The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science announced Tuesday that two of its paleontologists had identified a new bird-like dinosaur species after first discovering an unusual skull fossil in San Juan County in the summer of 2005. sourcenm.com/2026/08/05/n...

New Mexico scientists announce discovery of  ‘beefy’ new bird-like dinosaur in San Juan County • Source New Mexico

Dinevenator robustus may have been up to 10 feet long and lived in New Mexico more than 70 million years ago.

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El-Sayed in Livingston County is interesting. I don’t vote in Michigan anymore but it seems like if El-Sayed can’t beat Rogers in November then Stevens couldn’t have either.

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if you'd like to a see a similar, somewhat longer film, about the same being done in syracuse, check out raisetheroofdoc.com (i built the website)

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d ago

This is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won. Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film. Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA

Reminder to vote YES for Wayne County transit :) :) :)

Transportation Riders United@detroittransit.org · last wk.

"Simply put, public transit is a lifeline for those who cannot easily drive on their own". Mayor Tim Woolley of Taylor writes, calling on Taylor residents to support the Wayne County public transit millage, for our neighbors who can't drive. Vote yes on Wayne County transit August 4th.

Underneath solar panels, plants grew much more and used less water, "Chiltepin pepper plants produced three times as much fruit as those grown in full sun. Jalapenos matched their usual harvest while using 65 percent less water. Tomatoes grown under the array came in at twice the normal yield."

hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 4d ago

*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…

One of my brothers and I do this and end up cry-laughing while we text.

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 3d ago

This one time, my da bought half a cow. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...

This is so interesting. I’m a woman who takes transcription style notes, but I do the metacognition piece internally & when I reread my notes. I used to take word for word notes during professor’s lectures and catch up on the word for word while they were saying something unnecessary to know.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d ago

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

This is so interesting. I’m a woman who takes transcription style notes, but I do the metacognition piece internally & when I reread my notes. I used to take word for word notes during professor’s lectures and catch up on the word for word while they were saying something unnecessary to know.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d ago

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 5d ago

Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right

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Hoo boy this editorial is some hot garbage.

Rav@rvbdrm.com · last wk.

What the fuck?? “While Mr. El-Sayed is fringy and radical, he’s also a Muslim man. Ms. Stevens is a white woman. This puts her at a disadvantage in the identity Olympics that internal Democratic Party politics have become.” www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

An investigation found that decades of unfettered staff-student interactions at Interlochen led to dozens of alleged sexual assaults. Alleged assaults by Jeffrey Epstein were also included in the report.

Interlochen allowed faculty to sign out students overnight, leading to alleged sexual assaults, report shows

An investigation found that decades of unfettered staff-student interactions at Interlochen led to dozens of alleged sexual assaults. Alleged assaults by Jeffrey Epstein were also included in the report.

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I believe there is no greater generational constant in USA than the high profile snake oil salesman. I bet historians can document trajectory changes in USA purely based on phenomena & gold rushes engineered by snake oil salesmen. ‘I invented a genie’ guy may be their crowning achievement though.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

You’re arguing about a well-written essay today instead of arguing whatever dumb thing the president did. You should be thanking Emily.

Pioneering L.A. assemblage artist Betye Saar, who ‘liberated’ Aunt Jemima, dies days before her 100th birthday https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-07-27/betye-saar-dead-artist-assemblage-aunt-jemima-99?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

ICE out in Washtenaw today stay safe folks

Public comment (for all of 14 days wtf) linked below this post

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

"The constitution doesn't count at the border" is one of those things that just isn't in the constitution, but i'm sure originalists can make something up

1989.

Now, of course, *they* are in the Whitney. Have a look. How much have systemic improvements been a result of their impact? Possibly quite a lot. Their calling out specific institutions, with specific demands is a great case study for pushing power now.

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It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

Detroit does early voting right, a street party with line dancing, free Faygo, ice cream, face paint, bounce castles and burning man Uncle Sam juggling. Make voting a big old civic holiday!

what it comes down to is this. everyone who attends a public school should get a free lunch. period. you cannot means test a child's hunger. if you try, sorry not sorry, you're doing eugenics. fix your fucking heart or die.

it's not just that means testing unfairly gatekeeps care from people on the edges of the economic goldilocks zone. the logic ripples out through culture and influences how we talk about poverty, race, and disability. we do not talk about helping people without first talking about who not to help.

like the longer you look at how we treat welfare in this country, the more undeniable it becomes that the whole thing is predicated on a logic of bigotry, classism, and eugenics. it is a despicable practice that needs to be abolished with violent and unapologetic prejudice.

being afraid of the DSA is loser shit, sorry. “these progressive ideas are scary!” grow up.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Kentucky to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-17 in these case. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/kentuc...

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