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Vancouver Island’s marmots have clawed back from 22 animals in 2003 to 427 today, the highest count on record. The Marmot Recovery Foundation released 41 captive-bred marmots this year, with 40 more due in 2026, an estimated 120 pups were born in the wild in 2024. buff.ly/UKzvRJ6 #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Marmot population on Vancouver Island climbs to 427 as recovery efforts continue

The Vancouver Island marmot population has come a long way, making a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction.

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Matoo @matoo.net · 03/10/2026

Un petit tour d'horizon de la Pride de Paris aujourd'hui. Sélection de pancartes ! Toutes les photos (69) ici : matoo.net/2026/10/03/marche-des-fie… #ParisPride2026

Une pancarte comme une fleur avec des drapeaux LGBT en pétales et au centre : l'amour n'a ni genre ni frontière

Une pancarte : j'suis d'accord avec les autres pancartes

Des jolies filles avec des pancartes : we deserve sunshine et Love is Love

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

WREN’S WAR by @sherwood.bsky.social returns! As allies die & others disappear, four teenagers must put aside their emerging feelings if they are to defeat an invading sorcerer. They know they need magic to survive. Can they turn the bloody tide? Read a sample: bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

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BVC Announces Wren's War by Sherwood Smith

Wren's War by Sherwood Smith Can they turn the bloody tide? When the evil Andreus's hunger for power leads to war, Wren and her friends are thrust into the

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 in Canada honors the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. Given parallel assimilation policies, the U.S. has adopted the date as a National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools. #KidLit

Orange background with blue corners and white text. Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools.

Featured cover art:

FREE TO FLY, written by Karina Iceberg, illustrated by Steph Littlebird (Heartdrum, 2026). Age 4-up.

STEALING LITTLE MOON: THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS by Dan Sasuweh Jones (Scholastic, 2024). Ages 9-up.

IN OUR OWN WORDS: TRUE STORIES OF INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS by Brenda J. Child, Benay McNamara (Christy Ottaviano Books, 2026). Ages 9-up.

WHEN WE WERE ALONE, written by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett (Highwater, 2016). Ages 4-up.

I AM NOT A NUMBER, written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland (Second Story, 2016). Ages 4-up. NOTE: Look for the the English-Ojibwe language edition.

SHARDS OF SILENCE by Brian Young, cover art by Lynnette Haozous (Heartdrum, 2026). Ages 12-up.

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City of Kamloops @kamloops.ca · 27/09/2026

How do we support someone else's learning about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation? ✨ Maybe you learned something this week that you didn't know before. ✨ Maybe it changed the way you think about where you live. ✨ Maybe it raised a question.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pedolf showing off to Xi all the bits of the constitution that he's run roughshod over or shredded

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 26/09/2026

Instead of: A hill I'm willing to die on I'm gonna start saying: A hill I'm having a picnic on Just... spreading out a blanket with a food basket and staying a long time ✅️ too many ppl dying already ✅️ picnics are cozy n nice ✅️ nobody wants to eject someone having a nice picnic on a hillside

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I Love Animals @animals.pics · 25/09/2026

This kind of loyalty is something you never forget. ❤️

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is why "I love Shavo" videos take over your feed. A spontaneous moment between a person and their pet, and the oxytocin rush is mutual.

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s bisexuality visibility day! When I love to share the Villa Farnesina bisexual visibility fresco, commissioned in the early 1500s by the Italian Renaissance artist Sodoma, depicting Alexander the Great between his wife Cassandra and boyfriend Hephaestion. Bisexuality has always been a thing!

Fresco of a sumptuous bedroom. In the middle Alexander draped in blue and gold robes is offering a crown to Cassandra who is lounging naked in a canopy bed. To the right Hephaestion also naked watches while standing in a sexy pose.

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Borners @borners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Really enjoying @adapalmer.bsky.social's new podcast series which is going to be hours and hours of her going into glorious TMI of Renaissance Florence/Italy. And Gelato advice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruDc...

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What was life really like in Renaissance Florence? | Beforecast Episode 3 with Ada Palmer

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As seen in that bastion of democracy, free speech & equal rights North Korea Pedolf TV - The Fantasy Channel. You won't recognize the disUnited States you experience daily.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

⛽️ MAGA TRUCKERS: “There’s no reason for this… My truck’s gonna sit there and rot until this idiot is out of office… I never thought I’d say this but I miss Biden… we’re dying out here and they don’t give a shit…” cc: @MarshaBlackburn

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SHIT. The easiest way to tell that trans women are women is that the right is so desperate to control what they do with their bodies. WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN COMMON.

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wilson’s storm-petrel feetsies alert!!!!!!! 🪶🌿🦑

A wilson’s storm-petrel flies just above the ocean surface with its feet visible hanging below its body

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The amazing “Elk’s Head of Huittinen” comes from a Mesolithic settlement in southern Finland, dating to around 6100 BC. The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting. Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3 📷 me

A close-up photograph of a grayish-brow stone sculpture of an elk head, shown diagonally against a black background. The elongated muzzle points toward the lower right, with rounded antler-like forms rising at the top.

