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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 34m

Physics Insight

xkcd.com/3154/

Comic. PERSON: Sure, when *Einstein* suggests using the Lorentz transform to explain the connection between velocity and time, people call him a genius. But when *I* suggest it, it’s “basic physics” and “undergraduate stuff.” PERSON 2 with white hat: Such a double standard!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees

Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

www.aip.org

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2h

i hope this guy is ok but also this imagery is perfect to undermine the fascists

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 2h

Rain in southwestern Colorado raises rivers to levels unseen since the 1970s, water stored in one reservoir doubles

The San Juan River near Pagosa Springs peaked at 12.6 feet deep. People still are out of their homes in Vallecito.

coloradosun.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 16h

Horrifying firsthand account. Israel did this to an American journalist.

Who is Jewish.

With a Jewish publication.

I'm of Jewish descent. Family escaped pogroms. Survived Nazis. Fought Nazis.

This is what we were taught to "never forget."

"Never again" means Israel too.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 20h

“I announced…I’m a journalist, I’m press.” The woman to my left hissed, “We don’t give a fuck,” and the other dug her nails into my scalp and pulled me by my hair across the port.”

U.S. allies abducting and torturing American journalists isn’t a problem to this administration.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 19h

Impeachment is legitimately the bare minimum thing they should be pushing for. How is this even debatable? If the party was even 1/8th legitimate, the position of the centrists sellouts would be that he and Vance are impeached and thrown in prison and the progressives have more transformative plans.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

Senator Cory Booker was asked whether he thinks Prime Minister Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 1d

Nah. I like stories and art, content doesn't excite me.

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 1d

This explains a lot

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

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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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

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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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Is there an explanation for why Palestinians are "prisoners" and Israelis are "hostages"?

Is the implication meant to be that the Palestinians were 'criminals' being punished through imprisonment?

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Palestinian prisoners freed after Israeli hostages released from Gaza

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

if you know a single soul in…

• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area

@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC

tomorrow thru friday

our last shows of the year!!!!

linktr.ee/ekkoastral

ekko astral on stage lookin epic photo credit alec pugliese

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3d

If you've been thinking "How are they gonna run their farms after Trump arrests their workers?"

don't worry, they planned ahead for that 💀

youtu.be/zdWrHb8b-c0

ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

youtu.be

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sam “over and under” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 6d

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen

Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for

samsorensen.blot.im

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 1d

I see your post on my feed (linked below)

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 1d

Zionism is organized crime and these secular greedy bastards would delete our pages and erase anything we ever said if they could get away with it. Their only play is to gaslight everyone while rewriting history and anytime shit goes sour, they'll just scapegoat a bunch of innocent Jewish Americans.

Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the Bills were playing, but @erinbiba.bsky.social hasn't posted. Has she been banned again?

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 1d

Pre launch, and already the solidarity of the union is being tested by corporate scabs, religious schisms are forming, and independent media has been established.

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 2d

Alright, let's fucking go.

The lobby for OVER/UNDER by @samsorensen.bsky.social is now live. Come help make history on the Dream.

discord.gg/FDJ7T4C2Sm

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 2d

Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.

We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.

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