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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just had a website keep rejecting my account creation saying either my login or password had "unsafe characters." No explanation anywhere as to WTF an unsafe character is. Finally removed all symbols from password and succeed. Still don't know what an unsafe character is.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish.

Newspaper headline: Queen Elizabeth’s Final Diary Entry Contained Only Five Words.

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is why I do not f-ing care AT ALL about the Nobels. They are also racist.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My book Ghosts Behind Glass : Encountering Extinction in Museums is now a year old. But it’s not too late for you to get a copy! It’s an affordable full-color journey through natural history museums. Available from anywhere worldwide that you buy your books. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Cover of Ghosts Behind Glass with a colorful Carolina parakeet in a bell jar display

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m crying this is so funny

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

TIL the hard way that when Marine One is landing and taking off, they stop traffic in Constitution by the Ellipse. Because DC just isn’t bad enough.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just resharing for the afternoon crowd; I’m still trying to think of an appropriately funny way to greet fellow historians as ‘hello bone colleagues’

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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026

Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8

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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t

New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Total click bait. I thought Sen. Lautenberg had formed a senate committee to study zombies campaigning.

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

without any doubt:

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Episcopal bishops are required to retire at 72. She is 67 or close to it and thus close to age when she needs to start process.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So…dewterium?

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Engineers learn lots of history in engineering courses. What went wrong and what did we learn from it? What was done in the past and how have we improved things? The very basics of which fields are based on whose work?

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This explanation feels like old school science twitter (complimentary) and is worth your time. I learned something.

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Cam @zombiefood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of my colleagues always mentions his cat in the Acknowledgments (as Prof Charlie Sox) in each of his papers.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Truly this thread is the best absurdist thriller novel I have read this year

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the content I require.

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PSA: If you have an older base level Mac DO NOT update to the new Mac OS. It's packed with AI stuff and it might very well just overload your storage. I've been wrestling with it for two days and am going to have to wind back to the previous OS just so I can use my computer.

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Conversely, I know of several landfills named after a person, as in, John Smith Landfill. As an environmental engineer, I appreciate the need for engineered landfills, but I still wonder if naming a landfill after person means that person was respected or hated.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With all this bullshit news about President Trump renaming things after himself, I’m curious- what’s something you’ve always wanted to be named after yourself? For me, it’s a parasite that gives dolphins GI distress. I’d love for those blubbery jerks to go “oh no, I’ve got the Shiffmans again!”

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you have not lived in Texas, then you will not understand how important brisket is to Texans. Brisket IS BBQ.

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Food seems to be particularly susceptible to the stupidest and silliest outrage/claims/fights for various religious, allergy, or fad interests. I am not in anyway trying to disrespect people keeping a specific religious diet or needing allergen-free diet. 🧵

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026

i need to know what happened

sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"

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Theo in Arlington @adamtheo.com · 18/09/2026

The driver that killed a man in Seven Corners a few months ago has gotten off almost entirely free. No serious punishment at all. We need serious criminal legal reform to hold reckless and dangerous people accountable. #VisionZero.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

want to read a great story?

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is elder abuse. Not the comments. The people around him propping him up.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I actually asked my vet about this--that is, I asked her why she thought someone would even care if their dogs had autism, and she looked me straight in the face, and said, I quote, "because people have lost their damn minds"

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Iconic part of my childhood was watching the Carol Burnett show every week and watching the cast try not to break during moments like this. THIS moment? My entire family was on the floor, dying laughing. RIP Bob Mackie, who always understood the diva assignment.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 14/09/2026

The whiplash I got when checking reviews for this "Permanent Mulch Recycled Rubber Pathway."

The product image for "Raedon Permanent Mulch Recycled Rubber Pathway"

Bought some of these four years ago and they were still holding up very well, but I own a hair salon and decide to glue hair and make it into a hair path which worked for a while but now it looks disgusting so I needed to replace it

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The number of accounts that I barely log into, but every time I do, I am required to change the password, is not insignificant. I hate every single one of these systems.

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Trey Lawson @tlawson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Well, now I know what Gonzo would wear in Muppet Le Morte d'Arthur

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026

Honestly, "big-name studios can't agree on the premise of the Muppet Show" sounds like the premise of the Muppet Show

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/09/2026

everyone stop what they’re doing and watch the classic Log Driver’s Waltz animation right now

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The Log Driver’s Waltz. A Canadian favourite from 1979.

YouTube video by Life in Canada

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ain't no fight, like a bunch of toxicologists arguing

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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

sorry for screenshotting some twitter rando but you guys need to see this

The Hellenist @The_Hellenist . 19h
Men must go on sex strike.
Do not give women any of your love until they submit to patriarchy.
Feminist women are undeserving of love.
Men must therefore go on sex strike.

NO SEX UNTIL YOU ABANDON FEMINISM
STRONG WOMEN BUILD NOTHING.
SUBMISSIVE WOMEN BUILD CIVILIZATION.

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Make Money - Do Magnets @sararah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

fellas, is a $10 wal-mart box fan blowing air over your reaction vessel in your garage a suitable fume hood i like that it's a fancy one where one fan can blow a different direction from the other. fresh air coming from the other side of the garage, chemical fume air going right back

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you ever visited the Southeast Library in Eastern Market, you'll remember it was... cramped. The newly renovated library reopens this Thursday, and it's awesome. The original building is intact, but an expanded ground floor and new basement have doubled the overall size.

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why stop with New Mexico? Why not rename every state that comes from either a Spanish, French, or Native American word or name, which would be IDK 80-90% of them? Does he know America is from an Italian guy? What names are acceptable?

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Erin Green 🖖 @erin-o-green.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Pumpkin Spice has broken containment.

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Will “Available for Contracts” Smith @willsmith.fun · 05/09/2026

TIL they have incredible names for roly polys/pillbugs in the UK. “chucky pig, monkey pea, cheese log, daddy granfer and granny grunter” Also, this story is a nightmare.

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Geeky Girl Engineer @geekygirlengineer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tired: Cats are liquid Wired: Cats are liquid trusses

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NYC may be a Marvel movie, LA may be an HBO show, but Philadelphia is a Warner Bros cartoon

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