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Major Kong to Ground Control @bigstape.bsky.social · 1h

But how can you tell testosterone levels without a beard?

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More than half of Ukraine’s F-16s are reportedly caught in maintenance delays, WSJ reports. The jets require major inspections after 300 flight hours, but work that normally takes 2-6 weeks in the US can take up to 40 weeks in Belgium, according to a retired US admiral. #Ukraine

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 9h

The Swan Nebula - Optical/Infrared Comparison - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/fsFLfD

This image shows the bright nebula Messier 17, also known as the Swan Nebula or the Omega Nebula.
This nebula is located about 6000 light years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and later catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764.
The central part of the nebula is lit up by a cluster of extremely bright young O and B type stars. It is one of the brightest and most massive star forming regions in our galaxy and appears very similar in spatial structure to the famous Orion Nebula, but the Swan is viewed more edge-on from our vantage point. The nebula is also very bright visually, actually much more so than its famous neighbour the Eagle Nebula - which traditionally is the more photographed of the two.

Visible above the nebula is a pair of very unique bright orange stars. These are LBV (Luminous Blue Variable) type stars HD 168607 and HD 168625 respectively, two rare yellow hypergiants that might have formed what is known as a pseudo-photosphere. This is a theoretical optically dense surface present due to intense stellar winds and thus not the actual surface of the star. This pseudo-photosphere is much cooler than the underlying surface of the star and therefore appears yellow to us. The right-most of these two stars in the image (HD 168625) also has an associated complex nebulousity surrounding. This nebula appears very similar to the double ring structure observed around Sandulaek -69° 202 which w...

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AstroBin @astrobin.com · 9h

AstroBin's Image of the Day: "Longmore 1" by Wolfgang Promper www.astrobin.com/32ak59/ #astrophotography

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 9h

1/ A few weeks after sacred relics of St. Dmitry Donskoy were 'rediscovered' and paraded in occupied regions of Ukraine to boost Russian troops' morale, the Russian Army has reportedly lost them. This comes just over 4 years after the Russian Navy lost the True Cross of Jesus. ⬇️

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PoliticsPA @politicspa.bsky.social · 9h

unwavering support for Israel, and a willingness to embrace conservative voters. His campaign is now reaching into the fundraising infrastructure of the party he insists he has no intention of joining." Read more in today's #PoliticsPA Playbook politicspa.com/september-30...

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September 30 Playbook: “Basically A Republican Now”

Fetterman Turns to GOP Donors For Cash. This is the PoliticsPA Playbook. 🏒 Hockey Season Begins Tonight. 34 days until […]

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PoliticsPA @politicspa.bsky.social · 9h

“Senator John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has spent much of the past two years antagonizing his own party, is now turning to Republicans for campaign cash. The former progressive backed by Bernie Sanders has increasingly built his political identity around opposition to the left ...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

36 minutes before the hearing started.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8h

Actually the biggest lesson from the Schmitt debacle is that Republicans have so internalized and learned to justify Trump’s corruption and disdain for ethics, they assume everyone is corrupt and stupid. They cannot imagine an honest public servant.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Rep. Dan Meuser blames Ukraine and Biden for high diesel prices

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

Passengers subdued the copilot and two off duty pilots landed at Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, as Israeli jets scrambled. Intent remains unclear. Transport Minister Regev has asked Shin Bet to halt flydubai flights to Israel. The UAE has not commented.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

Israel is treating an incident aboard flydubai FZ1073 (Dubai to Tel Aviv) as a terror incident. Officials say the Omani copilot stabbed the Emirati captain over Jordan and tried to take control. The captain signaled a possible hijacking and the jet dropped about 14,000 ft in a minute.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

More activity in the SoH: A tanker heading into the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday, citing a verified source. Authorities are investigating.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

CENTCOM said Wednesday that the US has completed the orderly departure of its forces and equipment from Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

Two days after arresting five men on suspicion of a possible terrorist plot near RAF Fairford, the police in Britain said on Tuesday they had found no explosives in the suspects’ vans, just gasoline. At the same time, American officials and their allies portrayed the episode as a serious threat.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 8h

Cometa McNaught y Antena 2 - From Ángel López-Sánchez - flic.kr/p/zbEFo

Cometa McNaught junto a la Antena 2 del interferómetro ATCA (Narrabri, Australia), fotografiado la noche del 29 de enero de 2007 a las 10h TU. Combinación de 18 imágenes de 30 segundos de exposición a sensibilidad de 800 ASA. La combinación se realizó con el programa ImagesPlus y luego tratada con Photoshop para incluir la mejor imagen de primer plano de la secuencia.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 8h

Only 3 Countries Have Economies Bigger Than California’s In 2024 brilliantmaps.com/californi...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 8h

Fact. Also its Æ.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 8h

❗️Zelensky says seven people, including a child, have been killed and 24 wounded in Russian drone and ballistic missile attacks since the start of the day. He discussed additional air defense and support for Ukraine’s F-16s with Norway’s PM Jonas Gahr Støre. #Ukraine

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 7h

Imagine this happening in the United States (it won't, it will almost always end in a school shooting)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Ken Paxton blaming Trump for his bad poll numbers. bsky.app/profile/head...

