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@bonkina.bsky.social
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Product and customer support specialist. Kind, and assuredly a badass. I enjoy cooking and gardening. I love my wife @gwensmith.com

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magical clunico freestyle @cluniies.bsky.social · 10h
I wish I had better news on the Rawan front, but she has received nothing since I last posted. I am still willing to draw with donations to her specifically, and if chuffed doesnt work, you can send to me and I'll donate the sum you send to me in your stead (I will show you proof of this).
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 15h
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 4h
Last year Bolsonaro was prosecuted with overseeing a vast scheme to overturn the 2022 election he lost. Lula’s worker party steadied brazil after a near decade long recession Now Brazilian Voters have handed the reins of power in senate,congress, states & perhaps presidency back to the bolsonarists
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h
The “crusader march” would be more historically accurate if instead of going to the palestine fest they just robbed and torched a random church bsky.app/profile/unra...
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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 4h
A reviewer once commented that they found the idea of Sperm Whales ramming the whaling ship in Canst Thou Draw out the Leviathan unbelievable. I am vindicated.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11h
That this is *not* the trust that has been broken astounds me. I gave feedback earlier this year on some restoring trust projects. I mentioned Cornell's president hitting a student and alum with apparently little regret as the type of damage these projects need to care about. Elite impunity matters.
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frog @ read BtG @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
you like a webcomic but don't see much support for it? ya gotta yap!! tell your friends, the timeline - your peers! this entire scene relies on participation and word of mouth!
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frog @ read BtG @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
read indie webcomics forever
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angel 🏳️‍⚧️ $110/150 housing @freakingangel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
15 ppl matching the $10 we've been sent could get me into a motel for a night (includes mandatory safety deposit fee) as a homeless person and safely away from the person who cheated on me and from their abusive family ive barely eaten all week, anything helps
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 4h
And that’s not sustainable & it legitimately terrifies me to the point I’ve had conversations with right wing former friends that were so devoid of basic facts of reality that I still stay up at night sometimes thinking about how far gone they are
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12h
Yup. The entire 16 months I’ve been on the ICE flight/TCR beat, I’ve encouraged other journos to join me, bc there are more stories here than I could possibly tell on my own. Many indy journos have. But for MSM reporters, too often they seem content to just repeat what’s already been reported.
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Medic Kim @medickimw.bsky.social · 4h
The “cool” thing about bacteria is that you don’t need to alter the main chromosomal genome to change its virulence/pathogenic properties. They have smaller circular DNA called plasmids that can be constructed and available for uptake. Which is great if you don’t have nefarious world-ending plans…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
What are we even doing anymore, people
A four pack of Oreo chicken and waffle flavored cookies
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 13h
A Senegalese basketball player for Kentucky State University was detained on August 7 at an airport while traveling with her team and has been in ICE custody ever since, despite her removal order being rescinded by an immigration judge.
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Lan ⛈️ @aquapunked.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I now have all 5 current chapters of #TheTitan available for purchase on my Patreon! Buy the whole collection for $15.99!! www.patreon.com/collection/2...
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THE TITAN Chapter eBooks | Collection from Lan | 5 posts | Patreon
APPLE USERS: Purchase this collection on Patreon.com/lo and save $6! Explore THE TITAN Chapter eBooks, a collection of 5 posts from Lan.
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juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 15h
Please help me. My cat’s ultrasound is Tuesday morning and I am 600 dollars short for it still
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bonkina.bsky.social @bonkina.bsky.social · 11h
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h
this is important.
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Luerikerin (Mads Pedersen Ultra) @weltverbesserle.eurosky.social · 11h
A message from Sakher: "WE ARE DYING IN A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS IN GAZA. 💔 Look at this little girl. She deserves to grow up, to eat without worrying about tomorrow, to feel safe, and to have a future ... tinyurl.com/help-sakher
A photo of Sakher and his young cousin. They are both smiling. Behind them, the rubble of a destroyed building.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h
Over the next few years, getting to ground will be more important than ever. Does your municipality have a local water board? Who is on it? Can you get on it? With the Data Center blitzes, these folks will be important in pushing back.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
Election Day is 30 days away, and the fight for free and fair elections is here. In some states, early voting has already begun, and nearly every state has sent out mail-in ballots. newsletters.democracydocket.com/youve-stood-...
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You've stood with me. Here's what's next.
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Rúnar Berg 🌲 @rokksula.theremins.club · 12h
I thought you were talking about the fruit. Quince is in season here in the PNW, if you are able definitely go pick some with your pals, blanch them, dry them, turn them into jam. Very yummy indeed.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Eleanor Sundwall @eleanorsundwall.bsky.social · 11h
this man may regret or second-guess his vote for trump & feel haunted but i am truly uninterested in his self-pity is this a bewildering consequence of his choices? sure but the young man’s family is experiencing unfathomable grief after losing a beloved son & leader—my heart breaks for *them*
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
Everyone needs to read this. Reality is, in fact, stranger than fiction. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversations. Read the whole thing. ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/urbits3/sitf...
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I Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In
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These people shouldn’t make policy.
