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Toph

@iamthetoph.bsky.social
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Philly guy. He/Him. Opinions my own. Bad jokes definitely my own.

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korraiko @korraiko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
QRP with your moon art! 🌕
The digital painting shows a vulpin with a magical hand. There is a city at night in the background
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
My photo shows detail from an ancient Greek red-figure kylix (drinking cup) of a young man shown in profile seated on a stool facing right. He wears a knee length cloak (himation) over his left shoulder, which is shown in folds around his waist and upper legs. His right shoulder, chest, and arms are bare. His dark hair is short, and he wears a band around his head. He is looking down at an open rectangular wax writing tablet which he is supporting in his left hand above his lap. In his right hand he holds a metal stylus pen poised over the writing tablet. The wooden writing tablet is hinged like a book and, from this angle, resembles a modern laptop. The figure is part of a scene depicting school lessons in ancient Athens, painted by Douris around 480 BC. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin.
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I didn’t know they wrote this.
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Haz: Chad Kroeger Photograph
Alt: Nickelback music video. Singer holding a framed photo. Text at the bottom “Look at this photograph “
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If I looked as bad ass as they do I’d wear this all the time.
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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some church people knocked on my door and said they wanted to tell me about the afterlife. I told them I’m trying to avoid any spoilers.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the homeland security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Damn I love my city. Gift link share.inquirer.com/VfmE7f
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Competition was tight at the first Philadelphia Parallel Parking Association Championship
Hundreds of backseat drivers gathered in Headhouse Plaza on Saturday to watch 14 people park their cars.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rufo pioneered the tactic of calling any discussions of race Critical Race Theory, and used it to get people fired. He pioneered the strategy of labeling teachers as "groomers" if they talked about gender identity donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-qanoni...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 03/10/2026
Like what Jeffrey Epstein did. Donated to charitable causes to gain access to vulnerable spaces. To create sycophants who will launder his reputation when they don’t know him.
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Seregdes @seregdes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
painted up a river troll hag for a much needed beatstick for my goblin army! #warhammer #warhammercommunity #nerdlings #oldworld #orcsandgoblins
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 02/10/2026
Wait. What? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ten...
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Ten Objects Around Your House That Are Actually Just Tilda Swinton Getting Lost in a Role
November 5, 2021 (her b-day) 1/13/23
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I promise Philly is a real place and I am a journalist and this is all true. When you put unwanted dystopian robots on our sidewalks, you never know what Philly may do in response. Meet Orifice the Awebot, who's spreading joy, surprise & mild terror - for free. www.inquirer.com/life/orifice...
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Orifice the Awebot is Philly’s ‘magical’ response to Uber Eats robots
"She’s part of our bringing delight and surprise and letting it ripple through the city."
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Carey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There was an awesome and HILARIOUS development in the Brooklyn Democratic Party legal fight yesterday. This update requires quite a fair bit of context, but stick with me here, because the payoff is soooo delicious! 🧵
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
No white people demanding the fact of welfare be depicted as a Black woman is not a “teachable moment” please.
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Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
A historic milestone for New York’s youngest learners: Universal 2-K is here. Our two-year-olds are ready to learn, explore and build a strong foundation from day one. This is what it looks like when we invest in our kids.
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The Look Book Goes to the First Day of Preschool
The city’s universal-2K program launched September 10 as an inaugural class of 2-year-olds joined Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center.
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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They trained models using data from hacking forums and gave them hacking tasks and an internet connection and now they’re surprised those models hacked shit. It’s really that simple. It’s like claiming a parrot yelling obscenities has “gone rogue”. It’s just doing the thing you taught it to do.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s been a year since ICE drove a car through a crowd at Broadview, leading to the federal indictment of myself and five others. Today, those of us who could returned. The state can try all it wants, but it can’t silence us or our community’s fight for justice.
From left to right

Brian Straw, a white suburban dad with a dark brown beard, glasses, orange hat, and teal quarter zip

Me, a short blonde woman in a black sweatshirt reading, “IT’S MY BODY, IT’S MY CHOICE” in two curves on my chest

Michael Rabbit, a white older man with rosy cheeks in a black hoodie

Andre Martin, a tall curly-haired man with glasses, a grey hoodie, and blue fanny pack

Yes, we feel weird taking a picture at the concentration camp.
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🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You ever think about how youre on someone's vacation pictures?
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Art of Persuasion Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1:
A woman and a man sit on a low stone wall in a park. The woman is upset; the man listens.

WOMAN: And now the Democrat in the race is backing some anti-trans laws! I’m not sure I can vote for that.

MAN (thinking): Uh-oh. Democrats need every vote. How can I convince her to vote for the Democrat anyway?

Panel 2:
The woman and man walk through the park, the woman ahead of him.

WOMAN: Of course, the Republican is even worse. But if Democrats turn against trans people… I’m so frightened.

MAN (thinking): I’ve got to be empathetic and persuasive.

Panel 3:
Close-up of the man, looking thoughtful with his hand on his chin.

WOMAN (off-panel): Look at what happened to the UK — they’ve now got two anti-trans parties. If we let that happen here, trans rights are dead.

MAN (thinking): Okay, I think I know how to reassure her and get her vote.

Panel 4:
The man is suddenly furious, leaning toward the startled woman and pointing at her.

MAN: You’re a Trump supporting moron and you deserve to die!

CHICKEN FAT WATCH
PANEL 1:
A good dog with a halo peers out a window. A hand sticks out of a hole in a tree holding a sign that says SEND CANDY.

