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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Gregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 6h

If you got it, flaunt it, baby, flaunt it!

Screen grab of Yoshi Yamamoto smiling after he pitched the first Dodgers post season complete game in 21 years. Text reads/

GAME 2
LAD LEADS 2-0

NLCS
YOSHINOBU
YAMAMOTO
DODGERS POSTSEASON
FIRST COMPLETE GAME SINCE JOSE LIMA (2004 NLDS GM 3 vs STL)

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 10h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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larosalind.bsky.social @larosalind.bsky.social · 14h

Fuuuuck. Off to see where my protein powder lands...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 17h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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S.E.MacRae @semacrae.bsky.social · 18h

Agentic AI is a contradiction in terms here offering agency only to the wearer whilst riding roughshod over the consent of anyone in their vicinity.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h

Today in luxury surveillance.

“They’ll [ai wearables] be embedded in what we already wear: glasses, jewellery, clothing. Fashion will play a critical role in normalizing them.”

Style Meets Surveillance as Agentic AI Redefines Wearables

Are we seeing the rise of smarter accessories—or sleepwalking into a future where data privacy is out of style?

threemagazine.com

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A stunning new study finds that satellite transmissions—from calls and texts on T-Mobile to US and Mexico military communications—were sent unencrypted for any snoop to grab. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 19h

It would be great if the AI bubble popped BEFORE we built any more energy-sucking data centers that regular ratepayers will be funding!!

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

www.npr.org

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

lol

Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 1d

That insanity goes down officially as a grounded into double play, making it the only batted ball hit over 350 feet for a GIDP in the pitch tracking era (reg. + postseason).

Max Muncy grounded into a 404-foot double play.

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larosalind.bsky.social @larosalind.bsky.social · 1d

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d

Same, Sal Frelick. Same.

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larosalind.bsky.social @larosalind.bsky.social · 1d

@williamockham2.bsky.social great to see you on here!

larosalind.bsky.social @larosalind.bsky.social · 1d

Ayup.

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a shame Kiss of the Spider Woman is getting the “in theaters just long enough to fulfill contractual obligations” treatment because it’s very strong across the board. Excellent recalibration of the material, committed performances, clear musical direction. Glad I caught it.

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 1d

Humpy & Tucker, the Mariners team dog. 💚💙💛

Daniel Carroll @tworsandtwols.bsky.social · 1d

I did have my phone ready for this:

Humpy, a salmon mascot, has one knee on the ground and is petting a dog, Tucker, a team dog for the Mariners, who is facing away from the camera.

Tucker, the Mariners dog, bites the blue life preserver ring around Humpy’s waist.

Humpy is wearing a “winner” sash and gold chain in addition to his regular costume.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 1d

How to drive down the market cost of hiring for SpaceX.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

reut.rs

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Seeing Broadcom, NVIDIA and AMD boost off of deals that involve OpenAI promising *each of them* 1GW of data center capacity BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR makes me furious. A data center takes 2.5 years, and none of these supposed developments have even had the land picked. It's all a lie.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

The Katie Porter viral videos do show someone with deficient interpersonal skills at best. But let's be honest about why the pile-on is happening: the political establishment in California wants to tempt Alex Padilla into the race by smearing his top opponent.
prospect.org/politics/kat...

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

prospect.org

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

I have much to say about @lastweektonight.com lumping us in with National Review & The Federalist & Pod Save & Jacobin as an "opinion-heavy outlet."
We are a news outlet that (regardless of our perspective) provides fact-based reporting. Putting us on this list is, well, factually inaccurate.

screen grab from Last Week Tonight with a collection of "opinion heavy outlets"

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larosalind.bsky.social @larosalind.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah just watched the show and stopped short at your inclusion.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 1d

The photographer deserves a medal.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy @savewrightflwbc.bsky.social · 1d

The Conservancy was saddened to learn of the death of actress Diane Keaton. Deeply committed to historic preservation, she played a significant role in our efforts to rescue the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis House in 2005. savewright.org/remembering-...

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topwop.bsky.social @topwop.bsky.social · 1d

I remember dialing POPCORN to get the correct time…

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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