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felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 4h

I should preface this by saying I have no problem at all with Giancarlo's horny Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic. But yeah it's not just this picture.

Painting "The Debate", presumably the scene where Smeagol and Gollum argue over whether to kill or help Frodo. The bottom half of the picture is just churned mud and slick puddles. In the top half, Frodo, head down, lies unconscious. It's reminiscent of the painting of the Death of Chatterton. Smeagol is kneeling all but naked next to him. We see only his leg, part of his lean and muscular torso and his strong arms. The fingers of one hand are hooked into Frodo's waistband. He is evidently dragging Frodo along, but it also looks like he's clawing at his clothing.

A book cover design. On the left - the back cover - is a sword-and-staff-wielding Gandalf. On the right, a hooded, saturnine Aragorn clasps a drained-looking but stunningly beautiful Frodo, whose head is tipped back to bare his neck and a chain with the One Ring. It makes it look as though he is gazing lovingly at Aragorn. Multiple hands variously caress, embrace and claw at Frodo. It's very intimate.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 5h

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 3h

get in, losers.

four female stormwater inspectors in a truck to replicate the Mean Girls meme

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4h

I read the news today, oh boy

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Tristan Lánstad @desastertristan.bsky.social · 13h

Hot take: Working through your feelings of betrayal publicly and screaming at unrelated people talking about their own thoughts on a horrible revelation is not justice. It's you venting and processing on the back of other people because your rage has nowhere to turn to.

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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 9h

Morgen in PamS: Schrecklicher Verdacht – Hat Friedrich Merz den Tag der Deutschen Einheit bewusst auf Samstag gelegt, damit die Leute mehr arbeiten? www.der-postillon.com/2026/10/PamS...

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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 9h

How many local models do you run?

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Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand? You're not an Ai influencer, no one elected you, and you have absolutely no weight in this debate and you're being used as a mouthpiece to sway public opinion. how many local models do you run?

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𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪 ☾ @w0lfertinger666.bsky.social · 19h

domestic lesbian life

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D.K. Lawhorn - Filmmaker @dklawhorn.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve seen a decent amount of backlash to this article, calling it rape apologia. But I read it more as an attempt to do what bell hooks encourages us to do, imagine a better world. Restorative justice cannot exist where justice and love do not exist. And neither are present in our current system.

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 22h

I guarantee you AI won’t kill us all. The claim’s a projection of reckless rich buffoons who can’t wait to be the only humans alive, openly fantasizing about a cull. Again. I’ve never been scared of AI, but the megalomaniacs forcing it on us are terrifying. I can’t guarantee they won’t kill us all.

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Tristan Lánstad @desastertristan.bsky.social · 21h

You can be parasocially infatuated with someone, but also, you can parasocially hate someone and it's not any less parasocial. The amount of hate a mediocre content creator like Ned Fulmer got for cheating on his wife was my first wake up call to this kind of thing.

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Flora 🍓🏳️‍⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...

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What Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue Gaming

Earlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for...

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Tristan Lánstad @desastertristan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ich hasse das Genre von 'OMG ich habe diese physisch anstrengende Tätigkeit gemacht und dann sah ich eine alte/behinderte/junge Person die dasselbe gemacht hat und habe mich schlecht gefühlt' Posts. Es ist einfach nur Ableismus.

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Tristan Lánstad @desastertristan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tbh I'm at a weird place mentally right now but not in a bad one. It truly feels like the next round of healing. It's not productive in the capitalist sense but it doesn't need to be.

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Windows Update @elenyafinwe.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Einfache Antwort: Lobbyismus. Arme Menschen haben keine Lobby. Deutscher "Journalismus" in a nutshell.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm down to the last nine copies of this ISS Cat print, so if you want one, please order soon. It's in my shop along with other prints, badges and a zine: www.tomgauld.com/

A view of the International Space Station floating in the stars above the earth. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out."

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Tikklil~ new manga on Viz! @tikklil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm taking commissions again! 2-3 slots open so email me if interested. Prices below 🔻

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Gray @grayskyl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Früher konnte man auf jeder Internetseite (y) für Daumen hoch oder :* für Kuss machen und jetzt wenn man Glück hat noch :-) für klassischen Smiley we used to be a proper country

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Here lies JD. He drew as many comics as he could. @lostcity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are NOT machine-made clothes. If there were, your clothes would be made in the country you live in (where the customers are), or in China (where machines are cheap). They’re made in Bangladesh or India or Indonesia because that’s where the LABOUR is cheap. Your clothes are made by people.

Joyce Carol Oates says: “This is why Al-generated romance novels make perfect sense. Formulaic fiction doesn't need to be written by hand, so to speak; what difference does it make if a machine "writes" it? There are machine-made clothes & there are custom-made clothes. They appeal to
different consumers.“

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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

„Jeder wird spüren, dass wir sparen.“ Jeder?

