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bubbie🧋comms open @bubbietea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
[ reposts + likes appreciated ] hi i am opening some slots for october and these will close on halloween 12am pst regardless if i fill or not, please refer here vgen.co/bubbietea #VGENComm #VGEN
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Maia Szalavitz @maiasz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
what's especially absurd about this is that we have data going back to the 70s about how harmful this is & contrary to what we know about how people learn (a little out of comfort zone, not in panic zone & gradually increasing stress only with support not coercion).
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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s always nice to see someone put into elegant language the thoughts that tumble around in my head. I feel this deeply in the narrative that is higher education as vocational training instead of learning - where business outsources its training costs to employees.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"If Trump wanted to actually achieve his stated aims-victory in Iran, more oil resources for the US-he would need to at least pretend to be motivated by something beyond self-aggrandizement & thuggish assholishness. But Trump is unwilling even to pretend .." Very interesting read:
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Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Yes. This right here. This is the whole goddamn ballgame: “We need to tax the rich, yes, but the real political project is to take power away from capital, period.”
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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QTori 🍣 @qtori.art · 04/09/2026
I will add pressure to this by saying that any company that claims to not hold onto your personal data after verifying you? They're lying. Ive been nitro free since the first time they tried this, voice how you feel with your wallet people. Make them really feel that squeeze.
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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So … a few years ago, the architect of the Capitol built a few plastic ramps at the reflecting pool so ducks could get out. Some Republicans objected to the “use of taxpayer dollars” (which was maybe $20). www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/u...
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Duck Ramps Appear at U.S. Capitol, but Not Everyone Is Pleased (Published 2017)
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RFK Jr.’s new drive to get us off anti-depressants brings home the vast number of death’s he’s already been personally responsible for, and the sheer amount of suffering. I believe that he alone, even among the crew he’s a part of, will be remembered as something other than, worse than, a villain.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One thing I realized monitoring terror Nazi Telegram for years was, Nazis are very adept at co-opting memes (both linguistic and visual) and rendering them totally toxic. And when they successfully do that, you just gotta retire the meme. That's the nature of the warfare
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 26/08/2026
At a certain point we are going to have to admit these people are not included in polite society. What he is ultimately suggesting here, his end goal, would kill millions. This guy is not much different than a officer in the SS or the Khmer Rouge.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
donald trump is busy humiliating the US in 10 different ways simultaneously and the democrats are spending their time condemning a twitch streamer. i know they're increasingly unpopular but that there's anyone who still thinks they're a real opposition party boggles the mind. boggles
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's my story on Texas' drag ban being ruled unconstitutional again. Fun quote from Judge David Hittner, a Reagan appointee: "Finally, for those who find such activities as described in this case offensive, the solution is relatively simple … just don’t go." www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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'Just don't go': Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
For the second time in three years, a federal judge has ruled Texas' ban on drag shows is unconstitutional.
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toffee @toffeetokki.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
mini-mons v4 🌠 #pixelart #ドット絵 #pokemon
9 pixel art pokemon on a white background in a grid. there is bonsly, snivy, chatot, jirachi, alonan diglet, bellossom, trapinch, chimecho and shuppet
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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arnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Riley did a very good blog about this as a Library Science nerd that’s worth reading aftermath.site/google-searc...
And in this presumption, Google tries to narrow and direct my search behavior in a way that infuriates me as a library science nerd. No database is neutral, but they generally tend to stay out of your way. When you go to your local library catalogue, your desires (and your skill at using a particular repository) are what move you through, not the library catalogue nudging you toward what it thinks you should be searching for.
Google, uninvited, attempts to steer me down the path it boldly presumes I mean to go, in the process inherently attempting to limit the information I encounter by pushing me toward itself instead of actual results.
Google has always done this with its opaque and changing priorities, but that priority has changed from making websites conform to its whims to trying to force me to conform to its obsession with Al.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.
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UnfamiliarArts @unfamiliararts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s that time again! I have another shop update coming! This time on August 28th. I’ll have a lot of new pieces ready including this little forest dragon.
A photo of a small ceramic dragon. It has a long body, is painted with leafy designs. And has a pale green glaze.
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Brenden 🧡 @sunlitslumber.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Updated keychain listing for the fire types and red friends! ✨🔥 sunlitslumber.etsy.com #Pokemon #ShinyPokemon
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is one of my biggest frustrations, especially when talking about technofascists. They really do want a feudal society! It’s not a metaphor!
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Ruta(commissions open) @maria-ruta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It is really not easy to do But it is possible You gotta You gotta train yourself to be nicer to yourself You can build those new neuron connections Please do it By little steps, every day
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Everyone needs to go see Coyote Vs. ACME because A, Its going to be fantastic and B, if it makes money at the box office none of it will go to Warner Bros which would be so fucking funny.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I think Aaron's right here – Trump has no idea how vaccines are administered or how they work. It's the same reason he thinks you need an ID to buy groceries: no personal experience. He's always been too busy cheating at golf, sexually assaulting women and running financial scams.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Axios: AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.

Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane — makes it easy to lose the thread. AI can help you pick it back up without starting over.
📖 I really got into using AI while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:

"I'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."
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Zephra @zephra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Weregarurumon in an action pose jump spin kicking towards the viewer. Always wanted to draw more digimon, testing a new style. 

#art #furry #furryart
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 10/08/2026
Iran currently the only country or organization with a clear view of the Trump administration lol
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As the grandson of Kansas wheat farmers, let me offer my careful opinion -- this is not good.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
this. stop. direct harm and directly used to bully and also influence political decisions.
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Ghost Flower 👻🌸 @paeonygalaxy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Pricing will stay in effect until the revised ko-fi goal ($150) is met! Thank you to those who have both commissioned and have boosted this, I super appreciate it. 💖💕
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Michael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son; our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht - which was closer - and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this)
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Your bad art is better than AI slop.
four frame comic. first frame shows a typical AI poster that says : All chatgpt flyers look the same, especially with this font! the text above it reads : I won't go to your event if the poster was made by AI. second frame shows a still frame from a Hank Green youtube video. text above reads : I won't read your post or email and I won't watch your video if they were made with AI. third frame shows an AI restaurant poster of burgers and chicken in a window. text reads : I won't patronize your shop  or restaurant if it is advertised with AI. last frame shows an MS paint window with badly written : Your bad art is better than AI slop. text reads : if you can't take the time or make the effort to interact with me yourself, then why should I do it?
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
One factor: childcare has gotten so expensive that women are increasingly staying home with preschool-age children instead of sending them to preschool. There is legitimately a crisis in early education right now because of consequent under-enrollment.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i think probably the most undercovered story in the united states right now is how many of the draconian HR1 cuts to SNAP and Medicaid don't even start until 2027 and the devastating effect that will have on poorer communities.
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Yonxers @yonxers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Totalitarianism in power replaces all first-rate talents with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." ~Hannah Arendt
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VER @ drawing comics @verface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Johto Beginnings, Myths & Legends
A little mosaic of stylised images of representative Pokemon from the Johto region
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sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
not an original thought but it's wild to read so much excellent historical scholarship that relies on newspaper archives and realize historians of the future will be stuck with, uh, whatever this current news landscape is
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
maybe it’s a bad idea to teach your followers that any science that conflicts with doing exactly what they want to do is bullshit
It is a chaotic scene on the National Mall.
Several hundred people have refused to leave despite an order to evacuate because of severe inclement weather that is approaching. Some are even arguing with Secret Service agents. At one point, a crowd of people began running back toward the stage. An officer is sternly repeating the order over a bullhorn and the crowd is booing. Many have begun chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." A federal law enforcement officer is trying to assure people that the event has not been canceled. Many are not convinced.
One man walking by blamed the situation on "liberals in the weather service," adding,
"I think this is baloney."
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This is a Trump rally, not a July Fourth rally. My tax dollars should not be paying for this. Trump should have to.
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[NNAMIER] @nnamierart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
✨here comes a special boy! ✨
the user's jestercat sona interacting with a chao version of itselfthe user's jestercat sona in various posesthe user's jestercat sona in various poses
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Jesus wept.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
He isn't doing a good job hiding where his ideas come from.
An image of trumps proposed golden eagle on the front of the white houseA nazi building with a roman/nazi eagle over the doorTrumps proposed arch of triumph. It looks like the horrible baby of a Mormon temple and a wedding cake topperProposed nazi arch of triumph which was never built. It was pitched by famed Nazi architect Albert Speer
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 30/06/2026
There’s a Grocery Price Emergency in America. “Our research shows that even relatively well-off families are struggling with high prices… President Trump and Congress are neither investing in long-term solutions nor offering short-term relief.” [nytimes.com]
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Opinion | We Crunched the Data: There’s a Grocery Price Emergency in America
We dug into the data, toured the country and ran surveys to find the biggest financial pressures people feel.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 30/06/2026
To Trump, rigging the midterms is more important than helping end our housing crisis. While millions can barely afford to make rent, let alone own a home, Trump still refuses to sign our bipartisan housing bill to help address this crisis. Tells you what you need to know.
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Kristi (งツ)ว @husbandogoddess.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
If one of your marketing tactics to promote your game (indie, AA, or AAA, doesn't matter) is to shit on another game, then: 1) You're an asshole 2) You're bad at marketing You should never put someone else down so you can lift yourself up.
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Holly Watts, Bug Girl Arc @realdragongirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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