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Queen Olivia III

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🤖Sci-fi, 🦩drag* & 🐈cats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Bestselling author of “The Cat Operator’s Manual” 📕 cuddleunit5.com published by Chronicle Books Queen Captain of Space Station 1

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/09/2026
Juice used the gravity of our home planet to alter its route to Jupiter using very little fuel. The flyby deflected Juice by an angle of 20° compared to its pre-flyby path and increased its velocity by 3.5 km/s. 🔭 🧪
Infographic showing Juice's flight past Earth with a dotted orange line. Key timings are indicated, including the start of the flyby navigation campaign (17 August), the closest approach to Earth (28 September) and the farewell images of Earth (2 October). Some of the line is bold yellow, a key indicates that this means that Juice's science instruments are switched on.
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/09/2026
A successful Earth flyby improves Juice’s course to Jupiter Earlier today, Juice flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean and snapped these images with its onboard monitoring cameras. 1️⃣Africa, by Juice monitoring camera 2️⃣Madagascar, by Juice NavCam 3️⃣Moon, by Juice NavCam 🔭 🧪 #planetsci
Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left.Part of the island of Madagascar in black and white.A crescent Moon, with about a quarter of the Moon showing. Many craters are visible.
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s2a systems @s2a-systems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A short clip of ESA's JUICE Earth flyby, recorded about 38 minutes before closest approach.
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 2h
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
A cartoon cyclops lady with purple hair
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 2h
Yeah, um, I think the words I am looking for here are "JFC" This is what Sydney's skies would look like tonight under these conditions.
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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 2h
Loving the description "super spicy autocomplete with extra contrition protocols"
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Justin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 2h
Shane Ross at Virginia Tech created a simulation of what 500k orbital data centers, as proposed by SpaceX, would look like from your home latitude sdross0.github.io/orbital-data...
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What would orbital data centers look like from your sky?
500,000 satellites from SpaceX's FCC filing, two published brightness models and the real stars, for any latitude, date and time. Computed in your browser.
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 3h
social media dot jpg
newspaper clipping of a tiny chick perched on a hand in front of some sort of large primitive microphone captioned 

