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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Six months have passed since the #ArtemisII mission and NASA has just released the reentry video from the Orion capsule! Here is a timelapse of the reentry, but be sure to check out the realtime version linked below! 🔭🧪
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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. You just have to know where to look. I've decided to make a thread here of some of the best ones I've found on walks. 1. JRR Tolkien's Psychedelic Lime Kiln.
I can never resist getting inside an old lime kiln. This one was near Newton Abbott. The view up through the hole in the top of it to the overhanging trees on the ledge above is, I have to assume, even better than listening to the second Doors album on acid.
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This article is so accurate on living through war: "Every simple thing becomes a task. Every small task takes away a piece of your energy. By the time you finally reach the work that truly matters, you discover that you have nothing left to give." thesudanist.com/when-surviva...
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acoholan.bsky.social @acoholan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This lad on Grattan Bridge last night 🔥🔥🔥 linktr.ee/j_mc_drumz
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months
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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A rainbow is a portion of a circle centered on the point directly opposite the sun. This circle always has an angular radius of 42 degrees: that's how raindrops work. A full moon is directly opposite the sun. So if the moon is in a rainbow, it's close to 42° degrees away from being full. (2/2)
Refraction and reflection in a raindrop, producing a rainbow. White light separates into different colours (wavelengths) on entering the raindrop, as red light is refracted by a lesser angle than blue light. It reflects against the back of the raindrop and gets refracted again as it leave the front.  On leaving the raindrop, the red rays have turned through a smaller angle than the blue rays, producing a rainbow.  However, all the reflected light comes out at angle of roughly 42 degrees from the line at which it came in.   From https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rainbow1.svg
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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Mark Ham wowed the world with this picture. But then someone wowed me even more by pointing out that the moon always has the same phase when it's in a rainbow! (1/2)
A closeup of a rainbow with the Moon in it.  The Moon is not full, it is gibbous.   This photo was taken by Mark Ham.   In this photo you can work out exactly where the sun is—behind him over his left shoulder—from both the position of the rainbow and from the phase of the moon.
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acoholan.bsky.social @acoholan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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acoholan.bsky.social @acoholan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Kerry still showing off
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acoholan.bsky.social @acoholan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Kerry just showing off at this stage
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
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Sryan Bruen @sryanbruen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Can't believe my luck last night. What an insane sunset to get at such a great location like the Fairy Tree, Co. Louth and on such a historic warm May day in Ireland. This may be up with my favourite image I've ever taken to be honest.
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
2026 Me: Hey 1996 me, in 30 years time you'll be furious at everything Tony Blair says and think John Major makes some pretty sensible points 1996 Me: Fuck, so I'm doomed to become more conservative as I get older 2026 Me: Well not exactly
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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am absolutely here for @oliver.ie 's motion at tonight's Cork City Council meeting (referred to a relevant committee).
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Jupiter - Juno Perijove 8 - September 1 2017 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/21KNafR
JNCE_2017244_08C00118_V01

