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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 16h

oh no alright

Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 17h

8yo currently reading Charlotte’s Web and she’s getting through it at a fast clip, while stopping regularly to shout “TRAUMA, this book is giving me TRAUMA, I can feel it”

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 2d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 3d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 3d

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 3d

Reading up on this year’s @kawaiicon.bsky.social and (as always) blown away by the amazing programme, good looks, style and obvious enormous care that goes into the event; even free childcare and indoor air quality as part of health and safety… what a Crüe! 🤩

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 7d

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 6d

I know Air fryer discourse is a bit 2024 but the joy of throwing some potatoes and meat in it for 10-15 min and having a comforting yummy solid meal which just requires a little salad or veg on the side.

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 6d

I understand, I didn’t see it for a few years, after it came out… and don’t worry you only have to have time for the first season..: after that it seems most people find they magically have the time for other seasons, even if it interferes with necessary functions of daily living 😂

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 6d

The Office *shrugs* but THE WIRE?? You of all people need it for the telco surveillance story angles at the very least 😮

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 6d

I’m having a wave of Big Sads missing Action Kitteh today.
*Hattie leaps onto my lap like a grief seeking missile to demand pets.*

Green eyed tuxedo brown tabby cat staring deeply into the camera

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 13d

Well of course… only medium Big, but he’s young

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 13d

We have one at our dentist in Auckland!!! His name is Clifford 🐕 💛

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 13d

8yo is now good with swallowing pills with the water first method: def worth a try

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 13d

Aaaahhhhhh congrats! No feeling like it 💛 rest up… and then celebrate 🥳

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 14d

Some new plants in 🌱 and a new fairy offering spot set up by 8yo

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 15d

This Sago with mango and coconut has least 3 food groups in it and therefore we are declaring it dinner.

A bowl of sago with mango pieces and shredded coconut sprinkled on top

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 18d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Olivia- COVID resources in bio @o-bel.bsky.social · 16d

Shoutout to my fellow maskers!

colorful star motifs surround black text reading “if you’re still masking, you’re making the world a better and safer place for everyone. Oliviabelknaptherapy”

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 17d

What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events?

You make him meet your eye.

You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.

You make him listen to the applause you get.

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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 16d

Bird of the year (international version) #BOTY

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16d

The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.

Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 16d

Delightedly planning a spring garden spruce up this weekend 🌱☺️

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The Aotearoa Weekend @te-mutunga-wiki.bsky.social · 16d

Daniel Craig introducting The Weekend on SNL, with the text: E rangatira mā... te mutunga wiki

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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 16d

Come on @te-mutunga-wiki.bsky.social hurry up already