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Cody @atiredgay.bsky.social · 18h

TIL that peacock feathers can emit laser beams.

Peacock feathers can be lasers

Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom

www.science.org

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 16h

Kobo too! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

The Emilie Adventures ebook by Martha Wells - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Emilie Adventures Emilie and the Hollow World & Emilie and the Sky World" by Martha Wells available from Rakuten Kobo. Two novel-length steampunk adventures from the author of the wildly suc...

www.kobo.com

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 1d

Also $1.99 at B&N, should have scrolled further. :-D

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, "Not Flesh Nor Feathers" is $2.99 at B&N and "Wings to the Kingdom" is $1.99 at Kobo at the moment!

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 1d

The heels have facehuggers on them.
She could keep my Ripley in the power loader company

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 2d

Monster High is releasing a Xenomorph doll. I’m not kidding. It’s $85

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 1d

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kat but spooky 🐀 @rainisfallingdown.bsky.social · 2d

I am finally putting all of my art on the walls and I am delighted to discover that my design aesthetic is called "things that that I like" and that everything in it is something I like.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 2d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 2d

Do you need to keep topping up the honey as you use it?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 3d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 5d

This is happening at my house, too. Ah, the delights of the rural Pacific Northwest . . . .

Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 5d

Woodpecker currently trying to break into the house.

Must secure the perimeter

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 5d

Someone just walked past with TWO WESTIE PUPPIES and I did not run out of the house yelling "Hey mister can I pet your dogs"

Adulting is HARD, y'all

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 6d

This might be the most important corollary to the Golden Rule

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 6d

The fact that you feel bad is not the same as repairing harm.

It’s based in the belief that your feelings matter more than your impact

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7d

Yes I do live under a rock, but there are books under here with me.

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 11d

Source and explanation:

> Context: this piece of filth barged into Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) at UW throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “[r-slur] degenerates”.
>
> Class didn’t appreciate it.

www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...

From the udub community on Reddit: Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response

Explore this post and more from the udub community

www.reddit.com

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 10d

Our neighbor came over to see if we had lost power too, and I had to check our solar panel app to see if we were actually off the grid. We are, we just didn't notice because of the panels and our battery backup.

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 11d

You're going to be in Jenny Lawson's bookstore. I have no legitimate reason to get on a plane and witness this firsthand, but ooh, it's tempting. I shall see you in Seattle instead!

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 11d

GNU Jane Goodall.

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 11d

What? No!

Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 11d

Have you no acorns to leach?

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 11d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12d

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

www.ladwp.com

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · Sep 12

come now, how have I *yet* to see Mandick, the Titty Smithy

ofools Whos the blacksmith out there moulding titty armour to every strong female character
more accurately than the bra fitter at Victorias
Secret
therealklt
Tis I, Mandick the titty smithy.

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Amelia Parker @thatparkerwoman.bsky.social · 14d

Picked some up when Spouse and I received our COVID vaccinations!

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