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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
England be hiding their golden idols
Viking ships arriving in Britain as depicted in an English illuminated manuscript, c. 1130.
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I'm Dirt Mother Fucker @aynrandy.boontavista.com · 23/06/2026
my body is a machine that transports authentication codes from my screen to my phone and some other supporting auxiliary functions
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/06/2026
I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy. I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at. www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...
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Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
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MORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 15/05/2026
had some Big Feelings after therapy regarding existence and legacies, so i channeled it all into a little sinosauropteryx on a tiny piece of scrap paper. ink and watercolor sketch, about 2x2 inches.
sketch of a sinosauropteryx fossil against green and yellow misty watercolor blooms. the fossil rests suspended between text that reads "that you existed at all is a monument itself."
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Fedi server hosts, such as part of Mastodon, will suffer the same legal pressures. I am a fan of the fediverse products, but they're not bulletproof.
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Having you and @edzitron.com work together would be a dream come true.
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Got a compliment from a random guy at a concert on my anti-ICE shirt just yesterday!
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Very cool piece. It reminds me a bit of Wayne Barlowe's portrayal of souls in his book God's Demon. waynebarlowe.com/artwork/hell/
The painting shows a pale human figure with a black sphere attached being examined by several demons up close standing around them.

From the author:

The Examination – (from Barlowe’s Inferno – acrylic on ragboard) – While souls are treated as a resource by demons in an unthinkable number of ways in Hell, a true understanding of them as once-living organisms on a physical level is absent. The fact that Lucifer went to war in large part because of them has created a curiosity that many demons find irresistible.
The inspiration for this painting is fairly obvious: all of those great Flemish paintings of medical examinations, of doctors gathered around splayed-out corpses. Nearly all of the look of the demons was improvised invention. I had a rough to work from and then, brush in hand, “grew” the figures on the board with layers of detail. I often do detailed drawings before putting paint on the palette but this was not the case with this painting. I wanted to enjoy the act of creating these inquisitive demons and felt that being too slavish to a sketch might make them less lively.
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deadlyyucca @deadlyyucca.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/03/2026
This @the-independent.com story is such an obvious lift of mine that they didn’t even bother deleting my site’s referral URL. And no, they do not credit me for reporting it first or (intentionally) link to my story. In j-school, rewording someone else’s reporting was called plagiarism. 1/
A screenshot of the landing page for a story from the Independent reading: 

Delta flew 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father to ICE detention in Texas, new video shows

A photo of federal agents detaining Liam Conejo Ramos in Minnesota outraged people across the nation last year
Ariana Baio
Tuesday 17 March 2026 16:15 EDT
A screenshot of the landing page for my story reading: 
Video proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention center
Three plainclothes federal agents can be seen boarding a Delta flight while guarding the 5-year-old boy and his father, right under unsuspecting passengers' noses.
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16 Mar 2026 - 8 min readA line from the Independent story reading: 

“The airport footage was obtained through an information disclosure request to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by activist Nick Benson with MN50501 - a Minnesota-based organization that advocates against Trump's policies.”

I’ve highlighted the part where it links to MN50501. 
A screenshot of a browser window showing that the MN50501 link includes “?ref=gillianbrockell.com”
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Honestly, I think our dogs are probably related somehow. Had mine DNA tested and he's a huge collection breeds but also looks just like yours! I know originally he came from Texas, but that's about it.
A black and white dog laying on his back on an unmade bed. He is looking back at the camera.A black and white dog laying on a bed in front of a window. His paws are dangling off the front of the bed.
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Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕻𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝕱𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖌𝖊 𝕾𝖊𝖗𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖙 Lee & Jeffrey Eichelberg reel the legendary Petenwell Flowage Serpent, Juneau County, WI.
Text: The Petenwell Flowage Serpent

