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Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every time a disc enters or exits a console this cat will be there. Calcifer will hear the disc tray from across the house and sprint over to face his arch nemesis. He wants to kill Playstation discs the most. Whether it’s PS3, 4, or 5, they’re his most hated foe

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Rob Tilsley @stargazerrob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Update to my Saturns. This goes: 2015, 2016, then annually from 2020 onwards.

9 telescopic closeups of Saturn presenting in a horizontal row, oldest captures on the left with poorer technique and equipment going through to run of clearer images. The ring tilt can be seen going from open to closed, and now opening in the other direction.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There's a kitty stationmaster in Taiwan named Mikan that I've been a fan of for a while: www.instagram.com/krtcmikan/

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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Throwback to that time I signed into a new season of #DestinyTheGame with my hunter--who I hadn't used since Halloween and was still in costume as villain cannon fodder--and got thrown straight into this cutscene of Eris Morn treating a vex goblin like her trusted research partner. #destiny2

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 03/10/2026

it’s october 3rd 💗

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ah! Thank you for that context! I assumed it was a new short from the way ToonHive was talking about the birthday and new documentary.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did I miss them, or does this clip not contain even a single bit of Steven Universe or Craig of the Creek? :(

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

Time for this classic again.

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

This is my experience with basically every service where I've tried switching to passkeys or other passwordless sign-ins. Loops, dead ends, needing third or fourth factors because two aren't enough, needing a SPECIFIC google app on my phone that they change every time, etc..

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

Speaking of, did you know stock brokerages want the FCC to reapportion the broadcast spectrum so they can monopolize shortwave bands for making trade orders faster than internet or satellite? www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

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S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 4: Wall St. Wants Your Airwaves | On the Media | WNYC Studios

In recent years, creative, often music-focused pirate broadcasting has been thriving on shortwave. But these surreptitious broadcasters are up against a surprising enemy: Not...

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Same. The TechCrunch headline here though is overstating pretty dramatically by saying "hottest new hangout". "This American Life" told the story of a single group of kids doing this. There was no indication then and no new info in the TechCrunch article about it being widespread or common.

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I stayed twice in an observers' chalet at Lowell Observatory and it was charming enough. This place is GORGEOUS though, wow.

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I still listen to "Music of Funk" from this list every now and then!

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Please stop with this mystery-box style of headline. It is beneath you.

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Got it, thank you! I can understand that objection. I guess I can see how they ended up there though... taxing by miles driven would be difficult to figure out. And taxing by kWh at charging stations would mean ppl who charge entirely at home never pay. A tricky problem!

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm bringing home my first EV tomorrow, but this doesn't sound crazy to me? I thought road maintenance was partially funded through gas taxes as an indirect sort of "the more you use the roads, the more you chip in" thing. EV drivers still use the roads. What am I missing that you dislike here?

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Taking the wrong lessons from fiction is a really common refrain in a lot of techbro and fascist stuff. :(

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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

Lee is now the mayor of Oakland CA, by the way.

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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 · 09/09/2026

Like Marco, I bought my current pack about ten years ago by walking into a Staples or something. It wasn’t easy to find within the store then though! Thankfully you can use even a single sheet dozens of times. I seem to have lost a bunch though! Didn’t have enough for every group this year.

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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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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Isn't the fire drill version when 2 or more people get out of a car (at a red light for example) and run around it before getting back in? I think usually into different seats but maybe just back into the same ones. Or maybe that's some other racist fire drill and not a Chinese one.

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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 · 02/09/2026

I hope it's better than the supposedly-great classroom techniques depicted in Project Hail Mary's classroom scenes! (Disclaimer: only saw the movie. Maybe in the book he actually helps kids learn things.)

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