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@calnier108.bsky.social
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It’s hard for me compare directly to Twitter (i deleted my account over a year ago) but it’s definitely the case that a lot of media request I get contain a phrase along the lines of “I saw on your Bluesky that …”
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It’s hard for me compare directly to Twitter (i deleted my account over a year ago) but it’s definitely the case that a lot of media request I get contain a phrase along the lines of “I saw on your Bluesky that …”
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Centuries of "shared Christian faith"? At the same time Europeans were colonizing the Americas, Europe was embroiled in a century and a half of devastating religious wars, Christians vs. Christians.
February 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Centuries of "shared Christian faith"? At the same time Europeans were colonizing the Americas, Europe was embroiled in a century and a half of devastating religious wars, Christians vs. Christians.
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Indeed, it's not weird. Black folk, Latino folk, Asian folk and others, including women are the target of MAGA.
Jewish folk will be on its list of undesirables too.
If people haven't woken up to that at this stage then it's about time they did.
Thankfully, decent human beings will prevail.
Jewish folk will be on its list of undesirables too.
If people haven't woken up to that at this stage then it's about time they did.
Thankfully, decent human beings will prevail.
February 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Indeed, it's not weird. Black folk, Latino folk, Asian folk and others, including women are the target of MAGA.
Jewish folk will be on its list of undesirables too.
If people haven't woken up to that at this stage then it's about time they did.
Thankfully, decent human beings will prevail.
Jewish folk will be on its list of undesirables too.
If people haven't woken up to that at this stage then it's about time they did.
Thankfully, decent human beings will prevail.
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"the anti-ice movement"
the fucking anti-ice movement is sharon who has been a girl scout leader for 27 and phang li who carpools your kids to t-ball and James the guy from the deli who was apolitical until he watched ICE beat his buddy for looking brown
that's the fucking anti-ice movement
the fucking anti-ice movement is sharon who has been a girl scout leader for 27 and phang li who carpools your kids to t-ball and James the guy from the deli who was apolitical until he watched ICE beat his buddy for looking brown
that's the fucking anti-ice movement
February 7, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"the anti-ice movement"
the fucking anti-ice movement is sharon who has been a girl scout leader for 27 and phang li who carpools your kids to t-ball and James the guy from the deli who was apolitical until he watched ICE beat his buddy for looking brown
that's the fucking anti-ice movement
the fucking anti-ice movement is sharon who has been a girl scout leader for 27 and phang li who carpools your kids to t-ball and James the guy from the deli who was apolitical until he watched ICE beat his buddy for looking brown
that's the fucking anti-ice movement
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Again, the answer is “10-25 people in Washington, <all> of whom are Republicans, or it’s not going to happen.”
And yet, these 10-25 people get free passes every day & still can leave their houses & go to work with scarcely a question about when they’re going to start fulfilling their oaths 🤷♂️🤦♂️
And yet, these 10-25 people get free passes every day & still can leave their houses & go to work with scarcely a question about when they’re going to start fulfilling their oaths 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Again, I know everyone wants to yell at The Democrats & Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies, but there are 10-25 people in Washington who could literally end all of this tomorrow, & none of them are Democrats, & they continue to get 24/7 free passes for being absolute oath-violating cowards. Focus.
Yes, we’re looking at you, Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins & Thom Tillis, you absolute oath-violating cowards.
February 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Again, the answer is “10-25 people in Washington, <all> of whom are Republicans, or it’s not going to happen.”
And yet, these 10-25 people get free passes every day & still can leave their houses & go to work with scarcely a question about when they’re going to start fulfilling their oaths 🤷♂️🤦♂️
And yet, these 10-25 people get free passes every day & still can leave their houses & go to work with scarcely a question about when they’re going to start fulfilling their oaths 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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Pay attention to the Prairieland case.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
The Road to Prairieland
The crackdown on anti-ICE activists in Texas reflects a pattern of intensifying repression all around the country.
crimethinc.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Pay attention to the Prairieland case.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
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(particularly true in the smaller sections of the betting markets, which is where general events and politics betting are, makign them even more useless as improvements over basic poll averaging)
Betting markets are designed to clear profitably – partly by pricing all the outcomes to make participation tempting! – rather than to accurately predict outcomes.
