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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 12h

Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first female Space Shuttle pilot. #WorldSpaceWeek🚀 She piloted the Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-63 (1995), a mission that included the first-ever rendezvous between a US Space Shuttle and the Russian space station Mir. #WomenInSTEM

An official NASA portrait of a smiling Eileen Collins (born 1956), the first female Space Shuttle pilot and commander, posing in front of a studio backdrop. Positioned left of center, she is captured from the waist up, turned slightly right while facing forward with a warm, confident expression. Her short, light brown hair is neatly styled in a voluminous, feathered cut. She wears a vibrant orange Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) complete with a bulky metallic neck ring, black collar fabric underneath, and an intricate harness. A circular mission patch for STS-93 is prominently affixed to the right side of her chest, reading the names Collins, Ashby, Coleman, Hawley, and Tognini, while a blue-and-white NASA name tag on her left side reads "EILEEN M. COLLINS". Her right hand gently rest on a glossy black-and-white astronaut helmet held in her lap. The backdrop features the United States flag draped on the far left, while a detailed desktop model of the Space Shuttle stacked with its solid rocket boosters and external tank stands on a pedestal to the right. The overall composition balances a professional, historic mood with Collins' approachable demeanor, celebrating her groundbreaking milestones as a trailblazing woman in STEM and space exploration.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 13h

Jody Williams & International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) shared the 1997 #Nobel Peace Prize for their work for the banning & clearing of anti-personnel mines. She was born #OTD in 1950. Williams was the founding coordinator & key organizer of the ICBL, launched in 1992 with six NGOs.🧵

A studio portrait of political activist Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950), the core organizer of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines who shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her historic disarmament efforts. The subject is framed from the chest up against a plain, neutral grey-beige background. Tilted slightly to her right, she faces the camera with a bright, genuine, open-mouthed smile that creases the corners of her expressive eyes. Her light blonde hair is cut into a short, textured style with soft bangs framing her forehead. She wears a simple, solid black V-neck top, which beautifully contrasts with her fair complexion. She wears a thin metallic necklace holding a small, intricate pendant featuring a dark red or purple gemstone. The lighting is soft and directional, illuminating her face and casting subtle shadows that highlight her features. The composition focuses entirely on her approachable demeanor, evoking a warm, hopeful, and deeply human mood that balances her status as an influential global diplomat with her grassroots origin.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21h

Congratulations to Navi Pillay! She was awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize this morning. The South African #HumanRights rights lawyer & jurist won "for her efforts to promote peace & international law." A life-long dedication to ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted.

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to South African human rights pioneer Navi Pillay | CNN

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he deserves to win. Fo...

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And the person making $5MM then gets proportionately more each month when they go on Social Security? Right now, because each person in the meme's scenario pays in the same amount, they get the same amount each month when the go on Social Security.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you for leading the team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon. Yours is an amazing legacy & everyone should know your name. Goodnight and godspeed, Margaret Hamilton. 🕯️

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulations to Anne Carson! She was awarded the #Nobel Prize in Literature this morning! 🥳 The Canadian poet and essayist won "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." #LitSky #Canada

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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#OTD in 2006, Anna Politkovskaya--Russian investigative journalist & human rights defender--was murdered in her apt building in Moscow. #PressFreedom She exposed state corruption, opposed the Chechen conflict & wrote "Putin's Russia," a book critical of his rise to power & authoritarian shift.

A serious portrait-style photograph of Russian journalist, author, and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya (August 30, 1958 – October 7, 2006). Globally revered for her fearless exposure of human rights abuses in Chechnya and her staunch criticism of Vladimir Putin, she looks slightly off-camera with a solemn, resolute, and deeply contemplative expression. Her face is framed by her signature silver-gray hair, parted down the middle and tucked behind her ears, revealing long, slender gold bar earrings. She wears oval, wire-rimmed gold glasses and a crisp, white collared shirt that stands out sharply against the composition. She is in the right two-thirds of the frame, balanced by a soft-focused, bright outdoor background of green and white bokeh on the left. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting her focused gaze. The overall mood is serious, reflective, and dignified, serving as a powerful visual testament to her legacy as a champion of press freedom who paid the ultimate price for her investigative work.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

TIL that taikonauts is the English exonym for Chinese astronauts.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Engineer Vanessa Wyche is the 3rd woman & 1st Black woman to hold the post of Director of the Johnson Space Center (2021-). She oversees >11,000 people & is responsible for the hub of America's human spaceflight activities from astronaut training to managing ISS ops. #WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 #WomenInSTEM

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maria Ressa was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize (with Dmitry Muratov) for "their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for #democracy and lasting peace." She is the first Nobel laureate from the Philippines. Happy birthday @mariaressa.bsky.social 🥳

A color photograph of Maria Ressa, born October 2, 1963, the pioneering Filipino journalist, co-founder of Rappler, and co-recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. She is standing at a dark wooden podium, captured from the chest up. Smiling broadly with an expression of joy and animation, she looks slightly to the right of the frame. She wears thin, rimless eyeglasses, a black turtleneck, and a textured, patterned blazer in shades of cream and light pink or soft orange. Her right hand is raised forward with her palm open and fingers extended in a welcoming, expressive gesture, while her left hand grips the flexible neck of a black microphone attached to the podium. The warm, soft-focus background suggests a grand indoor lecture hall or auditorium with architectural details. The bright, direct lighting emphasizes her optimistic and commanding presence, reflecting her historical significance as a fearless champion of freedom of expression and democratic resilience.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Democracy Now's Amy Goodman talks with @jeremyscahill.com about this report from Drop Site News. Just devastating. bsky.app/profile/demo...

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Constance Baker Motley's strategic legal mind fundamentally reshaped the legal landscape of desegregation. As the principal female attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, she was a leading legal architect of the #CivilRights movement. She died #OTD in 2005. 🧵

A black-and-white close-up portrait of Constance Baker Motley (September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005), the trailblazing civil rights attorney and first Black woman appointed as a federal judge. Photographed against a plain, neutral background, she poses facing forward with her torso angled slightly to the right, looking just past the camera. She wears her dark hair styled in a voluminous, soft-curled bob with a side part. Her expression is warm and confident, marked by a slight, serene smile and direct, engaged eyes. She is dressed in her black judicial robes, featuring structured pleats down the front, accessorized with simple white button earrings and a delicate bead necklace peeking through the V-neckline. The composition uses soft, flattering lighting that highlights her features, creating a dignified, commanding, and historically significant mood that reflects her trailblazing legal legacy.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I looked for these earlier. I couldn't find a list of just the 61 new ones. Seems they were added into the existing list (along with 5 companies that were removed). If you want to see the entire list (214 in total), it starts on page 10 of this UN PDF:

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/09/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a half-empty chamber at the United Nations on Thursday after dozens of delegations walked out in protest at the start of his speech. Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator, says Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation “needs to be translated into action."

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“Grotesque”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Netanyahu’s U.N. Speech & Israel’s Impunity

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a half-empty chamber at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, after dozens of delegations walked out in protest at the start of his speec...

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No, Israel would not have. The 175,000 children in Israel unvaccinated against polio were not vaccinated primarily due to religious exemptions. Much easier to overcome the threat by allowing vaccinations in Gaza than to fight the religious establishment internally.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It doesn't. Israeli officials widely acknowledge that the threat of polio spreading to Israel & its soldiers was a primary factor in the decision to allow polio vaccinations. They emphasized that "the virus does not respect borders." The irony in this statement cannot be overstated.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dr. Wangari Maathai (d. #OTD 2011): 1st African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, 2004. She broke the traditional definitions of peacebuilding & demonstrated that environmental sustainability, democratic governance & local resource equity are the bedrock of a conflict-free society. #WomenInSTEM

A full-length photograph of Dr. Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), the renowned Kenyan environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She stands outdoors, smiling warmly at the camera with her hands gently supporting the stem of a young green sapling growing from the soil, symbolizing her foundational work with the Green Belt Movement. Dr. Maathai is dressed in vibrant traditional African attire, featuring a matching brown and black patterned top and a dynamic patterned skirt block-printed with white, black, and brown geometric motifs. A matching fabric headwrap is beautifully gathered atop her head. She wears a watch on her left wrist. The composition places her centrally within a lush, natural environment filled with green foliage, leafy bushes, and ferns against a soft-focus backdrop of a stone wall. The overarching mood is joyful, inspiring, and hopeful, visually encapsulating her lifetime commitment to community-led conservation, grassroots democracy, and women's rights.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They have no ties to the Israelis. Their work in Palestine helps children every day and has for 35 years. Also, NGO Monitor is run by the Institute for NGO Research, an independent, pro-Israel research institute and watchdog group based in Jerusalem.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He already donated $1MM from the Sheeran tour and according to the official Free Palestine tour announcement, "all proceeds benefiting organizations supporting Palestine and the Palestinian movement." One of the beneficiaries is PCRF. PCRF's response to Macklemore: 👇

The PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund) @ThePCRF 7h
From all of us at PCRF, thank you @macklemore
💙 Your support helps us bring lifesaving medical care to children in Gaza and across Palestine at a time of immense need!

