Dmitri. #freeLink

@momus.bsky.social

WWLD : what would Link do? someday i would like to try real bossam kimchi 보쌈김치 he/him

You wouldn’t know it from #auspol social media posts but we already have a version of “Mamdani-style” public grocery stores in Australia. It’s a Fed Govt owned entity called Outback Stores & there’s also a Low-Cost Essential Subsidy Scheme for 100 remote stores. Arguably a pretty similar model

i promise u, u can critique the hell out of that awful podcast guy who is talking out the side of his neck, without being anti-fat. anti-fatness = antiblackness blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Read More bell hooks@walaal.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

#Blacksky periodic reminder to prioritize reading "Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness" by Da’Shaun L. Harrison" are there folks on Blacksky that would be up for doing a virtual reading group of Belly of the Beast? (does this app have polls?)

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d ago

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

For sure. There were times when I would quote the lone opposition from a town meeting & he would remove it. Same with insane letters to the editor he wouldnt publish. I was covering Eastern Connecticut. I always tell people the trolls & MAGAs arent new, we just didnt hear from them.

Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...

Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)

He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.

nytimes.com

my best friend worked at University of Mississippi at the time when nearly the entire faculty and student body was demanding the Confederate statue at the entrance be taken down but it wasn’t, because apparently the answer to Mike’s question is “a handful of very rich football families”

Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 2d ago

As I’ve asked many times now, what constituencies does a university president represent? Because too often, the answer seems to not include anyone who works or studies at the university, and that seems like a problem.

It's October 4th -- the Sputnik satellite was flung into orbit 69 years ago today, beginning the age of space exploration. I dug into the Russian archives and got some documents on its creation. Check it out if you're interested.....

Asif Siddiqi@historyasif.bsky.social · 3y ago

Sputnik was 66 years ago today. I curated a set of about a dozen original Soviet archival sources (translated!) on the origins of the world's first satellite, hosted by The Wilson Center in Washington, DC: www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ne... #histsci #histtech

In the 1920s a chapter of the Indiana Klan became convinced that the Pope was secretly traveling through the area by train, so the members dutifully hijacked a passing train and forced a millinery salesman to prove that he wasn’t the Pope in disguise.

Andrew D Thaler@drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d ago

No matter how bleak things may seem, just remember that in the 1960s the US Coast Guard received reems of earnest letters begging them to save those poor castaways on Gilligan's Island.

Sukkot commands us to welcome guests and to find joy together. You never know when strangers might turn out to be angels. It was an honor to welcome @mayor.nyc.gov — and some very special ushpizin (exalted guests) — to our sukkah this week.

if you want to quit Duolingo but aren't sure what to do next, here are some ideas. - Mango languages is available for free through most libraries. - LingQ is perfect for anyone reading focused - Language Reactor can help you understand TV + movies - Anki can help you remember everything