The first goal is often in direct competition with the second. Calling them “prediction” markets is false advertising.
The first goal is often in direct competition with the second. Calling them “prediction” markets is false advertising.
February 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
(particularly true in the smaller sections of the betting markets, which is where general events and politics betting are, makign them even more useless as improvements over basic poll averaging)
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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Khanna: "Donald Trump had the FBI scrub those files in March. And the documents we saw already had the redactions of the FBI from March. So we still have not seen the vast majority of documents unredacted that have the survivor statements of the rich and powerful men who committed these crimes."
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Khanna: "Donald Trump had the FBI scrub those files in March. And the documents we saw already had the redactions of the FBI from March. So we still have not seen the vast majority of documents unredacted that have the survivor statements of the rich and powerful men who committed these crimes."
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We’re getting guns, football, and cowboys in the culture war.
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
We’re getting guns, football, and cowboys in the culture war.
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I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
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Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
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Abducted, tortured, and trafficked to a country she's never lived in, she's still trying to help others suffering at the hands of the Trump regime.
February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Abducted, tortured, and trafficked to a country she's never lived in, she's still trying to help others suffering at the hands of the Trump regime.
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I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.
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Every story about aggrieved Kid Rock halftime-show watchers should be matched with a piece on the local parties where people were overwhelmingly excited about Bad Bunny www.tampabay28.com/news/region-...
Latinos in Tampa Bay celebrate Bad Bunny making history at Super Bowl LX
Bad Bunny brought pride and celebration to Latinos across the U.S. with his historic Super Bowl halftime performance.
www.tampabay28.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Every story about aggrieved Kid Rock halftime-show watchers should be matched with a piece on the local parties where people were overwhelmingly excited about Bad Bunny www.tampabay28.com/news/region-...
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🏈 Donald Trump Lost the Super Bowl, Also Has Lost America 🇺🇸
“In recent days, you may have seen viral clips of an adult man in Texas attacking a minor during a student walkout protest against Donald Trump’s ICE. Video from the scene appears to show a furious man – whose car apparently got kicked by a teen – starting to savagely beat a young girl, only…
🏈 Bad Trump, Good Bunny
It’s not just the Super Bowl. MAGA’s culture war is epically backfiring. And as a blue wave builds, Trump is only escalating his crackdowns.
Swin Suebsaeng has this morning’s First Draft newsletter from Zeteo:
It’s not just the Super Bowl. MAGA’s culture war is epically backfiring. And as a blue wave builds, Trump is only escalating his crackdowns.
Swin Suebsaeng has this morning’s First Draft newsletter from Zeteo:
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
🏈 Donald Trump Lost the Super Bowl, Also Has Lost America 🇺🇸
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What? That can't be right. Haven't they seen the president's plans for his special golden ballroom?
Enten: "Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing ... he's underwater by 9 points. That's a 23 point switcheroo."
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
What? That can't be right. Haven't they seen the president's plans for his special golden ballroom?
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Tell me more about how Israel is not doing apartheid
Israeli forces detained several Palestinians near the al-Zeayem checkpoint outside occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly for not having the right identification cards.
Since 1981, Israel has used a colour-coded ID system to control and restrict Palestinian freedom of movement.
Since 1981, Israel has used a colour-coded ID system to control and restrict Palestinian freedom of movement.
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Tell me more about how Israel is not doing apartheid
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This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately
Cuban government has informed airlines that they only have about 24 hours worth of fuel left for planes.
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Cuba comunica a las aerolíneas que en 24 horas se queda sin combustible para aviones - EFE
El Gobierno de Cuba advirtió a las aerolíneas internacionales que operan en la isla que a partir de este lunes el país se queda sin combustible para aviación.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately
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Operation Matterhorn remains one of the most absurd military operations ever
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Operation Matterhorn remains one of the most absurd military operations ever