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Witches and Mints | Amy Davis Roth

I just finished two more light up trees. One with peppermint candies painted on it and one with ornaments. They are in my surly.etsy.com sho

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12h

ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h

More politicians could use the public library (with its limitations) to make an affirmative case of the kind of society people could live in.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 15h

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Lily Meade @lilymeade.bsky.social · 7h

I have a very busy fall ahead of me and I hope to see you—in person or virtually—at one of my NINE events before 2027! If you are local to Washington, come see me! No matter where you are, you can join my three BRAND NEW workshops and a whole month of writing sprints with ProWritingAid!

In-Person Events

COME SEE ME
THIS FALL!
OCTOBER 17,2 - 3PM
Maple Valley Library
Your Family Folklore: How To Find The Magic In Your Past
Writing Workshop
NOVEMBER 14, TIME TBD
Verse & Vine Bookstore
Poulsbo, WA
Book Signing with M.B. Thurman & Rain Sullivan
DECEMBER 29, 6 -7:30PM
Woodmont Library
Your Family Folklore: How To Find The Magic In Your Past
Writing Workshop

Virtual Events
OCTOBER
WORKSHOPS
OCT 13, 1PM
• ProWritingAid
Your Story Heart: Finding The Pulse
Behind All Your Storytelling
Virtual Writing Workshop
OCT 20, 1PM
I ProWritingAid
The Poison Apple Test: How "Good"
Characters Make "Bad" Choices
Virtual Writing Workshop
OCT 27, 1PM
ProWritingAid
Buried Treasure: Finding the Gold in Your Story Idea
Virtual Writing Workshop

NOVEMBER
WRITING SPRINTS
NOV 13, 10AM
ProWritingAid
Write With Me!
Live Writing Sprint on Zoom
NOV 20, 10AM
ProWritingAid
Write With Me!
Live Writing Sprint on Zoom
NOV 27, 10AM
ProWritingAid
Write With Me!
Live Writing Sprint on Zoom

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The religious right is steadily expanding its definition of what is sexual — and restricting what it deems acceptable in public spaces. Tech companies, in want of less oversight, are taking the hint. The deplatforming that started with sex workers / kink / trans has come for gay bars.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

An amazing addition! Rooting for you to come ALL THE WAY BACK from your unimaginable losses in late 2024.

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Black Mammalogists Week @blackmammalogists.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

GET READY 🥳 Next week #BlackMammalogistsWeek2026 begins! Here's a quick rundown of the many cool and informative events happening from Oct. 11th - Oct. 17th. Giveaways, panels, another drawing workshop, all culminating in our in-person event at NHMLAC in LA on Friday! Join us in the fun!

Sunday October 11th: #BMW2026RollCall meet Black scientists, conservationists, and other experts shaping the field of mammalogy!
Monday October 12th: #BMW2026Resist Join us for a rousing round of March Mammal Madness, sponsor shoutouts, and highlights of community-engaged mammal work.
Tuesday October 13th: #BMW2026Create Contribute to our community gallery celebrating mammal-inspired artwork, photography, and creative projects. ALL ARE WELCOME!
Wednesday October 14th: #BMW2026Innovate A look at cutting-edge tools, from advanced tracking to field gear, and what's next for mammalogy research.
Thursday October 15th: #BMW2026Resilience Be inspired by the resilience of mammals *and* mammalogists who adapt, survive, and learn to thrive in a rapidly-changing, challenging world.
Friday October 16th: #BMW2026Community Join us at our first in-person event at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County!
Saturday October 17th: #BMW2026Celebrate Celebrating major wins, milestones, and breakthroughs for current and aspiring Black mammalogists.

Another website QR code: blackmammalogists.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Really cool tool from @popular.info to crowdsource who is paying for what campaign ads. paidforby.info

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Who paid for this?

Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Temps next Tuesday night where our friend is STILL living in a car are projected to go down into the 30's (F). The goal is to get her inside for a while, & while significant progress towards that has been made, there's still a ways to go. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree C: @sndesireecha.bsky.social

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i’m very close to my goal and hope to raise $400 more for paid safer indoor stay. thankful to everyone who’s boosted, shared, and given. thank you.

