Who’s This “We?”
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“It's like a bizarre experiment. Let's see what happens if no one in the world touched anyone else for an entire year and lived apart and ate alone, or with a couple of other people and lived near their screens? What would happen? What will the real world look like now?" - Laurie Anderson, 2021
“… where movements like Gamergate peddled in harassment, hatred, and exclusion, New Save Collective’s goal is to foster a community that is kind, authentic, and oriented towards doing good.”
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Activists Are Using Fortnite to Fight Back Against ICE — WIRED
Players are role-playing ICE raids in Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto to prepare for real-world situations.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“… where movements like Gamergate peddled in harassment, hatred, and exclusion, New Save Collective’s goal is to foster a community that is kind, authentic, and oriented towards doing good.”
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Fifth-graders in Connecticut, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon & Vermont tend to elect girls and BIPOC boys for Kid Guv & cabinet. The Swing Set is on to something. ⛹️♂️⛹️♀️
This program would work well in Montana, don't you think? #MTEd #MTCivics #MTDemocracy
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This program would work well in Montana, don't you think? #MTEd #MTCivics #MTDemocracy
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Bring Kid Governor® to Your State!
Kid Governor® began in 2015 as a concept for bringing innovative civics education to Connecticut 5th graders. Now, the program is a national movement that teaches students about state government, t…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Fifth-graders in Connecticut, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon & Vermont tend to elect girls and BIPOC boys for Kid Guv & cabinet. The Swing Set is on to something. ⛹️♂️⛹️♀️
This program would work well in Montana, don't you think? #MTEd #MTCivics #MTDemocracy
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This program would work well in Montana, don't you think? #MTEd #MTCivics #MTDemocracy
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The hire-a-bot niche: “It doesn’t feel like a satisfying outcome to just have two robots argue back and forth over whether a patient should access a particular type of care ... We don’t want to get on an AI-enabled treadmill that just speeds up.” #USHealthInsurance
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AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care • Source New Mexico
As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bil...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The hire-a-bot niche: “It doesn’t feel like a satisfying outcome to just have two robots argue back and forth over whether a patient should access a particular type of care ... We don’t want to get on an AI-enabled treadmill that just speeds up.” #USHealthInsurance
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If you haven't seen the short documentary "Your Opinion, Please" by @marshallgranger.bsky.social, you can now watch it here. 👏🫶 Excerpts from 10 years of YPR's weekly, undirected, unscreened, honor-system call-in live radio show are paired with MT visuals. #Radio #Montana
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POV | Your Opinion, Please
Listeners across Montana call Yellowstone Public Radio to share their views live on-air.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you haven't seen the short documentary "Your Opinion, Please" by @marshallgranger.bsky.social, you can now watch it here. 👏🫶 Excerpts from 10 years of YPR's weekly, undirected, unscreened, honor-system call-in live radio show are paired with MT visuals. #Radio #Montana
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This is the problem with trying to inspire hope using the message "we have the solutions": such a message may inspire the kind of techno-optimism that actually fosters political *dis*engagement.
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⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is the problem with trying to inspire hope using the message "we have the solutions": such a message may inspire the kind of techno-optimism that actually fosters political *dis*engagement.
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“… the characteristic weirdness of… a LLM—invented anecdotes from regular people who didn’t appear to exist accompanied by expert commentary from public figures who do, with some biographical details mangled, who are made to voice “quotes” that sound, broadly, like something they might say.”
“Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam.”
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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“… the characteristic weirdness of… a LLM—invented anecdotes from regular people who didn’t appear to exist accompanied by expert commentary from public figures who do, with some biographical details mangled, who are made to voice “quotes” that sound, broadly, like something they might say.”
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From Thomas MacGuane’s collection “Gallatin Canyon”:
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
From Thomas MacGuane’s collection “Gallatin Canyon”:
When the going gets tough, the tough take over the community movie house and watch all five “Twilight” movies in a row, in costume, with contests and red flags to wave for hundreds of cringe moments. “Every time you hear “newborn,” pass the apple right.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
When the going gets tough, the tough take over the community movie house and watch all five “Twilight” movies in a row, in costume, with contests and red flags to wave for hundreds of cringe moments. “Every time you hear “newborn,” pass the apple right.”
