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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Needed to see the version history on a file in my OneDrive. Even though I am signed into the local OneDrive client, it asks me to authenticate when the browser opens. I have a passkey already, but then it also sent me a 2-factor text and now is requiring I add another email address, no skip options.

A microsoft signin dialog that clearly shows an email address at the top, asks for an email address, and rejects the email address that has been entered because it needs a NEW email address.

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week's t-shirt is a very silly joke for fans of linguistics, Ghibli, and milky drinks. #WeeklyTshirt #Ghibli #Boba danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/kiki...

A black spikey shape wearing a red bow and riding a witch's broom.
A blobby shape filled with milk and tapioca balls, with a red spiral stripped straw.

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

French astronomer, mathematician, Ismael Boulliau, who was a Keplerian and suggested the first inverse squared theory of gravity, was born 28 September 1605 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/t...

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The astronomical librarian

I’m continuing my look at the French mathematician astronomers of the seventeenth century with some of those, who were both members of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc’s group of telescopic, as…

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't know if any #transformers folks here on bsky remember a sweet dude named Mike "Star Saber" Bisbee who used to be on alt.toys.transformers and attended #BotCon every year with his wife and daughter (also fans). If you do, they could use some help after a house fire: gofund.me/3ee5b518b

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Donate to Help Mike's Family Find Housing, organized by Mike Bisbee

My name is Mike, and I am creating this fundraiser for myself and my family after our hous… Mike Bisbee needs your support for Help Mike's Family Find Housing

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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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Joshua Stevens @jscarto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Significant feature rollout for Phosphor: * Both predefined and custom palettes instantly tell you if they are colorblind-safe * Added live map and image previews of your palette * Controls to add parabolic curves if desired * (See next post)...

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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ESO @eso.org · 23/09/2026

An “oasis in the desert” 🏝️ This is how ESO’s Residencia, which provides shelter for those who work at Paranal, is sometimes called. It was chosen as the hide-out for the Bond villain in the movie Quantum of Solace and it was blown up in one of the scenes — luckily, only virtually! 🔭

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I want you to think about the kids in your life. Maybe those kids are 8. Maybe they are 32. Do they know enough about snails? Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails. Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar. SquidFacts.net.

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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WBUR @wbur.org · 21/09/2026

Boston runners took part in the Charlie Card Challenge Friday night, a 6-mile race from Boston College all the way to Park Street to see if they can outrun the T.

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Think you're faster than the Green Line? These Boston runners took on the challenge

Boston runners took part in the Charlie Card Challenge Friday night, a 6-mile race from Boston College all the way to Park Street to see if they can outrun the T.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism"

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nature's sunrise palette, reminding us of the beauty in the world around us. 💜🩷💚🩵💛 Photo taken in Glastonbury yesterday morning

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There's a lot of stuff we have done in the past which turned out to be a bad idea. So we stopped doing it. It's difficult for me to accept the inevitability of [things] knowing this. But I am worried there are not enough people standing up and saying "this is a bad idea" in 2026.

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David Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s a tale of two crescents… am seeing some great captures of yesterday’s lunar occultation of Venus from around the visibility region; it was a challenging daytime event for many, and a dusk event for SE Asia. spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Miriam Wasser @miriamwasser.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey! Do you live in Massachusetts and heat your home with heating oil? Are you feeling anxious about prices this winter? Are you weighing whether to fill now, whether to lock in a rate, etc? If so, I'd love to talk to you for a story. Email me, please: MRWASSER@bu.edu Thanks!

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Walking to lunch from the workshop, we passed this amazingly Dutch tote bag 😄

Photo of a tote bag with a painting of a cat form of "Girl with a Pearl Earring," riding a bicycle, next to tulips, with windmills and canal houses in the background

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My contribution to the sea of posts talking about post-9/11 America: @radiolab.bsky.social recently reprised an episode about the 9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) which includes a profile of the ONE member of Congress to vote against it, Barbara Lee: radiolab.org/podcast/ea1c...

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60 Words - Transcript

It’s been 25 years since 9/11. Today we talk about the 60 words that ushered in everything that came after.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

TiVo really sent this update saying "we are disabling the commercial autoskip but are pleased to share a new commercial autoskip service for additional fee". They've enshittified so badly I almost don't mind my TV provider is--later than most!--completely discontinuing CableCard support soon.

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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 white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

College Board is one of those huge organizations where people in different roles have different priorities and work against each others' goals. The folks who write the physics exams are accessible to teachers and I really believe they're trying to to produce good, valid exams! But also... this.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hold a grating in front of the camera, and your phone is now a spectrometer thanks to phyphox! #ITeachPhysics

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XelArtz @xelartz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A year ago I sat on my roof and saw one of the most incredible lightning storms I've ever seen. From sunset to 2am, it was a constant multicolor display over the horizon followed by a grand finale of purple crawlers exploding over the backyard.

Four long exposure stacked photographs of intense and colorful lightning over neighborhoods and palm trees.

