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refuses to play magic decks without black mana in them. thinks solo is the best star wars movie. she/her.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You know what I'm going to say: do not watch video of someone being killed for any reason if you don't absolutely have to, and if you do *genuinely* have to, ie for reporting, use every psychological mitigation technique possible: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Everybody who knows anything about insurance is screaming from the rooftops what a disaster Jane Kim would be as commissioner. Here’s another sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: Jane Kim’s California insurance plan is built on a myth
The candidate for insurance commissioner has campaigned on a platform of smoke and mirrors: big talk, little respect for the facts, and at times outright falsehoods.
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South Bay Forward @southbayforward.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🚍✨ The South Bay Transit Summit is Sat, Sept 19 (10 AM – 1 PM) at the Torrance Transit Center! Hear from @metrolosangeles & Torrance Transit, connect w/ community orgs & learn about Mega-Event planning for LA28 and beyond. RSVP: www.southbayforward.org/sbts26 #SouthBayTransitSummit
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South Bay Transit Summit 2026
South Bay Forward invites you to our 3rd Annual South Bay Transit Summit, in partnership with Torrance Transit and SoCal Transit Month. Join us on Sat, September 19th 2026 from 10 am - 1 pm at the Tor...
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you live in LA County and own a car, you can sign up to get paid up to $600 to not drive for 5 weeks thesource.metro.net/hey-la-count...
Screenshot of text: "How It Works 

Who can join: LA County residents who are at least 21 years old, with one or more cars in their household 
The challenge: Keep one household car parked at home for five weeks and get around using transit, bike share, walking, carpool, or any other mode 
The reward: Earn up to $600 for your household 
How we track it:  Participants will use the GoCarma app — it automatically logs your travel and odometer readings, no clipboards required"
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
From the livestream: difficulty modes for normal content that affect damage taken, healing received, and experience gain. Veteran difficulty aims for a "SWTOR classic" experience and Master difficulty aims for a real challenge. #swtor
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 03/07/2026
Neil, a 2,200-pound elephant seal, has returned to his birthplace on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir.
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Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing
Neil, a 2,200-pound elephant seal, has returned to his birthplace on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir.
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Walter MOONdale @dabenner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is a pretty clear cut principle:
Cher: So, OK, like right now, for example, the Haitians need to come to America. But some people are all, "What about the strain on our resources?"

 
	
But it's like when I had this garden party for my father's birthday, right? I said RSVP because it was a sit-down dinner. But people came that, like, did not RSVP. So I was, like, totally buggin'. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, squish in extra place settings. But, by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier!

 
And so, if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians.



 
	 
And in conclusion, may I please remind you that it does not say "RSVP" on the Statue of Liberty.

 

 

Thank you very much.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is REALLY important. “Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.” They want you to think you’re alone. You’re not. #ClimateCrisis
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Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same
That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll....
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
SOLIDARITY OPPORTUNITY I know almost all of these orgs + can verify, these are the real ones, incl those doing the work on the ground, often already putting their bodies on the line between Palestinians and settlers / the State --
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Protect The Harvest
We are a global coalition of activists and allies standing in solidarity with Palestinian communities in the West Bank for the 2026 olive harvest. Each year, Palestinian and Israeli grassroots groups ...
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 16/05/2026
The Lead Paint Theory of Anti-Gentrification holds that preserving neighborhood disamenities like freeways depresses property values, keeping housing affordable. Lead Paint Theorists oppose quality of life improvements like parks, bike lanes, and small businesses like coffee shops or restaurants.
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
US universities genuinely are like “welcome to Tennessee Agricultural College in Bumfuck Nowheresville. We invented the modern potato and our facilities include a particle accelerator, nuclear reactor, and TOP500 supercomputer. Tuition is $12,000 for instate students and we have 40,000 of them”
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Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Fairy Gothmother, MD
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I already thought Elon's mom constantly defending him on twitter was embarrassing. I didn't even consider that Elon was the one tweeting as his own mom and defending himself, which is maybe the most embarrassing thing l've ever seen
9:52 PM • 5/5/26 • 1.2M Views
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South Bay Forward @southbayforward.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
On May 6th, come to the Metro Virtual Listening Session on Board Composition and share who you think should be on the Board. We want fewer politician and more experts on transportation, planning and finance as well as transit riders. Who do you want on the Board? www.eventbrite.com/e/la-metro-a...
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LA Metro Ad Hoc Board Composition Committee - Virtual
Join Metro at an Upcoming virtual listening session on May 6 at 6:00pm.
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Kenny Keil @kennykeil.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
[guy who missed the first few seconds of Star Wars] whoa is this happening right now? In our galaxy??
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/04/2026
Why Was I Invited To An Island Off The Coast of Costa Rica By A Genetics Company? (With apologies to Dan Olson)
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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
You don’t even have to vote. You just have to show up at submit a ballot. There’s probably some down ballot bond issue you should be voting on anyways
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Right-NIMBYism is the generally correct belief that you can keep your city exclusive by blocking new housing. Left-NIMBYism is the mistaken idea that you can keep your city affordable and attainable by blocking new housing.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
How can this go on for another 3 years?
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19/03/2026
Say what you want about the #CAGov clown car primary, but billionaire/ self-proclaimed "class traitor" Tom Steyer rebranding Prop 13 as the "Trump Tax Loophole" is an interesting rhetorical move. I wonder why nobody else is taking a page out of his playbook. (h/t @jdcmedlock.bsky.social)
California’s “Trump Tax Loophole” is a billionaire-friendly tax break that lets the wealthiest commercial property owners avoid paying taxes based on what their properties are actually worth.

