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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
When it comes to climate change, we're using every tool at our disposal — including everyday infrastructure — to keep New Yorkers safe.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/09/2026
PRECIOUS BABY SCAMPERING!!! 🐣 🪶
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026
Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣
a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Go go gadget Border Collie .😍
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Larry with Iggy and Ella @larry-iggy-ella.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy #Caturday to you all. It's our youngest son's 30th birthday today. We bought him new walking boots and some walking gear. The boot box proved extremely popular, Ella moved in instantly.
Ella the ragdoll cat is lying in the boot box and looking up with those baby blue eyes. One white mitted paw is on the box edge.Ella the ragdoll cat is lying sleeping in the boot box. She sort of fits.
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☀Hyde Angelus☀ @ RCCC : K26 @hydeangelus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
He was the best, most photogenic cat ever My craigslist boy..
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 02/09/2026
Every time I see this poster, this is all I can think of
The Last Temptation of Christ poster but the red thorns are covered with '90s Cherry Coke
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A💤ul @passionpeachy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
it's my birthday today 🤍 care to share my art?
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry’s memoir VAGABOND came out less than a year ago. I listened to the audiobook during some long drives. Really delightful. He reads it himself, and it’s post-stroke so his voice is relatively slow and deliberate. But still witty, droll and (oddly?) upbeat about life. RIP to a true great one!
Cover of Tim Curry’s recent memoir VAGABOND, featuring a photo of dashing young Tim
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Thomas Fuchs 🫯 @thomasfuchs.at · 25/08/2026
With a PS/2, late 1980s #retrocomputing #rip
Dolly Parton in business attire standing at wooden desk with a 1987 IBM PS/2 computer behind her
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We’re not in the habit of recognizing celebrity deaths here at 925. That said, Dolly Parton is a national treasure and some folks here joke that Dolly is our Locals patron saint. After all her song “9 to 5” is our anthem. Today we remember all the love and kindness Dolly brought the world.
Tribute-style portrait of a Dolly Parton performing in a ruffled light purple blouse, arm raised and singing into a microphone, overlaid with the lyric: "You're just a step on the bossman's ladder / But you've got dreams he'll never take away."
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You are not alone if you've been on a Grippy sock vacation 🧦 It's okay if you don't know when things will get better. You are worthy of kindness. You are worthy of today. You are worthy of tomorrow. You are worthy of ok, of fine, of good 💚
Mychal’s legs on hospital bed in green pants and red Grippy socks
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teamrickandilsa.bsky.social @teamrickandilsa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a world of Sophies be a Natasha.
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Natasha Cloud cry about it
ALT: Natasha Cloud cry about it
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026
Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
let’s hear it for executive function
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In a proportionate world, whatever this man did, none of us would know his name or have heard about it, and I need people to understand this. Whatever the consequences, they would not involve my ass, over here in Chicago, knowing anything about it.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
this afternoon, we went to our local indie bookstore of 47 years. the shopkeeper provided excellent service as always
a black cat peeks out from a gap in the bookshelf bottom with big yellow green eyes looking up curiously at the new customers
the small black cat sitting on a runner in front of some shelves with various genres of picks
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dropkick @dropkick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ah, Human Music
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
Republicans Are About to Repeat the Democrats’ Biggest Mistake
Over the years, Republicans have portrayed Democrats as beholden to bespoke identities (they/them), obsessed with an alleged genocide (Gaza) and in thrall to anti-American revisionism (see the efforts to recenter our national narrative on slavery).

We are critics of diversity, equity and inclusion programs who largely agree with that characterization. We believe the Republicans’ war on woke has made America a fairer, safer place by checking some of the worst excesses of modern progressivism, from antiwhite discrimination in corporate America to biological men competing in women’s sports.

But we are also concerned that this backlash is morphing into something darker, dumber and ultimately self-defeating. Today the right has begun to resemble its depiction of the left: There are invented identities like heritage American, claims of white genocide in South Africa and arguments from right-wing influencers that the Allies weren’t the good guys in World War II.

What changed, in other words, were the facts on the ground. The Republican Party responded organically to a shift in public opinion, which was itself a response to a more assertive form of transgender activism — one whose definition of inclusion seemed to compromise basic notions of fairness. Once regarded as a political albatross, bathroom bills are now on the books in 21 states.

A similar dynamic drove the right’s dwindling tolerance for affirmative action and D.E.I.
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balllightning1234.bsky.social @balllightning1234.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
These two and like 5,000 other people just need to be in a giant sequestered playground
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Spooky Syr @syrcaid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
GeoCities/Angelfire edition
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
at least tomorrow is friday
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 12/08/2026
Those in the U.S. may only see a sliver of today's solar eclipse, but GOES-EAST gets a great view of the shadow as it crosses into Europe! 🌑
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pokemon - Season 1 Episode 82 - Friends to the End Frame 1093/2302 Caption: Pika! Pika! Timestamp: 00:10:47.895
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Pokemon - Season 1 Episode 82 - Friends to the End Frame 934/2302 Caption: We can learn a lot from losing. Timestamp: 00:09:24.211
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Your Evil Twin, Skippy 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ @twinskippy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lemme rephrase this in historyspeak “In the waning years of the American Empire, its levers of power seized by fringe religious fanatics, would-be Emperor Trump began starving cities that refused to comply with his mad whims.”
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Pokemon - Season 1 Episode 81 - Friend and Foe Alike Frame 2083/2300 Caption: Charizard, please get up and battle. Timestamp: 00:19:29.474
Pokemon - Season 1 Episode 81 - Friend and Foe Alike
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026
See recent images of canine competitors riding the waves in surfing competitions for dogs, via The Atlantic Photo: theatln.tc/gzIZZkl2
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
the right wants to bait you into an argument that you don't need to have and that you will probably lose. it's important to recall what your principles are rather than just negatively polarize against whatever they're spewing
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Allison 美林 Chin @allisonchinart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lanternfish
Painting of many glowing lanternfishPainting of many lanternfish glowing from lighter to darker levels
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
black cat adventures 🐈‍⬛🐾
Painting of a black cat looking inquisitively at a bright red crab on a beach covered with tide poolsDrawing of a black cat strolling through a colorful early autumn landscapea painting of a black cat with big round eyes sitting in a pumpkin patch. in the background we can see a countryside landscape with fields and a small cottage. there are chickens in the grass nearby and a wheelbarrow filled with pumpkins with a black cat sleeping on them. there's also a black cat in front of the house door in the distance. the color palette is warm oranges, pinks, yellows and muted greens.A drawing of a floating black cat with pink eyes, surrounded by sparkly, glowing jellyfish in various pride flags colors
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 25/07/2026
One woman's quest to detoxify her pants. Spoiler: forever chemicals are not cutesy and aspirational like forever homes or forever families. as.ft.com/r/70cf298a-9...
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Forever chemicals are everywhere. Should we care?
How the quest to detoxify our household items became charged with anxiety
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Cashlin @cashlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The curse is lifted. Enjoy your evening
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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It’s the Tardis of cat furniture
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Every Pokemon Frame in Order @pkmnframes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 22/07/2026
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/
This is a screenshot of an Instagram post from a rescue organization featuring a bearded animal protection officer with a tiny rescued heron baby on his handThis is a close up of the heron baby and it's like if you stuck a novelty beak and some regular bird-sized feet on a wad of cat hair
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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.” ~Eckhart Tolle We have much to learn from Mother Nature #eastcoastkin
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Junior Blue Jays have been watching their parents in the bath, so today they decided to try it for themselves (well mostly one of them 😂) #birds
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Natalie @nataliehall.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Jimothy flash?
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Rachel Chatrooms @crabitha.slutmo.de · 17/07/2026
🚨🚨ALERT ALERT WE HAVE BABY JIMOTHY🚨🚨 🚨🚨I REPEAT WE HAVE BABY JIMOTHY🚨🚨
baby jimothybaby jimothy
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
New cryptid
An illustration of Jimothy, a new cryptid (or possibly a raccoon with short spine syndrom), done in a woodcut style. Text below it reads "Behold, Jimothy"
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