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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For this Indigenous Peoples Day, your astonishing artifact is the earliest known Indigenous depiction of a European — a wood carving from Nunavut dated to 1350. 🧪🏺
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Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus
This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 11/09/2026
Boston's buildings will light up in blue as a tribute to the heroism and sacrifice of Sept. 11, 2001. How did that effort begin? Today's Power Play newsletter explains.
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Power Play: Lighting up the Boston skyline on 9/11 - The Boston Globe
Boston skyscrapers are putting up blue lights as a tribute to that day’s heroism and sacrifice.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Commemoration is a chance to reflect. Americans in power will try to use this anniversary to say that everything happened exactly as it had to, and that we should bow our heads rather than use them. We went along twenty-five years ago. We should not do so again. snyder.substack.com/p/helping-th...
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Helping the Terrorists to Win
A Quarter Century after 9/11
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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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 whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol 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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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
a Black family dancing to korn with their astronaut relative who just got back from the moon is, quite frankly, the best thing the internet has ever produced
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Naught but a leap to the left And then a clockwyse tread; Put thyne handes on thyne hippes, And be thy knees yn-gatheréd: Lo! It ys the pelvique thruste That maketh mirthe down to rayne - Lat us doon the Tyme Warpe agayne!
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🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Drake dislike/like meme, it’s Boston marriage for the dislike and Somerville polycule for the like
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I pay for an anti-spam service because of political fundraising; otherwise, it'd be incessant.
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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026
EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Excellent mountain thread here.
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Emmett Brown @emmetbrown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
La Astronomy Picture of the Day de la NASA es hoy, como no podía ser de otra manera, del eclipse. Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain Image Credit & Copyright: Ruiyu Zhang
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Pixie Casey @pixiecasey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
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VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say
The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
Given the lack of details provided by Taylor Farms thus far, Consumer Reports' food safety experts are advising folks in the 27 states implicated by the recall to discard ALL iceberg lettuce until we know more about where the parasite-linked products ended up www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
A map of the 27 states impacted by the recall: AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI.
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ChiliDishGamBOO!no @chilidishgambino.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Calling the RFK Jr diarrhea strain “MAHA Blast” since it has now evidently infiltrated Taco Bell
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A dangerous and potentially historic wildfire smoke event is headed toward the Great Lakes and Northeast. Yesterday, record 100° heat, very dry fuels, and strong winds worsened wildfires near the Minnesota/Ontario border. Their smoke will affect MN, WI, MI, OH, NY, NJ, and PA on Wed-Thu. (1/8)
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This is what it was like in DC yesterday.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
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Knits With Cats @knitswithcats.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A photo of algae with white letters in the upper left: Pantene Color of the year 2026 and a paint chip appearing box with a solid block the color of the algae labeled Pantone #658a2a American Flag Blue.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026
Living in New Hampshire has been a political education for me like no other. Growing up in big urban environments where progressive movements and people of color are plentiful and visible, I made a lot of assumptions about the organizing conditions and outcomes
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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Almost a decade ago, I was very Special Interested in mushrooms and developed an organizing training framework based on mycelium. The core teaching was, people think the above-ground part (the mushroom) is the body of the organism, but that isn't the case. So too with movement. (cont)
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I don't really talk about this, because I'm actually quite private about my personal life, but many many years ago Tony Head took me under his wing and showed me the kind of person I could be. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm the person I am today because of the kindness he showed me.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Anthony Stewart Head. 💔 This thread has some wonderful bits of his work.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NASA describes Saturday’s meteor as a “fishy squisher”, notes that the meteorites are magnetic and “within reach of a 100’ length of rope dangled off of a boat. In case anyone is interested in such factoids.”
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ARES | Meteorite Falls | Cape Cod Bay MA
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
300+ people are starving themselves to be heard at Delaney Hall in Newark. ICE responded with rubber bullets and pepper spray. Mainstream media is silent. Three ways to help right now: 💰 Donate at linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies 📞 Call your senators 🔁 Boost this Do not look away.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It took longer than expected due to supply chain issues
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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Reports of an explosion heard around Boston are believed to be a significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere, a very large flash was detected by GOES-19 satellite that does not correlate with active thunderstorms. t.co/MSDGX6ZnMA
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
After a mammal is a juvenile, they are an adult. But what are they after they are an adult? In seven species of mammal, including humans, life has a third act for females. We are underreacting to menopause.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Oh hey, I am once again going to talk about lack of distress tolerance, specifically for shame, and how it ties together AI, the “male loneliness epidemic,” Trumpism, and yes, people’s indignation that anyone might think they’re a bad person for continuing to buy Harry Potter merch.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026
Hey if you're old enough to remember wearing combat boots with a slip dress? Talk to your doctor about the estradiol patch. Because my joints have a whole new lease on life.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
What if Shakespeare was a Masshole? This is a thing of beauty.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:
A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Given the argument that ended the VRA, I think it’s time liberals did some self reflection about the now decades long obsession with partisan polarization as the problem, as opposed to authoritarianism, extremism, oligarchy, and racism
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The entire National Science Foundation board was just fired.
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Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation
The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The city blocked off part of our neighborhood to tear down a building w asbestos. The teen said "Why did people use asbestos if it causes cancer?!" I told him people thought it was a wonder product and used it EVERYWHERE & told him how the same thing happened w radioactivity... and now AI.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/04/2026
Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
They're closing all Forest Service regional offices, closing all but one research facility, and moving national headquarters to Utah, the center of the anti-public-lands movement. This will kill the agency, before they transfer our national forests to the states. Please call your Congresspeople.
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 18/03/2026
This brilliant and moving essay on disability by @adapalmer.bsky.social is one of the essays in our collection Trace Elements, out next Tuesday strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
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Writing/Realizing Disability + Power
I chose the photo where I’m with Dad outside the Hugo Losers Party, with my bright blue jacket and my squidgy-handled cane—Dad’s injured hand is in his pocket, not visible, but I know.  So there it…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/03/2026
NEW: Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway. A program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
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Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
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Barb @sylvancreek.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Commented! Having a background in forestry and having lived in western Oregon helps, but is not required.
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Sunsette / Cynthia Skye @sunderedmarches.com · 05/03/2026
This is what Rumsfeld would call an Unnoem Unnoem
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