If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season:
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The emergence of "Courtney Turns a Corner," chalk and charcoal on playground wall:
Calling out bbc for writing this without telling us Hugo is 19.5 hands. Who writes a story about a tall horse without that crucial bit of info?!?
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)@themerl.bsky.social · 12h agoeveryone, meet Hugo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@subpress.bsky.social What's the procedure for getting one personalized? Didn't see it on the pre-order page. Thanks!
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4w agoAlso your reminder that you can pre-order Monsters from your favorite bookseller (including your local indie, seriously, they'll be very happy to pre-order it for you!), and if you want a signed, personalized edition, you can get one via @subpress.bsky.social: subterraneanpress.com/scalzi-moo-t...
Remember: Republicans set it up so healthcare costs explode after the midterms. Don't forget that when you're voting.
Ah, No wonder Rudy’s so mad www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/u...
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
Orion Kidder@orionkidder.bsky.social · 3d agoRT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 6d agoTell me a fun fact.
My cousin’s shirt took me a second. He said “it’s great because anyone who would be offended by it couldn’t understand it anyway.”
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · September 3 · 44m
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Full-sized SUVs are pedestrian killers. New research finds that they're more than twice as likely to kill or seriously injure a pedestrian than other cars. (Notably, vehicle height—not weight—was the biggest risk factor.) doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
Looking at this as someone who has spent the past 22+ years closely connected to DOD infectious disease research, keenly aware of the incredible contributions to US and global health that have been made… the secrecy and broader context of this are deeply problematic
Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 6d agoUnder pressure, the DOD just released the text of its secret 10-year agreement with the NIH. Here are the biggest revelations from the document 🧵
We already have special research funds for diseases that impact our military. Hegseth has requested a $1.5 TRILLION budget. Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH. Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.
Absolutely blazing post from @anildash.com on how venture capital has become cancer capital. I am on a16z watch always bc those guys are terrifying as hell and they own everything we use on a daily basis. You need to read this. www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/c...
VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil Dash
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This is an important lesson for me to internalize, having a kid in college studying something without a solid path forward. Of course I worry about his future. But I know he is passionate about what he is learning. I have to trust that he will find his path. My path at his age was also uncertain.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last wk.the whole section of the write-up on Mr. T is pretty notable
The wonderfully talented Marsh Family has a new parody of Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic." This will piss off Crybaby Caligula yugely. Isn't he moronic? Don't you think?😅
When there are multiple stories about data centers simply building gas turbines without permits, PROVING they can’t be trusted, you’d be a fool to trust them. This is not paranoia, it’s pragmatism.
Anil Dash@anildash.com · last wk.I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise is a simple, correct one: you can't trust what Big Tech says in its promises to a local community.
As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · last wk.Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough: “The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.”