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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's that time of year: lots of people will be sick, and many won't know what sickness it is. It's a good idea to get tested, but even if you don't know what it is, *please* stay home as much as possible, get plenty of rest to help yourself recover, and wear masks if you have to go out while sick!
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🚫 omg if that was in my size... 😱
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🚫 is this the sperm ring?
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
These blue elephant earrings are my "one that got away" - I hemmed and hawed too long, and then they were gone. So if you have anything in the area of blue elephants, I would be very interested 🐘💙 Also I really like the look of inlay opal! Earrings or rings size 5
dangly blue turquoise inlay elephant earringslab opal inlay ring
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
me as well (sixth?), in a size 5 please!
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 11/09/2026
Anyways, today is a very good day to follow, subscribe, and donate to news outlets that take a strong stance against Generative AI slop: go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Honestly, as far as I can tell, it's mostly more reporting. COVID got everybody's attention. "Oh disease outbreaks are a thing. And they screw up all your plans." Then we had Cyclospora- which to be clear is a HUGE & messy outbreak. And now newsrooms know outbreak reporting gets clicks.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The fact that the tofu is getting recalled is a GOOD sign. Remember how with Taco Bell, we talked about how it's good when companies are cautious & come forward? Even if they're not 100% sure if their food is actually dangerous? That's exactly what the tofu co is doing here. This is a GOOD thing.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Someone explain to me, very slowly, why respirator masks are not required IN THE NICU.
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yeah, that makes sense! I figured I'd check :) If you do ever get any flat backs in the future, please post about it and I'll keep an eye out!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Do you have any earrings with flat backs?
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqQC...
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Jaques Loves Buttercream - Nailed It!
YouTube video by Ooma
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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I always use YouTube autocaptions as an example when I'm explaining the error rate of AI to people. Do you want that same error rate when it comes to stuff like your medical records? This has been very illuminating for a lot of folks.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
All the necessary parts of how we live long and prosper!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Omg I’ve been in jewelry jail but I was going to break out for the Star Trek reference. I was too late though 😢 I hope whoever got them takes good care of George and Gracie! 🐋🖖
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If you're looking for timeline cleansers to break up the doomscrolling, might I suggest following nature photographers? Nature is always way more interesting than AI slop.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There’s way too much slop, fake animals and misinformation around, including the example Franz is highlighting below. So here’s a thread about spotting the fake stuff and reducing this crap on your timeline. (1/?)
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Here’s a list of nature photographers who I promise are not using AI, post their own photos and really care about the wildlife. No unethical behaviors just to get a good shot. (3/?)
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 07/07/2026
HEY FRIENDS! Did you miss your shot to sign up for @clairewillett.bsky.social's Hater's Book Club, now with 50% more schism? Did you miss your chance to sign up for @courtneymilan.com's Samuel Alito is a Whiny Pissbaby Chat? We got you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2026 second chance offer confirmation (Zooms)
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/07/2026
Some awesome things you can do to celebrate Independence Day and support the dream of equal rights for all without getting heat stroke! First, check out the @romancingthevote.com auction and buy some fun stuff while supporting voting rights! www.32auctions.com/romancingthe...
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Romancing the Vote 2026
Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 28/06/2026
this is actually a good reminder that you should delete the tracking nonsense off of any url that you share online. just delete everything after the ? (including the question mark) and share like you usually would
a screenshot of a youtube url showing the actual url as everything before the ? and everything after as “tracking nonsense”
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's soooo good!!!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
finding this out was what got me to start watching the show!!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
omg that's gorgeous!!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.
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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.
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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 20/04/2026
because of cholera we restructured how we treat water and waste; because of covid we should have done the same for air
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Thank you for sharing when your books are on sale! I read Time Loops & Meet Cutes and Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie this week and loved them both! Whenever I’m in a reading slump or feeling down, your books are the perfect balance of grounded escapism to pick me up. Thank you for writing your books!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Happy birthday, Em!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Take care of yourself!! I hope whatever's going on gets better soon! ❤️
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Aalia Mauro @aaliamauro.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 21/03/2026
This is the real takeaway from the Parable series — that we should find our people and organize our lives together. Not, "Octavia Butler predicted the future."
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Plus showing a healthy relationship with an ex on TV would have been so wholesome! You don't _have_ to have basic existential conflicts with people that are supposedly your best friends.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A strategy I am recommending to people who don’t want to mask all the time is always in healthcare facilities and public transportation, AND if you see someone in a mask, put yours on. The first helps protect spaces high risk people may have no choice but to go, the second shows them support.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A 50-year-old woman “had never been on an airplane until authorities flew her to North Dakota last year to face charges” based solely on AI facial recognition.
A Tennessee grandmother says she is trying to rebuild her life after an incident of mistaken identity by an artificial intelligence
(AI) facial recognition system tied her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation.
Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes.
Lipps, a mother of three and grandmother of five, said she has lived most of her life in north-central Tennessee. She had never been on an airplane until authorities flew her to North Dakota last year to face charges.
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ah, that’s a bit too big for me, but thank you!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Are these 5 or 5.5, and how much? Thank youuu!
various rings, with a few circled
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 26/02/2026
CW: transphobia. See, this is why it can be painful to know too much history.🫤 This post implies that what is happening in Kansas is *similar* to what the nazis did. But it's not just similar. It's *identical*. In 1933, nazis revoked trans people's documents. Before 1938. Paragraph 175 and 183.
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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org
tcpipeline.org
Trans Continental Pipeline
Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We are counter-programming the State of the Union with a fundraising telethon featuring everyone’s favorite Bluesky posters doing short presentations and sketches on stuff they are passionate about. Will stream on YouTube starting at 8:30pm EST postersmadness.wordpress.com
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Poster's Madness
A streaming PowerPoint telethon for mutual aid
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I know!! We're getting a whole set 💜
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Is 42, the grape dahlia, still available? If so, meee. If not, happy earrings to whoever got them!
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
No worries, better for my wallet lol
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Has anyone claimed the elephants / 35? If not meeee 🐘💙
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C @cxa555.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I've never had anything with amber before! After I get it, I'm going to wear it and watch Jurassic Park 🦟 🦕
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