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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Who's on First?” is and always will be a classic! I loved watching Abbott and Costello 🤣

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Who needs one of these? #BookSky

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hattie Scott Peterson 1946 1st African-American woman 2 earn bachelor's degree in civil engineering, @ Howard Uni. 1947 survey & cartographic engineer 4 US Geological Survey. 1954 1st woman engineer 2 join local US Army Corps of Engineers, flood risk reduction work b #OTD 11 Oct 1913 bit.ly/3hKbQLJ

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Medical physicist Edith Quimby was one of the founders of nuclear medicine. Discovering how to use radiation to diagnose/treat diseases like cancer safely, her research transformed radiology from a dangerous, experimental guessing game into a precise clinical science. Died #OTD 1982. #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white portrait of medical physicist Edith Quimby (1891–1982), one of the foundational figures of nuclear medicine who revolutionized safe radiation dosing for cancer treatment. She sits facing slightly to the right and her gaze is slightly off being directly toward the camera. Her expression is calm, dignified, and approachable, with a subtle, knowing smile. Her light-colored hair is styled in structured, elegant curls characteristic of the mid-20th century. She wears a pinstriped blazer over a light-colored blouse featuring a prominent, lace-trimmed collar. The background is softly blurred. The composition uses classic studio lighting to highlight her features, creating a professional, historically significant mood that honors her legacy as a pioneering woman in STEM.

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T.C. Boyle @tcboyle.com · 10/10/2026

I’m down at the public library for the last day of Banned Books Week, which happens to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month. No quiero bailar hoy, pero quiero leer sin censura.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi is widely celebrated for founding & pioneering the field of bioorthogonal chemistry. She shared the 2022 #Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry." 🧵 She was born #OTD in 1966. #WomenInSTEM #Chemistry 🧪

A portrait of American chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), Nobel laureate celebrated for founding bioorthogonal chemistry. Taken by Christopher Michel in 2022, the composition captures Bertozzi seated behind a polished wood table, leaning her chin thoughtfully on her left palm. She wears a sharp black blazer over a white top, with four visible buttons on her sleeve cuff. Her short, wavy brown hair frames an expression of calm confidence, looking directly at the camera with a gentle, intelligent smile and striking blue eyes. The soft, cinematic side-lighting accentuates the contours of her face and hand against a shallow depth-of-field background, which subtly reveals a modern office or university hallway with neutral gray walls and distant doorway outlines. The mood is dignified, intellectual, and intimate, visually honoring a pioneering scientist whose historic achievements in developing click chemistry have fundamentally revolutionized biological research and targeted cancer medicine.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

💙💛💯🇺🇦

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

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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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Chatty kitten: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Engineer, physicist & NASA astronaut Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, 1983. #WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 + Wrote/co-wrote 7 books to help encourage children to study #science + Co-founded Sally Ride Science to inspire young people in STEM & promote STEM literacy #WomenInSTEM

A historical photograph of Dr. Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012)—the first American woman in space—inside the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-7 mission in June 1983. Dr. Ride is positioned in the center of the frame from the chest up with a warm, engaged smile. She wears a light-blue NASA flight jumpsuit adorned with an American flag patch on her left shoulder, a NASA insignia on her chest, and a name tag that reads "SALLY." A lightweight communications headset rests on her curly, dark brown hair, with a thin microphone curving toward her mouth. Her right hand adjusts a component of the headset wire near her ear. The background is filled with the dense, intricate instrumentation of the shuttle's overhead and aft control panels, packed with gray switches, dials, and circuit breakers. The tight framing, soft interior lighting, and candid composition emphasize a focused yet calm atmosphere, documenting a milestone moment for women in STEM and space exploration.

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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 OR @stacernresists.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day! Grateful for the amazing Aides, therapists and nurses I work with who provide palliative care for our homebound patients! Grateful for the amazing hospice care staff who helped us with my mom in law! ALL of you, every day, are a blessing!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“There was a child in the car” Abolish ICE. theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...

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

Bacteriological chemist & refrigeration engineer Dr. Mary Engle Pennington, the "Ice Woman," revolutionized food safety by inventing the "cold chain." Her groundbreaking work on continuous refrigeration kept perishable food fresh from harvest to consumer. She was born #OTD in 1872. 🧵 #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white photograph of Dr. Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), the pioneering American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer known as the "Ice Woman." Shown from the chest up, she poses at a three-quarter angle, facing left while turning her gaze calmly toward the camera. Her expression is serene, intellectual, and confident, marked by a slight, knowing smile. Her wavy, light-colored hair is parted down the middle and neatly pinned back, framing her face and her thin, round wire-rimmed spectacles. She is elegantly dressed in a textured, small-checked pattern blazer over a collared blouse with a delicate, ornate pendant hanging from her neckline. Pinched to her left lapel is a prominent corsage featuring two light-colored, lifelike fabric flower blossoms complete with subtle leaves. The overall composition uses classic soft studio lighting that creates a gentle gradient across her face against a dark, featureless backdrop, capturing a dignified and scholarly mood that honors her monumental contributions to global food safety.

