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alias goes here @meanoldbitch.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine if you knew someone who hoarded billions of mustard packets. More than generations of their family could ever use. You’d reasonably assume they’re mentally ill. And that would be a reasonable assumption for hoarding basically anything, but when it comes to money, people see it as admirable??

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Sophia Jetta @werkoderko.bsky.social · 9h

"Where are you hiding the dreamies, motherfucker??"

• A young, nude Oedipus stands pressed tightly against a chimerical Sphinx. The Sphinx has the body of a lion, wings, and the head and breasts of a blonde woman.
• The Action: The creature leaps onto Oedipus's chest, digging her claws into his skin and gripping his flesh. Instead of flinching, Oedipus stands completely calm and holds his spear steady, locking eyes with her in a piercing gaze.
• The Foreground: Human remains—including a severed hand and foot, a king's crown, and a laurel wreath—lie scattered among the rocks at his feet, signaling the deaths of previous travelers who failed the riddle.
• Setting and Symbolism: The vertical, narrow composition features a dark, archaic background. Behind Oedipus stands a bay tree (sacred to Apollo, representing high human achievement), while a fig tree stands behind the Sphinx
The Theme: The painting illustrates the moment before Oedipus answers the Sphinx's riddle, symbolizing the triumph of spiritual intellect and moral force over base materialism and animalistic instinct

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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 10h

*record scratch* Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation… (reposted with alt text because this is an absolute treasure. Photo credit: Kevin Lohman @kevinlohman.bsky.social)

Professional photograph of a squirrel leaping down from a branch at a very startled-looking owl. The owl’s yellow eyes are wide as it looks over its shoulder up at the squirrel who clearly has zero regard for his own life, his mouth open as if shouting WITNESS ME, or potentially some sort of justification for this surprise attack, Inigo Montoya style. Whatever the Owl has to say in return is definitely in all caps.

Caption reads:
CALIFORNIA POST
California squirrel's flying attack is finalist in national wildlife photo competition

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.eurosky.social · 9h

Seconding everyone who has said this year's #covid vax gives you a sore arm. Choose your limb carefully! (Flu arm is only a little tender in comparison.)

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 12h

Alt text for quoted image: A realistic painting of the scene in which Frodo and Sam brawl with Gollum in the Emyn Muil. Frodo stands, the sword Sting in his hand, pulling back on Gollum's hair so his face hovers hear his throat. >

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 12h

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 13h

I have eaten 2 plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me you seem 2 angry so furious and so cold

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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 16h

This is an incredible story. Carl von Ossiettzky fights in WWI; returns a pacifist; becomes a journalist; exposes German rearmament during the interwar years; thrown into concentration camp by the Nazis; awarded Nobel Prize after lobbying by Einstein et al. www.britannica.com/biography/Ca...

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Carl von Ossietzky | Nobel Prize, German Resistance, Anti-Nazi Activist | Britannica

Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace for 1935. In 1912 Ossietzky joined the German Peace Society but was conscripted into the army and served th...

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 13h

Killing Anna will also screen at a number of film festivals over the next three months. Details of where and when you can watch the film are included in the image below.

Killing Anna:
Upcoming Festivals:
Prix Bayeux - 5th October
Double Exposure - 13th October
Doxumentale - Stories of Freedom - November 11th
Exground FilmFest Wiesbaden - November 13th
Women’s Worlds Film Festival - 18th November
Peloponnisos International Doc Film Festival - November 22nd
Watch Docs Human Rights Film Festival Warsaw - December 1st

Upcoming TX dates:
VPRO Netherlands TX date: 4th October
UK Channel 4 TX date: October 12th at 11pm
LTV Latvia TX date: October 13th

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 13h

Killing Anna, a new production by Bellingcat and Keo Films, will be broadcast in the Netherlands, UK and Latvia this month. The psychological thriller follows a Syrian academic who, using the alias Anna, befriends a former Syrian regime official suspected of involvement in the Tadamon massacre.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

And here again is my favourite ever Batman poem...

