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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 18h

#HillfortsWednesday Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hillforts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940). #Archaeology

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 18h

Bonus vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses Proper lovely 😍 🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011 #HillfortsWednesday

Aerial photograph showing the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with trees, scrub and the stone foundations of a broch or Iron Age tower

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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 9h

If this is your first time hearing about Uri Geller, the Stanford Research Institute, and most importantly, James "the Amazing" Randi, you're welcome. I hope his work inspires a lifelong skepticism in you. time.com/archive/6712...

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James Randi : Fighting Against Flimflam

James Randi Uses His Skill As a Professional Magician to Expose Psychics, Astrologers, Spiritualists, Channelers, Faith Healers and a Host of Mystics and Charlatans

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 10h

I am an instructor for the fourth annual 2027 Sandia Starforgers retreat and workshop for speculative fiction writers. The event is 70% sold out, and the application for the scholarship is open. I hope you will apply. www.tickettailor.com/events/sandi...

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Buy Your Ticket – Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop: April-May 2027 – Albuquerque, NM

Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop: April-May 2027 – Albuquerque, NM, Fri Apr 30, 2027 - Mon May 3, 2027 - Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop 2027 Instructional Theme: CHARAC...

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Loran Hughes @westwoodastro.net · 15h

A couple of nights ago, I pointed my telescope at the moon and randomly caught five satellite transits within 2.5 minutes. #astrophotography

Five satellites transiting the moon within two and a half minutes.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ancient and beautiful amber pendants worn by hunter-gatherers during the Danish Mesolithic some 10,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows three glossy, bright orange, drop-shaped pieces of amber arranged in a row against a dark background in a museum display case. Each piece of amber is decorated with finely incised patterns. The smalleest piece on the left is decorated with a comb motif- three horizontal lines with short vertical lines on top. The largest piece in the middle has a patchwork of alternating incised rectangles, and the piece on the right has four evenly spaced horizontal rows a Ross the surface made up of drilled pits. Each piece of amber has a hole at the top suggesting it was attached to a cord to be worn as jewellery or suspended.

Amber has many properties which may have been associated with 'magic'. For example, when rubbed against fur, amber produces static electricity which can give off sparks in the dark, make hair stand on end, and attract small things towards it.

These pieces are part of the collections of the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. They are currently on loan at the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany for the ‘Shamaness’ temporary exhibition.

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 10h

And more on this dystopia.

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Liars feel oppressed by objective facts.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 16h

The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 11h

We shape the future with choices.

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 11h

Dystopia is here, facilitated by what David Brin called "sousveillance."

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 11h

Marcy's Short Story Meetup - Sun 10/4 3PM Daniel's Comic Book Workshop (IRL) - Tue 10/6 7PM On-the-Spot Workshop - Wed 10/7 7:30PM Rad Files Novel Group - Mon 10/12 7:30PM www.meetup.com/brooklyn-spe...

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Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers | Meetup

We are a speculative fiction writers group based in Brooklyn. Together, we help one another hone our craft to a more professional level. This group is open to serious writers of fantasy, science ficti...

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 22h

Titan has a Northern Lake District. I hope there's high tea.

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An incredibly complete, searchable map of the Roman Road network that stretches from Spain to Syria and across North Africa. itiner-e.org

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itiner-e

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DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hello. I am widening my submissions categories to include: - Epic Fantasy - Space Opera - Near Future/High Concept SF - Horror Details here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Timeline cleanse! 🐕✨ A charming Egyptian dog figurine made of faience, dating 2120–1795 BC. An adorable glimpse into the past 😊 On display at Neues Museum Berlin.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yabusame’ mounted archery, an old warrior tradition in Japan

Frozen in mid-gallop against a soft blur of dust and greenery, a Yabusame archer rises with fluid grace from the saddle of a white charger, drawing a towering asymmetrical longbow (yumi) with absolute focus. Clad in traditional Kamakura-period hunting attire (hitatare) patterned in vibrant emerald green and gold brocade, the marksman wears spotted deer-hide chaps (mukabaki) and a wide, black-rimmed hat (igasa) secured beneath the chin. A blunt, turnip-headed wooden arrow (kabura-ya) rests aligned with his steady gaze, held at full draw as horse and rider thunder down the course. The contrast between the muscular power of the white horse, the crisp geometric line of the drawn string, and the fluttering patterned sleeves creates a high-stakes sensory moment: the thundering beat of hooves, the rushing wind, and the held breath before the release.
abusame (流鏑馬) is an ancient Japanese ritual of mounted archery dating back to the late Heian and early Kamakura periods (12th century), codified under Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo to cultivate samurai discipline, mental focus, and spiritual devotion. Performed as a sacred rite at Shinto shrines, the archer must shoot three wooden targets in rapid succession while galloping down a narrow, two-hundred-meter track. The arrow's bulbous wooden tip—known as a whistle-arrow—produces a high-pitched hum as it cuts through the air, signaling a prayer for peace and driving away evil spirits. The creation of the archer's specialized gear, from the laminated bamboo bow and eagle-feather arrows to hand-woven silk brocades and custom leatherwork, represents a living continuum of monozukuri (artisanal mastery and material craft), where feudal military tradition is preserved as sacred performance art.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tomb with a view - Taversoe Tuick, a Neolithic chambered cairn on Rousay (one of the Orkney islands). Rousay is often referred to as the ‘Egypt of the North’ on account of its many wonderful archaeological sites. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Rousay #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney

