Tara Calishain
@researchbuzz.bsky.social
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Obsessed with search engines, databases, and online information collections forever. Writing books & such since 1996 (OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, GOOGLE HACKS, INFORMATION TRAPPING, etc) and ResearchBuzz since 1998. I live at Calishat.com
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MiniGladys has been updated! MiniGladys is a search/reference tool designed for looking up quick facts, exploring public interest in topics on #Wikipedia, generating #RSS feeds, and exploring associated topics. MiniGladys is free and free of ads at megagladys.com/mg/

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MiniGladys - Quick Wikipedia-Based Search and Reference
megagladys.com
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bikeportland.org
Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯
Reposted by Tara Calishain
paleofuture.bsky.social
Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance
Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.
www.10news.com
researchbuzz.bsky.social
Usually they don’t have a landing halfway?
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ps9714.bsky.social
Prince Andrew’s reputation has taken another blow, following suggestions that he was in contact with the sex offender Jeffrey #Epstein much longer than he previously claimed.
 
Read here how King #Charles might respond to the damaging allegations:
What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals?
What sanctions could King Charles apply to Prince Andrew after the latest claims about links to Epstein?
bbc.in
researchbuzz.bsky.social
I ditched them when they gave Rogan a big bag. Viva Tidal!
researchbuzz.bsky.social
Wait Granny’s life overlaps with Houdini?
patri.xyz
This Halloween will be the 99th Anniversary of Harry Houdini's death, so you've got one year to get your shit together to celebrate his return to Detroit next year, leading the hordes of hell.
researchbuzz.bsky.social
I hope he's haunted by Virginia Giuffre's book during the day, and by her memory at night
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
researchbuzz.bsky.social
The idea of DJT in Birkenstocks is taking me out 😂
researchbuzz.bsky.social
I don't know art well so I don't know how to say it, but I appreciate the colors you use. I like the drawing too of course but the -- um, color mood? -- is really good.
researchbuzz.bsky.social
I really really think he wanted that Nobel Prize to show God.
ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
He’s talking about his own death a lot more lately— let alone on the return from a Walter Reed visit.
researchbuzz.bsky.social
I love how much y'all love this post.

And I know no damn body would have seen it on Twitter. That algo would have hit it with a shovel and buried it out back
researchbuzz.bsky.social
#Amazon #advertising #enshittification

'The Echo Show’s apparent increase in ads is pushing people to stop using or even return their Echo Shows.'

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…
arstechnica.com
researchbuzz.bsky.social
Gus Webb's face turn is taking me out.

"Gus is crude, but deep," said Ike. "I like him."

"Go to hell," said Gus.

-- THE FOUNTAINHEAD
researchbuzz.bsky.social
(Trying to decide whether a like is appropriate)
researchbuzz.bsky.social
#money #banks #privacy

'The researchers analyzed privacy policies from more than 2,000 of the nation’s largest banks and found a maze of contradictory, confusing, and overlapping disclosures about how customer information is collected, used, and shared. '

news.umich.edu/is-your-bank...
Is your bank keeping your secrets? New study says 'It's complicated'
Banks are among the most tightly regulated institutions in the United States, but a new University of Michigan study suggests they may be sharing customers' personal data far more freely than most peo...
news.umich.edu
researchbuzz.bsky.social
#AI #images #plants #agriculture

'... the Ag Image Repository, or AgIR, is a growing collection of 1.5 million high-quality photographs of plants and associated data collected at different stages of growth.'

research.ncsu.edu/researchers-...
Researchers Share Images to Accelerate AI Use in Agriculture
An open-source plant image repository developed at NC State University could help close a gap in artificial intelligence for agriculture.
research.ncsu.edu
researchbuzz.bsky.social
#endangered #wildlife #food #sharks

'Critically endangered shark meat is being sold at American grocery stores — often under misleading labels — according to a new study conducted by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill.'

www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
Critically endangered shark meat sold in US stores | UNC-Chapel Hill
A new study from Carolina researchers reveals mislabeling of shark meat.
www.unc.edu
researchbuzz.bsky.social
$30 for a decent button-up is a damn bargain
dieworkwear.bsky.social
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." 

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."
researchbuzz.bsky.social
And people say “I’ll think about it and get back to you” when you do and then never get back. And you’re scared to follow up because they were probably just trying to shut you up in the first place.
autisticadam.bsky.social
Being autistic is being told why didn’t you ask for help.

Because asking required social scripting, shame buffering, tone analysis, and a risk assessment.