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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 5h

"There’s no moral or practical justification for the death penalty no matter how you do it. It’s cruel and arbitrary and it doesn’t act as a deterrent. It brutalizes the people who carry it out and traumatizes the families of victims, and the pattern of its application is openly racist."

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Waiting for the next Mr. Death

I don’t want to see anybody hurt, anybody tortured

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 11h

I’m really exceptionally disgusted by the world rn. It hurts. From the 57 Cornell rapists and rape-abetters to the airplane pilot stabbing to the continued implosion of the US “government” to the failed lethal injection to the affordability crisis to the Islamophobic propaganda in my state

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skelly @skellytonne.bsky.social · 11h

october time

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 18h

This is literally what happens when you fire all the brilliant trans women who were in charge of our entire cybersecurity infrastructure.

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CaffeineIsLife @caffeineislife.bsky.social · 18h

The important part of this article is: "What we want is a feature that displays connected devices, so users could notice if a new device gets connected to their account." Every messaging app *should* have this imo and it should be ON by default. You get a notice as soon as a new device is added.

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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s amazing how many different ways “AI” manages to be horrible: political, ethical, environmental, philosophical, aesthetic, functional… It’s bad in like EVERY SINGLE WAY it’s possible for a technology to be bad, which is pretty much unprecedented in human history.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Everybody wish me luck in getting Tycho and Psyche into their transportation boxes to go get their annual kitty cat physicals Tycho hasn’t been in a crate since his eye was removed and Psyche hasn’t since we adopted her. 😩 I’m sure it’ll be fine.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026

Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This is what they've done.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

Bear with me, this is a doozy, #kidlit folks. Censorship is alive, even in blue states.

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“They’re the victims of this, but then they’re victimised for the sin of having this illness.” George Monbiot on why government and society as a whole need to stop gaslighting people with #MECFS and making them feel they’ve done something wrong.

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.

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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I had to reschedule my Botox for migraines appointment. Now all of the Botox is wearing off 😖 It’s nice to know that it really works, I guess?

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She-wolf of Naarm @jadedsynic.itch.io · 25/09/2026

AI job application bots and scanners should be outlawed under pain of asset seizures. People who want paid work should be able to get it. It's not rocket surgery

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Top three peppers of partner’s recent harvest - two gigantic jalapeños, the platonic ideal of a scotch bonnet which looks like a tiny pumpkin, a perfect little Tabasco pepper that looks like a tiny carrot

A small to medium-sized white person’s hand covered by two large jalapeño peppers with beautiful color gradients. The one on the left is more orange and the one on the right is redder, but both softly fade into a rich green at the tips

A perfectly orange scotch bonnet that looks exactly like a tiny pumpkin. 🎃

A small but aggressively orange pepper

It’s cute and looks like a little carrot

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Fat Bear Week to all who celebrate

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You can't, and shouldn't seek to, replace public schools or libraries with bookstores. You can't replace a public good with a private business, no matter how well-meaning or well-organized it may be.

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Well, we are doing laundry by using tap water only, no soap and draining the washer into buckets and then dumping the buckets outside lol The sewer line *is* draining, just really slowly. Having plumbers out tomorrow to get a quote for a fix 😩

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Aaaand our sewer line backed up again 😩

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Phoebe accidentally got a double dose of gabapentin this eve. (It’s ok - my vet suggested doubling her dose when we need to trim her claws or get a mat out of her fur) I just want to know how a not-quite-7lbs cat can take 200mg gabapentin and still get the zoomies

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Copper Hamster @copperhamster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My friend got a picture of them all together.

Sailor Moon cosplayers in a Mexican themed variation

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tummy isn’t feeling great so I ordered a smoothie and an oatmeal bowl with fresh fruit. I received the smoothie I ordered and what appears to be an oatmeal smoothie. In a cup. This is almost as funny as none pizza with left beef. 💀

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 17/09/2026

This is a massive mistake. The Chesapeake Bay plays a critical role in Virginia's economy and seafood industries, and we must take steps to protect the waters and shores of the region. I'm going to do everything I can to fight this. www.wboc.com/news/trump-a...

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Trump Administration repeals Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration Executive Order

President Trump is repealing an executive order from 2009 dedicated to protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay.

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PNN @pnnchicago.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

All the AI companies should be sued into oblivion for copyright and intellectual property theft

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 18/09/2026

the pandemic fucked everyone up on a historic level and politicians immediately going "ok everything is fine now back to normal! nothing bad even happened!" the second there was a vaccine is an underrated cause of all this

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 18/09/2026

I think the degree to which no one is really fine is so much more severe than anyone wants to admit.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.

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This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich

Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*suspicious lobster wife* where did you get that shrimp *still confused lobster* you're never gonna believe this

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wow. What a day. Interred my aunt’s ashes in Massachusetts with a large group of women she worked with to combat climate change, racism, and other injustices for decades. Dozens of strangers sharing our family’s grief and love for her.

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hegelian vs predator @reachrachelkahn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

AI isn't alive, you are just uniquely and profoundly capable of forming social bonds. Because you're human, and that's what our big complicated brains specialized in.

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I ordered peanut butter and jelly pizza last night and It is a culinary abomination but also strangely delicious and I think I love it?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Client just sent me the original design files for a brochure. Designed in PowerPoint. 🤦🏻

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Alex B @alexdesignsit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Why do pedophiles have to keep ruining everything?!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A gem at the county fair art show. 🎨

Acrylic painting of an angry looking white cat staring at the viewer with one paw on a blue vase, about to push it off a mantle.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

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