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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 2h
Formal wear al fresco. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Black-and-white photo of a short haired, black tuxedo cat lying on its side on a lawn.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 6h
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h
righteous among the nations
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 7h
Up to 80% of deep-sea species rely on bioluminescence to hunt and mate. Researchers warn that plastic pollution could disrupt these critical chemical light pathways and harm tissues, posing an emerging threat to life in the ocean's largest biome. Learn more. mongabay.cc/dz6mfF
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More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn
Plastic pollution could disrupt the bioluminescent light produced by deep-sea organisms, researchers warn in a letter in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics. When deep-sea organisms ingest…
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3h
I finished my Eureka rewatch and now I’m rewatching Warehouse 13 and if I became a billionaire I would fund a streaming service that produces scifi/fantasy shows that are 16 to 23 eps of silly fun, none of which are blockbuster high budget dramas and all of which have a guaranteed 4 season minimum.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 5h
Pushes to build a road connecting Brazil’s Acre state to Peru’s Pacific coast could trigger up to 68,500 hectares of Amazon deforestation per year. Experts warn the BR-364 highway extension also threatens carbon credit revenue & accelerates land speculation. @constancemalleret.bsky.social reports.
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In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments
Along a freshly repaved stretch of the BR-317 highway in Acre, a Brazilian state bordering Bolivia and Peru in the Western Amazon, pasture stretches out as far as the eye can see. Solitary Brazil nut…
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 52m
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h
I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 3h
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi have returned to Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Driven by iwi and local communities, the Capital Kiwi Project has translocated over 250 birds following widespread predator control. Learn more on the Mongabay Newscast with @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social.
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Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. More than 250 manu (“birds” in the Māori language) were successfully translocated back…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1h
Driven in part by El Niño, Tokyo has logged a record 35 straight days of rain, nearly tripling its typical September average. Weather officials warn that saturated soil and unstable river levees leave the region highly vulnerable to landslides as more storms approach. Read more. mongabay.cc/gP0eNE
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Tokyo records historic 35-day rain streak driven by El Niño and stalled fronts
Central Tokyo has experienced 35 consecutive days of rainfall, setting the longest continuous rainy streak since records began in 1886, reported local media citing Japan’s weather agency. Rains began…
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 6h
For a C.S., a juvenile European Herring Gull! I can hear this pic. Thank you for your #Waymakers donation! 🪶🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt We're down to the last day for donations, don't miss out! Every dollar goes to helping immigrant kids in the US! Donate here: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...
Illustration of a set of European Herring Gulls lined up in front of a gray sea. All of the adults are blurred, either close to or far from the "camera", leaving a juvenile in focus with its beak open to the sky as it calls out. The adults are snowy white and pale gray with bright yellow bills, but the juvenile has a black bill, mottled pale gray head and breast, and extensive brown-gray mottling all over the wings and back.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has foolishly cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, and homelessness is predictably now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if lazy political ideology doesn’t get in the way.
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Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burrowing Owl for meraxes-of-new-albion on tumblr! Thank you for the donation! 🪶🎨 #BirdArt #SciArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by end of day Sept. 30 - not much time left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...
Illustration of a Burrowing Owl standing on a patch of chunky dry dirt in front of distant blurry powerlines. The owl is long-legged and standing tall, with its head tilted to the side as it peers toward the viewer with its huge yellow eyes.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 2h
We would like to remind countries everywhere; if The Hague won’t or can’t take your despots, our active volcano will. It reacts exceptionally well on body types such as Putin/Trump/Xi/Lukashenko/Kim, etc. Pedos are good sacrificial fuel too.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 4h
#MinCup26 FINALS!!! We have a pair of geometric beauties as deep red #Cuprite is against versatile #Quartz. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split image of fine red needles of cuprite on one side and chunky clear quartz crystals on the other.
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MaryVarshini108 🐕🛷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦😷 @maryvarshini108.bsky.social · 5h
Jennifer needs some help if you are able to donate or share. It's her birthday today and this feels very unfair.
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 5h
I’m a fraud. It’s an echidna. I thought it was at first, but I thought “surely that’s too niche.” I’m happy to be wrong. More echidna love!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
genuinely people need to get it into their heads that jokes about the "hypocrisy" of transphobes/homophobes/misogynists etc., are invariably trash. they simply cannot overcome the basic premise that the thing being mocked is putative similarity to an oppressed group
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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 28/09/2026
boosting my gf! bills are coming up and she's working her ass off to try to make ends meet. any help goes a long way
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 8h
Herkimer diamonds are naturally double-terminated quartz crystals with exceptional clarity, mined primarily in Herkimer County, New York. Double termination is very rare in quartz. Link for more info in ALT! #Quartz #MinCup26
"Herkimer diamond" quartz crystals. More at: https://geology.com/articles/herkimer-diamonds.shtml
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Bill Minarik @silicatefondue.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 9h
Quartz veins in slate show the deformation and material transport accompanying the growth of the Appalachians. #MinCup26 #Quartz #Quebec #Gaspésie
White quartz veins in a black slate. Several generations of veins show cross-cutting relationships and deformation within the rock. Siluro-Devonian Appalachians, Gaspe Penninsula, Quebec
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 9h
A geologic dyke (or dike) is a sheet-like body of rock that cuts vertically or steeply across the layers of pre-existing older rocks. In this case, a quartz dike. These cross-cutting relationships allow relative dating of geologic features. #Quartz #MinCup26
Dike composed of a quartz veing.
