Reposted by BexMAnil Dash @anildash.com · 4hOur language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...anildash.comWe are going to kill “unalive” - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 515345
Reposted by BexMFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 4hStatsCan just released data showing that 15% of trans and non-binary folks experience physical or sexual assault in the last year, and boy is that depressing. 24514
Reposted by BexMdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 4hi cannot stress enough how much israel sees diaspora jewry as an instrument to be exploited and not as members of their extended community to whom allegiance is owed as much as it is demanded 06421
Reposted by BexMTricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 4hit is AGATE HEAD/STONE SOUP DAY!!!penguinrandomhouse.comAgate Head / Stone Soup by Patricia Lockwood: 9780143139485 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA new collection of poetry from Booker Prize finalist Patricia Lockwood, FINALLY! "A modern word witch." —The New York Times Book Review Many have called Patricia Lockwood a wordsmith, but in the... 1213417
Reposted by BexMKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 5hA fun fact about neutrinos is that they come in three “flavors” (types) and also in three masses and you would think that this means each flavor has its own mass and you would be absolutely wrong about that. 1655162
Reposted by BexMtoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 9hFound the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 8742601116
Reposted by BexMPhoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social · 5hI love how everything about Big Walk inspires us to explore in a playful, non-extractive fashion. Its environments aren’t solely in service to a narrative nor is it a repository of useful items. Even the keys you unlock from puzzles are merely oddities that facilitate further exploration. 02610
Reposted by BexMDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 5hIt’s the final hours of the second edition of my students’ favorite Austen TTRPG, Good Society. If you teach Austen, this is a fascinating addition to your library of adaptations. The Deluxe edition is a clever set of tools that I will be curious to put in front of students. 0214
Reposted by BexMMy Bloody Valentine @chekhovsgundam.bsky.social · 12hYou're gonna try and tell me these two are CIS??? 2212
Reposted by BexM🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 (is looking at lichen in the cemetery) @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 19hI cannot stress enough how important natural history collections are to my biodiversity research. 0184
Reposted by BexMAnna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 19hFive Small RPGs, the zine i created for CIGS 2026, is now available in pdf format! it collects five of my previously (and still!) available ttrpgs in a neat little four-column booklet format. the physical zines will almost certainly make a return at some future event!w.itch.ioFive Small RPGs by Anna AnthropyA printable zine 155
Reposted by BexMGailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 21hGot a very lovely reader email today about my least-known work, HAVE YOU EATEN -- a novella told in recipes, about how we nurture each other through impossible times. I love this project so much and I'm touched that folks are still finding it.reactormag.comHave You Eaten? (The Full Series) - ReactorThe complete serialized novella from Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Gailey, in which a fractured group of undesirables work together to nurture and nourish each other while navigating a dangerous wor... 311836
Reposted by BexMMaia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 23hOnline censorship is hitting queer comics just as hard as bans of physical books in libraries! This is a piece of the censorship conversation. 0186
Reposted by BexMJeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My spider-sense says that Tapas closing and Web Toons suddenly partnering with Marvel is probably not a really positive sign for independent web comic creators. 38023
Reposted by BexMLee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026friend requested a 'busty mermaid' at craft night and I do think she's the best thing I've ever made 631428
Reposted by BexMMorgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 05/10/2026good summary though fair warning it will make you feel unbelievably shockingly awful www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comBrazil’s presidential race goes to second round as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent LulaFar-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will now face leftwing president in runoff vote 111
Reposted by BexMMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.  1365104505
Reposted by BexMrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Because it's buried at the bottom of the article and CNN is presenting it in a misleading way: before people worry, the "unknown" part is how the worker was exposed, the pathogen is good old fashioned Y. pestis which we understand extremely well and can treat just fine if caught early 5688207
Reposted by BexMFrancesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵 1016595
Reposted by BexMOlivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is what I'm talking about when I bring up that genAI bots are making it impossible for an open web to actually exist. It becomes expensive, a pain, and domain providers like cloudflare are profiting off both the people making bots and the people who don't have the tech skills to fight them off 81562664
Reposted by BexMCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Movie recommendation for tonight, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch Watch this movie because it's a fun time and well worth watching, but also to hear how Samhain is pronounced, Americans.static.klipy.comHalloween 3: Mr. Cochran Says Happy HalloweenAlt: Halloween 3: Mr. Cochran Says Happy Halloween 1911012
Reposted by BexMCal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026New blog: Leaving the UK with a heavy heart. growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...growinguptransgender.comLeaving the UK with a heavy heartToday, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look… 1341353484
Reposted by BexMJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🧵 I feel like this relates closely to the way we keep penalizing people who've been through the criminal legal system. 1298
Reposted by BexMstaring blankly into the abyss @irmsby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Bradford has been my councillor for the past two terms & I can confirm that this is an accurate portrayal. He's a cipher of a man whose only core belief is in his own ambition. But he's also a terrible local representative (as anyone who's contacted his office or read his newsletters can confirm). 084
