Greta
@nickelsmum.bsky.social
Dog behavior nerd, recovering lawyer, California fan living in Oregon, language is important
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Who remembers those early Palantir trades
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Who remembers those early Palantir trades
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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The first ever images of baby planets forming in the discs of dust and gas surrounding their respective stars. How thrilling that we can actually observe the birth of other worlds from so far away!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.eso.org/public/unite...
HT @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.eso.org/public/unite...
HT @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social
![An amber-colored, vaguely ovoid blob of dust and gas in space with dark regions. A bright spot near the center is a baby planet forming.
"Astronomers led by a group at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany have captured a spectacular snapshot of planetary formation around the young dwarf star PDS 70. By using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) — one of the most powerful planet-hunting instruments in existence — the international team has made the first robust detection of a young planet, named PDS 70b, cleaving a path through the planet-forming material surrounding the young star"
"This research was presented in two papers, entitled “Discovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70” and “Orbital and atmospheric characterization of the planet within the gap of the PDS 70 transition disk”, both [published] in Astronomy & Astrophysics" in 2018.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i4cn6hmf2bu54j6wozz2ckzb/bafkreiflyl4ctmspbmnsout3twbuvczscnqnktfezq4gz3qk4mdqilnke4@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The first ever images of baby planets forming in the discs of dust and gas surrounding their respective stars. How thrilling that we can actually observe the birth of other worlds from so far away!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.eso.org/public/unite...
HT @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.eso.org/public/unite...
HT @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social
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32,000 years ago, an arctic squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended. Its body was recovered and examined. Scientists germinated this plant seed. This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old
It is 32,000 years old
September 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
32,000 years ago, an arctic squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended. Its body was recovered and examined. Scientists germinated this plant seed. This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old
It is 32,000 years old
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Ugh. What a day. I need to listen to @wilwheaton.net reading a snarky @scalzi.com novel.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Ugh. What a day. I need to listen to @wilwheaton.net reading a snarky @scalzi.com novel.
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1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.
June 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.
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This obscure but powerful lobby may be making your city hotter
This obscure but powerful “dark roof” lobby may be making your city hotter
Reflective roofs can reduce energy bills and make urban areas livable. Roofing manufacturers have other priorities.
www.motherjones.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This obscure but powerful lobby may be making your city hotter
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
Ya think?
San Antonio police have walked back on a previous statement that there was no evidence of a hate crime in the killing of actor Jonathan Joss, with the police chief now calling the statement “premature.”
Police take back statement dismissing hate crime in gay actor’s killing
Jonathan Joss, who acted in “King of the Hill” and “Parks and Recreation,” was shot in San Antonio by a man who yelled “homophobic slurs” at him, his husband said.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ya think?
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When left-wing American Jews comment on a rise in antisemitism in the US - without ever mentioning Israel or attempting to scapegoat Palestinian solidarity activism - here are some trends over the course of the decade since Trump first ran for President that they are likely referring to:
June 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
When left-wing American Jews comment on a rise in antisemitism in the US - without ever mentioning Israel or attempting to scapegoat Palestinian solidarity activism - here are some trends over the course of the decade since Trump first ran for President that they are likely referring to:
Among other obituaries for my brother. To me he’s my brother. It’s so weird to be seeing him as a celebrity of sorts. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025)
How the militant, poet, political theorist, organizer, and giver of gifts refused to die.
www.thenation.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Among other obituaries for my brother. To me he’s my brother. It’s so weird to be seeing him as a celebrity of sorts. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My brother touched many.
mauerpark, berlin
JOSHUA CLOVER
1962-2025
POET + COMRADE
(big thanks to shane boyle for letting me share)
JOSHUA CLOVER
1962-2025
POET + COMRADE
(big thanks to shane boyle for letting me share)
May 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
My brother touched many.
My brother has gone. Way too young.
We are devastated to say that our comrade, teacher and friend Joshua Clover passed away last night. He is irreplaceable; We will miss him forever.
April 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
My brother has gone. Way too young.
I just had to spend a few minutes in the home of an acquaintance and was forced to see the MAGA hat in a closet and honestly my day was pretty good until then.
April 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I just had to spend a few minutes in the home of an acquaintance and was forced to see the MAGA hat in a closet and honestly my day was pretty good until then.
Weird cognitive dissonance between lovely spring day and the 5th circle of Hell that is our national politics.
April 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Weird cognitive dissonance between lovely spring day and the 5th circle of Hell that is our national politics.
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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(📣) PROOF UNLOCKED: The first massive report in the three-report PROOF series on The Trump-El Salvador Scandal is now free to the public.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
BREAKING NEWS: America Is Back in the International Slave Trade
A Trump administration filing in federal court in Maryland may be the most shocking confession any presidential administration has made in generations—as it signals a reinstitution of the slave trade.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
(📣) PROOF UNLOCKED: The first massive report in the three-report PROOF series on The Trump-El Salvador Scandal is now free to the public.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
I hope you will share it widely, and consider subscribing if you find the content useful.
We live in an authoritarian fascist regime and half the country hasn’t noticed yet.
💥 Whopper scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social:
Brussels is issuing burner phones & basic laptops to commissioners & senior officials travelling to the US for IMF/World Bank spring meetings next week to avoid risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for China.
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
Brussels is issuing burner phones & basic laptops to commissioners & senior officials travelling to the US for IMF/World Bank spring meetings next week to avoid risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for China.
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage
European Commission officials heading to IMF and World Bank spring meetings advised to travel with basic devices
www.ft.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We live in an authoritarian fascist regime and half the country hasn’t noticed yet.