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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 22h

this explains a lot

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

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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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 21h

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Matt B @mattbernico.bsky.social · 22h

Do you need a new book to read specifically on May 12, 2026?

Yes? Oh cool, then you should pre-order the book @deandettloff.bsky.social and I wrote.

Here’s the link: tinyurl.com/MagnificastP...

Enough is enough: degrowth, capitalism, and liberation theology by matt bernico and dean Dettloff

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 1d

“In a recent survey of its British Library members, the union found that most workers struggle each month to make ends meet.”

Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 1d

News | Strikes loom at national institutions – @britishlibrary.bsky.social and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum (@ncmme.bsky.social)

@pcsunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Strikes loom at national institutions - Museums Association

British Library and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum

www.museumsassociation.org

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 1d

All good I've found a workaround!

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 1d

Can't get internet installed because I'm in Ireland still using a UK number and can't get an Irish number because I'm using a UK phone to access the website HELP ME

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

This is a great, detailed piece of work. There is really no secret here: OpenAI fully intend to use fossil gas to power their data centres.

All the crap about fusion, dyson spheres etc is misdirection. This is what they're *actually* doing:

www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

John McCarrick, the company’s new head of Global Energy Policy, was a senior energy policy advisor in the first Trump administration’s Bureau of Energy Resources in the Department of State while under former Secretaries of State Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo.

As deputy assistant secretary for Energy Transformation and the special envoy for International Energy Affairs, McCarrick promoted exports of American liquefied natural gas to Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and advocated for Asian countries to invest in natural gas.

The choice to hire McCarrick matches the intentions of OpenAI’s Trump-donating CEO Sam Altman, who said in a U.S. Senate hearing in May that “in the short term, I think [the future of powering AI] probably looks like more natural gas.”

It also aligns with the company’s early moves toward powering new data centers, huge warehouses full of linked-up computers that require enormous quantities of water and electricity, to run with gas. OpenAI’s U.S. Stargate Project site in Texas, which is slated to become one of the largest data center sites in the world, is already installing off-grid gas turbines to power its operations.

“Big Tech’s collusion with the Trump administration’s fossil fuel agenda for artificial intelligence is evident in their massive investment in methane gas power infrastructure — as well as pro-gas political operatives like McCarrick,” Tyson Slocum, director of consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen’s Energy Program, said.

The “solution” of powering AI with gas is part of Trump’s AI energy policy platform. In a July speech to announce a $96 billion AI and energy funding package, Trump lauded fossil fuel and coal-powered data center development while flanked by oil and gas executives.

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dead horse @hooved-mammal.bsky.social · 1d

OH MY GOD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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wendy copium @alicebennett.bsky.social · 1d

one thing LLMs have revealed is that the belief that there is a magical incantation that will give you what you want is not just confined to pick-up artists and freemen on the land

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

They did this to my father in 1970.
He wasn't even allowed to say goodbye to his mother. 55 years later, same abuse and injustice.

Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 2d

aje.io/o3rs1l

‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

aje.io

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 2d

Ohhhhhhh that makes so much sense

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 2d

why are people coming here from *facebook* though

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 2d

you could try www.youtube.com/@zoognosiswi...

Zoognosis with Joy!

Hello! My name is Joy! I'm a DVM with an interest in animals, health, and society and a Fellow with the Mimbres School. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zoognosisjoy.bsky.social Mimbres School: https...

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t work out if they’re real or bots?

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 3d

Just watched Lilya 4ever and thought, I wonder what the director’s general understanding of sex work and trafficking is so dug around a bit and found this truly outstanding comment from him:

It feels like I am doing that research now. When we made the film, we received so many letters from organisations who were touched by the film and wanted to open a discussion because they were working with similar issues. Everyone - from someone at an orphanage in Chile to the Swedish foreign minister - got in touch. I am now learning a lot about trafficking and prostitution but when I started to write the script I knew exactly what I wanted to write. It was thrown into my head.

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry for your loss ❤️

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 4d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but