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 20/09/2026

FYI: I have nothing against pantsers. I love that you can do that! (I can't do that) I do think many people who dislike outlining feel that way because they assume the outline must be followed. An outline is also living document!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo

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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity

Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Me, too, kid. Me, too. #Birdsky #ReadTheAlts

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

SHOUT-OUT to all proud members of the MAGA-Resistance Movement in their defense of the Kennedy Center. It will NEVER have the Orange Felon's name on it, just as it will continue to be the Gulf of MEXICO, Lake ONTARIO & the Department of DEFENSE. #AccountabilityIn45Days 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva which was discovered in 1727 during the construction of sewer under Stall Street in Bath. Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Bath

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Dennis Fischman @dennisfischman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

May 5787 bring all of us into more spaces where we feel safe, and more people with whom we feel safe, and let us save our courage fur changing the world! #ParshaChat

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Skia @rfskia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Starling 💫

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026

Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Went to this madrigal concert yesterday in Palazzo Medici, it was wonderful to hear this music being performed in a room made for it hommearme.it/eventi/flore... and there are a bunch of other related concerts in the next week, if anyone is in Florence and interested.

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FloReMus - CONCERT À BOIRE: Tra parola e suono/Ensemble Arco Amoroso - Homme Armé

Il madrigale italiano tra Cinquecento e Seicento In collaborazione con Il Palazzo suona Musiche di Luca Marenzio, Maddalena Casulana, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claudio Monteverdi Ensemble Arco AmorosoValent...

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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

Highland traditions Domestic goats wearing ceremonial wool adornments perched on a stepped wall in Tibet High altitude documentary #photography capturing daily life and local culture along the route to #Everest against the Himalayan #mountains #luiscordobapharchive #Tibet #eastcoastkin #scape

Horizontal orientation documentary photograph Decorated Goats on Tibetan Wall, Sacred Lakes and Everest Route. The composition features a stepped wall of traditional Tibetan architecture, built with white plaster, dark slate stone, and red coping tiles, running diagonally across the lower frame. Four small white domestic goats adorned with colorful pink and yellow traditional wool ornaments stand perched at varying heights along the ledge. On the far right, local villagers in traditional clothing sit near the structure. The upper background is filled by the massive, atmospheric, monochrome slope of a high-altitude mountain under soft daylight. Optimized for Tibetan traditions, traditional Tibetan architecture, decorated goats, traditional stonework, travel documentary, and Tibet landscape photography indexing

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 19/09/2026

"You attack one of us, you attack all of us"

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nick’s Sunrises and Sunsets Saint Augustine Beach, Florida

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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

American beautyberry. 💜🌱💜🌱💜 “Say, can I have some of your purple berries? Yes, I’ve been eating them for 6 or 7 weeks now, haven’t got sick once…” 🎶 ~ Wooden Ships, CSN. Nope, that’s okay. I’ll leave them to the birds! 🤣 #nature #bloomscrolling #PurpleFriday

American beautyberry. Photo taken September 2026. Purple berries and green vegetation growing on the side of the road.

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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fox News has lost 43% of its viewers since last year and it appears that every month viewership is continuing to drop. Things like this give me hope!

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.

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Andy Heppelle🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇬🇱🇺🇳🏳️‍⚧️ @andyheppelle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I hope you have a meaningful U.S. Constitution Day 🇺🇸 Next #NoKingsDay, October 17, 2026 #CheckYourVoterRegistration🇺🇸 #RegisterToVote🇺🇸 #Vote🇺🇸 #VoteBlue💙 #VoteOutGOPHouseReps #VoteOutGOPSenators #KeepTheRepublic🇺🇸 #ProtectTheConstitution🇺🇸 #RestoreTheRuleofLaw🇺🇸 www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

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The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution as it was inscribed by Jacob Shallus on parchment (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum). The spelling...

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Andy Heppelle🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇬🇱🇺🇳🏳️‍⚧️ @andyheppelle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We don't deserve dogs. 15,000 years of domestication and they still read our emotions better than most humans do, loving us back with nothing expected in return.

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Asakiyume/Morinotsuma @asakiyume.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This came up randomly in my music. So perfect for a Certain Someone. And to think, TMBG wrote it 14 years ago... "You're insane, you are bad You wreck everything you touch and you're a sociopath But there's one thing that everyone's wondering When will you die?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQ8...

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When Will You Die? - They Might Be Giants (Official Video)

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Ehud Maimon @ehmaimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I first came across @adapalmer.bsky.social's blog, Ex Urbe, through a post about spotting a good Gelato place, and then came a 4 piece series of long and fascinating posts about Machiavelli. She is now talking about Machiavelli on this podcast, and I need to find time to listen to the new episode.

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