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Cwtchyhobbes @cwtchyhobbes.bsky.social · 9h
Today's little bit of zen brought to you by Abergavenny to Brecon canal cycle, up through the Usk valley, Mid Wales...🕉😏🤘
This pic is a view from above Abergavenny, the beginning of the canal ride at Llanfoist, but taken at the end of the day & just before carrying the bikes down steps to the lanes into Aber.

In the foreground frame are mature trees, left & right, with the village of Llanfoist in the mid ground around the chuch of Saint Faiths, as the hill drops away from the canal, with Abergavenny further into the distance.

Toward the right of the frame you can just make out a green, copper roofed tower in Aber town centre, with a backdrop of a forested hillside to the left & a separate hill then to the rear of Abergavenny.A bench map showing the meandering line of the route, we started on the canal at Llanfoist & went to Brecon 22 miles or so each way, up a gentle but constant incline; then late, return down again.

There are about 50 little hump bridges that you cycle under & they cross laterally to allow land or occasional road access. There is one length wise bridge across the Usk river, 1 short tunnel & 3 flat Dutch style lever bridges that cross for private access.

Plenty of pubs along the way with names like the white hart & the star inn, with full facilities halfway at the water locks.

As you follow the path, there are narrowboat turning points called windings, basins as broader mooring areas & around 7 water locks that give a 4 meter, or 12 foot rise each time.

Extra blessed to meet about 50 lovely puppers out today, too!At the centre of Brecon stands a statue representing the duke of wellington, one of a long line of bastards who has in this pic been gaily adorned in a traditional cultural & popular addition of a traffic cone; this denotes both the level of esteem & level of alcohol available locally.

Delicious Sunday Roast was enjoyed at the 4 star Castle Hotel 1010.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
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Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post
Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.
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Melissa "Snack Lady" @melondc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here is an updated Snsck Kid wish list for 2026 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Check out my list on Amazon
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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'The Relic' inktober day two #joncarling #inktober #inktober2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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frankenstonk's monster @stonkers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
welcome to 31 days of haunted shenanigans at the museum, a thread! through october i’m going to post one spooky object a day from the museum’s collection ⚰️🪦🎃
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the most popular online courses I’ve given so far has been on how to put 7 Necessary Sins for Women and Girls into action to defy, disobey, and disrupt the patriarchy. Course relaunches Oct. 15. Channel and direct that rage! www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...
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FEMINIST GIANT Presents: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
Putting The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls into action to defy, disobey, and disrupt patriarchy.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy Black History Month. Celebrate by buying my books (*fast voice* Other history books are available, terms and conditions apply, all history is Black history when you make Black stories the focus and therefore you should buy my books every month not just this one) geni.us/HistorysMost...
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WeirdMicro @weirdmicro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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WeirdMicro @weirdmicro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good morning and happy October! Today’s #WeirdMicro prompt is: Scorched innocence Write a tiny tale or poem. Combos encouraged!
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WeirdMicro @weirdmicro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sometimes we dream of greater days ahead especially during dark times. That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #cloud.
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Island Life @islandlife4eva.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Praise be to my postman! @wildtwin.bsky.social think I’m going to pour myself a glass and get cracking on this right away! Many thanks to @sacredparasite.bsky.social for swift delivery and free poetry! Looks right up my strasse!
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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ok so this is weird and I want it. Can’t crochet tho. Apparently the way you make it is to crochet a regular rectangular tote and then sew on your crocheted possum parts.
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
8 Micron Spitzer View of the Galactic Core - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2jW97dA
The same mosaics from this view except using the 8 micron data for luminosity, and the other three channels for color. This significantly reduces the starlight signal, though not totally. Still makes it much easier to see the dust and emission nebulas.

Note that much of the nebulosity is in the foreground as we view the Milky Way's center through one of the arms of the Milky Way. It is difficult to discern or even measure the distance to each piece, but generally, the larger structures that extend far away from flat central plane are foreground objects, while thinner, smaller pieces that remain close to the plane are closer to the core. Many of these smaller objects are overlapped and obscured by mid and foreground objects.

Luminosity: 8.0 µm (IRAC4)
Red: 5.8 µm (IRAC3)
Green: 4.5 µm (IRAC2)
Blue: 3.6 µm (IRAC1)

The image is presented in galactic coordinates, with north up in that regard.
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#vss365
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Main Tenant @main-tenant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I will find you, Buzz! You and your hive, wherever… …oh, it says #bequest #vss365
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WeirdMicro @weirdmicro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good afternoon, writers of the strange and whimsical. In the mood to write something weird? Today’s #WeirdMicro prompt is: Human folly Write a tiny tale or poem. Combos encouraged!
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Baade's Window - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2q7ttqg
Baade's Window is a unique region in the constellation Sagittarius that is notable for its relatively clear view towards the central bulge of our galaxy, through the otherwise dense dust clouds of the Milky Way. Named after the astronomer Walter Baade, who identified its significance, this area provides a unique observational window for studying the structure and composition of the Galactic Centre. It has allowed scientists to explore the distribution of stars, star clusters, and other celestial phenomena that are otherwise hidden behind the galactic dust.
Baade's Window is centered on the globular cluster NGC 6522, visible in the left of this image. The other globular cluster is NGC6528 which in comparison appears significantly reddened by obscuring dust.

Image details:
Date: 26th May 2022
Exposure: LRGB: 105:30:30:45 mins, total 3 hours 30 mins @ -25C
Telescope: Homebuilt 12.5" f/4 Serrurier Truss Newtonian
Camera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guider
Filters: Astrodon LRGB E-Series Gen 2
Taken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The First 21 Bird Dreams.
21 Bird Dream collages on a staircase. The collages are made from found images, ink, charcoal, pastel, crayon and turmeric
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've been so busy prepping for my viva that I forgot to promote my latest novella! WE, THE DROWNING follows a young man at the end of the world who has just discovered his mother's ties to a drowning cult. Despite that, it's a vaguely hopeful sci-cli-fi adventure with a pink fairy armadillo!
The photo shows the cover of the book WE, THE DROWNING by Lindz McLeod. The cover features a pale, parched beach with several dead bodies artfully strewn along the shoreline. Several bare trees frame the edges.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s punk rock to care, actually
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 30/09/2026
Hey #BookSky friends, I have an interesting bit of info to share—about the state of publishing. Storytime: I am an author of fiction/nonfiction with a NY agent, full time writer for 10 years. I can verify 2026 is the WORST for getting in print. Lots of reasons, but I learned something NEW in Sept 1/
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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you choose your car because it has perfect yarn holders… 🧶 #knit
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mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social · 30/09/2026
fancy pants & cutie seem to be good friends
a starling watching a sparrow eat
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Jenette @cornettofairy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I feel like I am being unfairly judged
Screen from Pursuit of Jade. Subtitles say “You need to live some normal life”
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.
Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/09/2026
There were no handshakes between Ireland and Israel players before their contentious Nations League match, with the Irish team wearing black armbands for its 3-0 win.
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Ireland players wear black armbands and refrain from handshakes in soccer game against Israel
There were no handshakes between Ireland and Israel players before their contentious Nations League match, with the Irish team wearing black armbands for its 3-0 win.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 28/09/2026
Ireland wears black armbands, refuses handshake with Israel before Nations League football match
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Ireland refuses handshake with Israel, wears black armband for game
Players from the Republic of Ireland wear black armbands, bow their heads during the Israeli anthem and refuse handshakes during a Nations League football match.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
announcement:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026
Indian firm building $15bn Trump-announced steel mill has deep Russia ties aje.news/z5fe87
Indian firm building $15bn Trump-announced steel mill has deep Russia ties
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah-b-but Trump says we've been tracking these guys for some time. LOL.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith's opening statement before SJC: “I stand by my decisions as Special Counsel, including my decision to bring charges against Trump. .. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt .. I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution" thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Jack Smith stresses strength of Trump cases, says he will not be ‘silenced’ by threats
Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement…
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ratfvcking DC. No mention of Mark Paoletta, Leonard Leo consiglieri in charge of the destruction. Gift article. wapo.st/4z23MwC
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How Trump’s sweeping changes are remaking Washington
No modern president has done more to personally reshape the nation’s capital.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do the stats for women! It’s 5.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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