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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 5h

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Drone photo winners will amaze your eyeballs: From a high-up horseman to a holy river

The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 10h

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Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress

Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 11h

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military

The president spent research and development money to pay the troops, violating appropriations law and a slew of other statutes.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 22h

medievalmvb @medievalmvb.bsky.social · 1d

very much against my will (I don't eat apples, there are no stakes) I have been sucked into breathless anticipation of this apple ratings program purely through the Power of Writing

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

Today's apple review -- we jump from the Winesap to the... Stayman Winesap? Chaos reigns!

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 1d

Despite their natural sugar content, mangos may improve blood sugar control and insulin sensitivity. This reminds us that in nutrition, the whole food matters more than a single number. 🥭

#Diabetes #BloodSugar #Health #Mango #Wellness

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

Alt text version of initial text image from the first post in this thread here (should've reposted it and added Alt text myself, my bad)

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khmattson @khmattson.bsky.social · 1d

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olofahere
Do not punish the behaviour you want to see
I mean, it seems pretty obvious when you put it like that, right?
But how many families, when an introvert sibling or child makes an effort to socialize, snarkily say, "So, you've decided to join us"?
Or when someone does something they've had trouble doing, say, "Why can't you do that all the time?" (Happened to me, too often.)
Or any sentence containing the word "finally".
If someone makes a step, a small step, in a direction you want to encourage, encourage it. Don't complain about how it's not enough. Don't bring up previous stuff. Encourage it.
Because I swear to f. cking god there is nothing more soul-killing, more motivation-crushing, than struggling to succeed and finding out that success and failure are both punished.
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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 1d

A #stunday alpine sunrise over Mount Shasta

A beautiful reward for a night hike up by headlamp :)

#sunrise #mountains #landscapephotography #hiking

Shot from a very windy Mount Eddy summit with a Fuji GFX50Sii at 30mm (about 24mm full frame)

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Two big opposing rallies in Hungary today.

Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.

His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · Feb 4

My picture of a Great Blue Heron catching a fish at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado, made the Audubon Society’s 2024 Photo Awards top 100 pictures.

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spgallatin.bsky.social @spgallatin.bsky.social · 2d

This little guy survived Halong. We’re fostering him for now. He likes it better outside. That makes sense. We don’t know what village he came from, or his name. Knowing his name would help. Anyone know? Or their original Humans?

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 3d

When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂

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Loren Holmes @lorenholmes.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly four years ago I joined the crew of the Pinnacle as they searched for snow crab in the Bering Sea. Back then there was a lot of uncertainty about the fishery, and there still is, as @science.org reports. www.science.org/content/arti...

Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas?

After a brutal heat wave, scientists race to predict how Bering Sea snow crabs will cope with climate change

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 2d

“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die.”

I keep returning to this David Whyte gem on friendship, love, and heartbreak
www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/29/d...

Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on the Deeper Meanings of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak

“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness.”

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Alaska's News Source @alaskasnewssource.com · 2d

UPDATE: State troopers are looking for a man they say is armed and dangerous in Fairbanks who allegedly tortured a victim with another man, who has been arrested and charged, authorities say. DETAILS ➡ https://tinyl.co/3sE5

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d

Blue Jays dedicate 11-4 blowout to Donald Trump 🇨🇦

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 2d

"Chris Greenfield-Pastro of Fairbanks sent in photos of what she called “hair ice” blooming from the forest floor behind her house"

Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 2d

The phenomenon of "hair ice" has been studied for over a century, with fungus providing a helping hand in its development. Science writer Ned Rozell recently came across some in Alaska's Interior.

An extended fall reveals the existence of hair ice in Interior Alaska

The phenomenon has been studied for over a century with fungus providing a helping hand in its development.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 3d

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New online art directory seeks to promote, connect Alaska Native artists across the state | Alaska Beacon

The new directory lists about 200 Indigenous artists of all disciplines, and the hope is to have it expand to more than 1,000 by next year.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4d

Olha is a professional violinist. But at 22, instead of the stage, she went to the front line. She survived an injury, a coma, lost an eye - and returned to the army.

📹 DW

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Saskia W. @saskiaw.bsky.social · 3d

Born in Kanagawa, Hiromi Nishizaka is an artist who uses pen, pigment ink and watercolor to create illustrations which powerfully evoke nature and animals.
Oneiric and surreal, her work is rooted in magic, folklore and fantasy. Her work includes illustrations of owls and other "weird creatures".

The central focus of the illustration is a large, bare tree with many branches. The tree is populated by a large number of dark brown owls with prominent yellow eyes. One white owl with yellow eyes is positioned near the center of the tree, standing out from the others.
The background is a textured, dark blue, suggesting a night sky. The ground is a textured brown.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 4d

Our pleasure in food and drink can be greatly enhanced by memories of the places where we first encountered them. Drinking Boh Tea at my desk after a long day of writing evokes memories of my time in the Malaysian jungles, and I can hear hornbills and gibbons as I sip my tea. More at Our Trees.

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On a long writing day, I’m enjoying my afternoon tea. Coffee and tea are often as significant for their memories and associations as for their flavor. Boh Tea is grown in the Cameron Highlands of Mal...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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Jorge Bautista, a clergyman with the United Church of Christ, reacts after he was hit in the face by a pepper round from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent as protesters blocked the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda, where they are sent to as a staging area for a planned immigration crackdown, in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful

Erin Kirkland @akonthego.bsky.social · 4d

Nice to be in the old 'hood for a few days.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 4d

May Ayim was key to the Black German civil rights movement. But what about her creative, feminist anti-racist work across Europe?

How did this exemplify 'cosmopolitanism from below'? Prof. Tiffany N. Florvil on Ayim's life and vision:
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May Ayim’s Cosmopolitanism from Below in Europe

May Ayim was key to the Black German civil rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s. But how did her work across borders exemplify cosmopolitanism from below? Tiffany N. Florvil explores the life and ne...

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Sept.Hermit @septhermit.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! 💕 It’s a great pattern, definitely one that has been on repeat. 🤭 It’s a free pattern from Calico Radio Knits. Here’s the link: calico-radio.com/the-edinburg...

The Edinburgh Seamless Dog Sweater | Free Knitting Pattern

The Edinburgh Seamless Dog Sweater is a great all-around dog jumper. Check out the free knitting pattern here!

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