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darksybarite.bsky.social

@darksybarite.bsky.social
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Queer Black femme bookworm, she/her. Alternates between petting cats and raging against the dying of the light.

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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I fully believe a man who made bad choices because all he had were bad options can still become a good man. A great man. But if you have good options and still make bad choices? I don't see it for you.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A squirrel is standing inside and peeking over the top rim of a hollowed out pumpkin. The top of the pumpkin can be seen behind. The squirrel is wearing a slouchy black witch hat with orange stripes and holding a squirrel-sized chef knife. The knife is because the squirrel has carved the words ‘MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN’ in the side of the pumpkin and in the ground in front the word ‘TODAY’ has been spelled with stringy orange pumpkin guts with seeds scattered all around.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every culture on Earth has its own unique tales of terror, and reading horror in translation can be a thrilling, eye-opening experience. Here are seven recent works that demonstrate the incredible range and weirdness of international horror!
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Fear Is a Universal Language: Seven Recent Works of Horror in Translation - Reactor
Car-worshipping cults, demonic adventures, stranded aliens, and a creepy new twist on Jekyll and Hyde...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chani says I have to cancel my meetings today. Sorry.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 06/08/2023
not October yet and this dog has already won Halloween
a blue eyed Husky with a prosthetic of guts hanging out and the eyestalk creature from John Carpenter's The Thing riding on its back
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 30/09/2026
we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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CyberellaDraws - Commissions Open @cyberelladraws.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey! It is my birthday! Want to celebrate the creature that is me? Please check out my Kofi, I make and sell cute stuff. ko-fi.com/cyberella You could also commission me (info in pinned post), if you are feeling very celebratory. 😉
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Support Jana Kosanovich ❤️
Become a supporter of Jana Kosanovich today!
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A digital illustration done in a black and white woodcut style similar to Totentanz images by Holbein and others. A skeleton wearing a jester-type cowl with two floppy horns with bells on the ends, and another garment around his shoulders and boots all decorated with bells. He his high stepping and playing some kind of flute. Black lines radiate out from behind him and a banner wraps around at his hips with the words ‘maybe it will happen today’ on it.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Timeline cleanse
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G.Face @damdonjulio.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
#Sinners
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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You can't unsee this.
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 24/09/2026
Don't share the story, don't comment on the story, don't try to find your own angle on the story. You're helping the original goal of publishing the story, which is to help or harm a given target. Your media literacy can't end at the subject at hand. There's a topic above the topic.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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Mels @maimysantiago99.northsky.social · 19/09/2026
Little District Books in DC (where I met @charliejane.bsky.social!) wants to put this out. Support now and get your own copy when it's done!
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Radiant Dawn: A Queer Hopepunk Anthology
An anthology of queer writers writing queer speculative fiction with a glass half full kind of vibe.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A digital illustration of an attempt to make a fake illuminated manuscript. There’s a fancy illuminated drop capital M. Lots of medieval-type ornamentation, a little illustration in the corner of a rabbit with a battle ax having some sort of confrontation with a little bipedal lizard thing that has an arm instead of a neck and head which is holding a dagger. There’s an orange dragonish beast wrapped around the top of everything and lettering done in some kind of fanciful script reading ‘Maybe it will happen today’
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 19/09/2026
What's the rule? DO NOT. PICK UP. OR TOUCH. THE BATS.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
Gary storm survivor Aja Bridges says predominantly white, higher-income communities nearby had power restored within a day. Just 45 minutes away in Gary, residents waited two weeks. “We were not prioritized... We were pretty much left behind.” Full episode on MeidasPlus.com
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darksybarite.bsky.social @darksybarite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just made a pot of @cryptidchicken.bsky.social 's jesus tea and it's saving my life right now! Had to substitute a few things, but it's still magic
Photo of a mostly-drunk cup of tea
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Scarleteen @scarleteen.com · 14/09/2026
School’s in! And so is Scarleteen’s annual fundraiser. We’re raising $7k for our 7m visitors in 2026. Chip today or become a monthly recurring donor here: give.gofundme.com/7kfor7m
Yellow school bus against a teal background. The side of the bus reads "Scarleteen. Queer sex ed for all since 1998." The text above the bus reads "Your math homework: help Scarleteen raise $7,000 by September 28th so a trans- and queer-led team of REAL PEOPLE can provide inclusive sex, health, and relationships education. (AI is an automatic F!)" in red and black text.
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KXAN News @kxan.com · 14/09/2026
If you're posting videos, trying to build a following and telling stories the Austin community cares about, the new KXAN Creator Lab is here to help! Apply now: www.kxan.com/creator-lab/# 
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.
Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New piece on the AI Apocalypse the California Cthulhus can’t conceal their >10% excitement about…and the much more likely one already here: catvalente.substack.com/p/all-you-ne...
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I made this design in 2019, and it’s been ripped off by countless creepy little Temu shops, as well as by Shein. Seeing it in an AI ad is ruining my day, ngl. If you like it, buy one from me - link in bio. I actually give money to queer mutual aid and medical care groups.
A shitty AI ad on Instagram showing my “you are safe with me” design being sold by a company that is not me.
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
we need more bats on here
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A Sunday kind of vibe from Juice Box. (Also Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.)
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
we all know this classic way
cover of THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF CANCELLED PLANS GETS ME OFF BECAUSE DEEP DOWN I KINDA DIDN’T WANT TO GO featuring beautiful ladybuck on the right smilin standing in front of a house in the evening with a slight sunset behind and on the left if a good lookin sentient calendar
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 01/09/2026
Underneath the "progressive" papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution, one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. @sjklapecki.itch.io, who survived the Catholic Church's bigotry firsthand, goes in-depth on why it's time to see through the propaganda and face reality.
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The Pope is Not Our Friend
Underneath the supposedly progressive papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution that is one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. A trans survivor’s view: it’s well past ...
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A black and white ink style illustration of a falling anvil with a downward-pointing arrow shape behind it. Above the anvil in the back of the arrow shape are the words ‘MAYBE IT’LL’. Across the side of the anvil is the word ‘HAPPEN’ and in the point of the arrow below the anvil is the word ‘TODAY’
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026
Actual technology with deep, generous purpose remains extremely cool and good. I miss feeling good about machines and computers
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 12/09/2026
I don't fuckin know; sometimes you just need to look at a jellyfish.
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Leftist Logician (she/her) @leftistlogician.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Name a non-LOTR charactir who koude resiste the One Ring (Men At Arms basically explictly establishes this take, really.)
Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson from Discworld
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When you share your butterfly photos on iNaturalist, each one becomes a piece of information scientists can use to better understand and protect butterflies. Find a butterfly near you, take a photo (your phone camera is great), and share it on iNaturalist.
Colorful butterfly cutouts scattered across a grid-paper background. Text reads: "The easiest thing you can do to protect your local butterflies: 1) Go find butterflies near you. 2) Take photos (do your best, smartphone cameras are great, too!). 3) Share your photos on iNaturalist. September 12, 2026 — Butterfly Big Day."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026
While the attack was a disaster, in time, the far greater & more impactful disaster was the simple fact that *Republicans were in charge when it happened*, which took a national tragedy & spun it into decades of national lawlessness, violence, shame, & alienation of allies.
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hello cat lovers. Here's a colorful cat poster. Please follow me here for more if you like my work and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thanks for taking a look. Thank you, Cats of Yore, for the show!
A cat poster in the style of a 1970's soviet propaganda poster. Three cats at the top of the image look down at a large open book in the center of the image. A sunrise with rays rises from the open book. Three paws in the bottom hold up the book, one from each cat. At bottom in bold text is written "Education For All!" There is a small logo that says "literacy for liberation."
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darksybarite.bsky.social @darksybarite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.
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Blizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employees
Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.
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maya kern @mayakern.com · 07/09/2026
hi all! this is really difficult for me to talk about, but the store is in danger of closing before the end of the year. you can read more about what happened here: www.mayakern.com/blog i'm at a point where i need to ask for help. 👇
maya is wearing the hot air balloons skirt in size 2xl. the skirt has a gradient of light blue to sunset pink with hot air balloons floating in the skymaya is wearing the wrap top in a dusty greenmaya is wearing a spaghetti strap maxi dress with a flattering pleated bust and belt, the pattern is a sepia-toned repeat of snakes and rosesmaya is wearing a black midi skirt with pleats on the waistband
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A digital illustration of five generalized female figures – just outlines and fills with no details, facial features – holding hands and dancing in an circle. Vaguely based on but much less good than Matisse's 'The Dance' painting which was probably on a greeting card your aunt gave you once. They are on a grass green and sky blue background under purple lettering reading 'Maybe it will happen today.'
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a horseshoe crab watches as a variety of prehistoric creatures swim towards an ethereal light. An ammonite calls back to the crab, “come on, horseshoe crab! We’re all evolving!” Panel 2: the horseshoe crab stays in position and replies, “nahh that’s crazy” Panel 3: the horseshoe crab is superimposed in front of a future premonition: a rather miserable-looking human slouched in the glow of a desktop computer. The horshoe crab swims away and says, “good luck tho”
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
the necessary step 1 of rebuilding trust with our allies is prosecuting almost everyone in the trump administration for the countless crimes they have committed against the country and the world
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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day
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Rom Quotes Karl Marx: Workers of the World Unite
Alt: Rom Quotes Karl Marx: Workers of the World Unite
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...
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Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]
Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...
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