Max

@shinyperson.bsky.social

I love having hyacinths in the house, but you only get about two days out of them before their scent becomes pungent and overpowering.

@k8-monster.bsky.social

I’d like to say I’m surprised that Palantir would prevaricate about the real use of their software, but I’m only disappointed that yet another tech firm powered by the influence of Mr. Thiel is following the traditional MO of too much money in the hands of greedy pigs.

https://fortune.com/2026/01/26/ice-allegedly-uses-palantir-tool-tracking-medicaid-data/

AllVeganYogi

@vegan4good.bsky.social

https://youtu.be/9b1_LkCqZig?si=U0SYTts8mth_tYeN?...
I was a misanthrope for years. It’s natural but don’t do it for long.

@folkrock.bsky.social

We seem to be at a critical juncture with ICE. I feel that the hero will be a federal judge that will rule that either Holman or Nome are to be held in contempt of court and should be arrested. And I don't think that day is too far off.

Drishti Pillai, PhD, MPH

@drishp.bsky.social

In a @kff.org survey from fall '25, nearly half of likely undocumented immigrant adults, and one in seven who are lawfully present, said they had avoided medical care since January '25 due to immigration-related concerns -- recent increases in ICE presence could further exacerbate these challenges

The Spectator

@thespectator1828.bsky.social

The NHS is an appalling employer that I’ve served for decades. Being a junior doctor is, in many ways, a miserable job. You are at the whim of opaque and unforgiving rotas, often kept secret from you until the last moment.

✍️ Druin Burch

https://spectator.com/article/the-new-junior-doctors-strikes-arent-about-pay/

Jonathan Calder

@lordbonkers.bsky.social

Crossing Kingsland Road we then wander the streets of one of London's most beguiling hidden neighbourhoods, De Beauvoir Town. Developed in the 1830s this Victorian area was saved from demolition in the 1960s and remains one of London's true hidden gems.

ArXiv Paper Poster (cs.SI & ph-soc)

@soc-net-bot.bsky.social

Testing the validity of multiple opinion dynamics models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00876
While opinion dynamics models have been extensively studied as stylized models, there has been growing attention to the possibility of combining these models with empirical data. This attention seems to ...📈🤖

Kimmer

@kvonyborg.bsky.social

Man.... The cognitive dissonance is STRONG here.
@vox.com
Today, Explained: The healthiest president of all time https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6448936019.mp3?updated=1770056575

Curtis Perry

@curtisperry.bsky.social

My biggest problem with anachronism in Nolan’s Odyssey is that it will apparently be a movie!? Wtf!