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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 13h

Over on the the old bird app people seem to be claiming that girls can’t like Star Wars which is totally ridiculous. I like it so much I even grow the “Star Wars” dahlia! Take that guys 😝😂 🌱 #StarWars

The Star Wars dahlia with twin sun blooms

The entrance hall in Rise of the Resistance at WDS in Florida

The sea front of Niamos from Andor (Cleveleys Lancashire)

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Stillngam🌱💐🌿🦋🌱 @stillngam.bsky.social · 12h

After the three days of noreaster

Fall leaves of various types and colors in back of pond & blue skies

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Bill Roorbach @billroorbach.bsky.social · 10h

Woolly Bear! Saddle shoes, my mother used to call them… 🌱 #insects #caterpillars

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 7h

If you like gardeningWell, you’ll love FreeTrees.

Because who doesn’t want free native Irish trees?
🌲 🌱🦋

gardeningwell.ie/climate-action/freetrees-ie

Zack holds a bundle of native Irish trees as he prepares them for free distribution to people in the local area. Zack is only one of hundreds of volunteers who organize 3 to 3 distribution for freetrees.ie.

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 5h

🌱 Good picture/bad picture. Happy to catch this beauty even though the lighting is harsh and the background is weird.

Fritillary butterfly fully open among orange cosmos. Some drying stuff mixed in, and a pole section with weirdly wrapped hardware cloth that, though ugly, does nothing to deter squirrels from climbing up to the birdfeeder (not shown.) A section of brick wall in the background with a pattern of leaf shadows on it.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

Timeline Cleanse ⚜️🧡⚜️🍁⚜️💛⚜️🍁⚜️🩷⚜️🍁⚜️💜⚜️

All the colours of autumn in just one tree

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zzorgon.bsky.social @zzorgon.bsky.social · 5h

Timeline Cleanse

Drone photographs of polar bears just chilling at an abandoned Russian research station in kind of a reverse Goldilocks

apnews.com/photo-galler...

Photos show polar bears chilling at home in abandoned Russian research station

Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov.

apnews.com

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 4h

Tonight's sunset reflected off of trees with fiery orange & red leaves against a gray sky.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Journalists at the Pentagon have handed over their badges and walked out after refusing to submit to repressive new press access rules from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

I just saw these two baby gators at the edge of a lake near our home in Florida. They’re so cute — from a distance! 🐊 😂

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annekin1.bsky.social @annekin1.bsky.social · 5h

I like that Miliband essentially cast shade at Reform by approving the Solar farm where they control the council.

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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 8h

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 5h

The simple fact is that the Government is going to have to find a way of rebuilding local government finances systematically. The decay of public realm and social infrastructure is deeply corrosive of public trust. Everyday, people can see the state not working all around them.

Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 8h

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 5h

Neurologically speaking, there's no such thing as 'useless' subjects or 'rip-off' degrees

Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results

If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 1d

“This is unprecedented – we’re nearing a third of all new vehicles sold in the fourth-largest economy on the planet being clean cars,” — @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom

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annekin1.bsky.social @annekin1.bsky.social · 10h

"Maybe we focus more on the #billionairedevelopers who pretended that the people they hired were “independent contractors,” turning what used to be middle-class jobs into subsistence work, while also making it easier to hire and exploit #undocumentedlaborers."
#wealth
newrepublic.com/article/2011...

How I Became a Populist

My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.

newrepublic.com

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Wrote up some training exercises for people going to #nokings protests this Saturday, October 18. Practice exercising your rights! https://indivisiblesantafe.org/training-to-assert-your-rights-at-no-kings-2-0/

Training to assert your rights at No Kings 2.0

It can be difficult to imagine being confronted by law enforcement agents, especially federal ICE agents, and even more difficult to imagine having to assert your rights, but it is important to prepare yourself in case these eventualities arise.

indivisiblesantafe.org

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13h

A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

www.ft.com

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annekin1.bsky.social @annekin1.bsky.social · 13h

Shit Tories at that. Whilst I have never been a One Nation Conservative, I at least respected them as human beings. This lot have no values, unless you count financial self interest as a badge of honour.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13h

#Tories2

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IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social · 15h

We're hiring!💥

IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.

Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.

www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...

Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North | IPPR

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.

www.ippr.org

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annekin1.bsky.social @annekin1.bsky.social · 13h

So you don't think media outlets essentially transcribe Trump's ramblings into a coherent policy/informed opinion (when non existed). Or you don't think media outlets do this to Badenoch?

annekin1.bsky.social @annekin1.bsky.social · 15h

Similar to media outlets sane washing Trump’s ramblings...

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16h

“On any given week, the administrator of CMS could speak for a few minutes before a shirtless Russell Brand calls in from what appears to be a bathtub, or a former member of The Pussycat Dolls argues that the COVID-19 vaccine destroyed her ability to dance.”

www.notus.org/health-scien...

'Fluoride Disconnects One from God': Inside the Weekly Call With RFK Jr.'s MAHA Hype Squad

A growing weekly call gives insight into RFK Jr.'s biggest allies, showcasing how a fringe movement now holds legitimate power.

www.notus.org

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 16h

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