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ICE action at 125th and Aurora in Seattle. Please share and let people know they are in the neighborhood
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ICE action at 125th and Aurora in Seattle. Please share and let people know they are in the neighborhood
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Happy to see common sense and equality prevail across our troubled nation. Keep showing up and voting - that's an order from the Admiral!
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy to see common sense and equality prevail across our troubled nation. Keep showing up and voting - that's an order from the Admiral!
Such a nice cover of No Rain by Meiko. Perfect for a Seattle rainy day like this.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNN...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNN...
No Rain
YouTube video by Meiko - Topic
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November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Such a nice cover of No Rain by Meiko. Perfect for a Seattle rainy day like this.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNN...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNN...
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probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.
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In my 30 years as a #StarTrek researcher, this will forever be one of my coolest finds: This screenshot from #StarTrekTNG's "Qpid" shows both 24th/25th century Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard ⬅️ and 20th/21st century thespian Sir Patrick Stewart ➡️ on screen at the same time. How, you ask? 🧵 1/6
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In my 30 years as a #StarTrek researcher, this will forever be one of my coolest finds: This screenshot from #StarTrekTNG's "Qpid" shows both 24th/25th century Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard ⬅️ and 20th/21st century thespian Sir Patrick Stewart ➡️ on screen at the same time. How, you ask? 🧵 1/6
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This follows reporting by Ken Klippenstein that the FBI will label trans people as domestic terrorists.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
FBI Readies New War on Trans People
“We’re looking at the entire spider web”
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This follows reporting by Ken Klippenstein that the FBI will label trans people as domestic terrorists.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
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This is exactly the right way to think of this; precisely what I'm saying, yes
I saw a thing the other day that basically said “no matter what prompt you give it, the question an LLM is answering is ‘what would a plausible response to this prompt look like?’”
September 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is exactly the right way to think of this; precisely what I'm saying, yes
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Yesterday's Supreme Court decision endangers our communities and subjects people to immigration stops simply because of the color of their skin, occupation, or the language they speak.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision endangers our communities and subjects people to immigration stops simply because of the color of their skin, occupation, or the language they speak.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Good news! William Carlos Williams missed our house last night
August 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Good news! William Carlos Williams missed our house last night
If MasterCard and VISA are in to being imposers of their morality, it's time for us to start a massive campaign to lobby them to not process payments for guns. When lobbying the government fails as it has, it's time to start attacking the private mechanics of the process. Who's in?
reminder that MasterCard and VISA are very okay with processing payments for guns and bullets, just not a video game where two fictional people fuck.
August 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If MasterCard and VISA are in to being imposers of their morality, it's time for us to start a massive campaign to lobby them to not process payments for guns. When lobbying the government fails as it has, it's time to start attacking the private mechanics of the process. Who's in?
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I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Measure of a Man, Season 2, 1989): R2-D2 has always been part of Data—at least in the internal electronic section of Data's arm ☝️
"Constructed from resin and model parts-including glued tank treads, an R2-D2 piece, and kitbashed tech."
"Constructed from resin and model parts-including glued tank treads, an R2-D2 piece, and kitbashed tech."
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Measure of a Man, Season 2, 1989): R2-D2 has always been part of Data—at least in the internal electronic section of Data's arm ☝️
"Constructed from resin and model parts-including glued tank treads, an R2-D2 piece, and kitbashed tech."
"Constructed from resin and model parts-including glued tank treads, an R2-D2 piece, and kitbashed tech."
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Exciting paper showing how understanding T cell receptor targets can lead to improved treatment.
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
HLA-A∗03:01 as predictive genetic biomarker for glatiramer acetate treatment response in multiple sclerosis: a retrospective cohort analysis
HLA-A∗03:01 carrying patients with MS specifically benefit from GA treatment and GA
significantly outperforms IFN in these patients. Therefore, determining HLA-A∗03:01
status before choosing a platfor...
www.thelancet.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Exciting paper showing how understanding T cell receptor targets can lead to improved treatment.
