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@edequa.bsky.social
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 3h
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” -Benjamin Franklin
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 8h
India plans to install 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047 and bring five nuclear reactors into full-capacity operation within this decade.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 10h
Trump: I didn't even know what the hell a vegan was. A vegan is vegetables.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 19h
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An Argentine passport for 311,000 euros. Debt-ridden Argentina has announced a "golden passport" scheme to attract wealthy foreigners. A contribution of 311,000 euros is required in exchange.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🇺🇸🇰🇵 US President Donald Trump spoke about the nuclear capabilities of North Korea and Iran: “I get along very well with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. It is good to get along when people have 112 nuclear missiles. But the difference is this: Iran will never possess nuclear missiles.”
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Silly words like "We will love each other for life" are unrealistic. - Tolstoy
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
World's heaviest and most horrifying insect the “wētāpunga” has been brought back from extinction and it's heavier than a mouse
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Victorian mourning etiquette had rules: a widow wore black for two full years. Queen Victoria wore it for forty. Some call it grief. Others call it the longest, most committed aesthetic in history. 🖤🕰️
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.” — Agnes Macphail
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Alarming report from scientists: The highest temperature record in history has been broken in the Arctic! As the rate of glacial melting crosses a critical threshold, the impacts of the global climate crisis threaten everything from sea levels to weather patterns Time is running out for our planet
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Cowards always find a philosophy to justify their own lack of courage." Albert Camus
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In 1845, a royal scandal shook Europe. Tsar Nicholas I found out his daughter was secretly writing passionate love letters to a court musician. When confronted, she didn't apologize—she burned the palace's music library to hide the evidence. History’s finest dramatic exit. 📜🔥
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Grand Central Station, New York, 1929. It is no longer possible to see this view today because skyscrapers now block the sunlight.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness.” — Cathy Freeman
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Russia ranks first globally in cat ownership: 59% of households keep cats. However, following the 2022 mobilization order, the number of stray cats surged to 2.8 million as owners left the country or went to the front lines. According to the study, 98% of these were once house cats.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
King Henry VIII’s court was the ultimate reality show. Anne Boleyn wore high-necked collars not just for fashion, but to hide a mole rumors claimed was the "mark of a witch." The psychological warfare in the Tudor court easily rivals modern political drama. 👑🥀
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by how they can recover when they fall.” — Serena Williams
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An escape ramp is a traffic feature designed to allow vehicles experiencing braking problems to come to a safe stop. Typically connected to a steep downhill section of a main road, it is a long lane filled with sand or gravel and is designed to accommodate large trucks or buses.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Conquer your desires and fears. You will see the people who rule over you vanish as well.” — Epictetus
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A mother with her 8 sons, who all served in World War 2. They all came back, safe and sound.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lithuania is preparing to authorize the deployment of nuclear weapons in the country. ◆ Parliament has given initial approval to lift the ban on nuclear weapons. ◆ Russia stated that the decision could lead to new tensions in the region.v
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
1958 nuclear underwater bomb test
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Vice President JD Vance says "never trust a politician by what they say, judge a politician by what they did when they had the chance."
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quantum physicist John Martinis says he is working on building the world's most powerful quantum computer.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is how much forests humans have destroyed since 10,000 BСЕ
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
King Henry VIII’s court was the ultimate reality show. Anne Boleyn wore high-necked collars not just for fashion, but to hide a mole rumors claimed was the "mark of a witch." The psychological warfare in the Tudor court easily rivals modern political drama. 👑🥀
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Legendary Soviet rockstar Viktor Tsoi of Kino working his day job as a stoker in a Leningrad boiler room, required by law to avoid being prosecuted for "parasitism" 1986.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JUST IN: Chick-fil-A rejects AI drive-thru ordering, says it will not replace human workers.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
China has officially entered the era of flying taxis as two Chinese companies obtain a commercial operation certificate
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I would rather be a rebel than a slave." — Emmeline Pankhurst. In the early 1900s, British Suffragettes hid secret messages inside their fashionable corsets and tea cups to organize protests. Proof that elegance and revolution have always walked hand in hand. 🫖🕊️
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The herd forgives you for being wrong, but it does not forgive you for being different. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Growth of Starlink in the past 4 years
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gilded Age heiress Alva Vanderbilt wanted into New York's elite, so she threw a costume ball in 1883 so lavish that the old guard had to invite her. Social climbing, but make it a $250,000 party. 👑✨
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On September 30, 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In 1692 Salem, a girl could be accused of witchcraft for having a bad dream, a sharp tongue, or a neighbor with a grudge. The original "she's difficult" smear campaign came with a gallows. 🕯️📜
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New York Declares State of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New York Declares State of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reporter: What is the U.S. going to do about the risk of plague coming from Russia? Trump: We're looking at it very strongly. The microbes and the germs have gotten stronger. We will help Russia.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News as a commentator starting November 1st.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the first round of the presidential election in Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro took first place with 47.03% of the vote, while incumbent President Lula da Silva remained at 45.16%.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Victorian women wore dresses dyed with Scheele's Green, a vivid shade made with arsenic. Ballroom beauties literally shed toxic dust while dancing. Fashion was a slow-burning crime scene, and everyone still wanted the gown. 🌿🕯️💚
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
War orphans in Bosnia, 1992. #history
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Napoleon reportedly begged Josephine not to bathe before he returned from campaign. She wore musk so heavily that decades later, her rooms still smelled of it. Scent was her signature, and memory was her territory. 🌹🕰️💌
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
74% of the world's population lives in autocracies. • The global level of democracy has regressed to 1978 levels. (beSpacific)
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the 1920s, "Flapper" women in the US and Canada cut their hair short and ditched corsets. It wasn't just a fashion trend; it was political rebellion. They wanted to fit into the workplace and vote, literally shedding the weight of old society.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Children forced to wear gas masks during the bombing of London in World War II.
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edequa @edequa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The same place, 1945 and 2026, 81 years apart, same two men, same ground.
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