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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 11h

RIP Drew Struzan

Star Trek TOS art, featuring floating heads of Kirk, Spock, and Bones.

Poster for Blade Runner, featuring floating heads of the characters.

Poster for Back to the Future Part II, with Doc and Marty both lifting shades to look at their watches with the Delorean nearby.

Poster for ET, with ET in the woods reaching for a floating UFO, with the lights of a city grid in the background.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 11h

This is not how science is supposed to work: @lizzylawrence.bsky.social interviews #FDA staffers on how the agency is being asked to investigate issues of interest to Health Secretary Kennedy. “It’s like the tail wagging the dog.... Go find data to support this." www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

"While your proposal to increase the bed availability in your shelter from 80 to 140 by purchasing accessory dwelling units was a surprisingly resourceful plan, the budget and governance committees have identified pickleball as the issue that voters care about most."

Thank You for Submitting Your Homeless Shelter Application, but We’ve Decided to Use City Funds for Thirty-Five New Pickleball Courts Instead

Thank you for submitting your grant application for a homelessness shelter expansion. We received many competitive proposals, including yours. With...

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Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 6h

“Immune dysfunction and systemic effects in HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infections are distinct, but share relevant similarities and downstream consequences.”

“Emerging evidence that SARS-CoV-2 induces a distinct form of acquired immunodeficiency (AID).”

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

www.ajpmfocus.org

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 1h

Is there another time in American history where a state of emergency was declared in response to federal action?

LA County declares state of emergency to aid residents hit by immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration...

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 46m

Other recipients of the Medal of Freedom include: Billy Graham, Dick Cheney, Strom Thurmond, Bill Cosby, Ted Kennedy, George W, and Rush Limbaugh.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 49m

President Donald Trump praised slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a “true American hero” as he posthumously honored the Turning Point USA founder with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

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Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 49m

I know! He's a tragic figure, with a heroic end, and season 1's all you get of him.

Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 54m

I'll overlook all of S1's flaws because

Doyle

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Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 1h

I'm so glad. Here's hoping it doesn't recur!

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 6h

Can y'all help @oregonthedm.bsky.social out? They've been a tireless advocate for all the good causes and are in a real bind with not being able to find work.

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 11h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 2h

Oh! And if you're a $3 and up subscriber, it's free to download: www.patreon.com/posts/131427...

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 3h

If you're protesting this weekend: Prep a burner phone, learn to move in crowds and what to do if things get violent, understand how you'll be surveilled, and find resources for storing media and remotely locking or erasing your phone: www.digitapub.com/collections/...

How To Be A Digital Revolutionary Mini Zine Vol. 1

This mini 'zine is a 7-page collection of the most essential personal and digital security advice for those attending protests, rallies, marches, or other events where there's an element of risk. Lock...

www.digitapub.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

it’s amazing that it’s 2025 and people are still deluded enough to believe that age verification on the internet actually works

this was apparent to me when *I* was an extremely online child

Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 6h

My bff is a high school teacher and can verify that the (freshman) children are absolutely mobile gambling in high numbers, an activity that *already* has laws defining it as an adult-only activity requiring age verification

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 6h

This headline is bullshit. Refusing to call illegal things "illegal" is how consent gets manufactured. Nobody should be liking this article or re-posting it without context.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

President Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen, giving his budget office rare authority to pick who gets paid or fired, which programs are cut or survive — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen. The White House's budget office headed by Russ Vought is deciding who gets paid or fired in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 8h

They stole over 30 of my books, primarily *most* of my (award-winning) erotica collections.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 11h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 11h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 9h

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Happy birthday! May the coming year bring you all and only good things ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 9h

Mob boss mentality. If I were a New Yorker, regardless of who I'm voting for, I'd be pissed as hell at this election interference.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 9h

A new Threat Model: #Cybersecurity is out now from @violetblue.bsky.social

Always worth reading in full, but this week I urge you to give special consideration to her "Something to think about" end note.

Please read/share/support: www.patreon.com/posts/141174...
#infosec #natsec

Cybersecurity: October 14, 2025 | Threat Model

Get more from Threat Model on Patreon

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Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 20h

Seeing this an hour late, and right before I turn in, but know you're in my thoughts. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️

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Chris WoooOOOOoomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 21h

You've led such a rich and varied life, but what would I know, I'm just a fatuous pauper

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

www.wired.com

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