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Good work by COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social
One of many examples of the new journalistic models evolving to fill existing-journalism voids.
One of many examples of the new journalistic models evolving to fill existing-journalism voids.
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
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Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
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We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Good work by COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social
One of many examples of the new journalistic models evolving to fill existing-journalism voids.
One of many examples of the new journalistic models evolving to fill existing-journalism voids.
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While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
which one is your favorite? Keep in mind NASA does WAYY more science with these images and data. NASA is absolutely valuable and goes so beyond anything citizen scientists can do! B-ROLL CRED/ Ellion ...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
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An Everyman’s Guide To Viewing And Photographing The Northern Lights
The apps and tools you need to make the most of the aurora borealis
Wes Siler
#northernlights #aurora #auroraborealis
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/an-everymans-guide-to-viewing-and
The apps and tools you need to make the most of the aurora borealis
Wes Siler
#northernlights #aurora #auroraborealis
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/an-everymans-guide-to-viewing-and
An Everyman’s Guide To Viewing And Photographing The Northern Lights
The apps and tools you need to make the most of the aurora borealis
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November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
An Everyman’s Guide To Viewing And Photographing The Northern Lights
The apps and tools you need to make the most of the aurora borealis
Wes Siler
#northernlights #aurora #auroraborealis
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/an-everymans-guide-to-viewing-and
The apps and tools you need to make the most of the aurora borealis
Wes Siler
#northernlights #aurora #auroraborealis
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/an-everymans-guide-to-viewing-and
This Remembrance Day, first I watched the intense documentary “Sugarcane,” then an intense display of the Aurora Borealus.
Did shifting pink shafts & green curtains of light comfort kids at St. Joseph’s Mission Indian School? Soldiers trapped in WWI trenches?
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Did shifting pink shafts & green curtains of light comfort kids at St. Joseph’s Mission Indian School? Soldiers trapped in WWI trenches?
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November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This Remembrance Day, first I watched the intense documentary “Sugarcane,” then an intense display of the Aurora Borealus.
Did shifting pink shafts & green curtains of light comfort kids at St. Joseph’s Mission Indian School? Soldiers trapped in WWI trenches?
thewalrus.ca/my-father-wa...
Did shifting pink shafts & green curtains of light comfort kids at St. Joseph’s Mission Indian School? Soldiers trapped in WWI trenches?
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Nothing puts the fun into potlucks like Latin binomials. 🙈 😆😬Staphylococcus aureus … Bacillus cereus … Clostridium perfringens … Norovirus… Salmonella … E. coli … Campylobacter … Giardia … Toxoplasma gondii …
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An ID Doctor’s Guide to Surviving Holiday Potlucks Food Poisoning Free
Because nothing says “festive” like avoiding an impromptu Norovirus outbreak.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Nothing puts the fun into potlucks like Latin binomials. 🙈 😆😬Staphylococcus aureus … Bacillus cereus … Clostridium perfringens … Norovirus… Salmonella … E. coli … Campylobacter … Giardia … Toxoplasma gondii …
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On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
Pogromnacht = “Kristallnacht:”
“Nazi officials blamed Jews for the riots (pogrom), & imposed massive fines on German Jewish community. Similar pattern with the 1919 Elaine Massacre, when White mobs killed African Americans, then state sentenced 12 Black men to death, blaming them for the violence.“
“Nazi officials blamed Jews for the riots (pogrom), & imposed massive fines on German Jewish community. Similar pattern with the 1919 Elaine Massacre, when White mobs killed African Americans, then state sentenced 12 Black men to death, blaming them for the violence.“
#tdih 1938 in Germany & Austria: organized terrorism by Nazis against Jews.
