I think about this scene from Andor a LOT and repeat this phrase to myself often: "Power doesn't panic."

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d ago

Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.

This Wednesday at 1pm Eastern, join us for a Q&A all about Hummingbirds w/scientist Alyssa Sargent! Alyssa's work has taken her around the world studying bird behavior! In this session she'll introduce her work, then we'll open it up for audience questions. RSVP here givebutter.com/hummingbirds...

I want you to think about the kids in your life. Maybe those kids are 8. Maybe they are 32. Do they know enough about snails? Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails. Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar. SquidFacts.net.

The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

Oh. My. Gosh, so glad I listen to Vibe Check. Excellent interview with Timnit Gebru about how the current discussion about the AI Apocalypse is a distraction & is the same argument they've been making for a decade. The AI Apocalypse Is a Distraction podcastaddict.com/vibe-check/e...

Vibe Check - The AI Apocalypse Is a Distraction

Listen to Vibe Check - The AI Apocalypse Is a Distraction by Zach Stafford, Saeed Jones on Podcast Addict. On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach are joined by computer scientist and AI expert Timnit Gebru to talk about AI and why the future doesn't have to end in human extinction. Plus, they share their latest picks for “the vibes are on” and “the vibes are off.”You can order Timnit Gebru’s book: Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist------------------------------------------------------Saeed’s Poem: “The Dress” by Hieu Minh Nguyen  You can find everything Vibe Check related at our official website, www.vibecheckpod.comWe want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch with us on Instagram @vibecheck_pod.Get your Vibe Check merch at www.podswag.com/vibecheck.Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Vibe Check ad-free.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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There are some convoluted workarounds, if you don't mind using Terminal. I'd rather Apple recognize people hate Windows for just this kind of 🐂💩, and give people an easy opt out. www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/...

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I'm over calls to "normalize" behaviors. Who wants to be normal? AI's "not going anywhere?" Until you drop kick it outta your life with no regrets. Be weird. Hang out with librarians. #EduSky #AIRefusal www.librarian.net/notoai/

"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

jenny tightpants@jtp.bsky.social · 23h ago

i don't care if the danged chat bots are "thinking." that's not my problem. stop putting them in my computers

I have seen the future and it tells me that we’re gonna get about six hours to lib out on election night and then everyone will return to getting mad at the democrats

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’m sure everybody’s noticed but just a reminder, between now and the election the vibes are gonna be real off around here. they won’t get better after either but from now to the election they will also be off

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital.

This story of the resilience and courage of a young pelican, who "asked" at a NOAA lab for help, and GOT it, is my feel-good story of the month 🥺 🦑 🌊 🧪 wapo.st/4roaN8r

Scientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.

“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton.

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r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote

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Unpopular opinion: 5th graders don't hate science. They hate worksheets pretending to be science. Give a kid a balloon, a battery, and a reason to wonder, and watch what happens. #ScienceTeachers #STEMeducation #TeachersOfInstagram

Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in.

If you work for a church or nonprofit like mine that has literal decades of files in Microsoft Publisher format, Microsoft has published a handy script to turn them into PDFs, but it will only work until the end of this month! support.microsoft.com/en-us/publis...

Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.

Working in K12 in the US: We have construction on campus to add a new wing. Just got an email to all families and stafff to warn that the next few weeks of building may include the use of a tool that kinda sounds like gunshots and not to be alarmed. 😅😬😕

There are ~500 people on a call with Minneapolis Families for Public Schools rn. We love our public schools. Please please take the time to tell the school board they should delay this vote. This plan is NOT thought out and it doesn’t solve our current problems! www.mpschools.org/about-mps/sc...

If Trump’s drone arch is ever built a Dem president could raise a fortune selling tickets to help knock it down www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump wants to make his massive triumphal arch a killing machine

It'll store and deploy drones, snipers, and other weaponry for "national security" purposes, he says.

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Today’s anti-science corporate money grab at the grocery store. Da fuq is chlorophyll water? Rhetorical question. I already looked it up. Will be talking about this with my middle schoolers tomorrow.

If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.

This is the “higher productivity work” DOGE maybe didn’t anticipate we’d latch onto when they purged us.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Truly.

Sunday with the 806's.

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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d ago

I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.

The crew the made "Most Likely to Succeed" has released a new documentary that I am going to watch while doing my Sunday morning things. I'm sure I will have thoughts.

#FatBearWeek officially starts on Tuesday 🐻 "According to Katmai National Park and Preserve naturalist Mike Fitz, the brown bears have reached 'peak fat'" www.popsci.com/environment/...

The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever

Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.

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Reminder there are a lot of people that don't understand how K12 schools work and literally throw them under the bus publicly often.