Image: a freshwater serpent with the head of a tiger Muskie rears from churning lake waters. In the foreground two men in a fishing boat grapple with large fishing lines.
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Hey @edzitron.com, Charlie here has been doing a bang up job helping stop AI data centers here in WI. www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
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Comedian Charlie Berens speaks out against Port Washington AI data center
Ahead of the Port Washington Common Council's Oct. 7 meeting, comedian Charlie Berens posted a video highlighting concerns with the upcoming AI data center.
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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy Solstice ❄️
A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.
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Electron Valve @electronvalve.co · 17/11/2025
Wayne Strattan Decision Machine (2016) Museum of Neon Art
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Well shit, you know I gotta order that now, right?
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🍄Mushroom Guy🍄 @mycotae.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Harvest Time
A horse skull surrounded by dried wheat sheaf, dried corn and a small pumpkin. Three Amanita fulva are at the top. There are dark green vegetation designs bordering the image. The horse skull has a glowing blue spiral on its forehead.
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Walter @walterkatz.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This the context -> Meredith Whitaker at SXSW in the perfect summary of why agentic AI should be a top line concern: youtu.be/jY8cd2YMdI4?...
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🗣️ "Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns of "real danger" in agentic AI hype.🥇
YouTube video by Generative Artificial Intelligence
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Sarah Lyons @citymystic.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/i-dont-kno... Wrote about how living through pure evil feels: strangely hollow and humiliating.
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I Don't Know What to Say
The Flattening Effect of Living Under so Much Evil
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It would be interesting to hear from @foster.bsky.social or @joeonhere.bsky.social what the Futurism style guide says about how much of a source to quote before it becomes plagiarism.
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Straight up "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" vibes. Love it.
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Good morning
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 31/05/2025
Unbelievable! Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware. #OnYourSide
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/05/2025
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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Matías Bergara @matiasbergara.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Eternauta
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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Betty Jiang @bettyjiang.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
the gun is always loaded there's a fed in every chat your phone's a beacon telling every cop right where you're at your bluesky feed is archived and your twitch they're watching live so watch your mouth in public if your ass plans to survive.
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RHADS @rhads.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
2025 "In The Air" #rhads #DigitalArtist
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Olena Shmahalo @natureintheory.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Anybody else need to gaze at a soothing sphere today? Yeah well... no promises / not responsible for any add'l anxiety induced by this ripply wobbler ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #3Dart #C4D
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The "disarming attack" icon from Baulder's Gate 3
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I did. Because it does. techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s...
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Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having 'profound' security and privacy issues | TechCrunch
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking onstage at the SXSW conference in
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SomaFM @somafm.com · 07/03/2025
Greetings from SXSW. Just saw Meredith Whittaker (Signal CEO) gave a great talk on why everyone needs privacy even if you don’t think you do. And how being a nonprofit removes the temptation to “further monetize” information you have on your users
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In this era of fascism, liberals now fall into two camps: 1) James Carville "lay down and play dead" 2) Luigi Mangione
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Looks dope! What finish are you using?
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Just make sure you have no way to fight back when the local bigots come for you. It's better to, as James Carville would say, "roll over and die" www.amazon.com/dp/082236123X/
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This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible [Cobb Jr., Charles E.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Oil Painting Exercises, Miruna Anton
An oil painting of a woman missing part of her face, melting into a phone screen.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/01/2025
I've watched this video maybe 20 times in the last day
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Dusty Ray @sloppjockey.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
faults. oil painting, 8x10 inches. had this one done for a while, finally sharing it <3. prints up
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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Nighttime cockpit view from a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum on a combat air patrol earlier this month. The Ukrainian MiG sits above the moonlit clouds while hunting Russian drones and missiles.
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
media.tenor.com
a woman says i like your dog in front of trees
ALT: a woman says i like your dog in front of trees
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hey, you make cool art and I like having your painting in my office!
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Two images. The top is a tweet quoting Shapiro as saying ""Some attention in this case, especially online, has been deeply disturbing as some have looked to celebrate instead of condemning this killer. [...] In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint."
The bottom is a photo of Shapiro signing artillery shells
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Inbox: ‘Wanted’ posters of healthcare CEOs wheatpasted around lower Manhattan ahead of today’s Goldman Sachs Financial Services conference. “Those who would steal from us have names, faces, and addresses. Justice will only come from the working class,” per anon communique.
wanted posters on a light post taken at night of Steve Nelson, president of Aetna, David Joyner, president & CEO of CVS Health. Both feature photos of the execs with three bullets labeled DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE detailing the wrongs of the healthcare industry (but not legible enough in the picture to transcribe).


“Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe. Deny - Defend - Depose” it says at the bottom.Wanted posters of Marianne Lake, Denis Coleman, Brian Moynihan, Robin Vince in similar format as others, on a wall.Wanted poster of Brian Thompson with an X through his photo featuring the same bulleted text as the others.

“Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe. Deny - Defend - Depose” it says at the bottom.Communique:
On Wednesday morning over thirty CEOs will gather at the Conrad hotel for the second day of the Goldman Sachs Financial Services conference to discuss how they can become richer by extracting wealth, time, and energy from the working class from all over the world. 
To welcome them, anon actionists put up wanted posters of the leeches attending the conference, including Martin Smalls of Black Rock, Robin Vince of BNY Mellon, Denis Coleman of Goldman Sachs, and of course, Brian Thompson, the former CEO of United Healthcare.
These CEOs run companies that control trillions of dollars by stealing money, time, and labor from the working class. Do they care about the problems of poverty, homelessness, and injustice at these conferences? No, and their actions are violent. 
Health insurance companies (like financial services companies) don’t provide us with anything useful - they only limit our access to healthcare. Those who would steal from us have names, faces, and addresses. Justice will only come from the working class.
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Aether Aerial @aetheraerial.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Wait, so you don't want this box of tags I ripped off mattresses?
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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
I think I just saw the opposite of a stork
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Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
OKAY! So. Thanks to popular culture, when most people hear "pirate ship" they think of a big, intimidating, heavily armed vessel like a galleon or a man-of-war, like this commandeered Spanish vessel from season 2 of BLACK SAILS. 🏴‍☠️
A production still of a Spanish man-of-war that's been commandeered by pirates in the show BLACK SAILS.
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Paul Doroshenko / Prairie Paul🇺🇦🇨🇦 @pauldoroshenko.com · 04/12/2024
We were out of service for a couple of days when an electrode failed but we’re back up and running, a #Vancouver icon, the Lawyer Told Me Not to Talk to You neon sign is illuminated once more!
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