https://wildroot.io/c/other/Today’s top posts about Everything else, ranked by Wildroot’s own model.enThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:29:06 +0000https://bsky.app/profile/johnnythin.bsky.social/post/3mxduduhjxs2kat://did:plc:7ggib3rrlsl4bi5pcrna6o42/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxduduhjxs2k@johnnythin.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:45:26 +0000Sandwiched between a 'fine trout' and the North Wraxall bus, perhaps the first press reference to the name of Stonehenge's timber neighbour #OTD 100 years ago: "where—as an aerial photograph has revealed—once stood a many-circled 'temple' of wood…to which the name 'Woodhenge' seems likely to cling"https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/117403755589815294https://mastodon.scot/users/thisismyglasgow/statuses/117403755589815294@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scotEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 05:59:01 +0000Every now and then, I come across a reminder of the ordinary people who get caught up in historic events. This is a monument to Ella Osbourne in the city's Craigton Cemetery. She had travelled to the USA on the SS Cameronia in March 1915 and was due to return on the same ship on the 1st of May. At the last miniute she was transferred to the SS Lusitania. Cont./ #glasgow #wwi #memorial #sslusitaniahttps://bsky.app/profile/vincempls.bsky.social/post/3mxdk5k4jz22dat://did:plc:v6gv5idm5xmbdzzlcl3xech3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdk5k4jz22d@vincempls.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 03:42:56 +0000The Soo Elevator was built in 1916 to handle grain coming in from the Northern Plains on the Soo Line Railroad, back when Minneapolis was the milling capital of the world. After several ownership changes it's now a General Mills oat-receiving facility served by CPKC Rail.https://mastodon.green/@hastingsmothman/117398295815537020https://mastodon.green/users/hastingsmothman/statuses/117398295815537020@hastingsmothman@mastodon.greenEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 06:50:32 +0000#MothOfTheDay is a neat little fella in velvet grey with bold black markings. It is found all over the UK but only in pockets so is classed as "local". Larvae are polyphagous. AUTUMNAL RUSTIC Eugnorisma glareosa #moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educatehttps://bsky.app/profile/phranklindb.bsky.social/post/3mxdzfjmjik2dat://did:plc:cbvhy5trebbuiyemvq5sgpos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdzfjmjik2d@phranklindb.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:15:50 +0000The House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children in Cheltenham, Md The "Forgotten Children Initiative" has been working since February to identify children who died at 40 reform schools and youth detention centers across the country, as well as any surviving family members.https://mas.to/@Jomo/117400093249276897https://mas.to/users/Jomo/statuses/117400093249276897@Jomo@mas.toEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:27:38 +0000A proper mixed transport day! 🚆⛴️🚋 Merseyrail into Liverpool, then the new Mersey Ferry, Royal Daffodil, across the river. From there, it was onto a TransPennine Express train to Manchester. Once in the city, I jumped on a couple of the electric buses for a ride around the city centre. Then it was time for a tram before heading back to Liverpool, again with TPE. Trains, ferry, buses and a tram. Hard to beat. #dayouthttps://bsky.app/profile/torailwaymuseum.bsky.social/post/3mxdasrdpn22zat://did:plc:5uazijkjmn3ho4cxulpykiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdasrdpn22z@torailwaymuseum.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:55:51 +0000Oct 7, 1966: 19 teens and their bus driver are killed in Canada's worst level crossing disaster in Dorion, QC, 40 km west of Montreal. The bus was carrying the teens to a high school dance and stopped at the St. Charles Road crossing to wait for a passing eastbound train.https://social.afront.org/@MLE_online/117401224912779365https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/117401224912779365@MLE_online@social.afront.orgEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:15:26 +0000I like that even though German grammar is mostly incomprehensible to a native English speaker, a lot of German words can be understood if you start breaking them down into parts. I just saw "aussichtspunkt" on a map and i thought, "what the hell is that?" But then I remembered aus means out, like in auslander (out-lander, or foreigner) and punkt means point, like in Blaupunkt (or punctual in English. Think "on the dot" for being on time). I was left with sichts, and that one and the English equivalent, sight, haven't drifted that far from each other. So, aussichtspunkt is out-sight-point? Oh, it's a viewpoint or lookout spot. Neat.https://bsky.app/profile/katestrasdin.bsky.social/post/3mxe3ucgpu22kat://did:plc:oh3zcnfc7l62orql6oo4fhaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe3ucgpu22k@katestrasdin.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:59:53 +0000Purple polka dots shimmy across the surface of this dress, the fabric all that was required to create a decorative dress. Devoid of embellishment other than lace collar and cuffs, it holds its own in lavender shaded splendour. Late #1840s, Brussels Museum of Fashion and Lace #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡https://kolektiva.social/@phistorians/117397875169977579https://kolektiva.social/users/phistorians/statuses/117397875169977579@phistorians@kolektiva.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 05:03:33 +0000This is a small sarcophagus for a young child, a fact reinforced not only by the size but also by the motif of erotes. This relief includes a striking image of one reaching their hand through a theatrical mask, which is other contexts has been interpreted as a young satyr playing at the role of Silenus (the old satyr). Whether playfulness or naughtiness was the desired idea, a sarcophagus like this makes our hearts ache for the parents who buried their child far too young. 🏛️ Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano via the Melbourne Museum. #AncientRome #Sarcophagushttps://bsky.app/profile/shlead.bsky.social/post/3mxd7wdztsc2tat://did:plc:b4eicqrguc4by4jxy5bns54h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd7wdztsc2t@shlead.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:39:58 +0000“We need the tonic of wildness... We can never have enough of nature.” - Henry David Thoreau Wishing you a lovely evening and a tremendous Thursday! #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #garden Photo by my niece. May 2022. SoCal garden.https://universeodon.com/@fairhavenguy/117399407963290768https://universeodon.com/users/fairhavenguy/statuses/117399407963290768@fairhavenguy@universeodon.comEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 11:33:22 +0000John Paul Jones was an officer on the Alfred in 1776 when the ship attacked New Providence in the Bahamas capturing a number of cannon and a supply of gunpowder. When the building of Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, MA, was completed in 1777 it was outfitted with some of the captured guns. This one survived a British raid on the harbor in 1778, when the fort was captured. It is now referred to as the "John Paul Jones cannon." #AmericanRevolution #JohnPaulJones #FortPhoenix #FairhavenMA #Massachusetts #History #AmericanHistory #NewBedfordMAhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrscrabapple.bsky.social/post/3mxd6qdqgh22bat://did:plc:rjjeoojp27dgc6v2b6nlnz4j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd6qdqgh22b@mrscrabapple.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:18:42 +0000as a law school intern, i drove a circuit between prisons with close management units doing cellfront interviews for litigation on confinement in summer/fall of 2004 and 2005. on repeat: miami, punta gorda, ocala, starke, milton. florida is both more vast and horrifying than you probably imagine.https://mastodonapp.uk/@ianvisits/117398101717279132https://mastodonapp.uk/users/ianvisits/statuses/117398101717279132@ianvisits@mastodonapp.ukEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 06:01:10 +0000The 1920s proposal to build an airport in Hyde Park A century ago, an MP suggested bringing aviation into central London, with flights from Hyde Park saving passengers the tiresome journey to Croydon. ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-1…https://bsky.app/profile/bambooshooti.bsky.social/post/3mxdagoiulk2fat://did:plc:kb3hzw3g5abobjm6ulbwjduc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdagoiulk2f@bambooshooti.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:49:05 +0000#ResistanceRoots Archibald Motley was born on this day in 1891 in New Orleans. He was a visual artist, modernist painter and a giant of the Chicago Black Renaissance. His diverse body of work carries a common theme: forcing the world to view people of color with dignity, nuance and respect. /1https://universeodon.com/@flyhigh/117397103127074254https://universeodon.com/users/flyhigh/statuses/117397103127074254@flyhigh@universeodon.comEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 01:47:13 +0000For those who know what split flaps are, twin Cessnas had them. For a few years, I flew a CE-421C that had Fowler flaps instead of the old split flaps. If you put in 10 degrees of flaps for takeoff, that airplane would jump off the runway during takeoff. You couldn't keep it on the surface. I've flown other STOL (Short TakeOff and Landing) and modified airplanes but that was one of the best mods I ever dealt with.https://bsky.app/profile/yrn-te-ao.maori.nz/post/3mxczrr5rfk2uat://did:plc:tml2zofyfz3dl4fyrjdrfn6n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxczrr5rfk2u@yrn-te-ao.maori.nzEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 22:50:01 +0000i think it's less 'parents being authoritarian' and more that much of the world view children as inherently subhuman property that expected to develop amnesia about their treatment once aging into an arbitrary age of majorityhttps://mastodonapp.uk/@tubemapper/117398301404738999https://mastodonapp.uk/users/tubemapper/statuses/117398301404738999@tubemapper@mastodonapp.ukEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 06:51:57 +0000I love the chequered floor tiles at Holborn London Underground station. Chequered tiles are surprisingly quite unusual in tube stations, the only other station I can think of that has them is Houslow central but there must be more?https://bsky.app/profile/mefi.be/post/3mxdwvqzh3s27at://did:plc:sshkdxjf6jox3mur4es5v3hi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdwvqzh3s27@mefi.beEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:31:14 +0000a vád szerint egy nőt kis túlzással halálra erőszakol 7 bedrogozott csávó, erre most a nő kap halálos fenyegetéseket, de még mindig vannak, akik szerint túl volt tolva a metoo kampány telex.hu/kulfold/2026...https://c.im/@didgebaba/117401134168233880https://c.im/users/didgebaba/statuses/117401134168233880@didgebaba@c.imEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 18:52:21 +0000British man who attended a 'faerie sex cult' dies in Sicily It has emerged that 35-year-old Benjamin Braithwaite was found dead at a holiday resort in Sicily last month shortly after attending a gathering organised by a ‘faerie cult‘. More below 👇 dangerousminds.net/weird-news/…https://bsky.app/profile/lingonaut.bsky.social/post/3mxe2jcxdo22fat://did:plc:6ava5mdqyjbevwrntmwc3uef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe2jcxdo22f@lingonaut.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:35:51 +0000TIL Some of English's silent letters were added on purpose! 'Debt' was once spelled 'dette' and 'doubt' was 'doute'. In the 1400s and 1500s, writers added a silent 'b' to make these words look more like their Latin ancestors.https://mastodon.social/@NellytheWillow/117401081139916445https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/117401081139916445@NellytheWillow@mastodon.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 18:38:52 +0000Today in the greenhouse... another gem, Lithops geyeri, from a small area in the eastern Richtersveld in South Africa, growing in quartzite. Described as normally being in shades of grey, buff or beige but mine is this lovely green. Bought in 2012 as a small plant and doing really well. #Succulents #Lithops #BloomScrollinghttps://bsky.app/profile/defiantdreemurrs.bsky.social/post/3mxctfb4est2uat://did:plc:uazrcccw7ibmwu7akgsd56ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxctfb4est2u@defiantdreemurrs.bsky.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 20:55:39 +0000im sad that coptic doesnt have a native word for cannabis (it has the greek loan ⲉⲣⲃⲓⲥⲓ for the hemp plant) even though scholars are fairly certain that late egyptian šmšmt (spelled in hieroglyphs in the image below) probably referred to hemp as used both for rope and for consumptionhttps://universeodon.com/@jeff_bonner/117399237094571617https://universeodon.com/users/jeff_bonner/statuses/117399237094571617@jeff_bonner@universeodon.comEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 10:49:54 +0000📅 OCTOBER 7 📖 #OnThisDay in #history: 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. 1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year. 1763 – King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements. 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line. 1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity. 1987 – Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized. 2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the longest war in American history. *Events selected are not necessarily positive/happy/to-be-celebrated, but items I thought were historically interesting and/or significant to their time and I'm trying to select items from a broad range of history and not clumped too close together.https://bsky.app/profile/jowolff.bsky.social/post/3mxdrn3zdts2pat://did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdrn3zdts2p@jowolff.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 05:56:54 +0000Brings to mind surveys of what counts as a ‘necessity’ from the point of view of measuring relative poverty. In the 1970s wall-to-wall carpets was on the list. (Also a cooked breakfast five times a week - era of no central heating and walking or cycling to work or school).https://mastodon.social/@recapat/117398594499508951https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116720541991189017/statuses/117398594499508951@recapat@mastodon.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 08:06:29 +0000This week marks 114 years since the Qing dynasty fell. In 1912, military mutinies and years of reform agitation finally toppled China's last emperors, ending nearly three centuries of Qing rule and nearly three millennia of imperial governance. Sun Yat-sen's Republic rose in its place. A revolution that reshaped an entire civilization. recap.at/1912/qing-dynasty-fall #Histodons #History #Revolutionhttps://bsky.app/profile/ohmen.bsky.social/post/3mxcv23lftc2yat://did:plc:5cpkza5bdpbhasjjdeg4gfqn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcv23lftc2y@ohmen.bsky.