estoile (Amie)
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Lefty greeny spoonie suburban hippie hedge-witch. (Or druid. Depends who you ask.) Queen of the herb-field mice. She/her.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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All other horrible things about Musk and his version of Twitter aside, the move to suppress links combined with the pay to play bluecheck have really destroyed the point of Twitter for anyone creative. You just get no views, even with tons of followers.
"By contrast, in 2025 thus far, Bluesky has driven "a hundred times as many page views" to Southern Fried Science as Twitter." arstechnica.com/science/2025...
More scientists choose Bluesky over Twitter
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
All other horrible things about Musk and his version of Twitter aside, the move to suppress links combined with the pay to play bluecheck have really destroyed the point of Twitter for anyone creative. You just get no views, even with tons of followers.
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In November of 2016, nearly 60 years after the paper was published internally, I had discovered the joke.
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
media.defense.gov
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In November of 2016, nearly 60 years after the paper was published internally, I had discovered the joke.
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
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The name "Alligator Alcatraz" reminds us that America is currently run by adults who are like malicious, giggling children using magnifying glasses to burn ants.
July 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The name "Alligator Alcatraz" reminds us that America is currently run by adults who are like malicious, giggling children using magnifying glasses to burn ants.
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“We’d like to see them in many states. At some point, they might morph into a system."
The Trump administration's "punitive theater" strikes again. This time, it will be in scorching Florida heat, in a facility built in mere days, while Trump envisions alligators acting as cops for migrants.
The Trump administration's "punitive theater" strikes again. This time, it will be in scorching Florida heat, in a facility built in mere days, while Trump envisions alligators acting as cops for migrants.
The cartoonish cruelty of Trump's Alligator Alcatraz
In the Everglades, a "joke" about wildlife serving as cops for migrants is now a barbaric reality.
www.motherjones.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“We’d like to see them in many states. At some point, they might morph into a system."
The Trump administration's "punitive theater" strikes again. This time, it will be in scorching Florida heat, in a facility built in mere days, while Trump envisions alligators acting as cops for migrants.
The Trump administration's "punitive theater" strikes again. This time, it will be in scorching Florida heat, in a facility built in mere days, while Trump envisions alligators acting as cops for migrants.
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Trump’s Tax Scam is in trouble. Top MAGA minions like Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are turning against the bill, and Senate Republicans’ changes could force another vote in the House. We need to keep the pressure up to continue exposing the fractures in the fragile MAGA coalition.
June 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trump’s Tax Scam is in trouble. Top MAGA minions like Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are turning against the bill, and Senate Republicans’ changes could force another vote in the House. We need to keep the pressure up to continue exposing the fractures in the fragile MAGA coalition.
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"Trojan truck attack": Ukraine used AI-trained FPV drones launched from trucks to destroy "34%" of Russia's strategic bomber fleet in a day
Zelenskyy said it was planned inside Russia next to an FSB office, involved drone pilots across three time zones. euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/02/t...
Zelenskyy said it was planned inside Russia next to an FSB office, involved drone pilots across three time zones. euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/02/t...
“Trojan truck attack”: Ukraine used AI-trained FPV drones launched from trucks to destroy “34%” of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet in a day
Zelenskyy said the operation was planned inside Russia, right next to an FSB office, and involved drone operators across three time zones.
euromaidanpress.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Trojan truck attack": Ukraine used AI-trained FPV drones launched from trucks to destroy "34%" of Russia's strategic bomber fleet in a day
Zelenskyy said it was planned inside Russia next to an FSB office, involved drone pilots across three time zones. euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/02/t...
Zelenskyy said it was planned inside Russia next to an FSB office, involved drone pilots across three time zones. euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/02/t...
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Tulsi Gabbard just fired two top intel officials-for telling the truth. Their report disproved Trump’s justification for mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act Now they’re gone Truth is treason in Trump’s America This is how authoritarianism works Full Article www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ea9...
May 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tulsi Gabbard just fired two top intel officials-for telling the truth. Their report disproved Trump’s justification for mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act Now they’re gone Truth is treason in Trump’s America This is how authoritarianism works Full Article www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ea9...
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ICYMI: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ICYMI: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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And you may find yourself live in a signal chat
And you may find yourself bombing part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheelhouse of a large autogolpe
And you may find yourself privy to the whitehouse, while planning strife,
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself bombing part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheelhouse of a large autogolpe
And you may find yourself privy to the whitehouse, while planning strife,
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
March 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
And you may find yourself live in a signal chat
And you may find yourself bombing part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheelhouse of a large autogolpe
And you may find yourself privy to the whitehouse, while planning strife,
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself bombing part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheelhouse of a large autogolpe
And you may find yourself privy to the whitehouse, while planning strife,
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Trying to do #OneActionADay that makes me feel better about the world/my place in it. Today, contacting my Senators to thank (Murray) or berate (Cantwell) them for their votes on Trump nominees.
Nytimes.com/interactive/... to check your Sen.
#Indivisble #Resist #CivicEngagement
Nytimes.com/interactive/... to check your Sen.
#Indivisble #Resist #CivicEngagement
How Each Senator Voted on Trump’s Cabinet and Administration Nominees
The Senate has confirmed each of President Trump’s cabinet nominees that faced a vote to this point.
Nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trying to do #OneActionADay that makes me feel better about the world/my place in it. Today, contacting my Senators to thank (Murray) or berate (Cantwell) them for their votes on Trump nominees.
Nytimes.com/interactive/... to check your Sen.
#Indivisble #Resist #CivicEngagement
Nytimes.com/interactive/... to check your Sen.
#Indivisble #Resist #CivicEngagement
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Pushing live production code cooked up by some young coders over a week of sleepness nights in place of a legacy system that is fundamental to the operation of the US government is against every programming best practice.
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pushing live production code cooked up by some young coders over a week of sleepness nights in place of a legacy system that is fundamental to the operation of the US government is against every programming best practice.
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So basically the same people who say racism no longer exists in america did this thing where they started using dei as a euphemism so they can get black people fired from jobs
January 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So basically the same people who say racism no longer exists in america did this thing where they started using dei as a euphemism so they can get black people fired from jobs
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Boosting this for people in NZ - this is what Seymour and friends want for us…
January 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Boosting this for people in NZ - this is what Seymour and friends want for us…
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This, by Matthew Boroson, is pretty convincing. I knew exactly none of it before reading the original post on Facebook.
January 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This, by Matthew Boroson, is pretty convincing. I knew exactly none of it before reading the original post on Facebook.
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This coalition is about limiting actual freedoms for ordinary people and making life so much easier for the obscenely wealthy and corporates as they sell nz off for scrap.
Of course they were coming for women. If you missed that the anti- trans bullshit was about hating women, I can’t help you.
Of course they were coming for women. If you missed that the anti- trans bullshit was about hating women, I can’t help you.
Didn't we tell you they'd come after abortion? There are fast and slow ways to remove rights. Death by a thousand cuts #NZPol
January 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This coalition is about limiting actual freedoms for ordinary people and making life so much easier for the obscenely wealthy and corporates as they sell nz off for scrap.
Of course they were coming for women. If you missed that the anti- trans bullshit was about hating women, I can’t help you.
Of course they were coming for women. If you missed that the anti- trans bullshit was about hating women, I can’t help you.
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as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
January 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
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This is a good general guide.
Given how hectic it's been here since the election, I wrote up my list of personal best practices for keeping my Bluesky experience as safe and garbage-free as I can. YMMV, as always, but I hope it's helpful! gregpak.net/2024/12/20/b...
Bluesky hygiene and safety
In the weeks since the election and in the midst the giant surge of new accounts on Bluesky, I’ve seen multiple people talking about bad vibes on the site due to the questionable online behav…
gregpak.net
December 20, 2024 at 11:38 PM
This is a good general guide.
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New article on how dogs are using their soundboards at home is finally out! Using a large dataset (250K) of button presses by dogs and owners, we show that dogs’ presses are (i) non-accidental, (ii) non-random, and (iii) not mere repetitions of their owners’ presses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations
www.nature.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:01 PM
New article on how dogs are using their soundboards at home is finally out! Using a large dataset (250K) of button presses by dogs and owners, we show that dogs’ presses are (i) non-accidental, (ii) non-random, and (iii) not mere repetitions of their owners’ presses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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DAMASCUS:
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.
December 8, 2024 at 1:54 AM
DAMASCUS:
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.