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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 4h

it was only $10K????? That's infuriating.

Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 15h

I spent some time in Ojai this summer and got to see some beautifully designed gardens (Konica Autoflex TC and my light meter app obviously worked a bit better) #shittycamerachallenge #filmisnotdead #filmphotography

formal garden, there's a path that's leading to a grecian style statue

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

my friend picked me up at LAX in August and instead of fighting traffic we got nachos and sat on the beach until the traffic died down. (Konica Autoflex TC, the meter in the camera is busted so the overexposure is the fault of my phone app) #shittycamerachallenge

washed out image of the beach, seagull sitting in the sand.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

WITNESS MEEEEE!!!

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Jenny 😻 @kobidor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NHL: *tosses scraps to romance readers* PWHL:

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PWHL definitely loves pretending that women's hockey barely existed before 2023

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Don't mind if I do" - Trinity Rodman, probably

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is truly sad and pathetic

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...

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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As a child I was obsessed with the Bob Mackie Barbies. They were magical.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 14/09/2026

Is this the most perfect book? I think it might be the most perfect book.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Look I know very few orgs have more than 6-9 months of cash on hand but the fact that this happened so fast is so sad to me

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

his name being on things is important to him, clearly, but he struggles with associating it with anything to do with soft power like arts/culture. This isn't just because artists overwhelmingly dislike him (though that of course factors in) but because he's utterly incapable of philanthropic work

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

one of the things Joyce Beatty is seeking to uncover in her lawsuit currently is that they were basically already bankrupt before they even took his hame off and are trying to hide it

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There’s an episode of Columbo when he goes to England for some reason????

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For opera fans, don't miss Teatro Alla Scala's new free streaming service. After you register, you can access their archives of 31 recent opera performances, 13 older ones, plus a few ballets and concerts. The quality is fantastic. Highly recommended. lascala.tv/en

lascala.tv

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Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 03/09/2026

I wrote a poem for the latest issue of LA Poetry Club. You can only read it if you live in Los Angeles, and it'll vanish on Saturday. Apologies to those who do not live in LA, but conceptually a very cool project: www.lapoetryclub.com

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LA Poetry Club

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026

There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’m obsessed with this section of Cool Machine that has interjections from Jenny Holzer

THE KISS CONTAINED THE IMMEDIACY OF DEATH

EMINENT DOMAN OUR CONSTANT REFRAIN

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 31/08/2026

The problem with having very few reporters working who’ve covered sports for a decade and anti trans political developments for a decade is anytime there’s discourse it takes like six extra pieces to show how all the groups coalesce towards defunding public schools and repealing Title IX.

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French New Wave Memes @fnwave.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

more and more people are saying this

Inazuma (Lightning), 1952 - Mikio Naruse

a woman looking pensive saying

women are sad.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The food regulation and inspection stuff really shows all libertarians are dumber than straight fascists

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

DC Scores is a terrific program that deserves more support

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Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 26/08/2026

I am told all the cool authors do this: Please enjoy some of the tropes you’ll find in How to Build a #RobotBoyfriend, plus some AO3 tag soup! (Thanks to @meganwesterby.bsky.social for the suggestion/help!) Pre-orders still pre-ordering here: tinyurl.com/robotboyfriend. 6 days until publication!

a copy of the HOW TO BUILD A ROBOT BOYFRIEND cover that features the following tropes:

GRAD SCHOOL
HORNINESS IS
NOT A CRIME

UNLIKELY
BEST
FRIENDS

SCHOOLGIRL
CRUSHES

SMART IS
SEXY

BATMAN JOKES (CUZ LIZ IS A NERD)

IF YOU BUILD IT, YOU WILL...

