This is huge for my community. As recently as 30 years ago dinosaur presence in a public lobby would be cruelly mischaracterized as a "rampage"
Ipuy was an esteemed sculptor in ancient Egypt, contributing masterful carvings to pharaohs’ tombs in the Valley of the Kings. But archaeologists are particularly interested in Ipuy’s most personal work: his own tomb. archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2026/features/a-tomb-of-ones-own/
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
kate conger@kateconger.com · 21h agoAnthropic is the latest lab to report 'rogue' agent activity, which sources said included applying for visas with the State Department www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
Dan Sullivan invested in farmed fish “By using seafood caught in poor countries to grow seafood for rich countries,” Ian told me yesterday, “today’s fish farming is driving ocean depletion, labor abuse, rampant pollution and violent civil unrest far from our dinner plate.”
The Fish Farming Industry's Dirty Secrets (Gift Article)
Forced labor, rancid waste, harmful chemicals. What to know about the seafood that could end up on your plate.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics@bermaninstitute.bsky.social · yesterdayOur appetite for seafood is growing. In the last 60 years, the global consumption of fish has more than doubled. As demand has increased, so have dangerous levels of overfishing: 1/3 of the world’s fish stocks are currently being harvested at unsustainable levels. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is the best things have literally ever been. I study a war that killed one third of Central Europe
Krusty Burger Official 🌟@bansheefunk.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you love your children you would not let them be born in this world.
That covers about 30 hours of US diesel use.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · yesterday⚡️BREAKING: Trump says Russia agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets. "Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Oct. 9.
Saw this ad on Facebook. Is it just me, or does “The Cashmere Bomber” sound like a nickname for a terrorist from the Hamptons?
One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h ago(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
So Red Sox medical let him pitch on a broken leg for a FUCKING MONTH. Understandable since we all know there's a dearth of quality medical providers and facilities in Boston. This, collectively with all the other injury issues this year, is absolutely damning. Fucking unacceptable.
Seriously anyone that says the US is only evil NEEDS to visit an African American museum. You will be disgusted, amazed and inspired by what Black Americans did.
New strip found: Bizarro by Wayno & Piraro for Fri, 09 Oct 2026 https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/bizarro/s-4311553 #comic #comicstrip #bizarro #bizarrostrip
Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.
Every state that has abolished in the last 2 decades has been Dem-controlled. Only 1 Dem-controlled state still executes people (AZ). Did Dems sign on to AEDPA & reestablishing the fed DP? Yes, 30 years ago. But all.of the considerable movement toward abolition since then has happened in Dem states
Is there a farm where they grow them? A lab with clone vats?
Grocery store prices in rural Alaska right now. Most goods here come by barge or plane, so life here has always cost more. But this? This is as bad as it's ever been. This is what the price-hiking war in Iran is costing Alaskans. Dan Sullivan has now voted for it 14 times.
hey remember when Biden all but entirely ended the drone war and then trump restarted it with no record keeping or restraint or protections in place i remember but a lot of people who were very angry at the drone war don't seem to have noticed
Bah gawd Roy the man's already did. (Hit 'im with the chair again.)
Roy Cooper@roycoopernc.bsky.social · yesterdayWhen Barrow High started playing football 20 years ago, plenty of people doubted it would last. The Barrow Whalers and the Utqiaġvik families cheering them on have proved them all wrong – five Division III title games in 10 years 👏 Go Whalers!
High school football in the Arctic was a bold idea 20 years ago. Now, Utqiagvik’s team is proving it’s more than a curiosity.
The Barrow High School Whalers have been to the Division III title game five times in 10 years. That’s just one way the team is having an impact, coaches and community members say.
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Back in ‘22 in Minneapolis I had the pleasure of opening for Ird Al Yanko. I did half an hour. Oct 7 thru 10 I’ll be at the Acme Comedy Company doing an hour. It’ll feel strange talking twice as slowly.
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ALT: Picard Facepalm
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The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · yesterdayThe FBI wants to hire the Ultimate Fighting Championship to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts, according to federal records.
3 greats — Steve McQueen, James Garner and director John Sturges on the set of ‘The Great Escape’ 1963).
