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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 6h

I split the G (train) with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Michéal Martin. Sláinte!

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026

Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 15h

From 9 October, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku shows a free projection mapping work by students at a public arts high school, turning its facade into classroom windows, corridors, and shoe lockers in a story of teenage love. tokyoprojectionmappingproject.jp

Spectators in the plaza below the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku look up at the facade at night, where a hand-drawn figure in a white sailor-style school uniform with a red neckerchief and navy skirt is projected across the tower against a blue background. Provided by TOKYO Night & Light PR Office

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building at night, its facade covered in a projected hand-drawn scene of a student in a white shirt, head tilted back, in warm orange, yellow, and green tones. The twin tower tops glow blue above. Provided by TOKYO Night & Light PR Office

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building at night, lit in pale lavender, with a hand-drawn boy and girl in school uniforms projected on the left and right towers. The boy stands looking across, while the girl reaches upwards, her hair and skirt swept by the wind, as small pink petals drift across the facade. Provided by TOKYO Night & Light PR Office

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ESC Discord @escdiscord.com · 9h

🇻🇳 "Em Tiên" by Tóc Tiên has won "The Sound of Vietnam" and will be Vietnam's entry for #EurovisionAsia 2026!

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Joseph Fung @josephfung.bsky.social · 10h

defence vc in canada went from $7M to $159M in a year. growth-stage funding went the other way, close to zero. when a canadian company scales now, the default exit is a sale abroad.

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

pouring one out for mturk today

“Amazon Mechanical Turk will permanently close on September 30, 2026.”

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026

This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.

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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Instructions: 1) Make your donation here: www.agu.org/honors/fmstg... 2) Forward your receipt to fossillocator@gmail.com 3) I will write your name on a slip and put it into a bucket, include your handle, per $15 donated 4) drawing 10/5/26 3 pm EDT 5) Free US shipping, subsidized international s/h

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Give to the AGU Student Travel Grant | AGU

Support the AGU Student Travel Grant.

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speck @notkaspeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Had so much fun playing #MinCup26, decided to celebrate by going to the ABQ Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show at the Expo grounds. I was overwhelmed from the moment I walked in the door, but found some cool specimens to buy, including #kyanite and #quartz for the last two winners. www.showabq.com

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ABQ Fall Gem, Mineral, & Jewelry Show

ABQ Fall Gem, Mineral, & Jewelry Show Inside Expo NM! Free For ALL to Attend! Join Us October 2nd-4th 9am-5pm.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I complained to the City that they enclosed my voting info in an envelope addressed to my tenant. As he's under no obligation to tell me, it's a great way to suppress votes and disengage voters. She said it's a cost savings. LOVELY. (She also tried to deflect and put onus on me...nope)

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 21h

One of the most frequent daydreams people share with us is a wish to win a specimen of the Champion. This year, you can.

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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nebula dropped him BECAUSE OTHER CREATORS WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HIM STAYING it’s not that deep bro. He had a ton of original content and other shows shot that hadn’t been released , 💰alone would dictate doing a Sheeran

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Strange Attractor @strangeattracto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Municipal election signs are better in the original Klingon. Vote Gowron for Mayor of Winnipeg! 🤪 youtu.be/4uVKHpZcR_g

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Poster touts Star Trek character as mayoral candidate

YouTube video by CTV News

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Strange Attractor @strangeattracto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Pan-ArcticVision Song Contest is livestreaming. Niko Valkeapää and Miro Mantere have such a calm song. I like it. www.youtube.com/live/5cEXtx0...

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Pan-ArcticVision 2026 - LIVESTREAM

YouTube video by Pan-ArcticVision

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Liz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is one of my favorite things. In the final dungeon, the chest messages change to notes from the translators talking about how much this game means to them, and encouragements to see it through to the end. Hits me right in the heart and reminds me why we do this work. Machines could never.

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Liz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I introduced my Localization Lore series earlier this year, dedicated to revealing more about the people and processes behind J>E translations of old RPGs. Check the "Localization Lore" header for another Women's History Month post.

