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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No. It's just they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I called this weeks ago but apparently Braun’s just saying the quiet thing loud now. He’s not even up for re-election! He’s just enabling other assholes!

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 08/09/2026

A lot of my friends and colleagues seem to find it off-putting, and I’ll hold at the front of my mind that it is a game for children that looks like a game for children. I don’t know what else to tell you.

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 27/08/2026

did bluesky hear about Miss Teen Indiana’s Garfield costume

A young woman in a Garfield inspired outfit with a Garfield headdress

The young woman from the first photo is holding a lasagna that says “lasagna my love language”

missinteenusa Tonight, Indiana is going Garfield!
My state costume celebrates one of Indiana's most iconic creations-Garfield, created by fellow Hoosier Jim Davis.
Born in Marion and raised in Fairmount, Davis turned an orange cat with a big personality into a character recognized and loved around the world.
But this costume represents more than a famous Hoosier.
The hand-painted comic panels on my skirt share messages inspired by my initiative, Captivating Confidence:
"Our differences are what make us beautiful."
"If we don't have love, we have nothing."
"Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates."
To me, true confidence is found in embracing what makes each of us different and recognizing that our greatest beauty comes from within. I am so excited to bring a little Hoosier humor, creativity and confidence to the Miss Teen USA stage tonight!
This one-of-a-kind costume was inspired by my vision and brought to life by Indianapolis-based costume designer, Jess West. @jesswestcostumes

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Recently re-watched the original Star Wars trilogy alongside my ten-year-old's first viewing of them. I had actually... not realized or not remembered what an actual badass Leia is in all three of them! (TBF, "badass" wasn't in my vocabulary when I first saw these)

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Ok here goes, we’re showing the ten-year-old Star Wars: A New Hope (It is her first exposure to the franchise and she is concerned about the “wars” part)

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This sale includes four games I love! - A Little To The Left (@maxinfernogames.bsky.social) - Squeakross (@alblune.bsky.social) - Is This Seat Taken? (@potipoti.studio) - Tiny Bookshop (@tinybookshopgame.com) AND Pieced Together (@glowfroggames.bsky.social) is part of the Cat Awareness sale!

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 22/07/2026

Got a permit for that manta ray?

A girl swimming with a dolphin, a manta ray, and a sea turtle in a pool. The text reads: Your kid broke the animals out of the aquarium again. You didn't know, because you were distracted on your phone. Put your phone away and watch your kids closely at the pool.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 20/07/2026

A woodcarver named Becky W (vortenjou.bsky.social, rosehip.wordpress.com) made a sculpture of my nuthatch comic, showing a white-breasted nuthatch sitting on real nuts and hatching one of them. I'm so happy

A wooden carved and painted sculpture of a white-breasted nuthatch sitting on some nuts with a nutmeat with wings flying away into the sky.

A four-panel comic. The first panel shows an arrow pointing down at a happy-looking nuthatch bird, and a caption: This is a nuthatch. The caption says "It's called a nuthatch because... wait no" and we see the nuthatch standing on a pile of nuts, tucking them under it. The caption says "That's not... wait" and the nuthatch is roosting comfortably on the pile of nuts. The caption says NO. And we see that one of the nuts has hatched and some walnut meat is flying happily into the air on little wings.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Unironically: this is pristine and I am laughing every time I look at it (I have been unable to get past this page yet) (The book is Country People, by Daniel Mason)

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

GOSH. SEEMS LIKE THE EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA WAS PREVENTABLE THROUGH GOOD SCIENCE. How do we know? BECAUSE WE WERE DOING IT SUCCESSFULLY.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🎶The sun is up The sky is gray It’s even worse In Thunder Bay~

Photograph of a reddish sun against a gray ash-clouded sky, with pine trees in the middle ground

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Sorry, all booked today worrying about the weather 5-10 hours from now

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 16/06/2026

Where you'll see a rare bird. Thanks to @ryanfm.bsky.social's newsletter for teaching me about the Cabanis's ground-sparrow that lives behind the walmart

An 8 panel comic. The first three panels are labeled "Where you think you'll see a rare bird." Panel 1 is labeled "Lush forest" and shows a beautiful rich forest with tall conifers, a waterfall, and mountains. Panel 2 is labeled "Perfect sunlit branch" and shows a branch rising above the trees, shaped like a great bird perch. Panel 3 is labeled "Area near an informational plaque about a rare bird" and shows a forest with a sign in front displaying an image of a Spruce Grouse and informational text. The next set of images are labeled "Where you'll actually see a rare bird". They include "Tree behind a Walmart", with Cabanis's ground-sparrow singing in a tree, "Skating rink parking lot" with a Lewis's woodpecker climbing a palm, "Spooky cemetery" with a Vermillion Flycatcher standing on a gravestone in a foggy spooky cemetery, "Sewage treatment plant" with a tufted duck gliding through the water, "Flying over your car" with a golden eagle sailing above a red car that's driving down the highway, and "Text from Uncle Ron" with a text exchange in which Ron says "Weird bird landed in my yard" and sends a picture of a whooping crane, to which you reply "Wow! Is it still there???" and he says "no".

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

But for which of my eccentric opinions about mid 20th century children’s literature did you first suffer love for me?

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hm, so last night I finished watching the Get Smart movie from 2008, the Steve Carell one, which I hadn’t seen before despite having been a huge fan of the original series for the past 35 years or so. (We don't talk about Get Smart '95.) Um, oof. I have some really conflicting feelings.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Mobile board game shop in northern Michigan (Cheboygan/Emmet/Otsego counties) operating out of a small RV or bookmobile-style van

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purpleschala.bsky.social @purpleschala.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mitsuda month in my composer series continues! One of my all-timers 😍 A Distant Promise - Xenogears (full vid: youtu.be/sdssnsSiK10?...) I love how this one plays a significant narrative role in the game as Fei remarks it's familiar to him when he hears it on the music box at Citan's house early on-

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The Yetee 🌈 🕊️ @theyetee.com · 18/03/2026

Take a chance on a new adventure with the arrival of Peglin merch at The Yetee! Check out our official collection to kick off your journey with two new tees and an iron-on patch, available now: theyetee.com/peglin

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 16/03/2026

Signs of spring, ranked. An older comic. Feel free to argue with my ranking.

A six-panel comic called Signs of Spring, Ranked. In panel 1, #10 is Robin, showing an american robing standing on a lawn - not always a useful sign since robins are quietly present in winter in many areas. In panel 2, there's #9: Daffodil - nice, mundane, #8: Skunk Cabbage - unusual, cool, and #7: Dutchman's Breeches, a flower that looks like a pair of underwear with a hole - lol. In panel 3, there's #6: Turkey vulture migrating - gloriously ominous, a humbling reminder of life's transience, and #5: very very small bunny - wow, the little ears. In panel 4 there's #4: Snake sunbathing, with a gartersnake warming itself - underappreciated, looks cozy, and #3: Woodcock going peent - the perfect sound. In panel 5 there's a wood frog calling from a pond, and #2: small frogs yelling as loud as they can, with a wood frog floating in a pool inflating itself to make a loud quack - they crave love, or at least they crave the external fertilization of 1500 gelatinous eggs. In panel 6, there's a drawing of a spring peeper and #1, Even smaller frogs yelling, with a spring peeper sitting on the ground making loud calls - yes, YES.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

As a book: I enjoyed the author’s attempt to solve one of the treasure hunts over Zoom, I immediately spotted the key to solving the Murder Game, and Aaron and I enjoyed cameo appearances by Sid Sackson and Geoff Engelstein. The cryptic crossword section was not my cup of tea but it’s a fine book.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Ok Bsky, talk to me about Stephen Sondheim. I just finished reading this book about his interest in games, scavenger hunts, and word puzzles, but I have never seen or heard anything from a Sondheim show.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 06/02/2026

Now, I know what you're thinking: "CPSC, why does this look like the room where the bad guy from SAW makes his podcast." The thing you need to understand is that we're not like other agencies. We don't "have things" or "go to the store." We make our own way. We get what we get and we don't get upset

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I’ve never hit the Place Hold button so fast

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/01/2026

Cool Rerunnings (Also if you know what a "rerun" is, time to schedule a colonoscopy)

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This thread is like if Scalzi’s “When the Moon Hits Your Eye” had a baby with Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.” 10/10, no notes

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Right? If I want a dubious but overconfident answer that might not even be related to the question I asked, that’s why I have a nine-year-old

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Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In an all-timer review of the Calizza, the NY Times had this to say: "Since the strength of [Pizza Hut ] is far away from most Italian-American population centers, they are quite free to make things up as they go along, without fear of any outrage from the purists."

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My games of the year. 1) Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles 2) A Little To The Left (@maxinfernogames.bsky.social) 3) Is This Seat Taken? (@potipoti.studio) 4) Squeakross (@alblune.bsky.social) Looking at this list, you can basically diagram my brain. Ask me anything. #goty #fft #puzzle

Screenshot of a character build in Final Fantasy Tactics, which looks insane and unwieldy, which it is, but it was also intentional, re-creating a character from an old FFT tournament in which all units and their abilities were randomly generated. This character wound up on my team in that tournament, and for a time, Nena the Break Skill/Equip Axe/Jump +2 Calculator was a legend in the GameFAQs FFT community.

Screenshot from the Steam game A Little To The Left. In this level I have not quite finished arranging the items into a perfect grid. Other levels include lining up books or spices or organizing batteries in a drawer.

A screenshot of a level in Is This Seat Taken?, where some characters are placed according to their preferences and some are not. The character Nat is highlighted, showing their preference to be in row 1 and to be in a group with their friends, indicated by yellow arrows.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Earlier today I finished my 175th book of 2025. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I have 75 books on the TBR for specific months in 2026 (mainly Newbery project books but also new releases). And 45 books from my own collection. And 8 books (so far!) that don’t fall into any of the categories above.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

One of the worst things about our electoral system is that it lets people who live in states that consistently vote 45/55 feel morally superior to people who live in states that consistently vote 55/45.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Watching Desk Set, still want to be Bunny Watson when I grow up

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Updated Autopsy Report @aceattorney.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

*ruffles through my jacket haphazardly* Wait, is this the "Almost Christmas" image you were looking for? No? Gee, I'm sorry!

an image of Columbo pointing at a printout of a photo. Below is the Ace Attorney Trilogy dialogue box, labeled "Columbo" and reading: "Well, sir, these things, they bother me. See, to me, "Almost Christmas" would mean it wasn't Christmas!"

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/12/2025

Disclosure Day

A robin in a top hat. Their name is bird ben franklin. The text reads: Have courage and a clean dryer lint filter.

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aquahaute.bsky.social @aquahaute.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

At the bookmobile, where there’s a “would you rather” poll on the whiteboard. Kid: “would you rather be Santa or an elf?” Me: “would I rather do all the behind-the-scenes work and not get the credit?”

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John B. Graeber @jbgraeber.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Captain Bernie Cooper of the Arthur M. Anderson later described November 9 as “one of those special days on Lake Superior - ripples of water, sunny and warm for November. As we departed we could see the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

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