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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 4h

I live in a small city in a deep red state. We had at least 700 people turn out with inflatable costumes, flags, signs, flyers for other protest events – and huge amounts of energy, determination and hope. Families, young adults, grandparents, clergy, vets, students. This is what hope looks like.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4h

This movement can not be only mass joyful protests.

But they are a super useful part. There are so many things we all have to be doing and if you're picking "complain that too many people did that thing" as your thing today, then...

Well I hope it is giving you the energy we're getting from videos

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 9h

That's true of most of us, I suspect.

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 10h

Your mom sounds awesome!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10h

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:

“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

B&N has dropped their Best Books of 2025 list with 2.5 months left in the year so here's your reminder that "best" is arbitrary, time is a construct, and there are still a ton of good books coming out that shouldn't be ignored just because the credits are rolling early

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 1d

That moment when you've just started digging an archaeological trench and a visitor comes along and eats your finds...🤦‍♂️

#FindsFriday #EdibleArchaeology 🐑🐏

The start of an archaeological trench, with spade in foreground (literally) with sheep in background, on grass, investigating pottery in a blue finds tray

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 2d

Alien
Diary of the Dead
Talk to Me
The Woman in Black

(I cheated just far enough to allow alphabetization.)

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 3d

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot flipping wait for this. I've had Mineral Cup withdrawal all month.

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 17d

Hark! What’s that we see on the horizon?

Is it something new? Something mostly metallic, quite heavy, and essential to society? It’s an all-new collaboration with IMA!

Ore Cup: www.mineralcup.org/about-ore-cup

Voting starts Monday November 3. Winner crowned IMA Ore Mineral of the Year

Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 3d

Sending you an email, but I'd be thrilled to help. TAMU class of '07, by the way.

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh. I had someone (who I otherwise was looking forward to being friends with!) look me dead in the eye and tell me they used pirated book sites like it was no big deal, and I haven't stopped internally screaming yet.

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 4d

I got the Colorverse version. It'll be my ink supply for next year.

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 4d

Today JPL lost so many incredible people. My heart hurts for every single one of them. This administration is gutting American science institutions and throwing away hyper specific experts who cannot be replaced. This is an extremely detrimental loss.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 5d

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the Caltech.

cnb.cx

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 4d

My latest for @forbes.com in which I go full epidemiology nerd about the MMWR.

This Embattled CDC Publication Is A Big Deal For Public Health

Here’s what the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is, why it matters, and why it keeps running afoul of the Trump administration.

www.forbes.com

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 4d

According to state data, the two counties linked to the outbreak have low vaccination rates among school children for the 2024–2025 school year.

Measles outbreak in SC sends 150 unvaccinated kids into 21-day quarantine

The outbreak includes at least seven confirmed cases, but some are clearly being missed.

arstechnica.com

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote a human skeleton quiz -- filled with terrible puns -- for your Spooky Season enjoyment. 🧪🏺💀

Human skeleton quiz: What do you know about the bones in your body?

Do you have what it takes to be a bone-ified quiz champion?

www.livescience.com

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 5d

Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2

Bronze figurine of a walking skeleton with elongated limbs and detailed ribcage, shown against a dark gradient background.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 4d

Yup. I have so many books that I checked out from the library and then decided I needed my own copies of.

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 4d

Yaaaaaay!!! Max is glad to hear it.

A small dog curled up in a pet bed with his head resting on the edge, the tip of his tongue stuck out one side of hiw mouth. The pet bed is stacked on top of another pet bed. He looks like he's contemplating adding another one.

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 5d

I have been trying to talk myself out of speed-crocheting a frog hat (tbh the Crohn's is helping with the talking-out-of-it part at the moment).

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Kiona N. Skeletons (and skeleton accessories) @kionasmith07.bsky.social · 5d

Picture it: Houston, 1989. A precocious 3-year-old and a loyal legion of stuffed animals.

Torch Antifa Network @torchantifa.bsky.social · 5d

rt if you are the founder of antifa

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 5d

"Magda Goebbels made a great strudel"

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 5d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Doe Eyes @doeeyes.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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