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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 14h

Indigenous artists transform works at Metropolitan Museum in unsanctioned "augmented reality" project.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/13/i...

Indigenous artists transform works at Metropolitan Museum in unsanctioned augmented reality project

The digital interventions by 17 Native artists, launched on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, put pointed twists on works in the museum’s American Wing

www.theartnewspaper.com

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 20h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 22h

“But if they don’t download the malicious app…” The Android marketplace is lousy with malicious apps.

Hundreds of Malicious Google Play-Hosted Apps Bypassed Android 13 Security With Ease

Bitdefender's security researchers have found a huge ad fraud campaign with hundreds of malicious apps in the Google Play Store

www.bitdefender.com

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Black Intellect @blackintellect.bsky.social · 22h

A Majority of Lost Federal Funding Has Been Restored, Harvard Says | www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Majority of Lost Federal Funding Has Been Restored, Harvard Says | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard has now received payments on the majority of funding that it lost since the Trump administration froze its access to federal grants this spring, the University notified faculty this month.

www.thecrimson.com

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lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 20h

Also, all that extra protein can strain out kidneys and most people who have kidney disease don't know about it until it gets pretty sure.

lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 20h

This. Most of us don't feel bad because we're malnourished and most of us already consume enough or too much protein.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

i feel like this story is particularly important right now, because protein-maxxing is *so* in vogue. before working on this, i believed i was woefully protein deficient

it turns out that's just a myth that has been floating around for decades—the average american gets more than enough protein!!

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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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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 22h

Tadoussac accueille cette semaine le Congrès mondial sur les baleines à bosse. Des experts de cette espèce emblématique de la protection des cétacés doivent notamment y discuter de la cohabitation avec ces animaux vulnérables aux activités humaines dans les océans. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Tadoussac accueille le Congrès mondial sur les baleines à bosse

Cette espèce de cétacé est un exemple de succès de la protection de la biodiversité marine.

www.ledevoir.com

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Black Intellect @blackintellect.bsky.social · 22h

‘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/news/2025/10...

‘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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lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 22h

I see you're one of those men who have made hating bike lanes and owning a car your whole personality. Good luck with that. 🤣

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 23h

Super wild coming from good ole boy types lol

lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, maybe these "innocent bystanders" might want to talk to their president about it and not whine about Canadian boycotts.

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 1d

“We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”

Idk man, maybe you don’t get to “not be in politics” when one side is blowing up international relationships you depend on www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks for standing up for the bike lanes that keep so many of us safe during our commutes. It also makes our neighborhoods friendlier, even with most motorists I find (except the ones who hate and are hostile to other people).

lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 23h

Ferrandez isn't relevant anymore and it's hardly "guerilla bike lanes" but very well used infrastructure that benefits everyone in the Plateau and the rest of the city, including those of us not rich enough to own cars.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 3d

“Postmedia is the nation’s leading supplier of climate change denial and pro-oil industry propaganda, so it’s not surprising that they would dismiss academic research and rail against bike lanes when they provide an inexpensive solution to interrelated emission, pollution and congestion problems.”

Latest bit of Montreal 'bikelash' sidesteps the facts to please bike-lane haters

The findings of a study about bike lanes vs car infrastructure have been twisted by a Montreal publication in a cheap bit of bikelash.

cultmtl.com

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Eden Parker @eden-parker.bsky.social · 1d

Lol imagine thinking this list of outlets represents the "ideological spectrum"

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 1d

This presents an organizing opportunity for students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, actually EVERYONE AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, to get involved with the project of making sure your college doesn't sign this thing.

Take a cue from an inspiring group of students:

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 1d

All Americans should be proud of these students, who understood the assignment.

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

Student government leaders of MIT, UVA, U of AZ, Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, and Vanderbilt united in their opposition to the "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 1d

We now enter the most dangerous phase, but also the one with the greatest opportunity. The U.S. has thousands of colleges, some run by red state governments, so it's too much to hope that NONE sign up for this federal takeover.

But it matters WHO signs up. The administration is taking a risk.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 1d

Une constitution pour le Québec? L’affront de trop

Le gouvernement du Québec semble plutôt avoir opté pour le statu quo, voire même un recul.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d

One point that really has to be considered with all of this ridiculous talk about Nobel Peace Prizes is that millions of people remain under a violent and dehumanizing military occupation, even with this newfound "peace".

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

abcnews.go.com

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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 5d

You may not hear much about it -- but the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is staging a four day event on the national Mall in Washington, DC. I wrote a bit about it today in the context of wider NAR mobilizations in Brazil. @religiondispatches.org 🧵

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lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.social · 1d

This is kind of silly because cis het men also need to liberate themselves, feminism and queer liberation are for everyone, that's the only way to break the hierarchies and systemic oppression of us all. Nobody will be free until we're all free. Our oppressors want hierarchies of oppression.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 2d

Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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