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Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social · 19m

This is NGC7293, the Helix Nebula. I got a couple of hours of it last month, but that didn't feel like enough. I got another couple last night. I'd like to double the exposure time, but the seeing is supposed to be awful tonight, and there's rain coming. I'll try. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 19m

For #spacetober_challenge day 11 prompt asteroid, my wee little mini #linocut asteroid

#printmaking #sciart #spaceArt #asteroid 🧪🔭

My mini linocut asteroid has a 2” x 2” printed area on a 4”x 4” cream coloured paper. The image shows an irregular silver rock on a black background with circular black outlined craters. The print is marked “1/12 Asteroid Ele Willoughby 2012”

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The Economist @economist.com · 47m

A mix of rising Chinese competition, the after-effects of covid-19 and a broad shift away from multilateral free trade has left Britain peculiarly vulnerable

A dangerous post-Brexit world

Britain risks being an unwitting victim of EU-US trade wars

econ.st

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 43m

The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation, and protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. That is why my law firm is litigating 63 voting cases — to preserve our basic civil and political rights, Marc Elias writes.
https://bit.ly/3W0PxqE

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 38m

How The Verge and our readers manage kids’ screen time

There’s no hard and fast rules for managing kids’ screen time. Here’s what works for parents at The Verge and our readers.

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NPR @npr.org · 23m

October 11 is the "International Day of the Girl" on the United Nations calendar. These photos pay tribute to the spirit of girls in a world where they face many obstacles. n.pr/470GXx1

Photos celebrate the glory of girls on 'International Day of the Girl'

October 11 is the "International Day of the Girl" on the United Nations calendar. These photos pay tribute to the spirit of girls in a world where they face many obstacles.

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Stefanie Hane @stefihane.bsky.social · 15m

golden =

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 31m

No shit…

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 24m

When Marjorie Taylor Greene has become the voice of reason in your party, just maybe you’ve lost the plot line 😜🤷🏻‍♀️

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Stefanie Hane @stefihane.bsky.social · 17m

follow the money @

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22m

Jared and Ivanka are with Witkoff in Israel

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 35m

ICE is now pulling from a pool of applicants who see televised images of sobbing children in handcuffs, or masked men in tactical gear roughing up Latino laborers, and don't recoil in horror.
The administration is also doing its best to send all the worst possible signals to existing agents, from every level of the hierarchy. The president ominously declares we are engaged in a "war within" - with domestic urban populations cast as the enemy combatants.

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António @akwyz.com · 22m

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians.
Russia is pushing a “super app” for citizens. What could possibly go wrong?
joinspread.com/post/2eeeac0...

Spread by Stu Rogers: Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

The Atlantic

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Karsten Lemm @lemmk.bsky.social · 22m

They promised us new drugs to cure cancer…

…and gave us an AI that creates #deepfakes of dead celebrities.

#OpenAI #Sora #regulation

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s new tool lets users make realistic AI videos of dead public figures like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson. Many have responded with crude and racist memes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dan Hansen 🌊🌊🔱 @danieljhansen.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, and he, Musk and others are in fact just frightened, little children who are acting out.

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Anonski 🇦🇹 @anonski.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately they are very rich and have power

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Chris Neyland @chrisneyland.bsky.social · 1d

These are all profoundly stupid people we are having to deal with in the Republican cult.

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Stefanie Hane @stefihane.bsky.social · 21m

the real problem =

Richard D. Crane @drdee23.bsky.social · 1d

My hunch is that Thiel sees the Antichrist every day….in his mirror.

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Mindhead @mrcathands.bsky.social · 1d

these South African expats are exhausting.

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pioversix.bsky.social @pioversix.bsky.social · 1d

He also has had two different boy friends die of "suicide" in the past few years.

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 19h

The packaging of Netanyahu and a small number of his cabinet colleagues and military officers as those solely responsible for the genocide, are already starting to show. #auspol #genicide #complicit

How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu

In the not-too-distant future, the Netanyahu Government will fall. When this happens, it will become politically fashionable (and indeed necessary) for Western leaders outside the US to intellectually “package” the genocide in Gaza.

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Stefanie Hane @stefihane.bsky.social · 24m

key skill nowadays = knowing when to get out of Dodge >

Karsten Lemm @lemmk.bsky.social · 8h

In the “land of the free and the brave”, you must now be brave enough to flee if your work incites the anger of the MAGA mob.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Hilde Kuehne @hildekuehne.bsky.social · 8h

@elliot-eu.bsky.social … can we have an ELLIOT starter pack?

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Stefanie Hane @stefihane.bsky.social · 31m

HQ ~

Karsten Lemm @lemmk.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe Qatar will become the 51st state? 🤔

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the United States will host a Qatari air force training facility at an Idaho air base. The base will remain under U.S. jurisdiction, he said.

Here’s what to know:

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 1h

Are we growing tired of social media? Have we remembered that there are better ways to spend time (like reading good books)? #AIEthics By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

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