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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 5h

Divers free a whale shark from rope that enwrapped it for years: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/interestin...

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 23h

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #crooners (birds singing) so here is a starling mid-song

A starling, black with golden speckled and arches, is on a white perch made of plastic strips. Its throat feathers are fluffed up as it sings

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One more octopus thread for World Octopus Day.🐙 All octopus species are venomous, even this little flapjack octopus. Most make neurotoxins specific to arthropods, called 'cephalotoxins'. Let's learn about another component: OCTOPAMINE! Our story starts in 1948... (📷: Schmidt Ocean Institute)

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A few minutes in Kyiv. Drones and a power outage not on the schedule. Someone is stuck in the elevator. My upstairs neighbour is going to look after her mum (97) in Sumy, closer to the frontline. A woman on the street asks where the nearest shelter is. I see her fear and take her to a safe place.

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueWater so here's a moorhen swimming through green reflections on blue water

A moorhen, black with a red bill, makes ripples in the water

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel This heron is posing on a dock, like a model pretending to own the yacht where the shoot it happening

A heron stands at the edge of a dock, gazing moodily over water

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Clinty1 @clinty1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky. Here are young great white egrets during feeding #Birds #GreatWhiteEgret #WetlandBirds

Three young great white egrets being fed. In bushes against a blue sky

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Aww those pipecleaner necks! What a great catch!

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/10/2026

⚡️ Children among dozens injured as Russian glide bombs hit Kharkiv, 3 dead. People are reportedly trapped under the rubble of a residential building in the city.

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Children among dozens injured as Russian glide bombs hit Kharkiv, 3 dead

People are reportedly trapped under the rubble of a residential building in the city.

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love storks, and I love that this one made a nest on top of a platform provided by humans for the purpose Apologies for the blurry photo from a moving car. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky

A white stork is perched on top of a heap of twigs that form the nest

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Street smart pigeons Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying set by @robcrank68.bsky.social

Five pigeons are gathered around some crumbs on the pavement. One is pecking at something, and another has its wings open. They are speckled in shades of red and brown, with iridescent heads and necks

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

90 years ago, on the 4th of October 1936, antifascist counter protesters stopped a British Union of Fascists march through London’s East End. The Metropolitan Police tried to clear the way for the fascists resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Cable Street. #otd #history 🗃️

The mounted police conduct a charge against the dense crowd to clear the way to Cable Street.

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red so here's a moorhen with a bonus duck, to whom it seems to explain that webbed feet are not required for swimming

A moorhen, a mostly black bird with a red and yellow beak and long yellow legs, is balanced on one leg. It is watched by brown female duck.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fascinating world of ancient #glass! #Roman dove-shaped vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside and the tip of the tail or the beak had to be broken to remove the perfume. This particular example, discovered in a first-century burial at Rovasenda, Italy, is...🧵1/2 🏺

A close-up of an undamaged, translucent glass vessel shaped like a dove. The vessel contains a clear liquid with a reddish sediment visible at the bottom.

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Clinty1 @clinty1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks Celebrating any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colors, bold profiles, or an interesting shape. Here's a Spoonbill modeling for Helen's theme of the day #Birds #WetlandBirds #Spoonbill

a roseate spoonbill looking at the viewer and posed against a blue sky. this bird has pink and red feathers, a long, wide, green/gray flat bill and head and red eyes

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From Helen Bennett today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks, alt #YellowElements You may not think this herring gull has an impressive beak, but only if you didn't have one dive-bomb your sandwich six inches from your eyes. It is inarguably yellow, anyway

A gull on a patchy lawn. It is white underneath and light gray on top, and it looks as wicked as its yellow bill

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Update to CW: my Polish friend offered to look into the making of for me, and thought the horses would have been well taken care of. 1999 was not as long ago, movie history wise, as I had thought!

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

youtu.be/RgtovZOafwE?... This may be a useful reference, from the 1999 With Fire and Sword - heavy cavalry (Polish winged hussars) charging through the mud in the 1648 battle of the Zhovty Vody CW: it does not go well and I don't know how good their animal welfare management was

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Битва під Жовтими Водами. Уривок фільму "Вогнем і мечем"

YouTube video by Григорій Миколайович Островський

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/10/2026

Zelensky said more than 100 children and 60 teachers were inside a shelter when a Russian Shahed struck their Kyiv school this morning. Everyone survived. He said Ukraine is expanding air defenses and production of interceptors against jet-powered Shaheds. #Ukraine

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Vivid Possibly my most random bird sighting. Driving down the back roads, when suddenly, a peacock

A peacock site on a railing made of metal pipes, with an industrial looking shabby building in the background

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Kate 🍄 @kateammann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy spooky season!!! 🍂🎃

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 30/09/2026

The princess took an earring off and held it out. The raven looked at it. "Whatever for?" "You are wise and clever. Many princesses have dragons, but none has a raven friend." The raven picked up the earring. "Say no more." "Friends?" she asked when it returned the next day. "Forevermore."

