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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 11h
Today is Sextidi the 26th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate eggplants. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Eggplants.
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Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now @radcliffecup.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It's the perfect time of year to listen to our series, 'Ann Radcliffe: A Gothic Heroine for Today' 🕯️🎃 six episodes interviewing Radcliffe experts (with more to come!), plus special episodes on Romantic culture, Gothic women, and Gothic cinema! Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/series/ann-r...
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Ann Radcliffe: A Gothic Heroine for Today
Discover why Ann Radcliffe, Gothic fiction pioneer, still matters today in this AHRC-backed podcast with expert interviews.
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Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira @mausellmoli.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"Each pair had a bleached and a healthy fragment. He set up five pairs so that their fragments touched each other, and five with their fragments separated by a few millimetres. In the touching pairs, the bleached coral recovered within eight weeks."
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‘Incredible’: bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour
A coral fragment can form a tissue bridge with a dying counterpart — and provide it with crucial microalgae.
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The Terry Pratchett Estate @terrypratchett.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Happy publication day to the Discworld Bestiary! It's absolutely jam-packed with creatures and critters. Here's Discworld illustrator Paul Kidby talking about his favourite beast(s) from the book...
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 15/10/2026
this is the best thing I've seen in forever
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's International Plain Language Day! Today, plain language practitioners around the world will take time to celebrate their hard work and mark the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Plain Writing Act on October 13, 2010. How will you celebrate today?
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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages. granta.com/contributor/...
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
International Plain Language Day is one week away! Celebrate with a practical look at user testing in our webinar, User Testing: Why It Matters, What Gets in the Way, and How to Get Started. October 13 | $45 members | $75 non-members Sign up: buff.ly/4Iy2IK7 #InternationalPlainLanguageDay #UX
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Spotted and sent in by a friend of the show! The good news is someone HAS sent me on tour. Tickets for 2027 available now via my website 🎤🏺
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Xander's Skyscape @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WHY IS THERE A BABY CAMEL??? 😍 (Everything else I accept without question.)
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Karen O'D @websitemgmt2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Found another of the public art / bus stop benches. Love the lamp!
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
Some of the best airports for nonstop flights can be the worst for people with connections, especially tight ones. Passengers in transit typically care more about interterminal transportation, walkability and signage. Here's how to avoid a bad layover: wapo.st/4z6sX17
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Free member meetups, access to the IPLF’s Resource Bank, exclusive content, special pricing, and more. What do they have in common? They’re all benefits of joining the Center for Plain Language. If you’re passionate about plain language, join us today: buff.ly/7oGbuaI
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
A baby fur seal was spotted wandering through a busy road and alley in Wellington, New Zealand, before police moved it to a safer location. Baby seals often venture into unusual places between June and September, a period the Department of Conservation call “seal silly season.”
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 01/10/2026
Today is Primidi the 11th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate potatoes. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Potatoes.
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Content Design London @contentdesign.london · 02/10/2026
People don’t visit your product or service to read it. They visit to use it. Rich Prowse on designing for how people actually read. contentdesign.london/blog/design-...
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
thanks, merriam-webster. good work, merriam-webster.
merriam webster says “phenomenons” is acceptable
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Put your plain language to the test! Join us on International Plain Language Day for a webinar with experts who'll share what they’ve learned from testing legal information, digital experiences, and consumer products. Sign up: buff.ly/aWCnbaQ October 13 | 1:30p.m. ET #ContentDesign #UserTesting
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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 27/09/2026
Today is Septidi the 7th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate carrots. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Carrots.
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Georgette Heyer @missgheyer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"You will find it another dead bore, I daresay!” “Possibly, but I shall be upheld by a feeling of virtue.” —Frederica
Cover of 1965 first edition of Frederica, depicting an early hot-air balloon.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 26/09/2026
As copy chief, I read every single bloody jacket/cover on all our books, usually a number of times, and I asked my boss once if she thought that was a proper use of my precious/exalted time. "Are you adding anything to the process?" "Yes." "Then keep doing it."
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The Alexandria Brief @alexandriabrief.com · 26/09/2026
[AlertDC] The U.S. Military will conduct an aircraft flyover in the National Capital Region (NCR) over Northwest Stadium on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at 12:59PM.
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Ask a Manager @askamanager.org · 23/09/2026
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my mom
My mom, Barbara Green, died two years ago this week. I wrote this for her. It is not about work. My mother scheduled her death for 10 a.m. on a Wednesday. Two years earlier, she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — metastatic, we learned one horrible afternoon at Johns Hopkins, which meant surgery wasn’t […] The post my mom appeared first on Ask a Manager.
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Metro @wmata.com · 22/09/2026
Metro’s Art in Transit program is seeking a talented professional to design a signature piece for the Northern Bus Garage Reconstruction Project. ⏰ Applications are due on Sept. 24: opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/...
