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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 17m

I still there’s going to be another desantis led nominee field. Less likely with Trump 2024 but I still think there’s a chance. People don’t want to remember how truly terrible he was

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 17h

This is a real “or barbarism” situation.

Value the work you wish to reward. With dollars and clicks and attention and time. Or suffer the consequences of the world you’ve built.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · Aug 1

Seriously, if you have access to ProQuest, you can read how the "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" dude helped cure AIDS www.proquest.com/docview/2071...

Discovery of Mature MicroRNA Sequences within the Protein-Coding Regions of Global HIV-1 Genomes: Predictions of Novel Mechanisms for Viral Infection and Pathogenicity - ProQuest

Explore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform.

www.proquest.com

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Annie who lives here @stellarine.bsky.social · 18h

Take a saltine. Put butter on it. Eat the buttered saltine. Repeat about 37 more times and you'll feel better, probably

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 20h

The mighty dinosaur had to become the silly little chicken because I have a habit of reaching for that fourth ipa and, in this - the best of all possible worlds, I still gotta do yard work tomorrow

Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 20h

The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does and reader: a fried egg sandwich cures hangovers. Mystery solved.

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 20h

Nobody knows how the fried egg became an essential part of the Hawaiian hangover cure.

What We’re Cooking This Week: Smashburger Loco Moco with Miso Curry Gravy

Jim Dixon

www.wweek.com

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 1d

What if we had a monarchy that mostly just meant our national teams got nice orange jerseys

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

Checking in on Andy Glaze’s attempt to finish the Moab 240 ultramarathon

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

"The liberty and security of our fellow citizens is our great object, and not the prompt execution of the laws. Indecision, delay, blunders, nay villainous actions in the administration of government, are trifles compared to legalizing the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition."

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 1d

Out to lunch today, got my first instance of Listening To Zombies On A Halloween Playlist so happy that to all who celebrate

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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 2d

Wahoo! Our Molecular Ecology paper on the evolutionary history of domestication in hops won ‘Best Academic Writing’ in the 2025 North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards! Congrats to all my coauthors, and do check out the paper! reportersnotebook.org/uncategorize... Paper: doi.org/10.1111/mec....

North American Guild of Beer Writers Announces 2025 Awards Winners, Honoring the Best in Beer Media

The North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) held its 11th annual awards ceremony October 12, celebrating the best in beer media. This year’s awards were generously sponsored by Athletic Brewin…

reportersnotebook.org

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d

i am so ready for quantum to be the next dumb buzzword the tech industry forces everyone to pretend to care about. "how are you incorporating quantum into your daily work?" i'm not but it's so refreshing you asked me a new and different stupid question

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 2d

Im assuming Jason Stratham acquired this IP, perhaps it just defaults to him

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 2d

I think Geoffrey Soupe won the vuelta stage that finished there in 2023

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 2d

good morning to the bike lane big finish designers

photo of a bike lane going down a ramp and leading to a concrete wall with a dumpster in front of it

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 2d

But also kind of sad to think how many developing soccer or tennis or volleyball or baseball players are getting just dogshit body sculpting woo advice and not like “hit ball against wall, repeat forever” tried and true wisdom

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 2d

Just completely hilarious how detached the fitness world writ large is from actual performance right now

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 2d

2025 year of the linux desktop gnarllumphelmetsheen

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 3d

I heard an interview a while back with a chef who was asked sincerely about the zucchini problem and his solution was to eat steak and zucchini until it was all gone and that sure beats the heck out of this jello nonsense

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 3d

That second photo. Art

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 3d

Not the first to post it over here but like dawg look at their quilts

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 3d

Probably something to be written about building a stock market alternative and assuming every loss will be met with zero sum equal gain but doing it over one of the more recession free decades in modern history

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Dan Gates @dangatesj.bsky.social · 3d

They only good they ever did was ending the Ames straw poll

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