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AquaVertigo

@aquavertigo.bsky.social
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Creating indie social experiences, one story game at a time Creativity. Education. Compassion. Entrepreneurship. linktr.ee/aquavertigo

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NPR @npr.org · 13h
Carve a pumpkin? You can do better than that. Fun and unusual ways to celebrate the season, from writing a gratitude letter to making an ancestral altar. n.pr/3UjWZzN
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16 cozy activities to add to your fall bucket list
Carve a pumpkin? You can do better than that. Fun and unusual ways to celebrate the season, from writing a gratitude letter to making an ancestral altar.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 13h
They're burning more money than they've pulled out of food stamps every month on concentration camps that don't do what they want concentration camps to do.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: This is Zaporozhzhia, Ukraine last night. Family homes bombed by Russia. 5 adults and 3 children killed. 16 people were injured, including children. 12 people are missing. Trump and the United States might as well have dropped the bombs themselves. (🎥 Office of the Ukrainian President)
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Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 13h
"Read zines!", alongside some of my free zines (ZineBakery.com/homemade), printed w/my 1st DIY lasercut type (acrylic Bungee Inline, Tweaked). From my letterpress 🎨 archive.
Photo of a letterpress print on white paper with dayglo orange ink on text and dark blue ink on decorative exclamation marks. It says "ABC READ ZINES XYZ". The print sits on a wood table next to three of my zines on queer book history and interesting historical print blocks.Photo of lasercut acrylic letterpress type arranged on a metal printing press bed with bright orange ink on the press rollers and type. The half-done letterpress print made from it is held up in the foreground: white paper with dayglo orange ink on text that says "ABC READ ZINES XYZ"Photo of lasercut acrylic letterpress type with an inline empty space, arranged on a metal printing press bed with bright orange ink on the press rollers and type. It spells "zines"Photo of a letterpress print on white paper with dayglo orange ink on text and dark blue ink on decorative exclamation marks. It says "ABC READ ZINES XYZ"
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
openai, anthropic, and google are using their most powerful tools to attack public infrastructure
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Darwin BondGraham @darwinbondgraham.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hundreds of people are outside of FedEx's massive warehouse in Oakland today. They say FedEx is shipping F-35 fighter jet parts from OAK to Israel and they want the company and airport to stop.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
The New Yorker gets it: Gibney set out to "solve a mystery" with this film: “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?” The answer: largely through a personal narrative that the film "does an excellent job of expunging." Exactly! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology
“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12h
TODAY
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 21h
The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12h
Buses go where people go; people don't buy or build houses because of bus routes because they're too ephemeral. Hard transit infrastructure transforms the structure of cities.
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NPR @npr.org · 11h
It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only. n.pr/47hkjkD
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A year of ceasefire in Gaza through the lens of NPR's reporter
It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You can lie to yourself every day that this horseshit doesn't make you lazy and stupid, but reality comes at you pretty fast
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h
You are not defined by your worst decision, biggest mistake or most embarrassing day. You’re more than your health issues, job status or ability to produce for capitalism. We’re all doing our best to survive… and you are worth it just as you are.
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I was today years old when I discovered that I liked the band, The Shins. Thanks, YouTube! Let the music flow...
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Angel 🩵 ¡VIVA MÉXICO! @cutestpatoot.itch.io · 06/10/2026
Happy Halloween! 🎃 What better way to celebrate than with a friend and a game of Forever 41’s newest iteration ‘Devilish Deals’? Play as General Manager & Undead Retail Worker as you try to keep your cool working in an occult store where anything could happen… cutestpatoot.itch.io/forever-41-d...
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Forever 41: Devilish Deals by cutestpatoot games
Embrace the occult... Embrace the savings... Sell your soul...for $7.50/hr...
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today, I shared my car with Charlie, a tiny spider, who descended on a strand of web from the rearview mirror when I turned on the A/C to ride it like a jet skier in a boat's wake. I'd blow puffs of air on Charlie and it would climb up, then come down again and float inches from my face: 5 times.
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Alexander the Fine @alexrineh.art · 28/09/2026
I won an art grant from the city of Bothell to make and run this rpg. The more people who show up to these events, the more likely they are to fund similar projects in the future. Help me spread the word to people in the area?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 06/10/2026
The kickstarter for the new Microscope is live! I can't wait to see what you make with the new edition www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...
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Microscope (2nd Edition)
The award-winning game of epic fractal histories
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Ross Payton @rosspayton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Quiet Year is a brilliant map-making storytelling game created by @lackingceremony.bsky.social - I had the privilege of playing in a game recently with Avery, along with @ecfriedman.com and my co-hosts, @gregstolze.bsky.social and @jameswallis.bsky.social for LND www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8IF...
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The Quiet Year: An Actual Play featuring creator Avery Alder and Dr. Emily Friedman
YouTube video by Role Playing Public Radio
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh no. Matt Howarth is one of my favorite comic artists and writers ever, and I'm TERRIBLY sad to hear he's died. I even had a fan letter printed in one issue of Savage Henry. Thank you for warping my brain in the best possible ways, Matt. May you find Bugtown and regenerate forevermore.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And there it is. 🔥
Comment on Reddit: AI is here so the wealthy can feel talented, while making it impossible for the talented to become wealthy.
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Andy “Homegrown” Smith 📎 @butterwise.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The majority of Supreme Court justices lied in order to earn confirmation.
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center | Truthout truthout.org/articles/a-g...
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A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center
Activists are pressuring Buffalo corporations to kick ICE out of the office building where it is imprisoning children.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you’ve read about TN this week, please take a moment with this piece if you didn’t read it when we published it: It’s an investigation into the execution team Alabama has put together. It’s officers with a history of violence who choose each other. Eye-opening to what happens in executions.
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In Alabama, Prison Guards Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions - Bolts
As Alabama keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Queen of Clubs, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, Art Nouveau pioneer and Glasgow School Artist #WomensArt
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
oh great
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
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Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
8,300 cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Loooooooong line out the door for tonight’s sold-out event with Heather Cox Richardson, me, and 700+ Iowans.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump Administration quietly changed overseas voter forms at 11th hour to disenfranchise voters… They cheat EVERYWHERE! Now, go VOTE! 😎🇺🇸✨
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 02/10/2026
Judge rules PresidentTrump lacks constitutional authority to fire court-appointed U.S. attorneys. The decision reinstates Seattle prosecutor Roger Rogoff and halts administration efforts to bypass the Senate confirmation process with political loyalists.
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Judge rules Trump can’t fire court-appointed prosecutors
The ruling is a major loss for Trump’s effort to install loyalists in key positions.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop, who did it because a passing car had a plate from a different state, violated the driver's rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time to stock up on gom jabbar.
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Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“We have incredibly wealthy, powerful companies coming into these rural communities in South Carolina, dangling a few carrots, and then the communities are getting steamrolled,” said South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews, backing a two-year ban, WRDW/WAGT reported. #DataCenters
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S.C. Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews calls for moratorium on data centers
South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews is calling for a two-year moratorium on new data center projects in the state.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shoutout to all the pets around the world who are literally keeping millions of people sane right now.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So grateful I get to include this comic in my book as a way of saying thanks ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check out The Portal Witch, a Kids RPG Primed by Cortex by Miriam Robern on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mir...
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The Portal Witch, a Kids RPG Primed by Cortex
World-Hopping, Magical-Costumed, Do-Gooder Kids
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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some good news for a change 😊
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm impressed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BwV...
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REPAIR BOX: Custom Built Repair Setup That Actually Works
YouTube video by DuctTapers Anonymous
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pathetic and Insanity 😡 I've been there.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI — Hegseth and Trump are turning the 🇺🇸 military into a Christian army. Seems like this should be a bigger deal 🤷🏼 (As we accuse other countries of being religious fanatics) (H/T @atrupar.com)
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