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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 22h

Brooks The Baby Musk Ox From The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center: #AGoodPlace

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“You can’t do that on Aurora” Chengdu, China:

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Fondor Haulcraft @dayuan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Saw a photo of a BART operator from the 70s and incredible energy

BART operator in a jumpsuit and a big 70s haircut, looking like he’s out of a modestly-budgeted 70s sci-fi movie since the interior’s all white with an orange floor

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Greta Garchomp 🇵🇭𓄿 @cvlove.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There's some really simple, foundational knowledge about the built environment that should be taught in grade school. For example: parking isn't actually free

Cover of The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald shoup

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Umbrella use is an indicator sign of a healthy city. People used to actively moving about their urban spaces know that simple tools mitigate weather concerns. Alternatively, this is why you see North Americans getting soaked in the rain. They know nothing beyond car to door, door to car transit.

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greg @gmatthews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tonight at #A2Council I think we will hear some very nasty accusations. My unsolicited advice for local advocacy groups: Demonizing your opponents by claiming they are corrupt and hate democracy can fire up your base, but it also damages your credibility and reputation.

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🚨 NEW: Wales has become the first UK nation to BAN greyhound racing, but animal welfare groups are now warning the transition itself could create a major rehoming crisis.

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Alex 🫩 @lengau.net · 03/10/2026

I wish #a2council would do this!

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them. Meanwhile:

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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/09/2026

"For a long time, I thought becoming a scientist meant learning how to appear certain, composed, and knowledgeable. But the people I came to admire have held on to their willingness to ask questions and to be excited by what they did not yet know." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4rsIztb

An illustration of a man taking off a mask that looks like his own face. The headline reads: I thought ‘I don’t know’ signaled scientific incompetence. Now, I know different

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram

Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People are discussing the "problem of ebikes in cities".

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Miles and Chains @miles-and-chains.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

37240 Arrives at York with 1Z31, Vintage Trains service from Derby. Following a bit of messing about and shunting, the train went forward to Scarborough behind the Flying Scotsman…I didn’t photograph that bit! #Class37 #Tractor #York #Transrail

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From: Zima Blue (2019), dir. Robert Valley, Passion Animation Studios

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Common Flame-back woodpecker 29cm S and SE Asia Lifespan 11 years Diet ants, termites, larvae inside bark, fruit and nectar Pair are monogamous sharing equally all duties, incubating for 28days, feeding 28 days, and 3 more weeks after the fledge until they are fully independent Beautiful video

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Any Austin @anyaustin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

it's just such an unbelievably good piece of clothing

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The wrong platform for science

Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...

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Connor Esterwood PhD @connoresterwood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ok, .... here me out ... maybe a little less of #ACM 's time and effort should go to AI podcasts of articles and a little more to getting the submit bug button to work ... just me? #ACM #HRI #CHI #Academic

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me stepping up to the microphone at a local community meeting where the residents are already losing their collective minds over the removal of three parking spots:

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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy #LaborDay! ⛏️ Today, we’re celebrating the thousands of workers, past and present, who built our transit system and keep it running 24/7.

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anthonyf2024.bsky.social @anthonyf2024.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today at the GCR starts behind Derby Lightweight 79900 - a lovely little railcar and always a pleasure to ride with!

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When cities are designed around people rather than cars, a new face to the term "cyclists" begins to emerge. It's one that encompasses all ages and abilities that get to experience the freedom of independent mobility with safety, comfort, efficiency, and enjoyment.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The funniest thing about people spending their precious last moments on earth fighting to save a surface parking lot is that directly across the street is a five-story parking tower.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 26/08/2026

Mexico unveiled the cargo version of its ultra light electric car that it will begin selling next year for about $10,000. The Mexican government has been leading project development. EV sales in Mexico have been skyrocketing in recent months.

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Mexico unveils Olinia Carga electric light truck - electrive.com

Mexico is expanding its fledgling electric vehicle brand Olinia with a compact electric transporter. The Olinia Carga will offer a range of more than 120

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Miles and Chains @miles-and-chains.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I can just hear that Cummins engine revving and sound of the wheels travelling over the jointed rail! The class 156 captured along the banks of Loch Carron with a service from Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness. #Scotrail #LochCarron #Class156 #SuperSprinter

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This free iPhone app records ICE or police encounters silently and securely: 🕶️ Stealth Mode: Screen stays black while recording front & back cameras. ☁️ Anti-Delete Backup: Auto-uploads footage to Google Drive every 15 seconds so it can't be destroyed. 🚨 Automatically shares with emergency contact

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Witness: Record Beyond Reach App - App Store

Download Witness: Record Beyond Reach by Olmo Parenti on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Witness: Record…

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Rice fields, Hyogo, Japan 別宮の棚田. Photography by ocamera

Captured in a serene, sweeping vertical composition by photographer ocamera, this image showcases the famed Bekku Terraced Rice Fields (Bekku no Tanada) situated in Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture. Nestled along the mountain slopes facing Mount Hyōno—the second-highest peak in the Kansai region—these sculpted terraced paddies (tanada) represent a quintessential expression of satoyama, the traditional borderland ecosystem where human agricultural stewardship and mountain wilderness exist in harmonious equilibrium. The photograph captures the fields during the crucial mid-spring flooding season, when mountain meltwater is channeled into the carved terraces in preparation for rice planting (taue). The undulating S-curves of the earthen dikes (aze), covered in vibrant spring grasses, form a rhythmic, calligraphic network of green ribbons that partition the quiet, reflective waters (mizukagami—"water mirrors") reflecting the cool, muted tones of the sky.

Winding along an elevated bund, a lone farmer moves through the landscape with a manual soil cultivator, his solitary figure emphasizing the immense physical labor required to maintain these steep, historic agricultural structures. He wears functional contemporary agrarian attire: a lightweight sky-blue utility jacket, dark work trousers, and a white sun cap, grounded by waterproof rubber field boots (nagagutsu) essential for navigating inundated mud paddies. Higher along the ridge, a compact motorized rice transplanter sits loaded with blue tarpaulins, signaling the integration of modern small-scale machinery into ancient topographies. Through its fluid geometric contours, silvery atmospheric reflections, and quiet reverence for agrarian tradition, the photograph celebrates the living heritage of Japan's rural landscape, where generational labor continuously reshapes the earth into functional, breathtaking visual art.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For those who write tenure letters: you play an important role here. For the last few years I include a statement that the funding environment is bad and while any funding wins should be celebrated, lack of fundraising success should no longer be used as a meaningful metric for tenure.

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SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This sign says the city’s transportation department knows pedestrians will cross here at great risk but can’t be bothered to make it safe.

A sign reads “Cross only at cross walks”. A banner behind it reads “Dequindre Cut”.

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Connor Esterwood PhD @connoresterwood.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Yo the BRT in #reno is actually exactly what I'm into. Fast reliable and good stations. Nice!

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Connor Esterwood PhD @connoresterwood.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Great stuff from our chair Rhoda Joseph and Kwame Robinson. How can we get our waste management to work better and more compliance? They have some thoughts. #amcis2026

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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/08/2026

The August 2026 special issue of #ScienceRobotics on humanoid robots is out! The cover highlights a humanoid robot that can use a motion-imitation framework to do continuous backflips or army crawl. Learn about this research and more: scim.ag/4wlF6gQ

This month’s cover features Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot Atlas in a warehouse setting.

Credit: Boston Dynamics

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Kestrels can hover in place for over a minute at a time while scanning for food, if wind conditions are ideal. This stationary hunting method, which earned them the historical nickname "windhover," lets them drop vertically on prey like mice and insects.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ugh. This is a disaster for Toronto. Ripping out protected bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Ave will gut the city's bike network. Crashes will increase. And no, traffic will not be faster.

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Ontario appeal court says Ford can rip out Toronto bike lanes | CBC News

Premier Doug Ford’s government can rip out 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes in Toronto, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled in a decision released Friday, reversing a lower court decision m...

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I don’t know about Minnesota. But in Quebec, schoolchildren (and even most daycare kids) go outside most days in the winter.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 10/08/2026

Legged robots have found their footing in exploration and disaster relief, but have potential policy and ethical implications when it comes to replacing human jobs and social settings such as elder care, according to a new #ScienceRobotics Review. scim.ag/4xBBfxw

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Advances, challenges, and opportunities for legged robots

This Review surveys the current state, key challenges, and emerging directions in the development of legged robots.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 10/08/2026

The ads alone are worth the price of The Onion’s print edition

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