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I have a bunch of new earrings that are perfect for Fall and spooky season! But first I have three special pairs with incredible dichroic art glass made by Paula Radke, an artist from Morro Bay, CA (where my grandparents lived!)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

As Trump demonizes cities, remember this: Residents of "blue" states send more tax money to Washington than they get back in federal help, while residents of “red” states send less money to Washington than they get back in federal help. Just thought I should point that out.

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How Blue States Help Red States | Robert Reich

Robert Reich explains how states that vote Democratic send money to states that vote Republican.Watch More: The Monopoli

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 14h

Have you seen today's Google Doodle? 🎆 Learn more about the colorful clouds of NGC 7129: go.nasa.gov/4rNzF9M

A cosmic-themed Google Doodle featuring a nebula with vibrant colors including yellows, pinks, and blues. Stars are scattered throughout the image, and the word "Google" is centered in white text.

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sirtibblesdog.bsky.social @sirtibblesdog.bsky.social · 14h

We always have a BLAST at our dog sitter’s place, exploring new sniffs, new sights, and new friends AND getting all the snuggles. But SHHH—don’t tell our parents! We make them feel bad to to get more snacks 😂🐶❤️ The end: Walter begged for a boost, then jumped on the couch!

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 16h

NEW: The contrasting colors in NGC 7129 show differences in temperatures detected by #NASAWebb. The gold cavity at the left is hottest due to the central star and other embedded stars. The clumpy, red matter is colder and represents jets from less mature protostars: news.stsci.edu/3U8T7Bz 🔭

$A young star cluster filled with many stars that display the Webb Telescope’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its center is a yellow star, which sports the largest diffraction pattern. To the left of the star, there is a region filled with yellow dust and gas that extends from the star to the left border. This yellow region extends from the bottom, covering about two-thirds of the image. The yellow region has several blue stars of different sizes embedded within. The top third, which lies outside of the yellow region, holds a few bright protostars, within dense gray gas. Those stars illuminate the gas, making it appear blue. A few red outflows from other protostars are visible above this grayish-blue region. To the right of the central star, there is a clumpy, flame-like plume of red dust and gas with protostars that emit a soft white light within. The plume is surrounded by more dense gray gas and dust. There are several background galaxies strewn throughout the image/$

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17h

A fun fact about neutrinos is that they come in three “flavors” (types) and also in three masses and you would think that this means each flavor has its own mass and you would be absolutely wrong about that.

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Guardian Angel Basset Rescue @gabrbassets.bsky.social · 17h

Aarrhhoooo! Join the #Basset Hounds of GABR at @TheBierBrewery in Noblesville this Saturday, Oct 10th - it's guaranteed to be a howling good time! www.bassetrescue.org/boo #AdoptDontShop #BassetHound #RESCUE #DogsOfBlueSky #BassetsOfBlueSky #DogSky #BooSky

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 22h

Hihihi. Karls is all squished up next to Kid. Is bestfriend.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 21h

🔭 A Complete Auroral Oval from SMILE Credit: ESA, CAS, SMILE, UVI ap261006

A round Earth takes up most of the video. The dayside and nightside are visible. A swirling, moving aurora is visible surrounding Earth's North Pole. There are some bright objects that speckle the background.

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hihihi. Doggies are helping Kid photograph earrings! Are definitely not digging holes, rolling in smells.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/10/2026

Astronomy news for spooky season: a zombie planet orbiting a dead (but still hostile) star. Evidence suggests the following: Star dies, expels outer layers, becomes white dwarf. Gas giant forms from the debris. White dwarf is now blasting planet with radiation, shearing off some of its atmosphere.

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Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case - NASA Science

New analysis of archival Hubble data points to the possibility of "dead" white dwarf stars hosting second-generation planetary systems.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It can takes months of analysis to fully understand an astronomical image. But it's pretty amazing what you can tell about it in literally seconds. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/what-can-y... 🔭 🧪

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What can you tell about an astronomical image at a glance?

There’s a lot of cool info just sitting there in a gorgeous shot of a galaxy.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 05/10/2026

NEW: A surprising chemical clue has broken open a Hubble cold case from 1999. Astronomers now suspect the mystery signatures in the data are from a second-generation planet that formed from gas and dust ejected by a dying star: news.stsci.edu/46WpciV 🔭

Illustration labeled Artist’s Concept at bottom right. A gaseous planet in the right foreground, seen mostly in silhouette, orbits a small, white star in the background at left. The star is surrounded by a thin, bright white disk tilted from lower left to upper right. A semi-transparent tail of material comes off the planet toward upper right. Distant stars dot the black background of space.

