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@auroracalliope.bsky.social
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Part time ripple watcher. Peasant crone. Immigrant, wifey to a Scot, & managed by a cat. Look at art, trust science, grow things, & fight fascism. #FuqAI

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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 16h
Fuckin great 😒
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fantastic 🪡
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026
Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...
Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie: 
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wowza. 👀
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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⭐️ RAVEN @sunnydaze27.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Lincoln Projects new add for the upcoming midterms.
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Lisa @islandicies.com · 27/09/2026
A little PuppyTV. Wait for the head tilt. #dogsky
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK textile artist Rachel Wright creates artworks using machine embroidery on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a view looking down on a lighthouse in a swirling sea
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rebecca Aldernet (Canadian Artist, born 1974) "Red Head", 2024. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 76 × 101 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😱👀
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era. The latest from @AriBerman & @pemalevy: tinyurl.com/3m6nawpj
Mother Jones magazine cover linking the Roberts Supreme Court to a revival of Jim Crow: a black judicial robe hangs next to a white KKK hooded robe with a hand reaching toward it; headline "The Southern Strategy" and subhead "Jim Crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Increíble. When I visited in 2015, the projected finish was 2060. I didn’t expect to be alive when they finished it.
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Roberto Conte 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺 @robiwan-65.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Della stessa fotografa, Iness Rychlik (Polonia/UK).
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Last year, on BlueSky, I watched a celebrity rapper - naming no names as of yet! - who swears that he is an “anti-Zionist” nevertheless routinely and methodically shut down all Rоthschild-related discussion of Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to the family as a “conspiracy theory” attacking Jewish people..."
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At Least Four Known Or Suspected Heads Of The Jewish Mafia Are Connected To The Epstein Network
It's time to end the stigma against discussing notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's well-documented ties to networks of Jewish mafiosi worldwide.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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deusjz | baked good bribery @deusjz.live · 20/09/2026
Gotta agree with the classic points. Cyclists are indeed bad for the economy.
A poster reading "CYCLING IS BAD FOR THE ECONOMY" with a picture of a bicycle underneath it. 
The main paragraphs read "A cyclist is a disaster for the country's economy - He does not buy the car & does not take a car loan - Does not buy car insurance - Does not buy Fuel - Does not send his car for servicing & repairs - Does not use paid Parking - Does not become Obese Yes,,....and well, damn it!! Healthy people are not needed for economy. They do not buy drugs. They do not go to Hospitals & Doctors. They add nothing to country's GDP. On the contrary, every new fast food outlet creates at least 30 jobs - 10 Cardiologists, 10 Dentists, 10 weight loss experts apart from people working in the outlet. Choose wisely: A Cyclist or a KFC ? Worth thinking about!! PS: Walking is even worse. They do not even buy a bicycle!!"
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW BRAIN DROPPED
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well then it’s a good thing they aren’t the ones diagnosing people with ADHA since it’s not in their scope of practice.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The danger to women is more likely to come from Danny Tommo's mates in balaclavas than from anyone in a small boat" via We Demand UK
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Nina @nina-75.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
L'educazione sentimentale di Tajani
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
September 19, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 19, 2026
On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this experimental car t-cell therapy is something. a 3-year-old boy's massive, metastatic liver cancer (that spread to lungs/bones) fully regressed after two doses. car t usually tackles blood cancers, so this for a solid tumor is a significant step, with no toxicity.
sciencealert.com
A 3-Year-Old's Metastatic Cancer Disappeared After Two Doses of Experimental Therapy
Researchers have reported an extraordinary case where an experimental CAR T-cell therapy led to the complete disappearance of metastatic liver cancer in a three-year-old boy. This breakthrough is part
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Lis Copenhagen 🌻🦋 @liscopenhagen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ban Private Equity.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Given that a barely qualified psychiatrist making one 10 year old briefly go without meds warranted weeks of primetime coverage about how #ADHD is a myth, this report, which is orders of magnitude more conclusive, will surely receive even more attention. Any minute now... #TheGreatADHDMyth

 
ADHD is not being overdiagnosed, major Government report set to find
Hello and welcome to The Essential, where we dig deeper into today’s big stories. 

How much help should someone with ADHD receive  – in clinical support, employment and via social security? It’s a live debate in Whitehall, because of rising costs for the NHS and UK benefits. For some, the idea that far too many people are being diagnosed with ADHD or autism has taken root.

