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Pizza Crickets @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 8h

I also kind of feel like masking should be more common in food service. Like ... man some of the restaurants I worked in I will never eat in again.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

A good quality respirator protects against more than just Covid.

Many diligent maskers haven’t had so much as the sniffles in years.

It’ll help you avoid colds, flus and more.

Who wants to be sick if they can avoid it?

Mask up!

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 7h

A look back to on this day 21st October with our farmily of farm animals

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 6h

Mo knows it’s Tuesday and we have a delayed farm rush hour #moknows

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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 15h

good morning

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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 5h

he used to be so tiny and cute

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Polish painter Nespoon creates street art with lace patterns #WomensArt

Photo of a red brick three storey building viewed from the corner, on the right side of the building to is a huge mural of a circular lace design

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Tove Jansson’s mother, illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson's self portrait, 1910 had a huge influence on her daughter’s career, showing her the often underrated work of women. She also taught Tove how to draw #WomensArt

Pen and ink artwork featuring a woman and her very young daughter in winter clothing walking away from the viewer while holding hands

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

Self-Portrait (c.1630) by Dutch Golden Age painter Judith Leyster. The artwork is significant for the relaxed and confident appearance of the subject which departs from more formal portrayals of women artists in self portraits #womensart

Painting of a sitting white woman in a silk dress and large ruff, the subject rests her elbow on her seat and looks out to the viewer with a slight smile, she sits at the easel holding a paintbrush, the painting she is working on features a man playing the violin

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

'Between the Leaves' by Brighton-based UK artist Emma Brownjohn #WomensArt
#Autumn #Fall

Painting of a tree with orangd leaves, some of which fall gently towards thd ground on which a stylisef slim figure and a dog walk

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

A sklfully embroidered banner made by UK suffragettes in their workshops was recently found stowed away in a little charity shop in Leeds. The once-forgotten item sold at auction for £13,600 #UnravellingWomensArt

Purple and gold embroidered suffrage banner with text including 'Manchester' and 'The fight founded by Mrs Pankhurst 1903'

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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 5h

This upcoming webinar series on grassland restoration across Europe looks very interesting. A series of weekly talks by experts in the field, running from 6 Nov to 18 Dec. See below for info on speakers, topics, free registration etc. www.interregnorthsea.eu/expbio/news/... #GenerationRestoration

Webinars series: Grassland restoration perspective and knowledge

www.interregnorthsea.eu

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

AWS being down is a great reminder that letting Amazon own half the internet is a really bad thing we've allowed to happen

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 9h

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 7h

In 2021, Los Angeles City Council ordered LAPD to produce a report on its treatment of journalists.

LAPD never did it. Blew off City Council for 4+ years now.

Wonder if it'll come up in Tuesday's meeting.

Motion: cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...

Related: localnewspasadena.com/2025/la-city...

“Four years ago, the City Council unanimously directed LAPD to report back to them on how they were treating the press. LAPD blew off the City Council and never submitted anything. For years, they have been getting the message that they can be a rogue agency without consequence. The City Attorney has been an enabler. The Mayor has been completely absent. And I believe the Police Commission buried a deeply problematic version of that report from 2021 and prevented City Council’s orders from being fulfilled,” he said.

“This is scandalous, and I’ll applaud any efforts by City Council to take back control,” Rose said.

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did a new one

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 4h

I will never forget that day in 1966. 116 children and 28 adults in one small school and community killed as mining slag heaps collapsed burying them. More people overall. This despite warnings, ignored

The BBC has made an excellent podcast. Tip No 7

www.bbc.com/audio/brand/...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 4h

Obviously a football match is far more important than this.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials

Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths

www.theguardian.com

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Wanda Allard @wandaallard.bsky.social · 4h

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11h

So I realize I’ve reposted this all day, but I cannot understate the scale of this story. If Anthropic is spending this much on Google Cloud - or even 25% - the costs of running their business are never coming down. It’s a huge scoop, and the first real discussion of the true costs of AI anywhere.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22h

Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/

This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services

So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Dr Ben King 🌍 @benking01.bsky.social · 4h

But the #VisibleHealth app is set-up differently; it looks for STABILITY in variables such as Resting Heartrate and Heartrate Variability.

This Tuesday morning, despite RESTING (mostly lying down and sleeping) for the past 17 hours, it has clearly identified an imbalance and is advising MORE REST 🙏

2 out of 5 - Out of Balance. Resting heartrate much higher thah usual

Graph of Resting Heartrate on waking up for the past fortnight. Not stable

Heartrate variability is trending downwards

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 5h

It is sometimes hard to grasp the full consequences of what someone said aloud.

We can argue about immigration policy, who can come or not come to the UK all we like. But this is wholly different - people who came to the UK legally, through the laws at the time and settled here, must “go home”. /1

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5h

The more I think about her actual words, and how appallingly under-reported/understood they still seem to be, the more shocked & disgusted I am.

SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 18h

Given Lam's appalling comments, the UK government needs to make it free for those with permanent leave to remain to obtain British citizenship, to promote people making the change, and to make it quicker.

They need to do that to remove understandable anxiety.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4h

In any civilised society, you don’t change the law retrospectively, and for good reasons. Seeking to remove people who came to the UK in good faith used to be an extreme position - that of NF propaganda and racist pubs. The era of “send them back”.

So how does a well educated lady born in 1991, /2

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 6h

Anti abortion, anti LGBTQ, anti Ukraine

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 Farage’s new senior advisor has some awful views on Russia and Ukraine

Farage’s new hire won’t help his Putin problem

He’s got a new senior advisor... who has some pretty awful views.

writesbright.substack.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine is ready to stop fighting along the current front line. The current contact line should be the starting point for negotiations, — Zelensky and European leaders say.

❗️They added that Ukraine's position before the negotiations needs to be strengthened.

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 11d

Minimum wage workers usually don't get a company healthcare plan so the ACA is their only option for affordable healthcare

If WAGES were higher then ACA subsidies wouldn't be necessary but that's not the case

Ranked: Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries share.google/OVfeeayWuEk4...

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