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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6h

Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds

The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 5h

ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard

“they don’t know” meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says “they don’t know this river burned 13 times”

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 7h

I volunteered for Childline for a decade at uni and I know firsthand a snapshot of how many lives Esther Rantzen changed. Her later years were known for assisted dying but her legacy will be giving vulnerable children someone to listen to and care. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Esther Rantzen, TV presenter and Childline founder, dies aged 86

Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 6h

I still remember Esther Rantzen on That’s Life holding up a small ad from a Local Authority in the early 70s advertising for an Equal Pay Officer but offering a lower wage for women. I’m part of generation of teenagers mildly radicalised by amusing trivia.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 6h

#tdih 1919 #RedSummer Black sharecroppers met in Elaine, Arkansas to organize for fair pay for cotton. More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob. Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for “riots.” #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...

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Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre

Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates…

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 5h

Ok, color me intrigued...

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John Walker @earthfgardener.bsky.social · 16h

This. Unfortunately for some, trees = £/€ and they’re useful for ticking PR boxes. Nature regenerating, with a helping hand, by itself, not so much🌳

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 12h

There’s a bunch of research and startups in this space, but this is the one I‘m most familiar with — recovering the lithium and other elements for reuse. There are so many good reasons to never dump EV batteries. www.wbur.org/news/2022/01...

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Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new ones

A Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. Th...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The thing about having a radiologist friend like @gammacounter.bsky.social is that you will learn, in incredibly well-documented detail, how dangerously life-threatening swallowing button batteries are to kids. [link via @pazsays.bsky.social, who also got to hear about it]

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 16h

This is something that I have been long fascinated with - behavioural chaos is so prevalent in the natural world and we don't discuss it nearly enough in the context of animal ethology, and *especially* animal paleoethology. Really good article worth a read!

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ

Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 20h

Mansouri is only the second woman in the Arab world to hold the office of prime minister. Her established political career has seen her serve as mayor of Marrakesh and member of parliament previously.

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Morocco's king appoints Mansouri as the country's first fermale PM

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

idk what level total cultural victory it is that a male Republican didn't know sports teams and needed to be corrected by a Democratic woman but goddamn we got sports in the national divorce for real for real

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

20. Finally, it is so important to respect the water and acknowledge the dangers involved for those crossing the English Channel in open boats and rough weather today. The hostility towards RNLI crews selflessly preventing loss of life must be utterly condemned. Support the RNLI here: rnli.org 20/20

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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20

Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Witney and Wantage have - ooh la la! a fondness for French maid costumes and in the only contest that really matters, Oxford came 624th out of 691 while Cambridge came 239th (and does buy the most nipple tassels of any town in the UK, go figure.)

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 21h

it’s weird how every rented apartment just comes with one of these now.

a tabby in a bathtub. you can just see her eyes and ears.

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 22h

“Stumbling stones” in Arlington, Va., show the names of enslaved people on the sidewalks in front of where they were enslaved. The idea came from a similar project in Germany where small plaques were placed in front of the homes of those murdered in the Holocaust enslavedarl.org/s/memorializ...

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I now have Reacher season 2, but the library also had copy of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice, so I'm watching that first and inserting him mentally into scenes.

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/5

Cover art for Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric!

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i personally feel that mamdani should stick to the jewish community like glue and flush out these freaks

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think this might be my favorite photo in my collection. It's the one I picture being on the cover of a book if I ever make one someday. The light, her face, the way she's supporting the kitten so lovingly. ❤️ No date/info.

black and white photo of a light skinned woman with curly hair wearing a plaid dress, sitting with sunlight coming in from the left. She is holding up a shorthaired tabby kitten.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏺🧪 🦣 Will absolutely be tuning in fo some of these excellent #HumanOrigins talks, hosted by one of my academic depts - online, open to all

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's Tuesday, and you're wondering: "Why should I care about eels?" Well...in addition to being great fodder for memes, eels are super-important to stream ecologies! Historically, eels have made up as much as 50% of the total fish biomass in lower reaches of US & European rivers. 🗃️🧪

Meme. Picture of an eel underwater. The picture is taken from the side, so you can only see one of the eel's blue-tinged eyes, fixed on you like the red-rimmed Eye of Sauron (if Sauron were a happy fish). The eel (we'll call him Kryztaphix) seems like he is peeking out from a hole in the rocks. There are stones in the water behind him, one of which seems like a lovely speckled granite. Kryztaphix is a dark grey on top, and a shiny silver below. He is likely stopping to say hi on his way to sea.

Kryztaphix has a kindly smile on his face, and you feel comfortable in his presence. It's the sort of look that makes you want to spill out your whole life story, including that one time in middle school. You know the one. Kryztaphix won't judge you. He seen worse. Hell...he's done worse. And he will take your secrets to his Sargasso grave. You really couldn't ask for more.

Meme text reads:
"Half your streams
are belong to us."

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I suspect that frog just ate it's best mate

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Itō Jakuchū's 'Frog' of 1790 for me is the iconic image of numbed uncomfortable bafflement at the predicament of existence in the coming modern world, much as Munch's 'Scream' expressed it through horror.

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Substack post by Ranke de Vries which not only shows that AI won't be taking over Medieval Irish Studies any time soon (thankfully), but also makes an eloquent case in favour of sitting with the difficulty of manuscript transcription. #MedievalSky rankedevries.substack.com/p/ai-and-med...

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AI and medieval Irish manuscripts

Just no.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Those who think AI is going to largely automate white collar jobs in the next couple of years don’t understand the nature of work - @sarahoconnorft.ft.com nails it www.ft.com/content/4aad...

It is not obvious that AI agents could eliminate the need for this type of work, since it involves persuasion, contestation and the exchange of tacit knowledge and experience that is spread across different departments, and often exists inside people's heads rather than in a neatly codified handbook on the intranet.

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GeorgeWeeks2014 @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Elite projection. humantransit.org/2017/07/the-... "...the belief among relatively fortunate & influential people, that what those people find convenient or attractive is good for the society as a whole...It is perhaps the single most comprehensive barrier to prosperous, just & liberating cities."

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The Dangers of Elite Projection — Human Transit

(Leer en español aquí.) Elite projection is the belief, among relatively fortunate and influential people, that what those people find convenient or attractive is good for the society as a whole. O...

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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.

Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 28/09/2026

Three national retailers—Target, Amazon, and Books-A-Million—have hosted dozens of titles from Antelope Hill Publishing, an entity designated by hate-group monitors as a primary distributor of racist and antisemitic books. 1/ www.confrontthehate.com/p/exclusive-...

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SPECIAL REPORT: How a Neo-Nazi Publisher Exploited Target, Amazon, and Books-A-Million

Following an inquiry by ConfrontTheHate.com, Target quickly removed an extremist publisher's catalog—while Amazon and Books-A-Million keep titles active for now.

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TRACES labo d’archéologie @umr5608traces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Du 2 au 4/10 c'est le festival de cinéma "Objectif Préhistoire" au Centre de Préhistoire du Pech Merle à Cabrerets (46) 🎬 24 films en compétition 🏆 3 prix 😎 2 membres du labo dans le jury ➡️ traces.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil/agen...

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Objectif Préhistoire - TRACES : UMR 5608

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also was so excited to see how vigorous the growth is on the old sycamore tree at Sycamore Gap. I knew it was re-shooting but it looks like a mini forest already. Great news.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Cyntada @cyntada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

SPARKLE VOID do not mess with the sentient galaxy. It will not go well for you – or your shoelaces.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026

On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely!

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