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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ophthalmologist Dr. Agatha Aboe led the medical campaign in Ghana to eliminate trachoma (leading infectious cause of preventable blindness globally). It worked. Ghana became the 1st country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the disease, 2018. #WorldSightDay #WomenInSTEM

A low-angle, close-up portrait of renowned Ghanaian ophthalmologist and public health pioneer Dr. Agatha Aboe. Celebrated for leading the historic medical campaign that made Ghana the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma in 2018, she is captured looking upward and to the left with an optimistic, serene smile. Her black hair is neatly styled with shaved, patterned sides. She wears distinctive semi-translucent, light-blue-framed glasses and bright orange, teardrop-shaped beaded earrings that offer a vibrant color contrast. Her top is a simple, high-collared bright blue shirt. The background features a soft-focus, minimalist golden-yellow architectural column under warm, natural sunlight. The tight composition and uplifting lighting establish an empowering, visionary mood, symbolizing her historical significance as a leading global voice for Women in STEM who now exports eye-health roadmaps to other endemic nations

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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

Remembering Dr. Janice Voss during #WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 & #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. An engineer & astronaut, she served as a mission specialist on 5 Shuttle missions & was Science Director for NASA's Kepler Space Observatory. #WomenInSTEM She was born #OTD in 1956 & died of #breastcancer in 2012.

A candid, documentary-style photograph of American engineer and NASA astronaut Dr. Janice Voss (1956–2012) operating the controls inside a Space Shuttle flight deck in microgravity. Seated at a slight angle and framed from the torso up, she turns back over her right shoulder to look directly at the camera with a bright, joyful, and radiant smile. Her thick brown hair is floating buoyantly upward and backward away from her face, a clear visual indicator of the zero-gravity environment. She is dressed in a dark navy blue crew flight jacket over a red collared shirt. Her left hand rests lightly on a control console above her, while her right hand works near a grid of gray instrument buttons. She is surrounded by the complex, industrial interior of the shuttle cabin, which is packed with densely arranged instrumentation panels, monitors displaying digital data, toggles, wiring bundles, a mounted camera assembly, and an orange flight suit securely strapped to the bulkhead beside her. The natural, unfiltered cabin lighting casts soft shadows across the scene, evoking a professional, inspiring, and triumphant mood. The composition emphasizes her historic significance as a veteran of five spaceflights and a champion for women in STEM fields.

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

#OTD in 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier & Jennifer Doudna won the #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (referring to their groundbreaking work on the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors). They were the first all-female team to win a Nobel in science. #WomenInSTEM

A side-by-side composite photo of French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier (born December 11, 1968) on the left and American biochemist Jennifer Doudna (born February 19, 1964) on the right. The pair made history by developing the CRISPR-Cas9 "genetic scissors" technology in 2012, which earned them the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. On the left, Dr. Charpentier stands indoors with her hands casually resting in her jeans pockets, looking directly at the camera with a calm, subtle smile. She wears a dark blue tailored blazer over a dark buttoned shirt. Behind her is a large chalkboard filled with scientific diagrams and hand-written biological terms like "ADN Virus," "RNA," "Cas9," and "Bact." On the right, Dr. Doudna stands outdoors with her arms crossed, smiling warmly. She is wearing a brown structured blazer over a dark V-neck top, paired with dark jeans and a black belt. She is positioned before a large, minimalist silver metal sculpture made of intersecting arches, with a soft-focus background of green trees. The composition blends the rigorous, analytical workspace of the laboratory with an open, organic outdoor environment, evoking a professional, accomplished, and confident mood that emphasizes their revolutionary impact on biotechnology.

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I spent my childhood terrified of quicksand, spontaneous combustion and the Bermuda Triangle. Turns out I should’ve been worried about my knees.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”

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

Biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative in the 1930s that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide by 1952. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent/unreliable.It remains the basis for the TB skin test used today. Born #OTD in 1897. #WomenInSTEM

A vintage black-and-white studio portrait features biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert (1900–1991), famed for developing the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide. Captured from the chest up, she poses in a three-quarter turn while looking directly at the camera with a subtle, intelligent smile, establishing a serene, professional, and historically significant mood. Her dark hair is styled in a classic 1920s short bob featuring prominent finger waves framing her forehead. She wears delicate, rimless spectacles and a light-colored blouse designed with a prominent collar and soft ruffled detailing along the edges. The composition employs soft-focus lighting typical of early 20th-century photography, casting gentle highlights across her face against a smooth, dark, non-descript studio backdrop. In the bottom right corner, a faint, embossed photographer's stamp adds an authentic period touch to this archival image celebrating a foundational figure in medicine.

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

Taikonaut Dr. Liu Yang was the first Chinese woman to travel into space, 2012. #WorldSpaceWeek🚀 In 2022, Liu returned to orbit on Shenzhou 14, helping build the Tiangong Space Station & performing a historic spacewalk. She is also a military transport pilot. She was born #OTD in 1978. #WomenInSTEM

A portrait of Chinese taikonaut Dr. Liu Yang (born 1978), historic space pioneer and the first Chinese woman in space, appearing in her formal spacesuit assembly. The medium close-up shot focuses on her face as she glances off-camera to the left with a subtle, serene smile and clear, focused eyes, creating a calm and determined mood. She is securely fitted into her white intravehicular spacesuit, which features a heavy metal helmet locking ring resting on her collarbones, complete with metal clasps and a blue name badge reading "刘洋 / Yang Liu". Wrapped tightly over her head is a dark, functional communication cap fitted with earphones and an integrated black adjustable boom microphone positioned directly in front of her mouth. The background is a solid, warm brown wooden paneling that isolates the subject, drawing total attention to the tech-heavy gear and her calm demeanor. The composition highlights her historical significance as a symbol of human spaceflight exploration and a trailblazer for women in science and aviation.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pioneering neuropsychologist Dr. Muriel Lezak revolutionized how we understand & treat brain trauma. Her landmark textbook "Neuropsychological Assessment" (1976) became is widely regarded as the foundational text in clinical #neuropsychology. She died #OTD in 2021 at the age of 94. #WomenInSTEM

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Muriel Lezak, Leading Authority on Brain Injuries, Dies at 94 (Gift Article)

A neuropsychologist, she wrote a textbook that became an essential guide to describing and evaluating brain damage and dysfunction.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NASA astronaut & biochemistry researcher Peggy Whitson holds the US space endurance record. Cumulatively, she spent 695 days in #space--the equivalent of a hypothetical round trip to Mars. First woman NASA Chief Astronaut, 2009. #WomenInSTEM #WorldSpaceDay 🚀

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.

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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie

Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti: the first Italian woman in space, 2014. #WorldSpaceWeek🚀 She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut & brewed the first espresso in space. #WomenInSTEM #Italy 📷 : Coolest #coffee break in history!

Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti inside the International Space Station (ISS), sipping fresh espresso from a special 3D-printed "Zero-G cup" designed to use the fluid's surface tension to let the astronauts sip from it rather than using a straw from a pouch. She has short dark hair, wears a red-and-black jacket over a purple shirt (a Star Trek uniform specifically for the occasion), and smiles softly while Earth’s blue horizon and swirling white clouds fill the huge circular window above her.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#OTD in 2009 biologist Dr. Carolyn Greider & biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn shared the #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (w/J. Szostak) for discovering of telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. Monumental implications for the #aging & #cancer research fields. #WomenInSTEM

A portrait-style photograph of American molecular biologist Dr. Carol W. Greider (born April 15, 1961) on the left, standing slightly ahead of Australian-American molecular biologist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn (born November 26, 1948) on the right. Both women are positioned from the chest up, smiling warmly and directly at the camera against a minimalist, seamless off-white background. Dr. Greider wears a vibrant, structured red coat over a cream-colored top, her shoulder-length blonde hair parted in the middle and framing her bright expression. Dr. Blackburn wears a heavy, charcoal-grey tweed coat over a black shirt, accessorized with a delicate gold chain necklace bearing a round pendant. She has light brown, shoulder-length hair and thin-rimmed oval glasses. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting their joyful expressions in a mood of shared triumph and deep professional camaraderie. Taken in March 2009, shortly before they jointly received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, this image holds profound historical significance, representing a landmark celebration of their co-discovery of the enzyme telomerase and its role in chromosome protection.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WATCH: “Did you go to public schools? Did you drive here on roads?” 🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social expertly handles Fox propagandist martha maccallum’s fearmongering about socialism (From @acyn.bsky.social )

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

#OTD in 2015, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist & malariologist Tu Youyou won the #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria." The therapy saved millions of lives—particularly across Asia, Africa, and South America. #wow #WomenInSTEM

A close-up photograph captures Tu Youyou (born 1930), the historic Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, malariologist, and educator who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering artemisinin, a breakthrough malaria therapy that saved millions of lives globally. She is positioned on the left side of the composition, facing forward while gazing warmly toward the right with a soft, gentle smile and thoughtful eyes. She wears thin, oval-shaped metallic eyeglasses secured by a black beaded lanyard chain draped over her ears, and a textured, dark red knit sweater featuring a black pattern around the collar. Her dark hair is styled back in a voluminous, short cut. The minimalist background consists of a solid, dark slate-blue wall with the blurry top of a white ceramic teapot visible in the lower right corner, casting a peaceful, revered, and deeply dignified mood that honors her immense contribution to global public health.

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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 05/10/2026

More than a century ago, at Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains, astronomers made the groundbreaking discovery that a vast universe lies beyond our Milky Way galaxy.

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