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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 1h
The unrelenting heat in inner-city communities fueled by climate change & urban heat island effects has economic and health impacts that hit hard this year, esp in lower income & minority communities. Support programs can't meet demand for help. 🌎 publichealthwatch.org/2026/10/01/h...
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‘Unbearable’: Fighting the Heat in Urban Communities Can Be Costly - Public Health Watch
Inner-city neighborhoods face limitations on resources as ‘urban heat islands’ contribute to rising temperatures
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 12h
Remember this throughout the year too. With Xmas coming up etc. For me it's a question of morality too. If you're fine with people being harassed, attacked, murdered because of their skincolour, faith or place of birth, then I don't want you in my life. No matter how close we once were.
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 4h
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Libra: Your season is here! Touch grass! Pet a dog! Toss that corpse that’s just been gathering dust in the woodshed into the bog! Skip rope!
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1h
Painted in 1887, 'A Flower Meadow at Veierland,' is one of Edvard Munch's final paintings before his style was influenced by Hans Jæger, an anarchist and bohemian in Kristiania who convinced him artists should take a new approach in their work and have relevance in peoples' lives
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 53m
#OtD 4 Oct 1893 Jewish anarchist immigrant Emma Goldman began her trial in NYC. Found guilty of incitement to riot, she was sent to the Manhattan's city prison and later sentenced to a year in Blackwell's Island Penitentiary shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 48m
Did you know? Before pumpkin spice became the prevailing taste of the autumnal season, other flavors were tried, including bright dead leaves, malevolent fog, damp squirrel, and mossy darkness.
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Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · 46m
4/10/26 - nocturn
small hours 
big time

east on track by water treatment works
pass fish ponds and caravan

hear night geese stop
beyond massive barn no.3
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Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social · 41m
The Noctambulist (2024) by Fiona Finnegan. Oil on linen on wood.
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 37m
It is a subtle decorative choice, wrapping the body in mint green chiffon with a swirl of piping around the waist attached with bridging stitches. Early #1940s style, soft layers and sleeves that seem to fold into themselves #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
The front of a lower calf length dress of floaty pale green chiffon with short sleeves and a v neck. It has a panel of piped fabric at the centre of the waist that encircles the bodyBack view of the pale green chiffon early 1940s evening dress. The back is higher around the neck but the piped mid section continues from the frontA detail of the piping in the middle of the early 1940s pale green chiffon evening dress. It shows how the bridging stitches attach the green piping in a concentric patternSleeve detail of the early 1940s pale green chiffon evening dress which shows how the sleeve is folded into a soft draped shape
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Old UK Fashion @oldukfashion.bsky.social · 28m
Dec 1962: Australian Canned Fruits ad from Mrs. Britain (+Australian Peaches; Australian Pears; Australian Apricots; and Australian Pineapples) «make it a sunshine Christmas with AUSTRALIAN CANNED FRUITS»
An old advertisement encourages readers to have a sunshine Christmas with Australian canned fruits. The ad features a woman decorating a Christmas tree with cans of fruit. Peaches, pears, apricots and pineapples are all mentioned.

make it a sunshine Christmas with AUSTRALIAN CANNED FRUITS

Give them the summertime goodness of Australian Canned Fruits. Juicy pears and golden peaches, sun-ripened apricots and succulent pineapples. So light and refreshing-just right for Christmas. LOOK FOR THE WORD 'AUSTRALIAN' ON THE LABEL
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28m
Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘Ludlow Castle’ (Readers Digest magazine) Artist: SR Badmin
Finely-detailed, mixed-media illustration of Ludlow Castle viewed from across the river. The trees on the hill slope are vivid with autumn colours. 
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 2h
#OtD 4 Oct 1884 anarchist poet, essayist, playwright, musician, actor, translator and Dadaist Jun Tsuji was born in Tokyo. Among the works he translated into Japanese is individualist anarchist Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1047...
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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 2h
Nikon Comedy Wildlife Rewards. #Photography www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Yoga bears to resting owl face: 10 of the funniest animal photos of 2026
From a fitness-obsessed bear to a rather rude orangutan, here are 10 of the most amusing photos of the animal kingdom this year.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 2h
Cesare Marchesini.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 2h
“Keep Smiling, never mind the Bills” (1904) by Jaques Browne
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BeatGhoul @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 2h
The best recent poetry – review roundup: Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn Forché
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The best recent poetry – review roundup
Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn Forché
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 2h
#OtD 4 Oct 1816 Eugène Pottier, French transport worker, Paris Communard, follower of anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and poet who wrote the poem and lyrics to the revolutionary anthem L'Internationale, was born in Paris stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1260...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 2h
Jack Levine, a student at St. Olaf, played the "Rocky" theme song on the saxophone on the Franklin Avenue bridge to keep runners pumped up.
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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 2h
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1921
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h
Unchecked AI threatens our humanity. Those developing the tech admit they still don't fully understand the speed or depth of the calamities we might face. Strong safeguards and sensible guardrails aren't a threat to that progress — they're essential.
contrariannews.org
March Us Toward the Summit, Not the Chasm
By Governor JB Pritzker
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2h

