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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 1d

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Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 13h

But there's a problem with Australian spiders....

Scoops @scooptown.bsky.social · 1d

Hhmmmm so 365 houses in a year? If we built a million spiders, we could house every american within 1 year...

New spider-like robot ‘Charlotte’ can 3D print a house in 24 hours - 3D Printing Industry share.google/NZOPQBGTu4NP...

New spider-like robot ‘Charlotte’ can 3D print a house in 24 hours - 3D Printing Industry

Australian robotics engineering startup Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology have developed a semi-autonomous robot named Charlotte that blends robotics and 3D printing to build structures directl...

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 18h

JB Pritzker: “Another thing that’s happened with very few people paying attention is they demanded our voter data. Not just ours in Illinois — every state’s voter data. Why? They won’t tell us why.”

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 13h

So YES!!

Friend of mine is going through that... and wrote their car off on the motorway on the way to the new house.

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 13h

I walked past her house about 20 years ago, on a group ramble.

I hadn't heard of her, but they all waved and she waved back.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

The Green Party is polling higher than ever before. Our membership is growing rapidly.
And every single day we are surging.

Where Labour have failed, the Left must be ready to take on Reform.

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'Bring it on': Left-wing activists gather for fight back against the right - and Labour

Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will headline a left-wing festival in Manchester this weekend - as progressive voters look for an alternative to Labour.

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Scoops @scooptown.bsky.social · 20h

Everything is fine.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

“.. Those fleeing by car would be directed to secondary roads, to clear others for the incoming army, with a map already available showing the towns where they can seek refuge.”

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Eric H Cline @digkabri.bsky.social · 16h

Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 17h

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.bsky.social · 1d

just spotted one of LA's urban hawks and managed to grab my camera and get to the balcony in time to snap this

A red-tailed hawk photographed from above, flying quite low over downtown Los Angeles.

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 13h

Sadly I revealed I was the only open Antifa agent after the prize had been awarded.

Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 19h

BOMBSHELL REPORT: Nobel Committee wanted to give Peace prize to ANTIFA, but couldn't locate a representative to receive it.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 19h

BOMBSHELL REPORT: Nobel Committee wanted to give Peace prize to ANTIFA, but couldn't locate a representative to receive it.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 18h

Anyway it’s fun to see this old school complex which has been lovingly restored by the owner (who rescued it over a decade ago.)

I’m really glad I made the trip!

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 18h

It’s also still suspended by huge shock absorbers that were designed to cushion the crew from a nearby nuclear blast.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 18h

And again, I think because it was so shallow, the LCC is MASSIVE compared to modern control centers. It’s spread across three levels and now includes a very nice AirBNB space. It’s probably around 1500-2000 square feet.

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 13h

Those chemicals do sound frighteningly explosive😳

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Rob @robaussieresistor2.bsky.social · 1d

👍👍💙

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Joshua Earle, but spookier @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · 1d

"The missing ingredient of context is grace."

whew.

Joshua Earle, but spookier @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · 1d

So, I'm only 30 minutes into this conversation and I had to share it. Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah chatting on Noah's show, and they so perfectly diagnose social media as a decontextualization engine. It's great.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=44uC...

Jon Stewart – One of My Favorite People - What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

YouTube video by Trevor Noah

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 21h

🍃 💊 🧪 New Drug Therapy for Incurable Prostate Cancer

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 3d

The combination therapy may ‘significantly prolong life expectancy’ for men with gene mutations that make normal treatment less effective

Drug halves tumour growth in men with incurable prostate cancer

The combination therapy may ‘significantly prolong life expectancy’ for men with gene mutations that make normal treatment less effective

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

I do wonder if Labour might look at the sorts of people dominating the discourse and dominating the content wars and maybe, just maybe, rethink the sorts of grey figures they routinely put up for interviews, instructed at that to be as cautious as possible. Things have changed. Their comms hasn’t.

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 14h

With this administration it wouldn't amount to a hill of beans.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14h

Soybean farmers should dump their beans on Capitol Hill…

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The Horseshoe Party UK 🦄🧲🥳🇬🇧🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈🗺️🇵🇸🇺🇦☯️ @horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social · 17h

This is heartening to hear and I suspect it's an approach similar to what Finland are doing?
"Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling – without preconditions.
4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life.
All this is cheaper than accepting homelessness."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 14h

I didn't know her, but checking her out, there is a slight similarity.

I went out Once with someone who spoke just like a young Edna o'Brien. Should have told her the resemblance. She'd have appreciated it.

Told someone else their hair reminded me of Doris Day's hairdo.
Killed things stone dead.

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 19h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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