There has been a great effort over many years to distance AI Safety
discussion from its origin and intellectual center, because its center is
predatory sex cult started by a fan fiction author. Since those involved
to be taken seriously, they have to hide that. Everyone else working in
Safety is, effectively, a smokescreen for this core group and their ideas
We might some day have “AI Safety”, as a science or policy area, that
primarily a sex cult in Berkeley, California, but it does not currently exi
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2026
Some folks were quick to claim that anti trans ads were likely to be utilized less as polling goes towards the Dems and Republicans realize it isn't working in this environment. Despite that, Digital ad spend is still closely tracking 2024 levels.
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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have left this one up a little longer, just in case folks missed it yesterday. We don't have Bandcamp's fee waived today but proceeds will still be donated.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 03/10/2026
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UPDATED: ‘I’m hoping we hit him at least once each lol’: SPD texts from 2024 killing show lack of probable cause
In messages, SPD officers hoped they inflicted maximum damage when they shot Joshua Musselman, mocked the police chief’s response to the killing.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having done the chaos of NYC Halloween for years when my kids were little, the idea of 160 car free streets for Halloween fills me with joy.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“mom can you come get me, they’re rating the types of sexual assault by severity again”
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Mongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Colombia registró 59 asesinatos de personas defensoras de derechos humanos durante el primer semestre de 2026, según el Programa Somos Defensores. De ellas, 12 eran líderes indígenas y 39 dirigentes comunales, comunitarios y campesinos. es.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Colombia: 59 crímenes de defensores de derechos humanos en el primer semestre de 2026
El Programa Somos Defensores reporta 59 defensores de derechos humanos asesinados en el primer semestre de 2026 en Colombia.
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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From the Uihlein's Wikipedia page: "As of August 2026, the Uihleins had spent $69.5 million in support of Republican candidates in the 2026 United States elections"
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
The administration has found yet another way to fuck with solar power.
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The USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solar
Even farmers who were already promised funds from the REAP program may never get them under the Trump admin’s new restrictions. Some are suing.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 03/10/2026
I also find it extremely hilarious that the self-proclaimed saviour of humanity, the trillionaire nazi, continues to publicly debase himself and show us he has absolutely no idea and is very much not smart. He is absolutely learning from his pet CSAM robot, rather than picking up a textbook.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@anntelnaes.bsky.social (archives 11/18/25)
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 02/10/2026
Today is the 81st anniversary of the birth of #RadioAstronomy in Australia! 📡 It grew out of radar tech built here in Sydney during WWII. As the war ended, military activity shifted to research, investigating the strange 'noise' and 'interference' coming from the Sun. 📸 J. Messer/NSW G.R.
Coer of a magazine from the late 1940s showing an illustration of a radar station on top of a hill. The title reads: SECRET - Directorate of Radar Services R.A.A.F. Radar Station Portable Type - LW Station
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You can, in fact, have fun jackassery without misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism, or mortal danger.
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1312 Antifascists (Chicago) @1312antifascists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jake Lang is coming to Bridge view, a suburb of Chicago, to harass the Muslim community widely known as Little Palestine. He is bringing a mob of out-of- town Nazis but working with local racist chuds like Terry Newsome. Bring PPE and a crew, and let's get to work defending our neighbors #Chicago
letsaddressillinois.substack.com
White Supremacist Jake Lang Plans to Host Nazi March in Illinois on Sunday
Lang announced a “Crusader March,” targeting the Annual Palestine Festival on Sunday, October 4
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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i need all yaoi artists to get in on this the way michelangelo, THEE yaoi artist, did
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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · 03/10/2026
A judge on Friday threw out tough new job standards for county sheriffs approved by Washington lawmakers this year that critics argued would force some out of office. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/10/02/j...
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Judge permanently blocks WA sheriff standards law • Washington State Standard
A judge on Friday threw out tough new job standards for county sheriffs approved by Washington lawmakers this year.
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cial | notfun @demon-sushi.com · 03/10/2026
my #poketober for day 2, 'music' they,
a little ink and paper drawing of the two rock & roll electric troll pokemon, toxitricity. it has two forms, one is 'amped' with yellow hilights and an electric mohawk pointing straight up and the other is. i forget. it's blue, supposed to be more mellow and its electric mohawk just goes back. but mostly theyre like weird purple trolls
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Health Justice Commons @hjcommons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amid the violence of the Medical Industrial Complex and widespread ableism, we are convening disabled people, healers, healthcare workers, and beloved community to build the healthcare and world we deserve. Crip wisdom is leading the way! Join us October 8th-29th: tinyurl.com/HJCFall26PolEd
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Fall 2026 Political Education Series — HJC
Enrollment for our Fall Political Education Series — Understanding and Transforming the Medical Industrial Complex: Rooting in Collective Care — is now open! Join us on Thursdays, October 8th-29th as ...
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.
Graphic from the Center for Biological Diversity over a scenic view of Big Bend. Large text reads, “MASSIVE WIN FOR BIG BEND.” Below, it says a federal judge has frozen all destruction throughout the Big Bend region until the project’s legality can be determined in court. The graphic adds that the Center will continue fighting to save Big Bend and asks supporters to join them.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 03/10/2026
I think we all know why
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