Leah
@minime108.bsky.social
Hi, I live in South Australia, Australia. I do a lot of volunteering with conventions such as OZ comic con, AVCOn(anime and video games convention) and many others. Love meeting people and networking. Im into abit of everything and anything pretty much.
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One February night in 1958, something caused a group of skiers to cut their way out of their tent and flee into a howling blizzard, in 20-below-zero temperatures, in bare feet or socks. What was it?
Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved?
The strange fate of a group of skiers in the Ural Mountains has generated endless speculation.
nyer.cm
September 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
One February night in 1958, something caused a group of skiers to cut their way out of their tent and flee into a howling blizzard, in 20-below-zero temperatures, in bare feet or socks. What was it?
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
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Watch the dramatic moment storm hunters fly into the eye of Hurricane Erin, as it strengthened to Category 5 while hurtling across the Atlantic Ocean. It later weakened as it veered north of Caribbean islands.
August 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Watch the dramatic moment storm hunters fly into the eye of Hurricane Erin, as it strengthened to Category 5 while hurtling across the Atlantic Ocean. It later weakened as it veered north of Caribbean islands.
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Powerful Hurricane Erin underwent astonishingly rapid changes in its intensity — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms: cnn.it/3V5dix6
Hurricane Erin is one of the fastest rapidly intensifying storms in Atlantic history | CNN
Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period of astonishingly rapid intensification — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms. It was a rare Category 5 for a...
cnn.it
August 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Powerful Hurricane Erin underwent astonishingly rapid changes in its intensity — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms: cnn.it/3V5dix6
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Why are we so plagued by low self-esteem? “So inexplicable is its grip, so binding its influence, it can feel almost mythic,” Vivian Gornick writes.
Always Inadequate
The force of low self-esteem can feel so enormous, so unexplainable, it seems almost mythic.
www.newyorker.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why are we so plagued by low self-esteem? “So inexplicable is its grip, so binding its influence, it can feel almost mythic,” Vivian Gornick writes.
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Hopefully we’ve inspired many others over the years to love and appreciate black cats too! 🖤😍
#BlackCatAppreciationDay #BlackCats #TeamColeFurever
#BlackCatAppreciationDay #BlackCats #TeamColeFurever
August 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hopefully we’ve inspired many others over the years to love and appreciate black cats too! 🖤😍
#BlackCatAppreciationDay #BlackCats #TeamColeFurever
#BlackCatAppreciationDay #BlackCats #TeamColeFurever
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A French lemonade from 1651
August 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A French lemonade from 1651
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Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).
August 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).
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The soldier accused of opening fire at his Army base in Georgia, wounding five people, endured relentless bullying over his stutter almost as soon as he joined the military, former co-workers say.
Fort Stewart shooting suspect was a hard worker who had been bullied over his stutter, Army soldiers say
“He got bullied a lot,” said a soldier who trained with Sgt. Quornelius Radford in 2018. “It was very bad to the point where he could barely talk.”
nbcnews.to
August 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The soldier accused of opening fire at his Army base in Georgia, wounding five people, endured relentless bullying over his stutter almost as soon as he joined the military, former co-workers say.
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I should have waited to post the female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) with the male on the right since I got almost identical photos of them. Showing them together now.
Happy #InsectThursday 🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋 #SwallowtailSeason
Happy #InsectThursday 🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋 #SwallowtailSeason
August 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I should have waited to post the female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) with the male on the right since I got almost identical photos of them. Showing them together now.
Happy #InsectThursday 🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋 #SwallowtailSeason
Happy #InsectThursday 🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋 #SwallowtailSeason
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Happy Friendship Day.❤️
Friendship is a special relationship that is based mutual sympathy and, trust. A good friend provides support in difficult times, shares our joys, and helps us maintain our emotional balance.
Life without friends is like the sea without tuna.🐈⬛
#cats #catsofbluesky
Friendship is a special relationship that is based mutual sympathy and, trust. A good friend provides support in difficult times, shares our joys, and helps us maintain our emotional balance.
