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Words and bent ideas. Reconstituted writer (goldenrod draft) and editor. Fixed-rope abseil expert. Six years of schoolin' in philosophy, which was some fun.

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andrealuck.bsky.social
Mars - Cloud over Promethei Terra

Full size 5k image and more info: flic.kr/p/2rWMYkb 🔭🧪
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

@esa.int Mars Express 2025-05-24
ID: HR000_0000 (ND+RED+GR+BL)
View of Mars from orbit, showing a curved horizon against the blackness of space. The dusty tan surface is marked by scattered impact craters and rugged ridges. Along the horizon, a thin pale bluish atmospheric layer creates a misty glow, and a single distinct white cloud is visible near the upper layers of the atmosphere.
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
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.
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 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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seacs.bsky.social
Curious about #lightpollution impacts underwater and in our urban ecosystems? Join this free webinar tomorrow, 10.30am Sydney time with A/Prof Mariana Mayer Pinto 🌊🌐🧪😊💡
February 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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logicallyjc.bsky.social
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
The President of the United States most likely raped girls along with his best friend Epstein.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
New videos resurface showing Trump partying with underage girls
We’ve all seen Pam Bondi’s petulant performance before the House this week, screaming at members of Congress as they ask why various Epstein files remain redacted for Co-conspirators and perpetrators ...
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February 16, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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andrewjweinstein.com
When Kristi Noem claims she’ll make sure “the right people” vote and elect “the right leaders,” that’s not election security, it’s authoritarianism. Free societies collapse when leaders stop competing for voters and start curating them.
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Kenyan born artist Magdalene Odundo, considered one of the premier ceramicists working today #womensart
Photo of an earthenware vessel in black and orange with thin neck bulbus base and circular handles at each side
February 16, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a line of six white girls in dresses sitting on the outside step of a wooden building while reading books
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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itunesbrian.bsky.social
Apart from this rare candidness from a Republican, Canadian’s would be very interested to see who asked the question. Chrystia Freeland 🇨🇦!

A former Canadian government minister asking “what do Republicans say to each other when Trump’s not around?”

youtube.com/shorts/SUumK...
Chris Christie EXPOSES Lindsey Graham on national TV
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 16, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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brianpjcronin.bsky.social
I mean this is in reference to that plan he’s always talking about to fill Gaza with luxury Trump resorts and casinos and kick out all the Palestinians, right?
pbsnews.org PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4h
President Trump said Sunday that members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward rebuilding war-ravaged Gaza and will commit thousands of personnel to international stabilization and police forces for the territory. https://to.pbs.org/4bXt2fj
Trump says Board of Peace members promise $5 billion for Gaza rebuild
Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes in Gaza and frequently fire on Palestinians despite a ceasefire deal. Trump did not detail which member nations were making the pledges for reconstr...
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February 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
This should be one of the biggest land-use planning controversies in United States history. And that’s saying something.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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hlacey.bsky.social
How is this not straight-up solicitation of bribes? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/b...
Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
“She’s not from here.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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slack2thefuture.bsky.social
One of the great myths of our society is that really rich people are rich because they are smart.

They are not rich because they are smart.

They are rich because are broken. Because nothing matters more to them than hording wealth. Because they lack morality, empathy, and social responsibility.
sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 5h
It’s also virtually impossible to become a billionaire without choosing immorality many, many times.
rsouissivibes.bsky.social R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 5h
There is no such thing as a self-made billionaire.
February 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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metaltxt.bsky.social
Sweden curling set up a sting operation to catch Canada cheating i’m fucking losing it
-HowAboutNo- • 1h • Sweden That angle was pre-prepared by the Swedes. It's not a usual angle. The Canadians didn't know this angle existed. It's usually from the front where it's impossible to see a touch. The Swedes stated in the post-match interview that they made it into a big deal because the Canadians have done this before in other games. The refs never act and they wanted to force them to more actively rule the games. The Swedes can be heard during the game saying that "it's fine, Magnus is recording", refering to a guy from Swedish television operating the camera from that angle. This was pre-planned and expected. It's the reason why Oskar is so confident that it's on camera.
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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aselrod.bsky.social
Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.

Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
it’s breathtaking to see how this country is in decline by every possible metric
adamgolub.bsky.social Adam Golub @adamgolub.bsky.social · 10h
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Please share: 2 weeks remain to submit a proposal for $3k for writing a paper using recent Pew-Templeton global datasets. We will support 19 projects. Submit by Monday, March 2.
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new research publications that use one or more of the following datasets (collectively, Datasets) from the Global Religious Futures (GRF) project: Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2022 dataset. This cumulative dataset includes measures of government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion in nearly 200 countries and territories. Spring 2024 Survey. This dataset includes measures of religion and spirituality in 35 countries. (Comparable data was also collected in 2023 and 2024 for the United States. The downloadable materials which accompany the international dataset include additional information about U.S. data.) Dataset of Global Religious Composition Estimates for 2010 and 2020. This dataset includes estimates of the size of seven major religious groups in more than 200 countries and territories. We encourag
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
I, for one, want to hear more about the economics & geopolitics of the world in 2036, where Xi Jinping & Vladimir Putin are dead, 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳 are mired in domestic political unrest & economic crisis, & 🇺🇸, where, for all its many faults, the fascists lost & we implemented extensive democracy reforms.
aphclarkson.bsky.social Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 7d
As a long term optimist I hope that by the 2030s the US-EU partnership will be on a more stable footing as Trumpism self-sabotages through delusional hubris

As a short term pessimist I worry over how uselessly paralysed the US could get in late 2020s as Trumpism burns it all down before it falls
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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vanhollen.senate.gov
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
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February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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seanmcarroll.bsky.social
Best reason to never be famous - or say anything in public ever, really - is that the modern world won’t let you say the most anodyne stuff without willfully misconstruing it into a scandal.
briantylercohen.bsky.social Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: @barackobama.bsky.social clarifies his position on aliens after his answer during the speed round of our interview went viral.
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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waldo.net
I fail to see how this is different than Russia stealing Ukrainian kids.
waldo.net Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 5h
A Virginia court agreed to allow a Marine and his wife to adopt an Afghan girl living in Afghanistan. Then the couple tricked the girl's family into evacuating to the U.S., and when they arrived here, stole the child. The Virginia Supreme Court just endorsed the legality of this.
Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of the U.S. government’s decision to reunite her with her Afghan family.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
WATCH: How this small city tripled its cycling in just 11 years, via @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social.

(spoiler: It’s Victoria BC in Canada, and it’s worth watching)
How This Small City Tripled Its Cycling In Just 11 Years
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social
Feel like this is a good lesson to keep generative AI far from your editorial process as a matter of policy. Ars is a great website. If it can happen there it can happen to anyone that allows these tools in
Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.
www.404media.co
February 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM