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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 6h

God I love birds

Selections From the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards Top 100

Beautiful selections from the Top 100 photographs in this year’s photo contest, depicting birdlife from around the world

www.theatlantic.com

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Hannah Gaskill @hnnhgskll.bsky.social · 1d

The required ~life update~ post♥️

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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A few weeks ago, @muckrock.com
shared the Brady list for Baltimore County. Scanning it, I noticed the police chief was on there. I then spent weeks trying to figure out why. But no one — not the state's attorney, nor the police department — is explaining it. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

Baltimore County’s police chief is on a list of cops with credibility concerns

Robert McCullough, the Baltimore County Police Department chief, appears on a list of law enforcement officers whose potential credibility concerns require disclosure to defense attorneys if they’re c...

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 3d

I think the Croix winner vs Bay will always be my fave — in part because it was her home debut — but damn this one was b e a UTIFUL

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 3d

ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 3d

I would like to be clear of course that this goal today was an absoLUTE banger

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 3d

what’s crazy is this is only the second coolest at the at-the-death stoppage time goal at Audi Field ive seen for the win

NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 3d

Rosemonde Kouassi launches a hail mary from distance for the game-winner 🚀

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 3d

absolutely blessed to see the @spiritsquadron.bsky.social while waiting for a pupusa too

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 3d

I LOVE BEING AT AUDI FIELD

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 5d

Hahhhhhhh

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Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 5d

Scoop: Heidi Anderson, president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, is accused of plagiarizing parts of her 1986 dissertation. Read about the accusation against the HBCU president, and see a side by side comparison, only in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore president accused of plagiarism

Heidi Anderson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore president, is accused of lifting multiple paragraphs verbatim from a scholarly article and improperly citing information in her 1986 doctoral disse...

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 5d

taking my vitamin D supplement with Coke Zero, because life is all about balance, baby

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 5d

Nah man it was good take credit for it!!!! Lmfao

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 5d

Hell of a book, ba dum tssssss

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 5d

Book 24 KATABASIS by the always-brilliant R.F. Kuang. A book about hell that’s a delight, clever without being dense and ultimately hopefully. Will certainly read again. #BookSky

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 6d

The Inner Harbor is a pretty green, but it's *stinky* and killing fish. More details on the most widespread "Pistachio Tide" that Blue Water Baltimore has seen, by @sararuberg.bsky.social:

Widespread ‘Pistachio tide’ strikes the Inner Harbor

Blue Water Baltimore, a water quality watchdog in the city, explained the colorful change and rotten-egg smell were part of a “turnover event” in the harbor.

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 6d

Howard County — one of the richest counties in Maryland — unable to secure funding for in-school vaccine clinics. By @jessmnocera.bsky.social:

Howard County students left to seek shots elsewhere as vaccine clinics are canceled

The Howard County Public School System canceled its free flu and COVID vaccine clinics due to a lack of grant funding.

www.thebanner.com

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Hey Spirits! @heyspirits.bsky.social · 7d

OMG SANDY

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 7d

oh, this is very sad

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 7d

seems good for everyone involved tbh!

Boston Legacy Football Club Signs Chloe Ricketts

Boston (October 1, 2025) - Boston Legacy Football Club today announced the signing of Chloe Ricketts on a pre-contract agreement from the Washington Spirit. The 18-year-old forward will officially jo...

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Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 7d

In response to the government shutdown, Spirit are offering free and discounted tickets for Sunday's game vs. San Diego to federal workers

Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 7d

Different roots. Same home. ONE SPIRIT 💛

The first 200 federal employees can claim a voucher for a free ticket on a first-come, first-served basis.

After that, a limited number of $10 tickets for federal employees will be available so you can bring your friends & family!

🎟️ bit.ly/46vSPrX

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 8d

essential reading on faith

The Shooter and the Prophet

Russell M. Nelson, the Latter-day Saint prophet who preached the need for peacemakers in an angry world, died over the weekend. Then a gunman opened fire on a church in Michigan.

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Ella Brockway @ellabrockway.bsky.social · 8d

Some NWSL weekly awards news: Sofia Cantore got Goal of the Week and Gift Monday got Player of the Week.

• Four straight weeks with a Spirit player earning POTW honors

• Eighth different Spirit player to win POTW this season (most in the NWSL)

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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 9d

oh, Towson

The Greene Turtle will close in Towson amid ‘Thirsty Thursday’ backlash

Greene Turtle CEO Geo Concepcion plans to close the York Road location, calling it “the most expensive and shortest-lived project in the Greene Turtle’s 50-year history."

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