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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 5h

Scientist, inventor & women's rights campaigner Eunice Foote died #OTD in 1888. She was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect (heat-absorbing properties) of carbon dioxide (CO2), laying the scientific groundwork for #climatechange research. #WomenInSTEM

A warm-toned, sepia-style artistic illustration depicting Eunice Newton Foote, a 19th-century American scientist, viewed from behind in a softly lit laboratory setting. She stands facing away from the viewer, her back to us, wearing a period-appropriate mid-19th-century dress with puffed short sleeves, an off-the-shoulder neckline, and a full skirt. Her dark hair is styled in an elegant updo with soft curls and a decorative comb or ribbon at the back. She holds an open scientific notebook or paper in both hands at chest height, reading it attentively. The background shows a detailed Victorian-era lab interior with wooden shelves, glass apparatus including tall cylinders and tubes, a bell jar, a thermometer or barometer-like instrument, and other scientific equipment on tables and walls, evoking a sense of quiet discovery and early experimental science. Drawing by Carlyn Iverson, NOAA.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 8h

The common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 4h

Behavioral biologist Dr. Victoria Braithwaite: the first person to demonstrate that fish feel pain. Her groundbreaking research impacted animal welfare research & changed guidelines for the treatment of fish in laboratories & fisheries in Europe, Canada & beyond. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

Candid color photograph of British behavioral biologist Dr. Victoria A. Braithwaite (1967–2019), renowned for pioneering research proving fish feel pain, sitting inside a science laboratory. Captured from a slightly elevated angle, she sits angled right in a black office chair while turning her upper body and head toward the camera, exuding a warm and inviting presence. She wears a white lab coat open over a black-and-white striped turtleneck sweater and blue jeans. Her short, light brown hair frames a cheerful, smiling face. Behind her, shelves hold numerous glass jars filled with specimen liquids, while a desktop computer, microscope, and lab equipment clutter the desk. The composition positions her as the focal point against a backdrop of active scientific inquiry, conveying an intellectual and passionate mood. This photograph highlights her historic contributions to animal welfare, notably altering guidelines for treating fish in laboratories and fisheries.

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Formerly known as Truly S. @notincleveland.bsky.social · 2h

That is as true of the university police as it is of the PR office. The university is all about protecting itself and its reputation and image as a place students want to come. Crime reports tarnish that image. They would rather sweep them under the rug than seriously address them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Please read this piece from @lyz.bsky.social.

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Alicia Stoller @aliciastoller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"We can’t just tell youth what not to do, we have to tell them what they should do. We have to actively teach boys and young men what to do when they witness the dangerous behavior of their peers. We have to teach them to disrupt the group chat…” - @ruthz.bsky.social

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 29/09/2026

Sorry I just need to take a few years to think about everything

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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about?

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Videosmith @videosmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When Trump is gone he will be viewed as the biggest traitor in American history. He's literally owned by Russia.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Imagine if they couldn’t gerrymander.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They have a scanner at the entrance to CVS that erases one item you came here for from your brain instantly. No one will report on this.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The further Putinisation of America. The government lies about military casualties in a war it cannot win.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Pentagon never disclosed that eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit their vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC reports. Injuries were eventually added to the casualty record with no announcement ten days later.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Tennis legend Althea Gibson died #OTD in 2003. * First Black player to win a Grand Slam title (1956) & #Wimbledon (1957) * Female Athlete of the Year (AP), 1957 & 1958 * 11 Grand Slam wins * First Black woman to compete on the LPGA Tour, 1964 #SportsHistory

A composite black-and-white image features two historic photographs of Althea Neale Gibson (1927–2003), the trailblazing Black athlete who helped shatter racial barriers in professional sports. On the left, an action shot captures Gibson mid-match on a grass tennis court, charging forward with fierce intensity and physical prowess. She wears a classic, pristine white tennis dress with a pleated skirt billowing around her legs, paired with matching white socks and tennis shoes. Her face is focused in deep concentration as she extends her right arm back, gripping her racket tightly while her left arm balances her athletic frame. An out-of-focus crowd fills the stands in the background. On the right, a triumphant celebration portrait shows Gibson holding the iconic Venus Rosewater Dish after her historic victory at Wimbledon. Shrouded in a heavy white collared track jacket or robe, she beams with an enthusiastic, wide-toothed smile, her short, naturally textured hair neatly styled. In her left hand, she holds a massive, intricately detailed circular silver trophy plate facing the camera, while a massive, vibrant bouquet of celebratory flowers stands at her right hip. An older woman in a wide-brimmed hat smiles warmly from just behind her left shoulder amidst a blurring crowd. The overall mood shifts dynamically from intense, powerful athletic determination to proud, historic joy. This poignant layout encapsulates her barrier-breaking journey to becoming the first Black athlete to win a Grand Slam title.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Babe Didrikson Zaharias--AP's Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century--died #OTD in 1956. 3 Olympic medals 🥇 🥇 🥈 Track & Field, 1932 Founding member, LPGA 10 major LPGA championships #golf Only woman in history to make the cut in a PGA Tour event 3x All-American #basketball #SportsHistory

A four-panel grid composition showcases the extraordinary athletic versatility of Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (1911–1956), widely considered one of the greatest athletes in history. Each black-and-white historical photograph captures her focused, competitive expression across a different sport. The overall mood is one of pioneering power and focus, underscoring her historic significance as a multi-sport Olympic champion and co-founder of the LPGA.

In the top-left panel, she crouches on a golf green holding a club and placing a ball while wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt, trousers, gloves, and a visor. The top-right panel shows her mid-throw during a track and field event, body contorted dynamically in a white team uniform as she launches a javelin across a dirt stadium field. In the bottom-left, she wears a dark basketball jersey labeled "Babe’s" and smiles confidently, poised to pass an old-fashioned leather basketball. The bottom-right panel displays her in a loose-fitting baseball uniform and cap, glove ready, intensely tracking a play on the diamond.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Geophysicist & space physicist Marcia Neugebauer made the first direct solar wind measurements via instruments on the Mariner 2 spacecraft. She developed instruments used on Earth-orbiting satellites, Apollo lunar experiments & the Giotto mission to Halley’s Comet. Born #OTD in 1932. #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white historical photograph of pioneering geophysicist and space physicist Marcia Neugebauer (born September 27, 1932) working at her desk during the mid-20th century. Sitting in an office setting, she leans forward slightly over her desk, looking directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and focused expression. She has short, bobbed light hair and wears a short-sleeved, collared white button-up blouse adorned with subtle vertical embroidered details down the front. In her right hand, she holds a pencil over large documents and charts with plotted scientific data curves spread out on the desk before her. To her right sits a large, vintage mechanical calculating machine with columns of buttons, characteristic of the 1960s computing era. The background features window blinds and office storage, creating an environment of rigorous research. The image captures the historical significance of a trailblazing woman in STEM whose work with these charts and calculations would confirm the existence of the solar wind via the Mariner 2 spacecraft.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026

Any analysis of the Iran War that doesn't start and end with the fact that an entire cottage industry of think tankers and lobbyists and their friends in Congress were frothing at the mouth for literal decades for this got exactly what they wanted and it failed immediately and totally is wrong.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meanwhile lots of recent stories about cops using Flock cameras to stalk women and plenty more about domestic violence and assault are a reminder that the criminal justice system is often far more part of the problem than the solution.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The real solution is collective, not individual: "Based on her study of more than 150 tribal societies, she identified what makes a society or culture “rape prone,” “rape free,” or something between the two.... in rape-free cultures, women have far more authority, status, safety, and freedom."

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"It may surprise some sexual assault survivors to learn that universities do not have a responsibility to report instances of assault to law enforcement authorities. In general, that benefits universities, not survivors."

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Who Does My University Report My Sexual Assault To?

Colleges and universities don’t have to forward reports of sexual assault to the police. In fact, many schools choose to handle these situations internally.

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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Can we just have health care?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

People who fall for crap like this are the reason silica gel packets say "DO NOT EAT."

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Donald Trump is not a political genius or a genius of any kind. He ran for president out of pure narcissism and accidentally tapped into a thick, rich vein of American stupid.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 27/09/2026

"America was designed with dangers like Donald Trump in mind... We are watching America’s first real challenger to its systems, safety nets and security against a leader resembling a mad English king." Read more from Oscar Robshaw here: bit.ly/3TbWjvX

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Celebrating Dame Maggie Smith's unmatched versatility--from fantasy to mystery, comedy & period drama. Commanding presence, wicked wit & her legendary arched eyebrow could convey withering disdain or twinkling humor without needing a single word of dialogue. She died #OTD in 2024. #MovieSky #UK

A photo collage showcasing the legendary range of Dame Maggie Smith in four of her most memorable roles:

Top left: Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series, wearing a tall, pointed black witch's hat and dark textured robes with a high collar. A large ornate pendant hangs at her neck as she gazes forward with calm authority.

Top right: Maggie Smith as Miss Bowers in Death on the Nile (1978), dressed in a formal black tuxedo-style suit with a crisp white shirt and black bow tie. She adjusts her bow tie while looking intently ahead with a composed, slightly stern expression.

Bottom left: Maggie Smith as Dora Charleston in Murder by Death (1976), seated in an opulent interior with carved wooden details. She has glamorous, voluminous reddish-blonde curled hair, wears a light-colored chiffon scarf draped elegantly over her shoulders, with a serious, focused expression.

Bottom right: Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey, seated outdoors on a white garden bench surrounded by greenery. She wears an elegant wide-brimmed straw hat with a purple ribbon and flower accent, a burgundy velvet coat over lace, and delicately holds a cane while offering a subtle, wise smile.

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coolacoo.bsky.social @coolacoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Is it acceptable to bring an iced coffee to an interview about "Choosin Texas"?

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As someone in a STEM discipline, I really abhor the kind of messaging that Mark describes. The messengers aren’t people who actually care about STEM. It’s really a shorthand for “do something practical, focus on your relation to the labor market”.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They sent my client a cease-and-desist letter for this ad in PA's hotly contested 6th Senate District. As I wrote back, "We will neither cease nor desist from engaging in this truthful, accurate speech." Here's the "Data Senator" ad which Republicans don't want Lower Bucks residents to see.

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Data Senator

YouTube video by Eileen Albillar

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bessie Smith, the Empress of Blues: one of the greatest & most influential #blues singers of all time. A major influence on later generations of singers across blues, #jazz, gospel, R&B, soul & rock, including Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson & Janis Joplin. She died #OTD in 1937. #MusicSky #music

A black-and-white studio portrait of Bessie Smith (1894–1937), the legendary Black blues singer known as the “Empress of the Blues” and one of the most influential vocalists in American music history. In this full-length, dynamic image, she stands confidently in the center of the frame, arms gracefully outstretched in a theatrical pose of joyful expression. She wears a shimmering, light-colored 1920s flapper-style gown covered in intricate beadwork, fringe, and floral appliqués at the waist, with a sheer overskirt and dark heeled boots. Her short dark hair is neatly styled, and her face is lit with a radiant, open-mouthed smile that radiates power, charisma, and delight. The dark, softly draped studio backdrop and dramatic lighting emphasize her commanding stage presence.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Companies across Russia are being told to fend for themselves. As Ukrainian drones increasingly reach deep into Russian territory, Putin ordered companies to secure their own sites or risk state takeover. Gift link. 👇 www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026

Every day this continues is one more day too long.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026

Imagine hearing these screams, breaking this window, and going home at night believing what you are doing is right and good.

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026

I'm just happy/sad/thankful/angry that the Strait is open/closed/partially open/mostly closed so that the tankers can/can't traverse through it I'm really tired of/happy about all the winning/mostly winning/some winning we're doing every day/week/month in the war/not war/conflict in Iran

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How is not using a product you purchased fraud?

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#Tennis champion Serena Williams was born #OTD in 1981. + Ranked #1 in women's singles for 319 weeks, third-most of all time + 23 Grand Slam singles titles, most by any player in the Open Era + 4 Olympic gold medals, 1 in singles (2012) & 3 in doubles w/Venus Williams (2000, 2008, 2012)

A dynamic, close-up photograph of American tennis legend Serena Williams (born September 26, 1981) during a serve at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Her left arm is fully extended upward into the frame, her hand open as she tosses a bright yellow-green tennis ball into the air. Facing slightly right, her intense, unwavering gaze tracks the ball with fierce focus. Williams wears a navy blue Nike tennis dress featuring red shoulder straps, a white collar border, and an American flag patch on the chest. Her curly dark hair is tied up into a voluminous high ponytail, kept out of her face by a wide, vibrant red headband. She wears a matching red wristband on her extended arm and two delicate layered necklaces with heart pendants. The background is softly blurred. The lighting highlights the determination etched on her face and the powerful muscle definition in her shoulder. This image captures a pivotal historical moment: Williams went on to win gold in both women's singles and doubles at this event, cementing her legacy as one of the greatest athletes of all time.

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Mr. PotHead @mrpothead.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stuart Stevens made a great point yesterday: Dems need to just start acting like they’re gonna beat the shit out of the Republicans. Just own it. We’re going to win big and you fuckers are going to pay. Stop saying, “oh, you know, who knows what will happen.” Say’ “We’re going to kick their asses.”

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What happens when Susan Collins votes with Trump 96% of the time? Mainers pay for the price for her actions. Watch our new ad 📺

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was always say something like "the good news is this makes them seem self-evidently odious, weird, pathetic, and somehow even smelly," but I've said this a lot in the past and they have still found enough of an audience to win two presidential elections. So buckle up and don't give them an inch!

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