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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i've seen some terrible puns but this is really the last straw

Sign on a truck reads"Fifty Shades of Hay."

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Acnestis [ak-NEES-tis] (n.) - The part of the back that cannot easily be reached to scratch. Used in a sentence: “Ever since our illicit dalliance in the back garden, my acnestis has been afflicted with a most infernal rash of Poison Oak, and Miss Drollup has ceased returning my correspondence.”

A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Acnestis,” defined as the part of the back between the shoulder blades that cannot easily be reached to scratch. The example sentence jokes about an illicit garden dalliance, a poison oak rash, and Miss Drollup ceasing correspondence. At right, an antique illustration shows two draped figures with dotted reference lines marking areas of the back.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Immunologist and educator Dr. Florence Sabin died #OTD in 1953. The first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (where she graduated from in 1900) and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white historical photograph of pioneering scientist Dr. Florence Rena Sabin (1871–1953) in her laboratory workspace. Dr. Sabin, with her dark hair gathered back, wears thin, round wire-rimmed spectacles and a light-colored lab coat over a dark shirt. Seated in a dark wooden chair facing right, she pivots her upper body toward the camera with a calm, subtle smile. Her hands rest deliberately on a complex, vintage black microscope positioned on the desk before her. The laboratory setting features a dark wooden desk scattered with loose papers and a stack of documents. Behind her stands a tall wooden filing cabinet with numerous shallow drawers, while a large window to the right floods the scene with natural light, illuminating technical equipment nearby. The composition balances the scientific tools with her prominent, dignified presence, evoking an analytical yet warm and welcoming mood. This portrait highlights her legacy as the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Judith decapitates Holofernes with distaste but determination, 1597. By Caravaggio, born OTD in 1571.

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Tanuki’s Ghostie Revenge @tanukisrevenge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good morning fellow freaks and weirdos

Two red wax cap mushrooms with yellow gills growing from leaf litter in the forest

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Physicist Dr. Ursula Franklin helped invent archaeometry--the application of materials science to analyze archaeological artifacts. She used modern physics tools to date/determine the compositions of ancient metals & ceramics to uncover how ancient peoples lived/worked. Born #OTD 1921. #WomenInSTEM

A charming photograph of Dr. Ursula Franklin (1921–2016), the pioneering Canadian experimental physicist, metallurgist, and humanitarian activist. She is positioned slightly off-center against a minimalist, solid slate-blue backdrop. Captured from the chest up, she looks off-camera to the right with a bright, genuine smile that showcases her warmth and sharp intellect. Her short, styled silver-grey hair frames her face, and she wears thin-framed, amber-toned glasses. She is dressed in a crisp, purple-and-white vertically striped button-down shirt. Around her neck hangs a delicate silver chain supporting a striking teardrop-shaped pendant featuring a vibrant orange-red stone or amber setting. The lighting is soft and even, accentuating the fine lines of a long, accomplished life. The clean, professional composition evokes a mood of joyful wisdom, deep dignity, and enduring historical significance, celebrating a legendary woman in STEM.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Roma Cimitero Verano Tomba dello Scultore Monteverde.”

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“Practice any Art: music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money & fame but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.” IAN McKELLEN & the words of KURT VONNEGUT

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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Gustav Klimt. Malcesine en el lago de Garda. 1913.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If I had to share just one lesson from my decades of teaching, it's that the best way to learn is by talking to someone who disagrees with you.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Why am I posting so much about the #ReflectingPool debacle? Partly because it is so emblematic of the incompetence & corruption of Trump & his government. But also because of what it says about their hatred & dismissal of #science & expertise. Any # of experts would have stopped this if consulted.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Physicist Rosalyn Yalow co-invented a super-sensitive test (radioimmunoassay) that uses tiny amounts of radioactive tags to detect exact levels of insulin in blood & won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (the 2nd woman ever to win in this category). She died #OTD in 2011. #WomenInSTEM

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Dr J R Davis @sciarthum.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This book, and The Brain From Inside Out by G. Buzsaki.

