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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

At San Diego's Natural History Museum, I saw a small sign suggesting they had a ....scientific specimen lending library?? For the general public? This couldn't be real. But it's so real. Aisles of taxidermy, bones, and fossils--and you can take them home. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

PUB DAY IS TOMORROW!!!! Andromeda Diaz and the Reasonable Doubt by Emily Galvin Almanza: 9798217273218 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books share.google/0KINCUYG8tyb...

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Penguin Random House

Committed to publishing great books, connecting readers and authors globally, and spreading the love of reading.

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big bleat from badsville @djepelgesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time

a picture from the NY Post titled " today’s leftists are possessed by the spirit of France’s 18th-century guillotine-loving revolutionaries" (way too long) that shows Mamdani (the specter haunting Europe) smiling in the sky as a bunch of French people goof around

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It you have today as a paid day off from work, you can thank voters on the left. If you are struggling to make ends meet while remaining involuntarily unemployed you can thank lobbyists and politicians on the right.

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NYC’S FUCKING WEATHER @nycweather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

NEW YORK CITY IT IS GD 🌟🌟PRISTINE🌟🌟 OUTSIDE RN AND WE'VE GOT MORE OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL FALL MORNINGS COMING OUR WAY THIS WEEK AS WE GRAPPLE WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE FUKKIN 80's. YOUR FUCKING WEATHER: MON: 83°/65° TUE: 84°/69° WED: 86°/74° THU: 86°/68° FRI: 80°/64°

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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There's holy work to do everywhere

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Tim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

the “content creator” economy collapse is real, partly due to genAI, sure, but largely because the model was never designed to actually provide people with sustainable living incomes - it was always to get you to make content for free, that could be inserted into the spaces between advertising

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aka.farm @akafarm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

incredible outfit! big spokanki vibes

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Yr Friend Camille @yrouttasight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Max Ernst, “At Eye Level” (1949)

A surrealist lithograph of a flying fish with a human skull for a head

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Something my mother taught me that's been incredibly helpful. When you're not feeling social and you have to meet new people, smile and say hello and shake their hand. then, turn and notice something on the ground and pretend you're stomping on a cockroach with a really thick shell. 👠🪳

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ceej @ceej.online · 05/09/2026

we’re born generalists, man. show me someone curious

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Chris Barrus @quartzcity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“Personal anecdote regarding companies purchasing rare books to be torn apart, fed into Al learning programs & effectively destroyed, for those interested... Within the last 2 months Conveyor Belt has received a series of strange, atypical emails from nebulous…” www.instagram.com/p/DcUSXHURRRV/

Having read the latest articles about these Al programs & the third-party companies behind them, myself &
@terminalbeachbooks decided to call the number provided in the email with this Crystal Kanemoto's extension line, where we were greeted by a frightening Al bot with an indeterminate, coy Asian accent (Crystal) who "giggled" & digitally glitched any time a serious question concerning the company was asked, but especially when it was asked irrational, surreal questions (such as when I asked if it dreamed of electric sheep).

This is because Crystal Kanemoto is (& you can see this online) a registered "geekgirl" Al bot, not an actual human being. Upon calling the number again, to speak with "customer service," yet another Al bot ("Elsa" this time) spoke with us about the impossibility of visiting their corporate "offices" in-person (the address of which is a warehouse we found via google) & likewise digitally, audibly glitched when asked pressing questions.

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A bookselling email list I've been on for 20 years has booksellers talking nonstop on it about how much money they're making from these companies. They love it and find nothing wrong with it. The only pushback I've seen has been on Instagram by us smaller, weirder sellers that don't sell on Amazon or Alibris, plus some foreign rare book dealers I've seen in an article talk about how they're declining to sell to these companies. It's terrifying how they're all just so excited to sell to these companies otherwise. I feel like there needs to be more of a distinction between the ones helping Al and us that are anti-Al because it's making us all look bad.

ive similarly read these accounts of unmitigated alacrity on behalf of the folks selling, knowingly, to these entities & frankly, it kinda confirms suspicions i've had about the rare trade as a whole. However, the small punching crowd that does it for love continues to amaze me & their enthusiasm for the love of the game (the books themselves) is a nice way to warm my heart with something other than the actual bonfire of book destruction. Proud to be in the welterweight category here

this makes me want to die

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Dress for the job you want

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

welcome to america 2026, where the only jobs are word theft organizer and concentration camp guard

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Lake Erie! Live! @lake-erie.live · 04/09/2026

Current* conditions near Willowick, OH:

NW view from the southern shores of Lake Erie. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-03 22:24:02 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: greatlakesvista.com // Current Temp in Willowick: 70 F | 21 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: S at 9 mph | 15 kph // Humidity: 94%

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max @notplants.net · 04/09/2026

boards of canada accurately predicted all of this, sonically, imo

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/09/2026

The last line against fascism is lawyers who stand up in court. I found out what that can cost. A Florida judge tried to strip my law license over a screenshot of a random Twitter account. The Virginia Bar ruled in my favor. Twice. Read about what happened when I refused to stay silent.

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A Year After A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License — The Attacks Continue

Why I need your courage now more than ever to combat injustice in our legal systems and protect due process of law for ALL people in the United States

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wayne Thiebaud, Dog and Shadow, 2007

Painting of a dog with its shadow. I think the dog may be running, but honestly the way the picture is composed, it's not quite clear...? I think what many people don't get is that some of the joy and beauty of works of art lies in how ambiguous they can be. But such reflections probably aren't even meant for alt-text, right?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One thing I'm looking forward to is a Democratic Congress forcing Markwayne Mullin to testify under oath about the administration's immigration atrocities and watching him flop around like a largemouth bass in a boat

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

They don't like Democrats like AES so they want to promote stories they think will make them lose. They do like Republicans so they avoid promoting stories that would make Republicans lose.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 03/09/2026

Current* conditions near St. Joseph, MI:

View looking south over Silver Lake Beach as it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-09-03 01:36:05 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: earthcam.com/usa/michigan/stjoseph/lakemichigan/?cam=lakemichiganbeach // Current Temp in St. Joseph: 86 F | 30 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: SSW at 5 mph | 7 kph // Humidity: 66%

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Shodan Safari @shodansafari.lol · 02/09/2026

ASN: AS24757 Location: Addis Ababa, ET Added: 2026-08-31T15:41 #shodansafari #infosec

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Lake Erie! Live! @lake-erie.live · 02/09/2026

Current* conditions near Hamburg, NY:

Panoramic view looking west from Hamburg Town Beach over Lake Erie. // Image captured at: 2026-09-02 20:24:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: townofhamburgny.gov // Current Temp in Hamburg: 78 F | 26 C // Precip: moderate rain // Wind: WSW at 13 mph | 21 kph // Humidity: 81%

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Rick Paulas @rickpaulas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is the sales pitch of why every city needs its own Hell Gate.

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aka.farm @akafarm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

glad to see my single-issue municipal policy ("hunt and kill 7soulsdeep") is gaining traction

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aka.farm @akafarm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this is beautiful and coincidentally tracks the series of emotions I experience when using computer www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ms7...

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Butoh Dance Performance in Japan

YouTube video by Roger Walch

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well, I guess it was a matter of time before they landed on the 'terrorism' rationale, which is evidence that every other argument has failed.

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This review of Fukuyama's latest book by Ivan Kratsev has a good passage about the political project of the future in it. www.ft.com/content/40b0...

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aka.farm @akafarm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

haven't seen this light and gentle not-quite-rain in a long time, really mist it

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aka.farm @akafarm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

my absolute favorite meme text

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.