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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️
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David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” Kurt Vonnegut baty.net/posts/2025/1...
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Vonnegut on maintenance
Jack Baty's blog — posts, journal, notes.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The ebook of The Getaway God is currently going for a hot $2 in all your favorite formats, including epub, mobi, AZW3, slurt, mustangsally, and zzzzzzzzrl. Grab a bunch today!
The much too green cover of The Getaway God
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 19/12/2025
Never let a job steal your life Layoffs this year: • UPS: 48,000 • Amazon: 30,000 • Intel: 24,000 • Nestle: 16,000 • Accenture: 11,000 • Ford: 11,000 • Novo Nordisk: 9,000 • Microsoft: 7,000 • PwC: 5,600 Job security is an illusion Never feel guilty about leaving a job for better opportunities
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 05/11/2025
These zines are now listed in my shop! In both print and ebook versions. Print version: www.metrofieldguide.com/product/zine... ebook version: www.metrofieldguide.com/product/zine...
copies of my zine, august arthropod art, the front and back covers, the font featuring a leather bug in ink, the back with text about the project, bio and small illustrations of four inverts. two toys sit on them, one is a giant isopod, the other a large stag beetlethe zine open showing two inverts, one is a crane fly, the other a stag beetle, both illustrated in ink, each with text descriptions
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
In celebration of Werner Herzog winning the GOLDEN LION at the opening of the Venice film Festival here are his 24 rules for filmmakers. What's great is that they can apply to any creative project.
Always take the initiative.

There is nothing wrong with spending a night in jail if it means getting the shot you need.

Send out all your dogs and one might return with prey.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

Learn to live with your mistakes.

Expand your knowledge and understanding of music and literature, old and modern.

That roll of unexposed celluloid you have in your hand might be the last in existence, so do something impressive with it.

There is never an excuse not to finish a film.

Carry bolt cutters everywhere.

Thwart institutional cowardice.

Ask for forgiveness, not permission.

Take your fate into your own hands.

Learn to read the inner essence of a landscape.

Ignite the fire within and explore unknown territory.

Walk straight ahead, never detour.

Manoeuvre and mislead, but always deliver.

Don’t be fearful of rejection.

Develop your own voice.

Day one is the point of no return.

A badge of honor is to fail a film theory class.

Chance is the lifeblood of cinema.

Guerrilla tactics are best.

Take revenge if need be.

Get used to the bear behind you.
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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
For months we've written about the Venezuelans the #Trump administration sent to #CECOT. Now, they get to tell their own stories, how the U.S. ended up labeling them terrorists and their torture in #ElSalvador via @propublica @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga.
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Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/07/2025
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
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Bob's Fetid Left Toe @init6.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Not that it should need to be said but - techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/s...
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Sam Altman warns there's no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist | TechCrunch
In response to a question about how AI works with today's legal system, Altman said one of the problems of not yet having a legal or policy framework for AI is that there's no legal confidentiality fo...
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Maria Bamford @mariabamford.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Thank you, @marcmaron.bsky.social‬, for these kind words. I’m sending a lifetime supply of captains table for the kitties.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Lmao
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Please repost this so others can see it. Thanks.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
It's wild watching machine politicians and lazy media latching on to lies about Mamdani www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
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💜 Cyn ✨ @obicynkenobi.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
So... a life update: as of yesterday, I've joined the ranks of the unemployed. Blindsided, but life comes at you fast. I'm proud of the team I was nurturing & the client work I'd wrapped/worked on. On the hunt for something ASAP so if you need marketing, community, or product support, lmk 🚀
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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini @lifeisterrible.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
www.wpxi.com/news/local/b...
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Bird experts encourage people to turn off lights in peak migration season
The National Aviary and other bird experts are encouraging everyone to turn off or dim unnecessary lights at night.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
URGENT: This morning in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained.
Emergency Rally
Tonight May 2, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Join the U.F.W. to demand the release of detained farm worker leaders being held at Buffalo Federal
I.C.E. Detention Center
4250 Federal Dr, Batavia, NY 14020
With any inquiries contact ny@ufw.org
SISE PUEDEProtesta de Emergencia
Hoy, 2 de Mayo, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Únase con la U.FW. para exigir la liberación de los líderes de trabajadores agrícolas detenidos en el Centro de Detención de
I.C.E. Federal de Buffalo
4250 Federal Dr, Batavia, NY 14020
Contacte al Coordinadorx
Organizadorx de Nueva York
Con preguntas:
Ny@ufw.org
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/03/2025
Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop theonion.com/gang-in...
Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
With today’s news about the jump in the number of homeless people, this @propublica interactive story released today is even more timely. The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
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“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
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Bob's Fetid Left Toe @init6.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
For the people in the back - LLM AI like GPT models cannot reason. It's literally not possible given the technology. Here's a study that lays it out neatly - arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229
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Bob's Fetid Left Toe @init6.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
I finally used bsky enough to get someone to block me, I guess I'm really on the platform now. Dude needed to be "right" more than have an actual rational conversation (on something I'm a SME lul)
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
we’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out How Trump Won and the answer is simply that we live in a country where people think the moon is a government drone
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Libraries. Healthcare. Universities. Public goods should be insulated from markets
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Maria Bamford @mariabamford.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
It’s me, @mariabamford.bsky.social I’ve just left Twitter. I’m a comedian and had used Twitter to connect with fans and other comedians. I’m not sure how to let people know I’m here. Ha-ha.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Add your name to support farm workers. If we are truly to endure mass deportation and the ruin of our federal agencies, nobody is more vulnerable than farm workers. We will continue our work to protect farm workers, but we can't do it alone. ufw.org/postelection... #WeFeedYou
A picture of a farm worker harvesting a leafy green crop with a text overlay saying the threat is new, but La causa has not changed. Pledge your support today.
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
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Michael Squires @mgsquires.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
My boss on what you can anticipate from us in the coming months and years. bsky.app/profile/prop...
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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini @lifeisterrible.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
i think my Frank Zappa costume might have at least temporarily cured my depression
frank zappa frank zappa big boobs
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Good morning and Happy Halloween! via Peter De Sève
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bluejay @bluejay.tv · 24/10/2024
ONE good thing about having to start again on a new platform is being reminded that there are still people that care about and want to see my work. Thanks for being here, and finding me again over and over 🥰
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Ash Ponders is looking for quick photo gigs @ashponders.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Got some slice of life photos in ProPublica today. Check em out.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
"Is there some way I can force Elon Musk to pay $47 to Cards Against Humanity PAC?"

