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Summer McIntosh's Trials: 400m freestyle -- world record 800m freestyle -- Canadian record 200m individual medley -- world record 200m butterfly -- Canadian record 400m individual medley -- world record She will compete in these events at the world championships this summer.

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I've spent much of my career studying the legal institution known as "the posse comitatus" as well as "The Posse Comitatus Act." Here's a quick thread. Cites at the end. Posse comitatus is Latin for "power of the county," or temporarily deputized people obligated to assist law enforcers.

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A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.

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This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…

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If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth. From Saturn. We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.

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#ReliefWednesday - The superb 'Felix Gem' (ΦΗΛΙΞ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ) - a stunning engraved sardonyx intaglio, ca. Early 1st Century AD, showing Odysseus and Diomedes executing the theft of the Palladion from Troy. #Myth #Art 🏺 Image: Ashmolean Museum (AN1966.1808). Link - ashmolean.org/collections-...

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Thanks to the CBC reporting, I created some shareable information about Nova Scotians' lack of rights if they don't want uranium exploration on their land. Contact your MLAs and the Premier to express your concern about mining in the province, and join local community groups to oppose companies. 1/2

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It's time for the Pride Birds! #lgbt #pridemonth

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'Skywatcher' by Brazil born artist Susan Seddon-Boulet who lived in the US (1941-1997) #womensart

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Happy pride everyone!

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My latest “ask a marine biologist” tackles the mysteries of shark sleep www.scubadiving.com/do-sharks-sl... 🧪🦑🌎🦈

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sometimes you DO judge a book by its cover and get it because it’s a pretty space picture

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@thunderbayed.bsky.social PEI resident started this petition and has Mp Bobby Morrissey sponsoring it. It is requiring the mandatory security clearance requirement and vetting for leaders etc. Thanks. 🙏 www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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June is Indigenous History Month. Did you know that the Mi’kmaw language has a relational aspect to it? That is, when speaking Mi’kmaw, every thing or every person is spoken of in relation with something or someone else. 1/4

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Good morning.

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Triple treato ransom on a Sunday ( will settle for additional leftover roast chicken *whole chicken)

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Helping with the knitting on a soggy #caturday

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“you have to salute Donald Trump’s ability to turn even the world’s richest man into an Apprentice candidate who leaves in week four after completely wiping out in the hotdog stand task.” Hot damn

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Good morning & welcome to #Caturday May today be kind to you. May you laugh more than you worry, breathe deeper than you stress, and find joy in the little moments. You deserve a good day — and then some

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Breaking News: Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the hit TV series “MAS*H,” has died at 87.

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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

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A spouse is someone who lives in a house with you but also—at the same time—in a different climate

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Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

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Love some fresh cleaned sheep wool

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Quercus insignis (locally encino chicalaba) an oak native to southern Mexico and Central America, produces acorns only every 5 to 10 years However it more than makes up for the lack of quantity, as the acorns are up to EIGHT centimetres in diameter

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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

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The cosplay at @MomoCon Atlanta is #DragonCon ATL amazing, just fewer superhero cosplayers. THIS was my favorite #cosplay of the show so far- I can’t believe it’s REAL! PS I’m here all day Sunday at Table 2012, but doing panels at 1pm Kids Drawing program and 4pm Cosplay Off The Page. #MomoCon

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Happy Towel Day everyone, even if you are a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri! #TowelDay #GeekDay

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Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day Do more of what lights you up Surround yourself with laughter, with moments that make your heart feel full Life’s too short to wait for happiness—create it in the little things, every single day.

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This is the cover art for my first book of artwork, drawn on A4 size paper, and it is very detailed. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

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I’m the guy who invents new bathroom faucet designs for every hotel. You might know me from Knob That Goes The Other Way and Joystick That’s Hard To Turn Off. Lately I’ve been lacking inspiration, even thinking about hanging it up. I’ve had a good run, but — wait, never mind: Ball You Turn Diagonal

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"Painting is my life, my life is painting" - Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998), US influential painter and educator, with her cat #WomensArt

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#ammonites #crochet #softart #art #autismart #outsiderart #finnishartist

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This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P. The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice. The dots moving in the background are stars.

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“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ

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Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3] Credits: adailycloud [FB] #clouds #creative

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20,000 leagues below sea level is in outer space.

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An Island of Flowers, an Island of Friends. The Stoat who ran the flower shop in Dorchester was originally from Madeira, his stately old family having established themselves there during the Napoleonic Wars. His kit-hood on the island in the parish of Santo da Serra had been idyllic,

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sometimes you pitch an article, black out, and then wake up 2000 words later with no real recollection how any of it happened www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...

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I want to make a personal request to those of you who use a bike for transportation purposes to start taking more photos and posting them. You can do so much by showing even the most mundane errands with a bike to educate and inspire others. They're often more effective than words. 📸

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The perfect fledgling video #birds🪶 #BirdSky (it did eventually accidentally manage to eat 😄)

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