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Spook-ish Linda👻 @bookishlinda.bsky.social · 8h

#FridayReads is Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt! At least, it will be as soon as I get a chance to sit and read.

Spook-ish Linda👻 @bookishlinda.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you know that Francis Halzen's IceCube Neutrino Detector is at the South Pole?!?💈⛄️ Building it was an absolutely wild idea and a huge challenge, and I highly recommend Mark Bowen's book The Telescope in the Ice which will tell you all about it!

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a short poem name like when we meet a bovine and we say 'hi coo' #NationalPoetryDay #Haiku

A black and white archive photograph of a cow standing beside a track leading down to a mill. The cow is looking at the camera.

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Dan Hanks @danhanks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WHOOOP it's October and we're going to be doing some reading! We've been running the OcTBR Challenge for years now and I'd really love to build the community here even more, so if you lovely lot could share away that would be amazing thank you. Can't wait to see all your TBR pile photos today!!

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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/

A book cover featuring a beautiful closely cropped portrait of an Anna's hummingbird. The cover says LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale, by Ed Yong. The image also says US: 4/06/27 and UK: 4/29/27

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Kaye Inglis @kayeinglis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ooh, this looks great!

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nonfiction science new releases for September, 2026! Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? I would like to read FEATHERED FOREST, AGAINST CONVENIENCE, and WHAT THE FLORA. #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪🎢 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience

A purple slide with the text "nonfiction science new releases September,, 2026" along the top with a structure of morphine at the top right corner. 20 book covers are lined up in rows below the title:

THE WORLD BENEATH OUR FEAT by Ashwood
THE CARBON WAVE by Stokes
TENDING THE VINES by Ajani
SONG OF BIRDS by Vennell
THE LAST SNOW GUM by Sharwood & Langford
HAWKING by Farmelo
ON TH EQUALITY OF ALL THINGS by Rovelli
THE VANISHING FAMILY by Kolker
WHAT THE FLORA by Fuchs
BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS by Verwaal
THE BUTTERFLY SEASON by Korsgaard
TREE by Aya Koda
ON TIME by Al-Khalili
SNAKING, DONT DIE by Nelson
FEATHERED FOREST by Richie
CURVED AIR by Davies
SEEDING HOPE by Algiere
MY WILD CITY by Sinha
DARWIN AND THE QUEER ORIGINS OF LIFE by Brooks

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Paul Cooper @paulmmcooper.com · 05/09/2026

Before the role of oxygen in combustion was discovered, the prevailing theory was that burnable objects contained a substance dubbed "phlogiston". It was thought that burning released phlogiston into the air and the fire died down when it ran out.

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Nonfiction science new releases for AUGUST, 2026! Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? I am planning to read PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED very soon. #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience

A green -colored slide with the text "nonfiction science new releases August, 2026" along the top with a structure of morphine at the top right corner. 20 book covers are lined up in rows below the title:

THE VANISING EARTH by James Crawford
A IS FOR AMOEBA by Money
PREGNANCY INTERUPTED by Clancy
ALIVE by Challenger
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS by Rasmussen
TOGETHERNESS by Hooper
THE BINARY DELUSION by Berkowitz
TO THINK LIKE A STATISTICIAN by Efron
REGEN by Montgomery
IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES by David Hackney
THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAINS by Suryawanshi
THINK BEFORE YOU THINK by Owen
UNDESIRaBLE by Crawford
Global by Design by Amos Winter
ENDLESS ENDINGS by Ricard Sole
I HAVE THIS THING FOR FLOWERS by Sawchyn
UP ON COVE MOUNTAIN by Earl Swift
Sentinels by Michael Dulaney
MOTHERS OF INVENTION by Moiya McTier
IT COULD BE OTHERWISE by Firestein

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 27/07/2026

Look at this weird fuckin' rock on Mars that was photographed yesterday

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Spook-ish Linda👻 @bookishlinda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's been an awful week at Chez Bookish, with a heat wave, wildfire smoke, and roofers pounding on our heads.😵 But today the heat is gone, the smoke is gone, and the roofers are (mostly) gone—and best of all, there's BOOKMAIL!!🎉 3 titles not published in the US, supplied by lovely Blackwell's UK.

Photo of three books. The titles are:
Russia Starts Here—Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire by Howard Amos.
The Others of Edenwell by Verity M. Holloway.
The Infernal Riddle of Thomas Peach by Jas Treadwell.

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We're incredibly pleased that #Ancient by Luke Barley and #Grasslands by John Wright have been recognised on the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social 2026 Nature Writing Longlist! Congratulations to Luke and John, and to all the other brilliant, longlisted authors 🍃 #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect

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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We're delighted to reveal the 2026 #WainwrightPrize longlists! 📚 From captivating nature writing & urgent conservation stories to children's books that spark curiosity, this year's lists celebrate the stories that connect people & planet. Discover more: wainwrightprize.com

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nonfiction science new releases for JULY, 2026! ❓Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? I am currently reading LOST IN CURIOSITY and I hope to read CAPITAL FROM ZERO. #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience 🎢

A rust--colored slide with the text "nonfiction science new releases July, 2026" along the top with a structure of morphine at the bottom right corner. 20 book covers are lined up in rows below the title:

SNAKE MEN by Zach St George
HIDDEN CREATURES by Dino Martins
LOST IN CURIOSITY by Robera Kwok
GOOD SEDIMENT by Monica Patrice Barra
BIOLOGICAL WAR by Annie Jacobsen
SNAKE DAY by Marty Crump
MEET THE NEIGHBORS by Steven Benner
AGING OUT by Lucy Schiller
CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kohei Saito
OUR WILD FAMILIARS by Dab Werb
HUMAN RAISED by Dana Suskind
THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE by Cal Flyn
THE EARTH SAID REMEMBER ME by Jason Dove Mark
THE SECRET WORLD OF TWILIGHT by Sally Coulthard
GRUB by Lee Cadesky
UNDYING FIRE by Stephen J Pyne
FUNGI by Kit Ondaatje Rolls
FAST TRACK by Christian Wolmar
THE DEVILS GARDEN by Peter Marren
TIN CAN COAST by Joseph Ogilvy

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

Title (in a yellow star): "Offers at our Bookshop"

Panel 1: Buy two, get one free
A figure approaches the till with three books

Panel 2: Buy four, get a free tote bag
The cashier holds up a tote.

Panel 3: Buy one, get talking to staff, leave with five
Customer leaved happily, carrying a full tote and waving to tthe wo staff

Panel 4: Buy none, get a guilty feeling
Customer skulks out of the shop

Panel 5: Buy three as gifts, get the urge to keep them
Customer walking home already reading the books

Panel 6. Get overexcited, buy twelve...Get home, get eye-roll from partner
Customer arrives home reading a book and carrying two full totes.

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 07/07/2026

Loch Ness mobsters

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com #heatwave

Panel 1
A cartoon book with a face, legs and arms shouts out "Beware! Heatwave reading dangers!"

Panel 2
Caption "Binding glue softened by the sun"
Image: The book stands helplessly as its glue drips and pages fall to the floor.

Panel 3
Caption "Dropped while reading in a cooling bath"
Image: The book splashes into the water

Panel 4
Caption "Mislaid by a heat-addled reader"
Image: The book gestures wildly as the reader stumbles away in a daze.

Panel 5
Caption "Spontaneous combustion"
Image: The book explodes in flame.

Panel 6
"Sweaty hands!" screams the book as it runs away from a large pink hand, dripping with perspiration.

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Bluesky is a wonderful website if you want more good book recommendations than you could possibly handle

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 29/06/2026

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

A bouquet of flowers next to a stack of books that includes:

Audition by Pip Adam (Coffee House Press)
Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press)
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin)
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (Tor Books)
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (Tor Books)
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (DAW Books)
One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp)
Slow Gods by Claire North (Orbit)

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Spook-ish Linda👻 @bookishlinda.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Boy, With Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald is a great little coming-of-age science fiction novella, full of dreams and dangers and dinos! (And it's not aimed at kids, despite the hokey cover.) Right now it's a steal for Kindle users in the US! Don't miss it!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Have you been keeping up with our new issues? Subscribe and never miss a thing. We have so much to offer you! locusmag.com link in bio!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Title: "In shops now: Classic literature with added mathematics!"

Image: Four book covers.

The Prime Number of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark.
Empire of the Sum, by JG Ballard.
Wuthering Heights × lengths × widths, by Emily Bronte.
The Remains Of the Data by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 20/06/2026

Happy to announce the publication of THE TOP HARD SCIENCE FICTION STORIES 10, which contains our novella "Threat Assessment" that @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social and I wrote together, along with stories from Nancy Kress, Isabel J, Kim, Peter Watts, Derek Künsken and more. Available now!

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

✨The Shortlist 2026!✨ DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami LUMINOUS, Silva Park THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, qntm WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, E.J. Swift THE SALT ORACLE, Lorraine Wilson This year’s winner will be announced on Weds 12 August.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We are super excited to reveal the stunning cover for OFF THE RESERVATION by @stephengrahamjones.com! 🖤 A spine-tingling and terrifying road trip across America from a modern master of horror in this follow-up to the bestselling The Only Good Indians. Coming in October this year… ☠️

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 14/05/2026

The Ice Crusades

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Nonfiction science new releases for MAY*, 2026! Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? I am planning to read INVISIBLE RAINBOWS, and THE CREATURES GUIDE TO CARING! *BIRDS UP CLOSE was April 28 #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience

A purple-colored slide with the text "nonfiction science new releases May, 2026" along the top with a structure of morphine at the bottom right corner. 19 book covers are lined up in rows below the title:

CLIMATE WAFINDING by Katharine Wilkinson
THE CREATURES GUIDE TO CARING by Elizabeth Preston
ARACHNOMANIA by Maria Tatar
INVISIBLE RAINBOWS by Alredo Carpineti
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE Sarah Alam Malik
ENTANGLED STATES by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
BODY ELECTRIC by Manoush Zomorodi
SIGNALS by Saira Hameed
THE UNFRAGILE MIND by Gavin Francis
BIRDS UP CLOSE by Lorna Gibson
THE SLEEPLESS APE by David Samson
NATURAL CONNECTION by Joycelyn Longdon
WILD FIRE by Jesse Winter
THE RESPONSE by David Shukman
NAMING NATURE by T.A. Barron
FOREST OF THE SEA by David Helvarg
THE PREVENTIONEERS by Barry R Davis
TRAIL WORK by Dillon Osleger
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER by Neil Degrasse Tyson

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Amy McEuen, Ph.D. @mceuen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

Bird mom admiring her “smooth round children” which hatch and become a loud handful

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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ok one more preview. It’s the next Tales of the Weird, it’s ‘Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands’. That’s right a whole book of spooky disembodied hands! Edited by Brian J. Showers. Publishing May 21st. #TalesoftheWeird

Cover of Beasts with Five Fingers. Held by hand, background is bookshelves.

Contents page of Beasts with Five Fingers

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imyril @imyril.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Wyrd and Wonder Welcome to Wyrd and Wonder, our annual celebration of the fantastic. Our brilliant party of genre adventurers will once again spend the month of May sharing our love of all things fantasy as we talk about the books, movies, shows, and games that light up our reading lives. We love…

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Wyrd and Wonder

Welcome to Wyrd and Wonder, our annual celebration of the fantastic. Our brilliant party of genre adventurers will once again spend the month of May sharing our love of all things fantasy as we talk about the books, movies, shows, and games that light up our reading lives. We love fantasy all year round, but in May we share the joy together (come join us, it’s fun!).

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 29/04/2026

This is a real photo from the surface of another planet, taken earlier today.

A landscape of boulders, pebbles, and sand, with larger outcrops in the middle ground. The scene is largely reddish–grey, and the sky is a butterscotch colour.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

1) The US and UK covers side by side. The US cover (left) features a striking image of Bell, and has a silhouette of Holmes. The font is very ornate, and it looks very “Sherlockian.” The UK cover (right) is striking in its reds, blacks, and whites. It features a silhouette of a poison bottle, and has fingerprints all over the cover.

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FuzzWolf 🏳️‍🌈 @fuzzwolf.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.

Centered text reads “The sky above
the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel”

Below are 3 versions of the same cityscape labeled 1985, 2005, 2025 with the background changing from grey static, to solid blue, to streaming service logos.

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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Confession

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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Nonfiction science new releases for April, 2026! Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? We are reading THE EDGE OF SPACE TIME in our June nonfiction science book club if you’d like to join! #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience

IN TREES by Robert MOOR
THE EDGE OF SPACE TIME by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
ROMP by Heide Island
THE COMMON UNCOMMON by Bernd Heinrich
LABOR by Mary Fariba Afsari
CONCRETE BOTANY by Joey Santore
ORGAN SPEAK by Giulia Enders
THE MADNESS PILL by Justin Garson
STARFISH BLUES by Rasheena Fountain
ON THE FUTURE OF SPECIES by Adrian Woolfson
ECO REVOLUTION by Maya Penn
SNEEZE by David Miles
THE BOOK OF CANNABIS by Jeremy Narby
PROPHECY by Carissa Veliz
BEYOND INHERITANCE by Roxanne Khamsi
THE FULLNESS OF TIME by Cathy Haynes
THE STORY OF BIRDS by Steve Brusatte
SMOG and SUNSHINE by Ann Carlson
WHY DO WE EXIST? By Hakeem Oluseyi
HUGE NUMBERS by Richard Elwes

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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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A tree sparrow is speaking: "Artistic creation shouldn't be considered carelessly! Good art is made deliberately! With emotion! Physical exertion! If you aren't crying or bleeding by the end, you'd better look into another lifestyle...". We see a class of birds with piles of sticks and a big banner that reads "Intro to nest building" made out of twigs. The teacher continues: "Ok! Does everyone have their bundle of soft moss?"

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com #manosphere

Image:
A small, angry boy stands in front of his parents. They are in modern clothes, but he is dressed as a regency gentleman with top hat, breeches, cane etc. He says
"No title, no estates, and less than a thousand a year! How am I ever to find a wife!"

Caption:
Noah's parents realise that he has been drawn into the manorsphere.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"What happened?" "I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing." “I guess things went... a-rye?” “Please do shut up.” "You should get out of the sun." "Why?" "Otherwise, you'll be toast." "You're an asshole, Charlie." “You’re right, you deserve butter.”

Two seagulls walking. One’s beak is stuck through a slice of bread.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My latest for @newscientist.com

Panel 1
A delivery bot on a suburban path says
“You don’t always end up where you expect”
Panel 2
“It’s silly but I saw myself beside an astronaut rolling across a strange new world” it says as it continues down the path. An alert reads “50m to destination”
Panel 3
A had has opened the lid of the bot and taken out a paper bag.
“I like to feel useful. Nobody likes a cold hamburger”
Panel 4
It continues “So I give every mission my all”
The alert says “mission complete”
Panel 5
The sun is setting. The bot looks tired. The alert says it’s power is 3%
Panel 6
Night. Stars twinkle. The bot is parked in a lot with three others, it has its eyes closed and says “in my dock I dream of space”

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Spook-ish Linda👻 @bookishlinda.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Best Star Trek Crew, wrong answers only

Photo of three crewmembers from Fireball XL5, a “Supermarionation” production from Gerry Anderson that was shown on TV in the UK and US in the early 1960s. The characters were all played by electronic puppets. Shown here are (I think) the handsome Commander Steve Zodiac and beautiful Doctor Venus flying the spaceship, with the bespectacled Jock the engineer (who had a Scots accent) standing behind them. All are in futuristic uniforms with plenty of gold braid and stars can be seen through the windows of the spaceship.

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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 03/04/2026

Today marks 1,500 days of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. What was supposed to be “KYIV IN 3 DAYS” has become 1,500 DAYS of resistance — and a long, costly failure for Moscow. Ukraine continues to fight for its land, its freedom, and the future of Europe.

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CosmoQuest @cosmoquest.org · 02/04/2026

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

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