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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 23/09/2026
Polls open in the only American election that really matters: Fat Bear Week u.afp.com/S9o4
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Babs Pease, contemporary artist and printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Beetle 2/11 - Sophiodela #Art #SciArt
illustration of a tiger beetle, a relatively long beetle with primarily dark green-blue iridescent body interwoven with equally shiny orange-yellow spots. The jaws are as big as the head, the thighs covered in bristles.
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Mad Cat @madcatmedia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
theguardian.com
The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fucketyfucketyfuckfuckfuck´ by Annie Taylor from PEG - the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Embroidery featuring two perched cute  blue birds among pink flowers surrounded by the embroidered text of the title
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Have a good day and thank you for following #FridayFeeling 🌞 xx Art by below - Lydia Hardwick,Hazara embroidery, Clare Youngs, Carrie Reichardt..... ❤️
Four images, top left includes ceramic vases, top right shows colourfuul embroidery, bottom left shows a collage of a stylised bird, bottom right shows a plate with image of a girl holding a sign
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Toe Beans @v-ron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/N3Elj...
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Everyone needs to know about this.
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
newrepublic.com/post/215181/... 🚨 PSA🚨 TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW DO NOT USE OR SIGN UP WITH ELON MUSK'S VoteSafe
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Elon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data
Musk’s midterm spending has a sinister ulterior motive.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
More Republican Party policy....
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
An icon passed away. Sit tibi terra levis - May the earth rest lightly on you #DollyParton
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley 🎨 The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/a...
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Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley (Gift Article)
The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As seen yesterday on CA 24
Bridge sign "WE ARE ALL ON THE DECOY PLANE"
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Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Joe Biden took an hours-long secret train ride into war-torn Ukraine, and Trump got hustled away in a catering truck to get out of a friendly nation. OK.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ENORMO SNOOT BOOP.
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Nancy 🪲SciBugs🪲 Miorelli @scibugs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Stop! Hammer fly time! El Septimo Paraíso, Mindo, Ecuador
An orange fly with a wide head. If a hammerhead shark were a fly this would be it.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When the White House tells us there’s no money for Medicaid but there are blank checks to bomb Iran and wage war against immigrant communities…
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/07/2026
"When officials and private counterparties know that a team of forensic accountants, investigators, and enforcement attorneys will claw back their illicit profits to the last penny, the risk-reward calculation of corruption changes entirely." Now do it.
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Undoing Trump’s Golden Age of Corruption
He’s made the presidency into a profitable grift. Here’s how some of his ill-gotten gains might be clawed back.
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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 16/07/2026
my unholy creation. its actually working, it hasnt been an hour yet and the air quality in my place is noticeably better. i can breathe in comparable comfort, and my eyes dont hurt! link to build ur own here: engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science... beware walmart, they overprice their filters
the corsi-rosenthal box i madeinstructions for making a corsi-rosenthal box. too many to print, so see the link i give
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I wrote about what looks very much like a formal US plan to institutionalize a global network of concentration camps.
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Little Gitmos everywhere
The White House explores entrenching U.S. concentration camps worldwide.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 14/07/2026
These guys are too cute not to share. #Scotland #Glasgow #SMSociety #TimelineCleanse
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Timeless art from Minoan Crete! Some 3,500 years ago, a Minoan sculptor transformed a piece of ivory into this dynamic and graceful figurine of a bull leaper! From Knossos Palace. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small ivory figurine representing a male bull-leaper about to execute a mid-air somersault over a bull’s back. The figurine is balancing on straight arms above which a slim body forms a graceful arch, and legs (one missing), thrust up high into the air, slightly bent at the knees. The pose is somewhat reminiscent of that of a diver, except for the head which is raised and faces forwards rather than tucked between the arms. The figurine measures 28.7 cm. The ivory is now a warm creamy yellow, mottled with brown staining and fine cracks. It is displayed on a modern metal support structure in Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

According to the museum ‘It is part of the only three-dimensional depiction of bull-leaping from the Palace of Knossos known to date. It was found together with at least two other ivory figurines and a faience bull’s head. The composition obviously depicts the moment when the athlete leaps over the bull, a scene familiar from Minoan frescoes and seals’ 

It goes on to say ‘the examination of the group under the microscope showed that the figures preserve traces of red paint, meaning that some features were painted on. They also had long hair made of copper gilt wires attached to the head, while thin pieces of gold foil found together with the statuettes may have been part of their clothing’
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Mad Cat @madcatmedia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Fucking assholes
theguardian.com
EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining
Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/07/2026
Some legacies aren’t measured by how long we live, but by the courage we leave behind. In Oslo, Norway, a statue honors Cecilie Flatval, a mother of three diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 42. It is the world’s first statue dedicated to a woman living with incurable breast cancer. #SheShed
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Mad Cat @madcatmedia.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #EbonyAndIvory (birds with black and white plumage) here's a unique angle on an Ae'o...this individual has one of the more prominent white patches over the eye I've seen, might be from the Molokai population. Such beautiful birds... #birds 📷🌿🦉
An Ae'o (Hawaiian stilt, a small wading bird with very long pink legs, a white belly, long black beak and white wings) taken from a 3/4 down angle from the Kealia Boardwalk as she walks through the shallows
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗 So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old! @55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
While we are on a music kick, lets listen to what ancient Persia sounded like around 1400 BC? Sarah Parsaei performs on the Arjan harp — a historic instrument with roots going back nearly 3,400 years — in Tehran, Iran. #globalmuseum #music #Persian #musicalinstruments #history
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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Poppies so large and impressive they caused me to cross the street to see them. WORTH it!🤩 Feel free to zoom in on that amazing detail.😍😍😍 #PNWGardening 🌱🌸
pale peach-pink poppies with intricate dark centers.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hello Wednesday. Bats with Umbrellas, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1882.
As described, It depicts bats in place of actors from the popular kabuki play Chūshingura. 
The print is a parody, replacing the play's dramatic actors with bats.
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Bluesky watching scaffolding together
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 10/06/2026
Comic ✍️: One of these is not like the other by Pedro Molina Get more comics in your inbox 👉️: signup.dailykos.com
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 10/06/2026
18th century "cat contract" (納貓兒契式; based on a Yuan-dynasty original), laying out the cat's duties and responsibilities: tirelessly guarding the grain, repelling the "mousey bandits" (鼠賊), not messing with the livestock, not stealing numnums "of any kind whatsoever" (不得偷盜食諸般).
Scan of a two-page spread with an illustration of a rather pissed off-looking cat and the text of a 納貓兒契式 'Cat Acquisition Contract Template' surrounding it in a spiral. From 銜蟬小錄 Xianchan xiaolu, "A Record of Cicada-Nommers," a Qing-dynasty compendium of all things cat.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hercules and Nessus, by Giambologna, 1599
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Mad Cat @madcatmedia.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... 😿😿😿
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Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56
Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Call your senators and representatives now, and tell them you want them to reject Trump’s entire “settlement” — including both the $1.8 billion slush fund and his IRS immunity. Dial (202) 224-3121. robertreich.substack.com/p/congress…
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mmable.bsky.social @mmable.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Any public official's lies to the public should have consequences.
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Karrin Vasby Anderson @kvanderson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I am on social media to see things like this.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As coyote pup season continues, it’s important to remember that seeing coyotes more often is completely normal. 🐺🐾The best thing we can do during pup season is give coyotes space and respect wildlife from a distance. 🔗 nywolf.org/2021/03/what-to-expect-d…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $270B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $210B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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Anita Sagastegui Photography (she/her) @anitasagastegui.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Urge Democrats to Fiercely Oppose the New GOP Effort to Shovel Billions More Dollars to ICE and Border Patrol act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
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Urge Democrats to Fiercely Oppose the New GOP Effort to Shovel Billions More Dollars to ICE and Border Patrol
After keeping the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down for months because they refuse to enact the ICE and Border Patrol reforms that Americans overwhelmingly want, Republicans are now usin...
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Mad Cat @madcatmedia.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins
When the birds started nesting on her land at Useless Bay, in Chile, Cecilia Durán Gafo decided she would protect them from people and predators
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Some Saturday morning manatees for your timeline! #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #herd #seacows #coralcitycamera
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
if you crank up every setting in photo editor to the max on a grosbeak, you wind up adjacent to andy warhol territory.
ultra messed up flat lookin' grosbeak bird with fiery matte red and bandit mask like a raccoon
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We need to put our arms around Rep. Justin Jones as he seeks to fight the TN legislature’s new gerrymandering plan. @brotherjones.bsky.social
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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 10/04/2026
Or when they tell their brother “that’ll do”
A golden white husky Aussie with freckles puts her paw on her Anatolian brothers snout as if to shush him
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