Funny you should ask! If you’re a registered voter in PA, GA, NV, AZ, NC, WI, or MI, just type your name into this dumb website for his PAC, put “MuskIsDumb@cah.lol” as your referrer, and they'll be legally obligated to pay us $47. The more people who do this, the more Musk money we’ll get to un-fuck America.

If he doesn’t pay up, we’ll sue him again.

"I used to love your card games before you got all political."

Your mom used to love you before you got so fucking stupid.
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 27/09/2024
Never feel guilty about leaving your job for a better opportunity. Layoffs this year: 7,000: Disney 10,000: Microsoft 11,000: Meta 12,000: UPS 12,000: FedEx 12,000: Google 12,000: Walmart 20,000: Citigroup 27,000: Amazon Job security is an illusion. Never let a job steal your life.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Yesterday in Lamont, we honored the one year anniversary of the death of Rosa Sanchez, who was run over and killed while working in the carrot fields. Her coworkers were told to keep picking carrots, even as Rosa’s body was left lying in the fields. #WeFeedYou
Mass marking anniversary of the death of Rosa Sanchez, who was run over and killed while working in the carrot fields.Mass marking anniversary of the death of Rosa Sanchez, who was run over and killed while working in the carrot fields.Mass marking anniversary of the death of Rosa Sanchez, who was run over and killed while working in the carrot fields.Mass marking anniversary of the death of Rosa Sanchez, who was run over and killed while working in the carrot fields.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2024
“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network Ravi bought an insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. Even after 21 phone calls & multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
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“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could fi...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
Comment period now open on proposed Federal @OSHA_DOL Heat safety regulations. These rules are critical to protect the health and lives of farm workers and other workers who have no choice but to work during dangerous temperatures. ufw.org/federalheatr... WeFeedYou
Comment period now open on proposed Federal @OSHA_DOL Heat safety regulations. These rules are critical to protect the health and lives of farm workers and other workers who have no choice but to work during dangerous temperatures. http://ufw.org/federalheatregcomments #WeFeedYou #HeatJustice
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Bob's Fetid Left Toe @init6.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
This is an example of why I continue to donate to propublica. Investigative journalism that shines a light on real problems, often affecting real change.
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PhantomDeeks 🫶 @deeks549.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
No one really wants a better smartphone. They just want their dog to live 50 years. Fucking get with it science
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
seen on tonight's walk
spikey golden red flowerfive petal yellow flower with delicate stamenspurple coneflowersred yellow flower that looks like the heat death of the universe
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 23/03/2024
Never let a job steal your life. The company you work for isn't your family. Always prioritize your own well-being.
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 27/01/2024
Never be fooled by the illusion of wealth. Many people who show off flashy cars and expensive homes are usually in debt. Don’t go broke trying to look rich. The ultimate status symbol is time freedom. The real flex is being able to do what you want, when you want, surrounded by people you love.
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Madame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
Dr. David L. Mills, who invented and for many years coordinated the Network Time Protocol, died January 17th. NTP is what makes it possible for computers all over the world, and in space, to stay more or less in synch. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
New article from me! On America’s grotesque industry of “legal experts” offering reassuring lies and soap opera style intrigue sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/americas-l...
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America's Legal Soap Opera
It's time to cancel the show.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
my best friend has lymphoma and is going through chemo. she ordered catered lunch from a local market for all the doctors and nurses who’ve been caring for her. when she called to confirm the order, the market said it was no charge—just get better and keep coming back. not everything sucks.
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
34 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget #WomenInSTEM 🧪🌹
Photographs of the 14 young women who were killed in the Montreal Massacre:

Geneviève Bergeron

Hélène Colgan

Nathalie Croteau

Barbara Daigneault

Anne-Marie Edward

Maud Haviernick

Maryse Laganière

Maryse Leclair

Anne-Marie Lemay

Sonia Pelletier

Michèle Richard

Annie St-Arneault

Annie Turcotte

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Happy birthday, Werner Herzog. “What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.”
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/08/2023
President Jimmy Carter is said by his family to be in his final days. My heart goes out to his loved ones and to our nation as a whole, who will have lost a good and decent man.
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