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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 7h

On Monday, the Cambridge city council will consider following Somerville's lead (from 2020) by decriminalizing consensual, adult sex work. I encourage everybody to read the letter linked below and consider adding your name in support. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

actionnetwork.org

Petition to the Cambridge City Council for the Decriminalization of People Engaged in Consensual Adult Sex Work

Cambridge is a city that is home to many, and some of our neighbors and loved ones are sex workers. However, because sex work is criminalized in Massachusetts, sex workers in Cambridge live in fear th...

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 6h

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h

i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity.

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The Million Year Picnic comic shop @myp-comics.bsky.social · 10h

The comic book adaptation of "The Million Year Picnic" was the first book Jerry bought with his own money when he was a little boy.

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The Million Year Picnic comic shop @myp-comics.bsky.social · 10h

The short story "The Million Year Picnic" by Ray Bradbury was originally set on Mars in October 2026. It's the final story of the collection THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. (More recent editions have shifted the dates forward 30 years.) The original founder of the MYP, Jerry Weist, was a huge Bradbury fan.

A book with a red and black cover on a wooden chair. The cover reads, "75TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
With an introduction by the author
RAY BRADBURY"
It shows a tiny figure in a stark red, white, and black mountainous landscape. There is a gold National Book Award seal.

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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 11h

"A Delicate Flutter (Wood White)" Hand embroidery Butterfly artwork www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p195/w... #WildlifeArt #embroidery #ColorADay #YellowThu

A square shaped artwork.
A mottled mustard yellow, cream and brown fabric background with a hand embroidered Wood White Butterfly in the centre. Artist signature in the lower right corner.

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Alligator Sommelier @idlewild5.bsky.social · 13h

Well, as a Gen Xer not from the US, "this is your brain on drugs" made it into my awareness at all. The other one, not until I moved to the US, but it is funny as fuck.

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

actual hot take: y'all, generally speaking, are not interested in supporting BIPOC and queer authors when they are not writing about Hurt and Trauma because it's not educational to you. even if the books have BIPOC and queer casts and are in new settings.

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 15h

165 years ago TODAY, Charles Darwin had a normal one. "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.— I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything…" I think about this letter a lot.

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To Charles Lyell 1 October [1861] | Darwin Correspondence Project

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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 15h

Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.)

Image headlined "WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OBSOLETE ENGLISH LETTER SAYS ABOUT YOU", with thumbnails of MSS focusing on thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G, and long S; each one has the label "You are a nerd."

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 15h

No lies detected.

An illustration of correct/incorrect ways to hold/wield a long sword.

Six classic grips, and four ridiculous ones (e.g. In the teeth, in groups, etc)

And Psychokinesis, which merely says, "Do it if you can"

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 23h

For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!

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Tim Pierce @unchi.org · 22h

Me, every day

Screenshot of three consecutive skeets in a timeline:

1. Endless Screaming (@infinitescream.bsky.social)

AAAAAAAAAAAHH

2. Ghostbusters (1984) (@ghostbusters1984.bsky.social)

I gotta go to work.

3. Robocop (1987) (@robocop1987.bsky.social)

What the fuck?

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Braden Serkas @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Someone at work once asked me what my guilty pleasure was and I immediately shot back “pleasure never makes me feel guilty.” I’ve seldom felt cooler than I did in that moment. Literally one minute later I tripped on an extension cord and hit my head on a whiteboard in front of the entire office

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026

Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie:
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 19h

Um. The oldest Millennials (by the most generous possible definition of Millennial) are 45. Yes, 45-year-olds would like to retire now too?? (I assume this is Inc. Magazine cluelessness - or AI-generated writing - rather than actual Gen-Z griping.)

Headline from Inc. Magazine: Gen-Z wants Millennials to retire.

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Alligator Sommelier @idlewild5.bsky.social · 16h

Does she think that machines make clothes without humans? It's amazing how well this analogizes what she thinks of people doing work she considers beneath her notice (garment sewing/writing romance.)

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Alligator Sommelier @idlewild5.bsky.social · 16h

And.if you stay in the space and get assaulted you should have known better and what did you expect to happen?

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21h

This. I strongly believe a lot of men have no idea how often women contend with this, and how it can stunt their ambitions.

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 16h

She loves sleeping so hard that she looks like roadkill

A big long stretched out fat black cat on a blanket

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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 16h

This might sound odd, but if you’d shown me these pages out of context, I would have assumed all of them were coloured by the person who did the lineart in each case, and I certainly wouldn’t have thought they were all the same person. I mean that as a HUGE compliment.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Surely this could be useful for someone.

Odd Ladies Meet Tonight
--The Daily Item, 29 Mar 1961

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Dr Jan Eldridge @astro-jje.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very proud of the amazing Dr @ordinarystarman.com who has now graduated and can get "Dr" on all her bank cards. Also not everyday you hear someone you work with on the radio because they're the first Samoan PhD in astrophysics from UoA: www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...

rnz.co.nz

First Samoan astrophysicist encourages Pasifika students to reach for the stars

The first Samoan person to graduate with a PhD in physics at the University of Auckland has encouraged Pasifika students to remember that they belong and can succeed in academia.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I finished my Eureka rewatch and now I’m rewatching Warehouse 13 and if I became a billionaire I would fund a streaming service that produces scifi/fantasy shows that are 16 to 23 eps of silly fun, none of which are blockbuster high budget dramas and all of which have a guaranteed 4 season minimum.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THIS. I have made enough progress in therapy that I am not having rabid brain squirrels and panic attacks. But yeah, it's very, very difficult to deal with this, esp since I've been dealing with it in my favorite sport since last spring. You are NOT alone, and you need to care for yourself.

