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Alex Kwanten @sportzagato.bsky.social · 8h
Happy 9/29!
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Mazda’s forgotten second-gen 929 was a luxury moonshot - Hagerty Media
If the original Miata was Mazda’s MGB, the second-generation 929 that the hit the scene in 1992 should have been its Jaguar XJ6.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 8h
"The hulls are alive, with the sound of mu-" Oh. Oh dear.
Hungarian (I think) postcard of the sinking French Cruiser Leon Gambetta, which we're assured is the victim of a "megtorpedozot". It's certainly been dotted all right. Image via Cartorum.fr, which I highly recommend for all your dubious and saucy French postcards for the discerning gentleman (and no doubt some of the ladies)
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John Russell @johnrussell40.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Look where the UK is on this list. Brits who need to charge their EV away from home are being royally screwed.
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neco🐾suke @necosuke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1991 Mazda RX-7 FD3S #art #illustration #car #CarAndGirl #catgirl #catears #cartoon #automobile #mazda #vehicle
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AndyInBrum @andyinbrum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s going to end up that they’re going to be a bunch of scotes who were going round nicking fertiliser and farm stuff and hadn’t realised how close to the air base they were
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Forced To Lower Speed Limit To 20 MPH After Elementary School Opens Next To Straightaway theonion.com/indianapolis-motor-spe…
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Forced To Lower Speed Limit To 20 MPH After Elementary School Opens Next To Straightaway
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Obama on CSPAN : “Even when I was president, I sometimes fantasised about, if you put women in charge of every government for like two years and then just kind of saw, all right, how are things going?
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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I understand people’s trepidation toward change but switching to an EV was so much easier than I thought it would be. 4 years in and very happy with our purchase. High gas prices are now. Climate change is now. If you are shopping for a car anyway, make it an EV.
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Skodagram Skoda ENYAQ: Fully Charged & Good to Go
ALT: Skodagram Skoda ENYAQ: Fully Charged & Good to Go
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 21/09/2026
excited to share this illustration i did for 3 Oceans Puzzle Co.! i don’t do a lot of client work anymore, but who am i to resist puffins and a cute little newfie fishing village? you can get this as a really cool wooden puzzle on their site, and i have prints available too! (links below) #art
a fun colourful and textured illustration of one puffin bringing a beakful of fish to three other puffins on a cliff near a brightly-coloured fishing village on the atlantic ocean. humpback whales breach in the background near an iceberg, and a lighthouse shines through the fog. distant seagulls play among the clouds
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MoonlightChef @moonlightchef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Style study #FFT #ramzabeoulve
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Darwin Brandis @darwinbrandis.com · 20/09/2026
Up until about 10-15 years ago (when stabilized, remote heads because universally standard) i'd still encounter old Citroen cars that were converted into camera platforms due to their incredibly smooth air suspension system. I remember a push to electrify some of them, but the tech was too new.
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Mike @2adult2person.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Twitter user dawnedEUW quote tweeting a "picture" of a white dragon laying on the ground: i can't help but notice that i am seeing a lot more dragon sighting videos since the advent of generative AI.

Could it be that AI's adverse effects on the environment are leading to a change in their behavior, e.g. lack of water sources that causes them to move closer to cities?
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 18/09/2026
The US behaving like a revisionist power against its own decades-long security doctrine is very funny
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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 16/09/2026
Driving my first SAAB gave me a lot of food for thought, especially considering #weirdcarBS -- I think you'll like this petrospect.blog/2026/09/16/s...
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SAAB 9-3 Aero: Facing my Waterloo, do Weird Cars have a place in this World? - Petrospect: Andreas Petros on Cars
If you're any kind of weird car adjacent, you must love Saabs, it's the rules. But do weird cars have a place in the world anymore?
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Antony Ingram @antonyingram.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Gorgeous. Mount Fuji is up there with the Grand Canyon for me in terms of natural wonders that left me a bit speechless seeing them for the first time. These shots really do it justice.
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Joel Clark. Artist & Speed Icons @joelclarkartist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bluebird 2.0. Hand-cut vinyl on A1 perspex panel. This scene depicts the preparation to Bluebird CN7 on Lake Eyre in 1964. Along with the original, there are just 64 A2-size signed print editions… so best be quick! joelclarkartist.store/products/blu... #bluebird #landspeedrecord #classiccar #art
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Snugbucket @snugbucket.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mazda
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Lee Walton @eclat521.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Anyone want a non running Panda 100HP? You’ll need a truck to collect and it’s in deepest western point of Cornwall. Roof box not included.
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Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I feel bad for everybody born too late to experience this era
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Samoht @sam0ht.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My strongest 9/11 memory comes from a month later. I was manning the stand for the Japan Society at Freshers' Fair. The stalls being arranged alphabetically, the Islamic Society was adjacent. Two freshers walked up and called out something like "why would we associate with terrorists" at them.
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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 11/09/2026
@beefnreef.bsky.social texted me that Seiko is making a Redsuns Keisuke Initial D special edition for Japan only and I'm spinning around like a dorito with how much I want this--my birthday is Oct 15 😜
A yellow box branded Seiko with Keisuke Takahashi from the hit 1998 anime and 1995 manga Initial D in front of his Competition Yellow Mica Mazda FD3S RX-7 with a large K behind it. The watch is a yellow faced chronograph. It has gauges inspired by the FD RX-7.A closeup, you can see the D in the middle, Redsuns which is the racing team he and his brother belonged to, the gold Seiko badge and the individual gauges are inspired by the FD RX7 with orange/black writing.
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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 09/09/2026
We do a little bit of reflecting! This is a long one, I've been thinking about R53s for a while now but I figured out looking at childhood pictures just why it has been so special to me for so long. When I grow up... :) petrospect.blog/2026/09/09/m... #PSBlog
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Meet your Heroes: R53 MINI Cooper S - Petrospect Blog
Reflecting on the R53 MINI Cooper S, I was staggered to find young me was right.
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CVD Custom Vehicle Drawings @cvdcustom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hi all, I've created another special piece for my 6th anniversary. What you think?😊
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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Modern remotes modulate the infrared signal at around 40 khz because the first optical remotes used receiver circuitry that was adapted from the acoustic receivers. So in a sense, they are still with us.
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Cris Fles @crisfles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cuando encuentro el fin del estanque del tiempo, se me escapa gota a gota el sudor frío. En su reflejo observo que llevo la muerte pegada a mi sombra y la vida avanzando a dos pasos frente a mí. Cris Fles ✍️
#PorElPlacerDeEscribir 
#Poemas
#Poesía
#Letras

Imagen en Pinterest
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Kurt Füchslin captured this video of frozen methane bubbles in Sihlsee (Lake Sihl) in Switzerland. Deep in the depths, bacteria break down decaying organic matter, producing bubbles of methane. As they reach the thickening surface ice, they're trapped as flammable fart pancakes/ice art.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#HappyBirthday Stefan Johansson, 70, which is all the excuse I need to post one of the greatest #F1 pics ever taken: Johansson’s Ferrari 156/85 at Monaco in ’85, photographed by Rainer Schlegelmilch. Just totally & utterly gorgeous.
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Antony Ingram @antonyingram.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Another shot from a week or two back. Don't think I've posted this one yet.
A red Mazda RX-7 with a red berry bush in the foreground.
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can't help thinking that people with "legitimate concerns" probably don't feel the need to wear balaclavas to air them
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

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After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
new job announcement: I am Housing & Resettlement Coordinator for @tractionpnw.bsky.social’s Open Arms Project, helping trans refugees from red states 1) make it to somewhere safer (often Seattle, but not always!) and 2) find employment, housing, and community once they do
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Ben Jackson @benjacksontp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Apologies for more non-automotive posting, but this interview with Mr T is EVERYTHING you wanted it to be and much, much more. Absolutely brilliant. A true legend. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T
He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
rename Apple. ORANGE. #LakeOntario
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 02/09/2026
3/ The unfair-trade piece is the bigger miscalculation. For the first 20 years of Japanese competition, decades ago, the Big Three argued Japan's edge was cheap labor. In reality, their edge was lean production, and it took GM over two decades to copy it.
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Squat Erry Day @implicitpower.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Meme with dinosaurs into oil into plastic into plastic dinosaurs. 

And yet a trace of the true self

Exists in the False Self
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CVD Custom Vehicle Drawings @cvdcustom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
1/2 Hi all, Mitsubishi have announced the new Pajero today. Let me tell you why this new version is a retrograde step over the previous ones. It reverts to a ladder frame chassis for the first time since the 2nd gen & instead of the 3.2 diesel or 3.5 V6 you get a 2.4 diesel.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Explosion at Augsburg train station in Bavaria. Two injured. Police have found unexploded devices.
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At least two injured in explosion at south Germany train station
Explosives experts from the State Criminal Police Office are searching the area around the site of the explosion. #EuropeNews
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SoCraTes UK @socratesuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Next SoCraTes UK: 10th - 13th June 2027. Save the date 🗓️ but don't book travel yet. We are planning a training day followed by a two day open space unconference at Milton Hill House Hotel near Oxford - same as the previous edition. Updates to follow once everything is confirmed. ✨️
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
While you're figuring out how to coordinate software changes across multiple teams, taken a moment to ask yourself *why* you need to coordinate software changes across so many teams.
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LK @lkcreations.art · 30/08/2026
Daily sketch 🌕🌲🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the Cat ? #artsky #ink #sketch
Photo of a sketch on a table with two pens around it. It depicts a little island with pine trees in front of a big orange orb. The Samurai stands in the middle and the Cat hides somewhere.
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The Car Factoids @thecarfactoids.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Factoid: Did you know that after VW built a few thousand Golfs they retooled the tailgate at considerable expense? The revised one had a small lip at the leading edge (creating an imperceptible spoiler) which apparently cut drag by 2% & improved fuel consumption by 1 ½%. (📸: Autocar)
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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.
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Kyra Dempsey - Admiral Cloudberg @kyracloudy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New article is out!! admiralcloudberg.medium.com/years-of-sal...
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Years of Salt and Metal | The crash of Hop-a-Jet flight 823
In 2024, a business jet crashed on a Florida highway after losing both engines. The cause came as a shock to the aviation industry.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“The irony is that these super-patriots really hate their countries, that’s why they’re fleeing into an imaginary land.”
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The Cosplay Patriots
MAGA and Reform hate their countries
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LK @lkcreations.art · 25/08/2026
Daily sketch ⛩️🌲🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the Cat ? #artsky #ink #sketch
Photo of a sketch on a table with pens around it. The sketch depicts a Torii with pine trees around it. The Samurai stands in the middle and the Cat hides somewhere.
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Antony Ingram @antonyingram.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ad for the MX-5 is live. Let me know if the text looks weird, C&C's formatting is... not good www.carandclassic.com/l/C2175784
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2009 Mazda MX-5 Black Manual, 6 speed Right Hand Drive in...
2009 Mazda MX-5 Black Manual, 6 speed Right Hand Drive in Finedon, United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £5,200 2009 Mazda MX-5 Road...
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Samoht @sam0ht.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
That's twice this month that a 'power failure' at a single control centre has knocked out a swathe of train services. Have to question if it's deliberate, and regardless seems work needed on resilience. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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CrossCountry cancels 'almost all' UK services after power cut
Customers say the disruption to virtually all UK CrossCountry services is the "worst case scenario".
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In addition, most leaders of most countries since the invention of national borders would fall to their knees in gratitude if they had the kind of relationship with a neighbor that we had with Canada. They would be singing glad hosannas and slaughtering fatted calves in thanks.
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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 22/08/2026
Good morning. It’s the weekend! Wishing you all a great weekend ahead. Little bit of work and a little bit of chill, is what is in store for me. Photo description in the ALT. Love and peace ❤️🙏 おはようございます。週末ですね!皆さん、素敵な週末をお過ごしください。私は、少し仕事をこなしつつ、少しのんびり過ごす予定です。 写真の説明はALTテキストに記載されています。 愛と平和を ❤️🙏
Japanese model, Miu, at the old port in Dubai back in 2013. This photo was made as part of a big commission I had, to shoot photos for use on the big screen in Haneda Airport’s new international terminal. Which opened the following year. Made with a 1979 Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 lens on my Nikon D800e camera. Miu is wearing a black dress, local shawl and accessories. Behind her you can see the waterway, boats and a minaret on the opposite bank of the river. 

2013年、ドバイの旧港で撮影された日本人モデルのミウ。この写真は、羽田空港の新国際線ターミナル(翌年に開港)の大型スクリーンで使用される写真を撮影するという、私が受けた大規模な依頼の一環として撮影されたものです。ニコンD800eに1979年製のニッコール50mm f/1.2レンズを装着して撮影しました。ミウは黒いドレスに、現地のショールとアクセサリーを身につけています。彼女の背後には水路やボート、そして川の対岸にあるミナレットが見えます。
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