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Troodontid lab tech and mature student. Vasculitis. Profile picture by Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h
‘Curious and circumspect creatures’: the artist making sculptures for the rats of New York City
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‘Curious and circumspect creatures’: the artist making sculptures for the rats of New York City
For his latest project, Asad Raza made ‘public art’ for rats with pieces designed to appeal to the city’s maligned rodents
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 16h
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Fern @charnelhousecurios.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hi there! I'm Fern! Artist, Purveyor of the odd, lovely, and bizarrely monstrous. I specialize in creatures and gentle monsters. 💥I am OPEN FOR WORK💥 🔮Portfolio: charnelhousecurios.com 🌕Patreon: patreon.com/CharnelHouse... 🪴Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/charnelhouse... 🪦Commissions: vgen.co/CharnelHouse...
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el-yeguero.bsky.social @el-yeguero.bsky.social · 17h
2026-10-07 #deer #inktober
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David Melling @mellingart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The rain, rain, rain came down, down, down… #rainyday
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 20h
The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one, we see a crow’s face. It says, “I AM DEATH’S MESSENGER”.
In panel two, we see the same crow’s face. It continues, “YOUR TIME IS NEAR”.
In panel four, we see the crow awkwardly hopping away from a stick figure.
In panel five, we see the grim reaper with the crow perched on his hand. The grim reaper says, “So you should probably fly away dramatically instead.”
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Ouroboros @tformosus.bsky.social · 22h
Thank you for the update. I do miss hybrid events, one of the positive points of the pandemic for me was "going" to talks that I never would have been able to (due to cost, time, distance etc), just purely that they sounded interesting. Thank you anyway.
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Spooky Falco @falco.works · 07/10/2026
Day 4 -- Antlers Raising scarabs with intact wings to be tame housepets required a good deal of patience, but having a built-in perch made for a decent enough icebreaker.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Underneath the waters of the North Sea lies the remnants of a lost prehistoric world. A land formed at the end of the Last Glacial Period, that eventually was lost to the sea. A land that is still a mystery, and is actively being mapped by researchers. Let me briefly talk about Doggerland.🧵🔽
Hypothetical map of Doggerland and its different periods.
Map by William E. McNulty and Jerome N. Cookson. National Geographic Magazine.
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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 06/10/2026
🦅 COVER REVEAL TIME! 🐦‍⬛ Another killer illustration by @caraid.bsky.social. What do you all think? Wings of the Wayfarers will release NOVEMBER 4! #NossSaga #BookSky 🌈📚
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
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A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
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水泥小猫 @depravedstar.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Broken dreams and non-existent fantasies.
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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Ouroboros @tformosus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I hope the it gets less painful as the day progresses. That you sleep better tonight.
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TamLin123 @tamlin123.art · 05/10/2026
kobold forging some iron (he's locked in) #tober2026 - 05
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pointy Harris Hawk
An angular brown hawk with a hooked yellow beak and long legs perched on a stump
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 06/10/2026
This one was fantastic, and BIRDS. One of my recent favs, so well written, drops you into that crow mind just perfectly: www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...
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Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
From award-winning author John Crowley comes an exquisi…
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/10/2026
I need a new book rec! What's a book you've enjoyed recently that's smart and engrossing but isn't too full of trauma/torture/pain? (FYI, casual sexism and homophobia will make me put down a book even if it's lighthearted and fun.) I like fiction, nonfiction, anything is good. Thank you!
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Cari @karilows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Clockwork - - Comm to @aquaticas.net
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026
Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
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Ouroboros @tformosus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's the commute home that's the worst, stuck on a stuffy packed train.having to wear a facemask isn't much fun. I'm going to try heading back later in the evening to dodge the rush hour and see if that is any better. On that note I'm off to the cinema to watch Heart of the Beast.
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Lee Benfield @benf.org · 05/10/2026
Don't forget the rather charming film with Jim Broadbent! www.imdb.com/title/tt1120...
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This, to me, is where the story gets really fun, because it’s where eminent QC Jeremy Hutchinson enters our story—because the man who defended Christine Keeler, Howard Marks, and Penguin in the Lady Chatterley trial also represented unlikely art thief Kempton Bunton
Getty photo of Kempton Bunton, 1965: b/w shot of a man in a dark suit, with short grey, glasses, and with a pipe in his mouth
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the 64th anniversary of the London premiere of Dr. No, so it’s time for the story of the theft of not one but two portraits of the Duke of Wellington—because Goya’s portrait of him had been nicked from the National Gallery the previous summer, just 19 days after it went on display
Sean Connery in Dr No’s lair, about to go up a short flight of stairs when he spots a portrait of the Duke of Wellington on a stand. The original had been stolen from the National Gallery the previous year, and this was a joke by the Bond production team
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Ouroboros @tformosus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Then raced off to uni for lectures this afternoon. Im still debating finding somewhere to live in Cardiff so I don't have to spend so much of my time commuting.
