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We now know that —is due to a coincidental combination of very low rates of global volcanism, and highly dispersed continents with big mountains, which allow for lots of global rainfall and therefore amplify reactions that remove carbon from the atmosphere," he explained. phys.org/news/2025-02...

phys.orgResearch reveals how Earth got its ice capsThe cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

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Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com

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Also, because I am a film journalist after all: this new generation coming up has not lived under Brazil’s harrowing dictatorship or felt its terrible after effects in the 80s and 90s, so recent films like I’M STILL HERE and THE SECRET AGENT have been key in helping educate this new crop of voters.

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Springer
@springer.springernature.com

'Cell-Based Meat in the European Union and Beyond,' an #OpenAccess book, presents a thorough and up-to-date exploration of the complex and often controversial topic of cell-based meat. 🔗 bit.ly/4ijw27v #STS 💙📚

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Chapps
@chapps.bsky.social

Excellent article that perfectly sums up my views about the new David Geffen Galleries at LACMA. Demeaning to the visitors, the curators dispense with any form of context, cultural relevance, or chronology, eliminating any information about the art/artists. Disastrous. apple.news/A5A62L-GXQTS...

apple.newsReview | A new $724 million museum is a visually stunning train wreck — The Washington PostDecontextualization has made a mess of one of this country’s great art collections.

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Alex Says Stuff
@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social

The fetishisation of "debate" as some sort of grand public good that everyone should do is so thoughtless and jarring to me because the more you actually do it the more it becomes apparent that genuinely constructive debate is actually a pretty niche thing.

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Jake Grumbach
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.

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Jake Grumbach
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

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We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

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Starship 888☀️Vinny
@starship888.bsky.social

What Paul Farmer and Joan Kleinman taught Arthur Kleinman about wisdom news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... Physician and anthropologist says it all comes down caregiving in new collection written with colleagues, rooted in their course ‘Quests for Wisdom’

news.harvard.eduWhat Paul Farmer and Joan Kleinman taught Arthur Kleinman about wisdom — Harvard GazettePhysician and anthropologist says it all comes down caregiving in new collection rooted in Harvard course "Quests for Wisdom."

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Duncan Bell
@duncanbell.bsky.social

The Introduction to an excellent roundtable on David Armitage's classic book, The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000) Andrew Fitzmaurice, "The Past and the Future of the Ideological Origins of the British Empire" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

tandfonline.comThe Past and the Future of the Ideological Origins of the British EmpirePublished in History of European Ideas (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Nereide
@drnereide.bsky.social

This beautiful Hubble image features, in spectacular detail, NGC 6217, a barred spiral galaxy located some 60 million light years away in Ursa Minor. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22022... Image Credit: NASA / ESA / and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team 🔭🧪⚛️ #cosmology

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coalminephoenix.bsky.social
@coalminephoenix.bsky.social

Support these journalists. This is detail work, not glamorous gossip and it is crucial for our democracy to function that we can all trust it even when we disagree or didn’t vote for the same policies, and that starts with understanding and knowing how it works.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

There's a lot of talk right now about what happens *after* votes are cast. So a reminder: Bolts has a state-by-state, 50-state resource on WHO COUNTS AND CERTIFIES the results. Always with the hope that it doesn't end up useful to know, but bookmark it:

boltsmag.orgWho Counts Our Elections? - BoltsWho are the local and state officials who are responsible for counting, canvassing, and certifying elections?

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Noah Shachtman
@noahshachtman.bsky.social

The Russians hacked Jared's phone. Then Dutch cyberspies then reverse-engineered that hack, giving them unprecedented access to his world. Bananas story in @vanityfair.com

Vanity Fair@vanityfair.com

Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...

