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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2h
Fab story from Margaret Hamilton, RIP, showing why Science-Mums are brilliant scientists! When innovating at the cutting edge of technology, it's so important to bring together a wide range of lived experiences. Sad that only ~20% comp-scientists are female 👩‍🔬🧪 ℹ️: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Right:  A woman looking very cool in a 70's dress standing next to a massive pile of very thick books
Left text: Did your life as a software engineer and a mother ever collide?
Often in the evening or at weekends I would bring my young daughter, Lauren, into work with me. One day, she was with me when I was doing a simulation of a mission to the moon. She liked to imitate me – playing astronaut. She started hitting keys and all of a sudden, the simulation started. Then she pressed other keys and the simulation crashed. She had selected a program which was supposed to be run prior to launch – when she was already “on the way” to the moon. The computer had so little space, it had wiped the navigation data taking her to the moon. I thought: my God – this could inadvertently happen in a real mission. I suggested a program change to prevent a prelaunch program being selected during flight. But the higher-ups at MIT and Nasa said the astronauts were too well trained to make such a mistake. Midcourse on the very next mission – Apollo 8 – one of the astronauts on board accidentally did exactly what Lauren had done. The Lauren bug! It created much havoc and required the mission to be reconfigured. After that, they let me put the program change in, all right.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 10h
The innovative Phonebloks modular phone concept that never launched. Original post
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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Re-upping this because, well, landlords.
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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 21h
She helped them try to find an artery in her own execution. She would have woken thinking she was in the afterlife and found she was shackled by her burnt arms. They might have another go too. They didn't torture Robert-François Damiens this badly. Savages. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
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Follow live: Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, her lawyer says
Pike, who murdered Colleen Slemmer in 1995, has a "long road to recovery" after regaining consciousness, according to her legal team.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 21h
This looks great. "This raises the question of how nascent multicellular groups gain the capacity to evolve as Darwinian individuals" - a profound question.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 21h
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Ofwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East Water
The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30
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How much has the UK actually spent on condoms in Pakistan? 

Henry Riley is sceptical about Matt Goodwin's numbers so the reform politician calls himself to be fact-checked live on air.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With the Tories' foolish announcement to revisit the Scotland Act and claw back powers from Holyrood, Badenoch has killed off the 'once in a generation' claim as well as the assertion that the issue of independence was settled in 2014. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/b...
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Badenoch has killed off the once in a generation claim
The Tories have officially ripped up the Vow to which they were signatories in 2014. This was the panicked promise made by the Better Together parties – one of which was the Conservatives &#8…
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London Mathematical Society @londmathsoc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
⚠️ TODAY! ⚠️ Join us for the first day of this year's Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference, taking place at @ICMS_Edinburgh (and online) on 7 and 8 October This conference celebrates the remarkable achievements and lasting impact of Black mathematicians ➡️ icms.ac.uk/activities/e...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration? They actually indicate precise wind speeds. Here's how. Original post
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
IDK about you guys, but I use Wikipedia multiple times a day, every day, and I value them highly. Even if you're tight, it's worth it to give at least the minimum. =================== I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. 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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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Short lecture by Kurt Vonnegut on the 'simple shapes of stories.' Or storytelling + data visualization + data visualization about storytelling = mind blown. Original post
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump on his meeting with Gold Star families: "I invited them out to check out the new helipad, check out the new ballroom, and check out the new helicopter"
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Fox Business commercial offers a roll of 25 Trump dollar coins for $49 😆 You do the math
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rescuing an injured jaguar in Brazil. The 54-kg (119-lb) young male had been swimming for hours, wounded by gunfire, exhausted and struggling to stay afloat before approaching rescuers for help. Original post
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.
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What is ‘Herod's Pool', and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank?
Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh brother.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 05/10/2026
This is the fourth incident today, and the 13th incident in a week. A fire is currently burning in the engine room of this vessel, which for anyone that has never served on a ship, is terrifying and life-threatening. This is escalation of violence toward merchant sailors and still isn't reported!
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irishgoonet.bsky.social @irishgoonet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
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Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 05/10/2026
Curious how they are deciding to target these checks. (There must be serious accountability for the criminals in this administration. It's the *only* way to steer the country back onto safer democratic ground.)
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump is still Trump, and things could always get worse and/or dumber. But the vast infrastructure of election denial and conspiracism that built over all of 2020 isn't there for the midterms. It certainly looks like many Republicans are preparing for a major defeat. www.patreon.com/MikeRothschi...
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The Cranks are Cranking | Mike Rothschild
With a month until the 2026 midterms, the conspiracy theorist industrial complex is working overtime to seed confusion and lay the groundwor
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Something unusual is happening in Kyiv. Calm. Since last night. It’s 4 pm. This calm feels like a spider’s web. Delicate. Fragile. May the spider keep doing its job.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/10/2026
⚡️Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia. The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.
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Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia
The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.
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Dylan Hayward @dylanhayward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There’s a difference between sharing someone’s journalism and taking it to make your own content. I’ve had my work lifted multiple times by this content creator. It’s particularly frustrating when he talks about his views growing as local news fades away, while using the work of local journalists.
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 04/10/2026
📦 Ukrainian forces delivered a second batch of humanitarian aid weighing nearly 4 tons to occupied Oleshky, after a similar shipment was delivered in late September. Russian forces are attempting to shoot down the drones carrying the supplies. militarnyi.com/en/news/defe...
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Defense Forces Managed to Deliver Second Batch of Humanitarian Aid to Occupied Oleshky
During the second operation, the military delivered a total of 400 packages weighing nearly 4 tons. The humanitarian aid included food, medicines, and children’s kits.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kyiv. Early Sunday evening. I went to have warcoffee at my favourite place. Drones? Frequent uninvited ‘guests’ during the day. One of the bridges was hit earlier. People are out, doing the same as I do: living their lives.
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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#OnThisDay, 4 Oct 1936, women join the Battle of Cable Street, in London's East End, protesting against a fascist march through the area. Of the 79 protestors arrested, eight are women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured). #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory 🗃️ 1/2
A woman is being frogmarched along cobbles by two policemen, with another apparently gesturing to her to calm down.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 04/10/2026
Ukraine will double down on attacking Russian refineries in response to Moscow's new airstrike plan designed to force people to abandon Kyiv and other cities.
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Ukraine will hit Russian refineries in response to Moscow’s ‘new doctrine’ of airstrikes
Kyiv has obtained documents showing that Vladimir Putin is planning to attack a much broader range of civilian targets before winter.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump claims he's "among the highest IQs anywhere in the world"
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Gleaners, 1857, realist masterpiece by Jean-François Millet, French artist, a founder of Barbizon school, born #OTD 1814. Described as an “epic hymn to labour”, which prefigured the laundresses of Degas and floorscrapers of Caillebotte. Musée d’Orsay
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
90 years ago, on the 4th of October 1936, antifascist counter protesters stopped a British Union of Fascists march through London’s East End. The Metropolitan Police tried to clear the way for the fascists resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Cable Street. #otd #history 🗃️
The mounted police conduct a charge against the dense crowd to clear the way to Cable Street.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
69 years ago Today the first artificial Earth satellite was launched: Sputnik1. Original post
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A family of cheetah sleep with the forest guard every night. This is what the camera recorded. [📹 Dolph C. Volker / Cheetah Whisperer] Original post
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#OnThisDay 60 years ago Cornwall & Devon's railways had a dark day when lines from Meldon to Bude, and to Padstow via Launceston closed, centred on Halwill (Junction); once the convergence of three routes. To add insult to injury, that station is now buried under 'Beeching Close'
On Saturday 1st October 1966, the final day of operation (no Sunday service at the point of closure), connecting branch services meet at Halwill station: seemingly a Class 122 'Bubble Car' single car unit on the right, the absence of exhaust pipes and a second car on the train on the left suggests a Class 121 driving trailer coupled to a Class 122.
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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s not just #orangutans 🦧🧡 countless #rainforest animals are at risk from #oilpalm 🐵🐒 A #study in Cell Biology finds #macaque babies 3 x more likely to die from palm oil #pesticide. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife! 🌴🩸 @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7aa
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2077 years ago, on the 3rd of October 52 BCE, Vercingetorix, the leader of an alliance of Gallic tribes, surrendered to Julius Caesar, ending the Siege of Alesia. It was the culmination of Caesar’s Gallic campaign and the last major confrontation between Romans and Gallic tribes. #otd #history 🗃️
Stater bearing the name of Vercingetorix. Obverse: VERCINGETORIXS – stylised head facing left. Electrum, 7.45 g, diameter 18.50 mm. Arverni, circa 60 BC. BnF Collection: 3774 (Ancient collection) (GAU-3989)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2026
Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters aje.news/pmstub
Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
Oli Dugmore puts it perfectly. It really shouldn't be any more complicated than that. "I would just say we treat them as our fellow human beings would be sort of the baseline place that I would start. It doesn't need to be more complicated than that."
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage’s unwillingness to accept any responsibility personified👇 “Reform is the only party that will save Britain in the first 100 days of government. If not, I will sack my Cabinet ministers” He’s playing Jonny Big Bollox talking big, but instead of “I’ll quit as PM” he’d fire the Cabinet❗️ 🐀
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Suella Braverman's book PATRIOT came out today. It's 503 grams, costs £30 and tells the story of one politician's struggle against reality. Mine is currently 99p on kindle. Weighs nothing. Is all about traitors and villains... And people love it. Choices www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2FHD18...
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Notorious: History’s Villains and Why They Matter
Notorious: History’s Villains and Why They Matter eBook : English, Otto: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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