ROBOT SEX ED
101(100101)

(HAND)
SCULPTED
ABS

ICE CREAM
IS A MEAL

VILLAIN
MIGHT RESEMBLE ELON MUSK A BIT

AO3 tag cloud featuring the following tags:

The Ethics Of Falling In Love With A Synthetic
unlikely BFFs
at least a little plot
homemade robot penis
lowkey wanted to name him bob for the shits and giggles
our sweet robot cinnamon roll
too many candles
2030s
No Al this is handcrafted artisanal bullshit
Teacher-Student Relationship
Robot Sex
done as ethically as I could manage
Humanophilia
Robot/Human Relationships,
dictatorship of tech companies
improper use of welding
one robocop reference
Not too distant future though
Self Confidence Issues
Wild speculation about future movies
Yearning
my platonic loser besties
cheap halloween costumes
What idiot would build a robot you cant fuck of course they have dicks

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

very glad to hear noted dad @hodgman.bsky.social break into "I Got a Gal In Kalamazoo" because Michigan was mentioned, just like my dad would have. (Seriously, he loved that song.) (Catching up on podcast E Pluribus Motto)

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It’s the “geology stuff” of memory

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I know this was the right time to walk to the hipster coffee shop to buy locally roasted beans because I walked in and they’re playing NSYNC

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I don't know how to communicate how fucking cool this camera was at the time.

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Jay Bushman @jaybushman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Do you like books about robots? Not LLMs, the corporeal kind with limbs and appendages and the capability for sexytimes? Then you're just the person to pre-order HOW TO BUILD A ROBOT (BOYFRIEND), by the brilliant @lizshannonmiller.com Smash that pre-order button: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFKPGFJ5

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How to Build a Robot (Boyfriend): A Novel of Science, Female Friendship, and Hot Robots

Amazon.com: How to Build a Robot (Boyfriend): A Novel of Science, Female Friendship, and Hot Robots eBook : Miller, Liz Shannon: Kindle Store

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is great coverage. I really want this league to succeed but I have concerns about some of the decisions they’re making. (And not just because I don’t want to pay ESPN for anything)

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Youtube has delivered to me 3x3 women's hockey with Quebecois commentary. I don't think my french is good enough to understand PBP with a Paris accent, it's def not good enough for this but it's still amazing. (I guess they have men's games too? IDK.) app.livingsisu.com/lshl/watch

app.livingsisu.com

Living Sisu

Your limitless access to sports and wellness

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think it’s clear that some private schools exist solely to pocket public money, and not to educate public school students

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Megan Westerby @meganwesterby.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Get up and gooooooooo! Yesterday, Jess and I made a zine with a lot of drive youtu.be/EsAjUrIXV30?...

youtu.be

jess and megan make a zine

YouTube video by Jess Driscoll

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I hate the emphasis on polling today and the horse race nonsense. Elections aren’t sporting events. They have real consequences for the country. Instead of “who’s up, who’s down” stories, media should focus on “who’s right, who’s wrong” on the critical issues—without doing both-sides bullshit.

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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 16/08/2026

I interviewed Brennan Suen from @mmfa.bsky.social about how right-wing media is using Sophie Cunningham's anti-trans comments to stoke their culture war, & how mainstream media can avoid letting Fox News shape the narrative around trans athletes.

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fox news is obsessed with the sophie cunningham comments

and they're using them to continue stoking a culture war

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hot tip for art thieves: find buyers before you steal art! Or else you'll steal it, find that no collectors are stupid enough to buy hot masterpieces, and live in a state of increasing state of panic before a sting operation catches your ass. Today's case in point: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...

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Five Arrested in Connection to Stolen Works by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse, Prosecutors Say

The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.

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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 15/08/2026

In what media experts are calling a threat to free speech, bogus copyright complaints have led to the scrubbing of dozens of stories about a congressional candidate from Google search results.

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Growing threat to free speech: Bogus copyright claims making political stories disappear

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Cool Machine by @colsonwhitehead.com just dropped on my library app. Hell yeah.

Epigram from a book that reads “for New York Fuckin’ City”

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I will only accept “woke 2” in relation to “electric boogaloo” or “2 woke 2 furious” (Unfortunately for my dumb joke, the article is actually interesting and the point is whatever comes after “woke” needs to be action and not slogans. Which I agree with.)

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Watching an episode of Murder She Wrote where she’s on Broadway and a tv critic is accused of killing the top print critic and just picturing Roma Torre murdering Ben Brantley and cracking up. (Roma Torre is being played by Dean Stockwell)

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Honestly the article doesn’t make the headline sound less like The Onion this is a terrible idea

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Elisabeth Bayer @ejbayer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I would trust Mrs Met as a matchmaker

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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/08/2026

Outkast’s Ms Jackson just came on at the gym and I will never in my life be able to hear that song without thinking about this comic

I’m sorry Ms Jackson parody comic where instead of “I am for real” it is “I am four eels”

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