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ScarEd Of Fannyside @edoffannyside.bsky.social · 1h

The Glasgow Kiss.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 14h

A young trans girl DIED by her own hand, in part over feelings of desperation that trans healthcare was unobtainable.

And Graham Linehan wrote THIS!!! 😤🤬

Save this and post it in response to journalists writing “trans people ruined my marriage” articles about him in the future!!!

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ScarEd Of Fannyside @edoffannyside.bsky.social · 2h

a man in a military uniform says mule fritters

Alt: Colonel Potter from MASH says mule fritters

media.tenor.com

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 3d

Given she's a *valiant English queen*, surely it can only be Æthelflæd of Mercia? 🤔

Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 4d

Ooh! Ooh! I know this! I know this! It’s err
it’s err, Boudoo…
it’s err, Bondi….
it’s err, Boaconstric….
it’s err, Baobab….
Nah, it’s no good, it’s gone now…

Valiant testing essential general knowledge February 1974.
Strap on your spinning scythes of death, people, it’s #BoudicaFriday!
#Echolands

Valiant comic cover with a colourful depiction of Boudica in her chariot with the title Who is It?

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Dan Morison @darkmechanic.bsky.social · 2h

portfolio day on bluesky, where the only people to look at the portfolios are artists that need work

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 2h

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 2h

The Pope, the Terminator, and a Wicked Problem walk into a bar.

If you told me 2 yrs ago I'd spend a week in the Vatican w them I'd say you were nuts. But then if 20 years ago you told me the Catholic Church would be standing up for climate science vs denialist freaks I'd have you committed.

Confessions of a Climate Pilgrim at the Vatican

The Pope, the Terminator, and a Podcaster walk into a bar...

news.wickedproblems.uk

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ScarEd Of Fannyside @edoffannyside.bsky.social · 2h

They charge at each other and butt heads.

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ScarEd Of Fannyside @edoffannyside.bsky.social · 2h

We used to go thete when I was a kid.

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WHO @who.int · 6h

New WHO report finds 1 in 6 bacterial infections were resistant to antibiotic treatments.

Data from over 100 countries warns that rising resistance to essential antibiotics poses a growing threat to global health.

Read more 👉bit.ly/438Ta1u

The text reads: “Resistance to antibiotics is widespread and increasing, threatening treatment of common infections. 1 in 6 bacterial infections worldwide were resistant to antibiotics in 2023.”

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 5h

959 years ago, on the 14th of October 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place. Harold Godwinson (king of England for 282 days) died in the battle that would turn William from Bastard to Conqueror. Battle Abbey's high altar is said to be in the exact location of Harold II's death. #otd #history 🗃️

Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting an English soldier in combat with Norman cavalry during the Battle of Hastings, wool on linen, 11th-century; in the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, France.
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

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ScarEd Of Fannyside @edoffannyside.bsky.social · 2h

All Watched Over By Machines Of Everlasting Gracie Fields.

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 5h

This Saturday!

Come say hello and if you bring or buy a copy of #MandalayBook I’ll draw you a picture too! x

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 13d

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

I'm taking part in a panel with other women food writers for this year's South East London BookFest.

Come join us at 2pm on Sat 18 Oct!

l'll be alongside Romy Gill,
Pary Baban from Nandine, @foodstories.bsky.social and
The Flygerians!

Free tickets here! 🎟️ tiny.cc/food

A collage of the bright yellow cover of my book ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen’, me in a burgundy ‘Original Beef of Chicagoland’ T-shirt (from the tv show The Bear), holding a plate full of Tokyo Disneyland cakes, the poster for the SE London BookFest, and the area around Corner Corner (between Canada Water and Surrey Quays) which is where our panel will be.

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 4h

This was not rhetorical, in case anybody does know.

Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone know of any good resources for going about becoming self-employed in the UK? These very much need to be written as though explaining things to a 5 year old.

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 6h

I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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WHO @who.int · 4h

🚨Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming more dangerous.

Life-saving antibiotics are losing effectiveness, increasing infection risks & limiting treatment options.

Some resistant infections can only be treated with antibiotics that are costly, difficult to access, & often unavailable 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u

Infographic images of various antibiotic pills. The text reads:
“Common infections now often require stronger, more expensive antibiotics.
In 2023:
1 in 3 urinary tract infections
1 in 15 gastrointestinal infections
1 in 6 bloodstream infections
…were resistant to antibiotics.”

The design uses orange and black text on a light blue background with pill icons illustrating the statistics.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9h

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 11h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.