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Jonathan Rigsby @ridetrips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Someone mentioned it, so now I have to repost it. Please enjoy this tale of teenage emotional trauma, courtesy of Taylor Swift, 50 Shades of Grey, and three glasses of wine.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026

Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The king's adviser is actually a nice guy:

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BattleVark @battlevark.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Goddammit. I really liked this game and was going to pay actual money to support it.

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hey I'm not actually done talking about Dolly Parton. 🧵 Specifically I want to talk about her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in 1980 (not the soundtrack to the film 9 to 5, that's a different thing). The whole album is about work, with most of the songs focused on a different type of worker.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's a good time, btw, to read Kim Stanley Robinson's THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE.

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Tim Curry, who had the range to star in the two greatest movies about a mutiny in the middle of a transatlantic sea voyage, and also the crew occasionally breaks into song

Tim Curry as Dr. Petrov in The Hunt for Red October

Tim Curry as Long John silver in Muppet Treasure Island, and also Sweetums

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/08/2026

I ended up having more extended thoughts on Dolly Parton over on Facebook and I thought I would share them here as well.

When I was much younger, I knew her mostly as a caricature and the object of jokes, because young men are kind of stupid that way and I was no exception, and because she willingly played along with the joke, in part because she knew it would happen anyway, and this way she got to shape some of how that would play out for her, and use it for her own ends. It took me a while to realize how canny that was.

When I got older, I learned that underneath the caricature was a formidable songwriting and business mind. I had an inkling of what a rare combination that was in any person, but how even more rare it was for someone who was who she was, in the field and environment she worked in. Hidden in all those sparkles was a spine of steel.

When I got older than that I learned that in addition to a brilliant mind was a heart of kindness, which directed so much of the good fortune she amassed to herself right back out the door through philanthropic work, helping those in her communities, state and country, and which allowed to see the worth and dignity in those whom so many others treated (and still do treat) with contempt.

She was always all the things she was. What changed was my ability to see and understand who she was. I'm glad I was eventually smart enough to see it all.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Listen, if you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship either, happiness comes from picking a new hobby and then buying all the things to start that hobby then finding the perfect little storage container for those things and then putting that storage container in the spare room

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 18/08/2026

Okay this is a 10/10 master's thesis, full points for creativity, use of existing data, and "damn that's cool"ness: Identification and Characterization of Tornado Seismic Signals - basically, "can we detect tornados with seismometers", and the answer is "very likely yes", and to a decent range!

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IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TORNADO SEISMIC SIGNALS IN THE CENTRAL U.S.

Tornadoes cause extensive property damage and endanger lives. While Doppler radar can indicate the potential for tornado development, it cannot confirm that a tornado is in contact with the ground unl...

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BattleVark @battlevark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: "Hi, I'm wooden front porch steps! Don't mind the rain!"

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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Kate Lingley 龍梅若 @klingley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Buddhism in the wild (photo by Jerry Feldman, Target Honolulu)

View of an end-cap display at Target, with a sign above it saying “Must have!” The shelves are empty.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You ever seen anything like this before boss? Kid Detective: Once. [rookie Kid Cop pukes]

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 26/07/2026

You really have to learn to treat yourself like you treat your best friend. Give yourself the same amount of slack, love, and kindness. No jokes no funny replies. I think we all generally need to get better at it.

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Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com · 22/07/2026

I'm just saying: if you described this room to your D&D party, you could throw out whatever other encounters you had planned for the session. They're spending all night investigating Area 27.) Pink Brick Square Floor Hole in Wall with Panel.

A basement room with blue walls. In the middle of the wall is a large brick wall painted pink. To one side the brick has a round hole in it filled with brown insulation. In front of the wall is a square area in the carpet that is tan brick. To the left of the pink brick section is a blue panel which sticks out from the wall. The place most likely had a fireplace in it at one time but now there's just enough emptiness that the whole thing looks vaguely ominous.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

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BattleVark @battlevark.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. Glenn (L) and Hershel (R)

A black and white goat looks on while a brown and white goat bottle feeds.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 17/07/2026

Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one.

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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Absolutely savage.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Fantastic writeup of an incredibly complex problem with the interdependence of the entire food system and how the people it screws hardest are the people who care most

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BattleVark @battlevark.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Paging Brandon Sanderson... 😂

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

apparently it's time for this to make the rounds again

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 30/06/2026

ME: So they made this musical about you, and it was a huge hit, but it was also kinda the death knell of American democracy? A sort of hip-hop threnody for the Republic. Oh wait, you don't know about rap! It's this-- RESURRECTED ALEXANDER HAMILTON: {not looking up from his kalshi trades} Yeah great

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

That's wild to me. When I see an old photo I am merely looking at some guy who I barely know, aside, again, from a few headlines.

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Elect Alexis for Maryland! @electalexis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Instead of picking the billionaire spending $25mm or the megamillionaire spending over $7mm, vote for ME, the anti data center candidate and “movement wonk” on June 23 in the Maryland democratic primary: ElectAlexis.org/donate ❤️💁🏻‍♀️

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Only the strongest will remember to honour Wizard Wednesday

Mushroom Wizard seated at the base of a forest tree

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Teddypasketti @teddypasketti.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Talking about how people from Baltimore always make connections elsewhere. So, true story: My girlfriend and I go to Chicago a couple years ago. First night out we are in like the lower East Side of Chicago at a club. Both drunk as fuck. We are about to leave and in the stairwell leaving…

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