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juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 03/10/2026

Struggling please send tips

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

next Tuesday’s nightime low will be 35 degrees F. i live in a car. my body can’t effectively thermoregulate due to autoimmune illness & meds. i will die out here. gas is expensive. i’ve been job-hunting for over 15 months. i need housing or i will die. please help. please. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree

Weather dot com website forecast is 35 degree low on Tuesday 6 October 2026. I will die homeless.

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Flaco 🥀 @transtristecito.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello everyone 🩵 Last night was cold and scary, I ended up using what I had saved to get a couple weeks at a hotel. With that being said I have a new goal to get into housing. With my upcoming payday I can put it towards first month but need help with a deposit. Goal: $500 CA: $/transboyy 💌‼️🫶🏽

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in |The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits

Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sending love to all survivors still managing daily flashbacks for whom the timelines everywhere have become unnavigable rivers of lava

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 01/10/2026

Sharing this again for the evening crowd.

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Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Months looking for meaningful employment. Months surviving in a car. Months grieving the loss of their best companion. Show some grace.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m willing to change my mind in light of evidence about pretty much anything. And I actually know a lot more computer scientists and ML experts, who have explained to me how it works, than you’d think. But I still hate generative AI. Nothing I have seen yet has been enough to change my mind.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 01/10/2026

AI is already being used to deny disabled people medically necessary care, and anywhere it costs money to include us is likely next. I've spent most of 2026 on public opinion research with TechTonic Justice about how to fight back, and we're unveiling it tomorrow, Friday, at 1PM ET

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Webinar Invite: Winning Against AI & Economic Injustice | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland

For almost all of 2026 I have been facing a medical crisis. As many of you know all too well, attempting to navigate the American health car

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The screenshot weather forecast accompanying this post show highs in the 60's and low temps dropping down into the 40's and even 30's in the coming week. This would be dangerous in any case... in Désirée's, it's potentially life-threatening. Please help our friend get inside!

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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mission statement: I make beautiful &/or silly things to spread JOY It’s my birthday on Saturday so I’d be really grateful if you’d share this in accordance with the scriptures! FANKS x Art Artofnote.sumupstore.com Greetings Dippyfishcards.etsy.com Misc and Tips ko-fi.com/dippyfish/shop #bsnm

Badass wee vamp - available as a card or print at Dippyfishcards.etsy.com

Sing when you’re winning - a Robin pebble portrait with REAL GOLD BITS available on artofnote.sumupstore.com

Cake by the ocean, a Cornwall coast abstract piece from my 2025 St Ives series - available at artofnote.sumupstore.com

Lovebirds - on a Land of Smiles score page - Art of Note series print - original in honour of my late mum. Available at artofnote.sumupstore.com

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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026

As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This sounds like bragging about killing to me. Disgusting and infuriating.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you already think it's probably not what she's looking for, then... maybe just post this stuff independently of my thread?

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Indeed. Thank you for living into your gifts and sharing here... I am cheered whenever I see you living your best life (esp. in P'town), and I'm so grateful that you are working on giving voice to Black queer folks' lived experiences.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I mean... I did see a student go from applying Early Decision to Cornell to not applying to Cornell at all. Which was something. And I'm writing tons of GOTV postcards to folks in the NJ-7. But still... This timeline is ROUGH. Trying to build towards the world I think we all deserve.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Dorothy Ratch shared a picture of a young grass dancer performing at the local high school in honour of residential school survivors.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is it [waves hands]... all this? Or has something specifically gone sideways just now?

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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paisley ghostlywhispers @nerdywhispers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hi yall 💙 I'm trying to pay rent by the end of the day. I have a sale on my page for my CfB game Now Playing Dungeon Tour! Along with one of my One-Page RPGs, The Perfect Spell. If I meet my goal, I'll turn The Perfect Spell into a full Carved from Brindlewood wizard game! itch.io/s/202357/sep...

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September Rent Sale by Nerdywhispers

A bundle by Nerdywhispers, $10.00 for Now Playing Dungeon Tour, The Perfect Spell

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