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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1h

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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“The British upper classes today,” he snorted, “have little use for culture of any kind.”

Fiona Maddocks @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social · 15h

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Well worth reading this

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 4h

streaming random hearts (netflix). starring harrison ford. the film is sad and tragic & is really bothering me!

Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 5h

note to self: recipes!

Jennifer Kirton @jenktn.bsky.social · 23h

My family’s traditional trifecta of Thanksgiving sides: sticky rice stuffing, warm spices mashed sweet potatoes, and spinach gratin.

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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 1d

Please join us in wishing our very own Sen. Patty Murray, happy birthday!

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 1d

Saturn sure has a lot of rings!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Christopher Mootham @chrismootham.bsky.social · 18h

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 5h

male mosquitos don’t bite. they live on plant juices. females bite when seeking a blood meal to help them develop eggs.

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 2d

Bye-bye birdies!

500 Bird Species Face Extinction Within The Next Century

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#birds🦉 #conservation🌏 #extinction #biodiversity #ecosystems #ClimateCrisis🌡️ medium.com/grrlscientis...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 6d

Drones To Deliver Millions Of Mosquitoes to Prevent Bird Extinctions In Hawai‘i

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#mosquitoes🦟 #Birds🦉 #EndangeredSpecies #ornithology🪶 #entomology #Hawaii #conservation🌎 medium.com/discourse/dr...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 5d

Ocean Acidification Crossed A Critical Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#CriticalBoundary #Ocean🪸 #OceanAcidification #marine #MarineBiology🦐 #Ecosystem #conservation🌎 medium.com/grrlscientis...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 4d

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#species #MarineBiology #siphonophore #oceanography🌊 #ecology #conservation🌏 medium.com/grrlscientis...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 18d

#SciComm🧪 #science #nature #BookReviews #writing #Medium grrlscientist.medium.com

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12h

Peter K. Andersson's Fool is the first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor age.

Now available in #paperback. Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Tudor #KingHenryVIII #HenryVIII #History

Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man by Peter K. Andersson. The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor age.

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 8d

A Good Drink: In Pursuit Of Sustainable Spirits By Shanna Farrell — Review

#BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#books #BookSky💙📚 #drinking #spirits🍹 #alcohol #holidays #Thanksgiving #Christmas #NewYears grrlscientist.substack.com/p/a-good-dri...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · Aug 13

#SciComm #science #nature #writing #Substack grrlscientist.substack.com

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 3d

Birds And Bats Provide Natural Pest Control To Vineyards

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#birds🦉 #bats🦇 #FoodCrops #NaturalPestControl #Farming🚜 #Ecology #environment medium.com/grrlscientis...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 2d

Fly Me to the Moon: The Incredible Migratory Journey of the Arctic Tern

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #ArcticTern #migration #behavior #LongestMigration grrlscientist.substack.com/p/fly-me-to-...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 1d

Brazzaville Beach: A Novel by William Boyd — Review

#BookReview📖 by @GrrlScientist

#books #BookSky💙📚 #MustRead #scientists🥼 #research #LabLit #Congo🇨🇬 #Fiction grrlscientist.substack.com/p/brazzavill...

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 8d

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#Biodiversity #Spider🕷️ #NewToScience #NewSpecies #Thailand🇹🇭 #Gynandromorph #Wildlife #Halloween🏮 #SpookySeason😵‍💫 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.

www.forbes.com

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 12h

loving randy erwin & his passion for the constitution and for americans. wow.

"So congress ... DO YOUR DAMNED JOB!"

#RandyErwin #constitution #congress #FederalEmployees #BackPay #GovernmentShutdown
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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 17h

note to self

bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 18h

Vocally mediated coordination during a cooperative task in parrots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681640v1