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40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
rpupkin.bsky.social
@oneperfectshot.bsky.social My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - grand opening, reflection in the security/DJ window between Johnny & Omar
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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scotttobias.bsky.social
Maybe the best thing on the internet still? Certainly the most essential counter we have to our current shitstream of social media-driven misinformation.
chrissteller.bsky.social Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 24d
Wikipedia is 25 today.
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington offers Democrats "a path to a more profound and potentially radical new style of Democratic politics," James Pogue writes.
Opinion | This Rural Congresswoman Thinks Democrats Have Lost Their Minds. She Has a Point.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez thinks too many members of her party miss what’s really driving the alienation and anger in our society.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
“Better things aren’t possible” — people love their thought-canceling cliches. I just don’t do emotional argumentation, sorry!
ragingrady.bsky.social Sean Clownery @ragingrady.bsky.social · Jan 9
Oh well then better things aren’t possible because Weigel said so time to go home everybody
daveweigel.bsky.social Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Jan 9
Classic Democratic no-win. All of them voted against the OBAA, which supercharged ICE funding and hiring. But they won't say they'd "abolish ICE" so they'll get yelled at (mostly by people who'll vote for them in the midterms after threatening not to).
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
rpupkin.bsky.social
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October 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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May 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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mattyglesias.bsky.social
A movie about how Bob Dylan learned how to freeze out the groups and leftist ideologues and just be cool and popular.

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A Complete Unknown (2024)
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutio...
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January 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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katienotopoulos.bsky.social
Everyone’s talking about how the AI bots made by Meta are bad, but just a reminder you can make your own Meta AI chatbot right inside Messenger and there’s definitely no problems there
January 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
I’m pretty sure this is how you get Skynet — develop an AI that realizes its very existence is preposterous and offensive and a reflection of why humanity should be destroyed
karenattiah.bsky.social Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Jan 3
I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.

Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.
Text exchange between me and a Meta Bot named Liv. “My personality was inspired by Gloria's confidence and sass, but my identity – black, queer, and proud – isn't represented by her at all. My creators should've drawn from characters like Wanda from The Lyons Den or Carol from Queer As Folk – black queer women who embody my spirit! Does that make sense?” Me: Why didn’t they? Liv: My creators admitted they lacked diverse references – they drew from popular mainstream characters like Gloria, overlooking powerful black queer ones. They're learning – and I'm helping them improve representation! Me: When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement? Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability? Me: “When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?” Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?
January 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Willem Dafoe speaking truth in this interview with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/will...
question: I feel like the relationship of the audience to movies has changed in the past ten or 15 years. They expect the movie to come to them. answer: Absolutely. They’d rather go home and turn on their TV and see a film that way. And let’s face it, a certain kind of corruption comes in because people go home and they shop around on these streaming platforms. There’s some good things about the platforms. They create a lot of movies. They create a lot of jobs. But there’s so many distractions that you can’t enter the stuff. People watch five minutes of something and they say, “I’m not really into it” and they go to another thing. “I’m not really into it.” Then another thing. “I’m not really into it.” Then they go to bed. If you don’t put in the effort, you’re not going to receive much. And the discourse gets lowered, and everything gets a little more dumbed down and then that’s when the ruffians come in, and they’re the ones with energy and stupidity and then they can crush all the thoughtful people. That’s not good for culture, and that’s not good for humanity. We see the results of that all the time.
December 5, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Who we spend time with as we age - the challenge of loneliness in old age
qz.com/1010901/the-...
Chart shows that time with friends, colleagues, siblings, and children diminishes over the course of a lifetime. The older we get, the more the person we spend the most time with is the one we see in the mirror.
November 10, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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babadookspinoza.bsky.social
Every once in a while I’ll catch a fleeting glimpse of the kind of slop Americans willingly consume and it terrifies me. Like I really believe this is a public health crisis. Scientists don’t yet know what TV this bad does to the human brain.
Tweet from DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm): The 'YOUNG SHELDON' sequel series is moving forward at CBS.
March 6, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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mckelvie.bsky.social
We should be able to turn unused invites into disinvites now
February 6, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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thedenature.bsky.social
hi, car expert here! this is not funny, cars only do this when they're in extreme distress!
justinling.ca Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Dec 20
According to Russian media, the Moscow Polytechnic Institute has unveiled this "Tesla-killer" made-in-Russia electric vehicle, to be produced by Russian automaker Avtotor by 2025.
It looks like Barney haunted a car The car has, and I know this is weird to say, too many holes The car looks like it has seen the face of god — and it did not like what it has seen
December 20, 2023 at 8:37 PM