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Shiny Biscuit
@shinybiscuit.bsky.social
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Lives in Ireland. Leans left to hug trees. Occasionally shouty.
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
Biden in office, GOP House and Senate: DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN!!

Trump in office, GOP House and Senate: DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN!!

Allowing one party to control the media narrative because they’re loud and dumb is absolutely ruining people’s understanding of how anything works.
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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orcabehaviorinstitute.org
Last call for sign-ups for our new fall Marine Mammals 101 class! 6 lectures over 6 weeks will cover all the common Salish Sea species. Financial assistance scholarships also available with a deadline of 8/31. Learn more and register here:

www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/whale-univer...

#whalesky
Whale University's Marine Mammals 101: An introduction to cetaceans and pinnipeds of the Salish Sea. Scholarship deadline August 31. Registration open, cost $120. Includes photos of 6 different marine mammal species
August 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
shinybiscuit.bsky.social
Also look at how beautiful the correct spelling of "whoa" is. 💜💜💜
tuexplorer1.bsky.social Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Aug 31
Whoa, look at how beautiful these nudibranchs are! @schmidtocean.bsky.social 834 #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife
August 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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jpk13.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
shinybiscuit.bsky.social
WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

I'm really tired of so-called progressive organisations selling merch that is clearly centred on dudes as default.

#feminism #equality #inclusivity #DEI #marketing #PR

geekfeminism.fandom.com/wiki/T-shirts
T-shirts
When geek groups or events, such as technical conferences, user groups, etc, produce t-shirts as "swag" ("stuff we all get") for attendees, to sell to members, or to promote products such as software ...
geekfeminism.fandom.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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chucktingle.bsky.social
GREAT TROT IN TEMPE ARIZONA thank you @changinghands.bsky.social now headed to utah for SALT LAKE CITY TONIGHT with @utubookstore.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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mrwilliam.bsky.social
James Edwin Yokeley Jr is a Patriotic Republican Christian whom self identifies as White. He is also anti-vaccine. He is the Board Of Elections Chair. He put MDMA and Cocain in his granddaughter’s ice cream (on video).
Check Out The Article In The Link.
North Carolina election official arrested, accused of spiking granddaughters' ice cream with drugs
James Edwin Yokeley Jr., 66, is charged with contaminating food with a controlled substance and felony child abuse, police in Wilmington, North Carolina, said.
www.nbcnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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thaddeus.zone
this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time

excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other
screenshot of a paragraph from op's linked article Claudy pointed to what he calls the “passion tax.” Game workers, he said, often get paid less than their tech industry counterparts because they’re passionate about what they do, and passion can be taken advantage of. Microsoft is a tech company, making discrepancies all the more arbitrary.
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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melgrieves.bsky.social
Photo of whippet/terrier mix sitting and staring at camera as if to say, "Seriously?" Haiku: The look we save for those who said "He won't do that. I just want cheap eggs."
August 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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arealmofwonder.bsky.social
"Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me, those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
~ Henry James
August 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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spaceitpradio.bsky.social
#NowPlaying

Cormac O Caoimh - The Heart Of The Human Race

An Arrow Straight Through The Heart Of The Human Race

cormaco.bandcamp.com/album/an-arr...
@cormaco.bsky.social
An Arrow Straight Through The Heart Of The Human Race, by Cormac O Caoimh
4 track album
cormaco.bandcamp.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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astrokatie.com
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 5
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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ologies.bsky.social
and also of course yes we cover typhoons and cyclones and tropical storms and depressions and such
August 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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ologies.bsky.social
in Part 2 next week:

-climate change
-emergency prep info everyone needs
-government funding drama
-disaster advice from Dr. @samlmontano.bsky.social
-Waffle Houses

Let's hear your hurricane stories! I'll trade you for Californian fire and earthquake tales.
August 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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ologies.bsky.social
WE GOT HURRICANES 🌀

Stellar weather folks @drkimwood.bsky.social & @mattlanza.bsky.social chat:

-“deadlier” femme-named hurricanes
-anatomy of a cyclone
-the eyes have walls
-do we need a category 6?
-bonkers history
-Hurricane Hunters
-tracking the big ones
-cows
www.alieward.com/ologies/temp...
Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 1 with Matt Lanza & Dr. Kim Wood — alie ward
Hurricanes. Typhoons. Cyclones. Tropical storms. Tropical depressions. What does it all MEAAAN? Let’s dive in. Career meteorologists Dr. Kim Wood of the University of Arizona and Space City Weather’s ...
www.alieward.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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wombatmylove.bsky.social
three wombats sharing a meal from a metal bowl inside a cozy burrow
August 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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scifri.bsky.social
Is the universe expanding too fast for… physics? Two cosmologists tell us how they measure the universe, and what happens when their numbers don't agree.
Is It Time For A New Model Of The Universe?
Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.
www.sciencefriday.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
shinybiscuit.bsky.social
Horrifying, but not surprising. Fearmongering, racism, homophobia, eugenics... it's all in the Nazi playbook.

#nokings
June 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
shinybiscuit.bsky.social
Listening to this lovely piece by @cormaco.bsky.social

#irishmusic #ireland #independentmusicians #indymusic

youtu.be/wcS-5Zk-eD8?...
Cormac O Caoimh - Silence and Sound
YouTube video by Cormac O Caoimh
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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johnpeelsghost.bsky.social
Listening To cormaco.bandcamp.com/album/you-he...

#CormacOCaoimh #Cormaco #Bandcamp #lastFM #indiePop #indie #Folk #SingerSongwriter

Great e.p. @cormaco.bsky.social
you help yourself, by Cormac O Caoimh
3 track album
cormaco.bandcamp.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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aussiastronomer.bsky.social
Briefly wandered over to The Other Place to gauge the response to the NASA budget devastation to encounter a bunch of gleeful 'we spend too much money, so this is great.'

TO BE, ONCE AGAIN, PERFECTLY CLEAR, THE BUDGET REQUEST MOVES ALL THIS MONEY TO DEFENSE. IT SPENDS IT. NO MONEY IS SAVED.
A screenshot of p.43 of https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf showing $119.3B moved from Defense to Non-Defense.
June 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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arealmofwonder.bsky.social
Prepare to smile...
June 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Happy June all, may the sun keep shining.
🖼️ June, Eugène Grasset, 1896.
June depicted as a woman in white picking pink roses and placing them in a basket, she stands by a blue bench, a cherry tree is in the background. Illustration.
June 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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99pi.org
Naming things helps us understand and keep track of them, so it should be no surprise that people regularly ask architects what “style” buildings fall into.

99percentinvisible.org/article/styl...
What Style Is That House? Visual Guides to Domestic Architectural Designs - 99% Invisible
Naming things helps us understand and keep track of them, so it should be no surprise that people regularly ask architects what “style” buildings fall into. Often there is no simple answer, but here…
99percentinvisible.org
June 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
A #FrogForFriday since I missed it yesterday.
🖼️ Chia-Chi Yu
Frog on leaf over water, frog on lily pad, a frog swimming, painting.
May 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM