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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10h

Day two of owning a flying Tesla Roadster.

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Robert Hubbell @rbhubbell.bsky.social · 10h

Three children and a teacher were killed at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, yesterday. We can do something, or we can do nothing. Which will it be? Today’s edition: roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-can-do-...

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We can do something, or we can do nothing. Which will it be?

October 16, 2026

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Unless you live in the Americas, Australia, or New Zealand, where it is invasive and not valuable to the local insects.

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Figure Form by Conrad Marca-Relli, 1958 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Anonymous Gift, 1998

© Archivio Marca-Relli, Parma

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ok it is obvious that people fake engagement with bots, and that this is often done for political reasons, but the reality is that there are tens of millions of republicans in america, the number of people who would vote for Trump is even larger, and as elections show, these people really exist

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The guillotine is probably one of the most humane at the moment of execution: reliable, pretty much instantaneous. Of course, anticipating it is a form of torture, but who can say whether it’s worse than with any of the others? Meanwhile, killing helpless captives should be an obvious no-no.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In 1980, Hayao Miyazaki felt creatively washed up. Then he read an American comic that amazed him. Its name: Rowlf. As he tried to adapt it into a movie, Miyazaki evolved and found a new approach that reshaped his work. We're looking into the story: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/an-unmade-...

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A #cat snapshot from the market today.

A cat being carried in a knapsack with a clear plastic back.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hinges on the definition of “return,” doesn’t it?

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The opening scene was so scary that I went and sat in the lobby for the rest of the movie.

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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Choosing peat-free compost helps protect peatlands. These precious landscapes can support a multitude of plants and animals, store carbon, reduce flooding, and improve water quality. They need protecting and restoring in a big way. More sustainable swaps: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/six...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most people are underreacting to this El Niño.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What’s extra bad about Kennedy is that he knows better. He is voluntarily evil.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“I would, sir, were I f***ing human.”

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every generation! That seems unbelievably fast for changes of that magnitude. Does anyone have a hypothesis as to what it was about their genome that made it possible?

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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or your garden or community green space could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not only that, there appear to be regional variants.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We don’t face a climate emergency. We face a greed emergency. Earth is not collapsing on its own. It’s being destroyed by people with names, titles, and boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Got scammed by an online scalper disguised as the performance venue. I’m not sure what their business plan is, but <ticketsales dot com> overcharged & didn’t send the tix. It seems to be bad news. My credit card accepted the dispute, so I’m not out. The theater folks said this is common.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It does feel as though we have gone through the looking glass.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My childhood was saved by the public and school libraries and librarians in my home town.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What is is plan for the Washington Monument? Tear down? And name in gold letters? Gild, top to bottom?

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

lmao even “As President of the Eurogroup, how concerned are you about the persistent sluggish growth of Europe’s largest economy?”

ft.com

‘Greek finance minister encourages Germany to implement reforms’

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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Voting isn't marriage. It's public transport. You're not waiting for "the one". You're getting on the bus. And if there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay home and sulk. You take the one that's going closest to where you want to be." #Vote for the Non-Felon #Voting #USPoli

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 15/09/2026

Octopus DNA is so complex, scientists still don't understand it. While all other animals on earth evolve through multiple generations, octopus DNA can change while they are alive. This started the talk about octopus "alien DNA". Scientific paper below the video.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For those interested in what China is offering developing countries and how it seeks to influence them: Here are key excerpts from President Xi's BRICS Summit statement: "Cementing the Foundation for BRICS Cooperation and Bolstering the Strength of the Global South." #economy #markets #brics #china

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 12/09/2026

Breaking News! Code: y-Axis Alert! On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD. The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.

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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Spiralling global temperatures, visualisation by Ed Hawkins. #Visualisation #GlobalWarming #Climate

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There was a human population in the West Indies that appeared to have truly piebald distribution of pigment. If I recall correctly, Buffon described the condition. The Harvard anatomical museum had as one of its first exhibits a wax doll displaying the phenotype, since melted from bad storage.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just got my copy of #SarahLongwell ‘s book and added it to my reading list.

A picture of Sarah Longwell’s book “How to Eat an Elephant.”

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We don’t need to "save the planet." The planet will be fine. We need to save the conditions that allow human civilization to thrive. Let's be clear about the stakes.

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RealUSAPatriot @realusapatriot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Why does it seem to me like voting for an absent opposition party will have no effect?

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

DeCarava thread

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Not an outcome of decadence purposely created by malefactors of great wealth with the Powell memorandum and the Southern Strategy as their operators’ manual? Alternatively, William of Occam might say Trump is not merely a Russian asset but a Russian agent.

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop.

Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community.

Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered.

Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/09/2026

The latest Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature (preliminary) is 2.78°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, marking the 99th consecutive daily record, a full 0.79°C higher than the previous daily record set in 1997. The Climate Casino is taking the OVER on 3.0°C by the end of September.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Let's do some light scholarship on this claim: "90% of communication is non-verbal" It's based on two published studies: Mehrabian & Wiener, 1967 Mehrabian & Ferris, 1967 And it's better expressed as the 55/38/7 formula: 55% body language 38% tone of voice 7% words spoken. I'll explain.

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OPSECtarian @oposectarian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just dropping this here to demonstrate that it is in fact possible to talk about things that have been around for more than five years without once using the word “iconic.”

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The name “al-Asturlabi” caught my eye. Too good to be truly related to “astrolabe”?

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William Bennett @wirab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Interestingly, a landscape with only traces of green.

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