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

According to the official tour announcement, "all proceeds benefiting organizations supporting Palestine and the Palestinian movement." One of the beneficiaries is PCRF. PCRF's response to Macklemore: 👇

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fair enough. But they did break the law and we the people are either for the rule of law or we're not. No cherry picking.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We protesters should be arrested if we break the law. You're either for the rule of law or you're not, but if you pick and choose, you're a hypocrite.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He should if they were breaking the law. That's often part of the strategy of we protesters globally. A lot more attention is paid to protests when arrests are made. I've been arrested 13 times (wish it was more) knowing full well it would happen before I went.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He had his administration review "every avenue available under applicable law" and he publicly announced in a video in July, "It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant."

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Same vibes as Trump's obsession with Obama.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Genocide--the crime of crimes--will be Israel's legacy forevermore.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The cheers came from the sycophants he once again had brought in to sit in the upper deck so that news outlets would mention there were cheers.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

World News seems not to know the difference between dozens and scores...

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indicted war criminal who excessively conflates all we Jews with the heinous crimes against humanity Israel perpetrates says what?

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That's not an answer. You read into the post and mentioned things that were not true that weren't in the post.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Where does the post say that she had more to do with Star Trek beyond getting the second (and ultimately successful) pilot financed & shown on the networks? Where does it say she should be credited for the success of Star Trek? Nowhere. Nothing in the actual post is a half-truth or misinformation.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says Belarus cannot supply potash to the United States under Donald Trump's proposed "deal" with Belarus. Lukashenko said today, "Even if we wanted to supply somewhere else, Western markets, we just don't have those volumes, everything has been contracted."

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Then, like in the the Indivisible/No Kings model, encourage groups to form in their community (Indivisible has ~3000 groups in all 50 states). A grassroots movement around education, action & creating organized collective pressure. There's momentum already, it should be capitalized upon.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Agreed. I think the American people need a centralized body (like the Indivisible/No Kings model) that connects the myriad distinct efforts already going on to root out & counter the influence so they can all share intel, resources, etc. Not "run" by it, just it functioning as a coordinating body.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can't wait--seeing the film this week at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SCOTUS found that boycotts to bring about political change occupy "the highest rung of the hierarchy of First Amendment values." NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It may be a dumb move for you, Matthew, but you and I live different lives (fondness for rye toast notwithstanding). I gave up my US citizenship almost 20 years ago. For me, second best decision I ever made.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did they give a reason?

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm with you. Although I cannot vote in the US (no longer a US citizen) and I recognize the US & the world cannot have another MAGA Republican POTUS...I cannot imagine Harris in the White House.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

She was repeatedly tested during competition & passed every test. She had extra, rigorous drug testing during the 1988 Olympics. "We never found anything. There should not be the slightest suspicion." She died in her sleep; the cause of death was suffocation during a severe epileptic seizure.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thank you for responding, Xefan. It's informational and helpful to learn what people understand/believe to be true.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's #WorldPeaceDay. Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement," was the first woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1905. She established the Austrian Peace Society (1891) & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms." #BookSky

Black-and-white portrait photograph of Bertha von Suttner, an Austrian pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, taken in her later years. She faces the camera directly with a calm, dignified expression, her dark eyes gazing to the right right. She has voluminous, curly dark hair styled high and full around her face. She wears an elegant Victorian-era dark dress with a high neck, adorned by an elaborate wide lace collar featuring intricate floral patterns and scalloped edges that drape over her shoulders, giving a formal and regal appearance.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hudson Institute? Really? Bottom line & back to the OP's post, Israel doesn't allow international journalists into Gaza so that additional sources are not documenting and reporting on its atrocities. Israel has targeted and killed international journalists, Hamas never has.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Same here, Michael. I will see it in 3 days at the film festival in Spain and it opens in NYC Sept 26 during the NY Film Festival and then on to California. If it is denied broader theater distribution, I hope they just put it online (for a fee initially) like the filmmakers of Israelism did.

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nonsense. There is not one documented case in existence of of Hamas targeting and killing Western or international journalists. Israel on the other hand..

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Kate @katesays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'd really love to hear more about the millions Iran killed over the last 40+ years...

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