@bbimey.bsky.social
Usability/info design, ocean science, food policy, art, humor, knitting, history, a better world; always on the lookout for the next terrifying leap of faith. she/her
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December 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 71616:
If you're struggling to stay creative during the dark part of the year, go back to what you love. Re-read, re-watch, rediscover old favourites. Remind yourself why you're doing this. Find your joy.
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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My 14 year old son Luca took me here after cricket training today. He said there is hope in that sky Mum, I’ve never seen anything like it, the locals said there are half a
million starlings here.

Keep your families close, hug your children, help those who need us, do a 1000 piece puzzle, enjoy!
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The Beths - "Expert In A Dying Field" (Official)
YouTube video by The Beths
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December 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Heartwarming
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.

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Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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December 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Ich hope thou knowest that thou art a miracle. Your being heere doth make the worlde a bettir place. Plese be kynde to yourselfe. Give helpe when you kan, and aske for helpe when you neede.
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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To lead a better life, I need my love to be here

Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be

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Sean Lennon singing Here There and Everywhere for Paul McCartney 80th birthday!!
YouTube video by The Warning Guardian
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December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
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December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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As a knitter, I loved watching this. I’ve become better at ‘reading’ yarn over the years, and learning how different ways of treating the wool will affect the work.
enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted

IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A lovely piece on Allan Troxler, who died last month.

indyweek.com/culture/reme...
The Archive Tells the Story
On October 26, the Durham artist Allan Troxler died. A trailblazer in the fight for gay rights, he leaves an indelible legacy behind.
indyweek.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.

That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.

So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.

Image by HEO (from above!)

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November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A lovely new in-space music video, on the same guitar I played, from friend and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu with the Bagossy Brothers - great how many schoolchildren participated: youtu.be/JZYm7lq1NYM?...
Bagossy Brothers Company - Visszajövök feat. Kapu Tibi
YouTube video by Bagossy Brothers Company
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October 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Happy Earth, Wind & Fire Day to all who celebrate.
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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September 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Major yn Englisshe:
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again

tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of your work and share it here
hearing that we're not supposed to be promoting our stuff on here? seen a couple of posts disparaging that practice. still have no idea what this place is about, what is ok to post or not post, feeling like i'm dog paddling here
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Happy Birthday to one of the greatest marine scientists in history, Marie Tharp!
Yesterday's quake and tsunami highlight the importance of ocean mapping, the discipline she pioneered.
In 2020, my friend Suzanne wrote a great article for Tharp's 100th birthday.
theconversation.com/marie-tharp-...
Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier
Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Tom Di Liberto worked for NOAA as a contractor for 13 years and was fired only 13 days before his first year as a federal employee would have completed.

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May 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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💯 Hours to Save America's Forecasts

Join Scripps climate scientists & leading U.S. meteorologists for the Weather & Climate Livestream! The event celebrates the importance of science and explores the impact of the cuts on this research.

📅 May 28-June 1
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The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
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May 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Weather and climate scientists determined to resist funding and program cuts in the geekiest way possible - with a 100-hour livestream of science presentations www.cnn.com/scientists-r...
Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way | CNN
In the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have found a new way of engaging the public.
www.cnn.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman was born #OTD in 1925.

After early work in spectral classification and galactic evolution, she became NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy and did foundational work planning and overseeing the development of the Hubble Space Telescope. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

Image: NASA
May 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM