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Zack
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2h
Scientists in China have developed a tough new bamboo-based plastic that biodegrades in 50 days. The new material matches the strength of engineering plastics used in cars and appliances while retaining 90% of its durability after recycling. buff.ly/zXWVoIS
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Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle
Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1h
That’s so kind!
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 13h
As yet I have only these three pictures of this couple. This last one probably taken at a wedding, possibly their grandson’s wedding in 1948.
The same couple, looking grim from behind glass.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 13h
This is my Grandma, Great Grandma, and Great Great Grandma around 1950 or so.
Black & white photograph of a stern woman holding a baby. Behind her is an even sterner woman. And at the far right is a woman of such incredible sternness you can almost feel the discipline through the image.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 13h
Same couple 40ish years later
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 13h
Turns out the picture grandma had was an instant reprint of the much earlier print! If anyone knows what sort of film this is (era) or the original process, I’d be interested.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 13h
Back in 2020, my mom downsized, and we cleaned out her house. Things found, tossed, treasured. All my grandma’s pictures came home with me except a box of framed photographs I forgot. Among them, I had documented, my 2x great grandparents’ wedding photo from 1900. But Mom found them in a closet!
A pull tab instant Polaroid photograph of a much older picture. A scratched and faded photo of a young mustachioed man wearing dress white tie. To his left is a woman in a frilly white dress with a large bow in front. Her hair is parted in close curls. The extreme flash renders her face almost featureless white.
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Al's Place Quantum Leap Fan Site @alsplaceql.bsky.social · 14h
A #QuantumLeap T-shirt giveaway update!

To see the new twist in this giveaway (Scott Bakula fans will definitely want to!), visit Al's Place Community at the link below. Join our platform if you like what you see!

www.quantumleap-alsplace.com/forum/index....
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Minnesota Senate DFL @senatedfl.bsky.social · 18h
Sylvia Rivera was a gay liberation and transgender activist who championed the rights of people pushed to the margins.

Of Venezuelan and Puerto Rican descent, her legacy is a reminder that Latinx history is LGBTQ+ history is American history.

#hispanicheritagemonth #latinxheritagemonth
National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month Image of Silvia Rivera at a rally. American gay liberation activist, transgender rights activist, community worker. 1951-2002
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 14h
Makes total sense. I think about family history and think about all the generations of endurance and care that loved me into my present.
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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 17h
I see people sad about the ending of Ultimate X-Men, and I am too. I'll miss these characters. But I am also glad about it. This isn't something that was done to us. The plan from the beginning was to tell a complete story in two years. We got to end on our own terms, which is rare nowadays.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 16h
Oof that title. “I got mine, losers!” Reminds me of how Groucho Marx would always sing “Stay Down Here Where You Belong” whenever he met Berlin.

I didn’t know that history on Woodie Guthrie’s song! Neat!
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 20h
Oo do tell
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 20h
I’ve been wondering about this!
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Dinosaur Bob @dinosaurbob.bsky.social · 1d
Moore predicted this.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 23h
But here's one from my phone...
NJT #4506, the autism acceptance locomotive. The wrap features a rainbow infinity sign.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
I think that William Jennings Bryan set up an outsider’s alternative to Tammany Hall, and that planted seeds that grew into Al Smith, FDR, LBJ, and HHH. It was a long split from the Klan Bake in ’24 to Truman in ’48, LBJ in ’64 — white supremacists lost those fights so they jumped ship.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
So that’s what the Democratic Party ought to set itself up as: The Democracy. People power. Doing the popular things that benefit everyone. Green New Deal, Medicare for All, peace at home and abroad. I get sort of naive about the details; I have that luxury.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
What they claim suggests that the dead vote Republican and land votes Republican and money votes Republican, and so that plus a plurality ought to contradict whatever the people collectively want.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
We have one party aligned with democracy and another that will say “we’re not a democracy; we’re a republic” as if those are mutually exclusive. I can’t say what Republicans would say they are supporting because much of what they say isn’t grounded in reality.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
That party of Jackson, to its shame, stopped at votes for all white men, and held that line. I don’t know how the party of the 1872 platform, the party of segregation, threw all that off and became a better version of itself. But the idea of saving our democracy with The Democracy ought rings well.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
Thinking about how the Democratic Party of the 19th Century was sometimes called “The Democracy,” and how that must have evoked for some that party’s original idea, that leaders ought to be chosen by a majority of voters and not by landowners. That wasn’t a given in 1828.
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Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 1d
Good reminder to update your pull list.
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Erica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social · 1d
FOC for Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes is THIS Monday October 13th! SEVERAL of you have that day off from work or school even!
Harley Quinn yelling
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Interfaith Creation Care South Metro Twin Cities, MN (ICCSM) @iccsmtwincities.bsky.social · 1d
Really good news on the global front.

IEA Report Claims Fossil Fuel Imports Have Declined In More Than 100 Countries cleantechnica.com/2025/10/10/i...
IEA Report Claims Fossil Fuel Imports Have Declined In More Than 100 Countries - CleanTechnica
The IEA annual report on renewables finds that transitioning to renewable energy promotes energy security and saves billions of dollars.
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Interfaith Creation Care South Metro Twin Cities, MN (ICCSM) @iccsmtwincities.bsky.social · 1d
Let's Celebrate Climate-Forward Success Stories So We Can Smile For A Change cleantechnica.com/2025/10/10/l...
Let's Celebrate Climate-Forward Success Stories So We Can Smile For A Change - CleanTechnica
It's easy to get bogged down these days by anti-intellectualism. But sustainability success stories can boost our spirits.
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