Reposted by GribWritesDr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social · 4hWow, so this is actually insane! Check out some of the first data from the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission, capturing the full northern lights oval around the north pole in ultraviolet light. All in daytime, whilst invisible to the naked eye! 1186
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 1hA gazillion dollar telescope being used to take pictures of objects just because they’re pretty is what gives me faith in humanity. 000
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 2hLast night’s Yankees Red Sox game made me feel like a little truth and justice had returned to the world, BUT!, let us not forget this delectable tidbit from CFB Saturday: 000
Reposted by GribWritesThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 10hToday’s favourite #warart Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool, by Edward Wadsworth, 1919 Craig Moore on Facebook @dreadships.bsky.social #navalhistory #maritimehistory 616526
Reposted by GribWritesPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4h"There is a word in Newspeak," said Syme, "I don't know whether you know it: DUCKSPEAK, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise." 2267
Reposted by GribWritesJames Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 15hBen Rice 🍚 6 RBIs tie Yankees postseason record (Bobby Richardson 1960, Bernie Williams 1999, Hideki Matsui 2009, Robinson Canó 2011) 1st Yankees postseason game with 4+ hits, 2+ HR & 6+ RBI, , 5th time in MLB postseason (Will Clark 1989, John Valentin 1999, Albert Pujols 2011, Chris Taylor 2021) 0246
Reposted by GribWritesRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15hInteresting result tonight from the world of baseball: the New York Yankees, who are good, are beating the Boston Red Sox, who are bad 81367
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 15hGirardi can even over-manage the bullpen from the booth. Amazing stuff. 000
Reposted by GribWritesmatt @mferench.bsky.social · 16hthe yankees being absolutely awesome at scouting massachussets is about the funniest thing that could happen 15810
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 16h“Bases are loaded for Ben Rice.” For the Red Sox, is that: [ ] Good [ ] Bad Check one. 010
Reposted by GribWritesNew York Yankees @yankeesbot.bsky.social · 16h117 Pitches. 10 Strikeouts. 1 Standing Ovation for Cam. #RepBX | @Cam31Schlittler 0212
Reposted by GribWritesJames Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 16hCam Schlittler! 6.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K, 117 pitches career-high 24 swings-and-misses (14 4-seamers, 8 curves, 2 cutters) career-high curveball usage (27.4% & 32 total), Sox 1-for-7 with 5 K's against it 5th Yankee with 2 postseason games of 10+ K (Turley, O.Hernandez, Clemens, Mussina) 22611
Reposted by GribWrites100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sept. 29, 1926: A playful Babe Ruth prepares for the World Series, in which his Yankees will face the St. Louis Cardinals starting in three days. He chomps a cigar and gives his bats good-luck kisses at Yankee Stadium. 0201
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 22hFormer closer Ryan Pressly with a Kremlin-level accusation/admission of guilt here after the entire country watched his team take the field wired up like FBI informants. 100
Reposted by GribWritesJames Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 23hYankees & Red Sox (with MLB Ranks) Yankees Red Sox 93 (5th) Wins 87 (9th) 4.59 (8th) RS/G 4.25 (23rd) 3.73 (2nd) RA/G 3.77 (3rd) (LAD 3.70) +138 (4th) Run Diff +78 (7th) (Yankees Won Season Series 7-6) 021
Reposted by GribWritesThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-… 263070454
Reposted by GribWritesPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone. 720361
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026OK I need everybody to know the country was going through a nü-metal phase at the time and to please be understanding 000
Reposted by GribWritesGene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Via NASA : NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation www.nasa.gov/news-release...nasa.govNASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation - NASAFor more about NASA Armstrong, visit: 0112
Reposted by GribWritesexplore.org @explore.org · 29/09/2026That was a close one. We can now confidently announce that your final contenders are: Bear 910 Bear 89 Backpack See you tomorrow for the Fat Bear Tuesday final! 422751
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have transitioned from Fat Bears to Beaver Week, and I am here for it. 000
Reposted by GribWritesJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 28/09/2026The important thing to know about the Starship launch today is that Elon Musk is directly responsible for an unfathomable number of people dying preventable deaths and has never faced a single consequence for it.cnn.comOne year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNNIt’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o... 1262121
Reposted by GribWritesPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SpaceX 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. 3476999
Reposted by GribWritesDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OTD in 1939 USSR & its Nazi German allies signed "German-Soviet Boundary & Friendship Treaty" in Moscow just few days after our joint Victory Parade. Both nazis and USSR accused France and GB of trying to "prolong the war". 532893
Reposted by GribWritesDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OTD in 1939 USSR and Nazis issued a communique saying that unless France and UK accepted Hitlers terms, they would be responsible for continuing the war 11458112
Reposted by GribWritesDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There are lots of ways to answer this and one of them is that studying history makes you a better citizen and our public universities have an obligation to produce good citizens. History education is essential to a republican model of government. Engineering is not. 631160171
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026LOL why are the Patriots playing prevent defense down 11 at the end of the 3rd 100
GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In memory of Kevin Fitzsimmons. Slaínte! #bskybeer 051
Reposted by GribWriteshookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We archaeologists tell the stories of the stones not to erase their mystery, not to undo their role as anchoring post for folklore, but to transmit the Long Neolithic. We give context for ghosts, provide new reasons for lithic pilgrimage. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday 227243
Reposted by GribWritesSeth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Update: Georgia now out-gaining Oklahoma 254-211 and winning 38-6. 0184
Reposted by GribWritesChapel Bell Curve @chapelbellcurve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Split zone for a TD off of a fumble. Guess what sooners? 1173