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Archer
@400trix.bsky.social
Fiddler. Programmer in Recovery. Free-range Nerd. e/lud

Compared to Bach, we all suck.

Pat Metheny

Never trust anyone who has a gibbon as their avatar.
I heard the true origin Clapton’s “Slow Hand” nickname, and it’s vastly better than I had hoped.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.

So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I had to find out how cute this was. Turns out: incredibly cute and I needed to know this. I put some time into these alt-tags
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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New podcast from me -
Destination Cyber
Episode 15: Lesley Carhart kbi.media/podcast/epis...
Episode 15: Lesley Carhart | KBI.Media
kbi.media
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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@thebijoubaby.bsky.social

#StressBreak

San Diego beach sunrise
San Diego, United States

NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON D4S

Rob 😊 🕊️
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Today may be the day for me to play the lotto!

In 4.5 years I've *seen* two Pacific Wrens in the yard (maybe heard a few more)

Today TWO Pacific Wrens just runnin' all around the place - like right out in the open!

And posing for photos...

Wren 1

#birds #becurious
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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By characterizing abortion as health care, international orgs have pushed back against abortion exceptionalism. The World Health Organization recognizes that “[a]bortion is a simple health care intervention.” Numerous countries have adopted laws and policies to align with WHO recommendations.
Global Approaches to Abortion as Health Care - O'Neill
The O’Neill Institute believes that the law is a fundamental tool for solving critical health problems.
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m gathering from a cursory following of British news that the country has competent politicians or policy advisors.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Vintage dollhouse cat from my collection. Pictured on Francie for no particular reason at all.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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There are so many great artists on Bsky!

Drop your faves below for Karen:
I'm interested in following more artist accounts, and would be very grateful for links to your favorite painters, sculptors, and photographers. TIA.
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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We oscillate between:

A) this is fantastic news. The American people are finally waking up to the lie that is MAGA and Trump and we're prepared to meet the moment and win power for people for a generation

And

B) they're gonna try to steal the fucking election again, aren't they?
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Every time some MAGA dude comments on any of my posts.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Our ancient love of dogs is really reassuring
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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"AI growth zone": planning overrides to give bungs to Tony Blair Institute donors

"AI" may or may not be involved
New @carefultrouble.bsky.social paper out today with a whole bevy of academic partners, on the impacts of AI in urban environments. As the plan for AI Growth Zones starts to roll out, we find innovation policy is disconnected from the real impacts of AI on people and places
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto.

I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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So I had an idea for making slugmas sweaters. Didn't seem like it would take long but BOY was I wrong💀 fast-forward 9+ days full of hyper focusing and staying up till 5am troubleshooting and redesigning and...here they finally are 🥹 #christmas #seaslugs #artist #nudivember? :p
agalaxygallimaufry.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The Trump regime has blown up 21 boats and murdered 83 people without providing any evidence that they were doing anything wrong. If this keeps up, their next step will be to blow up Americans too. You watch. And they won't provide any evidence that the Americans were doing anything wrong either.
US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3 | CNN Politics
The Pentagon conducted the 21st known strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat on Saturday, US Southern Command announced on Sunday.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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a reach of stream this morning

change your focus
change your life
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM