Edmund עמוס זוהר S
spacecurves.bsky.social
Edmund עמוס זוהר S
@spacecurves.bsky.social
Teacher, science fiction author, astrophysicist. Gave "the nerdiest con talk ever" at the 2017 Worldcon. profile pic: @winterhazelly

Buy my book! https://tinyurl.com/relationalspace A collection of short science fiction, fantasy and horror stories
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#OnThisDay in 1978, Harvey Milk, one of the USA’s first openly gay politicians, was assassinated by one of his fellow San Francisco Supervisors, who opposed his policies fighting for gay rights.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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is this what happened to Arthur? He got domesticated?
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So if a shortened snout is the sign of domestication in a mammal

if we domesticate anteaters will we just get really buff mice?
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I love this poem,
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Hate to be that guy, and like, the more people learn about King Philip’s War the better, but PBS Origins just blatantly ripped me off.

The title, several of the turns of phrase in the video… their researchers clearly just watched some of my videos and just repeated stuff that I’ve said.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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I don't know about anyone else, but in terms of my life, this is some impactful shit right here. Thank you, Joel, Trace, Josh, Kevin, and Jim.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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I’m not a Christian, never was,
And maybe I know this because
Of that, but this song ain’t directed to ya.
It’s not about your risen god,
It’s more about his risen rod,
Stop using Leonard Cohen‘s Hallelujah!

(2/2)
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm both! :D
This week has been a good reminder of this April 1934 headline. Communists and Jews in Belfast disrupt a fascist rally in Library Street. Belfast will always be an antifascist city. We keep showing up for each other to defeat fascism even if the police & state backs it. [1/n]
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Wild to think that just a few months ago this administration was cracking down on universities for not doing enough to root out antisemitism www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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i know im preaching to the choir here but yall know the violence done to trans women specifically is demonstrative, theyre making an example out of us to keep everyone in line, right ? theyre saying "this is what will happen to you if you break our gender rules"
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.

We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The supermarket had a ton of ground moose half-off, so looks like it's moose chili for dinner tonight
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
November 18th is Tom's Diner Day: the anniversary of the day when Suzanne Vega sat in Tom's Restaurant in Morningside Heights, Manhattan and read a newspaper article about the death of actor William Holden

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4jt...
Suzanne Vega, DNA - Tom's Diner
YouTube video by SuzanneVegaVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Cloudflare's down. Look at Capybaras.
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We have science saying that when the center takes on far right policies it boosts the far right. If I, a non-expert, know about these studies, I'm certain the SpAds do.
I don’t want to get all galaxy brained here but if the spooks had sat the politicians down and said Look: it’s very important that Britain goes fascist by 2030 and that’s that, what are you going to do about it? They would be doing pretty much all of this, wouldn’t they.
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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This is why they'll lose.
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The great thing about Anglo-American relations in the 2020s is we get to be each others' cautionary tales.
it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM