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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 37m

Trump being guided through a room by the Japanese PM

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3h

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was featured in an award-winning film. https://to.pbs.org/4hs2qDU

Japan's sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was featured in an awa...

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 5h

Chemistry...

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 5h

Ostentiferous [os-ten-TIF-er-us]
(adj.)
- That which brings omens, monsters, or strange manifestations.

Used in a sentence:
“The book’s ostentiferous properties had rendered it too perilous for scholarship and too sacred for destruction.”

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 12h

Farage: epic grifter

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 7h

So...what's next?

Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 11h

No longer the land of the free and the home of the brave, these traitors are all monsters and one day will be held accountable to the people for their roles in this fascist coup…

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 12h

Silencing dissent is now second nature to this administration. We have fully abandoned the premise of allowing public argument and debate and are instead entrenched in rote fascism. The thought police are entirely empowered, and they treat us no longer as citizens of a republic,
but as sheep.

CNN @cnn.com · 17h

U.S. immigration authorities detained British commentator Sami Hamdi, revoked his visa and said he would be deported rather than allowed to complete his speaking tour in the United States, a Homeland Security official said. https://cnn.it/3J1riWw

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 12h

Ukrainian troops captured a Russian soldier from the tiny Ket nation, one of Russia’s smallest indigenous peoples.

🧵 1/6 ⬇️

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you for reminding us, and giving us hope and courage for the future…

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely take the time to read this. We Americans all feel these things deep within, and we need to hold fast to these values, our shared American values…

Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 1d

An absolutely beautiful and inspiring article by an old friend. Do yourself a favor and read it, gou won’t regret the time spent.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...

The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president

The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive

www.greatpower.us

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

“Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”

By @davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait to see how Hegseth spins this.

Mike @forbesmm.bsky.social · 1d

TWO separate crashes of aircraft off the NIMITZ within a period of 30 minutes. Woof.

Tweet from U.S. Pacific Fleet

South China Sea - On October 26, 2025 at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-6OR Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Battle Cats" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM)
73 went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations

from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 safely recovered all three crew members.
Following the incident, separately, at 3:15 p.m., an F/ A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to the "Fighting Redcocks"

of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 also went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from Nimitz. Both crew members successfully ejected and were also safely recovered by search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11.

All personnel involved are safe and in stable condition.
The cause of both incidents is currently under investigation.

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 1d

You lost two airframes in 30 minutes??

Super Hornet, Helicopter Assigned to USS Nimitz Crash in South China Sea in Separate Incidents, Crew Safe - USNI News

An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News ...

news.usni.org

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Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 1d

2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Superman Movie Car at No Reserve

No Reserve: 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Superman Movie Car

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Superman Movie Car at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #217,403.

bringatrailer.com

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 1d

Yah, but they just don't give a fuck about the lies, just like the orange felon, the whole regime is a house of cards built on lies, payola, vanity, narcissism and violent actions against lawful protest...

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 1d

No, through eugenics they grow them that way…

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 1d

So many of us are hoping, waiting for that moment when the machines pull that planned monstrosity down and nature is once again given a chance to thrive there…

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Anonymous has hacked all Kremlin servers.

Anonymous is applying its own digital sanctions on Russia. We demand they surrender and fully leave all Ukrainian territory. #OpRussia

Anonymous. @YourAno... • Oct25 g...
Kremlin's servers are under our hands.
#OpRussia

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Here's a stunning vegetarian dish: Onions stuffed with saffron-tinged basmati rice infused with fragrant spices. nyti.ms/4qlfw9Y

An oval platter of onions stuffed with saffron-tinged basmati rice

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 1d

General Strike… who?

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d

When the Kennedys were in the White House

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Wm Reddy @wmreddy.bsky.social · 1d

Amen.

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 1d

“A wondrous bush, beplumed from root to tips
With crimped and curling bloom of shredded gold!”

- Elizabeth Akers Allen ( full poem in alt)

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse #FlowersOnSunday #SundayYellow

“Witch Hazel”
The last lone aster in the wood has died  And taken wings, and flown; The sighing oaks, the evergreens' dark pride, And shivering beeches, keep their leaves alone.
From the chill breath of late October's blast  That all the foliage seared, Even the loyal gentian shrank at last, And, gathering up her fringes, disappeared.
The wood is silent as an unswept lute;  Color and song have fled; Only the brave black-alder's brilliant fruit Lights the sear deadness with its living red.
But what is this wild fragrance that pervades  The air like incense-smoke? Pungent as spices blown in tropic shades, Subtle as some enchanter might evoke.
Not like the scent of flower, nor drug, nor balm,  Nor resins from the East, Yet trancing soul and sense in such a charm As holds us when the thrush's song has ceased.
Mysterious, gradual, like the gathering dews,   And damp, sweet scents of nights, Whence is this strange aroma that imbues The lone and leafless wood with new delight?
And while the questioner drinks, with parted lips,  The mystical draught - behold! A wondrous bush, beplumed from root to tips With crimped and curling bloom of shredded gold!
Not even the smallest leaf or hint of green  Is mingled with its sprays, But every slender stem and twig is seen Haloed with flickerings of yellow blaze.
What wizard, wise in spells of drugs and gums,  With weird divining-rod Conjures this luminous loveliness that comes As if by magic from the frozen sod?
Fearless witch-hazel! braver than the oak  That dares not bloom till spring, Thus to defy the frot's benumbing stroke With challenge of November blossoming!
And yet it has an airy, delicate grace  Denied all other flowers, And lights the gloom as some beloved face Dawns on the dark of melancholy hours.
Miraculous shrub, that thus in frost and blight  Smilest all undismayed, And scatterest from thy wands of golden light A sudden sunshine in the chilly glade.
Sprite of New England …

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Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 1d

Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️

From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.

Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps

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