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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 10m

Political comment by way of garment construction critique. Brilliant.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19m

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 1h

Haha we tend to round things up as we become wiser.

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Stéphane @stephane-unique.bsky.social · 3h

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 8h

A theme emerging - honing heat pump *installation* methods could make a significant difference to uptake going forward.

Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 8h

New: A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify. The window heat pump is made by SF startup Gradient.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps

A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.

www.bloomberg.com

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Charles Lafrance @charleslafrance.bsky.social · 1d

#streetphotography #photo #photography #montreal #Fall

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 1d

Those beautiful tariffs now impacting interlibrary loans.

Who's getting great again.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

The Trump administration’s tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation.

🔗 www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 1d

Mood.

Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 1d

Anna Magnani

Leslie Gill, 1941

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 1d

Nice shot!

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 1d

Spirituelle [speer-uh-chuh-WEL]
(adj.)
- Having or marked by a refined and especially sprightly or witty nature.

Used in a sentence:
“Beneath the severe tailoring and modest coiffure hid a most alluringly spirituelle creature—impishly selcouth, mischievously malapert, and brazenly aware of it.”

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 1d

Good news report: the world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time.

China and India are leading on renewables, with the US and Europe relying more heavily on fossil fuels, according to the report.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 2d

Oh nothing, just making the staple so many families depend on more expensive. Making peoples' lives better, amirite.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters

Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports

With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.

www.reuters.com

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, won't bother with it then.

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 2d

Ha. Was wondering about Peaky Blinders. If same style overall, probably not my thing, although reviews have always been good. But Irish reviews aside, House is also liked enough.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 5d

When it comes to climate change, our diets matter — and matter a lot.

Not to mention for biodiversity, water, and especially our own health.

The updated EAT-Lancet report makes this abundantly clear.

apnews.com/article/plan...

A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

apnews.com

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 2d

Ya, they're too expensive unless you have generational wealth or have won the lottery.

CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 2d

Following a record number of condo starts in Canada three to four years ago, developers are now contending with hundreds of unsold, never-lived-in units in big cities.

Hundreds of new condos sitting empty in Victoria

Following a record number of condo starts in Canada three to four years ago, developers are now contending with hundreds of unsold, never-lived-in units in big cities.

cheknews.ca

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Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social · Sep 6

The garden is a magical place 📷🧚…

A menagerie of pink Cosmos brighten the space they nest in.

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 3d

Um, not sure new artistic director Duran Lantink gets it right at Gaultier.

Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 3d

The editorial staff at the #MJMfashionGuide cannot endorse the spring 2026 Gaultier collection & yet…amazing & brave & bats***.

AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 3d

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 3d

Have watched two episodes of House of Guinness and having issues getting into it. The overtheatrical acting and showy cinematography with honey chiaroscuro aren't winning me over. May give it another try later.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘A steampunk Mr Tayto’: why Irish critics hate Netflix’s House of Guinness

While US and UK reviewers have praised the series, in Ireland it has faced a barrage of withering put-downs

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s a good chart showing how soybeans are used globally. About 3/4 is for feeding the animals we eat (especially for chickens, pigs, and farmed fish), about 1/5 directly feeds humans, and 4% is for biofuel or other industrial uses. ourworldindata.org/drivers-of-d...

The World's Soy: is it used for Food, Fuel, or Animal Feed?
Shown is the allocation of global soy production to its end uses by weight. This is based on data from 2017 to 2019.
Our World in Data
Global soy production
Direct human food
20%
• Tofu (2.6%)
•Soy milk (2.1%)
•Other e.g. tempeh (2.2%)
oil (13.2%)

Animal feed
76%
Soybeans processed to soy cake for feed
Poultry (37%)
Pig (20.2%)
Aquaculture (5.6%)
Other animals (4.9%)
- Dairy (1.4%)
— Beef (0.5%)
- Pets (0.5%)
Soybeans fed directly
•to livestock (7%)
Industry 4%
•Biodiesel (2.8%)
— Lubricants (0.3%)
- Other (0.7%)
Data source: Food Climate Resource Network (FCRN), University of Oxford; and USDA PSD Database.
OurWorldinData.org - Research and data to make progress against the world's largest problems.
Licensed under CC-BY by the author Hannah Ritchie.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 4d

Since 1982, Ms. Charlotte Chopin, now 102 years old, has taught yoga in Léré, a French village in the Loire region.

Nestled in this landscape is her studio — a small, square room with peach walls that's located inside a former police station.

Free link: archive.ph/2025.10.01-1...

#yoga #aging

A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher’s Simple Approach to Aging Well

www.nytimes.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election

With Babiš’s victory the Czech Republic looks set to join Hungary and Slovakia in refusing support for Ukraine The populist billionaire Andrej Babiš has won the Czech Republic parliamentary elections, preliminary results show, but fallen short of the overall majority. This win marks a political comeback for Babiš, who was prime minister from 2017 to 2021. He is expected to put the country on a course away from supporting Ukraine and towards Hungary and Slovakia, who have taken a pro-Russian path. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 4d

Folks are starting to shop for Thanksgiving (Canada), but I'm mostly looking forward to the eggnog preview 😋

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AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 4d

It will be if you keep cutting it up.

AmperSand @dottnett.bsky.social · 4d

Do they have to, um, document it.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

In a bid to increase his nation’s number of rug rats, Władysław Grochowski, owner of one of Poland’s biggest hotel chains, has pledged to throw a party for every couple who conceives while staying at his properties. https://cnn.it/3KV3xj6

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