By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections

go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K

500,000 Supporters of Palestine have turn up in London.

It's not over, it has only just started.

We must get that Palestine State, completely free of Israel.

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Canada is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, and my home province is particularly hard hit.

Seeing how false and misleading information about the fires is spreading online has only further convinced me social media, especially Facebook, is a social cancer.

I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣

Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡

The Conservatives have driven anti-vaxx hysteria.
Pierre Poilievre has pushed legislation against mandatory vaccinations.
No wonder measles is out of control in MAGA-MAPLE Alberta.
So now the Conservative gaslighting machine is saying blame Trudeau.
Kids lives are on the line.

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

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canada.ca/en/public-he...

White men in power bitterly complaining about feeling the mild consequences of their own actions is such a throughline of this whole stupid time.

[bluesky timeline]

me: [chanting] blogs, blogs-

other users: blogs, BLOGS

bluesky staff: [pounding their computers] BLOGS, BLOGS, BLOGS!

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.

If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

Surveillance pricing is just one way corporations rip off consumers. @lindsayowens.bsky.social spoke to @thecut.com about how companies use personal data to charge people different prices based on behavior, urgency, and spending patterns—and what YOU can do about it. www.thecut.com/article/how-...

every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”

All too familiar and completely inhumane.

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.

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