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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 1h

The Faroe Islands making a world cup run! (but to qualify, they'll need to beat Croatia). And Cabo Verde qualifies if they bsat Eswatini today!

World Cup qualifiers 2026: Faroe Islands shock Czech Republic to keep dream alive

The Faroe Islands stun the Czech Republic to keep their narrow but remarkable World Cup qualification chances alive.

www.bbc.com

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 1h

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 3h

We stopped my parent early, thank God

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

We are Amphifa.

AMPHIFA:

Amphibians Against Fascism.

Black and green flag of a Portland protest frog.

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 5h

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 20h

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Teenagers’ phone use? It’s the grandparents we should be ...

Maybe our fears about the ill effects of social media, screen time and doomscrolling are wasted on the young

observer.co.uk

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Apr 28

I am no longer interested in whether it’s Maybelline, you’ve lost me

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 18h

Here are some nice mushrooms

A raspberry red coral mushrooms grow grows from the rain soak moss of the forest floor. It’s so young and bright it looks like a red rubber kooshball that’s been dropped. All photos by me

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18h

Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 email:

“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!”

Release the Epstein files.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 2d

“Three policemen, falling upon one unarmed student, were beating him with their riot sticks. Nobody was stopping them. The sound was clear and terrible... It was a moment of light, in which the true nature of the police was being revealed to him.”

From Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland:

The Novel and the Secret Police - Boston Review

In Vineland, his underappreciated 1990 novel, Thomas Pynchon anticipated a United States in which security would become the greatest good.

www.bostonreview.net

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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 19h

Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa

www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/parliament...

Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa

The political history of several African kingdoms included systems of governance that were variously referred to as national “assemblies”, “councils,” or “parliaments,” which limited the power of King...

www.africanhistoryextra.com

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 18h

Pakistan contributes less than 1% to global carbon emissions, yet it is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

In recent years, Pakistan has withstood multiple catastrophes, including floods and heat waves that have killed thousands and affected millions of people.

One after another, Pakistan endures successive climate disasters

On the morning of Aug. 15, a cloudburst that poured more than 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain in one hour triggered a flash flood in the city of Buner, located in Pakistan’s northwestern province…

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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 18h

I, for one, am *shocked* that the “activist” who was personally responsible for drumming up a frenzy over social media posts that led to the firing of an anthropology professor (and have gotten her targeted by extremist groups) at my university would be anything less than an upstanding worker.

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 18h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Annmarie Pisano @annmariepisano.bsky.social · 18h

I made the Moosewood cardamom coffee cake...heads up, the recipe *halved* filled up an entire large bundt pan, I cannot imagine what vessel the full recipe would need. Delicious, though. I added a layer of cherry jam in the middle. 🍽️🍜

overhead shot of dark brown bundt cake on a plate

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 5h

Moosewood have such great recipes!

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Alannah @clevelannah.bsky.social · 17h

Here are some more Dahlia shots

A white dahlia with pink tips. A bumblebee is nestled in the center.

A bouquet including an assortment of dahlias

An orange-red dahlia alongside a magenta striped dahlia.

A Pink dahlia as part of a little bouquet.

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 5h

Apparently stainless steel works for hands?

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17h

Pope to journalists: “…it is worth remembering Hannah Arendt’s warning that ‘the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.’”

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 5h

It's Christmas because the Christmas beetles are out

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 17h

For #CoffeeWithACodex on October 16, Curator @leoba.bsky.social will visit @rosenbachmuseum.bsky.social where she'll join Librarian Elizabeth Fuller for a look at MS 1004/29, a mid-fourteenth-century physician's belt book. #medievalsky #cwac

Register here: https://bit.ly/4ohnEqu

Coffee with a Codex On The Road: Bat Book at the Rosenbach

An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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museo_ghosts @noahangell.bsky.social · 17h

The Benin Bronzes have *always* belonged to the Oba of Benin Kingdom - that's been the case for centuries. That Europeans are still confused about this speaks to their own ignorance.

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas

The public display of artefacts looted by British colonial forces at the new Museum of West African Art was supposed to be the crowning glory of a decades-long restitution effort. What went wrong?

www.theguardian.com

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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 17h

Public hall of the Mangbetu kingdom, north-eastern D.R.Congo. ca. 1870
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/parliament...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 17h

#OtD 12 Oct 1972 a riot broke out on the USS Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam war, following multiple racist incidents against Black sailors. Black sailors grabbed makeshift weapons and rioted. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...

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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 17h

the Bangwe (public square) of Moroni and Iconi, Grande Comore.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/parliament...

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 18h

Chicagoans: Attend this virtual Rapid Response training on Wed 10/14 at 4pm to learn how to help protect our neighbors during this occupation. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 16h

I don't understand why no one has started a fast-casual baked potato chain. Choice of white or sweet; many different topping possibilities. Affordable, tasty, nutritious, filling.

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