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ehehe_he🐸 @ehehenohe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"The Setting Sun Is Blinding" At Sovereign Land of Frogs, An East Japanese Tree Frog. 2026/09/02.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's a new school year, so I've sent another thousand-word "feedback" to the AP Classroom website about how terrible the site is. This thing is like 10 years old now and still the slowest, worst-organized, most baffling thing I am required to use for my job. #edu #teaching

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Science teachers should check out this channel! In the top video here he talks about and demonstrates a homebrew cold/ice pack mixture with a freezing point far enough below water's that it can do a much better job of keeping your cooler cool. Very satisfying graph. #ITeachPhysics #edusky

A graph of temperature vs time for three different substances after being taken out of a freezer.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Looking over the first batch of responses to my annual new-students survey. In the question about nicknames and such, one student says she would like to be referred to as "[her name] the Queen" which is pretty fantastic.

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

such giddy joy about trucks shearing themselves in half. this is pure hater energy. @reportermatt.bsky.social

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Looking out of the window now I almost can't believe I caught this colour at sunrise. It is and was torrential rain here in Glastonbury. It was brief but intense.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

First time that Peter Cullen attended BotCon--the original Transformers fan convention--he said that among the characters he had played the two he cared the most about were Prime (no surprise especially given the audience he was talking to) and Eeyore (best answer).

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Check out the s-tier attributes on my new off-brand toothbrush heads. Whitening is a useless stat for a brush anyway, that all comes from the equipped toothpaste.

A hexagonal radar chart or spider web chart. It depicts the dimensions of ‘BRUSHMO DNA’ showing 3.5/5 whitening, 5/5 gum care, 4.5/5 durability, 4.5/5 cleaning, 5/5 softness, and 4/5 plaque remodal.

It is absolute nonsense like most toothpaste/toothbrush marketing.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Finnish nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen followed a female grey wolf (Canis lupus) & a male brown bear (Ursos arctos) for 10 days. They played together, shared meals, napped together. Both were young adults. They appeared to be... friends? (📷: Lassi Rautiainen, www.wildfinland.org)

A brown bear and a grey wolf on a green grassy plain, both looking in the same direction, with strange wispy trees out of focus and concealed in fog in the distance. The suggestion is of a land of magic where bears and wolves are friends.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The reference pages in this school planner are full of slop errors. If anybody finds good pictures of them (not just from the TV news story) I would like to see them!

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Tony Dunn @tony873004.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Why do flight paths curve on flat maps? Watch the great circle route between San Francisco and London turn into a straight line as the projection shifts. Flat maps lie, geometry doesn't! ✈️🌍 #GreatCircleRoute #DataViz 🔭 #astro

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ocarina of Time is mostly about the differences between childhood and manhood, which mainly that boils down to having three pairs of shoes that you have to cycle through regularly instead of one.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Desmos Notebook now has text formatting including section headings!

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

a guy digitized some old 80s Italian ambient tapes and one of the guys who made the music saw it and swung into the comments to say thanks for doing this, we loved making music back then maybe we’ll do it again & man that’s a good feeling youtu.be/2XwkPbBtiAQ?...

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TERRA DELLA SERA - 1980's ITALIAN AMBIENT SYNTH TAPES collection - 6,5 hours long

YouTube video by Jeroen van de Sande

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

X-Men '97 has lots of great compositions. In S2E9 this week, this ridiculous frame of Val Cooper looking at her computer warning her that something has reached 100% made me laugh out loud. So campy, I love it. #xmen97 #x-men

A partial screencap from X-Men '97, S2E9 "Survival of the Fittest". It is a closeup of a shocked and concerned blonde woman named Val Cooper. She is wearing glasses and both lenses show a reflection of text from a computer screen reading "100%" in large red numbers. Harder to make out below the 100% it says "celestial energy".

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ha! Thanks Alom for posting this scam. I got one and thought "At last! Recognition and appreciation of my great works". Then I got another, and another similar email. Then the light dawned and my humble place in the literary universe returned. 😒

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I opened up @libreoffice.bsky.social to work on a document and saw there was an update. One of the changes: "Writer now displays a more visible grid, and the Snap to Grid functionality now accurately aligns objects with the grid" So glad for this to finally be fixed!! (Pic from the release notes.)

An illustration from the LibreOffice 26.2 patch notes. It shows a blue square on a blank document with a grid of dots in the background. On the left, "before", the grid is hard to see and the square is not-quite aligned with the dots. On the right, "after", the grid is easy to see and the square is perfectly matched.

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CLEAPSS @cleapss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Important safety advice for today…. Anyone using a colander to watch the eclipse, be careful — you may strain your eyes.” 😎🌒 Or you could read our guide to how to view this safely - PS017 science.cleapss.org.uk/Resource-Inf...

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 12/08/2026

In honor of @birderk.bsky.social's plover saving and hoping she can beat her boss by the deadline, I'm unveiling my first snowy ploverling of Baby Bird Season 2026, I call it "Plover Against The World." 🪶

A young snowy plcoer chick stands alone as the sun stars to set and is washed over by the orange hug. They look alone but their parent and sibling were nearby. This was inside an enclosure and as the suns et they began to run out, but this individual baby stopped and pivoted, seeing what must have been a scary world out there.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The irony of reposting this, but yay! You can follow someone for original content but not see their reposts.

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I TOOK MY 90 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOUR TO AN ANIME CONVENTION! Her first con ever!

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