Life without friends is like the sea without tuna.🐈⬛
#cats #catsofbluesky
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy Friendship Day.❤️
Friendship is a special relationship that is based mutual sympathy and, trust. A good friend provides support in difficult times, shares our joys, and helps us maintain our emotional balance.
Life without friends is like the sea without tuna.🐈⬛
#cats #catsofbluesky
Friendship is a special relationship that is based mutual sympathy and, trust. A good friend provides support in difficult times, shares our joys, and helps us maintain our emotional balance.
Life without friends is like the sea without tuna.🐈⬛
#cats #catsofbluesky
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July 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”
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The broadcast show “E! News” will end this year, concluding a run that began in 1991, a source close to the situation said. The final tape date will be September 25.
'E! News' to end this year after 3 decades
The final tape date for the nightly show will be September 25. It first aired in 1991.
nbcnews.to
July 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The broadcast show “E! News” will end this year, concluding a run that began in 1991, a source close to the situation said. The final tape date will be September 25.
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Not to be outdone by the Black Swallowtails, the Great Spangled Fritillary and Buckeye make a claim of beauty in the garden for #SaturdayOrange 🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
July 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not to be outdone by the Black Swallowtails, the Great Spangled Fritillary and Buckeye make a claim of beauty in the garden for #SaturdayOrange 🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
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Fantastic Mr Fox ....
Happy Friday x
#watercolour #fox #watercolor #animalportrait #watercolourpainting #wildlife #britishwildlife #artist #art #painting #foxy #loosewatercolour #inspiration #buyart
Happy Friday x
#watercolour #fox #watercolor #animalportrait #watercolourpainting #wildlife #britishwildlife #artist #art #painting #foxy #loosewatercolour #inspiration #buyart
July 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Fantastic Mr Fox ....
Happy Friday x
#watercolour #fox #watercolor #animalportrait #watercolourpainting #wildlife #britishwildlife #artist #art #painting #foxy #loosewatercolour #inspiration #buyart
Happy Friday x
#watercolour #fox #watercolor #animalportrait #watercolourpainting #wildlife #britishwildlife #artist #art #painting #foxy #loosewatercolour #inspiration #buyart
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Over 275 photos of Black Swallowtails today. Yes, I get carried away. More postings to come…😏
Two females spent an hour in our garden enjoying the Zinnias. They just eclosed so this will be their most vibrant, along with deep obsidian black.
🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷 #Butterflies 🦋 #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
Two females spent an hour in our garden enjoying the Zinnias. They just eclosed so this will be their most vibrant, along with deep obsidian black.
🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷 #Butterflies 🦋 #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
July 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Over 275 photos of Black Swallowtails today. Yes, I get carried away. More postings to come…😏
Two females spent an hour in our garden enjoying the Zinnias. They just eclosed so this will be their most vibrant, along with deep obsidian black.
🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷 #Butterflies 🦋 #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
Two females spent an hour in our garden enjoying the Zinnias. They just eclosed so this will be their most vibrant, along with deep obsidian black.
🖤💛💙🧡
#Photography99 📷 #Butterflies 🦋 #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
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July 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Is this just weird, or are living mushroom caskets a better future for funerals? 🍄
July 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Is this just weird, or are living mushroom caskets a better future for funerals? 🍄
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Don’t despair, Australian mortgage holders – another rate cut is a question of when, not if
Don’t despair, Australian mortgage holders – another rate cut is a question of when, not if
The direction of travel is clear, we might just take a bit longer to get there
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Do not despair, mortgage holders of Australia: we didn’t get a rate cut on Tuesday, but they are still coming.
The Reserve Bank board showed it doesn’t give a fig about popular opinion and held its cash rate target at 3.85% at its July meeting.
Patrick Commins is Guardian Australia’s economics editor Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Don’t despair, Australian mortgage holders – another rate cut is a question of when, not if
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My Dad always said 9 out of 10 times if you listen to your gut feelings, you will be right:
July 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My Dad always said 9 out of 10 times if you listen to your gut feelings, you will be right:
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Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
Michael Madsen, 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Kill Bill' star, dies at 67
Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
apnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...