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In case anybody wants a source for this story that *isn't* on a website using AI and doesn't read like it was written by AI, here ya go: heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...

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Rare West Virginia Chestnuts Sit Near a Massive AI Data Center Plan - Hopewell Heritage Headlines

Advocates warn that blight-surviving American chestnuts near Mason County’s former state nursery could be lost to AI data center construction. State…

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 5h

High speed rail is likely much more cost effective than conventional rail for Toronto - Montreal etc. Conventional rail might cost half as much but the benefits are dramatically lower.

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 5h

Understanding why comes down to the number of trains you can run. So much more is possible with a fully dedicated line, but a fully dedicated line makes little sense if you aren't going high speed.

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 6h

Seems like a good day to repost.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 5h

"Oh my GOD, is that a CAT??!" I ask my cat every single time he walks into the room, every single day, for the past eleven years. He does not answer, for he does not know, but I hope he appreciates my enthusiasm

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ChainsawMochi 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chainsawmochi.bsky.social · 5h

I keep seeing posts saying, "Well, I don't know how to write a book, so I just use AI," or, "I can't draw backgrounds, and I don't have time, so I use AI." If you don't spend time *learning* how to do these things, you *never will do them.* How can you expect to be an artist if you never do art?

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Maxima Bernhart 🔜 SQXL @maxdoutex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's my Birthday today! To celebrate everyone give it their all at SQXL today. Give me your best! Hit me with your worst mixups! Make me scratch my head at something I've never seen before in VSAV! 🎨: @robatakahiro.bsky.social Thanks again!!!

A bear girl in a wrestling mask holding a birthday cake
A large happy birthday in the background.
To Maxima(Me 😀)

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6h

Carney has a chance to show us there’s actually still a difference between his government and the one we’d have if Poilievre had won the election. Will he take it? Federal funding to help LGBTQ rights groups survive the attacks on their humanity is about to expire. He can do something about it:

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These are HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS protesting for more public school funding.

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 6h

Two reasons to always use metropolitan areas instead of municipalities when talking about cities' populations:

La Tuque in Quebec, which is a municipality larger than some US states by total area.

Westmount Quebec, which refuses to be part of Montreal even though it's literally downtown.

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Jess🪻 @obizenyuki.bsky.social · 14h

screenshot from episode 11 of ranma 1/2 (2024) season 2

a girl (ranma) with braided red hair is smiling and winking her left eye, with her right hand raised and the back of the hand near her left cheek.

screenshot from episode 1 of ranma 1/2 (2024) season 3

a girl (akane) with short, dark hair is smiling and winking her left eye, with the palm of her right hand near her right cheek and her left hand touching her right arm.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6h

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi detained over election chief protest aje.news/6o6t5m

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CookieHana🍪🌸 @cookiehana.bsky.social · 6h

I got to name the Sableye in Shenpai's current Nuzlock playthrough, so of course I had to do a quick doodle of them! ♥ #pokemon

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 6h

"Huh, no? We don't have an omelas kid. That's just the young reincarnation of a lama that is very good at doing taking and giving."

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 9h

If you haven't been watching my Danielle Smith Referendum Series in collaboration with @forwardcanada.bsky.social, then you're gonna miss out on whatever the fuck this is on Sunday. Check them all out here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Glass from Inhibitor Phase dressed as a War Boy. She's visiting the setting of Terminal World because that's the most Mad Max Alastair Reynolds setting... but it does mean that Meroka thinks she seems like a Skull Boy.

A bald pale woman in pants, boots, gloves, and a wrapping around her chest stands on reddish-orange ground with a night sky behind her. She's got black eyes and dark patches around the eyes and is saying 'shiny and chrome!'.
A short haired woman in a long jacket is carrying a large gun is asking if she's sure war boys and skull boys are different, because they seem like similar f***ers to her.
#Art

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Yuka!Slz (Comms: OPEN) @yukaslz.bsky.social · 8h

what if I was a lil alieeen 🛸✨

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NDP @ndp.ca · 8h

Today, far-right trillionaire Elon Musk said that Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec should separate from Canada. Powerful foreign interests want our country broken up, and vulnerabilities in Alberta’s referendum give them that chance. Why aren't the Liberals taking this threat seriously?

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ᝰ.ᐟ NAPPINGMII ★₊˚⋆ @nappingmii.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Raaaaanma! ...again! :D I love sketching this goof so muuuch! #art #sketch | #ranma1/2 #ranma

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鈴おやつ。 @oya2suki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No unauthorized use ／ No AI. #FanArt #illustration #art #ARTWORK #oya2suki #artist #artsky #らんま #あかね

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 9h

The world's most important sport has updated!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS4I...

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Let's Race Pigs Up this Cliff

YouTube video by League of Pigs

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 11h

support my book kickstarter ✨ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

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MagicLottie @magiclottie.bsky.social · 7h

so, i am now coming and asking for help. i lost my job and need help with debt and bills. gofund.me/6f7642bb2 #mutualaid #fundraiser

gofund.me

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

Ultra-Orthodox rabbi’s anti-Zionist remarks stir Israel election row aje.news/5257yb

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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 7h

Selling off Canada’s public infrastructure won't lower costs or build a fairer future for working families—it just guarantees higher corporate profits. You don’t build a stronger country by selling it off. My latest op-ed in @TheHillTimes www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/07/y... #cdnpoli #VancouverEast

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You don’t build a stronger Canada by selling it off - The Hill Times

The choice is not between doing nothing and privatizing everything. It is between building an economy that serves people, and building one that serves investors.

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 6h

Tim Hortons is doing a collab, which has caused me to give up on the company...

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 7h

Scholastic exists to sideload mediocre YA fiction into schools en masse and make it look organic. That’s how we got HP the first time, no matter how much people want to believe it was just whimsy and mass appeal.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 11h

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 18h

I am a widowed mother of four children. I lost my husband during the war, and now I have no one to support us. We are struggling to survive. Please help me and my children. Any amount can make a difference. 🙏💔 If you can’t donate, please share our story. ❤️‍🩹 chuffed.org/project/siri...

Sirin wearing a black patterned hijab, hugging her two children

A very skinny girl standing in front of a white wall, in the shade of branches. Her arms are extremely thin. She's covered in sand.

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Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 9h

Do you think if I asked nicely the aquarium would let me bring my cat

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IronGarden @irongarden.bsky.social · 10h

Lina with the spoils from her heroics Comm from @hinto.bsky.social

I was lucky enough to win the comm raffle from Hinto's patreon. They did an amazing job drawing Lina

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22h

they always show their asses eventually because the thing is that you cannot truly, sincerely care about women if you don’t care about trans women. the minute you carve off any one subcategory of women you claim are “lesser” in some way, you’ve declared women’s rights to be conditional by definition

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Mikiroon - Elixir Sister Emporium @mikiroon.bsky.social · 15h

If you've ever been like "I want a pretty good Metroidvania with timey-wimey shit and magic but I also want to see all the main characters explicitly talk about being gay, trans and/or poly" well then, here's a game for you

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Death @insatiableone.bsky.social · 13h

💔A desperate plea: Mahmoud is on the brink of death. His wounds are infected, sepsis is spreading through his body, and he is in unbearable pain. He urgently needs surgery.🆘 Please don’t let my 3 daughters live without their father!😭 Even £10 could help save his life🙏🏻 chuffed.org/project/omsh...

Mahmoud in bandages and splints in a hospital bed

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🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 14h

Never say white men don’t know how to do research.

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 12h

Y'all did it! You helped me hit 100% of this month's rent assistance fundraiser. This wolf and her mouse will stay sheltered for another month. Thank y'all so much. Stay tuned for polls on this month's free short story and cooking stream. ko-fi.com/autumnwolff/...

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Buy Autumn Wolff a Coffee

Become a supporter of Autumn Wolff today!

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autumn rain @slitherpunk.bsky.social · 13h

the exact perfect thing you want to see after the company demanded more of your personal information

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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 12h

Please help Hammam support his family!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 15h

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character.

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, even if the player does badly or underperforms compared to previous attempts, Mario will try to be understanding instead of critical:
Uh-oh, that wasn't quite as fast as the last time.
Hmm, are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now... if I had any. (laughs)
Charles Martinet, speaking at TooManyGames Convention 2021:
I got this marvelous opportunity to do Mario Teaches Typing. And when I got the script and I'm in the studio - I'm reading the script for the first time, there were things like "You failed!"
"That wasn't very good." "That was much worse... that was bad."
And I was reading that and I said, "Do you mind if I just, like, play with these words a little bit and just change them around?" because, you know, I never say "no" and I never say anything negative as Mario... and the producer graciously said "Sure, go for it!"
And so it became "Oh, that was good, but I know you can do even better!" "Oh, nice one but let's try again!" so it was always uplifting and always trying to be positive. And I think that that is the essence of the character to me - it's that love and that joy.
Source: transcript of speech found at youtube.com/watch?v=k9RywNQXCUM

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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 12h

Mahmoud urgently needs medical care, please do what you can to help!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

Lancre operated on the feudal system, which was to say, everyone feuded all the time and handed on the fight to their descendants. The chips on some shoulders had been passed down for generations. Some had antique value. A bloody good grudge, Lancre reckoned, was like a fine old wine. You looked after it carefully and left it to your children.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 13h

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 12h

The idea of authors being in competition with each other is bizarre to me. Books aren't cars. We don't get just one.

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