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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also, all this “frontier AI” nomenclature is so laughably colonialist that it has to be on purpose. 🙄

Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s so weird how these rich people can’t get around town without their small dick energy Porsches or whatever, driving 80mph down small streets 🤷‍♀️ oh well. Safer for the rest of us

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Poor shieldbugs! The below-the-line commenters this morning don't seem to be big fans...

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No way I can compete with the major poetry publishers who get collections stocked by bricks-and-mortar bookshops But I do have word of mouth and all you wonderful people here on Bluesky, pushing the numbers of readers of Whatever You Do, Just Don't far beyond the sales of the big boys. Thank you!

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/09/2026

Did you know before I turned my hand to weird fantasy and horror that I wrote a classic mystery series featuring a wise guy reporter, the love of his life, and a lot of nods to the great noir detective films of the 40s and 50s? I'm running a special itchio bundle: all 3 books for $3! A buck a book!

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Malhaven Mysteries Bundle by Helen Whistberry

A bundle by Helen Whistberry, $3.00 for The Weird Sisters: Malhaven Mysteries Book 1, The Avenging Angel: Malhaven Mysteries Book 2, The Ghostly Groom: Malhaven Mysteries Book 3

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London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We have updated our website so now it's much easier to join the LNHS and easier for current members to update their details. More info on our website. And it's still only £20 to join!

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London Natural History Society - Join

London Natural History Society - the place for wildlife in London

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

8-page document "ME, CFS and Long Covid Health and Care Passport" suffolkfed.org.uk/wp-content/u... Could be used by people in lots of countries #MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME #CFS

ME, CFS AND LONG COVID
HEALTH AND CARE PASSPORT

SECTION 1: CRITICAL INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

Personal Information
Name: I Prefer to be Called:
Date of Birth: NHS Number:
Address: Hospital Number:

Emergency Contact
Name: Contact Number:
Relationship:

MY CURRENT STATUS
Selection Status Meaning

☐

GREEN: I am at my
BASELINE

I am managing within my energy
limits but remain at risk of PEM.

☐

AMBER: I am STRUGGLING /
AT RISK OF A CRASH

My symptoms are worsening.
Please minimise ALL exertion
immediately to prevent a crash.

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RED: I am in a CRASH /
SEVERE RELAPSE

Assume I have zero available energy. All
interaction is potentially harmful.
Please follow my emergency care
plan as set out in this section,

MY CURRENT SEVERITY
Selection Severity Meaning

☐

Mild
I may need support for some tasks and
may have difficulties with mobility.

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Moderate
I have reduced mobility, and I am
restricted in all activities of daily living.

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Severe
I am confined to the house, need help
with all activities, sensitive to light and
sound.

☐

Very Severe
I am confined to bed, hypersensitive,
dependent on care, need help with
personal hygiene, eating.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

‘Reminding a lady to wear pantyhose’? What fucking century are we in?

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/09/2026

This can fuck off entirely.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SciArt September, Day 24: Down. One of my favorite birds, herons, have powder down feathers. These grow continuously in strategic areas of the body (like the chest) and the tip breaks down into a fine, talcum-like powder that the birds use to clean their feathers, much like a dry shampoo. 🐡🎨

Ink drawing of a regular down there vs powder down feather with text explaining how they differ.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I took a course in American literature. We read a lot of literature by Black women, inc Frances Harper. I’d never heard of her til then - massive gap in both my previous history and English lit education. Massive. The woman on the cover, Elise Forrester Harleston, is also amazing.

A photo of the book entitled Iola Leroy by Frances E W Harper, with a painting of Elise Forrest Harleston by Edwin Harleston in the cover.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The key to happiness is this thread 👇👇

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

80 hours of embroidery! This aerial landscape is directly inspired by Dartmoor and I'd say I have another 30-ish hours to go? I'm now starting to fill in the fields for the sheep, the tor area will be done last as I'm still deciding whether I want a slope or not 😅 I hope you like it! #art

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial-view landscape. It depicts a moorland scene in a range of green shades, about 70% completed.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today’s BotD theme set by Helen is The Divers. Here’s a Cormorant, well, diving! Taken in London a few weeks ago #BirdOfTheDay #TheDivers #Birds #Wetlands

A photograph of a cormorant diving into the water. All that is visible is the tips of his tail feathers and tail, dark grey against the deep green of the lake water. The water surface is rippled and water is displaced, with water droplets everywhere.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just posted this pic but it’s perfect for today’s Bird of the Day theme - so here’s two crows mobbing a buzzard. A twofer! London, 16 September #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #Corvids #Birds

A photo of two corvids chasing off a buzzard. They were flying overhead and I managed a photo as they zoomed past. The two crows are flying close to each other, almost crashing into each other. The buzzard, a very light coloured one, is flying quickly away from them, looking for a quieter spot. The background is a very light blue-grey of the sky.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you're free this time tomorrow, you can join this free webinar to learn about prairie birds! And I did get confirmation-- it'll be recorded and put on YouTube afterward, if you want to view it that way instead! Also, this foundation has really solid anti-AI policies for presenters that rock <3

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 22/09/2026

Love that we have reached the point in the sloppening where any time I get a pitch from a writer I don't recognize I have to spend 30 minutes trying to figure out if they are a real human being or not. (Not, in this case.) This really sucks for new writers with few to no clips.

