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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 5h

Happy weekend! Here’s a 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus! 🐙❤️ From Palaikastro, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a frontal view of a clay flask with warm-yellow coloured slip with black hand painted decoration depicting an octopus. The octopus is swimming diagonally with eight writhing, sucker-lined arms covering the surface of the flask. It stares out at the viewer with wide, almost cartoon-like eyes. Additional black painted motifs include sea urchins, tritons, small rocks and seaweed. Minoan decoration depicting sea motifs is known by scholars as the 'Marine Style'. The flask measures 27 cm (about 10.5 inches) in height. It has a short spout at the top with a small loop handle at either side and a small base so that it can stand upright.

“Its shape is somewhat unusual, constructed by slipping together, while still leather hard (clay that is not quite dry), two shallow plates which had been made on a fast spinning potter’s wheel and with highly refined clay. The circular bases of these shallow plates are still visible in the center of both sides of the flask” (Smart History article “Octopus Vase” by Dr Senta German https://smarthistory.org/octopus-vase/)

The flask was excavated in 1903 at a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro. The excavations between 1902 and 1906, were run by R. Bosanquet and R.M. Dawkins from the British School of Athens. The flask is part of the collections at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026

"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"

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Papers Please Hazard @biohazardous.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We had an email address for customer feedback, and the VP wanted to know where it went and no one knew how to figure that out. So I composed the most bonkers email I could think of, signed it "John Travolta" and hit send. In 15 minutes it got forwarded to the VP and we found out who got them.

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m 99.999…% recordings of Cal Golden’s patter calls were what we danced to when I took a square dancing class in college in the 90s.

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This includes BIRTH CONTROL, by the way. As well as a shitload of mood stabilizers. Do NOT eat "spooky" black foods and snacks. Just don't.

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Melissa Mendelson @flightriskmushing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Missing in Wetmore, MI Please share, UP folks!!! @yukikazesiberians.bsky.social #uglydogs

Flyer for missing dog. A black and white husky with blue eyes is on the left. On the right is the text:

JASNAH
4 MONTHS
MICROCHIPPED
MISSING SINCE 09/06/26
LAST SEEN WETMORE, MI COUNTY RD 440
CALL OR TEXT 937-212-0039 WITH ANY INFO

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Clam_Daniel @clamdaniel.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

no one: Louisiana Louisiana: neaux one

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Simon Corston-Oliver @simonhco.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you look closely you will see that there are two gold dust day geckos in this picture! Kaua'i, Hawai'i. #herps 🦎 🌿 #wildlifephotography

A gold dust day gecko clings to a leaf. A second gecko is peaking out from between the foliage.

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Still about $3k short on this. And school starts soon. This kid that I’m sponsoring is worth it, let’s go internet!

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

this guy gets it

Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Wait until Sisyphus finds out about emails.

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OrangePlus @orangeplus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What Russian Air Defense doing?

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

There’s no way I’m ever going to match or beat this score so I’m sharing it 4x3.fun July 5, 2026 230 points • No mistakes 🌟🟪🟪 🌟🟦🟦 🌟🟩🟩 🌟🟨🟨 www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/...

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Beginners’ luck for sure but I’ll take the win (Or is it beginner’s luck? 🤷‍♀️) www.maptap.gg June 30 98🎯 86🎓 82🌟 75😁 90👑 Final score: 843

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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game

Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

TBH I’m doing the past puzzles & accidentally clicked on the day I had just finished. The website doesn’t yet remember if I’ve solved a specific puzzle already so I tried it to see if I could get this order. Probably the only time I’ll ever get this win screen but fun to see anyway!

Win screen for the game 4x3. “June 13, 2026
200 pts
Gold Plaque Unlocked!”

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Some huge scientific news announced in my house this morning.

mocked up bbc news article with headline: "local cat claims to have discovered "third breakfast" that exists between second breakfast and first lunch

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Make sure you know your wet bulb limits, and keep an eye on temp and humidity. If it hits 30C wet, your only job is to Not Die. No matter what the fools around you say. (And if you’ve got any way to get one of the Aldi 150€ portable ACs? Do it. One cool room> none.) www.calctool.org/atmospheric-...

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Wet Bulb Calculator

Use this wet bulb calculator to determine the wet-bulb temperature with humidity and if it is in a safe range.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Watched this while having coffee with my 80yo mom this morning and we 😂😂It’s fully unhinged & now I have to talk Mom out of trying fecking Jeff Daniels’ favorite sandwich. 🤦‍♀️

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Carolyn Kay @sweet-carolyn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The biggest collaboration I've been part of to date: #Readzamas 2026! Idea by @thgiantcloudor.dftba.social , naming rights to @beanedictc.dftba.social , header graphic by @dftbarachel.dftba.social , card ideas and design by me. Save this and let me know when you get a bingo! Runs now- Labor Day 🩵📚

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My first attempt at a word-defining acronym!

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This tracks perfectly with my personal experience interacting with various medical specialists

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

Uggi the dog next to my hand, holding a copy of Dead Weight

Two copies of Dead Weight with teethmarks

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’m glad to see this as I reference it frequently (especially when explaining why I left The Bad Place) but I didn’t have the screenshots until now (thank you @fidelioscabinet.bsky.social for posting and pinning this)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I’ve now listened to the first two episodes twice. Once by myself and once with my mom. We both loved it!

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Things I love about my Husky/ Great Dane mix: Husky sing-song chatter with Great Dane vocal cords Husky zooming followed by Great Dane napping The surprising aesthetic appeal of Husky color on a Great Dane chassis Other things: The twice-annual Husky blowout shedding, supersized.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

$10/hr to babysit 5 kids ages 2-10. I was 9.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Prosecuting every one of the people involved in this is the moderate position and voters need to be reminding every single Democrat running that this is how it is.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Knowledge is power. France is bacon.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Badgers run like old neglected footstools who have suddenly discovered their own sentience

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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't.” - P G Wodehouse

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The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 10/04/2026

The unprompted press conference I called disavowing all links to Jeffrey Epstein is raising a lot of questions already answered by the unprompted press conference I called disavowing all links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Curiouser (Asis) @anothernametime.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I really should not show this to my mother because she is a) an artist, b) a bit impulsive, and c) my housemate, but I will show her because a) she will love this, b) I love her, and c) we could use some whimsy right about now

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dancinghorse @dancinghorse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Absolutely gloriously epic thread that goes medieval and then some.

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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Someone asked for an app to point your camera at a color and find matches. Cool. Here. BUT ALSO: I'm colorblind and never thought to make this for myself! Save colors ("new paint," "mom's fave"), get colorblind-friendly complements, simulate what you see vs. what others see. Legit using this daily.

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What Color Is That?

No seriously, what color is that? I genuinely cannot tell. Aim your camera at a color — get its name, details, matches, plus colorblind palettes and simulation. Save colors with personal labels.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

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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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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JC (baseball season type) @conductress.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Run free, Hari. You are so loved. AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO #uglydogs

A picture of a brown and magic sled dog looking up at the sky and a quote:

"But you should know that every night I send up a hotel to the stars. And then I sit and listen. And from now on, wherever you are, when you howl at the stars, I will hear it and be with you."

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