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Victor Montal
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htfcuddles.mmfcomic.com
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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lalgorisme.bsky.social
A @404media.co han tret un zine analitzant les diferents tecnologies de vigilància massiva que fa servir l'ICE, i proposant tot un seguit de contramesures.

Una bon treball, i amb informació que es pot extrapolar a bona part de les societats del món.

www.404media.co/icezine/
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
Just saw an ad for "Melania" and it had a PG rating for "some thematic elements" which I'm assuming is because it features at least one pedophile.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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lukensjohnr.bsky.social
Meningeal B cells: Emerging players at the brain border. @cp-immunity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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labliston.bsky.social
Our new book "Self-Doubt" is written by scientists for scientists. You might think you are alone when you doubt your ability or suitability for science - you aren't. We all question ourselves and carry doubt with us daily.

www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Doubt-A...
January 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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cwebbonline.com
This make you uncomfortable? Good! Because this isn’t history, it’s reality and what ICE has normalized.
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota

Via DonHarris4/X
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show." Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us." Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms. Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room. "I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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lalgorisme.bsky.social
En resposta a la maquinària de vigilància massiva desplegada per l’ICE, s’estan elaborant bases de dades d’agents d’ICE, que poden ser connectades a eines de reconeixement facial per tal de crear automatismes que alertin de la seva presència.

Hackers gonna hack.
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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alexisrohou.bsky.social
I’m no historian, nor political scientist, and the term is definitely overused, but…
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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michaelvpina.bsky.social
the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
This is Alex Pretti.

This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.

#ScientistsAgainstICE
Alex Pretti, wearing a green sweater with his VA badge on.
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
Related: Anyone else notice how the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, Patriot Front, etc. were always out there marching to support and protect law enforcement...until recently?

They're never out there supporting ICE.

It's so odd, like Superman and Clark Kent.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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socialinfluenza.bsky.social
An attempt to explain enveloped virus entry (and practice pen and ink drawing) #sciart...
A pen and ink drawing labelled 'Entry,' showing a white membrane spanning a black background. A coronavirus particle binds to the membrane, fuses with the surface, and the genome inside it enters the cytoplasm and begins to unfold.
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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thetransmitter.bsky.social
More than 200 published studies and at least seven ongoing clinical trials rely on potentially faulty brain network maps, according to a study published yesterday.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
Methodological flaw may upend network mapping tool
The lesion network mapping method, used to identify disease-specific brain networks for clinical stimulation, produces a nearly identical network map for any given condition, according to a new study.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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cohenlaboratory.bsky.social
Such a pleasure to write this review on #LipidDroplet heterogeneity, dynamics and #organelle interactions with Mike @hennelab.bsky.social ! Thank you to the editorial team @natrevmcb.nature.com and to Yoni Malis for assistance with draft illustrations
January 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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elmundotoday.com
«Tiene que haber alguien en el CSIC capaz de alargar un puente sin que se derrumbe. Una estructura de ocio que soporte vacaciones de viernes a viernes».

Puedes leer el artículo completo en la web: www.elmundotoday.com/2026/01/la-s...

Contenido patrocinado por @csicdivulga.bsky.social.
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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lalgorisme.bsky.social
Transformar la por i el nihilisme en lluita col·lectiva. Del hardware als xiulets al carrer, l’objectiu és recuperar una mica de poder davant d’un aparell de vigilància massiva orientat a quedar-se'l tot.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.
www.eff.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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aemonten.bsky.social
And posted this odd note on their website
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social
Large scale prospective evaluation of co-folding across 557 Mac1-ligand complexes and three virtual screens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.25.696505v1
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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prbb.org
#CiènciaAlDescobert | Per què utilitzem la mosca de la fruita com a organisme model en biologia?

🧬 Aproximadament un 75% dels gens humans que s'han vinculat amb alguna malaltia tenen una seqüència molt semblant en gens d'aquesta petita mosca.

Descobreix-ho aquí! 👉 https://tuit.cat/Ztc6q
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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museuconcadella.bsky.social
Hi ha persones que s’emmirallen en "la grandesa de Roma". Sovint, deixen de costat les parts negatives, però, qui som nosaltres per jutjar Roma amb valors actuals? EXACTE: en el fil d’avui veurem com els mateixos romans criticaven Roma. 🧵👇
Un centurió Romà es tapa la cara en un gest de desaprovació o vergonya. En un globus, diu "PQCR", que s’assembla al "SPQR" que identificava l’estat romà però que vol dir "Però què coi, Roma". La imatge és obra de l’artista Gambargin, publicada en la seva pàgina de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2904775279799419&set=pcb.2904778439799103 El text és un afegit nostre.
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM