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@zific.bsky.social
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Man, I know it's be said before, but it's so funny that crazy right wingers were right about a pedophile cult controlling the government, it's just that it was all of the people that they liked and everyone else most suspected l.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Man, I know it's be said before, but it's so funny that crazy right wingers were right about a pedophile cult controlling the government, it's just that it was all of the people that they liked and everyone else most suspected l.
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Prescient
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Prescient
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Just thinking about this scene today
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just thinking about this scene today
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Now this is a project I can get behind...
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Now this is a project I can get behind...
Showing our corporate overlords how to do things the right way!
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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October 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Showing our corporate overlords how to do things the right way!
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I am becoming increasingly concerned that the gravitational mass of Avi Loeb’s ego could perturb 3I/ATLAS right out of its orbit.
avi-loeb.medium.com/the-scientif...
avi-loeb.medium.com/the-scientif...
The Scientific Revolution of Interstellar Objects
Recently, I was invited to attend a NASCAR car race on October 25, 2025 in Bakersfield, California, where one of the racers, Alex Malycke…
avi-loeb.medium.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I am becoming increasingly concerned that the gravitational mass of Avi Loeb’s ego could perturb 3I/ATLAS right out of its orbit.
avi-loeb.medium.com/the-scientif...
avi-loeb.medium.com/the-scientif...
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I wish Bluesky had a feature where if one person reposted post X and you already saw it, you dont also see the same repost from other people too.
I know you can hide posts, and i do, but i only do it once i had already gotten actively annoyed by seeing the same post over and over.
I know you can hide posts, and i do, but i only do it once i had already gotten actively annoyed by seeing the same post over and over.
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I wish Bluesky had a feature where if one person reposted post X and you already saw it, you dont also see the same repost from other people too.
I know you can hide posts, and i do, but i only do it once i had already gotten actively annoyed by seeing the same post over and over.
I know you can hide posts, and i do, but i only do it once i had already gotten actively annoyed by seeing the same post over and over.
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Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?
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There's a magical place above the clouds where TROLLS, ELVES, PIXIES, GHOSTS & GNOMES all live, according to SCIENCE.
Let's talk about the magical world of transient luminous events (TLEs), when our upper atmosphere becomes one big neon light.
Our perspective on lightning has been ground-based...
Let's talk about the magical world of transient luminous events (TLEs), when our upper atmosphere becomes one big neon light.
Our perspective on lightning has been ground-based...
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There's a magical place above the clouds where TROLLS, ELVES, PIXIES, GHOSTS & GNOMES all live, according to SCIENCE.
Let's talk about the magical world of transient luminous events (TLEs), when our upper atmosphere becomes one big neon light.
Our perspective on lightning has been ground-based...
Let's talk about the magical world of transient luminous events (TLEs), when our upper atmosphere becomes one big neon light.
Our perspective on lightning has been ground-based...
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
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Will the guy who imagines himself shitting on American civilians ever direct the military to start shooting them (again)? A total riddle.
October 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Will the guy who imagines himself shitting on American civilians ever direct the military to start shooting them (again)? A total riddle.
The most dispiriting thought experiment is to imagine the wall-to-wall coverage if the MAGA fever dream of violent, rioting protesters happened anywhere yesterday.
Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The most dispiriting thought experiment is to imagine the wall-to-wall coverage if the MAGA fever dream of violent, rioting protesters happened anywhere yesterday.
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Why do we pretend that the "they" here are not real people with names? The managing editors @nytimes.com are Carolyn Ryan and Marc Lacey. THEY are the terrible journalists who made this decision. They do not deserve to be anonymous.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Why do we pretend that the "they" here are not real people with names? The managing editors @nytimes.com are Carolyn Ryan and Marc Lacey. THEY are the terrible journalists who made this decision. They do not deserve to be anonymous.
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Saturn Ring Shadows - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/5T2T6U
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Saturn Ring Shadows - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/5T2T6U
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The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works
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Is now a bad moment to remind everyome that shipping volume in September was similar to that of 2020
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Is now a bad moment to remind everyome that shipping volume in September was similar to that of 2020
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1 in 100 children is born with a congenital heart defect. But there is no “artificial heart” device that exists for babies or young kids. The FDA has even identified this as an area of critical medical device need.
The Trump administration just canceled funding for clinical trials of such a device.
The Trump administration just canceled funding for clinical trials of such a device.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
www.npr.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
1 in 100 children is born with a congenital heart defect. But there is no “artificial heart” device that exists for babies or young kids. The FDA has even identified this as an area of critical medical device need.
The Trump administration just canceled funding for clinical trials of such a device.
The Trump administration just canceled funding for clinical trials of such a device.
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I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.
Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.
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This review of Stephen Pinker’s new book is delicious: wapo.st/46TNpWq
Review | To Steven Pinker, human knowledge is just a game
In ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...,’ the best-selling cognitive scientist writes about an interesting subject but gets sidetracked by hobbyhorses
wapo.st
October 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This review of Stephen Pinker’s new book is delicious: wapo.st/46TNpWq
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i would rather live in a high trust society. as it turns out
October 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
i would rather live in a high trust society. as it turns out
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people don’t like voting for people they view as cowards
don’t be a coward if you want people to vote for you
don’t be a coward if you want people to vote for you
A top Mamdani adviser tells me internal data shows taking on Trump's authoritarian abuses resonates. It appeals to working class voters across all demographics, countering the frequent claim that this is a "distraction" from issues working people "really" care about.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
October 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
people don’t like voting for people they view as cowards
don’t be a coward if you want people to vote for you
don’t be a coward if you want people to vote for you