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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 Applications for WNDB’s Walter Dean Myers Grants are officially open! 💻 bit.ly/2026WalterGrants 📅 Applications close at 11:59 PM on October 31st, 2026

Red graphic titled “Walter Grants: Applications Now Open”. A subtitle beneath that says, “$2000 grant opportunity for diverse, unpublished writers and illustrators.” In the lower left hand corner is an illustration of a writer sitting at a table and typing on their laptop. In the lower right hand corner is a light blue starburst that says, “Accepting Applications Through October 31st”.

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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 4h

hey everyone if your uni uses turnitin, ask them about this.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 4h

Heyyyyy Reactor finally let me write about middle grade science fiction, fantasy, and horror! I got a MASSIVE list for you. reactormag.com/middle-grade...

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Middle Grade SFF for Young Readers — And the Young at Heart - Reactor

Stories featuring mysterious spellbooks, dysfunctional robots, and so much more...

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Joel Bezaire @joelbezaire.bsky.social · 3h

Absolute nails. Finally!! 🙌

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 3h

In photography you really just wanna make sure that the cat is properly exposed. Photo from my collection no info/date.

Black and white photo of a light skinned man wearing a plaid sports coach and watch in a skinny dark colored tie. He is looking down at a long-haired grey kitten that he cradles in his hands. The photo seems to be somewhat under exposed because the man’s skin tone is blown out, but the kitten looks perfect.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 3h

Your daily affirmation: It's ok to feel out of place. It's ok to get some rest. It's ok to become the haunted horror at the center of a haunted world.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2h

I just want you to know—if you’re masking in public, if your business highlights and values masked employees, if your selfies and cosplay photos and candids have masks in them, I see you, I love you, hang in there.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 7h

Oh hey. It’s October now. Did you get an advent calendar that educates you about snails while helping us educate people in Philly about our local biodiversity? Not yet?? Well what are you waiting for? It’s time for snail facts! SquidFacts.net

An 11 x 14” poster that is titled snail facts and advent calendar with 24 snail shells that you can scratch off featured a bunch of cutie patootie snails, like the candy, cane, snail and fire, snail and banana, slug and sea slugs and even

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

NEW: We learned that the rules for starting a private school vary wildly across states. Some require background checks and specific qualifications. Others invite anyone with a dream and a pulse. See where your state draws the line. Take our quiz and share your results ⤵️

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It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours. — ProPublica

Private school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 6h

back in my day intentionally fabricating data for use in scientific inquiry was sternly frowned upon

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 6h

Butterbutt. An older comic.

A four-panel comic titled "yellow-rumped warbler poem". In panel 1, a yellow-rumped warbler stands on a branch in a late autumn scene, and says "Fall is here." In panel 2, the warbler watches a brown leaf fall to the ground, and says "Winter's near." In panel 3, the warbler faces the viewer as brown leaves fall, and says "Need some cheer?" In panel 4, the warbler is showing its luminous yellow rump, and cheerfully says "See my rear."

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 5h

29 days until Halloween 🎨 Chris Dunn

Illustration depicting various woodland animals trick-or-treating at a rabbit's house.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 4h

American Psychological Association: 'The hidden harms of medical gaslighting' 'These conditions, which include fibromyalgia, long COVID, endometriosis, chronic fatigue syndrome...put patients at high risk of experiencing “medical gaslighting"...' www.apa.org/monitor/2026...

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saraofwhimsy @saraofwhimsy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's October! Just going to leave the Halloween collection right here... www.whimsystation.com/category/hal...

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Halloween

Browse all products in the Halloween category from Whimsy Station.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a tremendous piece of writing and you could substitute the name of hundreds of institutions in the argument. Let's have the deep conversation about what these institutions are supposed to do, and who they're meant to serve. (Hint: everybody.)

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

When it comes to research, there is no single tool or site that is as robustly useable as Google scholar is, and google scholar a) ain't as robustly useable as it could be and b) has started integrating LLM-based "AI" "summaries" into their search results, and i just HATE it.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you, @lollardfish.bsky.social, for so clearly articulating the societal cost to austerity measures. "If you don’t want to more significantly fund the university, which bits are you eager to cut away?..." www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...

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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million

"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today, we announced that HASTAC is closing as an interactive social network after 25+ years of innovative, exciting, and equitable learning, scholarship, and community focusing on technology and its impact on society. educational-cultural-institutions.hastac.hcommons.org/2026/09/29/s...

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Sunsetting the HASTAC Network After 25+ Great Years: Farewell and Appreciation From HASTAC Co-Directors Cathy N. Davidson and Shelly Eversley – Educational and Cultural Institutions

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Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The entire issue of Flash Fiction Online that I edited, Tiny Gods, is available for free to read. I loved editing this one. flashfictiononline.com

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Home - Flash Fiction Online

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Birdie, Barghest Bae @srslymagenta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs. Whatsit whispered, “You will need all your anger now.” -Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, 1962.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

People often have difficulty reading content when there isn’t sufficient contrast, so it's important to have high color contrast. TPGi’s free color contrast checker tool allows you to determine the contrast ratio of two colors by using an eye-drop tool. developer.paciellogroup.com/color-contra...

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Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA) - Vispero

Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA) Use Vispero’s free color contrast checker to optimize your content – including text and visual elements – for individuals with color-blindness or low vision…

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interestingly, this is why alt was coded into early html - because images were so slow to load so this would convey info while waiting in ye olde dialup tymes.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What's your retirement plan? 1. coffee shop curmudgeon 2. vengeful sea witch 3. sentient moss mound 4. foggy wanderer

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PSA: My doctor emailed me last week to say she's already seeing flu cases in her practice and to go ahead and get the shot. In the past she's advised to wait until later in October because efficacy wanes over time but this year she says go ahead and get it ASAP.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...

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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The point is that as a society, somewhat intentionally because the people who built the post-World War II public university system created this infrastructure on purpose, we house countless vital functions in our modern public universities.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was in a band in high school called Calculus. People thought our music was derivative.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A societye that hath high expectaciouns and social pressures about sculptinge bodyes at the gym, but verye litel shared public commitmente to expandinge the heart and mynde wyth fiction, poetrye, drama, and art -- that societye ys bound to grow more callous and hollowe wyth each passinge year.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There are people trying to pitch under the name of real science writers. Yes. This is a scam that happens. And it's BAD. Because our only currency in our field? Is our reputation. I am doing something about it, and telling you so you can, too. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/2-factor-a...

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2-Factor Authorification

I hate that I even have to do this.

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Chelsea @chelseasprite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You know. I really dislike my brain some days because I then go down fun little rabbit holes to find answers to questions and then the answers make me mad and I don't have the time/resources to write a proper thing. Do you want to know the answer to this?

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 30/09/2026

Help me cover rent by buying some beadwork!! RENT IS DUE! I need more sales to be able to pay it without incurring overdraft fees. Every piece is made with care and every order is appreciated. Boosting is super helpful <3 Shop my work: cvkvlv.com Thank you!! Sales goal updates in comments ⬇️⬇️

Four pairs of beaded fringe earrings on a bead mat. The design is an ombré pattern from white to light blue to lavender, then into dark blue at the bottom of the fringes.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026

Democrats defend "science," but what they really should be defending is "wissenschaft." No major social problems - from global warming to AI - can be solved without non-commercial research across multiple fields, including the social sciences and humanities. Really wish the party understood this.

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Dave Kung @dtkung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Help, #MathSky community: Trying to get a handle on how different techniques of integration are covered at different types of institutions. Take 2 minutes (I swear) and fill out this quick survey: forms.gle/hk9nfSwwme82...

$Different techniques of integration, including integration by parts, trig substitution, trig integrals, and partial fractions.$

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And do not ever fucking dare to put other people’s writing into an LLM without consen : no matter why you’ve been asked to read it, for feedback or reviews. Have some decency.

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 29/09/2026

cagle seedling apples, painted by elsie e. lower, 1911

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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That brings to my final point: “Economic issues not cultural wars” is a terrible electoral strategy. What issues resonate with voters is entirely dependent upon the conditions of the country at that time. Casting Trump as a racist authoritarian helped Democrats in 2018 and 2020. Leaning into abortion rights aided the party in 2022, in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. Democratic candidates are smartly tapping into the backlash against ICE this year. The reality is that the number of issues that Democrats and the media have labeled as “cultural” is so vast that the party is bound to be on the politically useful side of some of them at any given time. And while Americans may not agree with Democrats on every “cultural” issue, polls suggest that most Americans favor the multiracial, pluralistic society pushed by Democrats over the white, heterosexual, Christian, male-dominated society advanced by the GOP.

Campaigning on economic issues isn’t some panacea. Democratic candidates who relentlessly harp on such issues lose all the time. Which economic issues Democratic politicians push and when really matters. Talking about raising the minimum wage rarely helps Democratic politicians win elections. Most Americans agree with paying low-income workers more, but that’s not an issue that energizes or engages them. In contrast, calling for limits on data center expansion, as Hinojosa and other Democratic candidates are doing, is really useful right now, as hostility to billionaires and Big Tech companies is rising. But that tactic would not have been as effective in, say, 2016.

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is something I deal with a lot at work bc I think students should have the right to refuse to have their work submitted to checkers (which are notoriously unreliable) bc it is their intellectual property. But professors want to be "sure" when that does not exist

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My Etsy shop is open again! I make gemstone and wire jewelry and art inspired by space. Every piece is one-of-a-kind and handmade by me. I'm busily restocking the shop; and I'm happy to make custom pieces. Check it out at elakdawalla.etsy.com

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elakdawalla - Etsy

Shop Emily's Space Craft by elakdawalla located in Los Angeles, California.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026

Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media

Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 29/09/2026

Pssst! Did you see? We just restocked a bunch of samplers online! What a great day to hate making decisions; we've already done it for you! 🍵❤️ www.fridaytea.com/co...

A bunch of boxed Chai Samplers and Fall Seasonal Samplers on a cafe shelving unit

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Carrie Muir @cmuirmath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"While not as severe on the other organ systems as long covid, the long-term effects of flu still outweighed its short-term harms on almost every organ system evaluated, including the brain, heart and kidney." Friends, please get vaccinated and mask up.

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maya kern @mayakern.com · 26/09/2026

A little drama for your wardrobe. 🦢 The Swans Pocket Dimension Skirt has gorgeous white swans along the hem, huge pockets, and every size is still available! #store Shop Swans: store.mayakern.com/collections/...