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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 1m

Part of that was the short-staffing situation, but that just means it's a consequence of an endemic problem.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 15h

If anything, the men who “lost their way” politically in the last couple of years should be begging us to take them back. They jumped off a fascist cliff and suddenly realized they don’t like the feeling of falling.

But MEEP MEEP.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 38m

Who's going to stop him?
Actually what he would likely do is cause structural damage by through a (scammer) contractor, use that as an excuse to move himself & cabinet permanently to Mar-a-lago, and let the building decay.

Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 44m

When the ruling elites wealth comes not from business but from financial gambling, which it mostly does now, only a very long strike would even start to make an impact on them, no? Look how little the Occupy protests moved the needle, and that was in less fascist times.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

What, if anything, did the No Kings protests accomplish?

I've seen that pop up in everything from genuine inquiry to sneering dismissal. For anyone asking or facing that question, here's an answer.

Everything isn't all fixed, of course. But the protests accomplished at least these seven things:

7 Things the No Kings Protests Accomplished

The political emergency isn't over, of course, but who thought it would be. Here are seven things this weekend's protests accomplished.

www.arcdigital.media

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 1h

According to Cory Booker, trained dehydration!

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Guerrilla Librarian @guerillalibrarian.bsky.social · 5h

“As Kelsey stonewalled at the FDA, reports were emerging about children whose severe birth deformities were linked to the drug. (This also did not fully prevent harm in the United States, where several hundred pregnant ppl took thalidomide thru samples that had been distributed to Dr’s offices.)”

19thnews @19thnews.org · 5h

As federal workers face mass layoffs and a government shutdown, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey's story is a reminder of what public servants can do when they stand their ground.

Her refusal to approve a dangerous drug changed medical history

As federal workers face mass layoffs and a government shutdown, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey's story is a reminder of what public servants can do when they stand their ground.

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 5h

Next up: Ana Domingos (Oxford) who studies obesity and neuroimmune interactions. There's lots of evidence that obesity isn't just about diet. For instance, the metabolism of "Biggest Loser" contestants slows after the show (and they gain the weight back). The biology involves the gene "leptin".

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 5h

*hugs*

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 6h

In my son's highschool classes, it seems like they've moved away from homework unless the kids don't finish their work in class. I think it helps, or at least it helps us!

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 6h

Working with adult learners during and after the shutdown (n>60), we found that any time they had to switch apps, they easily got disoriented. Parents checking multiple Genesis, Google, One Note etc for homework assignments do too.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 6h

Switching between Google Classroom and One Note for Algebra was a serious problem for my n=1 sample. (He was always a homework-losing kid though.)

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bbny.bsky.social @bbny.bsky.social · 12h

Always Repost Owls 🦉

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Aug 31

Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.

An owl handler I met (although not the one in my anecdote) with his beautiful owl.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help," is actually a pretty good slogan and aspiration for a political party.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect a huge part of the reason Republicans are taking the heat for the shutdown is that ending federal programs across the board *just is* the GOP brand. Dems are the party of a government here to help you, & Republicans aren't, so of course as federal programs fail, everyone knows who to blame

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

With Trump and his cronies using the shutdown as cover to shut off the food stamp program, food banks will soon be flooded with demand from the 42 million Americans--including 16 million kids--who rely on the program. Which means the rest of us will need to step up and give whatever we can.

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ᗰᗩTT 🐸 @kelarax.bsky.social · 1d

I meant to post this earlier today.

It was a good reminder I needed, even though I still struggle with body image. every. single. day.

@thelatestkate.bsky.social
#PositiveAffirmation #BodyPositivity #BodyImage #YouAreLovable

A desktop calendar by TheLatestKate.

It has potion bottles with different colored liquids in them. It reads above them "All shapes are good. All shapes are pretty."
And below them, it reads "Yes, including YOURS".

It reads "You Are Lovable" in the top right hand corner, and it shows today's date, which is Tuesday, October 21st, 2025.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 21d

Library System of Lancaster County (PA) is in a dire situation with its budget. Even an increase from the county would require cutting staff, cutting the bookmobile, and more: lancasteronline.com/news/local/w...

Wounded Lancaster County library system plans for tough 2026

Even if the Library System of Lancaster County can convince county commissioners to increase its annual grant by 6%, it would still have to cut a staff member, sell a

lancasteronline.com

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman emerald-green glass boat. From Pompeii.

#Archaeology

📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

A British Museum image of a translucent emerald-green glass vessel in the shape of a shallow boat, displayed on a black surface with light brown background. The boat has curved ends, rising slightly upward. The museum lighting emphasises the translucent dark green colour of the glass. It was ground from a mould-pressed blank, with wheel-cut bands on each side and four triangular feet. Height: 7.6 cm, Length: 22.5 cm. Dated AD 25-50.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 16h

A grave of a Roman physician in Bingen dating to the 2nd c. AD contained a remarkable set of medical instruments, including cupping cups with a stand in the shape of a grapevine.
These cups were used for therapeutic suction or bloodletting, a practice with deep roots in Greco-Roman . 🧵1/ 2

📷 me

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A display of two ancient bronze cupping cups hanging from a delicate, metal stand in the shape of grapevine with a round base. The cups have a weathered greenish patina. The setup is showcased against a dark background.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 19h

Douglass Crockwell (American, 1904–1968)
"Machinists", 1932.
Oil on Canvas, 121.9 × 91.8 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 1d

IMPORTANT BEAR NEWS www.latimes.com/california/s...

Wild bear stealthily enters California zoo, is found visiting the bear exhibit

A wild black bear took a jaunt around a Northern California zoo and was spotted visiting its bear neighbors.

www.latimes.com

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Megan All Hallows' Eve 🦇 @meganeve.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone needs to take the Creative Commons Personality Quiz. #OAWeek

I'm CC BY and besties with all OA articles x

CCpersonalityQuiz

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Dale @dalegrauman.bsky.social · 18h

The Onion figured out this guy--and all right-wingery--at least 15 years ago.

theonion.com/nation-once-...

Nation Once Again Comes Under Sway Of Pink-Faced Half-Wit

NEW YORK—Following an Aug. 28 rally in Washington, D.C. attended by an estimated 87,000 Americans, experts confirmed this week that the U.S. populace appears to have fallen under the spell of yet anot...

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21h

Adelita Grijalva should be at work right now. But the duly elected representative of Arizona’s 7th district can’t start the job she landed (in a landslide) because the guy who needs to give her the proverbial keys is refusing to do so.

And then telling her it’s her own fault.

Phew the gaslighting.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 11h

*sympathy*

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 2d

When I presented recently on the manufacture of stereotyped plates, some of my audience had questions. This fantastic clip from OUP shows how the molds were made, the plates cast, and the prints produced (on what looks like an Adams powerpress!) 📚#bookhistory youtu.be/sW7wsXuw2cI?...

Oxford University Press and the Making of a Book

YouTube video by Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)

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