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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My ambition is to have at least 3000 followers (free to sign up) and 300 people signed up to a tier at patreon.com/robinince by the end of the year - there will be at least one major podcast a week - currently Liberation Conversations - and lots of smaller ones like Science Gossip #podcast #science

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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com · 29/09/2026

Grown since Ancient Greece, Lemon Balm (*Melissa officinalis*) was prized as an elixir of life! 🍋 Today, its citrusy leaves soothe stress, boost mood, and flavour teas, salads, and desserts. Super easy to grow in pots! 🌿 Full guide: buff.ly/DI6MDRj 🍵 #Herbalism

Dense cluster of bright green, serrated leaves with small white tubular flowers scattered across the foliage, shown as a close-up of a garden herb bed.

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dr alex concorde @doctoralex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Life according to Dog...

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Well that is it. First the delusions of Liz Truss. Now this. We are not a serious nation. This is why Tommo the Temu-Fascist is able to convince people that going out on a rib to harass lifesaving volunteers. Rags like the Daily Heil should be called to answer for this.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

E. Lilian Todd #inventor 1909 New York Times identified her as 1st woman in world to design airplanes. 1910 design was test-piloted by Didier Masson achieving powered hop of >6metres. Many other inventions, incl cannon triggered by solar power. d. #OTD 26 Sep 1937 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Lili...

E. Lilian Todd sat at controls of her 1909 plane #WomenInSTEM #HistSTM #HistSTEM

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you'd like to learn to draw plants AND the neuroscience of how making things alters brain biochemistry in extremely therapeutic ways, I have have 2 full recordings (2 seasons of plants) of my botanical illustration & mental health workshops here for £25: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/reco...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Spending time in the presence of one of Ireland's extremely rare ancient trees, like this hulking oak near Bandon with local man Dan Holland, are for me life highlights. But it's always bittersweet, tempered by the knowledge that such stupendous beings were once commonplace. We have lost SO much.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Plate, c.1928 by Grete Marks (1899-1990), ceramic artist and a Bauhaus student #womensart

Plate in cream with thin black half circular lines and green circular motifs

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Mar 9, 2024) NGC 604 showcases how stellar winds carve cavities in gas and dust, highlighting the environment for star formation. esawebb.org/images/weic2407d/

A nebula with red filamentary clouds and bright blue cavities, illustrating star formation in NGC 604. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dr. Alice T. Schafer: + Founding member, Assoc for Women in Mathematics @awm-math.org & its 2nd president + Decades of work to remove barriers for women in the field + The Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize recognizes outstanding undergrad women in mathematics She died #OTD in 2009. #WomenInSTEM

Side-by-side black-and-white photographs of mathematician Dr. Alice T. Schafer (1915–2009). On the left, a younger Dr. Schafer looks directly forward with a serious, focused expression. She wears dark-rimmed glasses, a structured crewneck sweater, and a delicate beaded necklace that accentuates her short, neatly styled wavy hair. On the right, an older Dr. Schafer beams warmly with an open smile during a professional event. She wears larger wire-rimmed glasses, a patterned, textured blazer over a collared blouse with a dark necktie, and an official conference name badge pinned to her lapel. Her hair is short, white, and soft. The contrasting portraits capture a lifetime of intellectual dedication, shifting from youthful determination to a joyful elder stateswoman of mathematics, reflecting her profound historical significance as a founding member and past president of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Blessed are the Cracked, 2018 by UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Plate with patterned floral border and central motif of a woman holding up a sign with text ' Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light'

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The doorstep milk thief, 1966 Artist: Ronald Lampitt

A blue-tit pecks at the silver top of a milk bottle on the doorstep

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ebba Lund chemical engineer, microbiologist & Danish Resistance fighter in #WWII. Postwar studied chemical engineering & immunology, 1969 1st woman professor @ Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University #Copenhagen Eminent virologist. b. #OTD 22 Sep 1923 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebba_Lund

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cowardice versus Courage Cruelty versus Compassion Fascists versus RNLI volunteers podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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They terrorised lifeboat volunteers for saving lives

Podcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 18 September · 1hr 3min

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026

'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Off to bed - thinking of Joe Harkness and all of those battling - the world as illustrated by the media and politics is not the same world as the one where so many are ready to listen to you

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster): This is a small passerine bird native to southeastern Australia. Photo taken by Nikki Long, Tasmania, Australia. #robin #pinkrobin #australia #bird #wildlife #pink

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Deep in Scotland's Pentland Firth, a grid scale tidal turbine at the MeyGen site just set a massive milestone: over 6.5 years of continuous operation without a single unplanned maintenance stop. Operating 40 meters underwater in one of the fastest tidal currents on Earth.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Any person or organisation questioning their actions or loyalty to this country should be corrected and ostracised. Anyone can drown, but no one should. rnli.org/support-us

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Charity Support For The RNLI - Save Lives At Sea Your Way

Discover ways you can get involved and provide charity support for the RNLI. As a charity, we rely on the support of people like you to save lives at sea.

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fascism ….. and then they came for the lifeboat men and women.