Hundreds of synagogues destroyed, 30,000 Jewish men arrested & sent to concentration camps, & more. 💔
As in 📷 below, many people in towns — & the world — just looked on. 🧵
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Hundreds of synagogues destroyed, 30,000 Jewish men arrested & sent to concentration camps, & more. 💔
As in 📷 below, many people in towns — & the world — just looked on. 🧵
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Nov. 9, 1938: Pogromnacht in Germany and Austria
Violent anti-Jewish demonstrations in Europe in which hundreds of synagogues were destroyed; 7,500 Jewish-owned businesses, homes, and schools were plundered; 91 Jews were murdered; and 30,000 Jewish ...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pogromnacht = “Kristallnacht:”
“Nazi officials blamed Jews for the riots (pogrom), & imposed massive fines on German Jewish community. Similar pattern with the 1919 Elaine Massacre, when White mobs killed African Americans, then state sentenced 12 Black men to death, blaming them for the violence.“
“Nazi officials blamed Jews for the riots (pogrom), & imposed massive fines on German Jewish community. Similar pattern with the 1919 Elaine Massacre, when White mobs killed African Americans, then state sentenced 12 Black men to death, blaming them for the violence.“
(1/2) Twelve local playwrights created (10:00) plays that adhered to these prompts:
* The play must be titled THE PICKLE JAR.
* The play must contain the death of at least one character.
* A natural disaster or weather event must occur.
* At least one character must sing.
(cont.)
* The play must be titled THE PICKLE JAR.
* The play must contain the death of at least one character.
* A natural disaster or weather event must occur.
* At least one character must sing.
(cont.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
(1/2) Twelve local playwrights created (10:00) plays that adhered to these prompts:
* The play must be titled THE PICKLE JAR.
* The play must contain the death of at least one character.
* A natural disaster or weather event must occur.
* At least one character must sing.
(cont.)
* The play must be titled THE PICKLE JAR.
* The play must contain the death of at least one character.
* A natural disaster or weather event must occur.
* At least one character must sing.
(cont.)
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Wo. Rivers running orange from mines is all too familiar in 🇺🇸& 🇨🇦, past & present. TIL about Fe, Cd, Al, Zn and other heavy metals mobilized by *permafrost thaw*. 😬 Not just in rivers, not just in Alaska…and it’s 🔄. Feedback loop, tipping point — or both? #Climate
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Why are Alaska’s rivers turning bright orange? Scientists have a theory. — National Geographic
The dramatic shift is a warning sign—and scientists say the changes that aren't yet visible to the naked eye are just as troubling.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Wo. Rivers running orange from mines is all too familiar in 🇺🇸& 🇨🇦, past & present. TIL about Fe, Cd, Al, Zn and other heavy metals mobilized by *permafrost thaw*. 😬 Not just in rivers, not just in Alaska…and it’s 🔄. Feedback loop, tipping point — or both? #Climate
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I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
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Participants are now enrolling in our #longCovid randomized, controlled trial of tirzepatide. The largest trial to test a treatment for this condition. Home-based—no sites. In today's @sandiegouniontribune.com
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November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Participants are now enrolling in our #longCovid randomized, controlled trial of tirzepatide. The largest trial to test a treatment for this condition. Home-based—no sites. In today's @sandiegouniontribune.com
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Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are four of the ten.
Just 10 banks are responsible for nearly 75% of the $15 billion in Amazon oil financing from the last decade.
We know who they are. We know what this will cost us. We can apply pressure to make them stop #KeepItInTheGround
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We know who they are. We know what this will cost us. We can apply pressure to make them stop #KeepItInTheGround
Read the report: stand.earth/wp-content/u...
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are four of the ten.
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Here's the whole thing - I paid:
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Here's the whole thing - I paid:
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Saw a witch. Followed the witch. Then two, three, four, a dozen more witches.. so followed some more.. until finally, at last, we found all of the witches. #HappyHalloween 🎃
Wicked witches of west cliff, conjuring up twilight.
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Saw a witch. Followed the witch. Then two, three, four, a dozen more witches.. so followed some more.. until finally, at last, we found all of the witches. #HappyHalloween 🎃
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Hon hon hon joyeaux ween de hallo
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hon hon hon joyeaux ween de hallo