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Per Rob Crank: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. So many amazing photos! My favorite is the same Great Blue Heron as yesterday, here poised to strike

A gray and brown heron poised on the edge of a wooden pier, intent on the green water below

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

😸😽🎃🤍..

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great Blue Heron fishing off a pier. I think this may be a youngster Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name).

A heron posed against a white backdrop, balancing on one foot

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/09/2026

By Chris at lyonkid: www.instagram.com/lyonkid.art/

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San Francisco Zoo & Gardens @sfzoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wolverine Molly had first dibs on some new log enrichment but Edward quickly showed her how to best use it for maximum scratchies! 🎥: Sammy C.

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pelicans in formation Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds- any bird found at sea or the coast The alt. is #Airborne- any bird in flight.

Three pelicans soar in a line under the blue sky

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hunger has become so severe that there are already reports of people being forced to eat dog meat to survive.

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Explains why I keep staying up late

Top caption:Pause to reveal your medieval creature
Picture: a medieval illumination of a brown bat standing upright, in a blue frame with the word bat underneath
Bottom caption: You're not afraid of the dark

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

*airhorn* The ebook edition of @marthawells.com's PLATFORM DECAY is $2.99 USD at Bookshop, Kobo, B&N and Amazon. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

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explore.org @explore.org · 26/09/2026

Sit down Saturday.

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

43 years ago, on the 26th of September 1983, the Soviet nuclear early warning system reported a missile launch from the United States. Russian lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov judged the warning to be a false alarm and disobeyed military protocol, preventing a retaliatory attack. #otd 🗃️

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Twofer. Hooded crows are among my favorite birds and I was happy to visit them Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. The Alt theme is #Green, photos with Green in the backgrounds not on the birds.

Two hooded crows, with gray bodies and black wings, tails, and "hoods" appear to be gossiping on a lawn

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of the Russian Shaheds downed over Ukraine has ended up as decoration in a local supermarket.

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme alternative is #Brown This California quail has borb aspirations but is not quite a borb

California quail, small, brown, plump, with white-speckled belly and glamorous long plume that makes it look like older Elvis. It stands on the pavement, next to a grass border

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stars are the birds of the sky!

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bottoms up! Let’s celebrate #TheDivers for #BirdOfTheDay today 🪶

Seven small brown and white geese in wetlands of grass tufts and light blue water. One is gliding, two are in the process of dipping their fingers necks, and of the other four only the tails are sticking out of the water

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Red carpet ready: A red-shouldered hawk perched on a low branch and ignored a half-dozen people gathered to take photos. #BirdOfTheDay. #raptors

A raptor in shades of reddish brown speckled with white, with long brown tail with white bars, sits on a tree branch. Its back to the camera, but it casts an indifferent glance over the shoulder

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe (1996). Apps had so much character in the 90s. If this screen were created today, it would just display the planet's names as a list.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the summer of 2026 russian attacks destroyed 13 million books in Ukraine. Perhaps this line will make it into history books. Today, I saw the program aimed at supporting small Ukrainian publishers. Please read, and maybe you’ll become a donor too. foundation.kse.ua/en/projects/...

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"All right, one more time from the top." Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #CaptionThatBird.

A sandstone cliff with a pelican gesticulating at the top and coromorants a few feet below looking up

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Elegant, and what bird is more elegant than a swan

White swan floats majestically in a pond. Behind it is a crumbling stone wall wreathed in ferns and moss

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Photo by Kevin Gaston: "Having photographed hummingbirds for more than a decade, this is the first time I have documented one taking a bath on dew covered leaves."

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Daily bunny no.3446 is not left-handed

Bunnies re-enact the duel between Inigo and Wesley in "The Princess Bride", with a masked bunny fighting against a dashing shaggy bunny with a gold sword. The masked bunny is cornered, near the edge of a rocky cliffside, but still has a trick up his sleeve

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Do I have to? @gelithem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A white pigeon for the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Pigeons&Doves

A large white pigeon with gray and white accents. The stone wall behind it has openings in which other pigeons are visible

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