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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I truly don’t understand this “transplant” nonsense. The whole THING about NYC is that ppl come here from other places to mutate into New Yorkers! TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE KING OF THE HILL, TOP OF THE HEAP! Imho a rando who moved here a year ago is the MOST NY person. Welcome Ohio rando, have a bagel

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

thought this was burning man

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Six Dettmar @sixdettmar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’M AT THE URGENT CARE I’M AT THE TACO BELL I’M AT THE COMBINATION URGENT CARE AND TACO BELL

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Everyone deserves dignity. Dignity is: safety, security, opportunity and agency. Once we compromise on who is deserving, we’re on the slippery slope of determining who is expendible.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the more peculiar 9/11 traditions was that for a number of years, the major news outlets would just replay their coverage from that day. It bothered me: it seemed retraumatizing, and provided no additional info or context or perspective. I kept wondering what family members might feel?

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's great that there's new information about the dangerous air in lower Manhattan after 9/11, covered up by Giuliani and the Bush Admin. But we knew about the dangers and the lies long ago. I published this in 2009:

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air from the pulverized buildings. Asbestos, heavy metals, burning PCBs,
and plastics were all fueling a deadly miasma that those on and around
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contamination, few fully followed those guidelines, and the city did not
press for enforcement or other safety standards. Wall Street reopened six
days after the attack, though the air quality there as well was terrible.
When journalist Juan Gonzalez reported on some of the atmospheric
dangers of lower Manhattan in the Daily News, six weeks after the attack,
a deputy mayor called the newspaper’s editors to denounce the story.
The firefighters were lauded as heroes again and again, but they were
not protected, beforehand by a workable system and good equipment, or
after, by sane health standards (and today they remain shockingly under-
paid, so much so that many work second jobs and most live far from the
places they serve). Many of the firemen and other workers on- site devel-
oped what was known as “Trade Center cough,” and for some it would
worsen into serious lung disease and damage and a host of other health
problems. Seven years later, more than ten thousand exposed people had sought treatment just at New York City’s designated treatment centers
and the total number affected remain unknown.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you’re picking on the RNLI, you’re the bad guy. seriously: a bunch of volunteers who risk their own lives at a moments notice to save lives at sea and this is who you choose to hate? uh ok.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We may seem some genuinely extreme humidity levels along SoCal coastal plain Tue-Wed (yes, even worse than today). As Marie's tropical moisture lingers, temps of 90-100F will combine with dew points of 70F to nearly 80F (!), yielding heat index values as high as ~110F. #CAwx

Map showing predicted heat index values over SoCal on Wed from ECMWF model. They are widely above 100F, and locally as high as 110F.

Map showing predicted humidity (dew point temperatures) over SoCal on Wed from ECMWF model. They are widely above 70F, and locally as high as 80F.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Coyote vs Acme is quite good & funny. Its critique of capitalism is only stronger if you remember WB initially wanted to deep six the movie in favor of a tax break.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ham radio operators can communicate to hams in Nepal via the 9N1SP repeater via EchoLink or IRLP. It is active for the flood disaster. (I helped get this system installed years ago before the 2015 quake and it was used then as well)

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you’re in the Americas, the lunar eclipse is near totality. Go look!

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Has there ever been a more iconic entrance? Rest in peace, Tim Curry.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

3 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 25/08/2026

Live your life in such a way that this coming weekend, thousands and thousands of people around the world will find collective joy through the many drag performers dolling up to pay tribute to you, your music and the goodness you gave back to the world.

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mallow @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

yeah, having less exposure to the extremely personally repellent Silicon Valley guys bragging about how they're gonna own all the AI and do superfeudalism with it will do that

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

As an American, I support Canada’s right to fuck shit up after this “trade negotiation” stupidity - simple bullying. Do not appease bullies. They need to be punched in the face instead. (They do not know what happened in 1890, when the US last tried this.)

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Canada demands: 1. US adopt metric system 2. Too many states, eliminate 3 3. E15 gas includes maple-derived ethanol 4. Canada may mess with Texas 3rd weekend of every month

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21/08/2026

I’m putting out an official discourse warning for tonight. take shelter, prepare a firebreak, lay in supplies, etc etc etc

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

this is a citizen app notification, meaning someone called 911 on this

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Indian diaspora here, raised Hindu in the US. Growing up, India’s pluralism and Gandhi’s example were the ideals of Indian independence. The kind of Hindu sectarian nationalism represented by BJP and Modi have always been gross to me. My wish is for decency for all.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It may not scan immediately from the statement if you don’t pay much attention to India, but this statement identifies and celebrates pluralism in both the India Day celebration and Indian American New Yorkers more broadly—an explicit contradiction of India’s ethnonationalist ruling government

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/08/2026

Mayor David Dinkins once described our city as a gorgeous mosaic. Today, I saw that mosaic in the Hindus and Christians, Muslims and Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs across the Indian diaspora who have helped make our city what it is. To all of them, I say: it is an honor to do that work alongside you.