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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In honor of redheaded bird here's my favorite redheaded bird Mom the duck and my sketch of her

Reference picture for my sketch of Mom the duck

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just a Moorhen trying to steal food from the Little Grebe who was trying to feed her kid 🥺 Will be writing about this mini lake drama in my blog soon (with more, unfortunately crappy, photos and details). Little Grebes are so much fun! #BirdOfTheDay #Redheads #Wetlands #Birds

A photo of an unfolding drama on the lake. There is a Moorhen, black and brown, with a very red beak, chasing a Little Grebe. She’s dark brown with a russet neck and head, and she’s got a tasty larval something or other in her beak. Baby Little Grebe is in the background, trying to work out where his mum and food went.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Interesting and hopeful results. Fingers crossed this may lead to treatment for Long Covid

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just reported and blocked this bot account. I prefer tedious and condescending comments from humans, thanks 🤣 Also shows that AI is so incapable of understanding human words and thoughts, like completely and utterly incapable. I don’t get why people use this crap

A screenshot of her comment to a post I made. I posted: Just so we are clear:
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns.

The bot replied: This claim involves very serious allegations; it is best to verify the facts and context first. What reliable evidence do you think supports this description of the priest?

I think I may have vomited a little. Yuck.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...

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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times

Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

…another danger lurks from below the surface 😳😳 Dear reader, that Little Grebe was fast! #Insects #Grebes #Birds #WildlifePhotography #Wetlands 📷 🐙

A photograph of a Little Grebe and a pair of Common Darter dragonflies. The dragonflies, blurred, are flying just above the surface of the lake. The male’s tail is attached to the female’s head and they were scattering eggs into the water.

Meanwhile, below the surface, is a Little Grebe looking up at the dragonflies, a nanosecond before he leaped out and caught the two dragonflies. Nom nom.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You can find my mum's Etsy page here: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/foxg...

A selection of prints and collages currently available for sale on my mum's Etsy page.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So, here you are, flying about the lake. Your partner is attached to your head as you release your eggs into the water. Evolution, just why? You go up, you go down, scattering your progeny, miraculously not crashing into the water or some floating log. But then… #Dragonflies #Wildlife #Insects 📷 🐙

Two pairs of Common Darter dragonflies over the murky green lake surface. One is above, the other pair lower down and blurry. The male is bright red and has his tail attached to the more grey-tan female’s head. Because evolution is weird.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for September 21-27 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 21–27

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 21
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 22
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 23
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 24
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #MellowYellow
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 25
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 26
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #lights
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 27
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 21–27

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #geometric

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekLForLookingIn

#MixedMedia52 + #autumn

#PaintByWords + #HarvestMoon or #music
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #subtraction
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #fruit

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A big ask, no pressure & I know people have better things to do but if about 15-20 people buy this from Blackwell's in the next few hours it's likely I'd have the number 1 & 2 books in their chart & that might be enough to finally persuade an American publisher to get my books out over there...

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 19/09/2026

I have three remaining Artpothecary books. The next three orders for books or originals will get one of these in their package! emilyhare.com (This does not apply to calendar orders) I made these back in 2018 and they're just a collection of sketches and drawings I made over the years. #drawings

photo of a book with a unicorn on the front and the text says 'artpothecary'

double page spread of some sketches of 'miss haversham' inside the artpothecary book.

pencil drawing of beowulf swimming next to a huge sea serpent

drawing of a woman with a raven in the foreground in sepia

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sunflower London, today (There are three photobombers - zoom in and find them!) #Stunday #Flowers #Photography

A photograph of a sunflower taken with a zoom so it looks quite close up. It is a horticultural variety, so won’t produce those yummy seeds. The petals have died off to a light tan, although the sepals are still a bright green. Inside are a lot of tiny seed heads and the flower itself is slightly bent, curving inwards. The background is blurred green and blue from other sunflowers and blue sky, complementing the colours of the flower.

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new batch of books has now reached me and they're all itching to find a reader, clamouring for me to slip them into an envelope and post them off, ready to be devoured. Would you like to lend them a helping hand?! 😜 If so, just drop me a DM and I'll sort out your signed copy for you...

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Research Cruise AR103 Thread: Views & Critters Yesterday’s Wilson’s storm-petrel extravaganza off the back deck! 🪶🌿🦑

A wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surface

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cormorant elegantly posing and a poor, scruffy leucistic crow 🥺 #BirdOfTheDay #Elegant #Scruffy #Birds

A photo of a cormorant. She’s standing on one leg on a post jutting out of the lake. She is on the right hand side of the frame, back to the camera and looking towards the left. Her feathers are a dark grey brown with touches of golden brown. Quite stunning really. Behind her, the water is dark and rippled with highlights from the sun.

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John Boorman @johnboorman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Garden wildlife. 1/2. One of the Fox cubs (the one with the white tip to its tail) spent much of today sleeping in the garden. 🧡🦊 #londonwildlife

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.

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