This is such a fascinating point and I decided to see if the data exists, and apparently the USDA has tracked equine populations on farms since the 1850s.
The US equine population peaked at 25 million in the 1920s then fell to a low of 2.1 million in 1992 (it’s since rebounded to ~4 million).
Ich würde sagen, dass das relevante Informationen für aktuelle Debatten in Deutschland wären - aber das würde natürlich voraussetzen, dass Gesetze hier mit Blick auf empirische Grundlagen gemacht werden, und na ja 🤷🏻
25.02.2026 14:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Despite all the chatter, social media bans for teens lack evidence! New paper out in Nature Health.
(1) Harms from social media are real & serious.
(2) We need regulatory action but bans are not nuanced, do not empower youth, & are not supported by evidence.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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There have always been horrifically anti-trans groups and individuals. Few have done more, though, to launder their hate into “respectable” conversations than Jess Singal. No publications have done more to help that along than The Atlantic and The New York Times.
24.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 1098 🔁 272 💬 7 📌 12
thrilled to announce i’m doing a mini-crossword residency at @puzzmo.com all month! 28 tiny crosswords, one each day of february. i’ll thread them here, first up is CROSSOVER EVENT www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
01.02.2026 17:01 — 👍 105 🔁 15 💬 9 📌 1
Folks! Tell your (cis) friends to drop the NYT and why. These collective actions *do* matter. Cancel that subscription, today (if you haven't yet), make clear why.
This is a boycott. The point is: Punish this evil behavior, this committed fanning of the flames of the genocide against trans people.
here's a helpful thread if you're wondering why, even in this bleached media environment, i'm pushing for the NYT's starvation OR AT LEAST near-starvation moral transcendence bsky.app/profile/sand...
24.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Wenn das ein "Angriff" ist, wie nennt man dann diejenigen, die sich derart angreifbar machen?
Das kommt dabei heraus, wenn man "Technologieoffenheit" zum Mantra macht.
Wie wäre es mit einer eigenen strategischen Ausrichtung Europas, statt sich über industriepolitische Initiativen Chinas aufzuregen?
Berührender Nachruf von @yagmurekimcay.bsky.social auf Ibrahim Akkuş, der zuletzt an den Folgen des #Hanau Attentats starb. "Ich bin in meinem Leben nur dem Schmerz begegnet", sagte der 70-Jährige vor seinem Tod. "Ich wünsche mir, dass Menschen einander nicht töten." taz.de/Hanau-Ueberl...
19.02.2026 07:55 — 👍 127 🔁 48 💬 3 📌 2
Hintergrund: Schwarz-Weiß Bild des Gedenkens auf dem Marktplatz in Hanau, Menschen halten Schilder mit den Gesichtern der Ermordeten. Darauf die Schrift: Wir gedenken: Gökhan Gültekin Sedat Gürbüz Said Nesar Hashemi Mercedes Kierpacz Hamza Kurtović Vili Viorel Păun Fatih Saraçoğlu Ferhat Unvar Kaloyan Velkov
Wir gedenken:
Gökhan Gültekin
Sedat Gürbüz
Said Nesar Hashemi
Mercedes Kierpacz
Hamza Kurtović
Vili Viorel Păun
Fatih Saraçoğlu
Ferhat Unvar
Kaloyan Velkov
Ermordet vor 6 Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, beim rassistischen Anschlag von #Hanau.
Wir gedenken Ibrahim Akkuş, verstorben an den Spätfolgen.
BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.
19.02.2026 07:03 — 👍 5651 🔁 1513 💬 195 📌 557
A Macintosh SE running Final Draft
so I got Final Draft running on the Macintosh SE I picked up at this weekend’s SoCal Vintage Computer Festival.
I can now write a screenplay on the SE and save it to my modern Mac with the floppy disk adapter I have, open the file in modern final draft, and submit it for work
📢 Call for papers!
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I see a lot of people saying "I hope she sues" and she can do whatever she wants and most of all, I hope she lives her life. I hope she finds plenty of moments of beauty. I hope she gets to snuggle her cat in the mornings and breathe.
10.02.2026 02:10 — 👍 248 🔁 41 💬 3 📌 1
We have launched a new fundraiser to support The Washington Post's courageous international employees and local staff who were laid off, who are not eligible for Guild protections, and who face additional logistical challenges and security risks.
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For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.
06.02.2026 08:04 — 👍 342 🔁 147 💬 3 📌 15
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
The interface of the Taiwan cross-database archival search website got a full revamp in the wake of the opening of the new National Archives -nice!
Now if so could fix the zillion 國家寶藏基金會 results that have been coming up for years no matter the keyword that would be amazing 😅
across.archives.gov.tw
Cartoon text, two figures: --HISTORICALLY, IT REFERS TO A CEREMONY TO PREDICT THE WEATHER USING A RODENT. BUT NOWADAYS PEOPLE OFTEN USE IT TO MEAN "A TIME LOOP EXPERIENCED BY ONE PERSON." --...WHAT. CAPTION: EASILY OUR WEIRDEST HOLIDAY
Today's XKCD is a good way to explain to anglophone/US folks how the meaning of a chengyu works.
02.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
A young Fred Korematsu
A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
You only have until Sunday left to get your abstracts in 👇
30.01.2026 15:20 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚨Assistant Professor in International Migration at @lse-ei.bsky.social
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#ICYMI: Ruth Oldenziel, editor-in-chief of Technology & Culture (@shothisttech.bsky.social's flagship journal), will be speaking w/CHSTM's History of Tech. working group tomorrow (Jan. 27) from 1:00 to 2:30 PM, EST.
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A request from "Mother Bhumi"'s cinematographer.
24.01.2026 11:44 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Bitte bitte bitte teilt das nochmal. Markiert alle Leute, die ihr in Berlin kennt. Solange ich zu irgendeiner S-Bahn komme, ist mir die Lage inzwischen quasi egal. Ich muss einfach endlich was finden 😭
19.01.2026 07:55 — 👍 33 🔁 48 💬 2 📌 0
Die Tage ist ein Trailer zu Mischkes neuer Doku "German Guilt" in mein insta-Feed gerutscht - und ich hatte instant ein extremes Gefühl von Unwohlsein. Nicht wegen Mischke, sondern wegen der Art und Weise der Darstellung.
Zum Glück hat sich Heike Hupertz für die FAZ den 3Teiler schon angesehen
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