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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 1d

This is our fucking country

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Treating the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances like a to do list.

"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."

"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 3d

rats. shoulda gone with:

men should go to therapy
no not like that

bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 3d

old - men will do anything except go to therapy
new - men will spend $70,000 (baseline) rather than going to actual therapy

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 3d

@crouton-mefi.bsky.social Did I see you in the lobby of my building today? You've gotten so big!

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 4d

I have big news - we have our first official sighting of the year. Currently searching The Archives* to confirm but it may be our earliest sighting to date and could portend a banner year.
Location - 221 Longwood in front of the old Boston Laying In.
#GlovesInTheCity

*my brain

A single black glove on a sidewalk. Was it lost? Abandoned? Trying to escape? We may never know.

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 7d

In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation, and bad trips

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 12d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 13d

None of them drag queens. Just for the record.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 14d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Scarewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 14d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 16d

During a recent leadership meeting someone asked if it was okay to use AI to write performance reviews & I may not have been as polite as I should have been in a professional setting when I told them to have a little respect for their team & write the review themselves.
Sometimes I feel really old.

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 16d

If I have my bearings this is the current view:

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EN @elizabethnation.bsky.social · 16d

Pass it along.
Pubmed was the only reliable source for scientific articles. Guess we can adapt to this database . So much winning!!!🤨

Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 The US government has stopped the funding PubMed, one of the most comprehensive databased of biomedical literature.

Try using Europe PMC (europepmc.org) — the European alternative to PubMed with 46M+ articles.

A screenshot of the landing pages of PubMed and Europe PMC.

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 16d

"Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench"
So .. slightly better than flipping a coin?

The Verge @theverge.com · 20d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

buff.ly

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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bowmaniac.bsky.social @bowmaniac.bsky.social · 17d

I want this for my lab

SQUEAKROSS: Home Squeak Home @alblune.bsky.social · 18d

This lego set...it was made for us...go support this please i beg you

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

a rat-themed lego set idea. It has a white rat with red eyes, and grey rat. A food bowl and a water bottle. Everything is made of lego pieces

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 17d

Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.