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Esther Schindler

@estherschindler.bsky.social
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Writer. Editor. Chocoholic. Baseball. Cats. Technology. Not always in that order. She/her. Let's be kind to one another. Gaze upon my LinkedIn profile and admire: www.linkedin.com/in/estherschindler

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 26m
“A Cat-astrophe” came on the tail end of an odd 1918 boom in cat-themed music.
publicdomainreview.org
It’s “A Cat-astrophe”! (1919)
“A Cat-astrophe” came on the tail end of an odd 1918 boom in cat-themed music.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3h
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” - Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
Mom with my brother and sister in 1955, waving at a departing plane at the airport
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 17h
The world’s smallest CT scanner now fits in one hand. At around 200 watts of power draw, the Xtomo-Cube can run off a portable phone-charging battery pack, which the company says makes it practical for fieldwork.
newatlas.com
World's smallest CT scanner fits in the palm of your hand
Picture a CT scanner and you probably imagine a donut-shaped machine the size of a small car, standing about 6.6 ft (2 m) tall and weighing several tons. Chinese researchers just built one small enough to hold in one hand.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 18h
Happy birthday to @edbott.com !
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 19h
A music producer turns a five-lane California highway into an instrument.
thedrive.com
Wiring a Traffic Cam to a Synth To Play Music Turns a Highway into a Real-Life Guitar Hero
The program treats the freeway's five lanes like a musical staff, and a note plays every time a car crosses a fixed point.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 21h
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 21h
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker
techemails.com
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker
I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 23h
Democrats have a double-digit lead over Republicans in vote preference for Congress among likely voters, according to the latest Economist / YouGov Poll.
yougov.com
Independents give Democrats a big midterms lead among likely voters
51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the Democratic candidate in their districts, while 39% would vote for the Republican candidate — an 11-point lead for Democrats
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Self-driving cars are dramatically safer than human drivers, not just marginally.
spectrum.ieee.org
Cleaner Crash Data Could Prove That Human Drivers Are the Risky Ones
Self-driving tech could prevent 580,000 deaths every year
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Overheard regarding a difficult relationship: There are more red flags here than in a NASCAR race.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”—Charles Dickens
My siblings and cousins standing in front of our house, 1950s. My brother is wearing some sort of costume, it's unclear. They're having fun, anyway.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We might have FINALLY met our match… #WorldBollardAssociation
One of the biggest dogs in the world pulls a tiny bollard almost out the ground.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Murant food, anybody?
"Turkey breast" made from "100% Australian pork"
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TIL Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The first known automated dispensing device was designed in Roman Egypt. Heron’s coin-operated machine was intended to distribute holy water in Egyptian temples using a balance-and-lever mechanism.
saturdayeveningpost.com
From Holy Water to Frozen Meals: The Evolution of Vending Machines | The Saturday Evening Post
For more than 2,000 years, vending machines have made purchasing goods more convenient.
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 28/09/2026
🚨SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN🚨 All submissions will be accepted through our Submittable page. The portal will close at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Sunday October 11 or when we reach our cap of 500. buff.ly/Wugh39V
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
okay that's cool
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SlashGear @slashgear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you love consumer tech and cars, here's your chance to show it, as SlashGear is hiring freelance writers!
slashgear.com
SlashGear Is Hiring Writers! - SlashGear
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Drones help First Nations track down cold-water havens for salmon amid warming
news.mongabay.com
Photos: Drones help First Nations track down cold-water havens for salmon amid warming
GASPÉSIE, Canada — In Quebec’s Gaspésie region, Indigenous river guardians say they are in a race against climate change to protect the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The Mi’gmaq Wolastoqey Indigenous Fisheries Management Association (MWIFMA), serving the Gesgapegiag, Gespeg and Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk First Nations, has launched a drone-mapping program to locate cool-water refuges in river systems […]
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interviewer: How long were you in your last position? Me: I’d say my biggest weakness is my listening skills.
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ISS Bot @iss-cambot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NASA ISS Stream #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Monday mood
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forceandfable.bsky.social @forceandfable.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Force & Fable is looking for writers with something to say about speculative fiction. Essays. Criticism. Reviews. Interviews. Big questions. Unexpected perspectives. What conversation should SFF be having right now? #ForceAndFable #SFF
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of Nazi persecution.
edition.cnn.com
Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’ | CNN
There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of the genocide.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Paulo Coelho said, "The wise are wise only because they love. The fools are fools only because they think they can understand love."