Dafür ist Geld da:
Tankrabatt ab Oktober: 2,5 Milliarden Euro und nur 9 Euro Entlastung im Monat

Studie sieht 66 Milliarden Euro für klimaschädliche Vergünstigungen

Erbschaftsteuerprivilegien: 3,4 Milliarden Euro Steuererlass für 45 Großerben

Studie: Ohne Reichensteuer fehlen 380
Milliarden Euro

Hier müssen wir sparen:

Preiserhöhung:
Deutschlandticket wird ab Januar spürbar teurer

Bund will Wohngeld drastisch kürzen

Prien will Unterhaltsvorschuss kürzen

563 Euro zu viel? Dobrindt will Bürgergeld kürzen

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i know a lot of people really, really want gaza to be a two-sides issue that maps cleanly onto US electoral politics, but it isn't. the mainstream of both parties supports the genocide, because the US as an institution supports the genocide. i know that's uncomfortable but you can't run away from it

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Windows Update @elenyafinwe.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Also Person ebenfalls aus Sachsen-Anhalt: second this. Hallo, wir existieren noch und werden jetzt allein gelassen mit unseren Fascho Nachbarn.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you thought my characterisation of these bozos was unfair when I said "they think art is a solved equation" or that they didn't understand art:

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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Deutschland: 👌 Erlässt Großerben 3,7 Milliarden Euro Erbschaftsteuer 👌 Lässt sich 147 Milliarden Euro jährlich durch eine Vermögensteuer entgehen Auch Deutschland:

Amt kürzt Rentner die Grundsicherung wegen 58,25 Euro Flaschenpfand – und zieht es dann ein

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kklemens 🌈 @kklemens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mit einigen wunderbaren Kolleg*innen habe ich eine wissenschaftliche Stellungnahme erarbeitet, die zeigt: das Jugendnetzwerk Lambda, dem die "Familienministerin" Karin Prien ohne Begründung, ohne Not und ohne Vorwarnung die Strukturförderung gestrichen hat - dass eine Rahmenvereinbarung mit einem

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Stellungnahme Kündigung Jugendnetzwerk Lambda e.V.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Turns out their financials revealed they lost more money than the entire GDP of Iceland

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 29/09/2026

omg I love them

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★ // johnnyshrine @johnnyshrine.com · 07/09/2025

★ 211 // “If you were waiting for a sign, here it is” #shrineofferings #JJBA #SBR

Johnny Joestar reaching his hand out the viewer with a smile. The caption reads "THIS IS YOUR SIGN TO START HRT". Johnny's outfit is colored in the transgender pride flag colors, and said flag is shown in the background as light pours into frame.

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WasdNedSagsd @wasdnedsagsd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Interessiert nächste Woche zwar eh keine Sau mehr, aber ich zeig's euch trotzdem. Overcrowding ist ein häufiges Phänomen. Seid einfach dankbar, wenn ihr im Wartezimmer sitzen und stundenlang lesen dürft. Ihr seht nicht, was hinter den Türen los ist. #medizinbrennt

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Notaufnahmen vor dem Kollaps: Was läuft schief im System? | frontal

YouTube video by frontal

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Oblivion Loading Screens @oblivionloading.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lucien Lachance: "You sleep rather soundly for a gooner." #TheElderScrolls #Oblivion

A screenshot of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, of the player talking with an Imperial man in black robes and a hood, by torchlight, in a dark fort.

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026

Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products.

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GrayGooGlitch @graygooglitch.com · 26/09/2026

TLDR Dverghold is made by literal nazis.

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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Who are KVLTGAMES? Well, according to a German-only Wikipedia page... Nazis. Like literally neo-nazis who made a Turner Diaries simulator that got their previous publisher banned from Steam.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

People tend to think of functional illiteracy as just being unable to read words aloud or such. What it *really* means is such as not being able to perceive subtext, context, understand who the audience of something may be, etc. Media illiteracy is fundamentally part of functional illiteracy.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level. You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext* www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

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2024-2025 Literacy Statistics | National Literacy Institute

Literacy Statisitics

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They just released a mod sponsored by IKEA

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

rip bozo etc but god i can only think of beth upton. forced to leave the country because every fucking day there were several stories dedicated to demonising her and giving this vile piece of shit airtime just for being a rich transphobe. it doesn't matter if peggie loses. she got what she wanted.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

for more wholesome good old fashioned fun, check out my book kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not to get political on main, but I hate... no, I absolutely loathe gambling, I abhor it! I despise this predatory industry, what it does to people, how it targets vulnerable people, and how it worms its way into everything. If I ever got into power, I'd criminalise these companies.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Secret Panel HERE 👏 patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/things-to-do-32419113

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oNoise @onoise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is so important. Yes, humor can be a coping mechanism. It's okay to laugh about your struggles. But it's also very real that we can't or don't want to always do that and it is devastating when people tell us to "be more positive" and "don't take yourself so seriously!".

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Tumble @tumbleosity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sonk the Hedgehog! He goes a regular speed and likes bratwurst.

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Oblivion Loading Screens @oblivionloading.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Never-ending Sword of Major Slicing added to inventory.

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Reca @recarecaps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

😡 Meine Fresse, werden wir verarscht❗ Thiel 2009: „... haben der Anstieg von Sozialleistungen u. Frauenwahlrecht... den Begriff der ‚kapitalistischen Demokratie‘ zum Oxymoron gemacht“ „Ich glaube nicht mehr, daß Freiheit u. Demokratie miteinander vereinbar sind“ #Döpfner #Springer #Thiel #Palantir

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QOTD by Peter Thiel on how democracy. and freedom aren't compatible

Technology has marched forward over the last couple of decades at the same time as basic freedoms and rights have been eroded

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Tapa @tapatv.de · 25/09/2026

In einem Land in dem die #CDU zusammen mit der #AfD gegen die Platzierung von #Stolpersteinen stimmt und die CDU einen #Clan-Chef zu einer Wahlparty EINLÄDT, sollte sich niemand zu weit aus dem Fenster hängen weil man bei den #Berliner #Linken zwei #Antisemiten gefunden hat! taz.de/Stolperstein...

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Stolpersteine in Sachsen: „Das dient nicht dem Erinnern, sondern dem Vergessen“

In Heidenau unterstützen CDU- und AfD-Mitglieder einen Antrag gegen die Gedenksteine für Opfer der Nazis. Betroffenenverbände kritisieren den Vorstoß.

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