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How do you like them apples? Not as big a crop as last year but I think that was down to errant pruning in January. Time for apple cakes and crumbles. #apples #Autumn

Two basins on grey and one blue full of green/red apples. Basins are sitting on a kitchen worktop

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something that meant something to them.

1950s/60s? shot of a TV screen. Female presenter

1950s/60s shot of a TV screen. Unknown guitarists

Blurry pink shot of a TV screen. Women in evening dress

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 16h

(The King is watching.) #OTD in 1941, Inverary. Combined operations training. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Massachusetts Traffic Cameras @matrafficcams.bsky.social · 17h

I-195: I-195-EB-MM25.4-New Bedford-@ Ex 27B Washburn St: EAST 🕒 2:06 AM - 2:07 AM ET (3x speed)

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Seattle Aquarium @seattleaquarium.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy World Octopus Day! 🐙💕 Fun fact: Giant Pacific octopuses are the largest octopus species in the world! Adults can weigh anywhere from 40 to 100 pounds, with a relaxed tip-to-tip dimension of 12–14 feet. ⚖️

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Terrace Podcast @terracepodcast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Having a Laugh With... Montrose boss Stewart Petrie The Glen's Vodka League 1 MOTM joins Shaughan McGuigan to discuss the club's start to the season, turning over the squad that served him so well, and so much more. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3MaX... Watch: youtu.be/ENdsrMp9W_8

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Having a Laugh With... Montrose manager Stewart Petrie

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1/x Two of the best-known coats on any high street began as working kit for sailors on cold decks. Both carry names from my little corner of the North Sea: Duffel, a small town near Antwerp, and the Dutch word "pij". The story of the duffel coat and the peacoat. #maritimehistory

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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

britmap · 8 OCTOBER 2026 ● 95 ● 99 ● 96 ○ 27 ● 90 Total: 737/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 3

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The daily British history map puzzle.

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Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Early 20th century travelers reported seeing a Burmese pagoda that appeared to rock in the wind. The Sampan Pagoda stood atop a huge boulder in eastern Myanmar, but it seemingly no longer survives, leaving a few photographs as the last evidence of its existence. 🧵 🗃️ 📜 #Myanmar

A textured halfton-lithographic image shows a tall, tiered golden stupa or shrine rising from a large, dark, weathered rock. The structure is centered and tapers upward into a narrow spire that extends beyond the top edge of the image. Its broad lower tiers have curved, horizontal bands in gold, olive, and dark brown. The rock has an irregular, rounded shape with mottled gray, brown, and black surfaces and rests on a darker base. Behind it is a bright turquoise-blue sky with wispy white clouds and a pale peach-colored horizon. The image has a grainy, painterly texture.

A vintage color postcard shows a tall, gold-colored pagoda standing on a large, dark, rounded rock formation. The pagoda has a tiered, conical spire with ornate bands and a pointed finial. A single person stands among pale rocks in the lower-left foreground, providing a sense of scale. Behind the formation, hazy mountains extend across the horizon beneath a bright blue sky with thin white clouds. The image has worn edges and a faded, textured appearance. A white caption strip along the bottom identifies the site.

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The Sampan Pagoda — Shwegyen.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.

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Andrew Forde @andrewfrugby.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fly-halves in rugby have all the skills! Kicking, flair & clutch moments galore. FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/cM0RsGyf_HY

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fun story about one of the first dogfights between the Zero and Hellcat. The attack on 10/5/1943 was the biggest carrier raid of the war so far, 3 fleet carriers and 3 light carriers. Flight ops were a mess so planes began heading to the island captured by the Japanese in December 1941 on their own🧵

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#otd in 1943, the F6F Hellcat shoots down a Zero for the first time over Wake Island. After one aviator shot down a Zero and survived an extended dogfight with 3 other Zeros, he’d remark, “you wouldn’t catch me flying around in anything else”

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

when i am being struck by a divine thunderbolt of linguistic inspiration

Philly fan about to invent the word “uncemost”

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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As wild a title finish as it gets. And the commentary, plus screen-in-screen of the family, is utterly unbelievable

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TITLE DECIDED IN FINAL CORNERS! | WRC Rally Italia Sardegna 2026

YouTube video by FIA World Rally Championship

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For those who wonder (and you are quite legitimate to doubt) yes, the VTOL C.450 Coléoptère has already flown, in all it will be 7 stationary flights that will be made in 1959 before the crash of the prototype. © Espace Patrimoine Safran

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 02/10/2026

52 years ago, Joseph Sargent’s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three arrived in theaters: taut, mordantly funny, and quintessentially New York. A 1974 masterclass in suspense—and one of the great crime films of its era. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ cinephiliabeyond.org/the-taking-o... #Filmsky 📽️

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The first "Peanuts" comic strip was published on this day in 1950. Good grief!

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Massachusetts Traffic Cameras @matrafficcams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

RT-24: Rt24-SB-MM12.6-Freetown-Ex 13 North Main St: SOUTH 🕒 3:36 AM - 3:37 AM ET (3x speed)

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Biopic of the thrill-seeking writer and his fantastic travels! JACK LONDON (1943) 9:35am #MichaelOShea #SusanHayward #VirginiaMayo adventure #TPTVsubtitles

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2000AD Randomizer @2000adrandom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Carlos Ezquerra

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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Topps Cards Presents; Funny Valentines ( Jack Davis )( 1959 ) • 14/66 #classiccards

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A rather splendid Brian Bolland ad for a Palitoy take on Darth Vader’s T.I.E. Fighter, from Dec 1st 1979’s Look-In. I’ve never seen this particular Bolland take on Star Wars merchandise before, and his ads for the franchise during the period are always fun.

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20

Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

65 yrs ago tonight, CBS broadcast the second nuclear-war-themed episode of “The Twilight Zone” to air in a month. Written by Rod Serling, “The Shelter” dramatically and effectively distilled the profound moral/ethical dilemmas presented by the family fallout shelter during a serious nuclear crisis.

A black and white screenshot of the title screen for the episode “The Shelter” of “The Twilight Zone.”

A black and white screenshot of a scene from “The Shelter” showing three men frantically trying to use a large pipe to ram through the reinforced metal door of the shelter.

A black and white screenshot of a scene from “The Shelter” showing four men looking through the now broken open door of the shelter, fear and uncertainty on their faces. In the background, two of their wives can be seen at the top of the basement stairs with similar expressions on their faces.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#OTD in 1862 one of the most bizarre episodes in American military history played out in the lobby of the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. During a heated argument between generals Jefferson C. Davis and William Nelson, Davis obtained a pistol and mortally wounded Nelson.

Murder of “Bull” Nelson by Jefferson C. Davis.

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Lloyd Mair @lloydmair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hank, I know exactly how you feel

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The farm animal rush hour featuring our rescue pig called Biggie

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Harvest Moon rising behind Chicago Harbor Lighthouse on Saturday evening in Chicago.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was offered two spare places on a boat trip down the coast from Dunbar to Siccar Point: a recreation of James Hutton's 1788 trip [1]. The weather was fab and we could see some parts of the unconformity that are hard to view from on land. #geology (1/2). [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H...

View from the sea of a rocky headland which is made of red rocks at the top and grey rocks at the bottom.

View of a coast from a boat; the boat's wake is visible in the water. In the centre of the picture is a rocky headland made of red rock at the top and grey rock at the bottom.

Zoomed-in view of a rocky coast from a boat. There are grey rocks with their layers tilted almost vertical. On top of them is a layer of reddish rock sloping gently down to the right.

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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 27/09/2026

[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This sums up almost everything I felt about 70 UP - especially Jackie. I could watch her having a go at Michael Apted (and then speaking warmly of him years later, because people are not one thing) all day

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The unanswered questions of 70 Up

The death of Nick, goodbye to Neil, and the power of watching fourteen real lives in time-lapse – the return of my Mid-Week Culture Culture Blast

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