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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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M.O.D.O.X. @modox613.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fun fact: under ancient Jewish law, false witnesses (specifically ones who were proven to have not been at the scene of the crime when it was committed) were sentenced to whatever they tried to do to the defendant.

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Fiona Finlayson Art @ffinlaysonart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A needle felted Labrador portrait

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Grumpy jay, shell-shocked owl, from natural history dictionary by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1586. Today is his day.

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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sarah McBride is running for leadership. This news broke three hours ago but not a single person on this app posted about it. 🤔

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Americans' right to vote is sacred. No president or institution can take it away, and it's good news that the Supreme Court has affirmed that fact. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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Supreme Court says Trump can’t enforce new mail-in ballot regulation

The decision means a Postal Service measure that could lead to ballots’ not being sent to voters won’t be in effect for this November’s midterm elections.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

British writer Aphra Behn, painted in 1670 by Sir Peter Lely (#BTD). Wrote Oroonoko & many plays, & is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And poured it into the brainpan. It substantially overflowed; the volume of the teeth was far in excess of the volume of the brain. Aggression in excess of thought, the instructor noted, is not a recipe for evolutionary success. Don't know what made me think of that just now.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When I re-started undergrad in the late 90s, I took bio at the local community college. The prof had a sabre-tooth cat skull reproduction, which he used for a demonstration. He took the teeth out of the skull and, using water, measured their volume in ml. Then he took that amount of water...

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Dan 🧦 @pandred.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is ridiculous, this is not what's happening. This is worse than the no in-unit laundry take. People are just looking at how elections and parties in the US work, and some people think that how things work isn't their problem, and want their vote be a consumer decision with moral valence.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Always fun to hang out with my old friend Darkseid. #TeenTitansGo

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Hippodameia8527🪷 @hippodameia8527.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m disappointed accounting isn’t on this list, because we’ve been hearing this with every technological advance for the last century or so.

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Trump would rather destroy something than let it exist without being a tribute to himself" really sums up everything about his approach to the country

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 13/09/2026

some big "the middle school vice principal that kept solemnly telling me i had to UNDERSTAND my bullies and where they were COMING FROM and what I could do DIFFERENTLY to not PROVOKE them" energy from some people this week

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 13/09/2026

the person who ran it was groomed to run it, deliberately, by people who were involved in livejournal getting overrun and eventually getting taken over, and who have been clearly running an influence operation against American internet culture for a while www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/s...

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My Year of Grief and Cancellation (Published 2021)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This idea applies to other things. If you wear a big sun hat, a polo shirt, and a pair of baggy cargo shorts to the zoo, you can tell people wholly fabricated, rather incorrect information about the animals and they will believe you.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/09/2026

Should America spend YOUR taxpayer dollars on foreign wars no one supports or child care here at home? That's exactly what I asked folks in Port Townsend, and the answer was unanimous. Fund child care NOT war.

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Mom for Ghoulberty👻 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nader is the root of a lot of brain worms on the left.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Gairloch Pictish Stone displayed and interpreted at the very special Gairloch Museum - housed in a former nuclear bunker + exceptional home bakes - and a rare discovery on the north west coast of Scotland. #StandingStoneSunday Further info: www.gairlochmuseum.org/pictish-ston

Image of the Gairloch Pictish (symbol) Stone on display at the Gairloch Museum. A rare west coast carved standing stone, vertically mounted on a wooden display board, approx 100 x 50 x 10 cm, and containing carvings of a fish and lower part of an eagle.

