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Carl Sagan is our hero. Carl didn't like the idea of heroes. Fine Carl, we'll keep our worship, sexy, strange and irreverent. News, Tech, Commentary Memes, rants and...

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 7h

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Portlanders Protest Trump With Naked Bike Ride

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 8h

If Ford were in the US, he'd be in the MAGA wing.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 9h

Funny how the angles are kind of messed up.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 10h

Vile place of evil, but great photo.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 10h

What lens did you use here, and is this SOOC? Did you do any lens correction in software?

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 11h

A shame I will miss this. :-(

I am agog that people trust AI for anything, given how it seems to be wrong most of the time. The same idiot generation that trusts parsing history to a Google search now thinks AI is legit.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 11h

Good thing you can't cross the border now to visit it.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 11h

Exactly.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 11h

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 11h

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 11h

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Traveling Tails & Ragamuffin Rescue @ttrrescue.bsky.social · 6d

We’re almost to #WorldMentalHealthDay—here’s another way pets support our minds and hearts.
#EmotionalSupport #PetLove #CentralNY #TTRR #TravelingTailsandRagamuffinRescue #CentralNewYork #AlbanyNY #CapitalRegion

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Traveling Tails & Ragamuffin Rescue @ttrrescue.bsky.social · 4d

It’s Pet Obesity Awareness Week, and it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at our pets’ health beyond the cute squish and extra fluff.

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Reinvent Albany @reinventalbany.bsky.social · 5d

🚨Transparency Boosting Bill on Hochul's Desk🚨

S2520-B/A3425-A by @jamesskoufis.bsky.social and Steven Raga is the most significant improvement to the Freedom of Information Law in years & would shorten the time the public waits for records. Governor Hochul should sign it.

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 23h

Ironic. I know somebody in Hamilton in need of N95 masks.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 1d

Flexibility for user choice and experimenting would be king.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 1d

“There are embedded strips in the pavement. If you pass them at a certain speed, it will arm the system,” he said. “You have to be doing roughly 25 kilometres an hour [or more] to trigger them. But there’s no minimum time you have to stop [if you’re turning right], it just doesn’t work that way.”

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 1d

Shapiro said that in Ontario, red light cameras are triggered by the speed you’re going when you cross the stop line – not by how long you stay stopped at the light.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 1d

...you can get a red light camera ticket if you don’t come to a complete stop before turning right at a red light – but none said there’s a minimum requirement for how long you have to stay stopped.

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Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 1d

@rebelandroid.com I always wondered why nobody ever did a C64/SID version of those Carl Sagan songs. Imagine the demo potential. CIA driven music, of course.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 3d

You've been banned.
From the US.

Cosmos Soup @cosmossoup.bsky.social · 3d

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