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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This years official Thought Bubble t-shirt from Family Store is designed by Clarice Tudor! AND, is available for pre-order NOW for collect at the convention (or shipped afterwards). Pre-Order here: familystoreuk.com/collections/... Select COLLECT IN-STORE at shipping to pick-up at TB.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/09/2026
Happy equilux to those who celebrate! Not to be confused with the equinox - the equilux is the day with closest to equal day and night hours ☀️🌑 This year, the equilux is today, Friday 25 September 2026. Want to find out more? Head to our YouTube channel for the full explanation 👇
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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here's the thing this 'in-depth' fails to mention: The famous Paris Climate Accords, signed by 195 nations in 2016, aimed to keep temperature rises below 1.5°C - 2°C by the year 2100. We've already passed 1.5°C, 80 years early. How often do you hear about that failure? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised
A curious online row over this summer's heatwaves points to a wider - and worrying - shift in climate science.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I was today years old when I learned the Christian halo likely goes back to an Ancient Greek cover against bird droppings.
Diarmuid Ó Cuirc tweets:

In Ancient Greece, a meniskos was a bronze disk mounted above the head of a statue on an iron nail. Its purpose was to prevent birds from fouling the head of the statue.

It is likely that this is the origin of the halo in Christian art...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/08/2026
"The message is that COVID vaccine and flu vaccine will be available, they're covered by insurers, they're recommended by medical societies. People should get them and get them for their kids.” -Claire Hannan, MPH, Association of Immunization Managers
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the cliamte crisis?New Labour MPs take over £45k from oil and gas lobbyists
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 09/08/2026
I'm sorry, you can't have electricity because a model of that gnome with a jizz sock was briefly held here by the actor they're erasing with a new TV series because of his tolerant views.
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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces
Abstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/05/2026
In his keynote speech to Harvard graduates this week, @thedailyshow.com host Ronny Chieng said "Fuck AI!" Turns out you can talk about AI in a grad speech and not get booed. Watch our episode on these AI grad speeches: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0E...
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica. 
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica. 
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares
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Roop @roop2d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Never interrupt your enemy when they’re launching themselves into a 6 week long argument with a bin.
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz355bs
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 25/06/2026
1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface
A complex landscape of buttes, hills, hummocks, and sand dunes, in tones of gold and teal. In the middle, a small, beetle-blue feature. Around it, faint parallel tracks.
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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Narcissists have a history with reflecting pools
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 22/06/2026
The answer is he took the party very far right from where they've always been in the attempt to court right wing voters, and then inevitably lost all their left wing support without gaining right wing support. All of the individual issues people are saying here are examples of that.
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
RICK RUBIN on why Hollywood keeps making soulless movies: "So many big movies are just not good because they're being made by people trying to make something they think someone else is going to like. That's not how art works. That's commerce."
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🔥 Green heron using a piece of bread to lure fish
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
People have shown up to watch the removal of the orange felon’s disgusting name from the Kennedy Center including thousands more watching live streams. It’s coming TF down!
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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Remembering Gene Wilder, born on this day in 1933, with his unforgettable role as Jim (but most people call him... "Jim") in Mel Brooks's BLAZING SADDLES on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 06/06/2026
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 10/06/2026
"The reason RAM prices went up 4x is that a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory was bought with money that doesn't really exist to be put into GPUs that haven't been made yet, to be installed in data centers that haven't been built, powered by infrastructure that may never exist, to satisfy demand that isn't actually there, in order to generate profits that are mathematically impossible." [RAM shown as illustration.]
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Laws exist to close down publishers of harmful and illegal material. They've been on the statute books for years. We should simply ban X. Right now. It's not a question of free speech. It's a question of public safety and national security.
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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A stunningly beautiful jellyfish (Crossota sp.) spotted by an ROV at a depth of 2.3 miles near the Mariana Trench. 📽️: NOAA OER
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
came faster than i expected
On June 4th, 2026, the Wall Street Journal published an article with the following headline: 

"Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development, Flags ‘Self-Improvement’ Risk

The $1 trillion startup warns artificial-intelligence models are nearing capability to improve without human intervention"

An excerpt reads: "Anthropic is calling for top artificial intelligence labs to weigh slowing the pace of development, suggesting that AI systems are advancing so rapidly that they may soon be able to improve themselves without human intervention in ways that could pose significant societal risks."
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 20/05/2026
A Path to Justice — A cartoon by Nick Anderson
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blackartz.bsky.social @blackartz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Proud to be the 870th Supporter 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...
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Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu
Something ancient is stirring. The Lovecraft Investigations brings H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu into the modern world — a new season of cosmic horror from the hit independent audio fiction sho...
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Gavin Culloty @gculloty87.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Remembering the late, great Eric Morecambe, who was born 100 Years ago today.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
From The Family of Man (1970) sculptures, a representation of a group of figures in a landscape, one of the last major works by UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth #WomensArt
Sculpture in bronze sited by a field in three parts, verticsl abstract forms as if stacked on top of each other
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Louis Armstrong performing for his wife at the Great Sphinx of Giza (1961). 📷 Bettmann/Corbis
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I'm reading a book and really enjoying it. I already knew almost all the words but they're arranged in an order I've never seen before.
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What a cool idea! Keep the pressure! @redactedreadingroom put all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files bound together in 3,437 volumes of books, on display in a new exhibit in Tribeca. David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files. #Pinks
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blackartz.bsky.social @blackartz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Another new speceis of #bee for my garden list & the second one this week! This time I think we're looking at a male Anthophora bimaculata (Green-eyed Flower Bee). Absolutely tiny but those distinctive green eyes mean it can only be one of a handful of UK species. #ukwildlife #ukbees
Very small, brown & gold coloured be with green eyes, sitting on a Dandelion leaf in the palm of my hand.
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blackartz.bsky.social @blackartz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A new #bee species from my garden list! A female Common Mourning Bee - Melecta albifrons. This species is a parasite of the Hairy Footer Flower Bees which have been incredibly plentiful around here this Spring. #ukwildlife #ukbees #ukinsects #savethebees #nomowmay
A medium sized bee sat on a bright yellow Dandelion flower. She is very dark save for the two small patches of white on the side of her abdominal tergites.
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🌺Red Hibiscus🌺 @redhibiscus23.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This 👇🔥🔥
"Science is not about building a body of | known 'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good." 
Terry Pratchett
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 25/04/2026
Solar panels don’t damage the countryside you just don’t like the way they look. Skylarks. Linnets. Yellowhammers. www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-pan...
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Solar panels were known to attract birds, but they are now drawing in species never seen in these areas before
New research from the University of Cambridge has found that some birds species are making a triumphant return to the area around solar panels in England.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Apart from the actual stats, the most reliable indicator that immigration is plunging (to our obvious economic detriment) is Nigel Farage turning his dishonest attentions to the mythical millions of benefits claimants.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It is now clear the Greens are directly challenging Reform. People are fed up with the status quo and want change but Farage is offering them old Tory solutions and scapegoats the vulnerable. The Greens have a real plan to lower bills, protect the NHS & cap extortionate rents.
Zack Polanski also responsible. Zack Polanskis party has risen inversely to Reforms decline.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
NASA women save stars. 🫶🏻💫
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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