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Italian American science fiction and fantasy fan.
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Mintaddict @mintaddict.bsky.social · Nov 24
Parody of Larry Niven's Laws. Transformers belong to Hasbro. No intellectual property rights violations are being promoted or implied by this post.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/jo...
Reinstate Dr. Shannon Joslin and Support LGBTQ+ Park Staff and Visitors!
On their own free time, SJ and six others climbed El Capitan in Yosemite and took part in a tradition of hanging a flag at the top.  They never thought the display of acceptance and love would r...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Just a reminder: as a lawyer you don’t have to do immoral things for the client. You can quit.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jan 23
BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?” Coughenour interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence. “In your opinion Is this executive order constitutional?” he asked. Shumate said, “it absolutely is.” “Frankly I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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jessicavalenti.bsky.social
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

I'm trying to save them.

You can find the deleted docs at CDCGuidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
CDCGuidelines.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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catelovers.bsky.social
Santa Paws 🎅🎄
December 4, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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Parody of Larry Niven's Laws. Transformers belong to Hasbro. No intellectual property rights violations are being promoted or implied by this post.
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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sciencesocks.bsky.social
My first viral post 🤣

Almost 1K likes 🫠

🧪🐡🔭
sciencesocks.bsky.social Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · Nov 23
New #JWST image just dropped 🔭🐡🧪
Pillars of creation by JWST but with googly eyes
November 23, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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The Twilight Zone creator Rod Sterling's "A Most Non-Political Speech"

"Hatred is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating, none of those are the transcendent facet of the human personality.
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Some mandalas I had hanging around in my photo gallery...
November 22, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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sennydreadful.bsky.social
Old Facebook memories can be a force for good
November 22, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
I’ll say this for AI shitstalgia memes: they always contain hidden terrors.
November 18, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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scientistsoph.bsky.social
This #OccupationOfTheDay also offers a welcome opportunity to throw in the word PTERIDOMANIA, or 'fern madness', dating back to a 19thC craze for keeping ferns, & for putting fern motifs on items #history

Reportedly where Custard Creams get their design from 👇

www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Pt...
Pteridomania - Fern Madness
A great Victorian craze, Pteridomania was the huge love affair for ferns and all things fern-like in Britain between the 1840s and 1890s...
www.historic-uk.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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Today's #OccupationOfTheDay is...FERN PRESERVER:

"plants certain kinds of fern in special glass case in fern soil, for show purposes or transport; seals case with putty; [job] usually done by nursery gardener"

Dict of Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Ferns and a Wardian case (1852)
A Wardian case - rather like a glass fishtank - is filled with a variety of ferns in an attractive display Pen and ink sketch of a fern species, with three fern sections extending upwards
November 20, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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mayraphotography.bsky.social
There’s still beauty in the world, all you have to do is see it. #Nikon #BlueSky
November 22, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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stevengawoski.bsky.social
Blue Lattice
11/2015 15 X 15 inches [38.1 X 38.1 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #plankton #radiolarian
November 20, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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martinhtrauth.bsky.social
Happy #FossilFriday everyone 🦋 Here's a hematite rich limestone with foraminifera shells, Paleocene-Eocene, Starzlachklamm, Sonthofen, Allgäu, Germany. Length of the largest foraminifera is ~5 mm. We use it in our rocks & minerals class, lots things to see, describe and draw!
#Geosciences
Reddish-brown foraminiferal limestone from the Starzlachklamm gorge on the northern edge of the Alps, Germany. Photo of the Starzlachklamm gorge on the northern edge of the Alps, with coarse gravel made of different rocks including the red foraminifera limestone from the Paleocene-Eocene.
November 15, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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belaforams.bsky.social
I love it when colleagues leave treasures in my mailbox. Left: "Star sand" (mostly #foraminifera) from Hull Atoll. Right: A sample from "Off Honolulu" at 22fm with other tropical forams. Both labeled as collected by Resig in October 1982. #fossilfriday
Photomicrograph with star-shaped benthic foraminifera (Baculogypsina), small gastropods, and lenticular foraminifera (Amphistegina). Photomicrograph of gray to tan sediments with microfossils interspersed. Focus of the image is a specimen of Peneroplis in side view, other particles are lenticular foraminifera like Amphistegina, broken molluscs, and worn bits of bryozoan.
November 22, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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the-14.com
Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits
#Agriculture #PlantScience #Photosynthesis #GreenTech #FutureFarming #SpaceAgriculture #Microalgae #Innovation #ClimateSolutions #AgricultureTech #SustainableFarming
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Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits | The-14
Plants can grow in near-darkness, offering potential for longer growing seasons, sustainable farming, and space agriculture with minimal light.
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September 12, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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neilbanas.bsky.social
If you were wondering what to do with yourself on Fri the 29th in #Glasgow, the answer is "stop by the Botanics for a pop-up museum of #microalgae." It should be a good time for 4yos and 4th year grad students alike! I'll be there with #origami #diatoms + instructions.

🍃 www.microalgaemuseum.com 🍃
origami diatoms
November 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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zaibatsu.bsky.social
This is what a single drop of seawater looks like under a microscope—an entire universe of life in just one droplet. 🌊🔬

Plankton, copepods, diatoms, and more—tiny organisms that power entire ecosystems. Nature's micro marvels. #Science #OceanLife
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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thisiscolossal.com
Play is serious business! And not just for children. A new book travels the globe to spotlight 80+ artist-designed playgrounds and environments full of adventure, whimsy, and spectacle.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/the-...
colorful hexagon windows fit into white bubbly structures on a playground a colorful outdoor park with playground equipment built to look like fantastic characters
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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From paper, thread, and gouache, Chattanooga-based artist Hollie Chastain combines ephemera and found materials into vibrant collages shaped like UFOs. 🛸

www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/holl...
a set of 12 UFO-inspired abstract paper and stitched collages
November 20, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Matthew Chambers continues to push the limits of the ceramic vessel with his beguiling concentric sculptures. See his latest explorations today on Colossal.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/matt...
a ceramic sculpture with concentric forms that twist and well outward a yellow ceramic sculpture with concentric forms that twist and well outward
November 21, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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mayraphotography.bsky.social
Happy Tuesday, BlueSky.
November 19, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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The Observatory 🐋🌟
A digital painting of a large, round, glass observatory. Out the windows we see whale sharks and manta rays, covered in golden/orange star. In the foreground, a girl is seen painting the whale sharks, and a small orange dog looks up at the scene from the other side of the room
November 19, 2024 at 8:09 PM