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@alexeverette.bsky.social
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Poet, Editor, Farmer, Herbalist, Queer as hell. He-Berry (he/him) “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, 1984

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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 11h
I wrote about rats for @racketmn.com!
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How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology  - Racket
Turns out ‘Steamboat Willie’ was actually a documentary.
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 11h
Since it looks like we're going to be getting a new bitumen pipeline out to Canada's west coast, it's a good day to re-read this: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... 🌎
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75 of these whales remain. A new West Coast pipeline would be 'devastating' for them, experts say | CBC News
Multiple environmental groups are concerned the Alberta government's proposed oil pipeline route poses a risk to southern resident killer whales. They are protected under the Species At Risk Act, but ...
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Jana H-S (she, like a knife) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ask your doctor about ghosts
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 13h
It's October🎃 which means, SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 5! **This is our yearly Best-Of Weird Fiction anthology, only eligible REPRINTS will be considered** Get the full submissions details here, and check out the full cover reveal! tinyurl.com/4474xej6
THE CALL OF THE WEIRD
All October, Tenebrous Press is accepting submissions for the Fifth Volume of our Weird Fiction Award anthology, BRAVE NEW WEIRD. 
This is a reprint anthology. Only works published between 10/31/25-10/31/26 will be considered.
Full details at www.tenebrouspress.comCover art by Matt Blairstone.
Beneath a swirling tile mosaic sea filled with fish and squid, two mountain giants surround a rural village who are burning a wicker man in their honor. 
One of the giants eats the worshippers, while the other digs what they're throwin' down.
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 13h
Our newest issue, AGENCY VS DETERMINISM, is out today! Read, enjoy, and share! We’ll be sharing individual pieces over the next week or so 😊 #LitMagWeek epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
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Current Issue -
digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13h
A nest of TERFs in Worcester Massachusetts? Say it ain't so! New original reporting by @valorievandieman.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Queer Community Raises Alarm as TERF Conference Comes to Worcester, MA - Assigned Media
The conference, arranged by an anti-trans radical feminist with several notable anti-trans speakers, is set to occur in mid October.
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Nathan Anderson @nathanandersonart.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Repostin' The Autumnal. Manifesting my seasonal mood.
A skeletal figure floats off the ground, wrapped in a cape made of autumn leaves. It wields a scythe adorned with a harvest of gourds.
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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 11h
happy october! #art (wallpapers below!)
A drawing of black cats climbing in a pile of pumpkins
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Jude @jude-brucemoll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#techbro #warmongers 🤬 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
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MORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 29/09/2026
fear and anger ink and watercolor, 5.5" x 8" prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
a snarlign white dog covered in blood
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 30/09/2026
We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My last ADHD med was a nightmare so I asked to try something else I've never heard of this one either but it's supposed to be better about side effects so maybe this will be the one
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Having the kind of cleaning day where I'm looking at every other object I pick up like "i wonder if this can go in the dishwasher?"
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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I agree with my cat that that storm weather is actually awesome I do not agree with my cat that I should let him go out in it
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"What beautiful creatures we have found in the bog! What lovely songs they sing." A painting I did for the folk horror TTRPG "The Woods at Blight's Hollow" I co-created with Oli Jeffery, now available for pre-order 🧜‍♀️
Two gaunt, feminine humanoid creatures with luminescent skin and mermaid tails, each sporting 6 glowing eyes in alien looking heads. They sit in repose in a pond with glowing, shimmering water, in the woods at night. In the distance you can see a light in the window of a lone wooden cabin.
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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're pleased to share a free resource for editors working with diverse content. Editing with Respect: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 2026 offers practical guidance on editing with care, preserving the writer's message while avoiding unintended meaning. Free download: editors.ca/publications...
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Editing with Respect: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 2026 - Editors Canada
This handbook guides readers through EDI in writing, and includes considerations and practices for editing inclusively and sensitively.
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BearhAHHH!!t @fussybabybit.ch · 21/09/2026
Once again: the "concerned parents of a transed child" is an abuser rights movement
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/09/2026
It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS.
Fox News headline: Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown. The coffee giant will pay $1M and submit annual compliance certifications for four years under the agreement
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The very special pain of opening the dishwasher and seeing the soap pod only partly dissolved 💔
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I love shifting to park in the drive thru to help the person at the front of the line immediately get their food
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trying to enjoy a chilly September Sunday under a blanket and not think about how much it sucks when people you thought you were close with believe lies and rumors about you without ever checking in or talking to you
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Steven Rodas @stevenrodas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
breaking for @insideclimatenews.org, 700+ dairies in California are within 1 mile of an area at high risk for nitrate groundwater contamination. The valley with the most dairy farms in the state has adopted an order that gets stricter on regulating harmful manure waste.
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California Adopts New Limits to Rein in Dairy Manure Pollution and Its ‘Outsized’ Groundwater Impacts - Inside Climate News
Central Valley dairies are long overdue to face stricter regulations over their nitrate pollution, families and clean water advocates argue. Industry stakeholders and business owners worry about added...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons Lawmakers cited a @wpln.bsky.social-ProPublica investigation that found juvenile justice facilities run by businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
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Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious inci...
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
Pope Leo by a green glass orb the size of a med-large pumpkin
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Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lifehack: stop
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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NYC has three mafia like families of rats. 🐀 They’ve divided Manhattan into 3 zones and fight each other at the borders. Just a random fact that keeps me up at night, lol. 😆 www.npr.org/2017/11/30/5...
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The Genetic Divide Between NYC's Uptown And Downtown Rats
Fordham University graduate student Matthew Combs studies the DNA of New York City's rats. He found that rats living uptown are genetically distinct from rats living downtown.