Esther at her first wedding
Okay, so that one didn't last, but at least I looked adorable
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today’s soundtrack amiright?
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Pitch Profiler @mlbpitchprofiler.com · 28/09/2026
Justin Martinez ran it up to 102.8 last night, the hardest pitch thrown in baseball on the day. The command was nowhere though: 0.1 IP, 4 walks, 3 runs. Jacob Misiorowski peaked at 102.7 with 5.1 shutout innings, Josh Ekness at 101.1.
Daily Velocity leaderboard showing top players
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SpaceX just launched the 14th Starship test flight, and it's now successfully in orbit for the first time. This is an amazing achievement, and I absolutely detest how Musk has ruined this sort of thing both for me and for humanity.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Monday goals
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Subtle Art of Advertising as Taught by Mad Men
teamlewis.com
The Subtle Art of Advertising as Taught by Mad Men
What can "Mad Men" teach us about telling relatable, impactful stories for brands? Here is what one of our content marketers has to say.
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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Art by Angus Mckie for a proposed but never made Dan Dare TV series, 1980
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Explore 27 interactive philosophy experiments that challenge your moral intuitions, test your logical reasoning, and probe the boundaries of belief.
philosophyexperiments.com
Philosophy Experiments — Interactive Thought Experiments
Explore 27 interactive philosophy experiments that challenge your moral intuitions, test your logical reasoning, and probe the boundaries of belief.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Personality tests and labels like "strategic" or "collaborative" compress complex behavior into tidy boxes, but the same traits can produce very different actions depending on the situation.
cutlefish.substack.com
TBM 440: The Problem With Putting People in Boxes
Personality and “strength” tests at work have never sat right with me.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses and fencing to guide animals to the crossings, has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collisions.
cbsnews.com
Largest wildlife overpass in North America located in Colorado with 91% reduction in collisions: "Big success"
A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses, and fencing to guide animals to the crossings has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collisions.
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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A 5 mile transect walked the length of my island home yesterday was surprisingly productive for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social material - though no shocks until the very last, a Sea Pink running extraordinarily late in the year. #WildflowerHour
A collage of wildflowers (and an autumnal interloper) from a walk in Shetland yesterday
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal
Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Truth
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh right, like you could resist a listicle called Wondrous Independent Bookstores
atlasobscura.com
The Ultimate Guide to Wondrous Independent Bookstores
We think book havens are heaven.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"There are two wolves inside of you. Sorry for the transporter error." - Montgomery Scott
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
John Fetterman always has this facial expression like he’s dissatisfied with the flavor of a live bird he just ate
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nicole Flattery has been named as the winner of the 2026 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
irishtimes.com
Nicole Flattery awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Award doubles to €20,000 as Ireland’s oldest literary prize marks 50th anniversary
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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 24/12/2025
I remember when a Canadian court ruled that Air Canada's chatbot was a representative of the company (so the company had to honor commitments it had made) and they yanked it immediately.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Though science can cause problems, it is not by ignorance that we will solve them.– Isaac Asimov
A Spiderman cartoon (that was in a display at a Seattle museum), with Spiderman saying: So, they laughed at me for being a bookworm, eh? Well, only a science major could have created a device like this!
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
- À la carte living conditions where everything is hyper personalized and you get what YOU want delivered to YOU when YOU want it. And therefore, you don't have to think beyond yourself, so you assume everything is either for you *specifically* or it's wrong.
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Tara Calishain @researchbuzz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#engineering #woodworking 'The wheel’s original wood is long gone, so 24 new pieces were cut for the paddle wheel at Manor Mill in Monkton, 12 for each side. To make sure the last piece fit, the measuring tape was flying.' www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
wypr.org
Craftsmen close the circle on an historic Baltimore County mill wheel
The wheel at Manor Mill in Monkton has not been used in more than seven decades. The “freaking cool” wheel project is part of a six year restoration of Manor Mill, turning it into a “hub for creativit...
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My review of _Squash: 50 Tried and True Recipes_: A nice little cookbook with recipes worth making. I'm not always a fan of one-ingredient cookbooks, but this one is worthy. link.amazon/A0fwZR7EW
Squash 
book cover
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