Robert Teeter
@rteeter.bsky.social
Retired librarian. From the democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Jew, curler, Shakespeare fan, California water enthusiast.
Ukraine did real damage in hitting Yandex’s data centers, but it probably didn’t send troll traffic to “near zero.” www.theverge.com/tech/1009594...
The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots
Not the bots you’re probably picturing, that is.
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Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent
I’ve seen Shakespeare performed in a bar. Why not scientific lectures? @plantdokta.bsky.social
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)@cenmag.bsky.social · yesterday"It’s time we rethink what outreach in organic chemistry can look like. We often focus on K–12 students, as we should. But there is another audience we may be overlooking: intellectually curious adults who simply want to learn about our field." #chemsky 🧪
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
I mean he’s Jewish and crushing a Nazi sympathizer in the polls. It’s a dream come true for us.
Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]
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Drazan voted against the bill to rein in data centers…Kotek signed the bill. Watch what they do and how they respond to Oregonians!
When we talk about the corrupt Supreme Court, we’re not just talking about Clarence Thomas getting paid off or Scalia doing billionaire junkets. John Roberts’ spouse getting paid by BigLaw firms would also be considered corrupt under federal law for other government employees.
Clutch@clutch3-16.bsky.social · last wk.Imagine you’re a law firm with a case before the Court and Jane Roberts calls you up and recommends you hire someone. Even if you have zero interest in trying to bribe him, how do you respond?
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
This Congress, I am proud to say that I have passed four bills through the House. Not because I compromise my values, not because the legislation is a “gimme,” But because I show up every day and work hard for our community.
More on Prop 39, the little brother of DJT's so-called Save Act: Some CA voters are falling for the propaganda put out by billionaires. 😱 A ❌NO on 39 is a must to stop DJT's voter suppression agenda which adds costly, unnecessary barriers that could block eligible CA voters. 🗣️Talk to friends! 8/10
Atta Babe, Krukow! We‘ll miss you. #AttaBabe #AttaBabeKruk #SFGiants
SF Giants Bot@giantbot.bsky.social · 2w ago🤖 Oracle Park 🧡 #AttaBabeKruk
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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🧵 IN THE WINTER OF 2022, a few months after ChatGPT began to scramble everything, I was part of a small group of staffers who met with Sam Altman at the White House. A few reflections on that meeting, and what it tells us about this most recent hype/panic cycle 🧵🧵🧵
PODCAST: Is it time to freak out about AI?
Think about it this way: Lucy and the football for the digital age.
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1/ A Colorado woman's credit score dropped 85 points over a $240K debt that wasn't even hers. She proved it. The credit bureaus still wouldn't fix it. Why? Because the federal watchdog that used to force them to is being quietly dismantled from the inside #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
I'm sorry, what? Shakespeare didn't write the play in Olde English. And Shakespeare didn't set the play in a time or place where the characters would've spoken Olde English. Eggers is free to make his choice, but how does this show "meticulous attention to detail"? It shows the opposite?
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 3w agoRobert Eggers is set to direct a new film adaptation of ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’. The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Greenland will remain part of Denmark under a planned US-Denmark-Greenland security deal, despite Trump claiming the US secured “permanent control.” The pact preserves access & rights US already held since 1951. Denmark retains sovereignty and Danish & Greenlandic parliament still need to approve.
Denmark & Greenland defeat Trump takeover bid. US settles for military access it largely already had
Greenland will remain part of Denmark under a planned US-Denmark-Greenland security deal, despite Trump claiming the US secured “permanent control.” The pact largely preserves or expands military acce...
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I was wondering today, when ICE didn’t immediately come out with their usual statement…”the ICE agent shot in self-defense in-fear of his life”. But as the day went on, I realized that Eye witnesses are noting he was SHOT IN THE BACK! Next-the reason for shooting into a crowded intersection? 
MadGreek 🧿@madgreek2024.bsky.social · 3w agoDemand Justice for Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez. On September 20, ICE agents in north Austin shot Wilber in his car in a vicious mid-day attack while he was delivering for DoorDash. ICE agent rammed his car and shot him in the back then took him to the hospital and later took him in custody. WTF.
Hey, Jews who fast on YK!! Go drink a glass of water. Go on! NU? Did you drink? Drink more! Go!
Dan Levy as David Rose: Keep Walking
ALT: Dan Levy as David Rose: Keep Walking
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Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline | Social media | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline
Fourteen years ago, Twitter was the fastest, funniest game on the web. Now I’ve been driven out by so-called ‘online activists’. The only answer is to unplug and try this instead
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I deleted my post about synagogues being attacked at high holidays because people wanted to pivot to talking about churches and I refuse to play oppression Olympics or watch people change the subject to center themselves in a way that’s not intended to be supportive.
Do you know when the first #water war was? Or why Machiavelli and Leonardo conspired to divert a river? Or how many times the LA Aqueduct was dynamited by angry farmers? These are some of the stories I tell in my new book, "When the Well is Dry." Pre-order now! thenewpress.org/books/when-t...
When the Well Is Dry - The New Press
A comprehensive look at the relationship between water and violence, and how we can move from conflict to cooperation and peace, by one of the world’s leading water experts The first major water w...
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