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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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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16/09/2026
The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February) gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
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The truth about ICE and the New England Patriots jets (Go Seahawks)
The best reason to hate the New England Patriots is where their team planes have been.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The United Nations’ top human rights body reported that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's about to be the equinox so if you're in a cold climate it's time to bump your vitamin D up for the season ☀️
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Rebecca Lexa, Naturalist @rebeccanaturalist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From now until 11:59pm PST on September 20, if you order my book from TheEverydayNaturalist.com I'll throw in a little gift as well! #wildlife #NaturalHistory 💙📚 🌿
A book called The Everyday Naturalist: How to Identify Animals, Plants, and Fungi Wherever You Go sits on a piece of paper that has a few pen and marker drawings on it. It is by Rebecca Lexa, and the book cover is black with brightly colored animals, plants, and fungi around the border. The drawings on the paper include a red and white spotted mushroom, a catfish, and a triceratops.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Promptember is coming. October 11th to November 2nd. An in-between sort of almost month of prompts, webinars, open mics. And Promptember is free. Yep. Zero dolares. This one is on us. Stay tuned for details.
Against a prairie landscape with horses dancing through the sky, the text reads "another mysterious, in-between month of live write-ins, workshops and prompts"
PROMPTEMBER
October 11 - November 2 2026
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🍂 Let's fall into the cozy season with our new SEPTEMBER ISSUE 🍂 buff.ly/JmXKHQ1 All the love to our Contributors⬇️ WORDS: Sarah Chin, Alice Markham-Cantor, Chen Chen, & Lisa K. Harris ART: Joe Karlovec PLUS: Jood AlThukair interviews leena aboutaleb
Cover art for Split Lip Magazine's September 2026 issue by Joe Karlovec  featuring a section of his “Eviction Notice.” Jacquard textile, 5-part installation, 78″ x 104″, 2020.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026
Nation Demands More Jobs Where You Steer Ship With Big Wooden Wheel theonion.com/nation-demands-more-jo…
Nation Demands More Jobs Where You Steer Ship With Big Wooden Wheel
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Unionized CVS pharmacists in California, Arizona, and Rhode Island have authorized a strike. Members of the Pharmacy Guild/IAM voted yes by huge margins: 100% in Arizona, 96.7% in favor in California, and 90.3% in favor in Rhode Island. capitalandmain.com/understaffed...
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Understaffed and Underpaid: Why CVS Pharmacists in Three States Authorized a Strike
The pressure on pharmacy staff to work quickly leads to high turnover and threatens patient safety, workers say.
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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 17/09/2026
To all the folks frustrated by Google and how they have ruined their own search with genAI slop: I cannot stress enough that there are other search engines out there. They offer little-to-no genAI slop*. Are they AMAZING? No, but they are passable, workable options.
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Search Engines That Don't Use AI: 8 Options | The Write Direction
Looking for search engines that don't use AI? Compare 8 private, link-first options, learn what "no AI" means in practice, and how to turn off AI in Google.
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New cat just dropped
White and grey cat sitting next to a bowl of kibble on the floor of the living between the couch and coffee table. There's a red light that makes her look kind of pink
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Could someone please send me this memo since the NYT didn’t publish it? Thanks. My Signal and email are in my bio. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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City Mouse Garden @citymousegarden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The most beautiful #birds feeder for migration season is hands-down #NativePlants Aralia racemosa. Thrives in our difficult urban parkway conditions & adds so much color, habitat, life… joy. #gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #ecosystem #nature 🌱
Deep burgundy berries forming in huge clusters with some green still waiting to turn as the season flows on.
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MSPCA-Angell @mspca-angell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Please direct donations of drinking-quality, sealed water containers to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, Mass. to help! via Salem Patch: patch.com/massachusett...
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Salem Animal Shelter Makes 'Urgent Call' Amid Water Main Break
The Northeast Animal Shelter of Salem was seeking fresh water donations to maintain operations on Wednesday.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
wtf kind of pets they got in there
SMOKING
BARE FOOT
PETS
PROHIBITED IN BUILDING
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alex antics @alexeverette.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm afraid to look for updates on the wolves i just hope they eat that guy who pledged to kill the senior momma wolf
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yes
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Fluffernutters are always a good idea - The Boston Globe
Turns out, my childhood comfort food is just as relevant in midlife.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
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New Learning Outcomes Announced | English
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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 16/09/2026
Seal Island saw a record 127 razorbill nests, while Eastern Egg Rock saw a record 213 puffin burrows.
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Seabird researchers report good year for razorbills and puffins
Seal Island saw a record 127 razorbill nests, while Eastern Egg Rock saw a record 213 puffin burrows.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16/09/2026
An audit report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit released this month reveals staffing challenges, a backlog of hundreds of case referrals and families left without required victims' services.
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Staffing problems stall federal investigations of missing and killed Native people
An audit report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit released this month reveals staffing challenges, a backlog of hundreds of case referrals and families left without required victims' services.
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D.D.B.Torres @ddbtorres.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
an elven archer from Mirkwood -{ #art | #illustration | #fantasy }-
An elf with long flowing yellow hair, wearing loose orange garment, stretching an enchanted elven bow and surrounded by decorative plants and leaf motiffs. She's from the Mirkwood, a location from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit".
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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 16/09/2026
"Rather than neglecting the land beneath the panels, ... solar developers need to treat it as a working agricultural system,” writes soil scientist Emily Cole in an op-ed. "This means seeking early advice from an agronomist, or a crop production and soil health expert, to help with site management.”
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Op-ed: To Counter Farmland Loss, Solar Needs Soil Science
Utility-scale solar doesn’t have to eliminate productive land.
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