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Nothing Is Real Podcast @beatlespod.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's true! To celebrate the re-release of Rubber Soul this week, Nothing Is Real has popped up in your feed today because we are re-releasing our three 2021 episodes about RUBBER SOUL. Synergy! We have boosted the bass and there's a new exclusive intro! Www.Nothingisrealpod.Com

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For the week that’s in it @beatlespod.bsky.social will be re-releasing some old episodes in a new wrapper: #Beatles #RubberSoul podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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NIR Reissue: Rubber Soul - Part One

Podcast Episode · Nothing Is Real - A Beatles Podcast · 5 October · 1hr 12min

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 05/10/2026

🔭 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy's Tidal Streams Credit & Copyright: Engelbert Vollmer ap261005

A starfield has an bright blobby mess in middle. Running vertically through the very middle is a dark streak. A diagonal ring of brightness surrounds the central blob.

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hihihi. Kid took Mommy and sister and nephew on tour of seal rescue today and did not bring back any seals to meet Karls.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 04/10/2026

🔭 Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey Credit & Copyright: John Entwistle ap261004

The top of a house is shown beneath a dark and cloudy sky. Many rainbow stripes are seen above the house.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.

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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 03/10/2026

If you want to follow #MYSTober posts on Bluesky, @zicklag.dev has set up a feed for it that you can subscribe to:

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Phil Sledge @philsledge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Be honest…

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 03/10/2026

🔭 Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge Credit: Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS - Panorama: Andrew Bodrov ap261003

Fisheye wide-angle image of the Curiosity rover on Mars.

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Guardian Angel Basset Rescue @gabrbassets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Aarrhhoooo! Congratulations to Cash on his #Adoption! Other #Basset Hounds, who are still looking for forever homes: www.bassetrescue.org/homeless #AdoptDontShop #BassetHound #RESCUE #DogsOfBlueSky #BassetsOfBlueSky #DogSky

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sirtibblesdog.bsky.social @sirtibblesdog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I AM A BASSET OF MANY TALENTS AND NEVER ENOUGH TREATS. AND I HAVE MUCH TO SAY!!! xoxo, Walter (and Sir Tibbles says hi too!)

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hihihi. Kid is at urgent care with Mommy (Mommy hurt neck, is probly not big deal). Karls is more concerned with stoopid machine parked outside KarlYard (also, eating grass).

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 02/10/2026

Astronomers: Join us for the Rocky Worlds DDT Workshop, a community gathering focused on the science enabled by the Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) program, at STScI on November 16-18. Registration closes October 16: bit.ly/4edubQ7 🔭

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/10/2026

🔭 The Complete Sharpless Catalog: 313 Nebulas Credit: Bing Xin ap261002

313 separate images of nebulae that resemble a variety of shapes and brightnesses. Some are dim and whispy, others are bright and create structure. Each image traces the complex behavior of interstellar gas.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read a paper recently and was shocked to learn we can potentially detect RAINBOWS ON EXOPLANETS. What. It's so cool! So I wrote about it for Scientiifc American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🔭 🧪

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Can we see rainbows on faraway exoplanets?

A future NASA telescope could spot atmospheric phenomena on planets orbiting other stars

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hihihi. Kid says “don’t eat grasses, Karls, you’ll get tummyache”. Kid does not understand Karltummy!

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Guardian Angel Basset Rescue @gabrbassets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aarrhhoooo! Congratulations to Melody on her #Adoption! Other #Basset Hounds, who are still looking for forever homes: www.bassetrescue.org/homeless #AdoptDontShop #BassetHound #RESCUE #DogsOfBlueSky #BassetsOfBlueSky #DogSky

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 01/10/2026

#NASAWebb has provided a crash course on planet-shattering collisions, providing clues to the amount of energy in their collisions. (1/6) 🧵 🔭 🧪

Artist’s concept of a star and its debris disk against the black background of space. The star is in the background, right of center, and depicted as a small, luminous sphere. The debris disk is a large blue ring that encircles the star. The debris disk is angled toward the viewer, so that the portion nearest to the viewer extends beyond the bottom frame of the illustration. Many dark, rocky fragments are scattered throughout the debris disk. In the foreground, toward the left, is a small planetary embryo colliding into the left side of a larger spherical object. The impact site glows bright yellow and orange and has a mottled appearance, as though chunks of both colliding bodies are breaking up and being destroyed. Orange-yellow streams of vapor extend outward from the collision area. Behind the debris disk and its star are many small stars in the background. A label in the bottom right corner reads “Artist’s Concept.”

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 01/10/2026

Looking for the perfect outfit to explore a surrealistic adventure that will become your world? 📖 We've added this iconic Myst crewneck design AND a new Riven sweatshirt to our store, in collaboration with Amanda Killian, a designer with the creative studio Night Gallery

A brown sweatshirt with an elaborate Riven-themed design, and a gray crewneck tee with a surrealistic Myst-themed design

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Saturn - nIR False Color - September 18 2007 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2ji7nmT

Processed using calibrated near-infrared (MT2, CB2) filtered images of Saturn taken by Cassini on September 18 2007. Data was downlinked with lossy compression. Rightmost tip of the rings has been filled as a copy of the left side due to data cut-off.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill

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Phil Sledge @philsledge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Be honest……

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 01/10/2026

#NASAWebb data is helping scientists identify the types of collisions—high or lower energy—occurring between Moon- and Mars-sized objects in young stellar environments. Our solar system is thought to have undergone similar events to form the Moon: news.stsci.edu/47mLryB

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential.

