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Interests: human rights, Judaism and SF. Pronouns are he/him.
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Another @bluejo.bsky.social prompt #CurrentlyReading FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN by Terry Bisson. A far too rare - and simply marvelous - alt-history that doesn't leave you wanting to gouge your eyes out. (Mild spoilers in Walton's piece at link.) #BookSky #pukapuka reactormag.com/america-the-...

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Weird how good policy that helps people is also good politics. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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How humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones - Geologists think our indelible mark on the planet - 'technofossils' - will be fast food, fast fashion, and concrete #anthropocene Story by me www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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AI-powered voice recognition software is helping my career as a journalist and my studies, but it's not without risks.

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After over a decade in captivity: First photo of Hisham al-Sayed, detained Bedouin son is free from Hamas captivity. Read more of Al Sayed’s story www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...

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Next week I get to talk about coins and counterfeiting in my medieval history course. I’ve got a bunch of medieval coins (pennies and half pennies) for my students to examine. It’s gonna be loads of fun!

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'“They should have released him in a ceremony, like [they did] the Jews, without distinction. It makes us feel as though he’s special and better than the rest. For us, every hostage is important, whether Jewish or Arab,” said one relative cited by the news site.'

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petition to rename it the Mangione spiral 😵‍💫

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"Deal" is an inadequate word.

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Over ten years incommunicado.

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These are dark times, but there are opportunities to make a better world out of them. A closer Europe, which brings Ukraine into the EU and into a new defence alliance. Russia, worn down by a grinding war and less of a threat. Independence from US influence. We could make a better world out of this.

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Reading this made me unspeakably angry, especially the part where patients can request emergency supplies of medicine — but they don't get told this, lest it overburden the system. What a a horrible, false machinery to ration medical care!

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Dark skies reflect my sadness at the firings of all the humans that help keep the #GreatLakes as healthy as possible. Tonight I mourn the loss of the 14 @usfws.bsky.social employees that kept the invasive sea lamprey at bay. My fishery will be hurt. 😢😢🌊🌊

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JWST observations of our very own black hole (the one at the centre of the Milly Way) show that its brightness changes basically all the time. A very nice ABC News article (including some quotes by me 😎) 🔭🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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NEW >> I wrote about Dr. Maggie Carpenter, the New York abortion provider who is facing criminal charges in Louisiana and a $100,000 penalty (with interest) in Texas. The story looks at the evolving "states' rights" strategy to restrict abortion nationwide www.vox.com/abortion/400...

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Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

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I can't think of any not-horrifying reasons why Hamas would have withheld Shiri Bibas's remains even at the risk of ending the exchange program, or how Hamas had a stranger's corpse to use as a substitute.

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It took a jury three days in the ACT Supreme Court to find Aleksander Ivanovski guilty of removing a condom during an encounter with the victim in 2021.

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