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Dr J R Davis @sciarthum.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Nemesis, implacable foe of hubris.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

As dictators do.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

What are we doing?

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Dr J R Davis @sciarthum.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

youtube.com/shorts/6RHPb... Trump’s narcissism, psychopathy, sadism, and Machiavellianism is now peaking as he speaks with impunity that he is Jesus. Snyder speaks from an historian’s perspective. Mental health professionals see this in Trump’s obvious acts. We want to look away. Don’t look away.

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Historian Timothy Snyder Sounds the Alarm

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Lizzy Boredom @lizzymessing.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is the problem with home schooling, private and religion-based schools, and state-based make-up-your-own-curriculum. Children are not getting a FACT-based education.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A great face from 1425: Barthelemy Alatruye, painted (& framed) by Robert Campin, whose day is today.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) El Capitan, 1925. Coloured Woodblock.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Portrait of a woman, 1435. Don't know what I love more: the eyes, the subtlety of the purple robe, the incredible headscarf (the layers! the folds!) or the pins. The pins! Robert Campin, you did well.

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Chemist Sinah Estelle Kelley was born 110 years ago today. After World War II, she joined the US Dep of Agriculture research team that was working on the mass production of penicillin, and in 1958 she began her career with the Atomic Energy Commission. #WomenInSTEM #BlackSky #BlackWomenInSTEM ⚛️

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

More generally: Trump’s economic policy makes more sense once you recognize it’s just an elaborate bribe-solicitation mechanism.

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

great article in @quantamagazine.bsky.social by natalie wolchover on the bacterial flagellum and proton motive force. alas, I missed this great model on what happens to the stators during gear-shifting. see it in STC: smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2... #MicroSky

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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Pitao Cozobi, the Zapotec god of thunder, water, and therefore corn (which you can see in his headdress). From Mexico’s treasure trove of marvelous ancient creativity, the anthropological museum.

An ancient stone carving of the god of corn with a magnificent headdress.

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marzzistar.bsky.social @marzzistar.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🎨 David Hockney

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Pol Niuman @pol-niuman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Wassily Kandinsky (1929)

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This is very true! And as the research on the issue shows and as the Hungarian example confirms, and the Polish one before that, the key to large turnout is long-term, grass-roots organizational labor that helps people understand how their single vote is a dignified part of a larger transformation.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Ancient #Greece Delos, house of the dolphins, detailed view of the eponymous #mosaic from the 2nd century BCE (📸 Ancient Hellas). #MosaicMonday #Art #Archaeology #History

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

“The people must fight for law just as they would for the walls” μάχεσθαι χρὴ τὸν δῆμον ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου ὅκωσπερ τείχεος …#Heraclitus

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Juliet Kano @julietkano.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is a view of Mount Fuji seen through cherry blossoms in full bloom in a mountain garden… a once-a-year kind of magic you don’t just pass by. 🌸✨ #Mt.Fuji #Sakura #Shizuoka

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MontanaRoots @montanaroots.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My last pic from #DevilsTower last month — shot out the truck window as I drove away to head home. #scape #photography

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

SNL UK is absolutely putting its American counterpart to shame dear lord

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Like most bullies, Trump can be constrained only if everyone stands up to his bullying. Keep protesting. Go to town halls. Protect the vulnerable in your community. Keep speaking out. The fight against authoritarianism will take all of us — and we can't relent.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

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The Next Coup Attempt

And How to Stop It

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Pol Niuman @pol-niuman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Egon Schiele (1907)

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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

- The galah, is an Australian species of cockatoo and the only member of the genus Eolophus. - Photo courtesy of Margaret Coe, Sydney, Australia.

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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

There is still beauty in the world.

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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia umbellifera lichen, taken yesterday.#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Deer enjoying cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Cliffs of Moher in Spring sunshine and shade. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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Jane Dickens @hornbeamhedge.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

For this weeks #MagentaMonday this Magnolia is hitting it out of the park. 💗

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Director: “This is about how you lose your country — through small acts of complicity: when a government murders people on the streets, when oligarchs take over the media… we all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

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