you are now listening to a three hour old chick giving its opinion of things in general
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 3h
Sound familiar
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 3h
Beans #cuddleUnit6
A cat’s toe beans on display like some kind of foot photo
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 4h
West Nile virus cases surging across Los Angeles County
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West Nile virus cases surging across Los Angeles County
More cases of West Nile virus are being reported in Los Angeles County, with a least five deaths being blamed on the virus already this year. West Nile virus-positive mosquito samples and dead bird…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h
Speaker Mike Johnson is warning of a “nightmare scenario” if Republicans lose the House: Democrats could investigate Trump, his family, his Cabinet, GOP donors and powerful business figures.
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MAGA Speaker Johnson Calls Trump Family Investigations a ‘Nightmare’ Ahead of Midterms
With control of Congress at stake in November, Johnson warned that Democratic committees would investigate Trump, his family, cabinet officials and major donors—and claimed that accountability would t...
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Jing @jingdee.bsky.social · 3h
Bad news for NZ export producers & economy, Netherlands calling for sanctions on NZ for breaching their trade agreements on climate change. Something that I have pointed out in 2023 posts when Simeon Brown defunded projects that included provision for extreme climate events. Expect UK to follow
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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 3h
Chris Moore was a giant of book cover art. Perhaps a bit less well known than the other Chris (Foss), Moore’s covers dominated the sci-fi section of bookshops while I was growing up in the 70s and 80’s
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Grant W. Trent @grantwtrent.bsky.social · 3h
While showering you can watch geckos hunt moths on the illuminated bathroom window. They love it and greedily stuff themselves fast as possible before the light is out. :)
Gecko outside a bathroom window, hunting bugs.
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 3h
Meeting our Paris commitments is written into our Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom. Farmers and exporters rely on that market access, and they deserve a Foreign Minister who checks what withdrawal would put at risk before he promises it.
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 6h
🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi
A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3h
Futurama - Final Ending: The Last Conclusion “They can put us in a coffin. They can nail the lid shut, but they can’t bury us. We will rise again,” Groening told Variety. “I guess I’m not too worried. The thing about ‘Is Futurama coming to an end?’ Well, we’ve come to an end many times before.” 🤭
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Matt Groening on the Future of ‘Futurama’ as the Series Gets Another Finale: ‘We Will Rise Again’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Matt Groening on the future of 'Futurama' after Season 14 as the series gets another finale.
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 3h
Oh, Burning Man
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 3h
Climate activists demand government accountability in landmark EU trade complaint
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Climate activists demand government accountability in landmark EU trade complaint
Climate activists are putting their weight behind a claim New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 19h
Jason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executive
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Jason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executive
Jason Winstanley has been named as RNZ's new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 19h
🔭 Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Pawel Piechnik ap260929
A starfield has a bright pink swirling nebula 
in it. The top part of the nebula shows much detail,
while the bottom part is mostly open.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
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Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social · 20h
“Apologies but we have had unprecedented demand for the campaign launch and are full for the bus and tickets for the event.”
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A National Party member was told the campaign launch was full - but hundreds of seats were empty
Lily Yao was invited to National’s campaign launch, then told there was no room for her
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 20h
All I want to do is ride my motorbike and get paid for it, that’s not too much for a girl to ask for really.
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.co.nz · 20h
Auckland Council has voted to bring back booth voting in 2028 to lift turnout. 2025 turnout was 29%, the lowest since the supercity began. But the international evidence says the voting method is a sideshow. The real lever is compulsory voting. 🧵 #nzpol
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just saw a v-e-r-y diplomatic story on the RNZ website about Susie Ferguson officially leaving RNZ. Nothing about where she's going. Have any of the other news channels carried this story in a more substantive way? #nzpol
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Rodrigo 🎒 @lesommetdelavie.eurosky.social · 22h
Sometimes, people are able to choose the most unfortunate names! I vacation in Spain this year, and discovered there’s an insurance company named “Ocaso”, which stands for “the end” both in Spanish and Portuguese. 😟
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 22h
Bari discovering “60 Minutes” is a title, not a suggestion for how much journalism experience to bring to the job.
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Rodrigo 🎒 @lesommetdelavie.eurosky.social · 22h
At least, it is what the NZ authority has said, but I’d really prefer to see it as “pre fucking”: www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...
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Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update 2023
Executive Summary New Zealand’s economic slowdown is unfolding broadly in line with the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2023 (Budget Update).
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Rodrigo 🎒 @lesommetdelavie.eurosky.social · 22h
PREFU in New Zealand stands for the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this poor model looks so bummed out by this stupid level 1 rpg dress
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beck eleven @beckeleven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In half an hour or so I’m getting my Grandpa’s patu tattooed on my hip. It was made by his POW “mucker” who carved him this and a walking stick post war. I loved my Grandpa so much. So it’s going to be a good reminder forever!
A Māori weapon called a patu.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 22h
Gloriavale teacher censured for serious misconduct after striking student
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Gloriavale teacher censured for serious misconduct after striking student
A Gloriavale teacher has been censured for serious misconduct after striking a 14-year-old student with a vacuum cleaner pipe.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23h
Anyone got a technical write up of the OpenAI / Australian gvt website issue?
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Has there ever been a good documentary about Coast to Coast AM and Art Bell, because in retrospect I think that goofy radio laid the groundwork for Alex Jones and so much of MAGA by pummeling people with paranoia as entertainment and breaking their brains.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 22h
I think I've got a double-helical spine, because I can feel a Crick in my neck.
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 23h
The English Empire at peak colonialism. I realise it was called the British Empire, but let's be honest.
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 22h
Do I want to know what a PREFU is?
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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One day AI will stop talking like this, and I'll dearly miss it when it does
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As some relief from the PREFU and general electioneering, here's some embroidery I found in the Salvation Army today. Cherries, and dandelions, and little rabbits, and a bit of ANXIETY.
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*bites finger to avoid being obscenely horny on main*
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 29/09/2026
“Kelvin waves are not like crashing waves at the beach. They are planetary in scale, spanning thousands of miles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 29/09/2026
Los Angeles coyote spotted playing with soccer ball
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Los Angeles coyote spotted playing with soccer ball
A local photographer captured photos of a coyote playing with a soccer ball in a Los Angeles Park earlier this month. The photographer, Shannon Sommer, snapped the photos on Sept. 22. Sommer told K…
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not even joking
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dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2. "Going rogue" is sensationalistic. Products of ALL kinds do unexpected things that we need safeguards to prevent. Yes, AI agents running amok IS dangerous. So are industrial power tools. Hence OSHA and stringent safety training and protocols to use them.
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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Forbidden quiff
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Matt @kiwimatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love trying to look at flight departure information but the board keeps intermittently getting replaced by full screen Koru Lounge ads. The enshittification never stops.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
Could be jeans, could be a heterosexual with low blood sugar
"Introducing: The Low Straight"
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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