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Localization Lore: Ys I (~1989-1990) - Elizabeth Bushouse

Welcome to a new series of mine focused on the history of video game localization! In my time studying Japanese-to-English game translations, it became

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Joseph Fung @josephfung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The new permanent Productivity Mega Deduction cuts Canada's METR to 6.4%, roughly half the US and the world's lowest. Capital and founders keep leaving anyway. If tax was never the binding constraint, the design quietly tilts toward capital-intensive incumbents over founder-led firms.

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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 02/10/2026

Congrats to #Quartz, the literal bedrock of all minerals on Earth, after 10 years on the campaign trail it has got the #MinCup26 title. But a bigger congrats and thanks go to the @mineralcup.bsky.social team, for providing the sparkle we all needed to our social media feeds.

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trains botting @choochoo.xor.blue · 02/10/2026

🌖️ 🌺 🌼 🏵️ 🏵️ 🌺 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃 🦋 🌷 🌷 🌺🌼 🌷

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Milena Schuhmacher @mschuhmacher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So excited to join the Perutz! #lipidtime I will also be looking for new PhD students and postdocs soon ☺️

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Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Always a pleasure meeting with Luther Manor residents. Thanks to Nancy & Lynne for sharing concerns about challenges facing seniors - the "invisible generation" - inc mental & physical health, loneliness, & affordability. Read my helpful Seniors' Guide at www.catherinefife.com/seniors_guide. #onpoli

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trains botting @choochoo.xor.blue · 02/10/2026

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 01/10/2026

Pre-sign ups for the kickstarter for the Murderbot graphic novel!

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Like… The Earth is always listening. With seismometers in the right places, we can track all kinds of daily activities (like how quiet it got during COVID lockdown! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) We have seismic signal of teenagers having sex from a station on Vancouver Island. A setlist is easy

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Global quieting of high-frequency seismic noise due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures

Seismic background noise dramatically decreased as a result of lockdown measures in place for mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I mean… was the Seattle Taylor Swift concert REALLY the record? Or would Vancouver, last night of the Era tour, have broken it if they had a seismometer recording next door? No way to know from archive data way over in Queen E park. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...

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Greatest seismic activity caused by a music concert

Reports of seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3-magnitude earthquake at Taylor Swift’s (USA) Eras Tour concerts at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, USA, on 22-23 July 2023 sent shockwaves through t...

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeeeeah, the #MinCup26 Final is going to need a detailed audit. When the match closes, I can do the rough-cut enough for provisional results that will hopefully be enough to declare a winner, but the actual finalized vote-count will need to wait until after bedtime stories.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 01/10/2026

I tend to lay low during the Mineral Cup, but I will just leave this Clovis point here for all to enjoy. It ain't cuprite. #MinCup26

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 01/10/2026

Kyoto Night Market holds a Halloween edition on 3 and 4 October, spread across the plaza in front of Kyoto City Hall and the Zest Oike underground mall below. On 4 October, a yokai parade of Japanese folklore spirits and monsters moves between the two venues.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some nice coastal plants today..Marsh Samphire, Rock Samphire, Sea Aster, Sea Campion

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Holyhead Breakwater with former quarry & brickworks tramways and railway to right. Bonus bit of Caer y Twr hillfort wall in the lower foreground (white wall).

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Maria Gorick @mariagorick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The startling white #Quartzite of #Holyhead Mountain. Composed of almost pure #Quartz, this rock was quarried to create the 1.7 mile #Breakwater. For more than 150 years, resilient #Quartz has provided a safe harbour for shipping, enabling travel and trade. #MinCup26 #TeamQuartz

A mountain, composed of white quartzite, overlooks sea cliffs. A small number of houses can be seen on the grassy slopes.

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authodizer @doktrock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Re-upping this #Quartz aka rock crystal vase on display at the Prado for #MinCup26 !⚒️

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ESC Discord @escdiscord.com · 01/10/2026

🇲🇳 Beck has been selected to represent Mongolia at #EurovisionAsia 2026! On 10 October, he'll perform five songs at Mongolia's Chosen One, where the Mongolian entry for Bangkok will be decided.

