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Totalling around 120 hours of observing time, this is the longest the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has ever focused on a single target. The deep field aims to probe the Cosmic Dawn, when the Universe was only a few million years old. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪 ☄️

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Defend the em-dash

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This. You know what was good? Plain HTML pages with text and images and hyperlinks. Maybe a single banner ad at the top to fund it. Not something that loads literally gigabytes of random executable code from hundreds of different domains to show you one three-paragraph article and fifty video ads.

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Happy 86th birthday to Sir Ian McKellen!

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One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Trump has announced his intention to end it all, saying the federal grant program amounts to "woke handouts."

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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

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As well he should

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"Paris Votes to Make 500 More Streets Car-Free With the passage of a referendum Sunday, Mayor Anne Hidalgo will amplify her ambitious moves to challenge car dominance and expand pedestrian access." Being Progressive. You know, @progresstoronto.bsky.social you show this to Rachel Chernos Lin.

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A delicious Sunday morning read - esp if you’re a New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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This is phenomenal. Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment. It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

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"DEI is not a passing trend or an optional branding tool, but a reflection of values — and values matter to modern consumers."

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Wise words from Mr. Rogers. We are all in this together. Let us all renew ourselves to strive for the common good.

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I can study all my life: Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities, with no tuition fees

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Just in case it’s 1980 and you’re on the fence about grabbing McDonald’s for breakfast, here’s a free BIC RAZOR!

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Believe it or not, all three of these fish are the same species… the bluehead wrasse. Wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they transition from female to male over the course of their lives. Each phase can look radically different from each other as evidenced here #coralcitycamera

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Happy #Caturday !!

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Wait, we have to have poodles now?

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'Summer Breeze' by Moy Mackay, Scottish textile artist known for her “felt painting” #womensart

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Calling all musicians! The Kay Pace Piano Lab just lost a 10k partner and need to make up the funds. Please contribute and share so the program can continue. #musicsky #edusky givebutter.com/zWC8lG

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After I published this story last week, I heard from readers, tech policy experts, even tech workers who were angry the tech industry was pushing this bill, and many sent thanks for reporting the story. I also lost paying subscribers, who, I surmise, prefer to think of AI as apolitical.

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Read this today ❤️

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We're excited that verification badges have made it easier to quickly recognize authentic accounts, especially in moments of breaking news. Now, we're expanding our roll-out. Notable and authentic accounts can apply for verification or to become a Trusted Verifier via the form linked in our blog.

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You might have heard something like this before: Just one AI query uses multiple gallons of water. Climate reporter @caseycrownhart.bsky.social‬ dives into ‪MIT Technology Review's latest analysis of AI’s energy use—and where it’s headed.

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The AHA has sent a letter to the Texas Senate Committee on Education K–16 objecting to provisions in the engrossed version of House Bill 4, which “would eliminate existing requirements for state assessments in both US history and social studies.” 🗃️

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shell station, caldwell, ohio, 1978

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A “Heat Index” recently syndicated in at least two newspapers seemed like a normal summer guide—until readers noticed how much was made up. @damonberes.com and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the future of AI slop: https://theatln.tc/PZQA2kN9

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Would it have killed them to mention the fact that this was due to climate change? @powcanada.bsky.social

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They want to regulate what you and your family are allowed to read - www.bookbanpetition.us

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"As AI takes on tasks such as routine documentation and medical record review, the physicians of the future must serve as responsible stewards of these technologies." Read this Viewpoint about preparing students to succeed in medical school. https://ja.ma/4jrd6SQ

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Appeal from colleagues at Harvard: "...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."

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My kiddo has her summer advising appointment today for her first semester at college and I'm giving her the advice that I, as a faculty member, give all my summer advising students — and its often the exact opposite advice parents give: play and explore. 1/2

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A provision in the House reconciliation bill seeks to reduce federal Medicaid funding to states as a penalty for providing coverage to undocumented immigrants with state funds. Our analysis examines its potential impact on state Medicaid spending:

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America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain economist.com/science-and-...

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artists support each other when systems will not. there's little safety net. it is resilience. artists are not your competitors. artists are your peers, mentors, and the ones who will defend the ability to create sustainably. to those who struggle to continue drawing, you are an artist.

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The environmental changes that we have set in motion are some of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced. But it is when we have everything to lose that we also have the most to gain. This is the time to change the way we live on our planet. Celebrating #BiodiversityDay 2025.

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“robots talking with robots, writing synthetic words for audiences that will never read them.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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i think this might sell like hotcakes www.theverge.com/news/672268/...

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Can't wait to read the new bestseller "Hallucinations," by A.I. Chatbot ... Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? The books don't exist Chicago Sun-Times confirms AI was used to generate list of real authors but fake books www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

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"...made-up books by famous authors..." Fascinating!!!

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The reductions in funding touch virtually every area of science and seem certain to harm American competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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We're running small summer school 28-29 June, and we've got a few paid tickets left for each of the five classes – and also, thanks to a grant from @imbibecoffee.bsky.social, a few free ones available for each class too. We'd love it it you could join us. Here are the classes to choose from: 🧵1/

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We're hiring a postdoc (4 years) for the AI STORIES project and are looking for someone who is interested in using computational and qualitative methods to explore generative AI and literature. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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🚲 💚 Saw some awesome customized bikes and trikes at today’s grand opening of the Rail to Rail bike trail in South Los Angeles

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say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

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Louise Bourgeois used lithographs as part of her fabric illustrated book, 'Ode à l'Oubli' 2004 #WomensArt

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The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity: 1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas… 2) enabled by Engineering Innovations… 3) based on Science Research in Universities… 4) funded by Grants from the US Government. It’s time more people understood this.

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Everybody welcome @nba.com and @wnba.com to the neighborhood!

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