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Minnie Elizabeth (Betty) Barclay Lindsay, earned mechanical engineering degree @edinburghuni.bsky.social (probably 2nd woman engineering graduate). Worked mainly as a civil engineer in Albania on an Anti-Malarial Mission 1926-39. b. #OTD 9 Oct 1897 in China www.magnificentwomen.co.uk/engineer-of-...

Betty Lindsay in topee, tie and trousers stood between two men out doing field work #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM

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15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org · 4h

This is Autumn. She was found in a trailer home with demodex mange alongside four other dogs after their owner passed away. All five require antibiotics and parasiticide medication, and Autumn also needs medicated baths. You can help them below ❤️‍🩹 bit.ly/4AYLpKP

a blond puppy stands in a sink for a bath. she's lost fur on her face, and her skin is pink and dry.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 4h

Manatee w no propeller scars ✅ Healthy staghorn coral thicket ✅ Water below bleaching temps ✅ Juvenile grunts and snappers ✅ Life is good in Coral City 😎 ✅✅✅ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #staghorncoral #acropora #coralcitycamera

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Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · 10h

Between two places is where you actually live.

PHOTO by iam hogir. A lone person stands on a narrow wooden boardwalk suspended above a dark wetland, seen from directly overhead. Thick clusters of green reeds push up through the murky water on either side, creating a living mosaic of texture and depth. The path slices vertically through the scene like a quiet axis of stillness in a wild, unstructured world.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 6h

A little good luck for you. 😽😽🤍

A fluffy black cat with enormous round eyes and two tiny fangs holds a pink flower against a turquoise background. White handwritten text on black strips reads: “Rumour has it, this black cat brings good luck. It may also knock something off your table or give you a gentle bite. But mostly, it’s here to bring you good luck.”

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 6h

Huge fan of this screen print I just got from tinyobscurae.bsky.social. A lovely piece of art and an important reminder for us all re: sky eating

A framed print of a stylised crow with the words "eat the sky"

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On this day in 1881, Esther Lape was born. She led the effort to win Senate approval for U.S. participation in the Permanent Court of International Justice, which lost by 7 votes in 1935. She also fought the American Medical Association in mobilizing for universal health insurance. #WeTheMen

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How to put on socks when you have a hard time reaching your feet [📹 Mister Odd and Miss Tree] Original post

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you for leading the team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon. Yours is an amazing legacy & everyone should know your name. Goodnight and godspeed, Margaret Hamilton. 🕯️

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Apparently, I now have my own QR code! Point your phone at it & it takes you to MY BOOK. No idea how. No mice inside. Disappointing. 🙄 Could you give it a little share & help more people discover me? The FC calls it word of mouth. I prefer word of MEOWTH. 😹🧡🐾

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 17h

Really good sticks fall under the Just This Once clause. Ask anybody 😉😜

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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 18h

“The wildwood will always find a way to speak to those who listen, drawing them back to the oldest magics of the earth.” ~ Charles de Lint 'Witches Garden' by Jane Newland

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 17h

Well, look at you all glorious…

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22h

Bacteriological chemist & refrigeration engineer Dr. Mary Engle Pennington, the "Ice Woman," revolutionized food safety by inventing the "cold chain." Her groundbreaking work on continuous refrigeration kept perishable food fresh from harvest to consumer. She was born #OTD in 1872. 🧵 #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white photograph of Dr. Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), the pioneering American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer known as the "Ice Woman." Shown from the chest up, she poses at a three-quarter angle, facing left while turning her gaze calmly toward the camera. Her expression is serene, intellectual, and confident, marked by a slight, knowing smile. Her wavy, light-colored hair is parted down the middle and neatly pinned back, framing her face and her thin, round wire-rimmed spectacles. She is elegantly dressed in a textured, small-checked pattern blazer over a collared blouse with a delicate, ornate pendant hanging from her neckline. Pinched to her left lapel is a prominent corsage featuring two light-colored, lifelike fabric flower blossoms complete with subtle leaves. The overall composition uses classic soft studio lighting that creates a gentle gradient across her face against a dark, featureless backdrop, capturing a dignified and scholarly mood that honors her monumental contributions to global food safety.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 21h

Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan #Scottish civil engineer & 1st woman member of ICE Engineers in 1927. She was #engineer on #Sydney Harbour Bridge #Australia, #Tyne Bridge linking #NewcastleUponTyne & #Gateshead & Lambeth Bridge in #London. b. #OTD 8 Oct 1899 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan as a young woman #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21h

Ophthalmologist Dr. Agatha Aboe led the medical campaign in Ghana to eliminate trachoma (leading infectious cause of preventable blindness globally). It worked. Ghana became the 1st country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the disease, 2018. #WorldSightDay #WomenInSTEM

A low-angle, close-up portrait of renowned Ghanaian ophthalmologist and public health pioneer Dr. Agatha Aboe. Celebrated for leading the historic medical campaign that made Ghana the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma in 2018, she is captured looking upward and to the left with an optimistic, serene smile. Her black hair is neatly styled with shaved, patterned sides. She wears distinctive semi-translucent, light-blue-framed glasses and bright orange, teardrop-shaped beaded earrings that offer a vibrant color contrast. Her top is a simple, high-collared bright blue shirt. The background features a soft-focus, minimalist golden-yellow architectural column under warm, natural sunlight. The tight composition and uplifting lighting establish an empowering, visionary mood, symbolizing her historical significance as a leading global voice for Women in STEM who now exports eye-health roadmaps to other endemic nations

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 20h

Hello, Michiganders! I'll be doing a live chalk drawing from 11am-1pm this weekend at the Ann Arbor Artoberfest! I'll be at the corner of Main & Liberty, also selling/signing books, calendars, postcards, mugs, tote bags, and other nifty gift items all day to boot! www.annarbor.org/blog/stories...