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hihihi. Doggies are helping Kid photograph jewelry!

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Guardian Angel Basset Rescue @gabrbassets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aarrhhoooo! Huck is a silly, social 5 yr old #BassetHound with a talent for turning even the most ordinary moment into an adventure. He's housetrained, crate trained, and good with kids, dogs, and cats. www.bassetrescue.org/homeless #AdoptDontShop #Basset #RESCUE #DogsOfBlueSky #BassetsOfBlueSky

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 30/09/2026

#NASARoman’s fine-guidance system, which allows the observatory to lock very steadily onto its targets during observations, passed a spate of tests from Sept. 15 to 21. Then on Sept. 22, the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument opened its eyes to cosmic light for the very first time.

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NASA Checks Roman Guidance System, Takes First Coronagraph Observation - NASA Science

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's fine-guidance system, which allows the observatory to lock very steadily onto its targets during observations,

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 30/09/2026

It's time again for MYSTober! We've given you a list of 31 prompts, one for each day in October, and you have free reign to draw, sketch, write, or any creative endeavor that relates to that day's word. Use the hashtag #MYSTober so we can see them!

MYSTober - 2026 Official Prompt List

1. Cleft
2. Inspire
3. Storm
4. Journal
5. Earthquake
6. Patience
7. Cloak
8. Reunion
9. King
10. Hope
11. Engraving
12. Philosopher
13. Tradition
14. Arch
15. Suspicion
16. Unseen
17. Maze
18. Lake
19. Mother
20. Inception
21. Descent
22. Stranger
23. Feast
24. Battery
25. Beast
26. Symbol
27. Explosion
28. Laughter
29. Plateau
30. Silence
31. Book

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Phil Sledge @philsledge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 30/09/2026

ICYMI: Over the summer #NASAWebb discovered a new exoplanet in the Beta Pictoris system, using a new method. Catch up on more news you may have missed on ViewSpace: viewspace.org/video_library?tags=16…

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SCOTUSblog @scotusblog.com · 30/09/2026

In collaboration with Good Judgment Inc, we’re now giving readers a way to formally prognosticate how the court will decide the most important cases of the term.

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Announcing our first SCOTUS forecasting contest

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hihihi. Happy #TongueOutTuesday from Karls and Shiny Luther!

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KarlBear @gusterbear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hihihi. Kid made tacos for #TacoTuesday which means broken taco shell shares and shreddy cheese for good doggies!

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh wow, what an odd galaxy! Super flat edge-on spiral with an actively feeding black hole in its center. It's only 120 million light-years away; from the image I would've guessed it was farther. Click thru for more info.

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Guardian Angel Basset Rescue @gabrbassets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aarrhhoooo! Molly is a sweet, happy 8-yr-old #BassetHound who gets along beautifully with other dogs. She'd love a canine buddy and would do best in a home where her people aren't gone more than 4–5 hrs/day www.bassetrescue.org/homeless #AdoptDontShop #Basset #RESCUE #DogsOfBlueSky #BassetsOfBlueSky

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another gorgeous (and mysterious!) globular seen by Hubble, and a mea culpa by me about yesterday's article on the very weird Gabriel's Horn. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-globular... 🧪 🔭

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A globular mystery, a Virgo triple, and an infinite mistake by me

A little something for everyone today

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 29/09/2026

Astronomers theorize that the black hole at the center of Centaurus A influences the region as it feeds and launches powerful outflows. Learn more about the impact of its central black hole with a printable poster of this observation from #NASAWebb: go.nasa.gov/4hwsDlf

A horizontally oriented poster with an image of Centaurus A against a black background. The galaxy is brightest at its center, where a brilliant white and pink glow radiates outward. Wispy, ‘S’-shaped ribbons of pink arc above and below the center of the image. A parallelogram-shaped band of gray and white dust cuts across the middle of the galaxy. The galaxy’s outer edges fade into soft textures that stretch toward the left and right sides of the image. Along the bottom is a series of thin vertical bars ranging from purple at left to blue, green, yellow, orange, and red at right. Bars are separated slightly, with black in between. Bar colors are brightest at the bottom, fading up to black. Brightness varies from bar to bar, giving the array an undulating feel. At upper right is text that reads, “National Aeronautics and Space Administration” and NASA’s blue, white, and red meatball insignia. Title text appears at lower left that says, “James Webb Space Telescope: Centaurus A.”

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 29/09/2026

🔭 Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Pawel Piechnik ap260929

A starfield has a bright pink swirling nebula
in it. The top part of the nebula shows much detail,
while the bottom part is mostly open.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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