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Ellie Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 8h
Ninja penguin is here to steal your fish
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Debbie Iron Bow @ironbow.bsky.social · 13h
This is Annie Ironbow, my mother. She spent from age of 4 to age 13 in Delmas residential school. There are no descriptions worthy to tell of the trauma she experienced there. Today, I honor her, speak of her. She is why I am here today, because she survived the unsurvivable. 🪶
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16h
🥚 4,000+ kids separated from their families were adopted abroad during the chaos of Greek civil war and its aftermath in the 1940s, becoming a prototype for predatory adoption practices by U.S. agencies. Now the Greek adoptee diaspora is regaining citizenship. greekcitytimes.com/2026/09/30/g...
Two babies held by a smiling woman in front of TWA airlines sign.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 9h
okay I'm sorry to literally beg for this, I've done part time jobs and you all have been amazing sponsoring for me doing work around the community But I go 1400 a month rent is due at the end of the month and I'm freaking out, they can delay it until the 8th but I think I honestly can't pay it
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 9h
Here’s the bigger ask I mentioned: I owe $6k in back rent. I’ve been selling my limited belongings to reduce the number but it is slow going and I can’t hope to cover it all, especially not in the short time I have. I have enough to cover October rent and little more. More details below.
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Misty @purplestarrynight.bsky.social · 9h
Hope this spectacular artsy dahlia brightens up your day today! San Francisco, Golden Gate Park. 🌱 #bloomscrolling #dailyflowers #flowerreport
Yellow flower
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U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @us-sciod.bsky.social · 8h
Is your life missing a comic book about scientific ocean drilling? Not anymore! Find free PDF downloads of books that have been produced from IODP’s education and outreach efforts at joidesresolution.org/node2998/ Suggested audiences and background information included on the website.
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 8h
That’s a big ol’ no thank you very much.
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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 8h
This starts tomorrow!
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 9h
In a rare Newsom W, today he signs AB 2222, the Community NEWS Act, which would establish some of the best tax incentives/rebates for newsrooms in the country. It would send $40M/year back into California newsrooms to keep journalists employed. Check out the presser happening live right now:
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Governor Newsom Signs Legislation & Speaks with Media
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 16h
Deforestation across the Mekong region fell in 2025 due to fewer wildfires and enforcement, continuing a multi-year drop. However, total tree cover loss reached 746,168 hectares, with nearly 200,000 hectares destroyed inside protected areas. @geraldrflynn.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
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Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong
BANGKOK — Over the course of 2025, the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 hectares (1.8 million acres) of tree cover, an area roughly equivalent…
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15h
Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio
The audio of Mr. Paxton was shared with The Times by an attendee who recorded him speaking at a private fund-raiser in Washington attended by roughly a dozen people. The person, who opposes Mr. Paxton’s campaign and provided the recording to The Times, was granted anonymity because Mr. Paxton’s remarks were private.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 15h
Snake charming is fast disappearing in Sri Lanka due to shifting livelihoods and welfare concerns over harmful practices like fang extraction. Researchers now advocate leveraging the Ahikuntika tribe's traditional snake expertise for wildlife conservation instead. Malaka Rodrigo reports.
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Sri Lanka’s disappearing snake charmers carry a legacy of fear and fascination
COLOMBO – For generations, the sight was familiar in towns and villages across Sri Lanka of a man playing a flute sitting on his haunches next to a woven basket, from which a cobra raised its gently…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11h
DNA analysis of critically endangered Nubian giraffes in South Sudan reveals surprisingly strong genetic health and low inbreeding despite decades of war. The findings suggest the region is a crucial genetic stronghold and underscore the value of conserving conflict-affected areas.
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In war-torn South Sudan, giraffes retain a surprisingly healthy gene pool
Giraffes living in the South Sudan’s war-torn savannas are genetically healthy and connected to nearby giraffe populations by gene flow, despite decades of conflict, recent research suggests. These…
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 11h
don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 9h
12 critically endangered Nubian giraffes were relocated from Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park to make way for oil extraction. As economic priorities increasingly undermine protected areas, how safe is critical biodiversity inside national parks? Watch more 👉️ mongabay.cc/Conservation...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16h
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Keano Raubun @keano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about
attack them. now they're fighting two battles
*picture of a cat attacking another cat*
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Victor Frankenstein's Psychoanalyst @graay.bsky.social · 10h
I would rather listen to my HVAC for the rest of time, at least it's real.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 13h
As I mentioned just a little bit earlier: a machine cannot feel. It does not know what it means to be human, no matter how much time and effort you put into its output looking and sounding like one. To offload your creative output to a machine is to murder of your own soul
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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 22h
CBP agents love drugs, drinking, and being a danger to their family.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
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Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h
A couple recently received a $575,000 settlement from the city of Milwaukee after 55 swatting calls over the course of three years summoned police to their home. Officials knew the calls were made by pranksters. nyti.ms/3TtgRQH
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another lovely map cartoon by Tom Gauld.
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mommmmmm all the OTHER museums have life-sized model eurypterids, why can't WE install life-sized model eurypterids
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 23h
holy fucking shit look at how beautiful Jaye is
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23h
“But the smart glasses reflect a larger philosophical position, one ubiquitous in Big Tech and fueled by the artificial intelligence gold rush: that the human is not enough, and that we need to be aided — and disciplined — by AI.”
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Amazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its Workforce
Amazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock ...
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