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mattotcha.bsky.social
@mattotcha.bsky.social
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Geologist from Wisconsin living in Japan for some decades. Always in wonder at the way the world is changing!
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Common Crawl Criticized for 'Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers'
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CommonCrawl BlackHole The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers © Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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We had a massive No Kings - record turnout!
We had a massive Blue Wave - also a record turnout!
We are only starting, there will be massive pushback.
We'll have to show up with twice the number,
but now we know we're more powerful than they think we are.
A male egg wearing a crown. The egg has tumbled off of a tall red brick wall and broken. It is near a pond which has a big blue wave rising above it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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And yet . . .
This shit . . .
Meanwhile, his rise is a two-sided coin for Democrats on the national stage, who know they need to appeal to young voters but could become more vulnerable to Republican attacks due to Mamdani’s criticism of Israel and his democratic socialism.
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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China has a troubling export: piracy
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Traditional Chinese junk with the comment Yarr. Sanit Fuangnakhon/Shutterstock
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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SGT Schultz from Hogan's heroes saying "I Know Nothing!
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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A photo of demolition of the White House with the caption "Who Needs al-Qaeda . . . We've Got MAGA
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Are they gone yet?
September 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Forgot one:
Eyes with the comment Ketamine
September 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Somebody buy that man a necktie!
Kash Patel was hired to a DEI internship in 2003
nationalzero.com/2025/01/21/k...
https://ordinary-times.com/2025/01/30/group-activity-kash-patel-confirmation-hearing/
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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President Trump receives Saudi royal welcome
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Saudi King Salman presents President Trump with The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace on Saturday in Riyadh.
September 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman were killed in a politically motivated murder.
Such crimes cannot be tolerated.
Minnesota state Senator John Hoffman (left) and Representative Melissa Hortman (right) were targeted in their homes by a gunman disguised as a police officer in the early hours of Saturday morning.
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder Who Wrote and Sang ‘Bloody Well Right' and ‘Goodbye Stranger,' Dies at 81
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Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder Who Wrote and Sang ‘Bloody Well Right' and ‘Goodbye Stranger,' Dies at 81
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Here's everything but that. I'll try to find the rest.
September 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Global COVID-19 Tracker
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August 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Grotesque squirrels with oozing tumors invade US backyards, bird feeders blamed
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Aggressive squirrel (representational image) danystarnaud/Getty Image
August 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Podcast
Corita Kent: How a Nun Became a Revolutionary Pop Artist
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August 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Trump encourages college athletes to carry small arms.
August 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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The lingering mystery of the Trump shooting: Why did this young man do it?
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July 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Close the mathematics gender gap: huge study prompts urgent call to action
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At the start of the first school year (when children are five or six years old), there are no differences, on average, between boys and girls in mathematical ability. But after just four months, boys have pulled ahead. The gap widens throughout the year.
June 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Poll: Public Views “Big Beautiful Bill” Unfavorably by Nearly a 2-1 Margin; Democrats, Independents and Non-MAGA Republicans Oppose It, While MAGA Supporters Favor It; Favorability Erodes When People Hear About Possible Health Impacts
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June 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Only Standing Room
Tens of people evade the No Kings rallies.
A field of grass struggles to escape a couple of Trump supporters
June 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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He dure enough did!
DoD Flag Day announcement with two Russian flags
June 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Hubble Trouble Solved? Webb Telescope Finally Cracks the Universe’s Growth Mystery
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NGC 1365 (Webb MIRI Image) Scientists have made a new calculation of the speed at which the universe is expanding, using the data taken by the powerful new James Webb Space Telescope on multiple galaxies. Above, Webb’s image of one such galaxy, known as NGC 1365. Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, Janice Lee (NOIRLab), Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
June 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
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A graphic from the FBI explaining how Funnull generated a slew of new domains on a regular basis and mapped them to Internet addresses on U.S. cloud providers.
June 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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DO associate MUSK with: CONFLICT OF INTEREST and ENRICHING HIMSELF. HOSTILE TAKEOVER. BAD MANAGEMENT, BREAK THINGS, RUIN X, RUIN TESLA. ROCKET CRASH, TESLA CRASH, PLANE CRASH. VIOLATING OUR PRIVACY and STEALING OUR DATA. STEALING OUR TECHNOLOGY. RECKLESS and DANGEROUS. UNELECTED and UNCONFIRMED. POLITICIZE the INDEPENDENT CIVIL SERVICE. DO associate GOVERNMENT with working to: (and Trump/Musk with getting rid of) TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. INVEST IN OUR FUTURE. SUPPORT FARMERS. DO CANCER RESEARCH, MEDICAL RESEARCH. INVEST IN MANUFACTURING. BUILD ROADS AND BRIDGES. STAND UP TO BIG CORPORATIONS, FIGHT MONOPOLIES. PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AS CONSUMERS. KEEP BANKS FROM DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS. PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AS WORKERS. MAKE OUR ECONOMY MORE FAIR. KEEP OUR FOOD SAFE. FIGHT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE (here and overseas). MAKE IT SAFE TO FLY ON PLANES. DELIVER MAIL TO EVERYONE. EDUCATE EVERY CHILD, FEED KIDS. MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO COLLEGE. RETIREMENT SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY. FIGHT CRIME AND CORRUPTION. GIVE MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. STABILIZE THE CLIMATE and SLOW THE INCREASE IN DANGEROUS WEATHER. Etc. DO associate WASTE, FRAUD and ABUSE with: PRIVATE CONTRACTORS. WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS. OUTSOURCE TO FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.
May 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM