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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Sadly relevant today.

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

cat bus passing chicago city hall

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

unexpected call from paris during late night monitoring of birdcage data worker jobs

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

ivy attachment to old fence post, autumn.

ivy vines in close up on a fence post. there are many tiny attachments growing from nodes in the vine holding it tightly to the wood.

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nnoir226 @nnoir226.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

To: ALL RESISTERS... Good morning! ☁️

SO IF WE LIE TO THE GOVERNMENT IT'S A FELONY, BUT IF THEY LIE TO US IT'S JUST POLITICS

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

So, how many separate corporate entities does your dentist share your health data with? So far I’ve identified three for mine. #eff #privacy #needtoknow #itsmybusinessstaythehellout

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Fall colors on the #ivy looking almost sci-fi. Enhanced a little but the colors were pretty striking. #fallcolor #nature #macro #nikon

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-november-11th-we-cave

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Winter is coming according to the guys in my yard. Z7 with Nikkor Z MC 105.

Ivy leaves and seeds in fall colors - blue seed berries on bright red stems with red leaves in the background.

Dark maroon leaf of an ivy. Showing also are signs of a long summer of service and attempts by various creatures to eat or otherwise use the leaf for their purposes.

Service berry tree leaves in close up, color is bright maroon-red

Two tiny pinecones of a hemlock tree, each about 3/4” across. The center one is in focus, the left one is in the background and a bit blurred.

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NPR @npr.org · 08/11/2025

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.

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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated. #NotAllHeroesWearCapes

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Just thinking that a pair instability supernova happening within the accretion disc of an active galactic nucleus would really be a hot mess.

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Black Hole Flare is Biggest and Most Distant Seen The flare, co-discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility, may be the result of a mega black-hole meal 🔭🧪 ☑️ www.caltech.edu/about/news/b... ☑️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... ☑️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Black Hole Flare is Biggest and Most Distant Seen

The flare, co-discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility, may be the result of a mega black-hole meal.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Spotted on Capitol Hill

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Chicago Botanic garden today

Sundial and pedestrian bridge among fall colors at the plant science center at CBG

Plantings on the roof of the plant science center at CBG, low growing succulents make a path through knee high grasses. All in autumn colors.

The interior of the plant science center at CBG from the top of the staircase looking from the back all the way to the front. The second story is simply a set of glass windows that illuminate the floor below. The floor and ceiling are made of what appears to be cedar boards for a nice natural feeling. On either side of the second story are the two large roof gardens that cover the science facilities below. Surrounding those are a row of solar panels barely visible.

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Still the best halloween performance ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45y...

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Broken Peach - Tainted Love (Halloween Special)

YouTube video by Broken Peach

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That's HEDLEY! @hedleylamarr23.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I mean, as long as we're spitballing the idea:

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Hmm. Are you really saving money hosting at AWS? Seems like you might need a local backup for a hot failover.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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Kayla "Iacovino with an i" @kaylaiacovino.com · 04/04/2025

Today’s moment awe: this actual photograph of Mars. This one particularly moves me. Somehow, the atmosphere and play of light and shadow on the surface make it look *real*. Like a place I could go to. And stand on. Not an abstract concept seen only through the eyes of robots. An actual *place*.

Argyre Basin and Thaumasia - Viking 1
11 frame color mosaic of the large impact basin Argyre and its surroundings, taken by Viking 1 during its 40th orbit of Mars, July 30, 1976. This image captures the area just after sunrise. Water condensate clouds are seen streaming over Thaumasia, while carbon dioxide hoarfrost fills the bottom of Argyre.

Caption: Aster Cowart
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / Viking Project / Aster Cowart

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible...

View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

He finally got his revenge against the man who asked him if he was up past his jail time. Now it's up to us to ask why he's terrified to release #TheEPSTEIN_PedoFiles. #StandWithTheSurvivors

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Tried having gpt5 translate the writing between the rear front leg and the forward rear leg of the colossal winged bull statue at OI. I think it added to my experience and understanding and with a little prompting, identified where the text in this photo was which I found interesting. However…

This photo detects the cuneiform writing between the rear-most front leg, and the front-most rear leg of the winged bull statue featured in the other photo in this post.

Colossal winged bull relief sculpture at Oriental Institute. It pictures a winged bull body with a decorated human head. The human has a prominent beard and a large headpiece that extends upward beyond the rest of the background. There are cuneiform writings on the flat parts of the sculpture between the legs of the bull.

Photo is in black and white, there is a plaque to the viewer’s left with information about the sculpture but it is it legible.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I'm more than a little excited about this interstellar visitor 🧪 The images keep getting better and the insights deeper PS this is just some of the science funded by the NSF that is threatened by devastating budget cuts--speak up and call Congress. www.sci.news/astronomy/in...

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Displays Broad Coma and Growing Tail | Sci.News

Using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini South telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory in the Chilean Andes, astronomers have captured new multi-color images of the ...

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Pictures at UChicago practically take themselves. From a visit to the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures or Oriental Institute as it had been named. It’s wonderfully done.

Colossal bull’s head from Persepolis, ~486 bce, one of two that guarded the portico of the Hundred Column Hall there.

This is a 10-ton, black polished stone sculpture of the head of a bull. It is missing horns and ears which were originally made of different materials and fitted into the prominent sockets on the beast’s head. A person to the left looks at the information display, but also shows the enormous scale of the sculpture - it in s much larger than one adult person in height.

This colossal sculpture of a winged-bull was one of a series that guarded the entrance to the throne room of Sargon II, king of Assyria (721–705 BC). This photo, in black and white, shows the human face of the sculpture.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/08/2025

NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL: Trump approval rating: 37% Trump's handling of: Crime: - 12 Russia/Ukraine: -12 Foreign Policy: -16 Economy: -18 Trade: -18 Israel/Hamas/Gaza: -19 Sending weapons to Israel: -28 National Guard to DC: -15 Epstein files: -48 Smithsonian: -27 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In G...

"Posting the National Guard in D.C. to fight local crime gets faint support, with independent voters giving the deployment a big thumbs down," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Goldenrod is the place to be right now

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Water plants, Chicago Botanic Garden, this morning

Pink, yellow, and red-orange flowers just appearing above the water’s surface which is covered with circular green and some reddish leaves.
The water appears very flat and calm and is very dark, almost disappearing.

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Robb Broome @robb-b.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Your contribution is needed ASAP to fuel this existential fight and save science in America. Donate now for today, tomorrow, and the years to come. act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

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Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered @andysaunders-1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I ditched Facebook many years ago, and Instagram earlier this year, despite it affecting my reach and also my ability to communicate with friends. But I had to. Here's my story: badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-me...

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Goodbye, Meta. Also, a first planetary discovery for JWST

Waving bye-bye to Zuck’s domain, and a new (to us) planet is tugging on others in its system

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Goddamn them all

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