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CD London @claredocherty1.bsky.social · 10d

😲 I saw a amazing Bookshop/Library online in china, it's out of this world. 📚
#BookSky #Library #BookShop #China

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 11d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 11d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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The Drip @therealdrip.bsky.social · 11d

No One Completely Sure If The Old Mothball Factory Is Shut Down

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 11d

To keep our profit margins as high as possible, we will be giving you just a little bit of chicken drugs, as a treat

Sign at chick fil a that reads "to maintain supply of the high quality chicken you expect from us, chick fil a will shift from 'no antibiotics ever' to 'no antibiotics important to human medicine' starting in the spring of 2024"

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Corvid Spooky-Howls @parodybit.bsky.social · 11d

I thought of *several* of you when I saw this

Tumblr screenshot. Poster 1, BarbWritesStuff, Aug 26.
I have learnt today that my library refers to me as 'the specific and highly active user' and has denied some of my purchase requests because 'we can't skew the collection too much toward the taste of the specific and highly active user.
I did suggest roughly 100 vampire books for purchase last year. I think this probably has something to do with that.

One reblog from dragon-in-a-fez, Sep 20.
OP is there any particular reason the librarians would feel safer not invoking you by name

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 13d

Okay but the Portland farmers market is a well known hotspot for the notorious Venezuelan gang Trendy Arugula

Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 14d

Your war correspondent on the ground in battle-ravaged inner northeast Portland

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 14d

War ravaged Portland

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steviebaby🫡 @steviebaby.bsky.social · 15d

this would fix me

arteries and nervous system bunched together with zip ties like it's a clean cord management setup

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Granite Man @granitedhuine.bsky.social · 18d

A quick guide on "How to fall downstairs":

Step 1

Step 6

Step 8, 9, 10, 11.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 18d

In all the discussion of salary equity in academia I never hear the people of Grand Rapids own up to their responsibility to use renewable energy.

Daily Spurious Correlation 🤖 @dailycorrelation.bsky.social · Sep 3

Air quality in Grand Rapids, Michigan correlates with Associate Professor salaries in the US (r=0.843)

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Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 21d

Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 19d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Weaz 🦇 @spiceweasel.bsky.social · 20d

CRAB

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discover tab replies from lyndsay 👻 @magpie.tips · 20d

I'm watching a commercial where a donkey rides a motorcycle and it says "professional driver. Do not attempt". Where else can I see the professional donkey drivers

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Nov 5

At the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, the latest in scientific innovation was presented.

I present to you:
George Merryweather's "TEMPEST PROGNOSTICATOR" which uses leeches to predict approaching storms.

12 leeches are arranged in pint bottles around the central pillar with a bell.

A replica Tempest Prognosticator at the Whitby Museum, Whitby, UK. The tempest prognosticator was a weather forecasting system which attempted to predict storms with leeches trapped inside glass jars. An approaching storm was supposed to cause the leeches to climb chains dangling in the jars. The leeches climbing up the the chains caused bells to ring and warn of an approaching tempest. The device was invented in the 19th-century by George Merryweather.

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 20d

celebrities out walking characters they’ve played instead of their dogs: thread

Danny Devito walking his Penguin character from Batman instead of his dog.

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Cult Papa @cult-papa.com · 21d

oh no not up the labumbum

an x-ray of a human pelvis that shows the outline of what looks like a labubu doll lodged inside the body

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas.

Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

J.S. Citizenshit and Immigratior
Services
September 20, 2025
Memorandum
TO:
Associate Directors,
Deputy Associate Directors, Program Office Chiefs
FROM:
JOSEPH B
Digitaly signed by
JOSEPH B EDLOW
Joseph B. Edlow
EDLOW
Date: 2025.09.20
Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services **00
SUBJECT: Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, H-IB
On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, to address systemic abuse of H-1B nonimmigrant visas. Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. This guidance applies to H-IB employment-based petitions filed after 12:01 AM ET on September 21, 2025.|
This proclamation only applies prospectively to petitions that have not yet been filed. The proclamation does not apply to aliens who: are the beneficiaries of petitions that were filed prior to the effective date of the proclamation, are the beneficiaries of currently approved petitions, or are in possession of validly issued H-1B non-immigrant visas. All officers of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall ensure that their decisions are consistent with this guidance. The proclamation does not impact the ability of any current visa holder to travel to or rom the United States.
cc: David V. Roy, Chief Counsel (A)
FOUO, For Official Use Only

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 21d

See Figs 1-100 (below)

Luisport @luisport.bsky.social · 21d

Figs everyday... 😋

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 21d

“Pull up, Maverick, pull up! You’re coming in way too fast! Christ, I don’t think he’s gonna make it. Clear the runway! Clear the runway!”

Shot from behind of a bird coming in for a landing on top of a submarine crowded with other birds.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21d

you have to admit "can you make a documentary about a contemporary subject that never directly quotes anything he ever said or did" is kind of an interesting challenge from an artistic perspective

maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 21d

sinclair pulled its kirk tribute six minutes before it was set to air on its abc affiliates

corporate backpedaling from an unserious company, posted to x at 11:24 last night

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Elizabeth Rideout @ejrideout.bsky.social · 21d

I have gotten a bit behind at sharing the lab’s latest work - this paper is now published - check it out! www.cell.com/cell-reports... Long story short: insulin is the major determinant of female fat storage, with a relatively minor effect on males.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 23d

I was genuinely completely emotionally invested in this entire fight

Chris Washington 🧛‍♂️ @cwashington.bsky.social · 23d

Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.

Thought you'd enjoy this.

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Not JPo @notjpo.bsky.social · May 16

You can’t spell premeditated without me. Wink

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 24d

but…but there were only four people in the room when i took these pictures

Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 24d

Loving Melania entering her Grim Reaper mode. Just needs a scythe!

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