PANEL 2:
Groucho peeks from behind some bushes. A poster nailed to a tree reads "Background gag to come and it'll be so funny!" A bad rabbit (we know it's bad because it's smoking) sits beside a bad worm (also smoking). A bottle lying in the grass is labeled "BARRY BEER" and has a disturbed-looking drawing of Barry. A mouse holds a knife to a cat; the cat raises its front paws in surrender.

PANEL 4:
A giant mouse (?) in a shirt and tie sits on the wall reading a newspaper, called "Daily Blah Blah," whose headline says "Literate Rodent Escapes Lab."
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Saw The Addams Family musical at the Walnut Street Theater. Amazing! Absolutely delightful production. Lots of laughs and very talented singing. The technical work was fantastic, the best show I’ve seen at the WST. Go see it! www.walnutstreettheatre.org/season/show/...
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY: The Musical -- Walnut Street Theatre -- Philadelphia, PA
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The air traffic controller who answered is definitely from Philly. Sound on.
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones is so brave and brilliant in this article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I go outside and calmly place my everything bagel upside down on the ground as I call my brother in Australia.
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I do appreciate that Hegseth lays bare the reality of Christianity in America.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us
Scratchy drawing of a two panel comic.
Panel 1: 
Titled:“How we thought robots would kill us”
A robot shoots a human to death with a gun. It screams “Die flesh sack”

Panel 2:
Titled “How robots will actually kill us”
A MediBot is injecting something into a humans arm. The bot says “Whooops. I injected you with cancer instead of insulin. That’s on me”
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Lua Garo ~ @somniacrawler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s my bday! 💗 Leveled up, another round around the sun, a year older! Can I ask for a lil share? 🥺 ft. @narney.bsky.social Lyuu 💗 #wip #characterart #oc #originalcharacter #3Dart
Lyuu, Narney oc. Jet black haired elf, with very long ears, looking past camera, longing. She has balck dots under her eyes, her iris are a deep green color.Tove, a tanned skinned elf with dusted dark violet colored hair. They are looking slightly past camera towards their right. They have a pained expression.Dee a tanned half oni girl. She seems bubbly and she’s posing to camera with her hands on the sides of her face. She’s slightly smiling. Her hair is tied in two buns, and her bangs cover a lot of her forehead.Nara, a medium olive color skinned orc. They look angry and they seem to be raising their voice.
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A large dish of baked spicy Mac and cheese. The pie dish has a wavy white porcelain edge. The Mac and cheese glistens and has several browned and crispy parts on top.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
outrageous www.wesanews.org/health-scien...
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UPMC to pay DOJ nearly $1M, agrees to 10-year moratorium on gender-affirming care for trans youth
UPMC will not resume gender-affirming care for transgender patients under the age of 19 in a new deal announced with the U.S. Department of Justice. The health system will also pay the government $950...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hallucinating AI robots wrote an article in one of the largest English papers in the world saying I quit writing to become a gardener. I did not! Instead, I wrote about them. Read on: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/i-wandered...
A fake AI generated article about me in the July 2026 Times of India. No i did not quit writing to become a gardener, as they claim!
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Selianne 🌙 Comms are open @selianne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
✨ART RAFFLE✨ Thank you so much for 3k! Let's celebrate with some good old raffle 💜 RULES: ✦ follow me ✦ like + repost this post ✦ comment with references of your oc ✦ (optional but appreciated) tag your friends PRIZE: simple painting - halfbody ENDS: September 21 #ArtRaffle #raffle
On the left there's a drawing of an elven woman with red hair and green eyes. She wears a pink off shoulder dress with a corset and a pink veil with a rose wreath on her head. She has a red raven standing on her hand.
On the right there's text:
Art Raffle
- follow me
- like + repost
- comment with references of your oc
- (optional) tag your friends
Prize: simple painting halfbody
Ends: September 21
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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
OpenAI: “our bot hacked another company without us knowing” Anthropic: “ours too” Google: “uhh yeah Gemini definitely did that also. Like three times. You don’t know the companies, they go to a different high school” Bluesky:
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
*turns green with Philly mayoral envy* Sigh. Go birds.
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Greg the Miller @gregthemiller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
got scammed trading honey with bees (i have been bee trade)
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
Actually, white people got us Trump.
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Toph @iamthetoph.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is beautiful. … Nobody show this to the AI companies.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Excerpt from an interview with a 75-year-old successful artist: Him: "I don't think I would go into it now. I probably would have become a philosophy professor or something." Me. "Ah, another job with really strong career prospects. Why didn't you just go into journalism?" End scene.
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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
it really sells the metaphor that she looks like she's seeing Gene Parmesan in that pic
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
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Fran Duffy @fduffy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#Eagles LT Jordan Mailata demanding bus fare from Frankie Luvu
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
two years ago, i was allowed to use the women's room at the airport no problem. now, the texas state government can fine the airport thousands of dollars if i use the women's bathroom.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a democrat voicing anti-trans positions does more to hurt their election chances than people on bluesky criticizing those positions
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026
Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 12/09/2026
Inside the Network Helping New Jersey Immigrants During Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort | The Garden State is home to a patchwork of advocates, officials, and faith leaders who are finding ways to respond to a crisis with no clear end, reports @newjerseymonitor.com.
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Inside the Network Helping New Jersey Immigrants During Trump's Mass Deportation Effort - Bucks County Beacon
The Garden State is home to a patchwork of advocates, officials, and faith leaders who are finding ways to respond to a crisis with no clear end.
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