Lenin
@lenin.bsky.social
Born north of the south. Adoptive American , honorary Argentinian.
Technology, photography, travel.
Technology, photography, travel.
Watching “Drop Dead Years” by #billburr at the airport and laughing like a maniac 😂. People staring at me as tears come down my face. It’s that good.
September 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Watching “Drop Dead Years” by #billburr at the airport and laughing like a maniac 😂. People staring at me as tears come down my face. It’s that good.
This is great!
"Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky"
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@bsky.app @jay.bsky.team
"Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky"
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@bsky.app @jay.bsky.team
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August 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is great!
"Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky"
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@bsky.app @jay.bsky.team
"Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky"
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@bsky.app @jay.bsky.team
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The Vietnamese word for a ladybird, bọ rùa, means “turtle bug.” The Ukrainian word, сонечко (sonechko), means “little sun.” And the Norwegian word, marihøne, means “Mary’s chicken.” But my favourite word for a ladybird will always be the Welsh buwch goch gota, which I’d translate as “stubby red cow”
April 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The Vietnamese word for a ladybird, bọ rùa, means “turtle bug.” The Ukrainian word, сонечко (sonechko), means “little sun.” And the Norwegian word, marihøne, means “Mary’s chicken.” But my favourite word for a ladybird will always be the Welsh buwch goch gota, which I’d translate as “stubby red cow”
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this was my first jaunt into coding a little tool with AI (channeling @simonwillison.net ) and it was really fun and frustrating and it didn't take long to grab the wheel and get into "I'm just gonna finish this myself" mode. Overall worth the running start also the world still needs programmers.
March 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
this was my first jaunt into coding a little tool with AI (channeling @simonwillison.net ) and it was really fun and frustrating and it didn't take long to grab the wheel and get into "I'm just gonna finish this myself" mode. Overall worth the running start also the world still needs programmers.
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Tesla vs. other partially automated driving systems that use lidar. youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ by Mark Rober
Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?
YouTube video by Mark Rober
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March 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tesla vs. other partially automated driving systems that use lidar. youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ by Mark Rober
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Are you my new bff?! Sigma announced a new camera and it got lots of people talking. Are you a fan of this design?
March 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Are you my new bff?! Sigma announced a new camera and it got lots of people talking. Are you a fan of this design?
I don't understand how this hasn't gone viral yet. #larson
Rep. John Larson delivered a fiery speech blasting Republicans for blocking Elon Musk from testifying to Congress and enabling the Trump administration to go after Social Security. #Resist #WeThePeople #UnitedWeStand
March 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I don't understand how this hasn't gone viral yet. #larson
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Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
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@eduardoelreportero.bsky.social: Make corruption great again www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Making corruption great again
Malfeasance erodes trust in government and helps authoritarians consolidate power.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@eduardoelreportero.bsky.social: Make corruption great again www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
www.wired.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hypothetical comments about the US having to send their "sons and daughters to war" in Ukraine is from a 2023 video.
Zelenskyy saying US will have to send 'sons and daughters to war' in Ukraine is from old video
www.snopes.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hypothetical comments about the US having to send their "sons and daughters to war" in Ukraine is from a 2023 video.
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What a depressing thing they've turned this country into
From a colleague: The unstaffed USGS booth at the world’s largest mining and exploration conference, the 2025 PDAC in Toronto.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
What a depressing thing they've turned this country into
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$20k per month? Sir, I will work for half of the quoted openai price and I have a proven track record of not making up stuff out of thin air. I will pay taxes on my income unlike so called “non profits” organisation. Let the bidding war begin 🤣
March 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
$20k per month? Sir, I will work for half of the quoted openai price and I have a proven track record of not making up stuff out of thin air. I will pay taxes on my income unlike so called “non profits” organisation. Let the bidding war begin 🤣
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The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser
The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
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Few things have kept me sane in this mad year. One was writing for Snopes. Another was reporting, writing and hosting this new documentary audio series on Statelessness.
Thank you to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and to Chahut Media for their trust: www.chahut.ch/statelessness/
Thank you to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and to Chahut Media for their trust: www.chahut.ch/statelessness/
Statelessness | Chahut Média
www.chahut.ch
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Few things have kept me sane in this mad year. One was writing for Snopes. Another was reporting, writing and hosting this new documentary audio series on Statelessness.
Thank you to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and to Chahut Media for their trust: www.chahut.ch/statelessness/
Thank you to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and to Chahut Media for their trust: www.chahut.ch/statelessness/
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There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
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Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange
The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.
foreignpolicy.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
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Undocumented immigrants paid about $26 billion per year into Social Security, even though they will get nothing out of it.
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Undocumented immigrants paid about $26 billion per year into Social Security, even though they will get nothing out of it.
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
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For years, a false rumor has spread across the internet that France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, is a trans woman. We unpacked the rumor and its origins here:
Breaking down false rumor that France's first lady Brigitte Macron is trans
U.S. conservative pundit Candace Owens has repeatedly peddled this falsehood.
www.snopes.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For years, a false rumor has spread across the internet that France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, is a trans woman. We unpacked the rumor and its origins here:
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Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica
Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
@rascouet.com solo recordando que.. te olvidaste de seguirme acá! 😅
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@rascouet.com solo recordando que.. te olvidaste de seguirme acá! 😅
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Je viens de faire mon #eXit! L’exode de X est massif. Ne perdez pas un seul de vos abonnés. Grâce à #OpenPortability j’ai inscrit 4150 nouveaux passagers pour partir vers #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Retrouvez automatiquement vos communautés le #20Janvier via app.openportability.com !
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January 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Je viens de faire mon #eXit! L’exode de X est massif. Ne perdez pas un seul de vos abonnés. Grâce à #OpenPortability j’ai inscrit 4150 nouveaux passagers pour partir vers #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Retrouvez automatiquement vos communautés le #20Janvier via app.openportability.com !
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New small fire near the Getty Museum in L.A., dubbed the Sepulveda Fire
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
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January 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
New small fire near the Getty Museum in L.A., dubbed the Sepulveda Fire
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Snopes is now on BlueSky! We know there was a Snopes profile with thousands of followers but that wasn't us. @jay.bsky.team and @jessica.bsky.team helped us take down the fake profile and verify a new one.
November 27, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Snopes is now on BlueSky! We know there was a Snopes profile with thousands of followers but that wasn't us. @jay.bsky.team and @jessica.bsky.team helped us take down the fake profile and verify a new one.