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Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

my god this is awful

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@tuc.org.uk I dont suppose there are unionised crop-pickers in the UK but if there are, you should be copying these excellent posts from the uS.

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#OTD 12/sept/1918 Stewardess Jane Ambler, 3rd Stewardesses Alice Smith & Sarah Topp died when their ship, SS Galway Castle was torpedoed off Western Approaches by U-82. 143/950 were lost. More about women seafarers lost in #WW1 & #WW2 in my book.

SS Galway Castle from https://www.bandcstaffregister.com/page38.html
See also https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12350

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today’s poem is called ‘Poem, Revised Draft’.

Poem, Revised Draft

I had to write this poem again. I left the first draft on the train and now it doesn't look the same.

The original was a paean to Love, to Truth and Beauty; it soared above the everyday and all that stuff.

It would have healed estranged lovers' rifts, stilled the sands on which time shifts and stopped the world before it drifts

further into quagmired crisis. It was an open heart. It wore disguises. It employed ingenious literary devices.

I have tried my hardest to recall its words and rhythms, the rise and fall of those lines upon their cadenced crawl

through the English language. But it has only caused me pain and anguish for there was little I could salvage.

It certainly didn't end with a line like this.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026

I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Moira Smith died #OTD in 2001 in the World Trade Center South Tower. + 13-yr NYPD veteran + Helped w/the South Tower evacuation, repeatedly going back to help more people + Only female NYPD officer killed on 9/11 + Posthumously awarded the #NYPD Medal of Honor #September11 #NeverForget

A poignant memorial card honoring NYPD Officer Moira Ann Smith features a framed color photograph set against a mottled gray stone surface. The text "In Loving Memory of" appears in elegant black script above the photo, with her full name, "Moira Ann Smith," printed below it. In the photograph, Officer Smith is captured from the chest up, smiling warmly with a gentle, heroic expression. She is dressed in her dark blue police uniform, adorned with multiple commendation ribbons and a gleaming gold shield prominently displaying her name badge. Her light brown hair is softly parted to the side. Behind her, the American flag stands alongside an official New York City Police Department flag, providing a solemn, patriotic backdrop. The composition evokes deep reverence and grief, commemorating the historical significance of the only female NYPD officer killed in the line of duty during the September 11 terrorist attacks, where she saved hundreds of lives.

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

She also had a go at setting up a Women's Motor Club. Sadly not a great success but hers was one of many in UK and worldwide then and now in my new book: amzn.eu/d/089vVpzH

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/09/2026

Ebola update: The outbreak in the DRC continues to grow. More than 6,600 confirmed cases. More than 3,100 deaths. At least 60 health zones across 6 provinces affected. This outbreak is far from over. While Ebola may be out of the headlines, it is not gone. www.who.int/emergencies/...

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Emergencies: Alert and Response

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"We've done nothing wrong but the people who did it have been sacked for (not) doing it," is quite the defence. And is it just me or Does. Farage. Get. Even. More. Comically. Staccato when he's straining his own enormous capacity for lying?

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you’d like to learn a new skill along with the neuroscience of how creative activity improves mental health (clip below),2 full recordings of my botanical illustration & mental health workshop are just £25-synaptic science,lovely twigs, indefinite access: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/reco...

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within. A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle led the first all-female aquanaut team & has logged 7,000+ hours underwater. As NOAA’s first female Chief Scientist, she expanded marine research & holds the record for the deepest untethered ocean floor walk at 1,250 ft (381m). #WomenInSTEM (1/2) 🧵

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Rebecca Parton RIP, ❤️ US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph feating a white woman in a doorway with raised leg holding an acoustic guitar, smiling

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Still Life with Lemons & a Bee' by Giovanna Garzoni, 1600-1670. Italian painter of the Baroque period #WomensArt #SummerPaintings 🌞

Painting featuring the branch of a lemon tree with lemons and lemon flowers on a surface as a bumble bee hovers above

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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🐶🌿🎶 this is pure JOY ☀️🪄☀️ happy everything 🐶💛🖤💛🎶

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It’s frock day! Ladybird book pictures on request. Cinderella’s three ball dresses. (1964) Artist: Eric Winter

Cinderella‘s first ball dress, pink silk and rosebuds.

Blue satin and lace. Cinderella‘s second ball dress.

White net and gold thread. Cinderella‘s third ball dress

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If only the Radio 4 people I worked with had any understanding of neurodivergence rather than using it to say they believed I was having a mental health crisis , though I realise this series may not have the agenda they had

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here are the two podcasts we did with actual experts and people with lived experience all about Channel 4’s ADHD Myth thing

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

On this day in 1856, Eunice Foote became the 1st person to put forward the possibility of global warming from CO₂ in the atmosphere. A male friend presented Foote’s research on her behalf b/c they knew the Amer Association for the Advancement of Science would ignore a woman’s presentation. #WeTheMen

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot of Pluto.

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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’m autistic, and I’m tired of seeing autism discussed as though autistic people are just a problem to be solved. 🧵1/4

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The sexual tension here between Ms. Moreno and Animal is hotter than anything Hollywood could manufacture. They actually got married soon after this, divorced six months later.

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