@m0butterfly.bsky.social
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'Make America Healthy Again' means eating French fries fried in beef tallow and drinking water that gives you cancer, apparently
August 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
'Make America Healthy Again' means eating French fries fried in beef tallow and drinking water that gives you cancer, apparently
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Meiselas: You had Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who r*ped a 16-year-old, featured by Trump at the WH as he announced his initiative for kids...He's not hiding that he's ok hanging w sexual predators that target underage girls. How is what I just said not leading every freaking newscast?
August 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Meiselas: You had Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who r*ped a 16-year-old, featured by Trump at the WH as he announced his initiative for kids...He's not hiding that he's ok hanging w sexual predators that target underage girls. How is what I just said not leading every freaking newscast?
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Jordy Meiselas: The gaslighting on inflation is just crazy. Leavitt and Trump act like the issue's solved. Meanwhile, people see the prices in real life. What Trump and Leavitt are trying to sell to the American people and what people are actually feeling with their wallets is not matching up
August 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Jordy Meiselas: The gaslighting on inflation is just crazy. Leavitt and Trump act like the issue's solved. Meanwhile, people see the prices in real life. What Trump and Leavitt are trying to sell to the American people and what people are actually feeling with their wallets is not matching up
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The last known picture of Albert Einstein, taken in March 1955, in front of 112 Mercer Street.
July 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The last known picture of Albert Einstein, taken in March 1955, in front of 112 Mercer Street.
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Meiselas: Trump would go to Michigan and promise to stop the killing in Gaza...Then he told Bibi to do whatever he wants. The atrocities happening right now in Gaza are absolutely horrific.
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Meiselas: Trump would go to Michigan and promise to stop the killing in Gaza...Then he told Bibi to do whatever he wants. The atrocities happening right now in Gaza are absolutely horrific.
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"Itai Yanai, a systems biologist at New York University [..] and a conference co-organizer, explained his research to a co-opted 16-year-old. As he did so, volunteers from the audience posed onstage as ‘genes’, imitating being turned on and off by waving their arms when tapped." Thank you Josie!
I'm grateful to @itaiyanai.bsky.social for explaining his research at Woodstock Bio in Prague to a sixteen-year-old and NOT to "your grandma" or "your elderly Aunt Myrtle."
"What if we tried to daydream together?” Itai Yanai asks.
@TCTEaC
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"What if we tried to daydream together?” Itai Yanai asks.
@TCTEaC
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientific bedlam at the world’s weirdest and wildest research conference
Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science aimed to encourage collaborations through creativity. The walk-on music for presentations was fun, too.
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Itai Yanai, a systems biologist at New York University [..] and a conference co-organizer, explained his research to a co-opted 16-year-old. As he did so, volunteers from the audience posed onstage as ‘genes’, imitating being turned on and off by waving their arms when tapped." Thank you Josie!
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Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!
July 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!
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This is very moving. How has a group of Liberian refugees, resettled in the US nearly twenty-five years ago after fleeing civil war, fared in a country that has changed vastly since admitting them?
Caroline Moorehead writes for @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Caroline Moorehead writes for @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
After Resettlement | Caroline Moorehead
How has a group of Liberian refugees, resettled in the US nearly twenty-five years ago after fleeing civil war, fared in a country that has changed vastly since admitting them?
www.nybooks.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is very moving. How has a group of Liberian refugees, resettled in the US nearly twenty-five years ago after fleeing civil war, fared in a country that has changed vastly since admitting them?
Caroline Moorehead writes for @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Caroline Moorehead writes for @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Such a beautiful Bald Eagle… 🦅
Thank you for taking care of Sitka… ❤️
Thank you for taking care of Sitka… ❤️
August 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Such a beautiful Bald Eagle… 🦅
Thank you for taking care of Sitka… ❤️
Thank you for taking care of Sitka… ❤️
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A group that could not find the right land for a community orchard is offering free trees to everyone.
Alana Wilson, from March Community Orchard - a Cambridgeshire initiative - said people could ask for a free apple, pear or plum tree from the group.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Alana Wilson, from March Community Orchard - a Cambridgeshire initiative - said people could ask for a free apple, pear or plum tree from the group.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
March community orchard in people's own front gardens
After searching for community orchard land to no avail, a group plans to plant in people's gardens.
www.bbc.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A group that could not find the right land for a community orchard is offering free trees to everyone.
Alana Wilson, from March Community Orchard - a Cambridgeshire initiative - said people could ask for a free apple, pear or plum tree from the group.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Alana Wilson, from March Community Orchard - a Cambridgeshire initiative - said people could ask for a free apple, pear or plum tree from the group.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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England’s most productive farmland is being lost to mega solar farms, CPRE research reveals. An analysis shows that large-scale developments are putting vital agricultural land at risk, despite alternatives like solar on rooftops and brownfield sites.
www.cpre.org.uk/news/two-thi...
www.cpre.org.uk/news/two-thi...
Two-thirds of mega solar farms built on productive farmland
New CPRE research reveals the risk of solar farms on farmland, urging rooftop solar to protect England’s most productive land for future food security.
www.cpre.org.uk
August 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
England’s most productive farmland is being lost to mega solar farms, CPRE research reveals. An analysis shows that large-scale developments are putting vital agricultural land at risk, despite alternatives like solar on rooftops and brownfield sites.
www.cpre.org.uk/news/two-thi...
www.cpre.org.uk/news/two-thi...
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This precious kitty wants to say good
morning Bluesky….. 🐈⬛ ❤️
morning Bluesky….. 🐈⬛ ❤️
August 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This precious kitty wants to say good
morning Bluesky….. 🐈⬛ ❤️
morning Bluesky….. 🐈⬛ ❤️
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A beautiful Bison talking a stroll through Yellowstone national park… 😊
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August 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A beautiful Bison talking a stroll through Yellowstone national park… 😊
🦬
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"The situation in Gaza is likely the most extreme example of politically–driven starvation in the 21st century. An hour's drive from Gaza, there are enough calories & nutrients, packed in sacks & containers, to feed its entire population."
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
What Israel must do to stop the starvation in Gaza, right now
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www.haaretz.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"The situation in Gaza is likely the most extreme example of politically–driven starvation in the 21st century. An hour's drive from Gaza, there are enough calories & nutrients, packed in sacks & containers, to feed its entire population."
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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This dead leaf that isn’t quite a leaf is actually a leaf-mimicking spider-Eriovixia gryffindori, discovered in 2015.
August 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This dead leaf that isn’t quite a leaf is actually a leaf-mimicking spider-Eriovixia gryffindori, discovered in 2015.
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August is Women in Translation Month, or #WITMonth, an annual celebration of women writers from around the world.
Here's the stack of books by women in translation that I read over the past 11 months since last August.
Titles, authors and translators in the comments.
Here's the stack of books by women in translation that I read over the past 11 months since last August.
Titles, authors and translators in the comments.
July 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
August is Women in Translation Month, or #WITMonth, an annual celebration of women writers from around the world.
Here's the stack of books by women in translation that I read over the past 11 months since last August.
Titles, authors and translators in the comments.
Here's the stack of books by women in translation that I read over the past 11 months since last August.
Titles, authors and translators in the comments.
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A Rare sighting of the deep blue underside of a glacier during a collapse caused by glacier calving.
August 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A Rare sighting of the deep blue underside of a glacier during a collapse caused by glacier calving.
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The day these two precious fur babies became friends… 🥰❤️
🐈⬛ 🐺
🐈⬛ 🐺
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The day these two precious fur babies became friends… 🥰❤️
🐈⬛ 🐺
🐈⬛ 🐺
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Tel Aviv, July 31, 2025: Protesters with @standing-together.bsky.social (Omdim BeYachad) hold photographs of emaciated Palestinian children in Gaza.
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tel Aviv, July 31, 2025: Protesters with @standing-together.bsky.social (Omdim BeYachad) hold photographs of emaciated Palestinian children in Gaza.
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Holy sh*t
August 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Holy sh*t
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When the new Israeli-backed sites open generally for very short periods of time, Palestinians have often found themselves in a desperate race for food.
How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?
Less food is going into Gaza now than during most other times in the war. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while heading toward aid sites. Many others are suffering from serious malnutrition,...
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When the new Israeli-backed sites open generally for very short periods of time, Palestinians have often found themselves in a desperate race for food.
How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Rate it! The Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) or Leaf Slug is a sea slug that has the ability to photosynthesize.
August 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rate it! The Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) or Leaf Slug is a sea slug that has the ability to photosynthesize.
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This keeps happening.
August 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This keeps happening.
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Astronomers have found a giant planet orbiting its star backwards, defying planetary formation theories! This rare retrograde orbit could reveal dramatic past interactions with other stars or planets. Space just got weirder.
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani
August 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Astronomers have found a giant planet orbiting its star backwards, defying planetary formation theories! This rare retrograde orbit could reveal dramatic past interactions with other stars or planets. Space just got weirder.
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani
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Blacks Swans are majestic… 😊
And don’t get me started on how cute the babies are…. 🥰❤️
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And don’t get me started on how cute the babies are…. 🥰❤️
🦢
August 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Blacks Swans are majestic… 😊
And don’t get me started on how cute the babies are…. 🥰❤️
🦢
And don’t get me started on how cute the babies are…. 🥰❤️
🦢