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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11h

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · Aug 21

Despite the difficulty of translating Chinese cuisine for Western readers, Chinese cookbooks continue to sell. But just as their form has changed over the decades, so too has their mission.

Read Jen Lin-Liu's essay on the trouble with Chinese cookbooks: chinabooksreview.com/2025/08/21/c...

chinabooksreview.com

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 8h

Worn #onthisday in 1944 by King George VI (with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery of and Air Vice Marshal H. Broadhurst) visiting the British Liberation Army in Holland: the waist-length British Battledress blouse, the inspiration for the US Army's Eisenhower jacket. #OTD 📷 Imperial War Museums

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Jenny Wilson Leader of the pack 🐺🐺🐺 @jenchef.bsky.social · 14h

So we don't care about climate change. Farmers can sit back and continue to pollute while being paid well for their milk and meat.

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 11h

Someone found this old book and posted many of the cartoon. It's scary how many still resonate!

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Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 11h

Wellington Diwali at TSB arena wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve... or www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/diwali-...

Fireworks start 8:50pm

Diwali Festival of Lights 2025 - Wellington

Diwali Festival of Lights 2025, Step into the vibrant world of India and South-East Asia at ..., TSB Arena, Wellington, Wellington Region, 12 October 2025,

www.eventfinda.co.nz

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Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 11h

diwali is on 20 October 2025. However there's fireworks in Auckland's Aotea Centre tonight because diwali festival is on. Either that or belated moon festival or they are using up their fireworks before fireworks goes on sale next month

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 12h

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

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Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 13h

I am so so so excited to see what happens when Black Friday hits. We did that Boston Tea shit for like way more fractional surcharges.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Pedroasani @pedroasani.com · 12h

Actual night shots make it even better. I'll be turning up the scream closer to Halloween so nobody is used to it.

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Pedroasani @pedroasani.com · 12h

Now

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Paul Park @pauljunhyuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

I see, there was this: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/06/edin...

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Aug 22

A Scottish council has officially banned arms companies and weapons manufacturers from using public parks to test their equipment

Scottish council bans arms testing in public parks

www.thenational.scot

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Kat 👩‍🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 20h

Found these catnip toys from last October in my stash so the next 6 orders of Kat's Nip or Fluffy Balls get one for free.

katsnip.nz

Three felted eyeballs in my hand. Two have brown irises, and one has a green iris.

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Rhiannon Mackie @rhiannonm.bsky.social · 18h

Your summary of the shitfuckery this Government has just announced:
- Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter
- Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual.
#nzpol

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Rhiannon Mackie @rhiannonm.bsky.social · 18h

This very likely breaks the NZ-EU Free Trading Act which requires us to act in line with Paris and 1.5 degrees.
It has also all been done at the request of agribusiness lobbyists like Federated Farmers (who somehow were able to respond to the changes 40 minutes before they were publicly available).

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 16h

Pope Leo XIV says journalism is a public good we should all protect. Key to news media are transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality + objectivity. He says, Clickbait is degrading and urges reporters: never sell out your authority + ethics! 📰📺📻
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 20h

Have I got this right? We can't afford to fund the health system but we can build a Death Star.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

NZ defence strategy explores space weapons export potential

Defence Minister Judith Collins insists NZ-produced technology could compete internationally.

www.rnz.co.nz

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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?
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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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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 15h

This is not Switzerland, not Canada - this is Ukraine, where every season paints the mountains anew.

Autumn ignites the Ukrainian Carpathians. Golden ridges, fiery-red forests, and misty valleys reveal a beauty unlike anywhere else.

Photo: @utah_names

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Simon Lyall @slyall.bsky.social · 16h

I went to Hobbiton earlier this week.

Pretty good fun and enjoyed myself. Would recommend

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Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 16h

well it could be put in a small USB drive now, assuming you get it from a trusted source. Always make sure any media, including CD is from a trusted source.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions.

"Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty...or agrees with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the US,
is not really pro-life."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

www.npr.org

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Arts Artists Artwork @artsartistsartwork.bsky.social · 5d

Themes of love and connection flow through Lin Yu-Tung’s wood sculptures—mirroring intimacy, restraint, and the shifting bonds of our digital age. ❤️
IG: @linyutung21

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