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@aconstellation.bsky.social
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I think a lot about systems and the rules that govern them. Union organizing is peer support. They/them. Seattle Garages forever.

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my ordinary life @calne.ca · 27/09/2026
im very busy
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/09/2026
PS: Tommy Tuberville can go fuck himself
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
MA'AM babies are supposed to cry! it's literally the only way they have to communicate to you that something is wrong. you don't take them to a fake doctor that learned magic from ghosts
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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
OPINION
GUEST ESSAY
You Were In For a Dipshit Take As Soon As You Saw This Font
Feb. 23, 2026
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konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Putting the :/ in https://
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One of the coolest things a Portland politician ever did was Jo Ann Hardesty saying we should use eminent domain to acquire downtown buildings if their market value is so low. Let’s stimulate the downtown economy by owning property & renting it out cheaply to businesses that do something Why not?
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alicia 🍳 NYCC AA I-24 @acorviart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
a murder [ #art ]
Illustration of a crow on a branch, surrounded by the old windows XP ghosting error screens, all duplicating the crow's face so it looks like there's a murder of crows.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 30/08/2026
In an age of extremism everyone is an extremism scholar
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‘We Were Always Here’: Ireland’s first permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition opens in Cork Congrats to Orla Egan and all who worked in this fantastic exhibition www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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‘We Were Always Here’: Ireland’s first permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition opens in Cork
‘Too often the history of the LGBT community has been invisible, ignored or erased,’ said curator Orla Egan
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
School meals should be free for everybody. Charging children to eat somewhere they are legally required to be for the entire day is crazy.
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animal crossing pics @goj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Animal Crossing Wild World (2005) #acww
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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 10/08/2026
You asked
Email from Uline Account Support "I’m reaching out to discuss your Uline Account.  We noticed you haven’t ordered in about 6 months." to which we replied "Hi Jamie,

We generally try to avoid ordering from you because of the damage to society caused by your owners."
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Compound bow First developed in the Ancient World Can't be drawn by just a random guy Tensile strength to make bronze arrows fly
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 08/08/2026
"We should organize our country in a way that giant assholes aren't able to constantly wreck shit for everyone else and then shrug and walk away"
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Waking up with a bloody nose because of the smoke yaaaasss!!! Love climate change!!!!! Let’s use PCEF for a billionaire’s whims!!!!!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody
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now featured in the criterion collection @anem0ne.net · 30/07/2026
you're worried about your streak ending i'm worried because thanks to the nytimes normalizing anti-trans rhetoric, i won't be able to renew my passport, be careful which states i even consider traveling to, watch as more and more "allies" who "don't hate" regurgitate bigotry and right-wing framing
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I will reiterate: Christians in the West evangelize in public for the same reason men catcall. Neither is trying to persuade you; both are reminding you that the public sphere belongs to them and you exist in it at their sufferance.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My gender is avocado
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/07/2026
This isn’t a debate. There’s no counterpoint blog, Adobe sucks.
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
For Hater Week, it's me being right about a topic I am always right about: that survival games rule!
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Rafael Moco @rafaelmoco.art · 27/07/2026
Hello everyone! Many of you likely saw this image recently with the Apple TV+ 'Neuromancer' promotion. Some know, others don't, but this artwork is mine, created alongside actor & post-production artist Milton Menezes, as a personal project and a homage to the original Neuromancer romance
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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just want to remind everyone that the Mayor cut 200 critical jobs which will result in significant service cuts at a time when Portlanders need govt the most, meanwhile he kept 70 vacancies in the police bureau even though per PPB's own staffing report they will NOT fill most of those positions. 🙃
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🚨NEW: In the 9 months after last year’s reconciliation law enacted unprecedented SNAP cuts, the number of people receiving SNAP fell by more than 4.5 million. Based on available data, we estimate that at least 1.5 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Graphic showing the change in SNAP participation from July 2024 to April 2026. Between the reconciliation law's enactment in July 2025 and April 2026, the number of people receiving SNAP fell by more than 4.5 million.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Portland DSA in the Pride Parade! Trans People Exist- Billionaires Shouldn't!
DSA Pride Parade contingentDSA Pride Parade contingentDSA Pride Parade contingentDSA Pride Parade contingent
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
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🜏 Heffboom Konijn Dreemurr🜏 🧡🤐 G I M P 🤐🧡 @heffboomkonijn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Skunks are known to be sassy with their little stompies but ever seen a skunk get sassy when Not being held? GOSH ^///////^
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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
as someone who lived through 600+ AQI for more than a week in Oregon in 2020, here's my tried-and-true method for how to handle wildfire smoke: 1. have a mental breakdown.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
may I indulge my pet kvetch people rightly condemning Serkis's comments about Middle Earth (and by extension his understanding of that place & its lore) are still gonna watch the fucking movie because no one can bear not having a take to make this shit stop you have to stop giving it the oxygen
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 14/07/2026
Any elected representative who votes for this should be recalled, immediately, for dereliction of duty.
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Portland City Council won’t have all answers before voting on Moda Center funding package
As a deadline to commit public dollars to Moda Center renovations rapidly approaches, it appears that Portland city councilors will be asked to approve spending $120 million on arena renovations next ...
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The guy you hate at your office can't ban abortion or bomb Iran
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 12/07/2026
I feel that Destiny 2's mismanagement has done lasting damage to videogames as a whole. So many people jsut assume that they couldn't come back to Warframe because they've probably deleted all the older story Basically zero games have done that. Destiny 2 is Vaulting Georg and should not be counted
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stovey @doorhook.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Galatea from Claymore. the text reads “A SICK ASS SWORD WOULD FIX ME.”
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vast configuration @aconstellation.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Finally finished Siege of Burning Grass from @premeemohamed.com. Amazing storytelling, building up a strange world and desperate/determined people and inviting reader into it. Was a hard read for me — took me months. Desc of the war and its consequences too easy to map to too many current events.
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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Since the spring of 2023, I have been creating a non-violent art museum in Doom. My goal was to find art that engaged with the themes that informed Doom's creation, while also exploring the possibilities of virtual museum spaces. Please enjoy this museum. Download link below
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Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
1/ OK! We analyzed all ~5,300 pages of public records on the Moda Center deal — every email, text, contract, and invoice produced so far. Before Portland commits ~$850M+ ($1.12B after interest), here’s what every Portlander should know. It’s not the story you’ve been told. 🧵
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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 08/07/2026
'Two bats flying' Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎
ink drawing of two bats flying in front of a crescent moon
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jessica BONEStown @newfoundgloryhole.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
THE ACKROOMS
Cathy in the backrooms
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.
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Megazao @megazao.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.
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Hamgravy @mlapinski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
DIY not DAI
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