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I’ve become obsessed with the disappearing night sky. I miss going outside wherever I was and seeing the stars! Glad to be able to write about this for @us.theguardian.com. Thanks to the kind readers who have already sent me emails about their own night skies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 1h

I recorded this conversation.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 1h

Nordstrom periodically sends me email about what's on sale and it's always stuff like this. Meanwhile, if you added up how much I spent on everything I'm wearing right this minute, it would be about $17 and the brand name Hanes appears more than once.

Isabel Marant boots $850
Spinelli Kilcollin ring $1,400
Givenchy dress $3,300
Burberry shirt $395

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The plain bagel I just ate must have been sitting next to a raisin bagel at some point because it smelled enough like cinnamon that it also tasted like cinnamon, which I can reliably inform you does not pair well with salmon cream cheese. Also it lacked sufficient chewiness.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't understand why my grocery app requires two-step verification. Is there some kind of clipping digital coupon crime wave that I'm unaware of?

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How to get rich quick: 1. Use hard-earned money to buy health insurance 2. Never use health insurance 3. PROFIT!

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Old English predates Shakespeare, who wrote in Early Modern English, by about 800 years. Olde English is not a language; it is a malt liquor.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why don't bakeries sell normal muffins? Bakery muffins are either 600-calorie monsters or they're mini muffins. Don't even show me a mini muffin. They could make standard sized muffins. They have standard sized cupcakes. They have the technology.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 18/09/2026

Share if you agree

Fat little chihuahua puppy (maybe?) looking extremely round and smiling lying on a tan fleece blanket

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Sarah @sarahloudandshort.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If someone rolled their great-grandpa into the bank to take out all their money, and the elderly person could not make that transaction on their own without the grandkid’s direction, the bank would not allow them to make a withdrawal. The teller would be mandated to report potential elder abuse.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Laughing at Grassley's gavel banging getting slower and quieter and finally he gives up. Assume deer dead.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Still, I think the Republicans won on their essential goal, which was CHAOS. Put it like this: *I’m* sure as hell not going to mail in a ballot. I might still vote early, but in-person for sure.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here, at least 5 justices are signalling their belief that when this case comes back, on the merits the government is likely to lose.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BUT, the Court in its unsigned opinion not only ruled against the government on the equities, it also found that the government was not likely to succeed on the merits of having the power to put these rules in effect.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There was a color-coded threat level system that no one understood.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11/09/2026

The president told us to go shopping to support America

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everyone still using X is using a website that produces and distributes CSAM. It is disgusting and immoral and nobody has any excuse for not being fully aware at this point.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/09/2026

There's still time to save the #RoadlessRule and all that it protects. The comment period has been extended, but it's open only until Oct 6. We need as many people as possible to raise their voices and urge the Forest Service to keep roadless #NationalForests protected 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4goOc6L

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When he tells the story next year, he'll be carrying the two firemen.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

when your human says the kitchen is closed but then you hear them opening a bag of chips

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

*mouth full of skittles* there’s a tofu recall

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Jade Van Kley @backlinenurse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I told Luna we have to go to the vet in the morning and she threatened to kick my ass

My white cat sitting on an ottoman looking at me very concerned like

The same white cat holding her front arm as if she is flexing her bicep to show me her guns

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/09/2026

That was response to

Another coyote just went viral in SoCal for being the first known coyote to capture a roadrunner. How does that make you feel?

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My public library is going partially offline for a few weeks while they update, and I think this means I'll lose my NYTimes access during that time. Therefore, I will need all of you to @ me periodically and tell me that Trump wearing a big box on his ass raises questions about Joe Biden's health.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I had a boyfriend in college who saw the word "champagne" and earnestly pronounced it, "chom-POG-nee," and I feel I should be allowed to make fun of him.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's 2:57 AM and I have been awake for the last 3 hours. Plotting revenge against my enemies usually lulls me back to sleep, but it isn't working tonight.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Island Video in Seattle. It was a great independent store with a fair number of harder-to-find titles, but its one quirk was that Stand By Me lived on the New Releases shelf from the time it actually was a new release in the mid-1980s until the store went out of business twenty years later.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Teenagers drive around for almost two hours.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Did he say who’s responsible for food safety and inspections in the US, or did he have to leave early so he could pick up his hot dog suit from the cleaners?

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Downgrade a movie: The Devil Wears Old Navy

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As long as we don't eat anything until 2029, we should be fine.

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Bear Claw Billie (1590/5000) @bearclawbillie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

it’s a van. how do they not know this

Scooby Doo and the gang in their van that says The Mystery Machine on the side

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 25/08/2026

I think the universal grieving comes in no small part from the fact she represented the best of what America could be, and that she never stopped chasing that ideal, artistically and socially

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I managed not to cry in the car when the deejay reported Dolly’s death; then I got home and saw all these posts and now I am a mess. Everyone loved her. What a sad day this is.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Trending: Target pulls offensive Halloween costume. Me [clicking link]: How bad could it ... OHHH SHIT

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As I get older, there are more things I can't eat. Too spicy, too processed, too fatty, too salty. Between that and everything I can't eat because it's inflation-ravaged and/or bacteria-laden, I think I can be down to my birth weight within a year, including the weight of the urn.

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Rachel @rachelsomething.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I just started watching Suits and although I like it a lot, I can't get over the fact that no one has asked Mike what his state bar number is. Instead Louis keeps trying to trap him with things like, "how come you don't know the words to the Harvard fight song?"

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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

one day you walked out of Blockbuster for the very last time and you never even knew it

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