David Harvey
@topladave.bsky.social
I am ever curious, always learning, silly, smart, and creative. I've been everything from a museum blacksmith to an archaeologist, historian, conservator, museum consultant, author, videographer, teacher of online courses. I have walked a wonderful path.
Your Wednesday Mid-Day Timeline Lesson - Don't Fuck with an Orangutan.
Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 8h agoOrangutan grabs zoo visitor after the visitor reportedly ignored warnings, climbed over the guardrail, and began teasing the orangutan. Original post
Where is the Police Investigation into this Despicable Abusive Knob?
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 23h agoMax Miller: When I was reported for child abuse, for my daughter, for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan
It's Trump's Corruption Shell Game. And he also wants 10 million more of our tax money to "pay" his America's 250th Shitshow on the Mall.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 4h agoAmerica’s biggest corporations shelled out millions to support Freedom 250 and then did not disclose the payments on lobbyist contribution reports due to Congress last Friday. Trump himself is the chair of Freedom 250. trib.al/bb9On0R
Attorneys for the former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are asking a judge to ensure federal prosecutors don’t have a chance to reopen the case against him.
Reflecting Pool defendant’s lawyers move to head off new charges
Attorneys for David Heard, the former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, are asking a judge to ensure federal prosecutors don’t have a chance to resurre...
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How have blue states’ legal battles with the Trump administration worked out a year and a half in? New numbers from the biggest Democratic-led state in the country provide a snapshot.
Who’s winning in California v. Trump lawsuits so far?
The White House calls California’s suits ‘frivolous’ amid court battles.
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The GOP Doesn't Believe in Democracy.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 17h agoMissouri voters cannot weigh in on whether to keep congressional district boundaries that were redrawn to benefit Republicans, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said on Tuesday, even though opponents of the new map had gathered thousands of signatures seeking a statewide vote.
“Before you try to spike my cortisol, just know that I’m having a Jack Johnson summer.” The singer-songwriter Jack Johnson’s frozen-in-time anthems, odes to going with the flow, are the soundtrack to a summer of “hopecore.”
Stressed? Overwhelmed? Have You Tried Being Jack Johnson Instead?
His frozen-in-time anthems, odes to going with the flow, are the soundtrack to a summer of “hopecore.”
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There are no "Ceasefires" with Netanyahu.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 11h agoNews analysis: Soon after President Trump announced a new plan last week to deliver peace and security in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave instead experienced a spike in deadly Israeli bombings, which threatened to undermine hopes for long-awaited progress.
Russia and Ukraine are producing ever larger numbers of innovative aerial weapons, hoping for a breakthrough as ground combat is largely frozen.
How the Ukraine War Became a Fight for the Skies
Russia and Ukraine are producing ever larger numbers of innovative aerial weapons, hoping for a breakthrough as ground combat is largely frozen.
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Breaking News: Democratic primary voters ousted Representative Shri Thanedar of Michigan, nominating Donavan McKinney, a democratic socialist.
Shri Thanedar Is Ousted by a Democratic Socialist in a Michigan House Primary
Representative Shri Thanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.
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YES!
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7h agoDr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary race for Senate in Michigan on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, defeating Haley Stevens, a four-term moderate. This victory signaled liberal voters’ anti-establishment mood and shifting sentiment against Israel. nyti.ms/4hgCOvS
New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude
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A new study shows how the big cats cause deer to move away from roads and deeper into the forest, where they pose less of a hazard to motorists. www.wired.com/story/cougar...
Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer
A new study shows how the big cats cause deer to move away from roads and deeper into the forest, where they pose less of a hazard to motorists.
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Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incorporating AI transparency into their creative process. www.wired.com/story/algori...
AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory
Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incorporating AI transparency into their creative process.
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Trump's War on Nature. Far out in the Pacific Ocean, there are islands that few have seen. The oceans around them are full of marine life, from thriving coral reefs to sharks and tuna. The Trump administration is rolling back protections for these places.
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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We've Known This Over a Year Ago. A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes (via LAist). laist.com/news/climate...
Edison equipment caused deadly Eaton Fire, LA County Fire investigators conclude
A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
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Trump Brought Back Black Lung. Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...
Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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While Trump Denies Ukraine the Patriot Missiles they need to Defend their Cities Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...
Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17
Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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These so-called clicks are different from noises used for social communication and echolocation for prey. www.iflscience.com/sperm-whales...
Sperm Whales Produce Loudest Sound Ever Made By A Mammal And It Can Travel Whopping 70 Kilometers, But No One Knows Why
These so-called clicks are different from noises used for social communication and echolocation for prey.
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The dinosaurs went on unhindered, but 113 million years ago many marine species died out and the reasons have turned out to be very relevant right now. www.iflscience.com/there-were-a...
There Were Actually Two Mass Extinctions During The Cretaceous, And The First One Is Looking Very Familiar
The dinosaurs went on unhindered, but 113 million years ago many marine species died out and the reasons have turned out to be very relevant right now.
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"It’s wild how disconnected these tech people are from normal human behavior" www.iflscience.com/sam-altman-s...
Sam Altman Suggested A New Use For ChatGPT And It Has People Saying "Jesus This Is Bleak"
"It’s wild how disconnected these tech people are from normal human behavior," actor Mike Dargatis added.
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Hundreds of scientists are collaborating on a quest to count every species of insect in one expanse of the Amazon. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Tiny patch of Amazon probably holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science
Megaproject involving hundreds of sites is cataloguing rainforest insects from the ground to the canopy.
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Nature research paper: Miniaturizing and modifying natural proteins with Raygun. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Miniaturizing and modifying natural proteins with Raygun - Nature
Probabilistic sequence encoding from language model embeddings within a generative AI framework enables protein miniaturization, modification and augmentation while maintaining native architectur...
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Nature research paper: Cretaceous zhelestid mammals are zalambdalestoids. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cretaceous zhelestid mammals are zalambdalestoids - Nature
New Mongolian fossil evidence shows zhelestids were not placental-like herbivore relatives, but a dental variant within Zalambdalestoidea, with distinctive molars alongside zalambdalestid skull and li...
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