Reposted by BexMTom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our games are in the Steam Autumn Sale, including 50% off Crow Country, and 10% off our recently released The Mermaid Mask! store.steampowered.com/developer/SF... 6255127
Reposted by BexMA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 02/10/2026Came up with my own October drawing challenge where you draw things as octopuses every day it’s called October. 13815
Reposted by BexMMel Gillman @mgillman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this spooky season, did you know: I finished a new horror graphic novel this year? and you can read it all for free online?? It’s about finding out your mom has a secret old ex-girlfriend who is bald and wants to kill you. Sound relatable? Start here: www.thegoblinthrone.com/comic/001/ 313669
Reposted by BexMJey Pawlik 🏳️⚧️ @jpawlik.com · 01/10/2026Hey are you a comic artist on Tapas? Are you frustrated with the news? Publish your Tapas comic on Itch.io (either partially or in full, even just 1 chapter) and submit it to the Tapas X Itch.io bundle form here by Oct 30th 11:59pmEST forms.gle/QhQaJ4cXvXKT... #Tapasforms.gleA Tapas X Itch.io BundleWe've heard the news that Tapas is shutting down on March 31st, 2027 and I want to setup an Itch.io bundle to help support the artists affected by this. If you have a comic on Tapas, this bundle is f... 2317301
Reposted by BexMSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wonder what the best Ethiopian resturant in Toronto is 9264
Reposted by BexMNerd Girl Says @rachaelconrad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026His Face All Red by Em Carroll is one of my favorite scary stories and everyone should read it to celebrate spooky season! emcarroll.com/comics/facea... 0166
Reposted by BexMJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! AAAH! AAAH! AAAH! AAAH!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! 44313
Reposted by BexMRachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When you read what actually happened, a human being used a computer (trained on documents archived by human Yiddish scholars) to help translate letters. This is framed as “No one can afford to hire a human translator, thank God we now have AI!” 082
Reposted by BexMJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 01/10/2026I spent the summer trying to understand what makes Mark Carney's government tick. What I found is a C-Suite obsessed with efficiency — which is trying to ignore what's deeply broken. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...thestar.comJustin Ling: Who does Mark Carney really listen to? I asked the insidersIt’s become clear that the prime minister would much rather circumvent problems than fix them. 1622893
Reposted by BexMberserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026my #lifeSkillsJam zine is live now. it is and will always be completely free. you don't need an itchio account or anything else in order to download the PDF. aeta.itch.io/making-doaeta.itch.ioMaking Do: a life skills zine by aetaStuff you can do, fold, cut up, tape together, paint, tie, hang, store, mix, use, reheat, and make your own 3119
Reposted by BexMPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A question I sometimes ask students or workshop participants is... A commitment to prison and policing means you have to ignore many things…What do we have to ignore? I ask people to make a list... It's always a long one. You can make a similar list for the death penalty... 311232
Reposted by BexMevan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026hello what are some good webcomics i dont know about that are 1) currently running and 2) hosted on an independent website that i can recommend to my class. thank u 9619145
Reposted by BexMGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c... 10703261
Reposted by BexMgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026[slaps the roof of the united states] this baby can fit so much Gender 411723
Reposted by BexMs. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026The scars of residential schools will forever linger on the landscape. I'm glad Denise Boucher is finally with her ancestors.thewalrus.caShe Died in a Residential School and Was Buried in Secret | The WalrusIt took eighty-three years to bring Denise Boucher home 04113
Reposted by BexMmaya kern @mayakern.com · 30/09/2026A sketch for a new skirt design, titled Hunger. #WIP #art #original 2130782
Reposted by BexMDr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"AI has not rescued the humanities. What it has done is reveal, with unusual clarity, what happens when societies allow the institutions that cultivate judgement to erode."corp.oup.comAI just made the case for philosophy majors; the humanities should not waste it - Oxford University PressSophie Goldsworthy, Global Academic Publisher, explores how AI companies hiring philosophers may have made a compelling case for the study of humanities disciplines. 114044
Reposted by BexMKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 30/09/2026Recently, I did a wonderful interview with the indefatigable @emilystjams.bsky.social about trans people's online information environment and why there are very strong incentives to spread panic. It was a wide-ranging discussion that I think is more relevant than ever.episodes.ghost.ioWhat's the matter with trans panic media?Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people." 6592168
Reposted by BexMc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2847621603
Reposted by BexMdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 30/09/2026ross glick, the betar us cofounder who definitely didn't do revenge porn (www.rossglick.com/legal-notice), brought a bunch of judeofascists to storm and shutdown mahmoud khalil's book release last nightforward.comProtesters stormed Mahmoud Khalil’s book release. His Israeli editor confronted them.The memoir focuses on Khalil's time in ICE detention after leading pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University 13213
Reposted by BexMAlex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026To use ‘rodef’ vs. a Jewish politician critical of Israel in a paper in Toronto, where - to my eternal shame & despair - we have long had a branch of the JDL & Kahanists is beyond reckless in ways one cannot be unaware of unless one is too ignorant to know the term ‘rodef’ in the first place. 1182
Reposted by BexMdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 30/09/2026absolutely batshit that a secular newspaper and not a kahanist rag like the jewish press would publish this 4152