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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

🎶ground control to major yawn🎶

A cat stretching out of a costume astronaut helmet while yawning

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 18h

This rocks so hard I had to read the whole poem out loud. Immaculate final line!

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 17h

had a fantastic time at the Faire yesterday with a glorious group of friends and several you can’t make this shit up moments. now, on to climbing mt. homework.

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Janet BOOselbach @bruesselbach.com · 19h

Lusatubon, #Solaroid 6, 2026, oil on canvas, 28x36in. Seed pose by Kelsey, an arting teacher. A Saturnian golden alien of late summer. Late pledges open through October for calendar poster, prints, other originals (this one's claimed!) kickstarter.com/projects/limnrix/solaroids/posts/4816687

A golden arthropod-like alien coincidentally forming the shape of a seated person, floating in concentric purple circles in blue space, holding a purple scythe.

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.net · 02/10/2026

Really classy to end with Dr. Hayden, and with that quote specifically.

A lady came in, and as you know, in public libraries, there are a lot of people who are homeless, so they just need a place to be. She comes into the central library and goes up to the information desk.

She has very interesting attire, and this big bag. She asks to see the head of the library. I was the head of the library. The librarian — and this is what they do — tried to get more information from the person. They said, “Well, what would you like to see her for?” She opens the bag and she puts out on the table an injured bird.

And the librarian says, “Oh, what would you like her to do?” And the woman said, “Somebody’s got to care.”
Carla Hayden, Washington, D.C.
14th Librarian of Congress

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026

I wrote this two years ago, when the Roberts Bank terminal expansion was clearly heading toward some kind of approval — but well before another new oil pipeline was going to feed into it. This Pacific Link pipeline will add even more noise stress to the underwater recordings included in this piece:

theglobeandmail.com

Critically endangered orcas in B.C. are struggling to navigate in a sea of shipping noise

Our need for transportation and shipping is causing a kind of pollution that’s invisible (and in this case, inaudible) to humans. What does all this noise mean for the 75 or so Southern Resident Kille...

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Moonlit night

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us. And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)

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Becky @beckymew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They are short $200 for rent due this afternoon, so I'm here to tell you you need a sad boy pin and some earrings that will get you into the Pink Pointy Club.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’d very much like you to read and share this

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Vivid numbers in this overview of Illinois’s new Net Zero carbon plan: “improvements in air quality alone would lead to between 392 & 631 fewer premature deaths per year. That translates to between $8.8 and $13.8 billion in avoided healthcare costs & increased worker productivity.” #ShareGoodNewsToo

hpherald.com

Illinois EPA releases ‘Comprehensive Climate Action Plan’ to reach ‘net zero’ emissions

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has made substantial progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, but it is not yet on track to meet its goal of reaching net-zero emissions

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

wake me up two months after September ends

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just in case you’ve run out 😘 www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

A gold tone pendant that says “fuck” in cursive

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just in case you’ve run out 😘 www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

If you like me are a survivor of rape who is maybe losing her mind a bit this week, I recommend a few movies about surviving men/holding them accountable: “Sorry, Baby” “Is God Is” and “Supergirl” Supergirl was, in a way, about fraternity rape culture I discuss them here:

news.chanda.science

You should go see Supergirl

It's pop art that is unapologetically political.

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the less time I spend online, the more time I have for books, in person friendships, and exploring I love and miss my friends that live in my phone/on the internet, but I don’t want to live here full time

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026

Women who have been in abusive relationships understand the kind of man Trump is better than any journalist & if we had a better media system we would have heard from those women more from the beginning. Journalists often *sound* like people trapped in those relationships! Same rationalizations!

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Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Couldn’t get away with that series of convenient coincidences in fiction 😂

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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.”

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Me, about a cat thing: “I feel like a monster” @rebeccamatte.com: “Yes, I’m very upset with you - how could you use Bluesky on light mode??”

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 27/09/2026

First thing we do, let’s kill all the motherfucking lawyers

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 27/09/2026

Medical needs. Lost income. Mental health support. Housing. By no fault of their own, survivors of sexual violence can incur debilitating financial costs. Our Survivors’ Rights Restitution Act would help deliver the restitution survivors deserve.

A graphic that reads:

Rep. Pressley: Accountability cannot simply mean putting an abuser behind bars.

Rep. Pressley: Accountability must also mean healing and helping survivors reclaim their lives.

Rep. Pressley: We can start by delivering the financial restitution that they demand and deserve.

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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 25/09/2026

This is my bag now. Can I help you?

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

me: can I show you something very important? @rebeccamatte.com: is it a cat video? me: 😇

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's Tharp's map of the ocean floor— first of its kind—revealing the mid-Atlantic Ridge (photo is of a reproduction of Tharp's map given to me by my wonderful former PhD student @federicabocchi.bsky.social) Learn more about Tharp here: lamont.columbia.edu/news/marie-t... #WomenInSTEM #histsci ⚒️ 🌊🧪

Map THE FLOOR OF THE OCEANS
Based on Batlymetric studies by
Bruce C. Heezen and Marie Tharp of tbe Lamont Doberty Geological Obseratory
Columbia Unisersity Palisades, New York, 10964
SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

a beautiful day in the neighborhood

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 24/09/2026

Meanwhile you can read about the Louise Michel here

en.wikipedia.org

Louise Michel (ship) - Wikipedia

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 24/09/2026

Pals I see you sharing links to London Daily & need you to know it's AI bullshit. The Louise Michel is real, Banksy really funded it, but that started in 2020 & the LD link people are sharing is timestamped to today but written as if it's 2020 & elides all the actual journalism about it.

Screenshot reads as follows:

Welcome to London Daily, an innovative and unique news experiment driven by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Our AI system conducts extensive research and fact-checking, presenting a non-biased and diverse perspective on each topic. It meticulously filters out biased or manipulated content, offering you factual summaries essential for your knowledge as an informed citizen.

Our aim is not to replace mainstream media but to provide you with succinct summaries of key headlines, encouraging you to explore these stories in greater depth through your favorite mainstream news sources.

As a privately funded, non-profit initiative, our mission is to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of current events as part of a broader project to enhance fact-checking and AI journalism for journalists and publishers worldwide.

We are building a tool that will help professional journalists and traditional mainstream news outlets enhance their news delivery, boost their readership, ease their workload, and lower their costs while increasing their productivity—all aimed at improving content reliability and readability.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do you feel overwhelmed as an adult? Then I've got just the trick: The Last Adult Superstore. It's got everything you need. They promise.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You can't, and shouldn't seek to, replace public schools or libraries with bookstores. You can't replace a public good with a private business, no matter how well-meaning or well-organized it may be.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is an excellent reminder that it’s never too late to start masking again. It’s community care. It’s self care. It’s a great way to show solidarity with disabled and marginalized groups. If you’re unsure what mask to get or want to learn more about respirators, my mask guide is below:

disabledginger.com

We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask

Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!

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Boo-face Sicko @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm of two minds about this really.

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Cheryl M. @desertdragon42.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Since I am sick and really need some sales due to the expense of being sick in the US. *SALE* 35% off all orders $50+ www.dragonandwolfdesigns.com Yes, I will mask and wear gloves when packing your order. I would not wish this on anyone...okay, just one person.

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Dragon & Wolf Designs

Handcrafted Jewelry by Geeks for Geeks

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Kristin Pratt @prattkristin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oooh my Aurora opal ring from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social came in today! And you’re right, @trappedunderacat.bsky.social, it’s mesmerizing to watch the colors change :) Can’t wait to pick up a matching set of earrings!

Stickers, cleaning cloth and mini slinky along with a faceted Aurora opal ring from The Peculiarity Shop.

Closeup of the faceted Aurora opal ring on my right middle finger with chipping clear nail polish.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026

ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 21/09/2026

Dammit. 😒

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