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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 7h

I'm sorry for this, Baz.

Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 10h

Look at that face! She's so gorgeous. Otto would chase her for days!

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 10h

Thor is the most extra of the pugs !

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 10h

And this is Thor, he's a pug, not a parrot.

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 10h

Meet Otto - he's a sweet boy who likes nothing more than a snuggle.

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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 20h

Middle aged guy think piece:

There is no such thing as monoculture anymore

Every kid across America right now:

Six sevennnn!

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

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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Matt Robold (rumdood) @rumdood.com · 3d

The most important skill/habit to develop in the age of the Internet has been and will always be the willingness and ability to click the "Discard Draft" rather than "Post" or "Send"

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 4d

Important 🧵!!!

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 4d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 5d

This i had not heard of before - this may be relevant to my followers...

Bob Danley @imagewildlife.bsky.social · 5d

Mushrooms that may be in your yard if you have stumps with intact tree roots. Found this large grouping of Alcohol Inky Cap on Cottonwood stump. Literature full of warnings; do not eat if you have drank alcohol within 48 hrs of doing so. Shroom prevents breakdown of alcohol, nasty body reactions.

Alcohol Inky Cap have a unique way of distributing spores: "the cap and gills digest themselves at maturity" (Arora 1986). This process is named deliquescing (word of the day:-). Left photo illustrates crowded individual mushrooms just before deliquescing. The bell-shaped cap is colored grayish-tan with a split and/or striated margin.
Right photo: once the cap and gills are digested the narrow white stipe is visible. Also evident are the abundant black spores.
Reference: Mushrooms Demystified by D. Arora; Ten Speed Press (1986).

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 7d

I'd tell folks they could get it by direct correspondence with Dr Warren.

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 7d

This is so cool. I kind of want to make it now lol

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Dave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social · 8d

This is just such a no-brainer win for everybody that I hope that it gets rolled out in a much bigger way.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 9d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 10d

"Spooky Socks"

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 13d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 10d

This will be forever one of my favourite garments in the V&A. It is a late #1890s coat from Marshall & Snelgrove, featuring hand embroidered sweet cicely flowers with white felt petals that float on top of blue velvet, V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A close up detail of a long velvet evening coat. This photograph shows the blue velvet background with hand embroidered florals covering the surface, including the high velvet collar

Full length view of the back of the long blue velvet evening coat embroidered all over with pale sweet cicely flowers and lace inserts around the bottom half

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 10d

I can't help but choose a fancy cocktail on vacation!

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 10d

Race Club Roma is very fun, along with Jerry Thomas bar - jealous!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14d

Have been for months.

Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 15d

absolutely obsessed with this song rn

Cain Culto - KFC Santería feat. Sudan Archives (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Cain Culto

www.youtube.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social · 15d

Hmmm.

American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 15d

U.S. wine-beer-spirits wholesalers enjoy extraordinarily high gross margins. Among non-durable wholesale trade, only "Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions" has higher margins. In addition, and in contrast to all wholesale trade, the margins of wine-beer-spirits wholesalers have been trending up.