But what does the evidence show? A new, landmark Government review – authored by clinicians – has concluded that ADHD and autism are not widely over-diagnosed in the UK. Read our exclusive report here, which explains what the experts say ... and what they think should happen next.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you are attacking Doctors Without Borders or World Central Kitchen, you are wrong and can get fucked.
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Raindrops on the compass stone. Photo taken before sunrise this morning on Glastonbury Tor.
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When you weigh 500 lbs and walk on legs that look like stilts, it's no small thing to lie down. As this elk was kind enough to do right in front of our trail camera. Look at those antlers! #mammals #nature #deer #love #trailcam #Seattle #BeKind #wildanimals #goodnight #PNW #nokings #wildlife #elk
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I may just send RNLI Christmas cards. Yes, the address is valid. We’re currently staying in a village w/ an RNLI station. People are overwhelmingly supportive of the RNLI & the RNLI really do appreciate the support. As I told one “The ocean of love for the RNLI will wash away the right wing hate’
I understand that people are buying RNLI Christmas cards in order to add money to all the donations which are flooding in.
Now it appears that some are planning to buy them and send them to Reform's free post address.
Really, if you did that, it would cost them an awful lot of money.
But people want to know if such an address exists.
It does.
Reform UK
Freepost RTLT-ZXHY-KSDC
83 Victoria Street
London SW1H OHW
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A clever psychological test reveals the subtle detail that makes us want to work harder
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A clever psychological test reveals the subtle detail that makes us want to work harder
A recent study in Psychological Science suggests that human beings have a deep-seated need to feel their actions matter. This drive, emerging as early as age four, motivates us to choose effortful tasks over easy ones.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WELL DONE EVERYONE. I know several people have responded to SM messages reminding that donation is the loudest voice. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET BECAUSE THOSE RNLI VOLUNTEERS CAN COUNT IT and COUNT ON it. And money grabbing Tommy Ten Names & side-kick Danny Dumbo will see it. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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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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Matthew Rose @matthewrose73.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
changed it a bit
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“A little jelly with her morning grasshopper” IG: @thechirpcorner www.instagram.com/thechirpcorn...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Griffon girls learned about physics today 😂 IG: @the.griffon.girls
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Storm Bleakly, Alleged Human @vedraven.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
euro-settler-colonial states should absolutely pay reparations to the nations of the word they enslaved, genocided, massacred & maimed, exploited, looted & pillaged, etc in that uncivilized barbarity that is euro-settler-colonialism. France should return all Haiti's money, too.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
About 1,000 years ago, this ‘Tables’ game board was smashed up with an axe and thrown into a rubbish pit at Gloucester Castle! 🪓 😳 Ancient evidence perhaps of a sore loser!? 😂 Ironically it is the world’s oldest surviving complete tables set! Gloucester Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows the circa 1,000 year-old Gloucester 'Tables' game set. The set consists of 24 obelisk-shaped bone strips with pointed ends, and a bone panel border, which were originally inlaid onto a wooden base which has not survived, together with thirty disc-shaped bone counters (not all shown in my photo). The bone inlays are decorated with carved interlace and ring-and-dot patterns. Each game counter is intricately carved and decorated with a human or animal figure. The tables set is displayed on a sandy surface in a museum display case at Gloucester Museum. Tables is an early version of backgammon. It is the oldest complete tables set in the world
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My lord I thought this was a photograph. 😍
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good morning ☺️
Brilliant sunrise rising over a narrowboat marina, reflecting brilliant pinks, blues and yellows. A green lawn runs up to the centre with a picnic table near the waters edge and 2 geese in the water.
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Aurora @auroracalliope.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Damnit! Want.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Psilocybin therapy shows strong potential for treating cocaine addiction
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Psilocybin therapy shows strong potential for treating cocaine addiction
Two new studies suggest psychedelic compounds could help treat cocaine addiction. A human trial found psilocybin combined with therapy reduced cocaine use, while an animal study indicated that environmental support is needed to prevent long-term relapse.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Study on misperceptions of crime among the UK public. Most crime in England and Wales has fallen since 2010 – but UK public thinks all is rising. Wrong about nearly every measure: how many people fall victim, ethnicity + nationality of offenders, police numbers. Especially Reform UK supporters.
kcl.ac.uk
Public perceptions of crime at odds with reality, study finds | King's College London
Britons consistently overestimate how dangerous the county really is
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Are you aware of CAT YURTS catyurts.com
A brown tabby cat snuggling inside a blue and white cat yurt on top of a green and yellow patterned textile
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