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:25:12 +0000I’m grateful that ethnic studies have become mandatory classes for transfers to state colleges in california. It’s been good to see things like what justice means, the mass incarceration endemic, and systemic oppression sink in for people who haven’t thought about it before and how it affects them.https://mastodon.scot/@UndisScot/117400461439931624https://mastodon.scot/users/UndisScot/statuses/117400461439931624@UndisScot@mastodon.scotEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 16:01:16 +0000One of two midget submarines, or XT-Craft, whose remains can still be seen at low tide in Aberlady Bay in East Lothian. They were moored here in 1946 and used as training targets by locally-based RAF aircraft. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/abe… #Scotland #AberladyBay #EastLothianhttps://bsky.app/profile/rabbiariel.bsky.social/post/3mxdtplw2nc2dat://did:plc:y7syzltjvb6q2e6sam7hfsse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdtplw2nc2d@rabbiariel.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:34:06 +0000How do we know that there were Jews there? Because they were thrown out, of course.https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vibracobra23/117400181552502360https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Vibracobra23/statuses/117400181552502360@Vibracobra23@social.vivaldi.netEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:50:06 +0000Entrance to Manor House Tea Rooms, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, c.1930s - Bond Postcard ebid.net/uk/for-sale/entrance-… #Sulgravehttps://bsky.app/profile/jillfavero.bsky.social/post/3mxcvu2h4hs24at://did:plc:etblniwzn5sa2kf56naourkq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcvu2h4hs24@jillfavero.bsky.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:39:43 +0000Montevideo, #Uruguay was a delight. From shopping in the old city to concert in Cathedral, Gaucho museum to old resisters. Loved it.https://me.dm/@sz_duras/117404762157892269https://me.dm/users/sz_duras/statuses/117404762157892269@sz_duras@me.dmEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:15:00 +0000and let us not forget, the equally Debordian point - the fashion for religion and race, is the image commodity taken to its sick conclusion. Deleuze and Guattari point out that Atheisim is philosophers serenity and achievment. You can imagine what the fashion is... consider the philosophers who have faded and why over the past 3 or 4 decadadshttps://bsky.app/profile/amydiehl.bsky.social/post/3mxd5itwits2kat://did:plc:n5nmrxgo4cgyca5xeiepiwpd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd5itwits2k@amydiehl.bsky.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:56:37 +0000In about 1/3 of sexual assaults, there's at least 1 other person who could intervene but most do not. When men believe that other men generally accept sexual violence or believe myths about rape, it inhibits their own willingness to intervene. theconversation.com/dozens-of-me...https://social.freetalklive.com/@Tikvah/117401552173562071https://social.freetalklive.com/users/Tikvah/statuses/117401552173562071@Tikvah@social.freetalklive.comEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 20:38:40 +0000Tzav — The Four Elements of the Korban: From Earth to Fire, From Nefesh to Oneness yournews.com/2026/10/06/721802…https://bsky.app/profile/i-rohl.bsky.social/post/3mxdhmkqjnk2zat://did:plc:7soh2zyx7vqj37ngempaec4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdhmkqjnk2z@i-rohl.bsky.socialEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:57:39 +0000Not sure why pointing out that something used to be considered unremarkable is supposed to be evidence that the thing is not abusive. Many things now very generally recognized as problematic, abusive, or monstrous were once regarded as perfectly normal. Are we so sure that we already got them all?https://hachyderm.io/@petrillic/117402806745570781https://hachyderm.io/users/petrillic/statuses/117402806745570781@petrillic@hachyderm.ioEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 01:57:43 +0000I don’t know how to express how a machinist feels about a Monarch 10EE. It’s the Rolls-Royce of lathes. There literally is nothing in that size class that can be compared. If you needed one machine tool to rebuild civilization, you would want a 10EE. It was first launched in 1938, and it has been continually refined since. Properly maintained, you’re talking total indicated runout (TIR) well under 5μm or 5,000nm. And then you just look at it, and you fall in love.https://mastodon.ie/@urbanfoxe/117402885485635079https://mastodon.ie/users/urbanfoxe/statuses/117402885485635079@urbanfoxe@mastodon.ieEverything elseThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:17:44 +0000And I guarantee you. Whether you with a child, or a dog, or any other person - even alone - you'll have fun trying it. Bubble mixture. A marigold, a gardening glove and a fluffy winter glove. or whatever type of gloves you have. #Sciencehttps://hoosier.social/@SafeStreetsIndy/117399748699078483https://hoosier.social/users/SafeStreetsIndy/statuses/117399748699078483@SafeStreetsIndy@hoosier.socialEverything elseWed, 07 Oct 2026 13:00:01 +0000Vulnerable Road User Report for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 There were 3 incidents reported: * 2 involved pedestrians * 1 involved a bicyclist ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURY WITH MEDICAL TRANSPORT. #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierMast