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Paul Miers
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Professor Emeritus, English Dept., Towson Univ.
https://pmiers.net/
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米津玄師 Kenshi Yonezu - IRIS OUT
YouTube video by Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師
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January 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Miyazaki's Sherlock
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Miyazaki's Sherlock
On 'Sherlock Hound,' plus news.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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🧪 #scicomm “…thousands of years ago dogs played an indispensable role in human societies as crucial “biocultural packages” that moved with humans.”

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Dogs 10,000 years ago roamed with bands of humans and came in all shapes and sizes
Two new studies suggest the story of dogs and their relationship with humans is older and more complex than once thought.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment
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November 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
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OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
If you thought the 2008 bank bailout was bad, wait til you see the 2026 AI bailout
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November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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The World Before Racism: An Art Story | The Brooklyn Rail
Penned by an international group of scholars, artists, and activists, the following essays have been written in response to two decades of research culminating in the book The World Before Racism: An ...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/technology/openai-amazon-cloud-computing.html

I think it's called "building the airplane while we crash it."
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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tealfuleyes.bsky.social
Also sketched this out during lunch too...

#Art #Sketch #TraditionalArt #Anthro
Sketched portrait of an anthropomorphic rat with a decorative and adorned crown and mantle.
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Illustration of a pfeilstorch (stork with an arrow in its neck), overlaid with stylized air mail and postal markings describing various details about the pfeilstorch.
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
pmiersw.bsky.social
People who do not understand math should not be allowed to write about anything involving math. See Stephen Witt in The New Yorker on AI data centers. It's obviously a conspiracy against the beauty of nature that matrix multiplication is not commutative. Someone should investigate!
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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From Post-literate to Posthuman
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From Post-literate to Posthuman
on digital orality and post-literacy
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November 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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trahias.bsky.social
Nick Alm
(Swedish painter b. 1985)
Hall, 2018
Oil on canvas
90 x 65 cm
Private collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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nouconcept.bsky.social
some quick tips to help drawing people with their arms up! ✨💪🧡

if you keep in mind where the trapecius and deltoids are, everything gets easier! 🎨 #art #arttutorial #artref
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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What Women Really Want: Work Boundaries www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Opinion | What Women Really Want: Work Boundaries
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/d...
Whole Foods, MAHA and the Battle Over Healthy Eating in America
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November 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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quaxquax.bsky.social
🧪 Another example for how science communication is systematically gutted. Scientists can no longer count on major networks to factually inform the public. First the BBC now CBS.
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emorwee.bsky.social Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · Oct 31
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:

CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.

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CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Just a weird little guy.

A new illustration of Protoceratops andewsi.
#SciArt
A digital illustration of Protoceratops - a dog-sized ceratopsian dinosaur with a large bony shield behind its head - shown with large eye-like markings. The dinosaur is mostly brown, with bright orange face and feet, and a striped tail with long quills sprouting from it. A digital illustration of Protoceratops - a dog-sized ceratopsian dinosaur with a large bony shield behind its head - shown with large eye-like markings. The dinosaur is mostly brown, with bright orange face and feet, and a striped tail with long quills sprouting from it. The dinosaur is depicted in a dusty, desert environment.
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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the other new print in my shop is actually a smaller, giclée version of an original linoprint that loads of people have asked me to reprint: "crow steals the sun". Limited to 15 signed copies & hand-finished with gold paint 👀

shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/crow... #art #witchsky #crow
a print of a naughty crow stepping through a wheat field with a golden sun in its beak. There are skulls below the ground it walks on.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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etheringtonbros.bsky.social
Our feature tutorial/artist today is this lovely animation on EARS, by the talented @simodasketch! So useful!
#anime #manga #drawing #characterdesign #anatomy
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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God, do we ever need this!
strawbunnycake.bsky.social bunnie 🍰🍓 @strawbunnycake.bsky.social · Jul 6
welcome to my space...! 💭
hi all! I'm Bunnie - a full-time illustrator/artist & merch designer! 🎀
I focus on creating happy, cheerful, cute, & positive art/designs to make people smile & feel comforted! 🩷

you can find all of my info here!~: strawbunnycake.carrd.co 💌
A stylized set of mostly light pink and white cat plushies that are similar in all ways but their sizes. A stylized illustration of a bipedal brown and white strawberry-shortcake themed version of the bunny Pokemon, Buneary. A stylized illustration of a bipedal purple and light cream/white cutesy bunny character with one ear sticking up and the other folded over down on her forehead a bit. She's wearing a muted pink dress with flowers and leaf designs on the bottom part of it. She wears a pink color bow on her head with flowers on her ear. She's posing sweetly with her arms giving off a shy kind of feeling to the mood of the piece. background is very light yellow Victorian flower patterns as she stands on a small patch of grass. The border is a light pink stitch pattern with a little bow in the top left corner of the canvas. A stylized bipedal mostly light pink and white lop bunny plush held out against green trees and shrubbery by a tattooed arm on a Sunny day.
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Curious chimps and nosy kids: new study shows it’s only natural to love drama
In a new study comparing social curiosity in children and chimpanzees, researchers found that both species are drawn to social interactions.
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July 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Ancient human relative cannibalized toddlers, 850,000-year-old neck bone reveals
Cut marks on a child's cervical vertebra found at Atapuerca in Spain suggests Homo antecessor was indiscriminate about cannibalism victims.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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theopennotebook.bsky.social
Interested in science writing degree programs? Here’s a list of more than 50 in the U.S. that offer specialized undergraduate or graduate degree programs or individual courses in science, health, or environmental writing. 🧪
Science Writing Resources (Elsewhere) That We Like - The Open Notebook
We aren't the only show in town when it comes to supporting high-quality science journalism! On this page, you’ll find lots of other resources (elsewhere) that center on science journalism craft, incl...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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etheringtonbros.bsky.social
ARMPITS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM