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Israel Velazquez @israelvelazquez.bsky.social · 9h

Here is a version combined with the official image, featuring the proposal ID: 2662 (www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...)

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 8h

this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites

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King Darius looking down at Daniel in the pit:
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Man, what are the Lions doing?

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In my quest for minimalism, I have made a relaxing game of balance 🧘 Please try it and let me know what you think? It’s real quick, and I’m proud of this one.

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A quiet black-and-white nonogram that starts at two by two and eases up to fifteen.

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 17h

working on procedural rock formations

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Jalopnik @jalopnik.bsky.social · 7h

In 1985, a crew of five British Royal Marines removed a first-gen Ford Escort's inline-4, bolted it back in, and drove the car for 32 yards in just 42 seconds.

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The Unofficial World Record For Fastest Engine Swap Still Stands Over 40 Years Later - Jalopnik

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 23h

10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Türkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators. 📷️ C. Bredfeldt 🏺

A full shot of the ruins of an ancient theatre, located on a hillside. The theatre's steep tiered seating structure is clearly visible, constructed of light gray stone blocks, weathering evident in various tones. The hillside surrounding the theatre is covered with grass, creating a contrast between the man-made stone structures and the natural landscape. Sections of crumbling stone walls and foundations are scattered throughout the grassy slopes.

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳

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Brandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 23h

Biologists recently described this geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, which thrives at 147°F (64°C) and pushes the known eukaryote temperature limit past 140°F (60°C), suggesting that complex life can endure far hotter conditions than once thought! 🧪 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Grace @gracekind.net · 04/10/2026

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

breaking: area procrastinator regrets consequences of past actions, weeps

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User with this avatar just got blocked @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Reposting to remind myself to read it tomorrow when I have recovered from Wine

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026

Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

I have lived this story...

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I highly recommend listening, as author Madiba Dennie narrates it herself and her voice is both clear and hopeful

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That's just grad school

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The smallest bat in North America is the canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also called the western pipistrelle or American parastrelle. They weigh about 3–6 grams, the weight of a US penny, sheet of paper, or teaspoon of sugar. In flight, they're sometimes confused for moths or butterflies.

A tiny smoke-grey furry bat with darker face, ears and wings. The big story is the tiny size. The entire bat fits on a portion of a human's thumb, a tee-weeny tiny little guy.

This is a viral photo that's circulated for years, but I found it on r/BatFacts posted by u/Pardusco.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is how we judge all music, going forward.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works goes to WE WILL RISE AGAIN: SPECULATIVE STORIES AND ESSAYS ON PROTEST, RESISTANCE, AND HOPE edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social (Saga Press) See the contributor list in the alt text

2026 Ignyte Award winner in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works:

We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope: EDs. Dr. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, Malka Older

CONTRIBUTORS: Charlie Jane Anders, Samit Basu, Tobias S. Buckell, Reo Eveleth, Jaymee Goh, Nicola Griffith, Alejandro Heredia, Vida James, N.K. Jemisin, R.B. Lemberg, Sam J. Miller, Abdulla Moaswes, Laia Asieo Odo, Kelly Robson, Nisi Shawl, Ursula Vernon, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Izzy Wasserstein. Interviewees: adrienne maree brown, Andrea Dehlendorf, Walidah Imarisha, L.A. Kauffman, Scott Gabriel Knowles, Kendra Pierre-Louis (Saga Press)

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Stephen P @stephenp12.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hard work pays off…. #blackpotter #blacksky

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Kym @ The Evening Sky Map @skymaps.com · 03/10/2026

🌗 3 October: Last Quarter Moon at 13:25 UT (now). Last Quarter marks the start of dark moonless evening skies for the next 7 to 10 days. Download a copy of The Evening Sky Map (PDF) from skymaps.com/tesm/ and enjoy an evening under the stars! 🔭 #stargazing More sky events: skymaps.com/sc2610/

Lunar face split by a sharp terminator down the center, revealing detailed craters, bright ray systems and dark basaltic maria on the sunlit left side and deep shadowed surface textures on the right. Image source: NASA.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rod Serling was a king. WWII paratrooper in “The Death Squad,” TV pioneer, LOUD critic of McCarthyism who knew his status as a war hero put him in a privileged position to call shit out. Wrote critiques of racism into his scripts, created The Twilight Zone to escape the censorship that brought on.

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 03/10/2026

🌙 Jupiter will vanish behind the moon on Oct. 6—and early risers can catch the show. 🔭 October also brings prime views of Saturn and a meteor shower courtesy of Halley’s Comet. ✨ Our guide to what to see in the night sky—and when to look 👇 www.capitalweather.com/octobers-sky...

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October’s sky puts on a show: The moon hides Jupiter, and Saturn shines

October’s longer nights offer a chance to watch the moon hide Jupiter, admire Saturn’s rings and catch meteors from Halley’s Comet.

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Marshall Eubanks @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Observed Long-Period Comet Orbits May Show a Signature of a Recent Close Stellar Encounter we show that the observed ω distributions of new and returning LPCs can both be well-replicated if HD 7977 passed within ~6300-10000 au of the Sun ~2.5 Myrs ago. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026DDA....

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

11/ The bottom line is that the benefits continue to outweigh the risks when it comes to the Covid vaccine, especially if you're 65 or older. If you haven't already, now is a great time to book your Covid vaccine. After some bumps in the road, the vaccine should now be widely available.

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Tyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tomorrow makes it 20 years since the premiere of Friday Night Lights. Wrote about Buddy Garrity to celebrate.

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The Gospel of Buddy Garrity

Twenty years since the premiere of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ Brad Leland’s overbearing, ultra-charming booster remains one of TV’s most iconic characters

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I got both flu and COVID shots on Wednesday and have experienced zero side effects. I usually at least get a very sore arm from the flu shot, so maybe side effects are not so bad this year. YMMV.

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Gavadon @gavadon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I skipped high school to buy tickets for The Phantom Menace. The following day my Dad asked ," how was school?" I replied, " It was fine " He then threw this newspaper at me and asked , " how the fuck would you know?" He was so pleased with himself that I didn't actually get in trouble.

Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name

Closeup of the photo from the Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name .

As one pal put it, " a very John Conner look "

Closeup of the text for the photo that says

" Ticket wars

Left: The line of area residents waitinng for advanced ticket sales for the May 19 release of "Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace" stretched outside the Grand Central Mall's Regal Cinemas onto the sidewalk outside. Above: Inside, Jordan Baker, Joe Peyton, Mat Lyons, Josh Lemley and Steve Roberts passed time by playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit as they awaited the Lucas epic.

Photos by Tony Kemp

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Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Murderbot: ALL SYSTEMS RED. A new graphic novel adaptation of @marthawells.com best selling book by @ericaschultz42.bsky.social with Yel Zamor, @simonbowland.bsky.social, edited by @paulcornell.bsky.social and published by @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk Sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well. More importantly, life evolved to see in “visible light” because it’s the wavelengths of light that the Sun produces that life uses to see by, which I believe is the narrower constraint www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physi...

A graph of the Sun’s black body radiation at 5900K, which peaks at about 500 nm and has a long tail to longer wavelengths, such that it’s at half its peak height at about 300 and 800nm; but the short wavelength end is cut off by atmospheric absorption

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/10/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct New article in Catalyst documents how the idea of "sex hormones" continues to unravel as evidence of a natural binary Sex --as they are understood to do many things besides sexual development which is itself seen as a product of many other hormones.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Many supposed news organizations are launching weird AI and tech products that fundamentally break the rules of journalism. Any interview is an individual conversation with its own terms between a source and reporter.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026

Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP!