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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Artist: mrlovenstein.com

our-panel webcomic by Mr. Lovenstein featuring a green frog and a green turtle against a light blue background.

Panel 1: The frog asks the turtle, "how do I deal with issues beyond my control?"

Panel 2: The turtle responds, "worry about them non-stop".

Panel 3: The frog asks, "how does that help?" to which the turtle answers, "it doesn't".

Panel 4: The frog cheerfully replies, "sounds great, thank you!"

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 29/09/2026

Maybe you need some books about a man for our times, a violent, sweary necromancer with anger management issues. The Eric Carter series www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...

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Eric Carter

Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is it objectively worse when women's jeans pockets are shallower than your finger length, or when they're entirely fake? I think silly shallow pockets are worse.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ah yes, vanilla. The most unsettling of all the flavours.

A supermarket shelf of Oreos. The box reads "spooky vanilla flavour" with the spooky in orange capital letters slightly out of line in an apparently spooky way

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At long last! They’re here! Tall Tales & Murder, a bonkers caper, very loosely based on the brilliant novels by @caimhmc.bsky.social, starts on RTÉ and RTÉPlayer tonight. It is, as they rightly say, gas.

The cast of the new TV drama Tall Tales & Murders. Grinner (Aidan Gillen), Bridget (Ella Lily Hyland), Paul (Casey Walsh), Bunny (Brian Doherty), Wesley (Packy Lee), Ma Baker (Phillipa Dunne) and Matron (Aisling O’Sullivan).

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 26/09/2026

Men aren't lonely enough

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot)

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Doc McStuffins live action prequel.

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Avian Face-Tool 🦡 @beakmoo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

She diagnoses, he just dog-noses.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good lord. I just watched Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wournos dance to Bronski Beat in a dovecote with their girlfriends. Either those were the wrong mushrooms or I'm watching Ryan Murphy TV again.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.

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Spooky Rin Stedecore 👻🎃 🔪 @stedeco.re · 24/09/2026

I want to thank everyone who tagged me in or sent me the Tuberville aviation furries rant as a plane guy, trans person, IT guy, and furry, can confirm that us scary weirdos make the world go round ;)

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With all this bullshit news about President Trump renaming things after himself, I’m curious- what’s something you’ve always wanted to be named after yourself? For me, it’s a parasite that gives dolphins GI distress. I’d love for those blubbery jerks to go “oh no, I’ve got the Shiffmans again!”

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

Look goddamnit It's entirely possible To eat a plum And not make a poem about it The one I just ate Wasn't even in the Goddamn refrigerator Or anything Sometimes a plum Is just a plum You can just eat it And go on with your life WHAT Why are you looking at me What'd I do now (looks) oh GODDAMNIT

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Please help out the Pixel Project if you can. They're an important non-profit group working to help end violence against women. They can really use your support this year. Thanks. thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixels2...

Read for Pixels 2026:
12th annual fall edition
Award-winning best selling authors in support of stopping violence against women

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“We didn’t have this queer shit back in my day” dude, in the first world war we had Biplanes

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

First sound of migrating geese overhead this morning. Someone get me cosy things!

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kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

they’re called hooves, dummy🙄

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just throwing it out there, again, that requiring human beings to have 312 passwords to get their work done, all of which should be randomly generated, different, changed regularly and only stored in a PW manager that may lose them all if your laptop requires replacement...is a high risk strategy

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is The Bear perfect TV? I'm not qualified to determine but yes.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Who called them marine biologists and not aquademics

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 13/09/2026

If anyone has contacts at Valve who can help expedite this, we certainly wouldn't say no to the help. In the meantime, I'll be here swimming in cortisol.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What a line! 😂

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.org

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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh THIS is why I want everyone to stay the fuck over there.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm a huge fan of democracy. Right up until every time I'm shown what a majority of people can agree they like.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

THIS THREAD

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m starting KILL CITY BLUES—a five week online horror and dark fantasy writing class later this month. Each week you’ll get lesson notes and writing assignments, plus Zoom chats. KCB is open to everyone. For details: killcityblues@proton.me Please include KILL CITY in the subject line

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Don't get me wrong, it's a great story, but I'm thinking you can probably come up with a different name for an eagle who has survived to adulthood with a broken, skew-whiff healed wing than Kinky.

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Crafty Cow Cat Sofas @craftycow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Cat throne.. for the very best cats.. which they all are obvs..

A blue and gold cat sofa with a thtone theme.gold feet and gold detailing on the back. Fake fur draped across the seat and one arm.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Distressed and confounded to report that the Costco pancake/waffle mix is far superior to any pancake or waffle I have created from scratch, with a fraction of the effort. Dammit.

