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@genrien.bsky.social

Reader, occasional cook and baker, coder.

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Voted! Got the email today: "Your ballot for the November 3, 2026, General Election was received and will be included in the election results. Thank you for voting!"

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Ele Willoughby
@minouette.bsky.social

Today is #AdaLovelaceDay #ald26 to highlight and celebrate #womenInSTEM today and throughout history. While they have faced discrimination and been too often forgotten, if you look for them, they were there! Here’s my most recent #sciart portrait and a thread of my scientist portraits. #histsci 🧪

Ele Willoughby@minouette.bsky.social

Day 12 #spacetober_challenge is Roman Space Telescope so I made a new portrait of its namesake #astronomer Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA’s 1st chief of astronomy throughout the 60s & 70s, who helped shape the space astronomy program. 👩🏼‍🔬🔭🎢🧪🐡 #histsci Nicknamed “mother of Hubble” for her role in

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory
@rubinobservatory.org

It's #InternationalCatDay, so we just have to share these Gatos Andinos again 🐈 These two were spotted down the ridge from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 🔭🧪 Because they live in such remote mountain terrain, seeing them up close like this is an incredibly rare treat 🐱 📷: SOAR Day Crew

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I saw a local beaver dam last week

Robin Boardman@robinboardman.com

Beavers did what millions in grey infrastructure couldn't. After beavers were reintroduced to an urban park in West London, flooding at Greenford Tube stopped, biodiversity boomed, and the council scrapped costly flood defence plans. Work with nature, not against it. www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...

npr.orgAs floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beaversAbout 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills to mitigate flooding.
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I really enjoyed Omens of Chaos and would love a sequel! It definitely worked for me, and the extent of my MtG knowledge is whatever I’ve learned from Seanan McGuire’s posts.

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social

I am not there today, but starting tomorrow you can find me haunting the Biblioplex like a very earnest ghost. Come talk to me about OMENS OF CHAOS! Get a friendship bracelet, and make my sequel more likely!

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Dolly Jørgensen
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social

Amazing find in Atlanta: the Center for Puppetry Arts. The Jim Henson gallery was awesome. Memory lane time: Sesame Street, Muppets, The Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas & more. Henson was a genius with these puppets.

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And I just read T. Kingfisher’s Wolf Worm…

Alex Wild@alexwild.bsky.social

Screwworm has been detected only 25 miles from the Texas/Mexico border. Seems inevitable this species will re-establish this summer in the United States (it was eradicated in the 1960s).

reuters.comFlesh-eating screwworm detected 25 miles from US border in Mexico, USDA saysA parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals ​alive and could cause millions of ‌dollars in economic damage was found in Mexico within 25 miles of the U.S. border, U.S. ​Agriculture Secretary Brooke...
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I’ve really been enjoying this podcast

American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social

hi everyone. hope you're enjoying the new episode (well, all the episodes...) today, I'm making a special request. would you consider supporting the show via patreon? here's why... patreon.com/AmericanMedieval

patreon.comAmerican Medieval | PatreonGet more from American Medieval on Patreon. If we've never been modern, we've always been medieval.. Support American Medieval and get exclusive access to their work.
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Somehow this was just what I needed to see this morning

Jo Walton@bluejo.eurosky.social

#SomethingBeautiful a still life from my aunt Mary Lace, Flowers and Shadows.

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I just finished this and loved it!

Run Away It’s The Womble@runalongwomble.bsky.social

New Review - a smart science fiction novel once again exploring themes of culture, immigration and indeed food. I highly recommend Intergalactic Feast by Lavanya Lakshminarayan is out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/3/...

runalongtheshelves.netIntergalactic Feast by Lavanya Lakshminarayan — Runalong The ShelvesI would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published - Out Now Price – £10.99 paperback £5.99 ebook FEAST...
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This is amazing!

sandalwoodbox.bsky.social@sandalwoodbox.bsky.social

Exploration. Discovery. Danger. A Steerswoman goes where she must. The Steerswoman book series doesn't have a TV show or movies (yet?) so I put this together from other sources! Highly recommend the books - they're a lot of fun! Details: archiveofourown.org/works/78622921 Happy #Festivids2025!

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Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. “We usually make it in California during wildfire season, since chili is firefighters’ comfort food.” The World Central Kitchen Cookbook

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Dr. Fade
@fade.bsky.social

"Selena believed, with every fiber of her being, that a person’s worth was not defined by how hard they worked or how productive they managed to be. She also believed just as strongly that this did not apply to her." ...I am feeling so called out by this book already. (Snake-Eater, T. Kingfisher.)

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I went and read a bit more about this today. I hate the look of AI mixed with a password manager that people depend on, especially when you shouldn't have to be technical to use it and understand what it's doing with your private information.

blog.1password.comThe security principles guiding 1Password’s approach to AI | 1PasswordAs 1Password empowers customers to securely adopt AI, we are building around a clear set of principles. Here are the security principles that will guide how 1Password builds, adopts, and integrates AI...
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What are they thinking?!

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The announcement relates to the 1Password plugin in the Comet browser, and how features in that browser can request behavior from the plugin. The user must approve use of passwords, and the passwords are auto-filled by 1Password, not passed to Comet/AI. blog.1password.com/1password-no...

blog.1password.com1Password now available in Comet, the AI-powered browser by Perplexity | 1PasswordThe 1Password browser extension is now available in Comet, the AI-powered browser by Perplexity, giving you secure, end-to-end encrypted access to your credentials and sensitive information as you exp...
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Based on the post at blog.1password.com/security-pri..., they seem to be thinking about many of the right issues, not just throwing AI at their software because it's trendy.

blog.1password.comThe security principles guiding 1Password’s approach to AI | 1PasswordAs 1Password empowers customers to securely adopt AI, we are building around a clear set of principles. Here are the security principles that will guide how 1Password builds, adopts, and integrates AI...
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What are they thinking?!

Andrea Grimes@andreagrimes.com

< screaming as loud as i possibly the fuck can into the unyielding void > I DON'T EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER WANT TO TIE MY PASSWORD MANAGER OR ANYTHING THE FUCK ELSE TO A MOTHERFUCKING AI BROWSER YOU ABSOLUTE CONGSHUNTS

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Volunteered at the library book sale last week and managed not to come home with any new books, so victory, I guess? Did acquire some impressive bruises from moving boxes.

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Really enjoyed this!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social

Oliver Darkshire's Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil is a delightful, Pratchett-esque story brimming with footnotes and satire, and inspired by one character in Boccaccio’s The Decameron. Read @vfarmstrong.com's review! reactormag.com/book-review-...

reactormag.comIsabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire Is a Joyful Wizard's Journey - ReactorA cozy fantasy about self-discovery—as well as fungus, capitalism, and sorcery…
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Just finished The River Has Roots, weekend fiction is Back After This by Linda Holmes, nonfiction is Black in Blues by Imani Perry.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social

If you see this, quote it with what you're reading this weekend! I'm finishing up Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword (history/saga-type storytelling is catnip for me), and excited to crack open Amal el-Mohtar's The River Has Roots next.

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD)
@rsagarcia.bsky.social

Guess what, Tantie Merle fans? There's a sequel coming soon!! Logic(s) Magazine commissioned LINCOLN & THE HARVESTER C100 in which Lincoln must outwit another bot to save Tantie's garden! Watch this space for the pub date & read the original until then! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/tant...

uncannymagazine.comTantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 - Uncanny MagazineSo, hear nah. This is how it happen. Was years after Malcolm pass through and wash away a lot ah we little islands coasts, and mash up so much ah Florida and Texas and them places, and people say they...