It traces back to Proposition 13, which was promoted as a way to protect homeowners from being taxed out of their homes when values rise. This law has been exploited to generate massive corporate tax giveaways, including an estimated $200 million windfall at Trump’s 555 California Street building in San Francisco. By including commercial and industrial property, the law created a system that billionaire and
corporate landowners exploit to lock in artificially low tax bills for decades—even while their buildings skyrocket in value and generate enormous profits.
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
... why is the PH4-LNX customization for 100% completion of GS3 now on an achievement that can be knocked out in an afternoon? I wasn't a big fan of the 100% rewards being available again at all, but it should at least stay harder to get than the other skins. #swtor
Screenshot of the achievement panel in SWTOR, showing that the PH4-LNX Jeweled Original Customization is a reward for defeating 1000 enemies with PH4-LNX as your companion during GS10.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The men's hockey final was fun to watch. Almost as fun as the hockey final.
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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Political scientists: I have some really, really, *really* depressing news about the American electorate.
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South Bay Forward @southbayforward.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Our statement on the Jan 22nd Metro Board vote for the C Line Extension to Torrance. Thank you to all who joined to support certification of the Final EIR for Hybrid LPA. We did not expect the Hawthorne motion. It will pose significant delay but there is still hope for rail to the South Bay (1/3)
South Bay Forward Statement on
Metro Board Vote for C Line Extension

We thank the thousands of South Bay residents and stakeholders including 15+ organizations with over 35,000 members who joined us to support effective transit and certification of the C Line Extension Final EIR at the LA Metro Board. We appreciate every person who provided written or public comment at the board meeting on Thursday, Jan 22nd and the many other meetings leading to it. Thanks to months of ettort by our team and coalition we were well-positioned to certify and approve the Board-Selected Hybrid LPA.

We did not expect nor anticipate the selection of Hawthorne Blvd as the approved route. Just six days before the board neeting, a surprise motion by Supervisor Mitchell, Mayor Sandoval, and Ms. Dupont-Walker revived the Hawthorne Option. It would change the route from the Hybrid Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) on the existing rail corridor owned by Metro to Hawthorne Blvd, a busy 8-lane highway, requiring businesses to close for construction and permanently seizing properties through eminent domain. This 11th hour motion against staff recommendation was highly irregular: It skipped Planning & Programming Committee. It did not include direct public outreach to cities, stakeholders, a businesses that woulo be attected on Hawthorne Blva including in lorrance.
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FORWARDIt overrode four decades of study and statt expertise. It will add 5-10 years of environmental review, at least $730 million, and pose complex regulatory hurdles which could still jeopardize the extension as a whole. We did what we could to respond within a narrow time frame but were unable to get equal time with the Metro Board Members or affected communities. In the end, the Board approved the Hawthorne Blyd route.
While this is a challenging setback and significant delay, there is still hope to bring rail to the South Bay. Here's how:
1. Hold public officials accountable -including Board Members Mitchell, Hahn, & Butts, and the Cities of Redondo Beach, Lawndale, and Torrance-to a higher standard of transparency and a commitment to deliver K Line Southern Extension expeditiously. Express disappointment by the lack of public process in the sudden switch to Hawthorne Blyd
2. Get involved with first-last mile planning for this project, to ensure it will improve mobility for all
3. Preserve public ownership of the rail corridor at minimum until the Hawthorne Blyd route is operational.
4. Push for Metro Board reform so future decisions are determined by experts who prioritize transit best practices over political dynamics.
South bay Forward remains committed to making sure you know where and when you can besi support this fight for our community.
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I love these two paragraphs www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I’m Andor-critical. The show needed three more seasons to tell its whole story.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I'm having a lot of fun on Dantooine, but long-term I'm not sure about mixing a low weekly reputation cap with a daily area that unlocks quality of life features with reputation #swtor
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
PSA for today's #swtor update: Do not do Elom last, and if you have already committed to doing Elom last, follow these instructions to avoid getting stuck in a loop.
So after finishing Library of Nul, go to Odessen and enter the room with Lana and Ordo, this should start the cutscene you saw at the start of the mission, escape out of the cutscene but remain in the room. Then log out and back in, when you load back in it should start the correct cutscene.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The vampires aren't consistently a metaphor for anything at all. They are the least metaphorical vampires of all time. The main way they interact with the racial themes of the movie is by offering an escape from human racial structures.
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Spent some time on Rishi today making a new entrance area for checking my mail and organizing my inventory, which made me curious: what are your favorite utility areas in your strongholds? #swtor
an attempt to make a disorganized but visually appealing utility area, with a legacy bank, floor safe, and mailbox mixed in with a bunch of container decorations. a small GTN hangs on the wall beside it.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
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South Bay Forward @southbayforward.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Light rail train, coming soon to Torrance! The Metro C (K) Line Extension will connect transit centers in Redondo & Torrance, improving access to schools, jobs, LAX & more. Visit: metro.net/clineext Join on Dec 4th to ask the Metro Board to certify & approve the FEIR: southbayforward.org/bus2metro
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We have got to stop saying that Vince had "bad jury management" because that is such an understatement. The man was actively telling the jurors that he was a bad player for weeks. #bb27
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kayci @kayci.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
hello bbsky! i know theres lots of polls/surveys around from actual platforms but this one i made is specifically regarding your opinion on votes for all the specific f2 scenarios so please participate and share if you can!! thank you ❤️ #bb27 forms.gle/ozByq7m2hoxe...
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BB27 Jury Vote Predictions
I am surveying potential jury vote scenarios! I made this on my phone for fun, so if there are errors, no there are not... This is just for fun and all based on your personal opinions!! Every season ...
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homerus heresy @choamchomsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
it’s possible to 1) note that the shooting of charlie kirk is the direct result of a culture and politics that he spent every single day of his adult life cultivating, without 2) celebrating the act of violence itself. but some people are going to do 2, and also anyone doing 1 will be accused of 2.
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South Bay Forward @southbayforward.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Have you heard about the train to Torrance? The Metro C/K Line Extension will extend light rail by 4.5 mi from Redondo Beach to Torrance Transit Center. Final EIR will be released soon. Metro project page: www.metro.net/projects/gre... #LAMetro #CLET #SouthBayOnBoard #BuildthetraintoTorrance
South Bay Forward volunteer at our information table with poster signage and flyers for the Metro Extension to Torrance project Whiteboard sign says “light rail train — coming soon to Torrance” with a large screen of a bus in the background Flyer for the project on a clipboard held in front of the transit center
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
not feeling GS9 :(. Uprisings were fun because they were designed to that fighting through them normally is the fastest way to complete them, and even then I was often soloing them towards the end of the season so I could go at my own pace. Mandating the groupfinder for flashpoints is rough. #swtor
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Jason Palmer @jpalmerdubs.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My rough map of #bb27. Somehow Vince and Zach are playing “both” sides of the house while also being one side of the house. Also so many people on this chart think they’re someplace completely different.
Chart labeled “BB Horseshoe Theory” that organizes the BB27 houseguest along a horseshoe shape, with the girls (plus Will and Jimmy) side vs guys (plus Kat and Kelley) side dynamic on the x-axis and Vince/Zach’s game on the y-axis. From one end of the horseshoe to the other, I have: Rachel, Jimmy/Ashley, Will, Ava, Mickey, Morgan, Vince/Zach (in the center), Lauren, Rylie/Kat, Kelley, Keanu.
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iris @floraandfauna.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
making myself mad today by typing gawker into the search bar and learning how many people are okay with revenge porn as long as it targets someone they don't like
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
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