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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Knowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 20d

🧵 (1/5) We have a bunch of new followers today so we thought it was a good time for an introduction! 👋

✅ We're a nonprofit network that allows users to build profiles, websites, and discussion groups. Our repository, KCWorks, is fully open access and anyone can upload items & receive DOIs!

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · 21d

Come to @kcommons.bsky.social and deposit in our open access repository! We are a nonprofit academy-owned platform housed at Michigan State University. We will never assert rights over your likeness, your work, or anything else.

hcommons.org

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · 23d

Just a note: I'm dealing with chronic illness and trying to avoid doomscrolling given the world's current events. Thanks for the follow, but totally understand that my lack of participation here make me a very uninteresting follow.

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · 23d

Oh man, so many of the films I love star this man. I think a viewing of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is in order. Now both Paul and Robert are gone.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 23d

Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor and director whose passion for activism led to the formation of the Sundance Institute and its formidable film festival, has died at age 89.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Lucy Barnes @alittleroad.bsky.social · 23d

Just signed up as a regular monthly supporter to @kcommons.bsky.social -- very straightforward to do and a very good place to send any cash you can spare ✅

Open Access Books Network @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social · 23d

CALL TO ACTION: How you can support @kcommons.bsky.social

Because we support Knowledge Common's mission, have high regard for their services & benefit from their work, we encourage you to consider financially supporting Knowledge Commons:

➡️ openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/16/a...

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 14

Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025! Funding of up to £500 is available to support events, projects, or activities related to #OpenAccess or with an #OA component.

⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...

The OLH Open Access Award 2025: call for applications

The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2025, a fund dedicated …

www.openlibhums.org

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · Jun 16

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

Image of a screenshot of news headline, saying, "WhatsApp is getting ads using personal data from Instagram and Facebook
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass
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16 June 2025
Meta announced today that it also wants to introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This further integrates WhatsApp into other Meta services - an originally independent app, which initially was available for just $1 per year without ads or data usage. This also means that Meta is consolidating its social networking monopoly. EU law was actually supposed to prevent this."

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · Apr 25

Stop what you're doing and watch this live feed of baby owls

Great Horned Owl Cam at the Wildflower Center | Cornell Lab

YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams

www.youtube.com

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · Apr 4

I'm so very sorry, Perry. Sending love.

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · Mar 15

Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Mar 14

Planet Definitions xkcd.com/3063

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Donate to Save The Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina Museum

The Vagina Museum is one month away from closing – forever The Vagina Museum will be forced t… Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museum

www.gofundme.com

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Mar 14

One of the reasons I love independent bookstores: they care about their communities. Order/buy from @portersqbooks.bsky.social TODAY and 5% of sales go to nonprofits that YOU can also help choose 👇

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

Inspired by @belmontbooks.bsky.social & in support of the planned economic activism, Porter Square Books will be donating 5% of all sales from March 7-March 14 to a number of nonprofits working to build stronger communities & a better world. You can nominate a org for a donation below...

www.portersquarebooks.com

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · Mar 14

🤬 coward.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Mar 14

5 years after WHO declared #COVID-19 a pandemic, the U.S. is cutting staff at #NIH and #CDC while facing TB, measles and the worst flu season in 15 years. A scholar examines the role of 3 #publichealth agencies:
Katherine A. Foss @mtsuofficial.bsky.social #episky 🧪🩺

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.

buff.ly

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Ulrike Graßnick @ulrikegrassnick.bsky.social · Mar 14

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Weekend!

#medievalsky

@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Douce 62, f. 105v

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · Mar 13

What up doe?

It's 313 Day in Detroit!

I lived in Detroit for 4 years while going to Wayne State University, and worked in the city for a number of years. Still love it.

Have some Cybotron: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOBU...

#Detroit

Cybotron Cosmic Cars

YouTube video by Chicagowax

www.youtube.com

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · Mar 12

Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women www.medievalists.net/2025/03/1100... #medieval #medievalmanuscripts #medievalwomen

Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women - Medievalists.net

A new study reveals medieval women copied over 110,000 manuscripts—far more than once believed.

www.medievalists.net

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 12

Wow — mega congrats to Bluesky on reaching 33 MILLION users! 💙🦋
bsky-users.theo.io

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · Mar 10

It's #InternationalBagpipeDay! Any guesses on what is louder? A bat, or a bagpipe? Bats can emit echolocation calls that are up to 120 decibels, while your average bagpipes reach 108-116 decibels! The difference is that human ears can HEAR bagpipes but we can't hear bats! #BogglesTheMind 🦇🌎🔊

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · Mar 11

Since folks are celebrating Bluesky's longer video capabilities with this particular clip, I'd highly recommend you read @ashleyspencer.bsky.social's glorious & delightful oral history of Tom Holland's "Lip Sync Battle" performance www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...

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Amy McNally @infamousfiddler.bsky.social · Mar 11

TIMELINE CLEANSE
TIMELINE CLEANSE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

Don't you DARE say the world can't be improved by 2 minutes and 24 seconds of singin' and dancin'.

(or hey, say whatever you like, just nothing bad about this, here, to me, or I blockity-block)

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

www.youtube.com

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · Mar 10

I am a daylight saving time zombie. Will probably play this song on repeat today.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfm7...

#music

Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombified (video)

YouTube video by The Eight Legged Machine

www.youtube.com

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