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Kailia's Big Grin on Toddlers and Tiaras

Alt: Kailia's Big Grin on Toddlers and Tiaras

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry now? All the wrong 80 year olds...

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Pour one out for Dolly, a rare breed.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Couple of years ago, before the Bad Place became insufferable, a photo of a foreword in a book was shared. It was about Z's and ducklings and Americans and it made me laugh. I tracked down the book and the author and devoured everything available. You should read these. And The Stranger Times.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Well, either I'm a proper genius who just replaced her washing machine inlet valve successfully, or someone who needs a new washing machine. Won't know for sure for a day or so...

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There has to be a way to stop the phone shrieking THEN read the message. But yes Andy, I will now not go set fire to the moors.

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Caimh/CK McDonnell @caimhmc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bunny is back in under two weeks. Who is excited?

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“We didn’t have all this non-binary stuff back in the day” Meanwhile, back in the day

Wikipedia page Public Universal Friend

The Public Universal Friendla] (born Jemima Wilkinson; November 29, 1752 - July 1, 1819), also known by the Haudenosaunee name Shinnewawna gis tau ge, was an American preacher born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Quaker parents. After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died and been reanimated as a genderless evangelist named the Public Universal Friend, and afterward shunned both birth name and all
pronouns. In androgynous clothes, the Friend preached throughout the northeastern United States, attracting many followers who became the Society of Universal Friends.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My thoughts on Image publishing a new Warren Ellis book.

I have spent the day re-reading the entirety of SoManyOfUs.com, including every testimonial. I’ve also re-read dozens of documents and communications from the transformative justice action SMOU-TJ and Warren Ellis started. I wanted to remember the hope I held at that time. I also wanted to see if I could approach this moment with gratitude instead of anger.
To believe in transformative justice is to believe people capable of change. But, as our mediator said during the process, “transformation is heartbreak.” It is crushing and painful, but it is also our right as human beings. I haven’t spoken to Warren Ellis in over 6 years. I don’t know who he is now. I don’t know how he’s changed, but I’m sure he has. I know Warren read all of SoManyOfUs.com and I can’t imagine an outcome where doing so doesn’t change you. But, as Kai Cheng Thom says, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional.” I was often sad that Warren, when confronted with the consequences of his actions, didn’t react in the way I expected him to. But I am grateful it led to me untangling 15 years of complicated feelings and hurtful actions.
I’m grateful that I believe we can change and hold ourselves accountable in this world. But, quoting our mediator again, “being called to accountability feels like being reminded that your shit stinks. and coming clean is hard to do.” It can feel impossible to look in the mirror and confront the worst version of ourselves. Without having the necessary support systems in place to make it possible, I don’t blame or fault anyone for not being able to do it.
We all tried our best. When our attempt at a community accountability action failed, I was disappointed, but grateful that we tried. And grateful to know that Warren had tried, too.

I currently work as an editor in comics, with books I work on being published by Image. I love comics. I love the comics community and how we all keep making them despite it being so hard, with no financial security, and no safety nets. I see groups within the community doing so much good and fighting hard to make the industry more sustainable and safer for everyone involved.
But there is no set process for anyone in the comics community to account for our actions and change our behaviour after harm or abuse has happened. This has led many people to be forced out of the industry – victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. My heart hurts for all the people who were bullied, ostracized, shunned, or threatened out of this community, particularly those I spoke to back in June and July of 2020, impacted by Warren’s actions. I hope one day this changes.
I’m grateful to everyone who was wondered if Warren has “made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.” It shows me solidarity and care are widespread within comics. I wouldn’t say I’m satisfied, but I also would say I am no longer personally invested in Warren’s transformation.
I am personally invested in the books I work on that come out with Image, and I really hope you don’t take any disappointment you feel in Image’s actions out on the creators whose work they publish. Seeing people boycotting Image comics feels a cruel joke when that directly affects my livelihood and that of the people who respect and support me. But I get it – this seems like a financial decision from Image, so respond in a financial fashion. I hope we can all keep ourselves open to change in the future.
My resolve to expand my capacity to hope for change – after a night of anger and crying and shouting – is renewed. Thanks for hearing me out and for reading all of this.

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Sarah, vaguely @jarmara.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Absolutely do this. If you have the type of cat who likes a lap, but also likes to "lock in" for a nap, this reduces the puncture wounds.

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 05/08/2026

- We believe in second chances! - So you think refugees deserve a second chance at making a life? - Not like that - Young people who’ve made mistakes shouldn’t be punished? - Nope - Benefits to help people get back on their feet? - Ha! - So who do you believe in second chances for? - Nazis!

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