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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1h

The Sudanese army's gains may enable it to choke off the RSF's supply lines and eventually enter Darfur, analysts say.

Control, choke points: The battle lines in southern Sudan

The Sudanese army's gains may enable it to choke off the RSF's supply lines and eventually enter Darfur, analysts say.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2h

Collagen skincare products are the biggest scam in the cosmetics industry

Collagen molecules cannot be absorbed through the skin because they are too big. You’re literally wasting money.

Just eat your collagen or wear sunscreen.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 18h

you can buy two of my books for less than the price of one, and give the second to the politician in your life who most needs to be ecodistrict- and stair-pilled

www.amazon.com/Building-Peo...

Building for People: Designing Livable, Affordable, Low-Carbon Communities

Picture a beautiful, green neighborhood where most of your needs could be met by walking, rolling, or accessing transit. There is a diversity of housing types with abundant affordable and middle-incom...

www.amazon.com

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Lady Nerevar @ladynerevar.bsky.social · 14h

"Katariah, Empress of Tamriel, c. 3E 165. Sketch for a portrait completed later that same year by Mercutio Glavius, official portrait painter (and, supposedly, one of Katariah's lovers)."

🔄March 2013

Pencil drawing of a Dunmer with a sharp face. She wears a tall double barrel hennin style hat with veils coming out of both ends of the hat, as well as a voluminous coat with a wide belt and ermine fur collar.

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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 22h

Resisting arrest has long been used as a “cover charge” by police (in Chicago and elsewhere) after they use force against someone, as I reported back in 2018: www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-poli...

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 4h

There's also a petition to reinstate the removed books! www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 15h

Science Alert: “New Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 'Blood Test' Raises Hope And Skepticism”

"This is a significant step forward," says molecular biologist Dmitry Pshezhetskiy from UEA

www.sciencealert.com/new-chronic-...

New Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 'Blood Test' Raises Hope And Skepticism

Scientists have discovered a unique signature of chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), in the blood of patients with severe symptoms.

www.sciencealert.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet school is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under way

www.theguardian.com

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Guerrilla Librarian @guerillalibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

“Why is their [MAGA] narrative dominating the media? It’s because a lot of non-maga folks are not as opposed to the goings on as they thought they would be. I would venture that the only part of what’s going on that really bothers them is the financial factor.”

Muriel Vieux - The Poet @murielvieux.bsky.social · 2h

The US problem is a cultural problem, it’s not limited to maga. Maga is a problem but a lot of US citizen are letting that problem run its course without doing anything and that is another problem.
#ThePoet

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

It's not only about MAGA.

It’s not only about maga Every time I write about the problems facing the US, folks pop in and out of my comments to talk about the shortcomings of maga. The problem is for them maga is only the visib...

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Muriel Vieux - The Poet @murielvieux.bsky.social · 2h

The US problem is a cultural problem, it’s not limited to maga. Maga is a problem but a lot of US citizen are letting that problem run its course without doing anything and that is another problem.
#ThePoet

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

It's not only about MAGA.

It’s not only about maga Every time I write about the problems facing the US, folks pop in and out of my comments to talk about the shortcomings of maga. The problem is for them maga is only the visib...

www.dailykos.com

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Guerrilla Librarian @guerillalibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, that step was not covered in ally class at school.

They forgot the chapter about stepping back and not trying to impose selves into the equations.

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 2h

It never fails to amaze me how so many alleged allies are more interested in being held as the authority and being seen as right than they are in listening and being helpful.

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Guerrilla Librarian @guerillalibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

So brave and determined!!

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 2h

My novella FES IS A MIRROR out at the end of the month is set during the Moroccan monarchy's brutal suppression of the bread riots in Fes in December 1990. I wrote it years ago not thinking of trends, but now I'm eager to see how it contributes to understanding the current Gen Z protests there.

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 2h

Two rain-drenched (0.89" in the last 24 hours!) flowers on their way out in my garden. Still very pretty!

#TwosDay
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

A rain-drenched, aged, yellow rose and green foliage.

Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

October 2025. My garden.

A rain-drenched, aged, Erin Rachel hibiscus, a green bud, greenery, and soil.

Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

October 2025. My garden.

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 20h

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are indigenous people's day and pronounced ayheeyahee ahneeyuhwee eegah

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 14h

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

At the mouth of Suck Creek, on the Tennessee, about 8 miles below Chattanooga, is a series of dangerous

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · 13h

Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator

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The cover of "The Bewitching of Aveline Jones" by Phil Hickes, this was illustrated by Keith Robinson and shows a young girl with short black hair and wearing glasses in a circle of standing stones at night with crows above her and she is reading from a book that is glowing

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hijade2madre.bsky.social @hijade2madre.bsky.social · 2h

He disabled people you wanna hear a joke?

My doctor told me that my bed should be used only for sleeping lol

Yeah right!

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3h

THEY ARE BLACK ASS AMENDMENTS.

Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 3h

They love to pretend not to know why the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments exist.

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K (Any prns) ♿ @halakal.bsky.social · 2h

We have normalized the ability to say awful, atrocious things + demeaning or inciting violence against others; yet demonized the act of saying that things could be better for those around us.

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hijade2madre.bsky.social @hijade2madre.bsky.social · 2h

Me minding my disabled business:

“Can I pray for you?”

Me: “Oh no thanks I’m fine really.”

“Well I’m going to do it anyway”

Me: Then why even ask??

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 9h

Also if you would like stickers...

Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 14h

NOTE:

The original art is by Amorn Settithorn.

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Go and support Ajarn Amorn! www.etsy.com/shop/AmornGa...

"The Wolf" Sticker for Sale by jolantru

The wolf. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 2h

Startups don’t spring from thin air — they grow from science. Defund research, and you’re not saving money — you’re strangling the future.

Steve Blank lays it out.

steveblank.com/2025/10/13/n...

Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off

Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What d…

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 19h

Abuse of disabled people in immigration detention is a longstanding issue and it's escalating very fast right now. (Shoutout to orgs like Disability Rights CA, our state protection and advocacy organization, for fighting to get into ICE facilities.)

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 23h

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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