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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/10/2026

Seeing a little wave of "oh I gotta go to X to see posts from my niche community" and you know what if you're concerned about the CSAM and fascism Nazis and whatnot you could MOVE your niche community over HERE! We've got starter packs and everything that make it easy! It's a thing that you can try!

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

1916 Life magazine image created to protest American isolationism, warning what could happen if WW1 was lost. Kind of love the take on Canada. Gotta admit living in St Karl sounds kind of dope. And pretty funny about Bismarck, ND. And, yeah, that new Gulf of Mexico name goes pretty hard.

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social · 11/10/2026

A well-done article from @ctmirror.org on soft censorship (a.k.a. chilling effects and harassment) in CT. Perhaps of acute interest to #NutmegSky but also to many others. Run for your town library board and help the librarians fight the fash! ctmirror.org/2026/10/09/b...

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It's Banned Books Week. For librarians that means soft censorship

Connecticut libraries are seeing an uptick in “soft censorship” of books that receive complaints or informal challenges from patrons.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/10/2026

This is kind of wonderful, Alison Brown wrangled a handful of pretty decent old bluegrass guys to play “Old Town Road”. Nas X’s impact… immeasurable youtu.be/a_GCX5IoCds

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Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Old Town Road (feat. Del McCoury & Dan Tyminski)

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1957: President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian Finance Minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, who was denied service in a segregated restaurant. It was one of many incidents involving African dignitaries and a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. /1

Ghanaian Finance Minister Komla Abela Gbedemah (left) meets with President Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) and Vice President Richard Nixon (right) at the White House on Oct. 10, 1957. The meeting was arranged after Gbedemah was refused indoor service at a Howard Johnson’s restaurant in Dover, Del. President Eisenhower issued a formal apology and invited Gbedemah to the White House for breakfast to address the incident. He and Nixon expressed regret and discussed financial assistance for Ghana’s Akosombo Dam project. Following the incident, Howard Johnson’s management instructed the Dover restaurant to serve all customers regardless of race. However, Howard Johnson’s operated largely through a franchise model, and individual owners often adhered to local Jim Crow laws or deep-seated regional customs. The refusal to implement a nationwide policy turned Howard Johnson’s into a prime target for civil rights groups. Photo credit: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.

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m0n0cle.bsky.social @m0n0cle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Wherein @susancampbell.bsky.social opines that the upcoming public execution, is "the kind of act of an evil empire that grows terrorists in other countries." susancampbell.substack.com/p/dui-hire-h...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026

I had a colonoscopy yesterday and of course I wrote about the experience. Come read why my colonoscopy was not bad at all, why I encourage those of you putting it off to actually schedule it if you can, and what a teddy bear has to do with the whole experience: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/08/c...

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Colonoscopy Post-Mortem

First, so as not to bury the lede: It went great, there’s nothing in my colon they are the least bit concerned about, and I don’t have to come back for another colonoscopy for a decade,…

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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“To say Margaret Hamilton was… ahead of her time would be a dramatic understatement. She was a software engineer at a time when it was in its infancy, & not only developed advanced code but also led a team using that nascent technology to develop [a] complex system” #RIP news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This page gets cited as the point where John Byrne decided to stop working with Chris Claremont — apocryphally, Byrne thought Claremont's dialogue undermined Colossus' strength. I find this to be a fascinating instance of one guy approaching fiction with calipers while another shows up with tequila

Colossus, full metal skin and everything, hauls a stump out of the ground with a chain, saying "by Lenin, either my heart with burst and my steel body crack--"

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alexhasselhorror.bsky.social @alexhasselhorror.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beneath Alton, there are several mysterious 1800s-era tunnels that have no official explanation. A new one was discovered just five years ago. In this news video, that’s my mom and grandpa giving MOS interviews about 2/3 the way in. 💀🖤🎃 #WeirdAltonWednesday fox2now.com/news/illinoi...

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Alton man discovers mysterious 19th century-era tunnel beneath his property

We’re going underground in Alton, Illinois, into a tunnel that was just found.

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Dan Membiela’s Panelverse on Kickstarter @danmembiela.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do you like zines? My "What if there was a Batman in Star Wars" zine, Beware the Mynock, is available as an add-on to #Panelverse. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...a dark-winged detective investigated an Imperial crime scene. Check it out here 👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/105...

The Mynock glides down across a sci-fi city scape on the cover of Beware the Mynock.

The Mynock chases down Bib Fortuna a caption reads, "The Mynock learns another is asking about the crystal."

The Mynock's solar array scalloped winged ship in hyperspace, a caption reads, "...The Mynock is gone."

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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

Action figure of Werner Herzog in a blister pack with an image of Werner looking very serious.

Text:
WERNER HERZOG
STARES DEEPLY INTO YOUR SOUL
WERNER HERZOG
with valuable insight
faux show
COLLECTIBLES

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Really enjoyed doing this interview w/@learnovate.bsky.social - we got into my approach to teaching comics as always hands-on & emphasizing play, drawing as thinking, my crankiness about gen-Ai, the importance of constraints to creativity, the necessity of struggle, tennis, & the DJ-movie Scratch!

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Nick Sousanis: Why Drawing Is Thinking (and What AI Leaves Out)

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The official 1976 Howard The Duck Presidential Campaign portrait, by Bernie Wrightson.

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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Are Donald Pleasance and Louis Jourdan the only actors to have matched wits with both Columbo and Bond?

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We recently attended a wedding where one of the guests told my wife (who sings opera) he loves Ai music *because it takes the pain out of learning it.* to him "nobody who makes music likes doing it." To which she replied "That's an interesting perspective for someone who isnt a musician." 🤣☠️

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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just learning that October is “Disability Employment Awareness Month” (USA) after the last 2 months of advocating for my disability at work is just the *chef’s kiss*

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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Amazing and inspiring thread!

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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So thanks the extremely frustrating, draining, traumatic week, team members got to witness me experiencing AuDHD burnout and meltdown in real time.

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Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky: 'I told you so'

Alt: Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky: 'I am not one for “I told you so”, but…’

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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fighting the AuDHD need to add in all the context and subtext into an email arguing for my disability rights while realizing, what better to showcase my AuDHD then to write down all the details that have led me to the point of saying, "No. I will not be made small ever again to accommodate you."

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𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 @salix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday my 15 year old son had a crisis. It’s been building for months. AuDHD (yep, the apparently invented & much vilified combination of mental health conditions that anyone struggling to make sense of the world thinks they have, in the way cupcakes have sprinkles). I called the GP in emergency.

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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mission statement: I make beautiful &/or silly things to spread JOY It’s my birthday on Saturday so I’d be really grateful if you’d share this in accordance with the scriptures! FANKS x Art Artofnote.sumupstore.com Greetings Dippyfishcards.etsy.com Misc and Tips ko-fi.com/dippyfish/shop #bsnm

Badass wee vamp - available as a card or print at Dippyfishcards.etsy.com

Sing when you’re winning - a Robin pebble portrait with REAL GOLD BITS available on artofnote.sumupstore.com

Cake by the ocean, a Cornwall coast abstract piece from my 2025 St Ives series - available at artofnote.sumupstore.com

Lovebirds - on a Land of Smiles score page - Art of Note series print - original in honour of my late mum. Available at artofnote.sumupstore.com

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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Waking up thinking the past week was all a very bad dream, but no, it was all real. The sexual harassment by a neighbor. The condescending faux friendliness. The constant pain of AuDHD. The dehumanization. The realization that I am worth less than a bookshelf of files in the eyes of some.

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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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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And, for the coup de grace, two bills protecting fire survivors from predatory insurance companies, which he vetoed, deliberately, to punish fire survivors for rejecting his "reform" bill that was actually a huge payout to SCE for starting fires. calmatters.org/economy/2026...

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Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort.

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you missed: My essay looking at why I so dislike projects like The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century. Perplexing rankings, excluded shows and a U.S. TV-centric list is only part of the problem. Read on: loom.ly/f4976iA

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Tara O’Connor @taraocomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!

Joyce Carol Oates
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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Helder @heldermira.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Just one more thing..." I typed that out in a professional email because it was a very serious email that has me in a very conflicted mindspace, but I needed to remind myself of who I am and why I matter and to not lose hope. So I needed to channel a tenacious champion of justice.

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Columbo: So What

Alt: Columbo: So What

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Fred Van Lente @fredvanlente.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hire Taylor! He's awesome.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you’ve never told a man you were in a relationship and he still wouldn’t stop texting you or leave you alone, even after you said stop or walked alone at night with your keys between your fingers

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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just two weeks until my new book DIANA is released— out Oct. 6th from Abrams! I feel very seen by this quote from brilliant cartoonist friend Lee Knox Ostertag, whose books informed my own creative pursuit of who Diana is & how she maintains & struggles w/ the relationships around her:

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Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 22/09/2026

This is so fucking huge and wrong and the company IDScan.net should be held criminally negligent for saving data they didn't even need for a validation check. This is why we don't trust companies like this. There was no reason whatsoever to set up the data and the system the way they did.

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IDScan confirms breach tied to 153 million stolen driver’s licenses

Identity verification company IDScan has confirmed that hackers accessed customer data stored in its cloud platform, days after reports linked the company to a massive database containing more than 15...

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Call me Ishmaboo @billjank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don’t Elect Billionaires.

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Berks of DeFrights...or Something. @dandyandafop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m glad we have vinyl signs today, from people who’ve never studied design or typography, instead of this stuff…

An entrance to a high school that features a gorgeous carved door surround featuring signs of the zodiac, and a beautiful ‘Mackintoshesque’ bit of typesetting.

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hey, everybody! This weekend is @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social and I'm thrilled to say I'll be there with a ton of other amazing creators! If you're gonna be there, please stop by and say hello! I'll be at Booth 318! baltimorecomiccon.com/guest/matthe...

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Matthew Dow Smith - Baltimore Comic-Con

Matthew Dow Smith is a writer and comic book artist whose work has appeared in DC’s Starman and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, among many other titles. He is the writer/artist of the middle grade graphic nov...

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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

'Tis the season (almost) 🍂 To celebrate, Fantastic Mr. Fox prints are coming back to the shop! A limited run of 15. www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...

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Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 21/09/2026

"a household with a social worker married to a teacher, together making just over $100,000 a year, is not working class, but a master electrician making six figures is."

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The Term Working Class Is Useless

Too many political analysts and pollsters are relying on education to define the working class, and it’s leading us to the wrong conclusions.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

debated whether to share but screw it, I will, this Saturday has my first real experience of direct discrimination in a while when a Lyft driver I'd booked pulled up saw me when I got in , asked my name and then was like "I don't take you people" and canceled on me and left.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 21/09/2026

He dare artists and writers have opinions! Just stand there and perform like a good little monkey.

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You can read for the full chapter here! For FREE!

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