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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 5h

#OnThisDay, 25 Oct 1947, women in Malta vote for the first time. Almost 35,000 women go to the polls.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #MalteseHistory 🗃️

newspaper clipping about the election, reading:

Women Vote for First Time.
YESTERDAY'S POLLING IN MALTA ELECTIONS.
GREY skies and strong winds yesterday greeted the first day of polling on the reinstitution of responsible government in Malta, Nevertheless, early risers were waiting at the polling stations when these opened at 8 a.m. Women who are voting for the first time in Maltese history. rose to the occasion and, in some stations, even outnumbered
men, though in general men were more numerous.

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 5h

610 years ago, on the 25th of October 1415, the English, under Henry V, defeat the French at the Battle of Agincourt. The victory had come unexpected as the French outnumbered the English. The Battle still lives in English public memory, even though the war was won by France. #otd #history 🗃️

Antoine Leduc, Sylvie Leluc et Olivier Renaudeau (dir.), D'Azincourt à Marignan. Chevaliers et bombardes, 1415-1515, Paris, Gallimard / Musée de l'armée, 2015, p. 18-19, ISBN 978-2-07-014949-0

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Eastbourne Eco Action Network @ecobourne.bsky.social · 2h

Perhaps have a petition around the UK power grid ? Current one was built where coal and oil power stations were and not to 'export' large amounts of power from remote, windy areas ( eg Scotland) to big cities ( eg London) . There is a short term mismatch between generation and transmission.

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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 3h

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Lorenzo Piccoli @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · 2h

“People stop me and shout ‘free buses,’ ‘universal childcare,’ ‘freeze the rent.’ We’re building a movement around policies, not an individual person".

Regardless of whether you like him, this is important, and sadly lost on most left-wing parties in Europe.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

Zohran Mamdani Explains His Rise

www.nytimes.com

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 17h

When do the clocks change in the UK and why do we follow daylight saving time? 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

When do the clocks go back in 2025?

Most of us will get an extra hour in bed during the last weekend of October but the nights will be noticeably darker too, as Ben Rich explains.

www.bbc.co.uk

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 17h

The Committee on Chemists with Disabilities is planning to showcase 50 braille periodic tables in 50 states by their 50th anniversary. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky 🧪

The ACS committee crafting tactile periodic tables for every US state

The Committee on Chemists with Disabilities is planning to showcase 50 braille periodic tables in 50 states by their 50th anniversary

cen.acs.org

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Mike Holloway @mikeholloway.bsky.social · 17h

🧪 #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience #RFKJr #Vaccines #HHS #CDC #antivax
Surprise! They lie.

Troy Tassier @troytassier.bsky.social · 1d

"Infectious diseases don't stop with the people who say they are willing to bear the risk," said Meagan Fitzpatrick, a U Maryland vaccinologist. “…with an infectious disease, vaccination is never an individual choice."

Especially for the innocent kids who don’t get to choose-their parents do.

DeSantis moves to end Florida's childhood vaccination mandates. Doctors brace for impact

Florida announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to children are likely to make a resurgence and when.

abcnews.go.com

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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 15h

My exit from the other site cost me a contact and wondering if anyone can assist with a taxonomist who works on polychaetes??? 🪱🧪🔬

Any One Anyone There GIF

ALT: Any One Anyone There GIF

media.tenor.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 14h

💥 🍃 🧪 Extra Benefits of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines

Nature @nature.com · 2d

People being treated for certain deadly cancers lived longer if they had received an mRNA-based vaccine against COVID-19 than if they hadn’t

go.nature.com/4hkqZma

People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine

mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.

go.nature.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 12h

Treatments for acne offer only partial and temporary reductions in symptoms – but two vaccine candidates could offer new hope. This article is part of our Nature Outlook on Skin. 🧪

Acne vaccines could offer robust defence

Researchers are hoping to trick the immune system into fighting back against the bane of adolescents everywhere.

go.nature.com

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Dave Jones | GeoCollaborate @geocollaborate.bsky.social · 11h

I’m starting to feel sick to my stomach…it rarely happens but when I know what is likely to happen, I get this feeling of powerlessness. Please contact anyone you know in Jamaica, Haiti and DR and tell them to take this storm seriously. Do it from the mountain tops…❤️🧪 Many lives will end soon.😢

Ellen Prager, PhD @elprager.bsky.social · 13h

Rapid intensification expected, #Melissa may reach #CAT4 or #CAT5 before landfall in #Jamaica with life-threatening impacts in today's update for All-Hazards Consortium. People on Jamaica need to take this very seriously. Share this video, prepare, and stay safe. 🧪🌀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t6d...

Melissa is Rapidly Intensifying Expected to Be CAT4 or CAT5 Before Jamaica Landfall SISE Update

YouTube video by StormCenter Communications | GeoCollaborate

www.youtube.com

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 6h

Health checks and jabs offered at football matches. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Health checks offered at football matches in the North East

Gateshead, Sunderland and Darlington fans are offered health checks and vaccinations at home games.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David ALBERTO @astrolabe-science.fr · 6h

A bit disappointed that this title associates long winter nights with « when the clocks go back »…
The reason for long winter nights is buried deeply in the article: the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
🔭🧪

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 11h

How to cope with long winter nights when the clocks go back. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How to cope with long winter nights when the clocks go back

More than a million people in the UK experience symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder - but a project is aiming to help people in Orkney look after their mental health.

www.bbc.co.uk

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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 1h

Omg dying here 🤣

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 1h

Free Speech is American’s inalienable right!

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 4h

Nobody should be living in poverty in one of the world's richest countries! Toynbee used to be the darling of the left. How she has changed.
What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty? | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian share.google/VTjf1cNRTlaP...

What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty? | Polly Toynbee

As long as a third of children are living below the poverty line, the government cannot justify keeping the pensions triple lock, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Jim Swanson @jimswanson.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s new Time cover draws 'chilling' parallels to infamous Nazi portrait

The portrait of Trump, released online, shows Trump behind his Oval Office desk, leaning forward with his hands under his chin in “a power pose that obscures his often bruised right hand.

www.rawstory.com/trump-time-c...

Trump’s new Time cover draws 'chilling' parallels to infamous Nazi portrait

President Donald Trump's new Time magazine cover has drawn a "chilling" similarity to a historic Nazi image, according to a report.The portrait of Trump, released online Friday ahead of the print vers...

www.rawstory.com

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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘 @jagsman.bsky.social · 4h

Prosecute the Paedo Prince

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h

Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"

"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"

"With the same person he's never met before"

"At the house of someone he was only friends with"

"To be polite"

#HIGNFY