, much weirder thing
Reggie Watts once said in his TED Talk that this simulation is a good one. I'm no longer sure that's true.
December 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reggie Watts once said in his TED Talk that this simulation is a good one. I'm no longer sure that's true.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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🤣 The deep sea ID guide I've made for myself is only slightly more detailed than this
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🤣 The deep sea ID guide I've made for myself is only slightly more detailed than this
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Sleepy buns
two kittens are sleeping on a bed and one is licking the other 's paw
Alt: Bunny on a bed stretching paws
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sleepy buns
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Oregon leadership at work for all of us: Planned Parenthood is here to stay.
Oregon agrees to backfill lost Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon agrees to backfill $7.5 million in lost Planned Parenthood dollars after Congress approved a bill blocking access to Medicaid funds.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oregon leadership at work for all of us: Planned Parenthood is here to stay.
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People are rising up and teaching each other how to resist and fight back, and it’s working.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
People are rising up and teaching each other how to resist and fight back, and it’s working.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
It's 2025 - Can we add MFA to our social security numbers yet?
Like if my SSN gets used by some dark web nerd, I should have to approve it with a special code or something.
Like if my SSN gets used by some dark web nerd, I should have to approve it with a special code or something.
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's 2025 - Can we add MFA to our social security numbers yet?
Like if my SSN gets used by some dark web nerd, I should have to approve it with a special code or something.
Like if my SSN gets used by some dark web nerd, I should have to approve it with a special code or something.
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No matter where you live, you can help us GOTV for Democratic candidates across the country this weekend.
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
Virginia 2025: Phonebank · Indivisible
## All eyes are on Virginia this November!
### Help Indivisible deliver wins for candidates who will put Virginia first, from the top of the ticket all the way down to the local school board!
Let’...
indivisi.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
No matter where you live, you can help us GOTV for Democratic candidates across the country this weekend.
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
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Remember to be considerate tonight while trick-or-treating!
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Remember to be considerate tonight while trick-or-treating!
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🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein was under investigation for financial crimes by Alex Acosta.
This CONTRADICTS what Acosta, who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal, told us in his deposition—throwing Acosta's whole testimony into question. We must end the Epstein coverup.
This CONTRADICTS what Acosta, who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal, told us in his deposition—throwing Acosta's whole testimony into question. We must end the Epstein coverup.
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein was under investigation for financial crimes by Alex Acosta.
This CONTRADICTS what Acosta, who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal, told us in his deposition—throwing Acosta's whole testimony into question. We must end the Epstein coverup.
This CONTRADICTS what Acosta, who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal, told us in his deposition—throwing Acosta's whole testimony into question. We must end the Epstein coverup.
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Daily bunny no.3124 offers you a balloon
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Daily bunny no.3124 offers you a balloon
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Earlier this year, it was revealed that ICE was using an app called Mobile Fortify, which allows agents to scan “an unprecedented number of government databases” and compare face matches against a database of 200 million images.
ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say
Videos show ICE conducting random face scans on US streets.
arstechnica.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Earlier this year, it was revealed that ICE was using an app called Mobile Fortify, which allows agents to scan “an unprecedented number of government databases” and compare face matches against a database of 200 million images.
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