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Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 44m

the new abnormal

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judithanne.bsky.social @judithanne.bsky.social · 7h

#TuesdayBlue
Janene Hendrickson made this exceptional quilt from the "Coral Reef" pattern by Judy Neimeyer.
Janene says (if you believe her) that this is her second attempt at paper piecing. 😳 She selected the colors to coordinate with a picture she has in her bedroom.
I am, in awe.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 8h

Beautiful mushrooms popping up after all the rain. 🍄‍🟫🍄

#autumn #mushrooms #fungi #photography #nature #fall #October

a cone shaped mushroom coming up through the pine straw. It has ombre colors shading from bright orange at the edges to very red at the center peak of the cone. a couple of dark red leaves lie on the old brown leaf mould nearby.

two bright yellow puff mushrooms popped up near some dark grey rocks & leaves

a tiny mushroom the size of my fingernail near a fallen twig. it has a flat disc on a white stalk, with the disc shading from peach to dark orange in the center

some bright yellow disc mushrooms push through leaves on the forest floor

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 9h

This fall I have enjoyed many golden moments with northern wildlife. #birds #mammals
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern FLicker, Red Fox, Ring-necked Ducks

A yellow-rumped warbler perches on a wild rose plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A northern flicker perches on a wolf willow plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A red fox stands amid grasses with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A small flock of ring-necked ducks swim on a calm wetland that reflects golden leaves.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Sp꩜꩜ky J ⋆｡𖦹 °✩☾⋆｡ @angrygoose.ruins.party · 17h

Today's word of the day is terrorism. Let's all familiarize ourselves with the definition.

Terrorism: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 10h

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

reut.rs

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Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 11h

#poetry #mpprompt

where does the sky start?
in the limitless blue-grey of your eyes
sparkling creativity & mischief
in the sigh of my lungs
life-breath, love-breath,
catching in my throat with delight shared
in the touch of the breeze
in the scent of the sea
the sky stretches from us to the stars.

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s #poetry #prompt:

Where does the sky start?

#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts.

#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 1d

where does the sky start—
at the lip of the hill,
or in the breath that leaves us
when that vast hush melts like mercury?
a child might cup the spill in her palms,
an old woman to memory,
both reaching for the same
blue uncertainty.

#MPprompt

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 12h

US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...

US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies | Common Dreams

New research from Goldman Sachs reveals US consumers bear 55% of Trump's trade war costs, despite claims tariffs are paid by foreigners.

www.commondreams.org

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 14h

Regulations are written in blood:
"Before 1994, manufacturers had to prove herbal products were safe before selling them. That changed after Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act. The law sharply limited the FDA’s authority, leaving supplements far less regulated than drugs."

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 17h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Andy D @addysart.bsky.social · 20h

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 22h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Jan 24

Animals need cobalt for our metabolism; we get it as vitamin B12. So, for #printerSolstice2425 prompt cobalt I made a #linocut of English chemist & x-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (née Crowfoot, 1910-1994), 🧪👩🏼‍🔬🐡 #histsci who won the Nobel Prize in #chemistry for her models of 🧵

My Lino block portrait progress is mostly carved and shows a young Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in cobalt blue from chest up in a blouse tied with a bow. Her ball-and-stick molecular model for penicillin appears over her shoulder (with atoms in red, pink, pale blue, dark blue and black) and her blouse has a specific repeating pattern of circles and nested broken circles like a labyrinth on bronze circles within a hexagonal while area on a pink background. Overlapping her hair is her model of vitamin B12 complete with electron density contour lines and 3 Angstrom scale bar from one of her papers.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 22h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Jul 2

Happy birthday to #physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) who discovered atomic recoil, Radon & recognized radioactive elements could undergo chains of transmutations into a series of new elements. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🎢 #histsci
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She was Rutherford’s 1st grad student at McGill. After publishing her results in 1899

My 9.25" x 12.5" linocut portrait of physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) in a gradient of turquoise to green, shows her and her discovery of atomic recoil in gold (Radon gives off an alpha particle and daughter nucleus goes in opposite direction). A series of diagrams at the bottom shows how the Rutherford research group understood chains of radioactive active transmutations at the time.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 22h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Dec 17

Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar Happy birthday to Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749), 🧮🎢🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci a natural philosopher, mathematician & physicist, shown here in my #linocut portrait with diagrams from her ‘Principes Mathématiques de la Philosophie Naturelle’,

My linocut portrait of Émilie du Châtelet in a peach and blue dress with ribbons holding a compass on an open manuscript with a diagram. There’s a pile of books in font of her in blue. Behind her are math and physics diagrams in pink from her publications.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23h

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. You just have to know where to look.

lichen-spattered railway underpasses portal

Bodmin Moor portal, which offers the irresistible promise of "danger" and an excellent view

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Claire 🇦🇺 @matchingpegs.bsky.social · 1d

Why stop at schools. Let’s do hospitals, workplaces, shopping centres, churches, gyms, all public buildings!

LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 1d

A Secret Weapon for Improving Student Outcomes: Better Air Quality. Research shows that test scores and attendance improve when schools install air filters and upgrade ventilation. Thanks to @davidcarel.bsky.social for this reminder.
www.the74million.org/article/a-se...

A Secret Weapon for Improving Student Outcomes: Better Air Quality

Carel: Research shows that test scores and attendance improve when schools install air filters and upgrade ventilation.

www.the74million.org

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Traci @tracililmom.bsky.social · 1d

This infuriates me beyond words!
Fvck this administration and the horse they ride in on🤬

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

Trump Regime illegally fired the federal public servants who ensured the $15B that ED sends to school districts to serve 7.5M disabled kids every year actually gets spent on special ed

Anyone who has ever been in an IEP meeting can tell you what's about to happen

www.patreon.com/posts/141171...

Trump Regime Fires Special Ed Staff. | Matthew Cortland

www.patreon.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

I can think of somewhere else where the military needs to start saying this

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

www.theguardian.com

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Eugenie Clark was an ichthyologist who studied sharks and tropical fishes. This amigurumi crochet patterns shows her in her diving suit with gas tank and gauge, diving mask and breathing tube! Download the pattern free from our website: findingada.com/crochet #ALD25

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Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 22h

Happy Ada Lovelace Day to all who celebrate!

This year I choose to remember one of the first recognized female astronomers, Elisabeth Hevelius. (1647-1693). This published Polish woman began her systematic study of the stars with her husband, but continued & published after his death.

engraving of a traditionally built 17th century Polish woman, identified as Elisabeth Hevelius, observing the sky with an elaborate brass octant in 1673

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Ted Nimmo @audiophile559.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 23h

ZM's Fact of the Day Day

#AdaLovelaceDay

Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 1d

🙌ADA🙌
#AdaLovelaceDay

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