Infographic with a rendering of the Bus Bay.
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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My present care is fitting my wife’s closett and my house, and making her a velvet coate, and me a new black cloth suit, and coate and cloake, and evening my reckoning as well as I can against Michaelmas Day.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
proud to report that the years have been unable to quench the little voice inside me that says “going on a three-day trip where you’ll be working the whole time? you’d better bring a print copy of the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant in case you have time for a little light reading!!”
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Simple words. Shorter sentences. Clear organization. The fundamentals make a big difference. In our latest blog post, Eric D. Goodman shares his plain language top ten: practical strategies for making information clearer, more accessible and easier to use. See all 10 tips: buff.ly/DKsgXyA
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/09/2026
Readers share memories from the Kennedy Center, and we heard stories from people who waited nine hours for “Hamilton” tickets; who worked as ushers; whose lives were shaped by the art they witnessed and the people they met.
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Why the Kennedy Center matters so much to so many
We asked Washington Post readers to share memories of the storied arts hub. Hundreds responded.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth “So... we have what the people are interested in, and human interest stories, which is what humans are interested in, and the public interest, which no one is interested in.”
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
❤️
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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kpspivey.bsky.social @kpspivey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So far!
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Difficult day at work? At least you are not being eaten by a hippocampus (so far)
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 15/09/2026
Today is Décadi the 30th of Fructidor in the year 234. Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness. Today we celebrate the pack basket. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a the Pack Basket.
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kpspivey.bsky.social @kpspivey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And a complete lack of hyphens.
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How do you make plain language training something people actually want to do? Join In-Game Learning co-founders Christopher Balmford and Cinzia Theobald for a live demo of The Plain Game. September 16 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. ET Register: buff.ly/8Kca59u #PlainLanguage #ISO24495 #LearningDesign
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Karen O'D @websitemgmt2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Freaking brilliant. Must-read for event organizers
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sometimes, basic is best. In our latest blog post, Center member Eric D. Goodman shares 10 practical ways to make your writing clearer, from choosing simple words to organizing info for readers and testing with real users. Read “Plain Language Top Ten: Making Words Work" here: buff.ly/SmV9vV8
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good morning, dumplings. I hope today that your coffee is hot and all your enemies drop dead.
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Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Apropos to a WorldCon convo: I’d say that the most fashion inaccurate issue I see in historical fantasies or genre fantasy is a lack of hats. Not wearing hats is a very new thing. Hats were essential wear outdoors for a looooooong time. And we have collectively erased them.
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 01/09/2026
It was called Video Vault, it was a three story townhouse in a dilapidated part of Old Town, it smelled like a bookshop, and it had a massive cult section, and was responsible for providing most of my movie education from Age 15-25.
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plain_language @center-plain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Stories. Quizzes. Challenges. Plain language. Here are 2 chances to hear how those pieces come together. Join our September 16 webinar about The Plain Game: buff.ly/TDRhP9s And listen to the Top Of Their Game podcast! buff.ly/0PK3NKK #PlainLanguage #Training #LearningExperience
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 26/08/2026
Today is Décadi the 10th of Fructidor in the year 234. Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness. Today we celebrate the ladder. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a the Ladder.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning, the Coldstream Guards at Buckingham Palace performed a tribute to Dolly Parton. The last time I remember the guards at the palace honoring the memory of an American entertainer was when they paid tribute to Aretha Franklin after she passed away.
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Content Design London @contentdesign.london · 21/08/2026
People don't visit your product or service to read it. They visit to use it. Reading is just how they get there. The more reading effort you add, the harder the task gets. Our new post explains what to do about it. buff.ly/PQDg7Sr
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Design for how people read
What content designers need to know about how people read on screen: working memory, cognitive load, scanning patterns and familiar words.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/08/2026
I wrote a piece on this very topic in 2012: whatever.scalzi.com/2012/07/23/a...
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A Self-Made Man Looks At How He Made It
To begin, my mother and father are responsible for me existing at all, so I suppose the first round of “How I made it to where I am” begins there. I was born at Travis Air Force Base in…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/08/2026
Scientists have found that the compounds in tea can protect your blood vessels, lower inflammation, aid relaxation and potentially boost your gut microbiome. Here’s what else to know about the health benefits of drinking tea:
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Column | 5 science-backed health benefits of tea, from longevity to brain health
Drinking tea has been consistently associated with a longer lifespan.
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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 20/08/2026
Same here, baby. Same.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/08/2026
Curling up with a good book isn’t just enjoyable. It’s also good for your brain. Research has found that reading fiction is linked to better social cognition and an increased understanding of the world as a complex place.
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Column | Books are good for your brain. But fiction has a surprising added benefit.
Reading fiction may strengthen the social skills we use to understand and connect with others.
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