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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3h

There are now one or two of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every single day.

According to Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, that figure is only going to keep climbing.

futurism.com/space/elon-m...

Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Multiple Starlink satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX are falling to Earth every single day, an astronomer warns — and counting.

futurism.com

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 2m

He is truly awesome

🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 3m

Well I mean if your baby is IN your placenta I think Tylenol giving it autism is truly the least of your worries

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 55m

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 9m

reality

🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 9m

Managed an awesome short notice meetup with @niedermeyer.online over breakfast! Very exciting to finally meet a long time moot who taught me exactly how much mobility innovation I can take.

Selfie photo showing me and Ed Niedermeyer in front of a cafe

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 2h

Oh not at all. It’s just the combo of the progressive vibes I associate with Portland and a regressive sort of shtick, coupled with the weather here seeming too cold on average for comfort in a bikini..?????

🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 2h

For all the faults of the ACA and how much I wish it had been real single-payer healthcare, it was absolutely a correct and astute political move toward “Americans should have a reasonable expectation of being able to afford medical care”.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 2h

valid

🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve been in war-torn Portland for about 15 hours now and I’m frankly offended that no one has tried to recruit me to antifa yet

Selfie of me looking confused/sad while holding a large mug of steaming tea in front of a cozy brick fireplace at a cafe

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 2h

iconic

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 3h

Can someone please explain to me the bikini barista phenomenon in Portland

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 3h

Excuse me I prefer to frame this as “I’m good in a crisis”

The Onion @theonion.com · 3h

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3h

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 3h

U CULD TAKE UR AIR CONDITIONERS OUT OF UR WINDOWS NOW

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 11h

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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PUREKIMMINESS @purekimminess.bsky.social · 6h

Chef's 💋- no notes

John Carpenter’s ‘Halloran’ @profhalloran.bsky.social · 6h

Said on the local weather this morning: “It went from 80 to 55 like it saw a state trooper.”

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 6h

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 7h

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14h

Never forget that Australia went to war with emus in 1932 and the emus won

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Acting the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social · 15h

the Jays beating the Yankees is an important reminder that as dark as things may seem, bad things can still happen to bad people

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 14h

Boston mayor knows what’s important

Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 15h

👍 Blue Jays

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

some guys retire and go back to their hometown team, or just drift away from the city they played in

papi is boston for life and it's such a delight

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 14h

Ortiz was absolutely loving this sitting between AROD and Jeter

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 19h

Trump Administration Will Not Impose Tariffs on Foreign Generic Drugs, Reports WSJ 🚫💊

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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 20h

A popular brand of frozen spinach sold in retailers and grocery stores nationwide is being recalled because it may be contaminated with Listeria that could lead to serious or fatal infections, the Food and Drug Administration said in a release. on.nbcboston.com/0gpj16F

Frozen, organic spinach sold at grocery stores nationwide recalled for Listeria

Check your freezer!

on.nbcboston.com

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 20h

Worcester

Peabody

Being asked to say both Waltham and Needham in the same sentence

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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