Meme with the text  “Motivational speaker: Unleash the lion inside you!” followed by "The lion inside me:" above two medieval drawings of weird looking lions.
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bastaberlin @bastaberlin.bsky.social · 2h
Es droht die dritte "Nullrunde" in Folge bei der #Grundsicherung. Da die Preise steigen und der #Kindersofortzuschlag von 25€ grundlos gestrichen wird, ist das aber de fakto wieder eine Kürzung. Wie sollen wir so über den Monat kommen?? Es ist zu wenig zum Leben.
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Regelsatz in der Grundsicherung: Dritte Nullrunde in Folge droht
Sie können besser entscheiden, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Mit dem Informationsvorsprung zum Wettbewerbsvorteil.
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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 1h
Vincent van Gogh, "Boat and Jetty," 1888
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 1h
Illustrations for Bram Stoker's Dracula by Harry Borgman (1974)
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Natscute @bluesky2020.bsky.social · 1h
Late Afternoon Light, 2007. Cyril Cox (1958- ), peintre canadien paysagiste et autodidacte de Toronto. Il est connu pour ses tableaux ultra-réalistes capturant la lumière, la nature et la faune canadienne. #CyrilCox
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Natscute @bluesky2020.bsky.social · 1h
Black Panthers, 1932. Major Felten (1904-1975), illustrateur américain. Il est célèbre pour ses affiches et illustrations de livres modernes et dramatiques des années 1930 à 1950. #ArtDéco #MajorFelten
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bastaberlin @bastaberlin.bsky.social · 1h
Tja, sowas kommt von sowas... #Solidarität "Rote Hilfe freut sich über erneuten Mitglieder*innenzuwachs"
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Rote Hilfe freut sich über erneuten Mitgliederzuwachs
Nachdem die Kündigung aller ihrer Konten der Roten Hilfe e. V. zum Jahreswechsel 2025/26 bereits eine große Welle der Solidarität eingebracht hatte, kann sich die linke Schutz- und Solidaritätsorganis...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1h
Full coverage from the day: bit.ly/4yvmYmF
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Live: Women’s winner shatters Twin Cities Marathon course record
Lilian Chebii broke the 25-year-old mark by 85 seconds, while Victor Shitsama won the men’s race in his marathon debut.
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Old UK Fashion @oldukfashion.bsky.social · 1h
Feb 1947: Dental Cream ad from Colgate «Women aren't so wonderful!»
This vintage advertisement for Colgate Dental Cream features a cartoon drawing of a man looking concerned and a text bubble that states, "Women aren't so wonderful!" The ad copy asks, "When because of the way they cold-shoulder you you begin to think that most women are what other women say they are, have you ever considered that it is because they find you guilty of Oral Offence?" The advert states that "Scientific tests prove that in 7 cases out of 10 Colgate Dental Cream stops Oral Offence that originates in the mouth.

Women aren't so wonderful!

When-because of the way they cold-shoulder you-you begin to
think that most women are what other women say they are, have
you ever considered that it is
because they find you guilty of
Oral Offence?
Scientific tests prove that in 7
cases out of 10 Colgate Dental
Cream stops Oral Offence that
originates in the mouth.
Play Safe ! USE
1/3 Including Tax
TWICE A DAY
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1h
Aren't trees brilliant?
A photo taken looking up into the canopy in a copse in the South Devon countryside in perfect morning sunlight, early in May.
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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 12h
15 almost seems like a reckless number of bean types together they're gonna get called into the chief's office
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 12h
One of the standing stones from the Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle at Stenness on Orkney. The stone circle dates to around 2600 to 2000 BC, and forms part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Orkney #Archaeology
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 12h
“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight” (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL GrantWatson
A barn owl is perched on a wall in front of a small Village at sunset  
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11h
The magic of an Irish rainforest
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 11h
4 October 1936. Battle of Cable Street took place in Cable Street, Whitechapel, London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, protecting a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley and various anti-fascist and Jewish demonstrators.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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𝔏𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔏𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔏𝔬𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢 @fleurkenstein.bsky.social · 8h
I messaged you from inside the cursed amulet in your dead grandmother’s jewellery box, please respond
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 7h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 7h
Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.
A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 6h
Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...
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Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)
He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6h
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 5h
looks like a still shot from a movie about world war II ending ... differently.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 5h
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5h
Sometimes I think about how the last ten years started as a publicity stunt for a fading reality show that went sideways.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5h
Incredible how the editors at @nytimes.com still don't understand how embarrassing it is to do this, and how it undermines the credibility of the paper and its journalists. It's like a toddler covering their face to play hide and seek. We see you but it's not cute, you look like an asshole.
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