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Osana @osana.bsky.social · 8h

If you see this, post a robot.

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 3d

god can i attest to the power of FFS and how it can improve a trans woman’s life. Please, if you can, help one of my best friends Aria. she needs this as much as i did and y’all came through for me 🙏

gofund.me/2fafddbcf

Donate to Support A Trans Woman's Gender Affirming Surgery, organized by Aria Balraj

Hi! My name is Aria, and I'm trying to raise funds so I can finally fix u… Aria Balraj needs your support for Support A Trans Woman's Gender Affirming Surgery

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 8h

I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 16h

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 19h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 10h

Why are your electric bills suddenly 30-50% higher, you ask?

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 11h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 11h

This policy is evidence-based. COVID-19 ↗️ risk of complications such as blood clots, diabetes,& heart disease.

Vaccination is required for all transplant recipients to optimize health before & after surgery.

Organs are a scarce and we want to ensure they are used to achieve the best outcomes.

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 12h

One of the ways we know the perinatal dose of Hepatitis B vaccine makes a difference? NHANES & the people who powered it

ACIP recommended the birth dose in 1991. The prevalence of Hepatitis B among children 6–19 years old declined 68% from 1988–1994 to 1999-2006.

academic.oup.com/jid/article-...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10h

Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 22h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Osana @osana.bsky.social · 10h

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 13h

UPDATED: One woman has been found dead in the village of Kwigillingok, where another two people remain unaccounted for, after a devastating storm battered Western Alaska over the weekend.

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

www.adn.com

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1d

As much as I hate asking, September's curse and projects getting cancelled/delayed is now here to bite me (with bills)

More than just #MutualAid, if you can pick up something from my store - #Photography #Writing #Art this month, it would be really helpful

All the links in reply

#Share 💕 💸

The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 12d

📍 Pinned post for October, and a ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕘 ℙ𝕠𝕤𝕥

ss.lucidillusions.in/blog/2025-09...

September has been somewhat cray cray, and you can read all about it on the Blog

And while at it, check out the quoted post for some way to support my work

#WritingCommunity #IAmWriting #Photography 📚💙 💕 💸

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 23h

"For fans, the loss is profound. MTV’s music channels were more than just entertainment—they were cultural touchstones."

MTV is Shutting Down Its Last Music Channels, Marking the End of an Era | Cord Cutters News

Paramount Global has delivered a devastating blow to music fans worldwide, announcing the permanent shutdown of five iconic MTV music channels by December 31, 2025 according to the BBC. For 44 years, MTV has been a cultural juggernaut, shaping youth culture, launching musical careers, and defining how generations consumed music, fashion, and pop culture. The […]

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

At least twenty fascists chase an inflatable wiener dog in Portland.

This is the city Trump is trying to paint as one of the “most dangerous in America”.

The only thing scary, aggressive or dangerous in this video is the agents sent to terrorize a city that doesn’t want or need them!

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Osana @osana.bsky.social · 10h

I kind of just figured that the psychologists were using the theories that were likely at the time as to the cause. I don't remember if the recordings were dated or not so I don't know what decade they were from. Kind of remember it seemed like the 70s or 80s.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15h

“There is now a risk that collapse could occur within the lifetime of people born and living on the planet today.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

that last line

Under Dr. Mermin’s leadership, new H.I.V. infections in the nation dropped by 36 percent, and resurgent sexually transmitted infections showed the first signs of a plateau nationwide.

He also directed health departments to spend the bulk of their money on prevention. It was “a very precise and scientific and logical approach” to make the biggest impact for the least money, said Greg Millett, who worked as a deputy for the Office of National AIDS Policy in the Obama White House.

Now, however, Dr. Mermin is spending his days at home with his chickens and his misbehaving cat. The fate of the H.I.V. division hangs in the balance, and he worries that lawmakers may not realize its importance. “What if no one cares?” he said.

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🍂 beagle 🥧 @beagle.bsky.social · 11h

A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian | Award Winning Stop Motion Short Film

YouTube video by AJ and Carmela

www.youtube.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 12h

The first school to volunteer for this will be making an unambiguous statement: we would be the first to resegregate our university if we could. Sure would hate to see any school I’ve been affiliated with go down in history as that kind of scum

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 12h

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 19h

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Dr. Fred J. Calef III @mapperwocky.bsky.social · 17h

“Restructuring” because the Whitehouse and their allies choose destruction of all the good parts of the United States federal government because it won’t make them a personal profit. Also, they hate science, people who do good things for everyone instead of for them only, and actual reality.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 20h

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the Caltech.

cnb.cx

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I missed Caturday, so enjoy this.

A close up of a cat, with a man in the background. The tweet says, "I have absolutely no idea who this dude is. Just wandered in."

Someone replies, "Choosing to read this from the POV of the cat"

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Osana @osana.bsky.social · 11h

I remember being actually impressed when I watched it in 2002 or 2003. I'm not at all a fan of gorefests and focus on shock value but I remember this one just being really creepy with tension building up to the end.

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