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/

Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027

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Annie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My downstairs neighbors presumably have the same layout as me, so how is it possible they're slamming so many doors. I KNOW how many doors there are and where. Is it possible they have installed more doors. Structurally it makes no sense but I cannot think of another explanation. Are THEY doors

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 30/09/2026

My roommate assumes that Magneto is made of magnets. Is this true (Y/N)?

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Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein) @valwrites.ca · 30/09/2026

A BREAKING NEWS BULLETIN

old timey broadsheet with a bunch of different fonts. It should be read in a 1920s radio announcer voice.

BOOM GOES THE BRIDE.

A PULSE POUNDING CYBER-ROMANTASY.

ACTION. PULP. MAGIC. SEX.

READERS SAY: LIKE HUNTER S THOMPSON IF YOU REPLACE THE DRUGS WITH MAGIC AND MISSILES.

VAL IS A MASTER OF SUBVERTING TROPEY SETUPS WITH UNEXPECTED PAYOFFS.

I'M NOT EVEN A LESBIAN, BUT...

YOUR REVIEW HERE.

THE HEA HAPPENS IN BOOK TWO SO SUCK MY D-

BUY IT NOW VALWRITES.CA.

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Luis @luispostscats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Look at her face She's very expressive She's also very bitey

A fluffy tabby cat with eyes partially closed

A goofy fluffy cat photographed mid meow

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Brent @danverzone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Forget the $5,000 you wont get. Vote democratic socialist this election cycle and this will be Kirk and Spock going forward.

A screenshot of a tweet by ZhaoYunSpitoon replying to @CadetMisty, featuring a photo of two people cosplaying as Star Trek characters seated at a table with a 3D chess set. The person on the left, styled as Spock with a black bowl cut and pointed ears, is mid-motion pulling a black long-sleeved shirt over their head, revealing a black crop top and leggings, with black boots resting on the floor nearby. On the right, a person in a yellow Starfleet uniform shirt and black pants sits casually with crossed legs, smiling and holding a small object to their chin while looking at the other person.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm kinda fully over that "the British conquered the world for spices and don't use any of them" joke because for one, you cannot recycle material for 5 straight generations and get a laugh worth a damn but also because in order to make it you have to agree with Tommy Robinson about who is British

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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No pics of the final beach walk but I did find these sunglasses that had obviously been in the water for a while. Just how long does it usually take barnacles to colonize something?

A pair of black plastic sunglasses about 75% encrusted with barnacles.

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PJ Harvey Dent @bsakat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aunt Chrissy was a Real One.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fun fact; I've been behind-the-scenes at the filming of #GBBO. Here's something won't believe. The dramatic music that plays when everyone is baking is added later in the production. Baking day is quiet except for the mixers. I asked Paul, 'where's the music?' and that's when the security rushed me

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Punished Cat Guy (aka Johnny Bag o’ Snails) @majima.club · 29/09/2026

This is Howard. Howard has many many concerns and if you are in the DFW area, Howard would love to live with you while he works on himself. He is VERY food motivated (much like me) and struggles to make sense of simple concepts and loud sounds (also like me).

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Jen C Mars @jencmars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chambered nautilus study

Photo of a painting of a chambered nautilus in green-blue water. The nautilus is dark red, pale orange and white with blue shadows. The shell is striped, counter shaded so it's darker on top and lighter on the bottom. The painting rests on a wood table, and a paintbrush is visible in the upper left corner.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💙💚 @rgleadow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Talks and special issue on Orchids in Botanical Journal #PlantScience 🌱🪴

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got this close to a #seal today. The seals in #Eyemouth have a good thing going on getting fed by the locals (proper seal food) and chilling in the harbour. I too am round, long, and highly buoyant so maybe I should have been a seal? #Scotland

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stylidium petiolare - Horn Triggerplant One of triggerplants endemic to the southwest if WA. Like all triggerplants, this one has a sensitive floral column that snaps forward when touched by an insect daubing it with pollen 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling #spring

Picture of two small pale pink flowers with four petals, two at the top and two at the bottom the flowers centre

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Bogshuffler 🐛 @bogshuffler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just got my new passport and it's a real work of art. Well done the design team - the artwork and detail is beautiful, especially under UV. www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/passp...

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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Goooooood morning, pika fans It's September, and you know what that means! That's right, we are Making Hay, we are Perching On Rocks, we are Squeaking

An American Pika carrying a branch across rocky terrain

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

Am American Pika crouched on a rock at a 3/4 view towards the camera

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika with a mouth full of dried vegetation sitting on a rock

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika perched on a rock and calling

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

just in case you did not know what you were looking at

a picture of the sky. a skywriter has written SKY on it.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves.

Subway display ad for meta’s muse ai product billed as “ai that gets it done.” The mascot is a little smiling fuzzy white puppet guy.

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