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This is one of the most catastrophic developments imaginable for US media and the country. I don’t even have the words for it.
Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership
The move sets the stage for more corporate consolidation in the media industry.
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Rahawa Haile@rahawahaile.bsky.social · 3y agoA fun fact about me is that I have a degree in telecommunication and will die on the hill that media—all of it—has never recovered from the deregulation and consolidation made possible by the Telecom Act of 1996. Don’t get me started on what it did to minority-owned radio and TV stations.
Gender studies might be the most vindicated academic field of all time
Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 2w agoReally? Because I keep seeing them in charge of everything from car dealerships to the White House, and they seem to doing just fine despite their obvious handicaps.
What I need male academics to understand is that you, YES YOU, still benefit from a system where you are seen as superior to the women students and staff around you. You don't have to lift a finger. You are not exempt because you're nice or a feminist. YES YOU. #AcademicSky
Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)@drspacejunk.bsky.social · 2w agoA retired friend was remembering when there were departmental secretaries at universities who basically project managed the departments. You could give them handwritten documents, and they would type them up. He was shocked when I said it didn't work like that for female academics.
Critical infrastructure can be taken out with a cyber attack just as easily as with a missile, and the chaos that would result from any of the major sectors — communications, payment systems, transportation, etc. —going down would be unprecedented here.
I’m genuinely puzzled why people aren’t talking more about the compromise of the Minnesota water facility, because it makes clear for the public an unpleasant reality: Two oceans no longer provide the security for us that they once did during times of war.
O my god guys, NO MORE COPPER concentrate exports from the Congo? Holy shit www.reuters.com/world/africa...
EXCLUSIVE: Congo bans copper and cobalt concentrates exports, official order says
The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned exports of copper concentrate and cobalt concentrate as it escalates efforts to force domestic processing and retain more value from its mineral resources,...
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This is a fun read, as a person more knowledgeable about running than robotics. I enjoy the confirmation of intuitive logic, and makes me appreciate humanity’s beefy legs even more
Jeremy Diamond ☕️@dmnd.me · 2w agoSome color on why robots walk like they have doo doo ass: www.avikde.me/p/should-rob... In short: they need ground contact to exert control and low-impact gaits are better for drivetrain durability
Some color on why robots walk like they have doo doo ass: www.avikde.me/p/should-rob... In short: they need ground contact to exert control and low-impact gaits are better for drivetrain durability
Should Robots Run Like Humans or Ostriches?
Why different animals run differently, and what to take away for bio-inspired robotics
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Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 11mo agoWill it walk like it has doo doo ass?
I’m sorry, you simply can’t lead your newscast with that Miller tape on the birthright citizenship “order” without pointing out that that’s not the damn way it works. It’s just not journalism.
Noah Wylie will play Kirk, and other cast participating include Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Shabana Azeez and Ayesha Harris
This is cool: The cast of "The Pitt" will do a live table reading of the first broadcast episode of "Star Trek" to celebrate the show's 60th anniversary and benefit the Writers' Guild Foundation.
Wyle, LaNasa, More Set ‘Star Trek’ Table Read For WGA Foundation
Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Shabana Azeez, and Ayesha Harris will appear at the event on August 30.
deadline.com
no, actually, an executive order cannot "expand the category" of people excluded from birthright citizenship, we literally just went through this www.axios.com/2026/08/06/t...
One of the things I'm most proud of is my report on Yayoi Kusama, which highlighted the work of @dexdigi.bsky.social. He has a PhD in East Asian Studies from Cornell, is fluent in Japanese, lectured on Japanese culture, and is also an incredible journalist: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Yayoi Kusama Expresses “Deep Regret” For Anti-Black Statements Ahead of Exhibition at SFMOMA
The artist issued the remarks just before an exhibition on her work opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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i'll believe the right's claims about intellectual diversity when they start approving dissertations on the machinations of the evil scientist Yakub and not a moment sooner
it's also pretty interesting that "expose yourself to more intellectual diversity from the right" rarely means "hire more experts credulously studying the intellectual basis for Hindu nationalism, the gender politics of the Black Hebrew Isrealites, or the righteous teachings of al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ"
Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 2w agoit's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
“.. US imposes 50% aluminum tariff. Canadian aluminum imports collapse. US aluminium prices increase (by ~50%). If only we could tease out a connection!” - @scottlincicome.bsky.social
This is why engineers use integer-only mathematics when designing bridges. Things get weird when you allow a floating point.
Unfortunately, after construction our maintenance costs keep ballooning.
Title text: "Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge?" Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3279#Transcript
![Comic. [Bridge with three peaks. The ones on the outside have pillars digging under the water. The middle one is held up by a hot air balloon, surrounded by equations.] [caption] How to get past the 3-4 km limit on suspension bridge main spans](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihizprhfnte5c5fr7ytsgbmsod7u7u3kwixv27tmsku4d4y6de4oe)
Michigan Democrats chose Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter willing to stand up to the tyrant in the Oval Office. Corporate Democrats like Chuck Schumer aren't up to the task because they won’t bite the corporate hands that feed them.
The Real Meaning of El-Sayed's Victory
It's not what you're hearing
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Original artwork available at auction, ending Sunday 9th, 17:00 BST. 🙏 www.facebook.com/share/p/1CPW...
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Natee (they/them)@himmapaan.bsky.social · 2w agoRobin and Wisteria (_Erithacus rubecula_ and _Wisteria sp_), Watercolour on Bockingford, 97 mm square.
$1.4B to deploy the National Guard into cities? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$240B for ICE and CBP -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$300M for Trump's ballroom -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.
Warren Decries $1.4 Billion Cost of Trump's National Guard Deployment in DC | Common Dreams
Cost of National Guard deployment in DC under Trump projected to reach $1.4 billion by 2029. Sen. Warren criticizes spen
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