Image of the interpretation board of the Gairloch Pictish Stone which includes an illustration of the carved side of the stone with the carvings overdrawn and highlighted. The three paragraphs of accompanying text explain the materiality (local Torridonian sandstone) of the stone, its late 19C discovery and subsequent use as masonry and its significance as such stones are rarity in the north west of Scotland, a region not traditionally associated with the Picts. It concludes with an interpretation of such stones as grave markers; the carved paired symbols reflecting/identifying the deceased.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

trump repeats disputed claim about being first man to land on moon

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/09/2026

Republicans passed the largest cuts to Medicaid in history—putting basically every hospital in America under tremendous pressure all to make room for billionaire tax cuts. I was at Harborview to talk with providers about how these cuts make it harder to care for patients.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am in fact extremely angry about Bush v. Gore and have written about it often. But that's the side Ralph Nader was on. Bush winning wasn't an incidental byproduct of Nader's campaign -- it was the outcome he sought to achieve and did (by, for example, refusing to stop running in swing states)

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Sue @cameratrapsue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Winter is coming. Soon the raccoons will have their winter coats and their sizes will dramatically increase. Though this one is already pretty big. In other news, it appears we only have a couple of hummingbirds here now all the others have left to complete their migration South. I will miss them.

A black and white night photo showing part of my garden. There are small landscaping rocks in the foreground with plants, shrubs and flowers in the middle and background. A raccoon is sitting down, looking away from the camera, in the middle of the frame. It looks large though he or she assures me the camera adds 10 pounds. Its little raccoon ears are visible as is part of its thick bushy, black-ringed tail.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If Trump and Hegseth keep waging this war with Iran any better, we're gonna have armed Houthis on the coastline between Galveston and Beaumont and and drones blowing up that-ass big pipeline between Midland and Corpus Christi.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Do you like supporting your local eel historian? Well! Have I got some opportunities for you! 1. Over at my etsy store, I'm selling subway-style maps of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and Narnia. You can get them as prints or as digital versions! #LOTR #maps www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

Art. Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor.

The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. Between them, in the middle of the page, is a dragon drawn to resemble the dragon on Thror's Map from The Hobbit.

A key shows the names of each colored line:
Red: Western Lands Line
Green: Mountains and Forests Line
Blue: Barrel Line
Yellow: Gandalf Express
Orange: Iron Hills Business Line
Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line

Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025

Art. Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named:
"Shire-Bree Commuter Line
Old Forrest Crescent
Wildland Scenic Line
Fellowship Line
Gollum / Sméagol Line
Uruk Hai Express
Three Hunters Line
Fangorn Slow Service
Rohan to Gondor Business Line
Black Ships Ferry Service
Oliphant Direct Line
Army of the West Line
Gandalf Express

A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines:
"Eagle Express
Paths of the Dead Line
Nazgûl Search & Resuce
Valinor Ltd."

A note at the bottom reads:
"* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."

Art. A subway style map on a parchment background. The map's title reads: "Narnia Transit Map: Talking Beasts Ride Free." The map has seven keys, one for each of the seven books in C.S. Lewis's Narinia series. The main movements of characters and action in each book are traced by colored lines, like a subway map. Locations in each book are marked out as stops in the lines. There is a drawing of a lion above the title of the map, and in the lower right corner there is a compass rose.

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

you know whats "funny" I know for a fact she's never encouraged people to get involved, the biggest impact you can have is to have been a valuable volunteer, fundraiser etc for a successful Democrat

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I understand why will doesn't want to name names but we really should the thing is a lot of the "trans (x)" crowd have ceased being advocates for the community and are instead primarily in accumulating clout for the culty clique they're leaders in bsky.app/profile/whst...

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 12/09/2026

The Becerra misrepresentation wasn’t an anomaly. A check of all 27 Democrats on Erin Reed’s list reveals a pattern: fabricated citations, truncated quotes, erased pro-trans votes, and reckless advice. The guide: www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guid… 🧵👇

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Also born on this day in 1494, François I, great ruler & patron of arts. Here on horseback by F. Clouet in 1540.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hillary Is Spot On.......

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“It can’t look that amazing in real life, though!” I hear you wail. “Fake map news!” Judge for yourself, friends! This, and all my other maps and art, are original and handmade and awesome. Your walls are jealous. bsky.app/profile/kevi...

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The map is meant to be read from the bottom up because, as I said, I wanted it to show the eels' perspective, moving forward in the world. If you had this map on the table in front of you, the bottom would be closest to you. You'd be looking forward, up the page, ready to travel with the eels!