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Amid the Stars
@amidthestarstours.com

On Saturn's moon Titan, you'd be able to fly, simply by tying fake wings to your arms and flapping. Titan is the only moon in our Solar System with a dense atmosphere. It's about 50% denser than Earth's. It also has gravity that's only about 14% of Earth's. (1/2) #Astronomy ⚛️🧪🛰️

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Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

I said that this was a Russian trope at the time in testimony to Congress and am glad to see this excellent documentation of Russia’s use of Vance’s vocal chords.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Leaks from Putin's office have revealed an extensive influence operation targeting JD Vance, which achieved everything it set out to achieve. Read all about how JD Vance and others fell for a lie about Volodymyr Zelensky concocted by agents of Russia's Presidential Administration. And how the Vice

theins.pressPutin’s “Doppelgängers”: The Insider gets inside the operations of the Kremlin's foreign disinformation networkWestern journalists call them "Doppelgänger," but the team of Russian propagandists spreading fake content under the banner of legitimate foreign news outlets…

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Johanna Vogel
@johannavogel.bsky.social

🌡+2,8°C mit den derzeitigen Maßnahmen: ⛔️ Das ist nur 0,2°C entfernt von +3°C, die Klimaforscher wie @michaelemann.bsky.social für "potentially civilisation-endingly bad" halten. Da wollen wir nicht hin!

UN Environment Programme@unep.org

The chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C with no overshoot is gone. But urgent action can still limit the overshoot and bring warming back to 1.5°C by 2100. Current policies, however, put the 🌎 on course for up to 2.8°C this century. New #EmissionsGap Report: https://ow.ly/SNHX50ZZz8l

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Amanda Katz
@katzish.bsky.social

Really moving story, and reminds me of this good little documentary that's on Netflix about men making personalized quilts in prison to send to kids in the foster system—it has really stuck with me www.imdb.com/title/tt3216...

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NPR@npr.org

A quilt artist who spent decades on death row now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. n.pr/4yCOUnU

n.prSentenced to death at 17, at 68, quilt artist receives solo museum exhibitionA quilt artist who spent decades on death row now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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Ethan Siegel
@startswithabang.bsky.social

Are we asking the wrong questions about dark matter? People often bring up dark matter and wonder whether it exists or not. But nearly every astrophysicist has moved on to ask, "what is dark matter?" Here's how we'll find out. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #cosmo #darkmatter

bigthink.comAre we asking the wrong questions about dark matter?The biggest question most often asked about dark matter is whether it exists. But astrophysically, we've long moved on to the next step.

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The Conversation U.S.
@us.theconversation.com

For centuries, bird migration was a mystery. A tech revolution is changing that, and could help save these amazing creatures

theconversation.comFor centuries, bird migration was a mystery – a tech revolution is changing that, and could help save these amazing creaturesAn early clue came from storks found in Europe with African arrows in their bodies. Today, an atlas reveals hundreds of bird migration routes that are both complicated and remarkable.

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RalstonReports
@ralstonreports.bsky.social

The early voting blog is updated! Big Republican gains offset late in day by large Clark County mail wins by Dems. Rs still gained just under 400 votes, but Ds have nearly 5 percentage point lead statewide. Still early. Lots of data, gov race model: thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-...

thenevadaindependent.comThe early voting blog, 2026 general - The Nevada IndependentUsing actual data from those who vote early, we track November's marquee races, including those for Nevada's governor, congressional seats and state Legislature.

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Anonymous
@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russia is building a massive military surveillance network in Kaliningrad. Satellite imagery reveals more than 20 installations, including a radar designed to detect aircraft and missiles up to 3,000 km away. GPS interference already affects 7 countries.

yacnews.comRussia Builds Massive Radar Network in Kaliningrad, Extending Surveillance Deep into EuropeSatellite imagery reveals Russia expanding its military surveillance network in Kaliningrad, including a radar capable of detecting aircraft and missiles up to 3,000 kilometres away. More than 20 inst...

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Charles Ghoul-ba 🎃 ✡️
@charlesgaba.com

As a Jewish Dem who lives in Michigan in the heart of the Jewish community, I can tell you that yes, a significant number of Michigan Jews will either vote for Rogers or, more likely, will simply skip the Senate race entirely. I suspect Abdul will still eke out a win regardless, but it’ll be tight.

Philip Bump@pbump.com

This is functionally equivalent to the CBS exec who hollered at the reporter about how much better she knew Mideast politics.