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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 7h

Three months until the next US Congress is sworn in.

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Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.social · 13h

Pre-order Shadow of the Storm from Books-a-Million 📚️ 💙 📚️ 🚀 📚️ 🛸 ⚡️

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 17h

"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside." Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches', 1892 #BookwormSat 🎨 by Helen Allingham

Painting 'View over Sandhills' by Helen Allingham
It shows an idyllic summer scene of cottages nestled amongst trees with a cornfield with several figures in the foreground.

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South Downs National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

October's autumnal magic is here! Look out for: • The brilliant shades of autumn colour • Fungi appearing (admire, don't pick, as some can be poisonous) • Spiders and their webs • Nuts and berries ripening for wildlife Take a moment to slow down and enjoy the natural world 🍂 📸Emma Varley

Misty tree‑lined country lane in autumn, golden leaves arching overhead and a lone cyclist silhouetted in the foggy distance.

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Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ellie must navigate her way to Cold War East Berlin to find her father and save her present. 📚💙

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Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The 3rd issue of Trifles is out! 📚💙

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Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"In the 4 vols of her Consulting Detective series - beginning with The Crack in the Lens - Cypser chronicles the early life of Sherlock Holmes while weaving in many of the untold adventures mentions in the Conan Doyle canon," Steve Steinbock, Jury Box, Ellery Queen Mystery Mag. March/April 2025 📚💙

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Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Raised by ghosts and endowed with powers by the Voodoo god of the Dead, Orion Labauve must navigate a world of challenges! 📚💙

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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We heard at @zeteo.com that LMO placed Trump's propaganda ads. When we heard LMD was contracted, I thought it was too coincidental. My bad! LMO told us: "We are not at liberty to discuss the details of specific client engagements or contractual matters." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 02/10/2026

This is like those mock headlines people made during the 2016 campaign to highlight what his presidency would be like. Pundits called them alarmist.

Trump Demanded That Taxpayer Money Be Used for TV Ads Praising Him

The ads have been criticized by Democrats and even some Republicans as a possible violation of federal laws.

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Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress

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Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BREAKING: A federal judge in El Paso today issued an emergency injunction blocking the Trump administration's border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region. #BigBend #NationalParks biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Photo credit: Laiken Jordahl, Center for Biological Diversity

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 02/10/2026

BTW if I post about a fact that inspires you feel free to write about it because I don't write about things I intend to use until after they are written & published.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 02/10/2026

Did you know that Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame was murdered? Some have speculated he was murdered because he was gay.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 02/10/2026

I have no idea when the construction workers across the street finally went home. I know it was after 1 am. Why were they jackhammering? Because they screwed something up. There is no concrete there that they didn't put there. I've placed a curse on the foreman's truck.

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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🚨Treasury dept and the IRS propose a new rule that threatens non-profit independence and limits students' access to higher education Interested in weighing in on this rule? Add your name to this sign-on statement and submit a public comment by 11/3: spklr.io/63329ETAJ9

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 02/10/2026

Well, well, well... In 1874 Parliament passed a law that says what you are supposed to do if you discover 2 bodies in one coffin. statutes.uk/births-and-d...

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Statutes.uk

5,300+ UK Acts of Parliament: full text with sections, schedules, and amendments. UK, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Ireland Acts from The National Archives.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 02/10/2026

The Marriage Act 1753 (more commonly known as known as Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act) Somebody had a sense of humor.

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

260 years ago, on the 2nd of October 1766, ‘Cheese Riots’ broke out at the Nottingham Goose Fair after Lincolnshire merchants had bought large quantities of cheese with the intent to sell it back home. The residents of Nottinghamshire did not want food to leave their county. #otd #history 🗃️

A satirical cartoon depicting a fat 'forestaller' being dragged along by a rope round his neck by a chain of countrymen, to the cheers of a crowd. On of them shouts: “How much now you rogue in grain?” Illustration by Isaac Cruikshank

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026

This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 02/10/2026

🎉 CU Student government passed their resolution unanimously on first reading, as necessary to meet the chancellor's deadline. I am so proud of their curiosity, purpose, commitment to shared governance, and parliamentary skills. ❤️

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 02/10/2026

Boulder Faculty Assembly passed a resolution calling for no extension of the OpenAI contract. Vote was 39-8-1 after suspending the bylaws. Everyone at CU Student Government public comment has been fired up about their corresponding resolution, talking about trust and societal impact. So energizing.

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Pizza to the Polls @polls.pizza · 01/10/2026

HAPPY NATIONAL PIZZA MONTH TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!! 🍕🍕🍕

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Long Victorian @longvictorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Young Woman with a Book (c. 1756-62) by Pietro Rotari (Italian artist, lived 1707–1762). An enigmatic smile, I wonder what she's reading? 'She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.'

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 01/10/2026

A long time ago a politician used "It's the economy, stupid" as a campaign slogan. Well "stupid" is in the White House trying to convince us this is the greatest economy ever. We know better. He & anyone who has ever support him needs to go.

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RowanArtistry.com @rowanartistry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now there's a sudden resurgence of “analog” crafts, aka Grandmacore hobbies, especially among younger consumers. Sewing, knitting, quilting, baking, gardening, and canning are trending like mad. See more at: www.rowanartistry.com/grandmacore-f…

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx was mentioned only once at Democratic nominee Phil Weiser’s town hall on 9NEWS. Weiser claimed Marx made a comment appearing to blame women for the domestic violence they suffer. We found the tape. Marx said it in 2014.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 01/10/2026

This should be read by those authors of "historical fiction" who could use a refresher on what people wore when.

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 01/10/2026

Ever wonder how you can support public data? We have ideas for you! Check out our new Volunteer Resources (wiki.datarescueproject.org/s/volunteer) and come to our office hour on October 13 www.datarescueproject.org/october-offi...

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October Office Hour

Come to October's Office Hour to learn more about the DRP Baserow Tracker and how to use OpenRefine for common metadata tasks!

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 01/10/2026

While I agree wealthy people might have their own agendas in conservation efforts, some, like Ted Turner, have done a lot of good. The idea of a stadium in Grand Teton NP was put down yesterday because the wealthy people of Jackson Hole spoke up. BTW John Jacob Astor never visited the West.

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New docs in the 'Authors Guild v. OpenAI' lawsuit reveal that OpenAI & Microsoft knowingly used copyrighted books without permission to train their AI models, despite being aware of the potential harm to authors and the literary industry. Learn more! authorsguild.org/news/ag-v-op...

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Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI: Top Execs Knew Their Mass Book Piracy Was Illegal And Would Put Authors Out of Work

(New York, September 21, 2026) Explosive new documents released last Thursday in Authors Guild v. OpenAI—the major book authors’ ongoing lawsuit alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally trained their…

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Pennsylvania health officials reported on Wednesday the death of an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County who tested positive for measles. It’s the fifth measles-associated death in the state since August.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

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Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-related death in the state

The state’s outbreak is currently the largest in the U.S.

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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨Treasury dept and the IRS propose a new rule that would end tax-exemption status for any private schools directly supporting minority students Interested in weighing in on this rule? Add your name to this sign-on statement and submit a public comment by 11/3: spklr.io/63329ETA1U

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Oppose the New IRS Rule Threatening Nonprofit Independence

Urge the Treasury Department to reject the proposed IRS rule that threatens the tax-exempt status of nonprofits based on political judgments. Sign now.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The month of September has officially closed.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 30/09/2026

NPR: "The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce and the Teton County Commissioners in Jackson Hole, Wyo., are urging the U.S. Interior Secretary to reject a proposed baseball field inside Grand Teton National Park.⁠" The immediate reaction seems to have killed this.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 30/09/2026

It turns out I use 53% less energy when I am not home. Will my next bill reflect that?

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Eos @eos.org · 30/09/2026

Amid a push for human exploration of Mars, NASA has moved to loosen planetary protection procedures. Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the changes in a memo, available here: astrobiology.com/2026/09/29/p...

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Planetary Protection Directive From NASA Administrator Isaacman

NASA aims to expand science across every world we visit

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 30/09/2026

I used to watch CBS all the time. I have not watch it at all since May. Thanks to all the others who do the same.

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thomas w schaller @thomaswschaller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fear of Learning Watercolor - 15x11 #art @bsky.art

intimidating view of the NY Public Library

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Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Have you picked up your copy of Barbara's Desert Cafe yet? Don't miss out! 📚💙

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Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is a dish called Snow Eggs. It’s one of the many dishes which James Hemings, the enslaved chef of Thomas Jefferson, brought back to the US after leaning to cook in France. Thank you @colonialwmsburg for hosting me. youtu.be/BZa0Mg55pCk?...

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James Hemings - Jefferson's Forgotten Chef

YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller

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