A long, skinny map titled: "Life and Travels of the European Eel" with a subtitle reading: "From the Eel's Perspective." A label at the bottom of the map reads: "Begin Here." The map top half of the map is an mirror copy of the bottom half.

I will put the full text of the column in the alt text in an image in the next post in the thread.

The map goes from the bottom of the page up, starting in the Sargasso Sea. An set of arrows show the eels paths to shore, then up a river and into a marshland. The arrows continue up the page to show the eel leaving the marshland and heading back downstream, and out to sea. The land is green and verdant at the bottom of the map, because the eels migrate upstream in the spring. The land is brown and dry at the top of the map, because eels migrate downstream in the autumn.

A column of text on the side tells about the eels' journeys and changes. It is more text than I can relate in the space allowed here. Each paragraph has an arrow pointing up to the next one, and they are designed to be read from the bottom of the page going upwards.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote a thread the other day about eels' life cycle, 'cause it's a wild story. Fun stuff! But did you know that I also did a map? And that you can own it? It's true! I drew a map of the eels' life cycle, from their perspective, and you can order one for your wall! #eels #maps etsy.me/3Nvk5jK

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Eel Life Cycle Map - Etsy

This Wall Decor item by SurprisedEelMaps has 15 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Hialeah, FL. Listed on Jun 15, 2026

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12/09/2026

Someone: Your school reports probably said you were very good at history. My school reports: Jo doesn't listen, does whatever she feels like, only pays attention when she likes a subject, spends most of her time reading books and fighting boys.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

First trailcam, fallow deer walk through our campsite almost immediately 🤗

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For years, Harding University had a tradition of putting out an American flag for each victim of 9/11. My dad, who passed in August, led the push to collect and include flags representing the nationality of every person who died that day. It’s something I’m very proud of.

Since 2003, the American Studies Institute Distinguished Scholars Honors program has been involved in leading the Harding community in remembering the victims of the September I1, 2001 terrorist attack. The 9-ıı Never Forget memorial flag project began in 2010 when the ASI students decided to join in the national Never Forget project created by Young America's Foundation, honoring those who lost their lives in the attack. In zo1l, the Pi Sigma Alpha organization, under the faculty sponsorship of Dr. Mark Elrod, joined ASi students by honoring the international victims and the countries they represented, correctly reflecting the international impact the attack made. The two organizations have since made this a joint service project, symbolizing the common bond we all share as those who remember the lives that were lost on September 11, 2001

United Kingdom flags, donated by the Searcy HS Beta Club (total victims, 67)

Background, Philippines
(16)
Provided by Harding Phi Alpha Theta

In foreground, Peru, donated by Chris and Elisabet Kirk. (5)

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Dude is crazy. She should definitely leaf him because he doesn’t respect her at all imo

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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Gooseberry (ready for Spring 🌷) @eisforenkidu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Made some Cinnamon Swirl Round Challah for Rosh Hashanah. תזכו לשנים רבות נעימות וטובות!

My tabby cat Dijon in a very round position on my bed with his tabby stripes resembling cinnmaon swirl

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Treyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Annual Update!

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy Friday to everyone who is ready for the weekend 😽

A black cat with large reflective eyes looks to the side against a textured yellow background. A speech bubble reads, “Having a job is a privilege. Although I would also be open to the privilege of money simply appearing in my account.”

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On this day, I honor the memory of the husband of the couple who introduced my parents. A kind, funny, loving husband, father, "uncle," and friend. A man who lived his faith through quiet acts, as he did on that day, ensuring others got out first. An immigrant who made America better.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10/09/2026

Goddammit I’m never going to not think of this now www.tumblr.com/dungeonmaste...

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Saw a comment that Elizabeth Holmes looks like a mouse wished to be able to commit wire fraud and now I can't unsee it

With a still of Elizabeth Holmes from the documentary

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Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 22/09/2025

dudes rock

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Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

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every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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