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seacoastmountain.bsky.social @seacoastmountain.bsky.social · 22h

Using F-16's for intercepting attack drones is not a sustainable use-case for a high-value supersonic fighter aircraft. Ukraine needs either cheaper, longer range missiles than what's currently available, or reusable interceptor jet drones that can double as glide-bomb carriers.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and rotating eyes, the Barreleye is one of the ocean’s strangest creatures. Original post

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

According to Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps, the use of unmanned ground vehicles has expanded to such an extent that dedicated UGV units in some brigades now cover up to 80% of frontline infantry logistics needs and around 90% of evacuations.

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ukrainian forces have launched the largest drone-based humanitarian operations of its kind, delivering food across the Dnipro River to residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson region. Around 4 tonnes of supplies have already reached 100 designated locations.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Jacob Misiorowski started the opener and the finale. He won the ERA title and the strikeout title. He posted the lowest opponents’ average on record for a starter and the third-best WHIP, right behind Walter freakin’ Johnson. What can you say but, “Wow.” www.mlb.com/news/jacob-m...

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Miz deals to wrap one of the most dominant pitching seasons ever

MILWAUKEE -- Every start day was an event when Jacob Misiorowski took the mound during the Brewers’ record-setting 103-win regular season. Right down to the finale. The 24-year-old Brewers ace got a s...

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Mike @pericles261.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREWERS win 103 number one seed. Who says you need a huge team salary.😍

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ancient Inca “whistling vessels” that could sing like animals, powered by nothing but air and water. [📹 Ynocencio Ccahuana] Original post

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You're no Adonis / Having you gone is the best. For #SarcophagusSaturday, a look at this stunning late-C3 BCE #Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn from #Tuscania. It depicts a high-relief sculpture of the dying #Adonis. But was the deceased really such a catch? #AncientBluesky 🏺

TERRACOTTA CINERARY URN FROM TUSCANIA, LATE C3 BCE. VATICAN MUSEUMS

This spectacular polychrome terracotta cinerary urn depicts Adonis dying on a draped couch, a mortal wound visible on his left thigh, while a hunting dog licks its own wound at the base. It reflects a Hellenistic trend in Tuscania where workshops used moulds to produce these urns in series. Portraying the deceased as a dying hero was highly fashionable. The ashes inside might have belonged to a youth who died tragically young, but Etruscan funerary art frequently heroicised the dead, so it could equally hold the remains of an older man projecting an idealised divinised image for eternity. Despite its theatrical beauty and striking pigments, this urn was never meant for public display. It was destined for a tomb, only to be seen by the gods, the ancestors and living relatives during subsequent burials.

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today In 1965: In an amazing return to the major leagues, 59-year-old Satchel Paige pitches 3 shutout innings for the Kansas City A's vs. the Boston Red Sox! Carl Yastrzemski is the only player to get a hit! #MLB #Athletics #Baseball #History #Inspiration

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fun fact: the U.S. House can sue a sitting president with a simple majority vote. If the Democrats retake the chamber, they should do more than just "investigate" Trump's corruption. They should sue him in federal court for the illegal ballroom, Qatari jet, and more.

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Samuel ✡️ 🗽 @bluelion70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Well that’s just silly. They should have just responded with pictures of the 30,000 protestors that he had butchered in the streets in January. If we want to do war-crime dick measuring, Iran is never going to be left out of the conversation regardless of the Trump regime’s own war crimes.

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🇺🇦🇲🇩🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪Zelensky: Russia has claims against our neighbor Moldova. It constantly threatens Poland and Baltic states. Russia shows no respect for the statehood of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia. And sadly, people in Syria and across Africa know very well what Russian killers are.

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 22/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: GAVIN NEWSOM JUST SIGNED THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE DATA CENTER LAWS IN THE NATION! The new laws protect Californians from higher costs and give communities more control over electricity, water, & land use.

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Once in a lifetime odds. 😅

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tell me this doesn’t give you chills. Japan opened the 12D theater. It is beyond your imagination.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It should never be forgotten MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of BLAZING SADDLES (1974) at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests — ALL ON HORSEBACK.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some weird and interesting vehicles designed and built in the first decades of the XX century. You may recognize the Autoped, the eccentric-hub scooter (or Ingo bicycle) and John Archibald Purves' Dynasphere. Original post

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mitch McTurtle: “When I voted no yesterday when I meant to vote yes, I thought we were voting on the green Jell-O.”

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A little bear carved from amber some 6,000+ years ago! 🐻❤️ A hole through the torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord. National Museum in Szczecin, Poland 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small figurine of a bear carved and polished out of a piece of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange in colour which is emphasised by the display lighting against a dark background which makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions:
Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

I took this photo today at the Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the bear is currently on loan from Poland for the excellent Shamaness exhibition.

The figurine was discovered in Stupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the National Museum in Szczecin "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Stupcio', an affectionate diminutive meaning 'little guy from Stupsk'.

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MinimumWageMan @minimumwageman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I can not argue with this.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park. No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring. Original post

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 14/09/2026

The truth is Social Security is facing a shortfall in 2032 because growing inequality has concentrated income growth among people making above the $184,500cap on Social Security contributions. That’s why we’ve called to scrap that cap and make the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🇬🇧🇺🇦 Boris Johnson: This is fundamentally an imperial war. This is about Russia’s sense of its history. It’s about Russia’s sense that there’s no possibility of a Russian future or a Russian empire or Russian dignity without Ukraine. And that is an absolute disaster.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 15/09/2026

Incredible news. We still need to remain vigilant. We still need to vote as early as possible - preferably in-person, but if doing so by mail filling out the ballot and returning it as soon as possible. But this is a monumental victory for democracy tonight. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot plan

Justices turn down administration’s bid to have Postal Service enforce new voting requirements before midterms.

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🌈Marlena🕊️ @marlena-love.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) the largest pigeon species in the world is native to New Guinea region. #bluesky #love

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is being forced to dedicate a $2 million beachfront property for public use after his company allegedly used heavy machinery to rip sand and rocks from a protected California beach to shore up his Malibu mansion. currently.att.yahoo.com/att/billiona...

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Billionaire Brewers owner ordered to spend $2 million returning sand he ‘stole’ from California beach to protect his Malibu mansion

Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio must give up the $2 million property.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Paralympic medalist Blake Leeper encourages his little friend to try using his prosthetic leg for the first time. Original post

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Johnson is so slavishly devoted to Trump, you might as well call him “Igor” .. Well before Trump slithered back into the Oval Office, Johnson allowed the House .. to become a vestigial appendage, submissive entirely to the will of a criminal defendant." Great Saturday read:

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

💥🌊BREAKING: The first naval battle in history between two unmanned surface vessels has taken place in the Black Sea. A Ukrainian Navy Sargan 3000 USV, armed with a 12.7 mm Protector RWS, engaged and destroyed a Russian naval drone.

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Teresa @thelilychronicles.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tomorrow I am taking 6 naturalized U.S. citizens to get registered to vote in Texas. They saw the signs I have for @jamestalarico.bsky.social & @ginafortexas.bsky.social & stopped me outside of my house to say they & their family are no longer intimidated to vote. Texans, let’s do this thing. #gotv

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Rebecca Rauber @defeatthefascists.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

He's now resorting to trying to buy the election. Federal law makes it unlawful to knowingly and willfully pay, offer to pay, or accept payment for registering to vote or for voting. (52 U.S.C. §10307(c).) Any type of incentive is considered “payment.”

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🇩🇪🇱🇹 Rutte: Germany contributes to allied security with a new armored brigade permanently stationed in Lithuania. The first German Netherlands Corps has taken on a new command role on NATO's eastern flank. Germany has a plan to invest 3.5% of its GDP in core defense by 2029, well before 2035.

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

UPDATE: The governor of Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug has confirmed that an industrial facility in Novy Urengoy was damaged in the drone attack. According to Governor Dmitry Artyukhov, "falling drone debris" caused a fire at the site. No casualties were reported.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 08/09/2026

A Russian strike on September 3 completely destroyed a warehouse of Apteka Dobroho Dnia, one of Ukraine's largest pharmacy chains. Company director Hornitskyi said hundreds of tons of medicines were lost, leaving the facility in ruins. #Ukraine

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Boots on the Ground Midwest @bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today, we recognize union members and labor activists who fought for the rights workers now have. The forty hour work week, weekends, sick leave, paid holidays, safe working conditions, and much more. None of it was given. It was fought for by working people. And the fight continues.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Shocking secrets of food commercials Original post

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

UN votes 164-1 to adopt Equal Earth map projection, replacing centuries-old Mercator distortion

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🧵1/2 Petition: Require all car park operators to build green roof and solar panel parking shelters which could reduce the need to use farmland for solar farms and support biodiversity. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77... Deadline 4 February

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This black dragonfish (Idiacanthus sp.) was spotted at 527 meters (1,729 feet) in Monterey Bay. Black dragonfish are built for life in the darkness of the deep ocean. Their ultra-black skin helps them stay camouflaged from prey like fishes and crustaceans. 🐉🖤⁠

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Congressman Wesley Bell @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy belated 102nd birthday to the first Black pitcher in Cardinals history, Bill Greason! From being one of the first Black Marines and fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima, to the last surviving Negro Leagues player, to a pastor for 50 years, Bill is a LEGEND and an inspiration. Happy birthday!

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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

DNA IS COMPLETELY SPELLED OUT...3 GENERATIONS OF PURE SCUM 🤮

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toonlight.bsky.social @toonlight.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We need peace. But we're happy to host Putin in Delhi, buy as much cheap Russian oil as possible to fund the war and sell refined oil back to Russia. We also abstained from UN GA Resolutions ES-11/1 & ES-11/4 which condemned Russia's illegal war & annexations. So we don't need peace that much."

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What's the world's most effective solution to stop desertification? Original post

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