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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 45m

Might be time to update your priors; it might not have been typhus that tore through Napoleon's army on the Russian campaign but rather two other fevers—one foodborne, the other from body lice

phys.org/news/2025-10...

DNA from Napoleon's 1812 army identifies pathogens likely responsible for the army's demise during retreat from Russia

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But by December, only a fraction of the army remained alive. Historical records...

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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 1h

Once again, mainstream media leaves it to Teen Vogue to actually practice journalism.

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 1d

Online censorship is one of the many levers of state power right-wingers have been pulling to try and snuff out queer and trans existence. But instead of fighting back, some Democrats are helping them at the controls. Read the full #OpEd from @fightforthefuture.org

Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?

From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...

www.teenvogue.com

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notedhobo.bsky.social @notedhobo.bsky.social · 20h

cat want frog

brown tabby cat staring at a small treefrog on the outside of a window

#caturday

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 1d

A meme asks what Republican women have that Democratic women do not. The answer is a husband with a Grindr account.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 2d

One thing that’s become very clear is that corporations understand the Trump administration’s willingness to vindictively punish noncompliance, and view capitulation as pure upside. Which means consumers need to be very, very aggressive about punishing compliance to balance that.

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Larisa A. White @larisa-a-white.bsky.social · 1d

Love hearing about projects like this! Re-watering the world.

Eco Trekkie (he/him) @ecotrekkie.bsky.social · 1d

This pond is now full and the lower ones are starting to fill up. We are getting about an inch of rain today and more tomorrow. I'm excited to see the whole wetland system filled with water! 🌱 🌎

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 2d

Ngl I am getting really annoyed that I, a dipshit who actually works for a firm involved in manufacturing, and pays all their own bills, is apparently out of touch with real Americans, but the guy with Nazi tattoos who has a fake job paid for by his mom is apparently real American working class.

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

like, his primary source of income is literally an allowance from his mother?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

(5/X) The Platonic ideal of a donor is a divorced finance guy who thought his daughter would forgive him for leaving her mom when he pulled strings to get her into Penn but instead she came home at Thanksgiving wearing a Che t-shirt and talking about intersectionality.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

(1/X) Check out a typical Harper's letter signatory's Twitter feed and you'll mostly *still* find 80% complaints about the "woke left", even in the midst of the greatest government crack-down on free speech in at least 60 tears.

Why? Because the "free speech" movement is donor/patron-driven.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Doris Brown's home in Northeast Houston becomes a refuge for neighbors during power outages thanks to her solar panel and battery system.

Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered 'hub homes'

Doris Brown’s home in Northeast Houston becomes a refuge for neighbors during power outages thanks to her solar panel and battery system.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 2d

The Show Must Go On👍

ルームランナーと一斗缶のマリアージュたるや。。。最の高ですっ☆

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 1d

EVICT your own PARENTS. SHATTER the ILLUSION of FAMILY HAPPINESS. KILL your FAITH. EAT GOD. HARVEST MOON, NOW ON NINTENDO 64.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite example of late 90s video game ad edginess will always be the one for Digimon World. A bunch of elementary schoolers that enjoyed watching Fox Kids in the morning were greeted with "CAUTION: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO SUCK AT VIDEO GAMES"

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 2d

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Two cats sitting on top of cages and looking at the ceiling

Two cars on the floor staring up at the ceiling

Two young kittens in a cage taking notice

A cat standing on her hind legs to reach for a moth

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

They show up in their masks and body armor and preposterously large guns, and get absolutely thwarted by ... a $10 door lock.

It's genuinely interesting to me to see how parts of the law are holding in ways that may be a bit hard to explain.

The Ronin @the-ronin.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago, IL: Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally joined an ICE raid at a laundromat in the city, but the owner locked the doors and refused entry, halting the operation on site

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Rusty Skylark 🥄🌮🐔💩 @rustyskylark.bsky.social · 2d

For the rest of my life, the words "POLICE FEDERAL AGENT" will mean a masked goon with little or no training doing whatever he thinks makes him look like a tough badass so he can brag to the bored waitress at Hooter's

Kevin☮️🌎☀️🌕🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱 @hamkold.bsky.social · 2d

#ICEGestapo in NYC! 🖕 open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Gucci Knockoffs Trigger Homeland Panic

Federal agents storm Canal Street over fake handbags and bootleg AirPods, turning New York’s bargain paradise into a battlefield while New Yorkers and tourists clutch matcha lattes in horror and awe.

open.substack.com

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

part of my pitch for future democratic military policy is "we should crush the special forces and double crush the seals specifically"

they contribute little-to-nothing valuable to american defense and are riddled with war crimes and also just regular crimes

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 2d

They're routing this through SOCOM ppl who have traditionally been used for assassinations abroad, presumably including occasional black ops on the high seas.

Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 2d

I’m surprised that the military has been so willing to break the law here.

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ZealousMushroom @zealousmushroom.bsky.social · 2d

day 11 of trying to draw a mushroom for every day in october 🪸

#art #sciart #artober #fungi #mushrooms

A digital illustration depicting two aquatic Psathyrella Aquatica mushrooms

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

i think that if you have a tattoo which would get you beaten to death at a punk show you should not hold office as a democrat

Paul Stone 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @ptstone.bsky.social · 2d

Is there any evidence he’s anti-Semitic, other than a tattoo which probably most people are unaware is associated with the Waffen-SS?

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 3d

It's very stormy in Belgium today. In Flanders, it was believed that witches summoned storms by throwing straw bundles into the sea and letting them drift away. ✨

And there's something witchy on Kickstarter we would love you to know about! kck.st/492NqKt Help us bring this dream project to life!🖤

Illustration by Frederick Barnard. A woman standing in the sea.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 2d

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Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com · 2d

In the Presidential address at the 176th meeting of the American Oriental Society, I.J. Gelb (1966) spoke on the approaches one could take to study ancient society. He likened a spectrum of studies in Assyriology as the "struggle between Tammuz and onions." He regarded himself a proud onionologist.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2d

TIL that "chives" aren't just the tops of green onions. They're a separate species in the same genus. And GREEN onions are a different species from WHITE onions.

Let's talk about Genus Allium, which includes garlic, onion, shallots, leeks, scallions and chives, along with another ~1000 species.

a person is holding a bunch of green vegetables in a metal tray .

Alt: a person is holding a bunch of green vegetables (chives, I think) in a metal tray .

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Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program @floridamgvs.bsky.social · 2d

Fall can bring out "fuzzy" caterpillars, but don't touch! Some have barbed hairs that easily break off and cause sudden or gradual building pain. This Ask IFAS pub can help you ID stinging crawlies like this hag caterpillar (Photo by Lyle Buss, UF/IFAS). buff.ly/xMbArOQ

Hag caterpillar, Phobetron pithecium is a tiny, crabby looking insect covered in short tan hairs.

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