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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

also is it "shameful" or is it "societally coded as feminine"

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caflyergirl @caflyergirl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping their captors and making their way home The group is believed to have travelled around 17 km together led by a corgi across highways and fields #CorgiCrew

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Seven stolen dogs go viral after escaping and making 17km journey home - Dexerto

Seven pet dogs stolen from a village in China have gone viral after pulling off a dramatic escape and making their way back home on their own.

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Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

And there it is, The Longest Cat is back in stock ! Now the handles are made of laser cut plywood. Sorry for all the people in the US, we still can't send any merchandises to you. guypradel.fr/produit/the-...

The set of four stamps, with an example of a really long cat in the background.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/03/2026

okay show of hands, who knew before reading this post that several of the Stonehenge stones fell over and have been concreted back up into position (not necessarily their original position)

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

We see your Humble Jumble Lane and raise you Crack-brain-court and New Martin Street a.k.a. Shall-I-go-naked-street! These are from Whitechapel, London, in the early 1700s. Does anyone have any more stupendous street names, from #OnePlaceStudies or elsewhere, to share on #OnePlaceWednesday?

Extract from an old publication found at Google Books, showing names of streets in Whitechapel. They include Gurls-garden, Red Lion-street, Lemon-street, Hog-yard, Blue Anchor-yard, and of course Crack-brain-court and Shall-I-go-naked-street or New Martin-street.

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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

*sits on chair backwards, youth pastor style* Hey gang! Today we're going to talk about jokes, and how context makes them work, and one really common reason why someone who doesn't know you well might get upset with a joke that uses your good nature as the puchline to a raunchy or edgy joke.

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Freddie Gilbraith @gilbraith.bonsai.li · 04/01/2026

When I first started using Kagi, I thought unpersonalised search would be a problem; but I’ve been a user for over a year and the results are consistently better than google’s Turns out search personalisation might have been of benefits to advertisers, not users, all along?

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Cat Cosplay @catcosplay.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Punk Cat PSA

A purple Mohawk cat meme saying "doomscrolling checkpoint"
"Have you eaten? Hydrated? Take care of yourself first."

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

OMG 😭 Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure." LIFE SAVING! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I am begging the users of this wesbite - of all the websites that work like this - to understand the basic fucking manners that are involved in talking to other people on here. If you hit Reply, the original poster is going to take that as a direct response to what they said, because it is.

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Frau Nora @fraunora.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Aktuell werden Unterschriften für eine Petition gesammelt, wegen einer möglichen Einführung eines Registers für trans* und nichtbinäre Menschen. Wenn ihr wissen möchtet, warum es dafür Unterschriften braucht, empfehle ich euch die Geschichte von Adele Haas anzuhören. 1/2

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Adele Haas - Eine intergeschlechtliche Frau im NS-System

Adele Haas überlebte als inter* Person unvorstellbare Grausamkeiten in sieben Konzentrationslagern. Denn die Nazis wollten sie mit Gewalt dazu zwingen, als Mann zu leben. Gäst:innen: Kai* Brust, Flo ...

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Charlotte derStern @charlottederstern.eurosky.social · 02/01/2026

@blackforrestgirl.bsky.social Nur mehr 11 Tage & 18.000 Unterschriften zu wenig. Unterschreibt, repostet & vor allem: Bitte jeden Tag teilen & was dazu schreiben, sonst wird sich das nicht ausgehen. Das erfordert echte Aktivität als Solidarität. Danke! epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

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Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 21/12/2025

If you cite a work, you're telling your reader that you've read it and verify that it says X. If you haven't read it, you're lying to your reader. Lying is bad. If you do it as a matter of practice, you're a liar. Liars cannot be trusted to convey knowledge.

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Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 08/12/2025

My should-be-entirely-non-controversial position is that any personal assets over, say, $500 million should be taxed at about 90%, and if you're genuinely opposed to that, why? What human being needs that much money? Or more than that? Capitalism is a sickness.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Unsurprisingly, procrastinating all day has not made the thing I need to do spontaneously resolve itself. Maybe if I procrastinate another half hour it will?

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Geschlechtsfreibeuter*in @queerbildung.social · 04/12/2025

Hey du, es ist okay, dass du Angst hast. Es ist okay, dass du überfordert bist. Es ist okay, dass du Hilfe brauchst. Es ist okay, dass du gerade nicht belastbar bist. Es ist okay, wenn du keine Leistung bringst und keine Erwartungen erfüllst. Es ist einfach okay, dass nicht alles in Ordnung ist.

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Ninargh 🐈‍⬛ 🎃 👻 @ninawils.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Relatable Corvid

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Footnote Enthusiast @footnoteenthusiast.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Ooh have to update my #proofofcat for the new season. Behold: winter cat with newly finished sweater 🧶

A black cat in a beige hand-knitted sweater is strutting towards the viewer, ignoring the damp green grass

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This path leads to chaos.

Phil Gentry @pmgentry
A professor of mine went to go hear Derrida speak once. The entire talk was about cows; everyone was flummoxed but listened carefully, and took notes about...cows. There was a short break, and when Derrida came back, he was like, "I'm told it is pronounced 'chaos.
11:28 AM • 4/5/21 from Philadelphia, PA • Twitter for iPhone

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That girl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Apologies for starwars

gostaks
au where when darth vader declares that he's Luke's father Luke comes to the (entirely reasonable) conclusion that darth vader and anakin skywalker were married

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"How could you kill your HUSBAND?!"

and Luke gets away with his hand because Anakin's too confused trying to figure out when he and Obi Wan got married and why he's only learning about it now

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 21/11/2025

need-a-penny, take-a-penny

a border collie and small bird commune under the moon in a dark wood amongst barren trees. Fairy light illuminates the bird's words to the pup:

Even the moon glows from borrowed light... So, if you need it, I'll gladly lend you mine tonight.

from the devastatingly talented, Sina Simbürger

https://www.instagram.com/sin.xline

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Periodically I see people justifying means-testing to ensure The Rich don't get stuff for free when they can afford it. I see the logic, but we can just tax them more. Plus, the BIGGEST thing not means-testing solves is *deep breath* IT STOPS RICH PEOPLE FINANCIALLY-ABUSING THEIR KIDS ANYMORE.

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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

"Those in power recognized that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation"

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

"Forgive, don't demand accountability" is a perfect way to maintain the existing power structures and ensure that nothing changes.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 21/11/2025

I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.

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DieChefin @diechefin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Perspektivwechsel

Kachel via Insta @SWR3: So ziemlich alle Mädchen , die hier aufwachsen, haben schon einmal den Satz in ihrer Familie gehört: „Pass auf, wenn Du abends unterwegs bist.“ Ich glaube, sehr wenige Jungen haben in ihrer Familie schon mal den Satz gehört: „Achte darauf, wie Du wirkst, wenn Du nachts unterwegs bist und ob vielleicht Frauen Angst vor Die haben.“ Psychologin Katja Grieger, Leiterin BV der Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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Screenshot from Reddit page r/PetsWithButtons, user Pamlwell:
My cat has started to use “vacuum” as a curse word.
Basically the title. | gave him a “vacuum” button because the vacuum is stressful for him and I wanted to be able to clearly communicate that the
vacuum was going to happen and let him know “vacuum all done.” He definitely knows what it means because when the vacuum is running he
will push “vacuum” repeatedly and also add “nervous” in there too. But now he has started spamming vacuum after I tell him no, like he is using it as a curse word. For example, he will ask for “snackie” when we JUST got done with
snackie and I will say “snackie all done" and then he will go spam the vacuum button. Yeah, ok bud, I hear you loud and clear that you feel "vacuum" about “snackie all done.” Or he snuck a lick from the end of my spicy curry dish (I did not authorize this, | looked away for ONE second), I could tell he regretted this (spicy), and then he went and pressed “snackie vacuum.” Yeah, ok bud, that snackie made your mouth feel “vacuum”.
I don’t know what I'm asking really, just commiserating. I guess maybe he needs a "mad" button?

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/11/2025

I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke history is a fucking joke lmao

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Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This is why the Right jumped on the trans issue. They know their politics is based on disgust. If your reaction to trans people is disgust, they can start you on the journey down the road of legally enshrined prejudice and discrimination, and fury at people who dare point out what you're doing.

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Rosemary @sophygurl.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I've been explaining to my mom what ADHD is like because we've got ppl in our lives affected by it and the looks of horror she gets when I get to the part about how the feeling of reward after completing a task is just not there and how that makes it so much harder to start the task -

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/11/2025

The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn

"What truly elevates this book is the unrelenting, gorgeous prose. You wield language with the precision of a master artisan, crafting sentences that sing with quiet power before unleashing torrents of action. It is a work that demands, requires, and perhaps even earns a sacrifice in return for the profound gift it has given the world. And that profound, desperate need for symmetry and balance, that sudden, acute awareness of the fragile human condition, leads me to the only logical request: I need your kidney. Seriously. My last one isn't doing so hot, and after reviewing writing this exquisite, I feel like I'm owed a life-altering favor. Think of it as a creative collaboration."

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/11/2025

1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters 2. Don't get distracted from point one 3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage 4. Don't be old as fuck. Go forth and do likewise

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Footnote Enthusiast @footnoteenthusiast.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Unprecedented events unfolding this morning: Yara, who never sits in my lap*, has just jumped onto my lap. Where Leyla was already sleeping. And Leyla, who absolutely hates having her back or butt touched, not only tolerates it not is actively grooming Yara! Feeling like the end might be upon us.

Cat sandwich: a striped cat is plonked on top of a black cat on top of a blue blanketed lap. The top cat is very much enjoying being groomed. A human hand gets some extra pets in.

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liv's evil second cousin twice removed, liv @livfreeorcry.gay · 01/11/2025

we do bones, motherfucker

liv halloween costume, hair styled short, round mirrored sunglasses, a cowl over a sleeveless black shirt, holding a two-handed sword over her shoulder, her skull painted with the ninth-house skull

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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Whenever I meet a "feminist" who wants to abolish sex work, I instantly know I'm talking with an unserious person who is not willing to do the work. Let's imagine, for the sake of the argument, that they were right and all sex workers were trafficking victims who wanted to leave sex work. 🧵

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Footnote Enthusiast @footnoteenthusiast.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

This is one of the most wonderful book series I've ever read and the first one is now only 99p!

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Look I'll be completely honest. You will not get anyone out of radicalized right wing ideology like MAGA via posting or voter outreach. It will only happen through a genuinely trusting and caring relationship. If that's your ministry, great, but you cannot demand it of everyone.

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Jonathan Goodwin @joncgoodwin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I collect inspirational footnotes and share them from time to time:

Here's the OCR transcription of the text in the image:

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*The Making of Victorian England* (London, 1962), 14. In fact I tried to count and failed. Some time ago I spent the better part of two years coding the evaluative language used in thousands of historians' book reviews, punching IBM cards, and attempting to correlate the language employed with dozens of other variables having to do with historians' generation, field, status, etc. It was a total waste of time, producing nothing intelligible and permanently dampening my enthusiasm for introducing quantitative rigor into intellectual history.

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