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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ

Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s not super. And it’s not intelligence. There. That was easy.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026

“It’s fall, fuckfaces. You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.” buff.ly/pykYN6f

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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Spotted over I-5 in Seattle

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Alfred Gary Butterscotch two years ago--the day we met--and today. To be loved is to be changed. #cats #catsky

A scrawny, rumpled orange tabby cat lies on a hard patio chair, looking somewhat skeptical.

A lushly-furred orange tabby cat lies on an upholstered foot stool, curled up and sweetly sleeping.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Let's assume for a moment that "the left" takes a "massive generational L" and AI is everywhere and we all have to use it. I think we'll all be ok because it takes like 30 seconds to learn how to use because it was designed so dumb fucking babies can use it

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today The 18th of AUGUST The 19th AMENDMENT Secured WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE Honor the great WOMEN of the SUFFERAGE MOVEMENT who relentlessly fought for years They are watching us now For our Sacred Right to VOTE once again UNDER ATTACK I thank all YOU great women who keep fighting

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raveon56.bsky.social @raveon56.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We have it in our power to begin the world over again - Paine As do we today...

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...

The Most Versatile Majors Chart, TOPPED BY ENGLISH and VISUAL&PERFORMING ARTS

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm not much of a sports fan (although far more now than I was for the first 40 years of my life), but I am loving all the Knicks clips and memes. #knicksinfive

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I don't think it is only our job to teach students how to read long novels; it may also be our jobs to teach them how to live without an online surveillance state. To learn without intrusive apps. To swap notes. To write in a book's margins. To exist in their communities in slow, clunky, human ways.

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"Detecting “authentic” student thinking is technically possible, but prohibitively expensive. Think about it: We would need to pay real human faculty to interact with real human students. We do not have the budget for that." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

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The Next Innovation in Higher Education: Vibe-Teaching™

As the associate vice provost for the Office of Asynchronous Online Courses for Student-Centered High-Impact Learning (OAOCSCHIL, an office we crea...

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Fun with euphemisms: Perhaps it is time to stop saying "problematic" when what you mean is "bad" or "wrong"

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

How does one stuff and roll enchiladas without them splitting? #cooking #halp

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Today's cheery listen: *Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic*, by Volker Ullrich.

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Do people not keep bread and milk in their homes pretty much all the time? Does bad weather create an insatiable craving for french toast?

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Out of curiosity, I googled "stealing isn't innovation" in various iterations (w/ & w/o punctuation, caps, .com, etc.) and it showed me articles--and AI summaries--about this new attempt to rein in AI, or at least get a cut of the profits--but I had to enter the URL directly to access the site. 🤔

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

NYT could have had a frontpage story that read: "Aging madman making insane threats to Europe, threatening our economy & security for delusions." But instead they normalize & legitimize this madman because they are collaborators against US.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march

Sign held up with handwritten text: "If they are going to shoot us and then call us fucking bitches, then we need to be bigger fucking bitches"

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

How much have I spent on emergency vet care today? Nearly EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. And that might be half of the total. It's just paper, right?

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Sweatpants Cher @housefeminist.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I get that IT does software updates over holidays, but I'm currently on my FIFTH reboot of the day. That doesn't seem right. #ThisBetterNotBeAI

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

May I live up to it. May we all.

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Jake @jp1102.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with. Tech is out of control.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

That we just keep rolling along with pretending he's not manifestly non compos mentis will be studied by future generations as a kind of mass psychosis.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/12/2025

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

"the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself

Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/11/2025

Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 12/11/2025

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Hope is a fuel. Use it to burn down something terrible.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 02/11/2025

Republicans still control the House. Republicans still control the Senate. Republicans still control the White House. This is still their shutdown.

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Jenny Howlet @jennyhowlet.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

If you have Early Voting where you are: go vote! Not just because it's a right AND a privilege AND a responsibility, but because you might get a cool sticker like this!

A round sticker shows a cartoon pigeon in a witch's hat, carrying a jack-o'-lantern bucket in its beak. Text around the rim reads Halloween Voter 2025.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

FACTS about SNAP: -35% to white people (largest share) -90% to people born in 🇺🇸 -86% to households with kids -70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)