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Ouroboros @tformosus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Saw a dermatologist this morning, feeling the need to apologise for feeling I was wasting their time. They didn't mind, checked the mole and gave me the all clear. I presume it was an insect bite. Between the breathable sun hoodies and the cooler weather wearing long sleeves won't be a problem.
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 03/10/2026
Brother Rye seems especially contemplative today
northern short-tailed shrew having a think and a smoke
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mohlezuneapolj.bsky.social @mohlezuneapolj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When reading @aptshadow.bsky.social s "Green City Wars" deep down I was still like "an army of squirrels? Cute, but ..." Turns out these little guys really have a nutty (harhar) warrior inside them ... bsky.app/profile/mohl...
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Ockeroid @ockeroid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Monkey Wrench Episode 6 Original Soundtrack: ockeroid.bandcamp.com/album/monkey...
Monkey Wrench Episode 6 OST Cover
Close up of Dead Eye
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Archaeologists in Iowa are uncovering the lives behind America’s railroad boom. A dig in Sioux City is investigating camps where 350–400 laborers lived, including segregated Italian, Black & other worker camps. archaeology.org/news/2026/10... #history #railroad #archaeology #historynews #ushistory
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News - 20th-Century Railroad Worker Camp Found in Iowa - Archaeology Magazine
SIOUX CITY, IOWA—Siouxland Public Media reports that traces of a worker camp have been uncovered […]
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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Witness Rage
ALT: Witness Rage
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DocDeezWhat @docdeezwhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To Valhalla
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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Three books. Hundreds of drawings of dinosaurs. This collection of three books, full of my palaeoart work, is back in stock and can be found here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1689...
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EX|TERRA - Complete Collection Dinosaur Books - Etsy
This Art & Photography Books item by DragonsofWales has 482 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on Aug 27, 2026
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Ouroboros @tformosus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Analysis paralysis.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I talked before about Misericords, small wooden seats on the Choir (where the clergy sits during mass) of a medieval church (so the monks could lean and rest their legs). Well, check out these examples, commissioned in 1492 for the Saint-Lucien-de-Beauvais Abbey, featuring pigs playing the organ!
Misericord featuring two pigs and an organ. One is playing the organ while the other is operating its bellows. These stalls were commissioned in 1492 by Abbot Antoine du Bois for the Saint-Lucien-de-Beauvais Abbey.
Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle Ages.Misericord with a pig playing the organ. These stalls were commissioned in 1492 by Abbot Antoine du Bois for the Saint-Lucien-de-Beauvais Abbey.
Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle Ages.
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Pinetencolin @pinetencolin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Choices Choices Choices! Egg 🥚
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FairDragoon @fairdragoon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*MONKTOBER* 3-Twins, brothers Ambrose and Francis
Two dormice in monk robes, one standing on the other's back and lighting a candle
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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Monkey Wrench Ep 6 - Monkey Mind www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9do... #indieanimation #monkeywrench
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Monkey Wrench 6 - Monkey Mind
YouTube video by MonkeyWrench
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they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Woaw!
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Daily birds 78 - Firehawks
top left is a brown falcon, bottom left is a black kite and right is a whistling kite, each holding a burning stick and trailing smoke against a pale yellow background.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 03/10/2026
Jake Hutzler spends his workdays directing planes from an airport tower.
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Meet the air traffic controller who flies himself to work
Jake Hutzler spends his workdays directing planes from an airport tower. Once a week, he gets there by strapping a propeller to his back and taking to the skies of Colorado.
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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dinosaurs in watercolor #sciart
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy weekend! 🦔 ❤️ Here’s a lovely ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog made some 3,800 years ago! Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small ancient Egyptian turquoise-coloured blue faience hedgehog figurine, shown in 3/4 profile facing right. Dimensions: Height x width x depth: 5 x 5.5 x 9.3 cm. It has a rounded body densely covered with small raised pointed spines each of which are emphasised with black paint. It has a small wide face with a pointed snout. The snout has a small chip at the end. The eyes are highlighted with black pigment. It has relatively long oval-shaped ears, either side of the face. It has short stubby front legs. It sits on a pale display case surface at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
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alan1957 @alan1957.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What an utterly marvellous story. Containing two of my favourite things, working class resistance and cheese. Mmm, cheese! 🧀 [from the @workingclasshistory.com facebook page - not currently here on Bluesky]
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FairDragoon @fairdragoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*MONKTOBER* 2-Zucchini, sister Jeanne
A Heron person holding up a zucchini
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