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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17h

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Rose Skye @roseskye.bsky.social · 20h

Can I interest you in hearing about our lord and saviour The Grand Champion?

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Let's talk eels & colonization! In the early 17th C. London was growing fast and needed more eels.The surrounding countryside couldn't provide enough. The Dutch importers could...but the English were nervous of the strong Dutch monopoly. So where did they look? Ireland. 1/5 🗃️🧪

Meme. Photograph of a Monopoly board game in Dutch. You're looking at the starting corner, seeing 2 squares in either direction. The directions on the square read:

Ontvang
Bij het passeren
f2000. - salaris
START

So now you know the (or at least a) Dutch word for start.

The game board is sitting on what is probably a table made of a light wood or wood substitute. You can see the grain running left to right, or right to left. Or perhaps east to west. It's hard to tell with grain. The board itself is edged in red, but fear not. It's only red paint, not blood. A blood-edged board would be a far darker shade of red. And a far darker game, over all.

Meme text reads:
"Who wouldn't be
Nervous?"

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Kasia Brz @avatarkasia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

sometimes drawing a bunch of cats from pinterest gives a sense of normalcy against the everyday everything

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not what I ordered but not mad about it. Photo from my collection, 1967.

Black and white photo of a short haired black kitten in a cardboard box covered with shredded paper that looks like packing material.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Before CPR there was... blowing tobacco smoke up the bum. One of the recommended procedures for resuscitating "persons apparently dead from drowning", from a 1787 booklet by the Humane Society. More here: buff.ly/3FSaQjs

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jaredbeasley.bsky.social @jaredbeasley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One second! "and just like that we have a winner at the little dog's backyard. luca won with 42 yards when michael missed completing his 42nd by one second!" - LAZ

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.

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Anthony of the Badlands @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the small local planespotting things that brings me joy is that the Dog is my Copiliot animal rescue flights use the callsign "ARF"

Cessna Caravan operated by DOG IS MY COPILOT INC.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Be the iceberg you want to see in the world.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Handwriting on the back of this says “The Watchover”. Photo from my collection, no date.

Black-and-white photo of a short haired white kitten with tabby spots, sitting up on a wooden porch next to a baseball.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 29/09/2026

A new documentary by Maya Annik Bedford, Black Zombie, lays out how the zombie went from a local nightmare at the edge of Haiti’s vodou religion to a globalized big-ticket brains eater genre.

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Black Zombie Will School You Like a Real-Life Monsters High - Portland Mercury

A new documentary lays out how the zombie went from a local nightmare at the edge of Haiti’s vodou religion to a globalized big-ticket brains eater genre.

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Another one of those “oh shit” moments.

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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 05/07/2023

I wrote “I am alive” on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All too regularly, I get a reminder of the gleeful rapidity with which people who should know better have given up critical thinking

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

My Chihuahua, who doesn’t need coffee to be a vibrating bundle of anxiety.

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The government is asking Republican men to donate their Peter Millar polos and Lululemon slim-stretch chinos so they can convert the polyester back into petroleum.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today's review covers THE DOCTOR (1918), a Danish film about a scientist who struggles to develop a cure for a raging epidemic. He is smeared in the press by his rival and the public turns against him due to a wave of misinformation as the death toll rises. moviessilently.com/2026/09/21/t...

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The Doctor (1918) A Silent Film Review

A scientist in a fictional European capital works tirelessly on a cure for a deadly epidemic but is stymied by a jealous rival and mass panic as the disease takes hold.

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When you sell out your soul for money from a tour that will no longer sell out because of that . . .

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tettes.bsky.social @tettes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reminds me of when I had to call 911 a few years ago and police called me back from a restricted number, said they couldn't help and suggested I don't vote to re-elect DA Mike Schmidt

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran's tour bus.

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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The sheep was too seductive. He couldn't help himself.

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The Elder Memes @theeldermemes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"AI was only used to make concept art" Adam Adamowicz had more talent than your entire family line

Skyrim concept art of bleak falls barrow by Adam Adamowicz

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The Elder Memes @theeldermemes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Survive

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Garden photo shoot. From a glass plate negative in my collection, no date/info.

black and white photo of a young light skinned woman with her hair up in a neat bun. She's wearing a striped blouse with puffy sleeves and long skirt. I am not an expert but her style seems Edwardian to me. She is sitting on a grass lawn holding a shorthaired ginger tuxedo tabby cat in her lap. She is also looking down at a black cat sitting in what appears to be a cat bed made of rags beside her. Like a rag rug but small and round and cat-sized.

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jessalopod.bsky.social @jessalopod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Chicken Nugget is a delight, and Kiki’s art is amazing. Go visit her shop and see good art and support a a very good Nugget!

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A man rapped with his dog at the Apollo, the stage famous for booing acts off before their first verse, and the crowd went wild for both of them.

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Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m not the first person to make this observation but the prevalence of nauseating ai-generated business logos means stuff like this hits CRAZY for me now

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026

I really want to hear from the dozens of journalists who wrote glowing profiles of Alpha School in the last few years. Actually scratch that. I never want to hear from them again.

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AI School Hooking Children Up to Heart Monitor in Front of Class While Playing Critiques of Their Work

The controversial AI-focused private school Alpha School is making its students do some unusual things before enrolling.

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What?!

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jessalopod.bsky.social @jessalopod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The article doesn’t even address 1) how the hell they’re supposed to provide a chimpanzee to fight, 2) how the chimp is supposed to understand what is expected of it, 3) how/why it wouldn’t be animal cruelty of the highest order, or 4) what happens to the chimp after this cruel and stupid event.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.

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jessalopod.bsky.social @jessalopod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This horse has killed and will kill again

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just went to buy @gilduran.com's "The Nerd Reich" on Google Books, and discovered that the enshittification is so thorough that it's not safe to do so - I was very close to buying one that's actually AI slop with an identical title and author name. This is utterly insane.

A screenshot of deceptively marketed books on Google books.

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Man sticker mule is advertising all over YouTube, stealing sticker app’s ad aesthetics and really hoping you forget about the obscene amount of money they’ve donated to Trump and also making a Trump statue. But I remember. We all remember, sticker mule. cbs6albany.com/news/local/s...

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Sticker Mule CEO unveils Trump statue, citing failed assassination as political catalyst

Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino unveiled a statue honoring President Donald Trump, called the "Defiance Monument."

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