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Celebrate Artoberfest in Ann Arbor, Michigan

A2 Artoberfest is a two-day festival celebrating artwork of all kinds in downtown Ann Arbor. Plan your trip and discover why Ann Arbor is an arts destination.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Your daily affirmation: You don't need to wait for a birthday to celebrate yourself. If you managed to put pants on today, have some cake.

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Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · 08/10/2026

The fog makes the street intimate by making it disappear.

Photo by Kübra Çetin. A lone figure walks a fog-bound street at night, moving toward a single amber streetlamp that bleeds warmth into the mist. Dark buildings line the left; bare winter branches reach across a dim, ochre sky. All else dissolves into darkness — only the light, the figure, and the space between them remain.

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Do what you love (never working a day in your life) and you'll never work a day in your life

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative in the 1930s that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide by 1952. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent/unreliable.It remains the basis for the TB skin test used today. Born #OTD in 1897. #WomenInSTEM

A vintage black-and-white studio portrait features biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert (1900–1991), famed for developing the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide. Captured from the chest up, she poses in a three-quarter turn while looking directly at the camera with a subtle, intelligent smile, establishing a serene, professional, and historically significant mood. Her dark hair is styled in a classic 1920s short bob featuring prominent finger waves framing her forehead. She wears delicate, rimless spectacles and a light-colored blouse designed with a prominent collar and soft ruffled detailing along the edges. The composition employs soft-focus lighting typical of early 20th-century photography, casting gentle highlights across her face against a smooth, dark, non-descript studio backdrop. In the bottom right corner, a faint, embossed photographer's stamp adds an authentic period touch to this archival image celebrating a foundational figure in medicine.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Emily Davenport US inventor. Invented electric motor & electric locomotive c.1834 w' husband. Cut silk wedding dress into strips to insulate iron wire windings. Credited w' idea of using mercury as conductor enabling motor to function. d. #OTD 5 Oct 1862 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_D... #WomenInSTEM

A black and white photo of the head and shoulders of inventor Emily Davenport #HistSTM #HistSTEM #WomenInSTEM

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

10/7/1991 — Anita Hill calls a press conference and publicly accuses Clarence Thomas, nominee for #SCOTUS Justice, of #sexualharassment while she worked for him at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm #womenshistory #womensrights #rapeculture #rape #law #JaneDoe #VAW #SA #Cornell #EpsteinFiles

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

She looks precious! Such style, such grace .

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dr Florence Stoney 1st woman UK #radiologist. 1898 qualif'd as Dr @ London School of Medicine for Women. Estab'ed X-ray dept @ Elizabeth Garret Anderson hospital. #WWI head of surgical & X-ray @ front line hospitals in France, dev't bone expertise. d. #OTD 7 Oct 1932 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...

Dr Florence Stoney in uniform wearing her medals #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sad to hear of the passing of NASA legend Margaret Hamilton - year after year we had hoped that she would write a memoir talking about those pioneering days of space programming, and now she's gone, but her accomplishments will always be with us. www.cnn.com/2026/10/07/s...

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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died | CNN

The groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA win the 20th century space race, has died at 90.

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My new band name: Weeping Sapcicles

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October is my birthday month, so once again, it's time for the yearly reminder that Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett was the number one song on the day I was born. Can't beat it for a birthday song for a fall baby. Today is NOT my birthday😂

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I did forget about it 😂 But it was a great song.

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And you probably wouldn't watch it, even if you'd known about it since it's an animated show about about a milkshake, meatball, and French fries 🍟🤣 I only ever knew about it because my kids used to watch Adult Swim on Comedy Central. The milkshake is a total asshole 😆 It's a funny show, tho.

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s from an animated TV show. Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Meatwad is an adorable meatball character full of innocence, mostly. He’s like an impressionable kid.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dorothéa Klumpke 1861–1942 US astronomer. 1893 PhD on rings of Saturn @ Uni of Paris. 1886 Director, Bureau of Measurements @ Paris Observatory on Carte du Ciel project. Worked w husband to photograph 52 Herschel areas of nebulosity. Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothe...

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Baba Widdershins @ciapoeia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also… everyone in this photo is dead 💔The killer made sure there were none alive, not even the dog.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies.

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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A simple act of kindness from a dog that expected nothing in return. Sometimes animals really do bring out the best in us. 🐾

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Physical chemist Ruth Benerito died #OTD in 2013. She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM She held >50 patents. #inventor

Color photograph of scientist Ruth Benerito in a chemistry laboratory. She is an older woman with curly white hair, wearing large round gold-framed glasses, subtle makeup, small black earrings, a silver ring, and a light blue lab coat over a collared shirt. She sits or stands thoughtfully with her chin resting on her hand, gazing slightly off-camera with a serious, contemplative expression. Behind and beside her is complex scientific glassware apparatus, including a round-bottom flask labeled "BUCHI PLASTIC-GLAS," green-tinted tubing, a distillation setup with clamps, connectors, and other lab equipment mounted on stands. The background shows more blurred lab instrumentation, evoking a professional research environment at the USDA Southern Regional Research Center where she conducted her groundbreaking work on cotton chemistry.

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