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Sam Mugford @samtmugford.bsky.social · 9h

When all your PCRs fail, except for the negative control 😱

A pumpkin carved to depict an agarose gel electrophoesis with all lanes blank apart from the size ladder on the left and a single band in the lane on the far right

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Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · 2h

😡 AI is the complete opposite "meaningful".

Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 4h

I know AI is everywhere in our lives, but this one really surprised me. I'm uploading my recommendation letters, and Naviance has offered to write my rec letters for me, using just 4 bits of information from me.

The absolute gall to call this "meaningful and personalized"

#EduSky #iTeachPhysics

Screenshot from Naviance: "Get started with your recommendation for [redacted]. To generate a meaningful and personalized recommendation letter, select the information you'd like to highlight. You can also set the tone, level of formality, and your relationship to the student. After you make your suggestions, generate the letter.

How formal should this letter be?

What tone would you like to set?

What's your relationship to the student?

Would you like to use bullet points?

Upload a template letter.

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 18h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

"We are holding the food hostage until you also give up on the healthcare"

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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 9h

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

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Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 12h

I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD

Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"

She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.

Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away'

Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million from 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to charity and calls on billionaires to support people in need during hard times.

www.rollingstone.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8h

I’m the first congressional candidate to be indicted under the second Trump administration.

But if things keep going the way they are, I won’t be the last.

That’s why I need to fight these charges with everything we’ve got. Help us do that here: katforillinois.com/legal

Defend Kat Against Unjust Charges

Show your support with a contribution.

katforillinois.com

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 6h

Imagine being such a terrible human — an actual monster to young people — that there’s a measurable positive impact on your departure.

Walters sounds like the type of person who would probably find joy in that.

He also sounds like a small, scared, insecure and pathetic man with a boring life.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 8h

Following the Resignation of Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools chief who was a fan of Libs of TikTok, mental health is improving among young people in the state.

Who could have seen this coming?

www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...

Crisis calls among Oklahoma LGBTQ+ youth drop after Ryan Walters quit his job as the state’s schools chief

“The relief expressed by callers is palpable, and we are grateful for the positive impact his departure has had on the mental well-being of our community,” Rainbow Youth Project director Lance Preston...

www.advocate.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11h

This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI

NPR @npr.org · 15h

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

n.pr

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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 9h

Hey y'all, Link says what up and wanted to pass along a few resources in DC and Tampa, FL where you can donate funds or your time, a thread.

First is Potter's House:

Supporting The Potter's House — The Potter's House DC

Ways to donate to support The Potter's House's nonprofit work, mission, employees, and community.

pottershousedc.org

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 8h

Niche ask but does anyone personally or professionally know Marion Rankine, the author of Brolliology? I JUST WANNA TALK.

bookshop.org/p/books/brol...

bookshop.org

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 1d

Hi bluesky I made you a giraph ok thanks

A graph of a giraffe. The x axis is length, the y axis is height, the head is obviously top right of the graph as it is the apex of both stats

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 8h

This means the brilliant @thejosevilson.com's e-book can be purchased in this sale for only $2! 👀
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/596-th...

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An American Catbus in London @hayao.lol · 8h

down at the laundromat this morning and people have started leaving bags of groceries there for anyone who needs them- mutual aid, u love to see it

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 15h

I used to live a few blocks away from Elizabeth Warren in Cambridge, and I can personally confirm that they give out full-size candy bars on Halloween.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 15h

“For the first time in U.S. history, the President is cutting off food assistance and telling more than 40 million Americans to eat dirt.”

Hell yeah Elizabeth Warren, that’s my senator

www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Warren Urges Trump to Continue Food Assistance, End the Government Shutdown | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

www.warren.senate.gov

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

From billionaire supporters like Musk to top advisers like Stephen Miller to ICE agents carrying out his deportations, Trump is dependent on others to carry out his agenda. Democrats must make clear to every one of those underlings that they’ll be held accountable—if not today, then one day soon.

Opinion | Why Democrats must end the era of no consequences

Party officials need to make clear to Trump's underlings that they face legal risk.

www.msnbc.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.

Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

there are going to be a lot of stories in the next couple weeks about the generosity of ordinary people in helping their fellow Americans and all of them will be wonderful and none of them should be necessary

we don’t have to have a government this cruel and capricious

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 1d

🎢 find mew

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 18h

Via TranswaveJa, sometimes the Trans & queer communities are left behind in devastated regions so this org has ways to support affected communities. You can support trans & queer Jamaicans who need shelter & support by using the codes below.

#hurricanemelissa

Support trans Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Melissa. Many have lost their homes and livelihoods. Your help can make a difference.

Code to scan that where donations will go to the rustin fund for global equality

PayPal scan code where funds will go to transwaveja

Every dollar helps us provide relief to trans and gender diverse Jamaicans in need

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 17h

If you can afford it, it's a good time to give a donation to your local food bank.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 1d

I’m curious about people who do research professionally but who don’t have PhDs and aren’t in academia. What do you do? Where do you work? How did you get into doing it?

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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 16h

"History will tell you that negotiating with racism or fascism or authoritarianism never ends well." @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Why do so many people feel the need to work so hard to redeem a man who had a Nazi tattoo?” our columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom writes.

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

Do Democrats know what the working class actually looks like?

nyti.ms

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23d

The letter of the law is as plain as can be—federal workers, including furloughed workers, are entitled to their backpay following a shutdown.

Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23d

A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/fWCjnLQ

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 1d

OLD TIMEY POISONS! ☠️🤢

Enjoy some Aqua Tofana, cyanide peach pits, sketchy groundwater, arsenic, old lace, movie myths, tragic mix-ups, and the birth of forensic toxicology with Pulitzer Prize winning Deborah Blum.

It’s been quite a Spooktober, y’all! ☠️

www.alieward.com/ologies/hist...

Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum — alie ward

Metal poisons. Odorless ones. Toxic plants. Iocane powder, arsenic, old lace, poisons as self-defense, black mirrors, Aqua Tofanas, movie myths, and the start of testing for that which ails or kills y...

www.alieward.com

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