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
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There originally was another scene in #StarTrekTNG's "The Best of Both Worlds II"⬆️ (image courtesy of Trekcore) that showed Riker staring out the ready room window ⬆️ way before Picard's iconic scene ⬇️. It's fun to see the footage without the Enterprise hull miniature hiding the set construction.
August 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There originally was another scene in #StarTrekTNG's "The Best of Both Worlds II"⬆️ (image courtesy of Trekcore) that showed Riker staring out the ready room window ⬆️ way before Picard's iconic scene ⬇️. It's fun to see the footage without the Enterprise hull miniature hiding the set construction.
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I loved every bit of this new documentary about "Star Trek: Phase II" by @archive-x.bsky.social and OTOY! I'm particularly amazed by the recreated Phase II sets and ships. This was written by Mike and Denise Okuda, so it can only be excellent! Go watch it! 🖖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDms...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDms...
The Roddenberry Archive: Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek
“Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek” explores the bumpy road between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969, and its remarkable rebirth ten years later on the silver…
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August 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I loved every bit of this new documentary about "Star Trek: Phase II" by @archive-x.bsky.social and OTOY! I'm particularly amazed by the recreated Phase II sets and ships. This was written by Mike and Denise Okuda, so it can only be excellent! Go watch it! 🖖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDms...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDms...
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The Voyager Declaration - I like the sound of that!
Support NASA and our real-life Starfleet officers by signing, calling your reps, and being a STEM champion locally and nationally.
🫡
www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
Support NASA and our real-life Starfleet officers by signing, calling your reps, and being a STEM champion locally and nationally.
🫡
www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
Support the NASA Voyager Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Your solidarity with the NASA heroes helps their fight to preserve NASA's vital missions.
www.standupforscience.net
July 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Voyager Declaration - I like the sound of that!
Support NASA and our real-life Starfleet officers by signing, calling your reps, and being a STEM champion locally and nationally.
🫡
www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
Support NASA and our real-life Starfleet officers by signing, calling your reps, and being a STEM champion locally and nationally.
🫡
www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
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A federal court struck down NIH's politically-driven termination of federal research grants.
Our client, @ibisrh.bsky.social, highlights the importance of protecting research critical for public health.
Our client, @ibisrh.bsky.social, highlights the importance of protecting research critical for public health.
Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity | ACLU
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive ...
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July 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A federal court struck down NIH's politically-driven termination of federal research grants.
Our client, @ibisrh.bsky.social, highlights the importance of protecting research critical for public health.
Our client, @ibisrh.bsky.social, highlights the importance of protecting research critical for public health.
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Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!
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Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target.
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs
July 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target.
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
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I'd quite like to get to the bottom of this little art mystery. Anyone know the artist of this Enterprise and/or the bridge one?
It actually was this illustration of the Enterprise that sent me down the Struzan rabbit hole. It's often credited to him online, but I don't recognise his style, or signature. In fact a more complete version has a stamp that reads "OLDS".
This and the very cool bridge art are both dated 1991.
This and the very cool bridge art are both dated 1991.
June 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'd quite like to get to the bottom of this little art mystery. Anyone know the artist of this Enterprise and/or the bridge one?
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how can you be charged with (let alone convicted of) interfering with an officer if the officer isn't wearing a uniform or a badge?
to put the same question another way: how can you resist being kidnapped in these United States without running the risk of being charged with resisting an officer?
to put the same question another way: how can you resist being kidnapped in these United States without running the risk of being charged with resisting an officer?
June 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
how can you be charged with (let alone convicted of) interfering with an officer if the officer isn't wearing a uniform or a badge?
to put the same question another way: how can you resist being kidnapped in these United States without running the risk of being charged with resisting an officer?
to put the same question another way: how can you resist being kidnapped in these United States without running the risk of being charged with resisting an officer?
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The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding.
This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science.
This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience
zurl.co/NA6BY
This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science.
This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience
zurl.co/NA6BY
White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding, Targeting NSF, EPA
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies
zurl.co
June 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding.
This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science.
This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience
zurl.co/NA6BY
This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science.
This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience
zurl.co/NA6BY