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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 4h

Saw a guy wearing ESD safe birkenstocks at work today. I aspire to that level of drip

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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 4h

So you say that your tires are “non skid” - how do you intend to communicate that to the general public?

A thin tire on an antique car, with the tread forming the words “NON SKID.”

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Liz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 3h

A woman in her 20s just asked my husband to take a group pic, had a REAL, ACTUAL camera, and tried to explain to him, man from the 1900s, how to use it I loved literally every minute

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cageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 7h

Call up the Turtle Club guys! they're cool dudes who just like to get down with turtles. i'm sure they'd be happy to pitch in

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MagicMetalBird 🐑 @magicmetalbird.com · 7h

OH MY GODDDDDD IF YOU CAN GO YOU ABSOLUTELY FUCKING SHOULD THIS IS ONE OF THE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME ideally you want to be high but you do you

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting analogy for the size of Ceres. Why do you suppose a giant would do such a thing?

and from Piazzi's scanty observations reconstructed the lost body's orbit. When he emerged from his figuring binge a few weeks later, he told astronomers where to point their telescopes. They did and, sure enough, there was the mislaid wanderer. Piazzi christened it Ceres and later measurements have revealed it as an orbiting island of jagged rock, 480 miles in diameter and with a surface area of 700,000 square miles-equivalent to the Confederate States had they been scooped up by the roots, formed to fit a giant's fist and hurled into the heavens.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 8h

What on earth is "Other than standard orange wine" ? (and I will restate my position that Pop Tarts are stoner food, and should never have been part of alcohol culture in the first place)

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 11h

TORONTO: on October 17th I’ll be signing and selling books, cards and calendars at The Toronto Shitshow at Parkdale Hall. Free admission, but there’s also a VIP ticket that includes a rare Effin’ Birds book and pin. Get your holiday shopping done early (and personalized!) torontoshitshow.com

A graphic showing the book Greetings From Effin’ Birds, an Effin’ Birds pin, a pen that says Welcome to the Shit Show and more.

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 10h

I’m reading the depression-era diary from a highschooler in North Dakota and it’s making me emotional

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Hearty White @heartywhite.bsky.social · 10h

I think renaming things is a smart strategy, the effectiveness of which is outlined in George Orwell's famous book An 80s Guide to Good Government.

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JS @cranksatori.bsky.social · 10h

you don't have to love the things I do, listen to the records I do, weird little zippering noises and harsh squalls, people growling and barking like dogs, eating an apple in the mic, laughing like mad clowns, but if this is the coward ass way you find whatever your version of that is, fuck you

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 10h

5 potatoes squared is negative 25 potatoes because of the i's

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 21/04/2024

I love everything about this photo of Joey Ramone c. 1985, from the correctly punctuated hand-lettered sign with equalized pricing for the three genders, to the photo of Aretha Franklin on the cover of Long Island Pulse Magazine and Grace Jones in the ad on the back.

Black and white photo of Joey Ramone standing in a corner holding a magazine; there are three signs fir haircuts:

Men's haircut $2.75
Ladies' haircut $2.75
Punk haircuts any style $2.75

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 11h

probably fine that all these new ai agent rollouts are so cutesy and childish. probably a sign of innocuous, normal shit

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 12h

Posting @mcgill.ca for an Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. Focus on pests of agricultural systems Note under this program position only open to people resident OUTSIDE of Canada as of June 2026. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...

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Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 15h

awoke this morning with a Vision

that diagram showing the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 13h

All those Toronto drivers who shouted about bike lanes' [non-existent] effect on emergency vehicles will no doubt throw their support behind congestion pricing. Right?

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16h

There are up to 8,000 species of katydids in family Tettigoniidae, 255 in North America alone. But this hot pink katydid isn't some exotic species, it's a 'morph', a normal genetic color variant. Here's the weird part: this is the DOMINANT color gene in katydids. (📷: Audubon Zoo)

From Audubon Insectarium article (it's behind a paywall), a vibrantly pink katydid, probably fresh from molting, sitting on broad green leaves.

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 16h

There were some very legitimate guesses proposed for these image results, but the search term was "online hate speech" 🤷‍♀️

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I'll be Frank with you 🇨🇦 @syncros.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This weekend is the 20th anniversary of Nuit Blanche in Toronto. I remember heading to U of T that night because Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya's work was enveloping Philosopher's Walk in fog. It was amazing. For a time capsule, here's my Flickr album from 20 years ago. I'd just gotten my 1st dSLR.

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nuit blanche 2006

Photos from Toronto's Nuit Blanche, an all-night "contemporary art thing" Oct 1, 2006.

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 28/09/2026

did you know this is what canada geese look like under their feathers

a sticker of an anatomically correct canada goose, nipples and all, yelling in front of a canadian flag

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fancy restaurant in Brussels. Beautiful room, a little too chic, decent generic haute cuisine. And les toilettes? Oh. On second thought I think I’ll go back to the hotel. (And they’re unisex. Nothing wrong with that prima facie, but this doesn’t help. Yes they become a bit translucent. Still)

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 28/09/2026

Look what I got at the grocery store where it was on extreme clearance for some reason

Me holding a thing of KD RAMEN. there's a picture of ramen but it's Kraft Dinner orange. And cheese sauce appears to be spilling over the edge of the bowl

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

in case anyone was wondering what happens if ants realize there’s sugar water in those waterpik flosser machines, the answer is that you shoot ants into your mouth WITH the water and don’t realize it until you spit them out into the sink

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Turkey Content Provider @haus53.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🪶 These lads have been through it. Three days of high wind and pouring rain. One of them has a limp. Having “I survived the ‘26 Nor’easter” tees printed up for them.

Five wild turkey toms in a back yard. They are soaking wet and bedraggled. It’s almost October, leaves are turning. Everything’s wet.

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Brad in TKPK @bxe123.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know a kindergartener whose “step-grandpa” (lol) was, for a time, David Bowie’s road manager, or something like that, and this kid says to me very matter of fact, yesterday, “On David Bowie’s Space Oddity, the guitar starts very low, like on one out of 10”. Had to share with someone.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

breakfast buddy

my very green jardines parrot sitting on the edge of a white cereal bowl enjoying my cheerios

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Matterhorn SE face 27th sept. 2026 We are leaving a desert to next generations... 🔥 📷 Via Niko Froitzheim

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass

1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto

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Dani Elwell @danielwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The man loved radio and music and for that I’m more than grateful to have listened to him and to have met him. Farewell David Marsden.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 28/09/2026

David Bowie was a #straphanger! (And steel rider.)

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I rode this once, to go to a David Bowie concert.

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Stefan Powell @spduchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Top view of a galaxy with ponytail held in place using a star.

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eBay mugs & glasses @dangmugs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

for doug 💛

White mug with hand drawn illustrations of Garfield and Odie, personalized for the name "Doug".

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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve reached that time of year where I have an internal struggle about which annoys me more: 1. anatomically inaccurate decorative skeletons 2. people who are outraged about decorative skeletons being anatomically inaccurate.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some news: I’m (officially!) writing another book, tentatively titled TACTILE: MATTER, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE WORLD WE MAKE, working again my brilliant editor @armadilloproxy.bsky.social at @riverheadbooks.bsky.social. I wrote a bit more about it at my newsletter: buttondown.com/metafoundry/...

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TACTILE
By Deb Chachra
Imprint: Riverhead

Materials scientist, design educator, and author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS Deb Chachra's TACTILE, an articulation of the irreplaceable value of the material world and why the ways we interact with physical objects matter more than ever in a digital age, to Courtney Young at Riverhead, in an exclusive submission, by Zoe Pagnamenta at Calligraph (world).

Rights: tdussel@penguinrandomhouse.com

Non-fiction: Science/Technology

September 22, 2026

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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That shadow on the bike path 100 metres away is a bear. This is a once-every-20-years event, and today was the day.

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Station Master Mikan comes out to inspect the passengers.

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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Princeton finally handed off some advance copies for the 2nd Edition of my wasp book, and they look phenomenal! Thank you everyone for your exceptional patience! Go order it right now!! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

A photo of me (a white woman with long brownish hair wearing glasses and a dark blue shirt) holding an advance copy of my book "The Social Wasps of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean: Second Edition" in front of an old wooden railing and some lush sassafras leaves. There is a big illustration of a bald-faced hornet on the cover.

This photo is slightly misleading, since it was taken by my mom a year ago in 2025, immediately before we noticed the major printing errors in the plate series that required us to completely redo the printing from scratch. My joy is nonetheless real, and I feel justified in using this photo since I never posted it the first time around. It's all good now!

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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a cat practicing telekinesis with a piece of cake that turned out HORRIBLE, she mistook sugar for salt

painting of a cat using telekinesis, lightning comes out of her forehead, to levitate a chocolate cake

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