Women and girls pose on a lawn at the Queens India Day Parade.

An officer poses with an Indian flag on his shoulder.

Two India Day Parade participants sit side by side.

Mayor Mamdani speaks on stage at the India Day Parade.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Our employees and communities have said loud and clear, they expect companies like Flock to have a stronger point of view as the expert. I resisted that because I didn't want to have that responsibility."

Langley said that, just six months ago, he asked in a meeting of the company's board why there seemed to be a growing public focus on Flock.

This was around the time that Amazon's Ring, a doorbell camera firm, cancelled a partnership with Flock after an outcry over a Super Bowl advert which sparked concern about unwanted surveillance.

"Historically, my point of view as a chief executive of a private company was, I don't know if I should be making these decisions. I don't know if it's my job to say how long data should be retained," Langley said.

He added that he has come to agree with groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation that police should need an active case number to search Flock's data.

"They're right. I think it should be required."

He added: "Our employees and communities have said loud and clear, they expect companies like Flock to have a stronger point of view as the expert. I resisted that because I didn't want to have that responsibility."

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The USAID thing will eventually be talked about like a genocide

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 12/08/2026

If you don't have proper eclipse glasses / filters, try a pinhole camera ... When the sun is whole, images will be circles. When partially eclipsed they will be crescents. You can use a colander or even a Ritz Biscuit. Find out more in my book "Up - a scientist's guide to the magic above us"

Ritz biscuit held above a red book. Crescents can be seen in the shadow as the holes work as a pinhole camera.

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I updated my total eclipse webcam viewer for today's eclipse! Once totality begins you'll see a live-updating umbra, so you can race to the next webcam and see the eclipse happen over and over again. jonty.github.io/2026_eclipse...

A map showing the path of the 2026 total eclipse over Iceland and Spain, with markers showing webcams and a countdown until the eclipse begins, and it hitting the first webcam.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I used to go to wildland fires and support firefighters in their responses. Older now, the body isn’t what it used to be, but when I see how bad it is out there right now (PL5, y’all), part of me wishes to be back out there on the ground again. be safe out there, everyone.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Parent here: this is bullshit. There’s no science basis for this. Vaccinate your kids.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It’s been a bad weekend for wildland firefighting in the US. Two died in a helicopter crash in Utah, and a dozer operator died in Oregon after he was caught in a burnover. It’s been a painful season so far. And we’re nowhere near the end.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026

See recent images of canine competitors riding the waves in surfing competitions for dogs, via The Atlantic Photo: theatln.tc/gzIZZkl2

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I had dengue fever in 2009 and it left permanent damage that I struggle with daily. “Breakbone fever” is an apt colloquial name for it. You don’t want it.

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Washington State Dept of Natural Resources @wadnr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Please stop flying your personal drones over wildfires. They can ground or collide with our firefighting aircraft, disrupting time critical firefighting and threatening people’s homes. Your photos are not worth someone’s home. If you fly, we can’t.

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I knew the “weaponized COVID” nutters were operating in bad faith immediately. If you really thought we were somehow “attacked” by a biological weapon, why would you fight so hard against any mitigation or protection? It’d be as if the sailors at Pearl Harbor chosen to scuttle their own ships

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Another bad WUI fire - this one is unfolding in Spokane, WA. The fire jumped the river and now is burning into the urban area.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Spider-Mans is surely correct here because there are both distinct Spider-Men (Miles Morales, Ben Reilly, Miguel O’Hara) and also a super weird alternate reality character called Spiders Man, which is thousands of spiders imprinted with Peter Parker’s consciousnes squeezed into a spandex suit.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Favorite part of the Odyssey was when the rock started singing 'youre welcome' before stealing oddy's boat

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

There was a lot of talk about future drone warfare when I was a RAND fellow 30 years ago, but degrading civilian morale by singeing an adversary's mail order dildo supply was not something that came up

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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Hidden Mitch? Like he’s the mahdi or something???

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Pretty wild that Taco Bell identified the source of the outbreak before the FDA did and promptly pulled it. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 23/07/2026

if this flag offends you i'll help you pack

a taco bell flag in the design of the american flag w the stupid thin blue line version except the stars are the taco bell bell and the stripes are purple and white a la taco bell colors and a blue line that is the color of baja blast

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Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com · 21/07/2026

A wild Jimothy appears! Encounter the beloved raccoon in your D&D adventures: dndbeyond.link/DnD-Jimothy

Hurling garbage and making friends. Jimothy joins D&D!

A snippet of Jimothy's statblock, the full stat block is available on D&D Beyond.

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