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
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acoholan.bsky.social @acoholan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Wild goats in the Scalp, Dublin.
Wild goats standing on boulders with gorse in flower in the foreground.Wild goats standing on boulders.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
8 years ago, I told a story which changed my life forever. Shortly after, an old pal from college asked if he could turn it into a film. So I am DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE that 'Me, Myself & Mary' is not only finished, but has been chosen to lead the Tribeca Festival's animated shorts roster this year.
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Shorts: Animated Shorts curated by Whoopi G | 2026 Tribeca Festival | Tribeca
Tribecafilm.com: Home of the 2026 Tribeca Festival
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism 🔗 tinyurl.com/wak45j7d
Article Link: The Blockade Is the Message, How a fuel price spike became a fascist audition
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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
One of the ways protests work is by sheer numbers. It takes a lot of people to block a city, ergo a lot of people feel strongly about an issue. When 11 fascists with massive vehicles block a motorway it presents a disproportionate picture of the level of support.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026
We are so, so small. #Artemis
Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 03/04/2026
😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning. @exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int
Spectacular high-resolution image of our home planet viewed through the Orion Crew Module window by the Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon on Flight Day 2, 3 April 2026 (pic: NASA) A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
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Nick Lutsko @nicklutsko.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Official statement re: Dan Bongino
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Enchanting Video Shows How Globes Were Made by Hand in 1955: The End of a 500-Year Tradition www.openculture.com/2026/03/how-...
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Enchanting Video Shows How Globes Were Made by Hand in 1955: The End of a 500-Year Tradition
The first globe—a spherical representation of our planet Earth—dates back to the Age of Discovery. Or 1492, to be more precise, when Martin Behaim and painter Georg Glockendon created the 'Nürnberg Te...
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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Today/tomorrow depending on location marks the Vernal Equilux for Ireland where we hit the point of 12 hours equal day and night and from here onwards daylight gets longer. Clocks spring forward Sunday week with sunset almost 8pm. The Equinox is Friday. Better days are coming!
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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Just seen the "I'll just have the one" glass of wine that keeps getting topped up as the "sip o' Theseus" and, folks, this is a nation of considerable poetic genius.
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Saskia W. @saskiawezenaar.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026
This work is made by the renowned Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk, who invented the unique painting style called "plyontanism" (from the Ukrainian word plyontaty, meaning "to braid"). This technique consists of hundreds of fine, intertwined lines that create depth and an almost textile-like texture.
The painting "Night in the Steppe" shows a vast plain under a bright full moon, the light being distributed over the landscape and the water in an almost magical way.
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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Skateboard stop-motion
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Currently on a spectacularly ill-timed trip to the Saudi-Yemeni borderlands...
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Harry Rose @harryrose.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Amazing vox pop on the 6 o’clock news. Woman buying fish in Waitrose: ‘I won’t buy mackerel if it’s being overfished’. Reporter: ‘But you’re buying it now’. Woman: ‘Well, it’s already dead’
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acoholan.bsky.social @acoholan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Frogspawn in the garden pond
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Sryan Bruen @sryanbruen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Time lapse of the nice aurora surprise display at Burrow Beach on Tuesday night when the clouds cleared at a perfect time.
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Notorious RBMK @comraderobot.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca
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Sryan Bruen @sryanbruen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Lovely morning in Clontarf. Golden light and reflections.
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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
The sun rising over the London skyline this morning, only it’s a very cloudy sky and the sun is visible only as an orange streak of fire that coincidentally seems to be emanating from the spire on the top of St Paul’s dome
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 15/12/2025
They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
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The Grand Drawing In @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Today is 2025-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Saturn through Titan's haze - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/TbspjU
On March 31, 2005, just minutes after the Cassini spacecraft's closest approach to Titan during the Titan (T-4) Flyby, Cassini viewed Saturn peeking through Titan's thick atmosphere. 

Saturn's rings are seen here casting dark, dramatic shadows across the planet's northern disk (upper left).

This composite is made of images that were taken by the Cassini spacecraft's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on March 31, 2005 and received on Earth April 1, 2005. Cassini was approximately 1,200,000 km away from Saturn and 7,000 km away from Titan. The images were taken using red, green, and blue filters.

Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Ian Regan / Val Klavans
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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
11am Saturday and rain continues in parts of East and midlands. Video taken just now at Powerscourt waterfall shows the volume of rain coming down off the Wicklow Mountains with a lot of reports of flooding coming in.
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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
My favourite Hiberno-English-ism isn't any of the obvious ones, it's the fact that when we say "sallow" we mean the opposite of what everyone else means. It's not sickly yellow, it's healthy, positive
sallow (comparative sallower, superlative sallowest)

(of skin) Yellowish.
(most regions, of light skin) Of a sickly pale colour. 
(Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
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Cristian Vlad @cristianvlad.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19/10/2025
Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm. Real life:
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WeathÉire @weatheire.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Ireland is on the receiving end of an atmospheric river stretching 5,000 kilometres to Bermuda. #StormAmy will develop rapidly overnight. WeathÉire takes a look at the science behind the first named storm of the season. READ: weatheire.com/news/climate...
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Don't make me tap the sign.
A Bluesky post that says "Every second opinion piece these days is "Young people miss the camaraderie and social life of working in an office." and it's written by Europe'e biggest manufacturer of cubicle walls, water coolers and fluorescent lights."
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Creighton ⚒️ @creightonote.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Please enjoy this stock photo the local CBS affiliate chose for a story about traffic this summer
Picture of the OJ Simpson car chase with the caption "millions expected to travel this Memorial day, breaking 20-year-old record"
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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