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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's going to be in the high 80s (around 29-32 C) the next couple of days and I don't think I'm wrong for being angry about having October stolen by fossil fuels

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

El-Sayed: "I was a junior in HS on 9/11, sitting in my chemistry class. I watched as people started to point to people of my faith & say exactly the kinds of things that Rogers was saying. If that's his entire campaign strategy, you have to imagine how small minded he thinks Michiganders are."

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

quote posting that guy is symptom of people too online. rage inducing, but I couldn't describe to parents or even friends why he's relevant.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners." — Margaret H. Hamilton, RIP Resilience in software programming, safety as a core priority. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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💪🏽🤟🏼💪🏿🫶🏽 L Ramalho 🍉 @ramalho.org · 08/10/2026

Hamilton programmed the AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer). In the final approach to the Moon, Aldrin reports 2 computer alarms: 1202, 1201. That was the AGC warning it was halting secondary tasks to protect the main task: helping Armstrong fly the LEM. Dialog at 2:21s: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Uj...

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Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

YouTube video by Tim Jefferies

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Callalily @callalily57.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

RIP. My mother worked on her team at MIT on the Apollo Project. We had some of those books, like the ones stacked in the photo, in my parents' basement when I was a kid, and I used to like going through them and seeing how much I could follow (not much) and finding the pages with my mom's name.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Until I see *anyone* drive under the speed limit, I have a hard time believing that people are actually confronting unsolveable gas expenses.

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I need someone to develop an app where I deposit like $100 at the beginning of the year and then when I click on an article that’s behind a paywall they deduct a cost per article for that specific site and send it to the publication rather than expect me to subscribe to 50 outlets.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

yeah, it'd be great to put people in timeout. someone with really good takes, but also is obsessive about a reality tv series. mute until the finale of the Bachelor.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

as soon as you can say it without thinking about it, you're in. it makes more sense to me than any other second person plural in the current vernacular, so it shouldn't take long. feel free to ship it back to friends you left behind.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

definitely a tag yourself opportunity. I'm "boit l'obstacle!"

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EL-P @el-p.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

safe to say there is an ongoing, full on metal health crisis infecting countless souls on instagram daily. a widespread, absolute and desperate loosening of reality with consequences we may never fully understand but will absolutely feel. yes, i'm talking about cute animal videos being AI.

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Nick in NC @nicknc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An Ericad a Day, 9/n Kalmia latifolia, mountain laurel. Eno River State Park, North Carolina, May 2023.🌱

A cluster of white flowers that look like little parasols. The anthers are the ribs of the parasol, and the pistil is the handle.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The most preternatural fungi I saw today on the Oregon Coast.

i white with gray my eyeball black stares back on bed of moss all green

my face all orange and laid bare chewed by some left to rot away orange

stufous dufous shelf humungous orange black and gray magicians hat upon a tree

i was round once but soon was petals bite by bite so turned to flower gray and white

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

yeah, we have a gazelle with a Bosch drive. almost 900 miles on it and haven't had to do so much as change a tire. spend many weekends helping wrench at the durham bike co-op, a lot of pretty frames roll through.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this is the first time in my life I've owned more than one bicycle, though I use Lil's ebike for chores. but because I built this second bike myself, it definitely peeled the curtains back on additional upgrades or trying out different geometries or setups. need a formula to incorporate n-prime.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i would never have pegged you as an n+1 person. can you give us a taste of the other bikes you had?

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i see, we got us one of those pancake oreo eaters in here.

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WABA Cargo Bike Library @wababikelibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good morning from baby Bree - heading home from sibling dropoff on her cargo bike library borrow! #bikedc #cargobike @bunchbike.com

cute baby with sunglasses in cargo bike with 2 other helmets

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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026

Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets

The ancient two-panel Drake meme. On the top, he's looking away in disgust and holding his hand up. The text next to it says "Truck-or-treat". On the bottom, he looks pleased and is pointing toward text that says "Close your street".

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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This Capybarra is just exhausted.

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Megan Ramey @bikabout.com · 01/10/2026

"were you the one at Westside Elementary who taught me how to ride a bike last year? I never got a chance to thank you. Now I can ride with my older sister" Almost sweeter than the moment they learn to ride is the follow-up on how it's changed their lives. Especially with older students.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm not a horror aficionado, but I'd have included Midsommar somewhere on there.

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Aaron Lubeck @aaronlubeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

~2 years ago, this was the scar Hurricane Helene left behind.

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...

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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 (Gift Article)

He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

me: iggy i think if a witch offered you a pastry you would fall for it immediately and eat the pastry right? iggy: no! me: what about a cookie? iggy: (has forgotten about the witch) yummmm i love cookies. and also pastries and that is why it works in the stories

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Praise Sunday however it hits you.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

oh, perfect to start the day. I was obsessed with Roy Davis' "Gabriel" about 10 years back, scratches the same itch for me. youtu.be/FwxpMIEZ9fg?...

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Roy Davis Jr ft Peven Everett - Gabriel (Live Garage Version)

YouTube video by XL Recordings

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels

Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

science fiction ᵇᵃᶜᵏᶜᵒᵛᵉʳ⬇️

Illustrated book cover featuring giant crabs eating people who are running in every direction. Copy and title read:

On a distant planet of crustaceans exists a new and exciting economic system...
CRABITALISM
Humans go in - Crabs become more powerful!
HORK MYXLN

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ColdChef @coldchef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Snacks for the End Times™.

Pringles Beer Cheese Burger chips. Made with Lite beer. You know, that really delicious one? /sarcasm

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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If I didn't read @ncrabbithole.com, I wouldn't know that Prince once purchased a poodle in the Asheville mall. And that would be no way to live.

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Amy Probably @socklessinseattle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Focusing on local stuff helped my mental health tenfold. I prioritize attending local events, listening to local bands, buying from local businesses, learning the local flora and fauna, reading local authors, etc. loving where i come from and striving to make it better gives me hope and happiness

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this place is definitely one of the best things about Durham. I took my time trying it out because of the hype, and it exceeded my expectations.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

if you live in a town with a bike co-op, they will often train you to put bikes together. the one in Durham has a really welcoming community of regulars. www.durhambikecoop.org

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Durham Bike Co-op

The Durham Bike Co-op is an all-volunteer, non-profit community bicycle project. We refurbish donated bikes, teach bike repair skills, & more!

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

after today's ride, I'm pretty sure the bike I've ridden for the last ten years was too big for me. if you ride bikes and you're feeling like your ride is slow or less fun, it's worth it to look around and try some different ones. fb marketplace might work as well as your local bike shop.

a custom build I've been slowly working on since February. Soma Doublecross frame, 650bx48 tires, 160mm cranks, and a 2x10 microshift drivetrain running 46-30 in the front. so fun!!

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The explosion of e-bikes, e-trikes and e-scooters is truly revolutionary...The joy and freedom of biking is intoxicating for everyone who has had the opportunity to try out life on two or three wheels with a little e-boost.

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Op-Ed | E-bikes mean freedom for low-vision cyclists like me: don’t take that away | amNewYork

So did a lot of other people who, like me, don’t have valid driver’s licenses. In July, the state’s new e-bike law went into effect. Among other regulations

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I like Bob Mortimer's variant called "Theft and Shrubbery."

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

sat on Costco's column stoops tonight and took in the cleanest moment of my day, a simple sky in sun set, thinking of Annie Dillard's words. Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek is excellent, a deep bench of timeless observations of nature. Holy the Firm is short, brutal, and incandescent in its peering. r.i.p

a page from Annie Dillard's A Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek, from a chapter musing on intricacy.

a page from Annie Dillard's Holy the Firm, describing the moth who caught the car.

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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

RIP to Annie Dillard, simply the greatest of all time, in whose inimitable style I try and fail to fashion myself, a beacon, a mystic, something like a god! PILGRIM has been on my nightstand as I write my new book (for which she is my epigraph). too many astonishing passages, but here is just one:

Parasitism: this itch, this gasp in the lung, this coiled worm in the gut, hatching eggs in the sinew, warble-hole in the hide—is a sort of rent, paid by all creatures who live in the real world with us now. It is not an extortionary rent: Woulnd't you pay it, don't you, a little blood from the throat and wrists for the taste of the air? Ask the turtle. True, for some creatures it is a slow death; for others, like the stylopsised bee, it is a strange, transfigured life. For most of us Western humans directly it is a pinprick or scabrous itch here and there from a world we learned early could pinch, and no surprise. Or it is the black burgeoning of disease, the dank baptismal lagoon into which we are dipped by blind chance many times over against our wishes, until one way or another we die. Chomp. It is the thorn in the flesh of the world, another sign, if any be needed, that the world is actual and fringed, pierced here and there, and through and through, with the toothed conditions of time and the mysterious, coiled spring of death.

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Might be the first AI post to check all the boxes of “does a professional who is much closer to the topic than you are, who became an expert in the field more than 10 years ago, and who finds various relevant interpersonal peculiarities as weird as you do, seem worried?” scottaaronson.blog?p=10062

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The Age of Wonders and Terrors

Twenty years ago, when the idea of AI taking over the world in our lifetimes still struck most of us as the unconstrained fantasy of those who knew too much science fiction and too little science, …

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

the ghost of Edward Abbey finding a third career in hardware.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm seeing more of these bikes at the co-op that have a way to separate the main triangle, either on the top tube or downtube. the geometry is pretty standard roadie. I'd never heard of such a thing before.

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JFB @jasonfbennett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

i have been shredding old bills on rainy days for at least eight months. nothing further back than 2014, but omg. i think we'll have a much simpler system at the end of it. life is too short to waste even rainy days this way.

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