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 7h

lemonadebut - if ur wondering what the f is wrong with me imagine how i feel

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies

Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Fetterman is garbage. He betrays the people who fought for him when he was at his lowest point - and that fight is the only reason he’s in the senate. Now he’s actively working to raise money for Republican PACs.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 6h

Reuters reports that Russia sent NATO a document threatening the use of nuclear weapons if the alliance attempts to isolate Kaliningrad. The alliance responded in writing that its activities are defensive in nature and pose no threat to Russia. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

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Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic

Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the ‌Baltic Sea.

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 6h

#satire

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 6h

The irony still hasn't lost on me that while Trump is aiding and abetting a genocide in Palestine, the authoritarian head of state he most depends on outside of Israel and maybe Argentina to maintain power is a Salvadorean of Palestinian descent. Seriously what are the odds.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday @politico.com was out with a story giving some context into the weird situation with TPS for El Salvador, which everyone expected to be terminated but is now in an unprecedented and indefinite limbo. Surprisingly, it was the White House that intervened. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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White House pumped brakes on TPS termination for 200,000 Salvadorans

DHS was set to end temporary protected status for El Salvador before the White House stepped in.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 6h

1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Paxton throws Trump and the RNC under the bus. Says Trump’s RNC convention in Texas hurt his campaign.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9h

In this Ohio diner, Hawkeye still means Alan Alda. But they do know this: Senator Eric Schmitt’s staffers looked about as nervous as Radar O’Reilly after yesterday‘s basketball gaffe.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.

Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14h

Imagine being Eric Schmitt and writing "I DON'T CARE!" on a notepad referring to the Epstein files, and then attempting to go nuclear over an Atlanta Hawks game where you accomplish nothing more than outing Jack Smith as a Caitlin Clark fan. We are in the dumbest timeline.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday named Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's prime minister, making the 50-year-old attorney the first woman to hold the position in the Muslim kingdom. to.pbs.org/4rGcu19

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Morocco's king appoints Fatima Zahra Mansouri as country's 1st woman prime minister

Mansouri, who until her nomination also was the mayor of Marrakech, was tasked with forming a new government, the Royal Palace said in a statement.

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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 11h

ICE arrests of poultry workers in Lancaster County spell trouble for our economy and values [editorial] lanc.news/4hnRMQc

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ICE arrests of poultry workers in Lancaster County spell trouble for our economy and values [editorial]

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Astronomy Picture of the Day (unofficial bot) @fanapod.baldanders.info · 14h

#apod 2026-09-30 Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries Image Credit: Robert Eder Web page: science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod…

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14h

Ukrainian F-16 pilots have downed more than 3,150 aerial targets, including 666 cruise missiles and around 2,500 UAVs of various types, Ukraine’s Air Force says. F-16s have also conducted more than 650 airstrikes against Russian ground targets. #Ukraine

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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 21h

"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14h

❗️A drone that violated Moldova’s airspace during Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine exploded near the village of Hirbovăț in Anenii Noi district at 05:56, close to the city of Bender on Moldovan territory. No details on the drone type, casualties or damage were yet provided. #Ukraine

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 13h

A span of the Chonhar road bridge between occupied Kherson and Crimea has completely collapsed. The bridge was targeted by Ukrainian drones numerous times earlier this summer. #Ukraine

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 13h

1/ Ukraine's drone strike campaign has been partly responsible for cutting Russia's oil and gas revenues by 18%, leading to a shortfall of 1.6 trillion rubles ($19 billion) in the Russian treasury. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/noel...

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 13h

Tetiana Hasanenko, head of the Oleshky Military Administration, reported that Russians were seizing food from residents of Oleshky that had previously been dropped to them via drones by the Ukrainian military.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 12h

The Pete Hegseth paradigm of military lethality

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Civil War Jesse Plemons

ALT: Civil War Jesse Plemons

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 12h

Ihor Romanenko, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated that following his conversation with Putin, Trump blocked the transfer of 3,000 air-to-surface missiles to Ukraine intended for targeting ballistic missile launchers.

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NPR @npr.org · 12h

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project. n.pr/4hV4pSZ

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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.

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