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Joseph Fung @josephfung.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hyperscalers pushed about $1.65T of AI infrastructure commitments into footnotes and SPVs. The loss-absorbing layer is pension and annuity capital with 25 to 40 year liabilities matched to 2 to 3 year hardware. Canada's Maple 8 are among the biggest allocators funding it.

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ȷď𝐛𝐛🌳 @jdbb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

verweile doch du bist so schön

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2026 calls out for versatile quartz which under stress when rubbed or crushed triboluminescences, shining rather than crushed. Tough & adaptable quartz converts light & vibrations into understandable sounds & visuals, humans & quartz are ubiquitous on earth but not in the galaxy this is Quartz yr.

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Louise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Copper is my fav element, but for #MinCup26 final, I am team #Quartz! Pilati used its vibrational spectra to calculate how atoms move in its framework at room temperature. Quartz turns atomic motion into measurable behaviour. Read the @actacrystb.iucr.org study: journals.iucr.org/paper?cr0463=

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Thermal parameters for α-quartz: a lattice-dynamical calculation

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Ted Herman @tedherman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One usually associates pencils with graphite, but there is actually a "quartz pencil" too. www.ishor.com/bergeon-quar...

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Bergeon Quartz Test Pencil | Shor International

Allows you to test the quartz module without removing it from the movement.

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Things that make me laugh: Every time #Quartz has been in the #MinCup finals, it’s been against a mineral with the composition X₂O. This is particularly funny as ice and #Cuprite are the only two minerals with this composition, & ice took #MinCup19. Win some, lose some? Or history repeats?

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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 30/09/2026

Exciting news for the Perutz: @mschuhmacher.bsky.social will join the institute as a new group leader in 2027! 🎉 Currently leading an independent group at EPFL Lausanne, Milena brings an innovative chemical biology approach to lipid research ➡️ tinyurl.com/4x9xm24m

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Eos @eos.org · 30/09/2026

Two widely used and interesting minerals! 🤔 It’s a tough choice, but we’ll continue on #TeamQuartz — did you know the outer rings of Stonehenge are mostly made of this mineral? eos.org/articles/sta...

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State-of-the-Art Technology, Serendipity, and Secrets of Stonehenge - Eos

The first comprehensive analysis of what the sarsen stones are made of came about with new technology—and good old-fashioned luck.

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trains botting @choochoo.xor.blue · 30/09/2026

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reading his account of the terms of the agreement, it is striking how much depends on the word 最大, as in Japanese government financial institutions will provide "at most" USD 550bn in investment, loans, and loan guarantees. Remove that word and it falls apart.

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McDonald Institute @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow at 3:30 PM ET, we will live-stream this month's HQP Seminar with recent PhD graduate Dr. James Page! Tune in and hear about Page's work on antineutrino oscillations with the SNO+ experiment at SNOLAB! www.youtube.com/@mcdonaldinstitute/…

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

26. Actually listen to Indigenous people rather than trying to convince them to accept pipelines, mines, and oil tankers thewalrus.ca/a-subjugatio...

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“A Subjugation”: First Nations Chiefs Blast Carney’s Nation-Building Scheme | The Walrus

Bill C-5, the controversial fast-track law, risks unleashing years of litigation

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CARFAC BC @carfacbc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We have many clear roadmaps to correct this situation: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 1996 (RCAP) - 440 recommendations (majority unimplemented) The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 2015 (TRC) - 94 Calls to Action (13 implemented) 6/11

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CARFAC BC @carfacbc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirit Inquiry Final Report 2019 (MMIWG2S) - 231 Calls to Justice (2 implemented) Unfortunately these are not being taken seriously by our governments, and funding for MMIWG2S programming is being cut in the current federal budget. 7/11

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak, Birds from the Sea (1960) #WomensArt

Print with images of birds in blue with abstract bodies against a white background

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