sticky biological reality

And yes, I love #obsidianmd so much i created a feed bsky.app/profile/did:...

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

The Second Erasure: How Do We Speak of (and with) Political Prisoners?  How do we speak of political prisoners while they are still inside, and how do we speak with them once they're out? This is… https://arablit.org/2026/10/26/the-second-erasure-how-do-we-speak-of-and-with-political-prisoners/

Recent catness.

better plot and you can actually see what's going on

Bayeux tapestry becomes pop culture hit as young people more keen to see exhibition than top films

Supporters of Serbia's student-backed protest movement celebrate in the streets of Belgrade as veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat for his ruling party in snap elections. The vote is the culmination of nearly two years of student-led protests

Serbia AND Brazil, wow.

Lula Goes HARD

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

Our First Nations traditional territory maps are progressing. We're likely a week away from completing our alpha build. This will replace the Native-Land.ca territory maps, which went offline earlier this year (though they have other maps still online). It'll go online at knowledgekeepr.com

damn, 10 years since we got San Junipero (october 21, 2016) HAPPY SAN JUNIPERO DAY!

Wish I was this guy 🖌

This stuff is just so sad. You can’t even say 3 things that make your own daughter special. And then you brag about this in the press to other shriveled, failing people. bsky.app/profile/davi...

“At least one journalist has speculated that if you tally all the votes Lula has received across his campaigns, he might be the most voted-for human being on the planet. It seems impossible to defeat him.” Gianpaolo Baiocchi on the enduring power of Lulismo:

A reminder: Lula’s politics centre the environment, which he mentioned immediately after, so I’m hopeful he’ll thread this issue carefully and with all needed consideration. His current mandate brought down deforestation levels to its lowest numbers since measurements began being taken in 1988.

And on AI: “I don’t want to depend on Chinese nor American AI. I want to create a Brazilian intelligence.” He also mentioned having Brazilian data centres dealing with our intelligence. “We will no longer be a peripheral country. We want to be central.”

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

This drives me CRAZY. I grew up playing sports w/ boys. I played on a U12 boys select soccer team, b4 switching to a U12 girls team that kept beating us. Nobody had any issue with any of it. Youth sports have never had the strict sex/gender boundaries that “XX-XY” activists are now trying to defend.

It is my sincere hope that Brazilian prosecutors charge, try, and convict Zuckerberg and his Facebook co-conspirators for their election crimes.

idk how to explain how important this Lula win is but just know the entire balance of world power could have shifted in a terrible direction tonight and instead the people and democracy won despite overwhelming odds 🎉🎉🎉

Hilarious in retrospect // Blood, Simpler

Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds | New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2594...

Next up in my occasional series: "Can it swim?" BATS!🦇🏊 As video captured by Rob Mackereth (@mack2526 on IG) in the Lake District, England shows, bats can indeed swim. In fact, they're pretty good little swimmers. But there's an asterisk. Also, standard disclaimer: do not handle downed bats!

Such a bizarre story // Exclusive: Inside Alina Habba’s UNGA-week wedding to Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon — The Correspondent

I post very little here but here's something that should be amplified. Behold, a US-born Somali man was inspired by a message of love - from a book that terrifies a wide swath of Americans - to instantly, without hesitation, solve a real-life trolley problem. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Bird was crawling as she “viewed”

The President’s Dog Psychic https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/world/americas/argentina-president-milei-dog-pet-psychic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFE.Ltj0.5B6JHcNftOO-&smid=url-share

Cells from your mother could stay in your brain your whole life | New Scientist

🇧🇷Sanhaço-vermelho 🌎Piranga rubra Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O sanhaço-vermelho é uma ave passeriforme da família Cardinalidae. 📷 Gustavo Soares de Oliveira

Body temperature may drive the higher risk of autoimmune conditions in women | New Scientist

Opinion | Trump Can No Longer Mask His Real Agenda - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opinion/trump-campaign-promises-affordability.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFE.qfAK.3kabOB0hq1zA&smid=url-share

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