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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 7h

This week's episode of #Toylight was so good. Where it ended, though... I'll be waiting with impatience until next week. Gah! #ttrpg #dimension20

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 8h

I read A Thousand Monstrous Forms by Saratoga Schaefer, audiobook narrated by Imani Jade Powers. A #sapphic reimagining of the Bluebeard tale set in the modern day. #Gothic #horror. Homages to Spenser's The Faerie Queene. SO CREEPY. #booksky

Book cover of A Thousand Monstrous Forms by Saratoga Schaefer.

Image: a statue holds up a stone mask of a blank face partially over her own. Her hand looks shockingly human, and a pale blue tear runs down her face. Dark plant branches reach towards her, with a single poppy flower visible. She is illuminated by green mist, but from somewhere below her (perhaps her own chest), the light shines red.

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 8h

I read Standard Operating Procedure, the 3rd #novella of the #rwth series by Jennifer R. Donohue. Futuristic dystopia world, centered on a trio of women criminals. This book, our POV character is former supersoldier Dolly, and the crime is... a dog heist? Look, it's a very expensive dog. #booksky

A physical copy of the novella Run With the Hunted 3: Standard Operating Procedure by Jennifer R. Donohue.

The cover is white text on a background composed of a complicated series of paved roadways at night illuminated by streetlights.

The book rests on a fuzzy soft blanket which is the colors of the bisexual flag (blue, purple, pink). It looks very cozy.

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Isabel Cañas @isabelcanas.bsky.social · 15h

tomorrow is october.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 21h

don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Chi Phi alum doxxed the Cornell Jane Doe in case you thought fraternities served any other purpose than to uphold the patriarchy.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Remember when the president of Cornell got so mad at some anti-Israeli-genocide protestors on campus he tried to hit some of his own students with his car?

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Spooky Season approaches! If you want to start getting into the mood, I highly recommend picking up this little collection of #horror shorts. Only $1 minimum on itchio (though I always suggest throwing in a few extra dollars if possible to support #indie authors doing cool shit). #booksky

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the author of "Even Though I Knew the End", which is an absolutely fantastic novella that made me cry. Check out their books! #booksky #fantasy

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Eagerly waiting for #Dreamslayer by #akmulford to release on December 1st - I've got the audiobook preordered. I was able to get my greedy paws on the prequel novelette to keep me sated until then!! #booksky #fantasy #romantasy

A small dark red booklet of Puppet Haus by AK Milford, along with a Dreamslayer bookmark, reversible character art card, and a "in my dark fantasy era" pomegranate sticker.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 26/09/2026

Starbucks is ending their DEI initiatives nationwide. If you’re a customer, BOYCOTT STARBUCKS. If you’re a Starbucks worker, organize your union to protect you and your coworkers before things get even worse.

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Federal duck stamp judging let's goooooo. They've done about a third of the entries and are breaking for lunch, then will resume. Some truly gorgeous paintings already. #art #duckstamp #conservation #ducks www.youtube.com/live/qrb6mac...

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Day 1 of 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Contest

YouTube video by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 24/09/2026

This is haunting, elegiac and beautiful, perfect for autumn

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Abolish ICE @milpool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wish people understood how brutal ICE is in Austin lately beyond the shooting. You don't see as much viral footage because Texas State Troopers (being the state capital puts a bunch of Greg Abbott's faithful piggies here) are quietly pulling brown drivers over and then calling ICE to come get them

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SO EXCITED. I'm loving the mix of cute and horror and serious and silly of Toylight.

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GLITCH @glitchprod.com · 23/09/2026

She's missed you. Knights of Guinevere returns October 9. The season will feature 8 episodes.

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So excited for #SNAFUcon next month! I'm not even specifically into anime (more a general/tabletop/reading nerd) but there's so many cool panels and booths. Definitely going to need to budget for plenty of spending in artist alley based off the previews I'm seeing. #anime #convention #nerd

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Went on a roadtrip and hit up several amaaaaazing indie bookstores. Bub's Bookstore in Carson City NV Romantic Roots and Infernal Annex in Olympia WA This may be my new favorite way to buy travel souvenirs. For two out of three, I even found books by local authors! #booksky

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Breaking news. I was at the powwow where they announced the legislation, along with a big gathering of community.

For generations, the Lipan Apache in Texas have fought for our rights and inherent sovereignty as Indigenous people.

Last week, a bill to federally recognize the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas was introduced in the House. This marks an important milestone in our journey.

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some friends and I finally completed our playthrough of Big Walk, getting to BOTH endings and 100% of Steam Achievements. This game was such a joy. It's designed to remind you why you play games with friends and what it can mean to spend time with them. <3 #bigwalk #househouse #pcgaming #gaming

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1, Someone You Can Build a Nest In is absolutely fantastic and you should buy it. 2, Hot Singles In Your Area does basically have ads in it but it's part of the book and it is ALSO fantastic and you should get that also

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯

Charles,

Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development.

Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk.

This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives."

For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control.

Those safety concerns must be taken seriously.

And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm.

But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good.

The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to finance

themselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined.
Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections.
It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies.
That tells us two things:
1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; &
2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk.
That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people.
These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow.
But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash.
In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power.
In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are.

What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion.
When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all.
From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong.
Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from.
It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public.
When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares.
The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out.
But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny.
Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab.
Heads, they win; tails, we lose.

We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It's time we hold them accountable.

Thank you for reading.

In solidarity,

Alexandria

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

reminder: assange used to control wikileaks, which published leaked documents from snowden, manning, winner etc He gave control of it to Russia in exchange for asylum from his rape charges, which they betrayed him on. He waited out the statue of limitations in the Ecuadorian embassy in London

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor.

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For those who have read Grief Eater and want a short story from Josh's pov!!

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 18/09/2026

Do you know how it felt to open a writing app that claimed to analyze your writing for optimization and discover that my books were inside its system? I had never spoken to these people. they hadn't asked for a license or permission or *anything.* and that all the big AI companies had done it too?

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump is dead serious. See this chart from March: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Chart showing that prior presidents including Trump’s first term grant disaster requests from blue and red states roughly equally before Trump 2 started rejecting most requests from blue states

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just can't with people cheering on Kraft. I can't. He's a piece of shit, one of 47s buddies, but because he silenced the person you don't agree with, suddenly he's a moral voice. No, he's not. sports.yahoo.com/articles/whe...

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Where Patriots owner Robert Kraft shows up in latest Jeffrey Epstein files release

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is named in the latest wave of documents released in the Jeffrey Epstein files — here's why.

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Nik DeCosta-Klipa @nikdecostaklipa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Full statement from Robert Kraft on the decision to not allow Macklemore to perform at Gillette Stadium:

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I read *True to Your Boots* by Lexie Sloane, a contemporary romance between a single mom who loves horses and a flirtatious bachelor who struggles to stay put. #booksky #indieauthor #romance

A photograph of the book True To Your Boots by Lexie Sloane.

The book cover has an orange background, with the title taking up space in the middle in big white letters. Two people gaze at each other from either side of the book's title: a man standing in a casual posture with hands in his pockets wearing a baseball cap and work boots, and a woman wearing a cowboy hat and boots while holding a second cowboy hat behind her back.

Leaning against the book is a cheeky sticker of a smiling condiment bottle in a pink cowboy hat with the label "ranch romance"

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Maybe if we lived in the universe where it was the Berenstein Bears, none of this would be happening.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026

We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net

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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS

Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A lib told me guys who are worse keep beating centrist suits so I asked how many centrists he's run and he said he just goes to the chamber of commerce and gets a new one every election so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding centrists to republicans and then a Bluseky reply guy started crying.

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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"

Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer): You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every email I get concerning this whole Anthropic Copyright Settlement is rage bait for me. To continually be reminded of their theft and the fact that all they can offer are pennies (imho) is INFURIATING. I don't WANT or NEED their money, I want them to remove my books from their AI's software!

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Aaaaah I need to catch up on this series. It's so fun.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."

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Siri / Jen / Buckets @bucketsjen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is an excellent little creepy story!

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