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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 12h

it’s really really depressing how widespread covid denialism is, even ostensibly left-leaning folk have become more or less eugenicists on this issue. people are really uninformed about the current research on just how damaging covid is

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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 14h

this convo made me bawl my eyes out. huge huge props to the devs

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 20h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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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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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · Aug 18

Pokemon rumble spheal saying "hope i don't have a long day" outside the long day factory

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 3d

isolation and loneliness are gonna be the death of me

V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 4d

not backslid or fallen, this has been the core ethos of the USA since its founding, it is an empire of genocide. we are seeing the imperial boomerang in action; what was done abroad is now being done at home. highly recommend the shock doctrine by naomi klein if you’ve not read it

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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 4d

i’ve always wanted to become proficient in Rust but can never seem to find a good project to use it for. what kind of things do you usually use it for if you don’t mind me asking? and does northsky use it for any of its components?

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 4d

idk, i think asking a foreign dictator to invade your country and do a regime change isn’t very democracy coded

A post on twitter from María Corina Machado with the following content:
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!

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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 4d

disgusting that they gave it to an imperialist necrophile like her. she literally supported trump’s series of missile strikes on random Venezuelan fishing boats. there are so many people that deserved it more, like the palestinian journalists who had their lives stolen because of their work

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 7d

Goddamn, this sounds bad when you write it all out. I didn’t even get to the part where the pedophile president is running pogroms of ethnic terror in our country’s most important urban corridors. Nor the opening attempts at instituting martial law.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 7d

The United States president, who is a pedophile, is currently leading a government shutdown because he is semi-illiterate and professionally destitute in the basic functions of civil government and his lackeys are refusing to remediate this because it would reveal that said president is a pedophile.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Aug 28

stricatul on tumblr: "one of my sexual fantasies is to have someone notice my absence and wonder about me"

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 8d

AI must be destroyed if humanity is to survive. I'm not even joking.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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Nicole Saltesi @nacl.sh · 8d

okay so — bill kezos, umbire, link.

what is the pattern here?

why was moderation stricter for them than it is for anyone else?

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 8d

I don’t want to talk about this because I don’t want to be a target

But on just a human decency level the person tirelessly deleting Gazans just permabanned the guy who uses his thousands strong platform to boost the fundraisers of literally anyone who needs money or mutual aid every single Friday

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 9d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 9d

forum wars took over the government. the 10,000-page thread spilled out into the streets. people are getting their doors blown open and hogtied so that nerds can win an online argument. they tanked the dollar and fucked the economy permanently to own you

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 9d

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 9d

free suggestion to @safety.bsky.app: put a note on the notable accounts to double check before you do anything

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V @nyxepoch.bsky.social · 9d

it looks like its back now, but extremely extremely concerning that it was removed at all

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brutalism apologist 🇵🇸 @brutapologist.bsky.social · 9d

Why does a protocol need a chief executive officer anyway? “Hello, I am the ceo of html,” a statement made by the utterly deranged

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