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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 4h

Here's one for the "likes watching waves come directly at you during twilight" fans.

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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 8h

Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.

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Lena @lenalily227.bsky.social · 4h

Today is an especially bad news day for discerning satire from reality it seems

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 11h

This poor cormorant was sneezing like *crazy.* He was hanging out with this great egret despite a group of cormorants on a separate nearby log. I think they kicked him out for being sick and the egret was stuck dealing with him lol. #Photography #Birds #BirdOfTheDay

A great egret and a cormorant (double-crested?) perched on a log over blue water). The two birds are looking toward one another.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

Here in Illinois, we're reducing food insecurity while strengthening local economies. By equipping producers with development and expansion funds, we're helping farmers, food processors, and small businesses provide local food across the state.

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New grant funding will help Illinois farmers and food processors expand infrastructure

Illinois officials announced $1.8 million in grant funding for the Local Food Infrastructure Grants program to help eligible organizations expand local food supply chains.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 7h

Found this old picture I took that looks like a cat in front of the sunset.

The Sun setting behind clouds, and the cloud looks like a cat sitting on a pillow

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 9h

Her legal name: Chobani Flip Cookie Dough Greek Yogurt What I call her: - Chobunny - Chobaby - Ch-ch-cho-cho-bani-bani - Little Miss Flips - Pretty Baby - Creature - Beloved Creatura

A tabby calico cat, one eye open, flipped upside down on a gray carpet and hugging her own back feet.

A regal looking tabby calico, chest purest white, eyes barely visible black slits in green pools, whiskers standing at attention, resting on a man's chest.

A young tabby calico, on her back, rear paws in perfect rabbit kick preparation position, grasping a floral patterned catnip bird and doing her best to kill it.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 10h

The epidemiologist told me “I’m so tired of this shit,” so I asked her if she meant Covid or measles or Ebola or plague or the headline “Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise — and it’s morphing into a drug-resistant superbug,” and in response: she sighed heavily.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 9h

Not only that, it was an immediate hit.

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Jason's Mom Has Got It Going On 🎃 @sailorsoapbox.com · 07/10/2026

Here are 10 seconds of Nyxie being adorable.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

impeach hegseth should be on the list day one it is not even debatable tbh

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 8h

Looking for an employment lawyer who has supported people with Long Covid for an article I'm working on who would have 15 minutes to speak Monday-Wednesday next week. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com

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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 8h

My furrs sparkol with clean

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 10h

Another Mexican gray wolf, Flor, has crossed back into New Mexico from Mexico. He’s the fourth wolf known to use this corridor in recent years. His movement underscores the need to halt further border wall construction in areas of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Read more: bit.ly/4yEhtlT

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Another Mexican Gray Wolf Crosses U.S.-Mexico Border, Underscoring Need for Action Against Border Infrastructure - Western Watersheds Project

For Immediate Release October 8, 2026 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org Michelle Lute, Wildlife for All, (505) 552-2501, michelle@...

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Lena @lenalily227.bsky.social · 12h

JFC we're shilling vaporub (plus mystery ingredients) to the elderly as a miracle Alzheimer's drug now? As endorsed by AI Elon no less? What you couldn't get Oz for this one? Sad. /s

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 17h

#Recall: Pacearth Direct Recalls PACEARTH Swing Seats; The seats, metal carabiners or quick links, or webbing straps of the recalled swing seats can break during use. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No AI for kids. Full stop.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 17h

Look at me. I'm the Pope now. 🎃

Brown goat wearing a hat that is probably not a pope hat, but is close enough

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 17h

🐈‍⬛🤍..

A black cat with enormous round eyes gives a thumbs up against a muted coral background. Black handwritten text highlighted in yellow reads: “I thought a black cat giving you a thumbs up might make your day a little better. Please know that I’m rooting for you.” Beside the cat, white text reads: “I grew a thumb just for you.”

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Saffron & Her Majestic Floof @saffronsfloof.bsky.social · 17h

When you look super innocent after giving mama a stress attack by almost dying. #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters

Color photograph. Andromeda, a tiny brown, black and white tabby kitten lays against a white and blue patterned blanket and looks up in mild surprise at the camera with her striking baby blue eyes.

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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:

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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 23h

Latenite Archival BabbyGonz Time!

Orange and white kitten on a table by a lamp. He is very small and sleepy.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h

Love these photos of a gansey sweater over at Highland Threads. Such great knitting. A gansey is a type of fisherman sweater with identical front and back sides. Last photo shows one from Flamborough Marine, my favorite contemporary maker for this style. highlandthreads.co.uk/wick-museum

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 22h

So sad to hear that the iconic, trailblazing, Apollo 11 moon landing software engineering lead, Margaret Hamilton, is no longer with us. Love this image of her, standing next to a print out of the software that landed Buzz Aldrin and Neil Amstrong on the moon! 👩‍🔬🔭🛰️🧪 ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A woman looking very cool in a 70's dress standing next to a massive pile of very thick books

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 18h

just saw a family of deer, breaths steaming in the morning sun, toeing carefully through the dew covered grass they were deep into the shadows of the trees before I found my phone and I thought about how many beautiful things we see that are never caught on camera

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18h

I had a colonoscopy yesterday and of course I wrote about the experience. Come read why my colonoscopy was not bad at all, why I encourage those of you putting it off to actually schedule it if you can, and what a teddy bear has to do with the whole experience: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/08/c...

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Colonoscopy Post-Mortem

First, so as not to bury the lede: It went great, there’s nothing in my colon they are the least bit concerned about, and I don’t have to come back for another colonoscopy for a decade,…

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rnjt2024.bsky.social @rnjt2024.bsky.social · 18h

I'm an er rn at a small community hospital and the amount of heartbreaking situations I see on a daily basis of people sacrificing time money energy happiness to caretake for sick ones or putting off tests until they're almost dead due to a lack of healthcare makes me insane

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 17h

If you are in the path of Hurricane Isaias and will use a portable generator to keep the power on, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. Portable generators can produce enough carbon monoxide to kill in minutes.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When you can't decide which toy you want to chew on

Shiny Black dog on a sofa with a chunk of wood and a rope toy between her front paws

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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 20h

8th of Owltober! Found on a busy road, this tiny Saw-whet Owl was scooped up for treatment at JLS Wildlife Hospital in Ithica, NY. After testing and rehab he was determined OK for release. Want to donate to JLS? www.vet.cornell.edu/giving/ways-... Source: fb.com/279924138530... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Saw-Whet Owl is wrapped in a cosy seafoam coloured garment, looking towards camera with rich sunflower yellow eyes twinkling from a trio of reflected ceiling lights. A syringe of fluid is administered to his open beak by a human wearing lavender nitrile gloves. It's possible he has the barest hint of a scowl in response to the fluids, but it might just be a stray black feather or two, making it look like a raised bottom eyelid. He's a little pink around the maw, probably from his latest meal of diced + defrosted animal treats, being the little carnivore that he is.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

what in the hell are you doing

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What up, witches? 🎃

Little brown goat wearing a witches hat. He's not wearing it well. It's kind of collapsed.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"No one is too small to make a difference." - Greta Thunberg. Children's educators are activists. Activists are those who take strong, direct action to support or oppose change. Children's educators support, believe in children. Children make a difference, they are capable of significant change.

Mychal and Ms. Rachel smiling together for a photo

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not what I ordered but not mad about it. Photo from my collection, 1967.

Black and white photo of a short haired black kitten in a cardboard box covered with shredded paper that looks like packing material.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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