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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

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daanis @daanis.ca · 1d

Cree Metis anthropologist Dr. Paulette Steeves writes that the evidence is often not found because it is not looked for, & she argues for Indigenous presence here on these lands going back a very long time.

We had our own neolithic revolutions. 2, possible 3 of them.

bookshop.org/a/84905/9781...

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 1d

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"In the months since, Iowa has changed their statewide lending system, moving from delivering library materials twice a week down to just once a week. This means longer waits for patrons to receive materials if it’s not immediately available in their own library."

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d

“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing, headcanon 100% accepted (see comments for details)

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 1d

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, this happened at my library and I'm still fuming about it

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

*personal finance

kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

Quicken is personal, QuickBooks is a business product. The latter has a somewhat higher learning curve, but is generally seen as the better product (last I knew).

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

"Researchers document several key factors affecting Earth’s rotation :

- Glacial ice redistribution due to climate warming
- Ocean current pattern changes
- Atmospheric pressure variations
- Tectonic plate movements
- Large-scale human engineering projects
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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

"China continues pursuing ambitious infrastructure projects, including space-based power stations and plans for constructing dams three times larger than Three Gorges on the Yarlung Tsangpo River."

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

"[It] required significant environmental sacrifice,flooding 13 cities and 140 towns while displacing over [31m]+ [forming] an artificial lake that permanently transformed regional geography. This massive water body creates the precise conditions necessary for influencing planetary rotation dynamics"

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

"Beyond temporal effects, the dam shifts Earth’s geographic poles approximately two centimeters, making our planet slightly flatter."

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

"The dam’s influence extends each Earth day by precisely 0.06 microseconds [...] Scientists compare this effect to natural geological events like the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which shortened days by 2.68 microseconds through tectonic plate movements."

(numunu, quahadis band) - Sky Kwihnai Pihi (name) @anarcho.bsky.social · 1d

blog.bostonorganics.com/chinas-three...

NASA confirms that China’s Three Gorges Dam could lengthen each day as it causes irreversible changes to Earth.

China's monumental engineering achievement has triggered unexpected consequences for our planet's fundamental properties. The Three Gorges Dam, standing as humanity's largest hydroelectric project, de...

blog.bostonorganics.com

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

Some annoying jerk named ADHD getting in the way....please stand by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by

Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily horoscope:
Today you will feel like an antenna - standing strong and filtering what you need from the noise and static that surrounds you.

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 1d

#PEM is so rude

#MECFS

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KSWriteshere 🍉♊ @kswriteshere.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, friends.

TYSM to the kind souls looking out for my well being.

Just one item left on my #urgent kneads list.

Canisters, To safely store dry good that I rely on during cold months in a shared household.

Thank you all. #BlackMaGe #helpsky #mutualaid

throne.com/kswritesh...

My bitmoji, a Black woman with frohawk, wearing a white t-shirt, hands held together in prayer.

Caption reads: Please.

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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 1d

More and more people with ME/CFS, in Germany, see euthanasia as the only last resort option

The Intolerableness of Suffering

Sarah Buckel was 31 years old when she decided to die by euthanasia. She had ME/CFS, an incurable disease that can occur as a result of a Covid infection. Her case has

Die Unerträglichkeit des Leidens

Sarah Buckel war 31 Jahre alt, als sie sich für den Tod durch Sterbehilfe entschied. Sie hatte ME/CFS, eine unheilbare Erkrankung, die als Folge einer Covid-Infektion auftreten kann. Ihr Fall hat das ...

hpd.de

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OhTWIST @ohtwist.bsky.social · 1d

New #EDS study out shows average 20 year diagnostic delay and significant polymorbidity in #hEDS and #HSD patients:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40869462/

Defining the Chronic Complexities of hEDS and HSD: A Global Survey of Diagnostic Challenges, Life-Long Comorbidities, and Unmet Needs - PubMed

<span><b>Background:</b> Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSDs) are prevalent, complex conditions marked by chronic pain, joint instability, and multisys...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 1d

The Morning Monty got a sunbeam reprieve and he is NOT taking it for granted.

Fluffy gray tabby upside down in a sunbeam, his whiskers making a wide arc above his little pink nose and bright gold eyes as he regards the camera, inverted.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.

www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?

John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.

www.dailydot.com

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d

PALATE CLEANSER

Fluffy gray tabby perched on the back of the couch, watching the rain through a window.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

To many Canadians, Jonathan Crombie will always be Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables but he did so much more in his life and career.
He was a great Canadian actor, taken far too soon.
This is his story

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A color photograph of a young man sitting at a wooden table in a café or restaurant, gesturing with both hands. He is wearing a light blue and white striped shirt with rolled-up sleeves. The background features dark walls adorned with framed black-and-white posters of people in various poses, including a dancer and a man in a suit. The setting includes wicker chairs and a warm, dimly lit ambiance.

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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 3d

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM

After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.

mymodernmet.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 3d

Stellate Ganglion Block reduces symptoms of SARS-CoV-2-induced ME/CFS: A prospective cohort pilot study

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the October 2025 AMMES Newsletter

#MEcfs #LongCovid

Image of something being injected into the spinal column
Stellate Ganglion Block reduces symptoms of SARS-CoV-2-induced ME/CFS: A prospective cohort pilot study
DSQ2 measures of PEM, Unrefreshing Sleep, Cognitive Impairment, and OI improved significantly following treatment. SF-36 measures of Vitality, Physical Function, and Social Function improved significantly following treatment. Objective symptoms of POTS associated with infectious onset resolved following treatment. Objective measures of cognitive impairment were reduced following treatment, most notably in the areas of Immediate and Delayed Recognition.
Read more here>>

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 3d

You have to be able to legally drink to even have strong memories of seeing the last TRON movie in a theater. ARES was a movie made for my generation and we don't need third spaces the way Gen Alpha and Gen Z do.

I don't know when Hollywood forgot about making movies for teenagers, but come on guys

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