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Tony Divey @tonydivey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For #TilesonTuesday here’s the medieval floor tiles from Wenlock Priory, taken from the site 60 years ago and now returned to EH. My 📷. Here’s the story www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/search...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is the 321st anniversary of the last of the ‘wars of the fists’ (guerre dei pugni) on a bridge in Venice. Sometimes also known as battagliole sui ponti, or “little battles on the bridges”, or guerre de canne (wars with sticks), they could also involve cudgels, roof tiles, stones, and knives

Ponte dei Pugni, Pietro Liberi (1605-87)—a 17th century painting of a massive scrap on a bridge. It’s covered in people, wrestling and jostling, and is surrounded by spectators

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026

Our new “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast talks to the activists, lawyers and technologists who have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. Episode 1, “Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries,” is our origin story.

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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries

People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...

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manewt.bsky.social @manewt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Friend who works at meta: “Do not use the muse agent, it’s like inviting a Vampire inside”

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This tidbit was in the article. 🎈💥 ? "Goldman Sachs warned Friday that AI hyperscalers, including Meta, need to generate roughly $300 billion a year in AI services revenue just to break even on their capital spending—and $1 trillion annually to earn meaningful profits—spooking investors."

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Mark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day As Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water On Meta Stock Rally

Zuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 28/09/2026

I have just discovered that you can get the full audio tracks of all the Blackadder series as one audiobook. And now you have, too.

Screenshot showing Blackadder: The Complete Collected Series audiobook: 15 hours and 3 minutes.

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cyber professional @permadeath.com · 28/09/2026

so true story, (almost) all of the drives in Terra Invicta are based on: real world existing technologies scaled up, historical real world research projects that got shelved, near-future research projects, or logical extensions of known types of fission/fusion reactor designs

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Aaron J. Waltke @goodaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For those interested in pitching TV — here is a great interview with Jim Henson Company’s VP Bryan O’Connell. Lots of good stuff in here! youtu.be/QW1S1lEgvN0?...

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A Jim Henson Executive on How To Pitch Your TV Series | Bryan O’Connell

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026

More evidence of the hidden ways in which LLMs are powered by (likely exploited and poorly paid) humans

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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Putting the Fabulous back into Astrophysics!! (And did not break any bones!) bookshop.org/p/books/invi...

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"There's a little black spot on the sun today..."

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago... But I didn't know about the *tsunami*. Holy hell. 1/

Close-up of a map showing the proposed extent of Doggerland, the land mass between the UK and mainland Europe that existed when sea levels were much lower.

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Marcus's Novel Group - Mon 9/28 7:30PM The (Virtual) Afterwork Social - Tue 9/29 7PM Marcy's Short Story Meetup - Sun 10/4 3PM Daniel's Comic Book Workshop (IRL) - Tue 10/6 7PM www.meetup.com/brooklyn-spe...

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Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers | Meetup

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yesterday was a big day for Indigenous literature as Kinsale Drake, Darcie Little Badger, and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie received the 2026 American Book Award for Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms. redpopnews.com/beyond-the-g...

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Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Receives 2026 American Book Award

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Martha Acuna @marthaacuna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would freaking out too 😭🐶♥️ Good morning everyone!

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

KING OF THE DEAD (1977) Gouache on illustration board - 24” x 14” I had the good fortune of working on Elric early in my career. The books by Michael Moorcock have proven to be enduring classics in fantasy. #art #booksky 🪐📚

Elric holds the slender black blade of Stormbringer as he turns in surprise toward a menacing skeletal figure. His gold cloak billows as he pivots, and the gold chain gripped in his other hand slackens as the ruby amulet bobs weightless with sudden motion. Arms flexed wide, the threatening figure grips a black trident. Beneath a horned helm, its skull is set in a deathly howl that exposes its fangs. With eyes flashing, a mass of figures skulk among smooth pillars in the background. Several of the ape-like humanoids flank Elric in the lower foreground.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

4 Days to Khumalo Tales launch. (pinned p for link) "Who is ZZC??? OF COURSE YOU ALREADY KNOW! But if you don’t, I’ll tell you again, with GREAT GLEE AND WHIMSY AND HUMOR AND WISDOM AND AWE. Oh, wait. I’m just describing Zig Zag’s writing now!!!" - @csecooney.bsky.social Come, and know me better

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Next Fiction: Impossible, starring ZIG ZAG CLAYBOURNE!

Author of the Khumalo Series! Who is ZIG ZAG CLAYBOURNE??? OF COURSE YOU ALREADY KNOW! But if you don’t, I’ll tell you again, with GREAT GLEE AND WHIMSY AND HUMOR AND WISDOM AND AWE. Oh, wait. I’m …

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It's vital that you find out!

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Attention, Bajoran workers!

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BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We would very much like to see Mr. Hegseth try to compete against a female Marine.

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