Batman’s aff his nut
Have you seen the way he cuts aboot
Dressed up as a mad fuckin bat
Batterin guys
I was lit at:
“Mate, I’m worried aboot ye
I know your ma and da died
But everybody’s ma and da dies
And we’re no aw runnin aboot
Hookin muggers and
Kickin psychopaths in the baws.”
And that was when Batman went
“Aye, but do ye ever feel like it?
Do you ever look at the world and feel like it?
Like having a big mad base under your hoose?
Do you ever feel like drivin a big mad motor
that turns intae a tank?
And leatherin fuck oot of guys aw night?
Scarin the fuckin shite oot of them?”
And that’s when I was lit at:
“Aye. Fuck it. Ah dae.”
And that’s the Secret Origin of Robin
And everyone else.

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please don't cut back hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! #gardening #nature

Bright red berries with hazy green hedgerow behind them

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Ghoul Friend 👻 @sajina.bsky.social · 15h

This would be the perfect time for the Catholic Church to commission an artist to put their old man yaoi on a Church ceiling. Just like the old masters before.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a lil guy and his mulberry branch 🪾

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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 15h

Really feel like the mainstream narrative has shifted in America these past few weeks. Ed Sheeran might end up in history books.

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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

just two left of this limited-edition linoprint, called "how many fears" shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/how-... #artsky #art #printmaking

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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 30/09/2026

now that’s what I call an abomination

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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 20h

Kills me every time 😂

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.eurosky.social · 20h

More people need to understand 'the right to swing your fist ends where it meets my face'. Politicians have been metaphorically pummelling the faces of trans people, asylum seekers (and non-white immigrants), and people with disabilities. Of course people are angry.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20h

This October, Diwali on the Square returns to light up the heart of London. Join Londoners from every community for a free celebration of light, hope and togetherness. 📅 Sunday 25 October 🕐 1–7pm Everyone is welcome.

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 23h

*Bashir tells Garak the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf to explain why no one trusts him.* "Are you SURE that's the lesson, Doctor?" "Of course. What else would it be?" "Never tell the same lie twice." I love Garak

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 22h

On today's #Reunification Day. A great cartoon by NEL. In the "Mirror of Unification", East Germans see themselves smaller that they actually are, and West Germans see themselves bigger. #Germany #TagDerDeutschenEinheit

A waved mirror, two men in front. A slim man sees himself much bigger in the mirror. A big man sees himself a lot smaller.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 22h

Result isn't everything. History, effort, or skill adds value & meaning. A hand-knitted jumper is different from one bought at Primark. A golden Temu ornament will never be the Sistine Chapel. I held my breath through this video - an office furniture maker in Ankara. Amazing. #GoodMorning, everyone.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2026

First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing.

The vertical eye of a squirrel with the reflection of the sun setting over trees in the distance and the reflection of the tree in the foreground

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love this non-toxic & pro-vaccine masculinity!

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes Claudia we all love Joe Lycett #CelebTraitors

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WaheyStarRoyCo @waheystarroyco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is just D of E for Ross Kemp #TheCelebrityTraitors

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Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As CEX inadvertently suggest, James Stewart would have made a great Doctor.

Image for “Doctor Who - The Complete Specials” incorrectly shows an image from Rear Window.

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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is one of those etymologies that sounds like a just so story but is in fact true.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

having a chuckle imagining the Joyce Carol Oats breakfast cereal, every morning you pour yourself a bowl and have no idea what to expect

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026

Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These cams showing the early hours while Japan sleeps are very calming

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can buy this now btw www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLD4HT6T

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Amazon.com

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Dead Reckons @gregreckons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What base is it when your Ai girlfriend disables the cooling fans on the 27 GPUs you use to keep her alive?

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The beaver has an inherent, natural instinct to damn bodies of running water but did you know human beings have a similar instinct but specifically for the aisles I need to walk down in Lidl.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this has the exact energy of the kind of fact I’m always learning from @swordsjew.bsky.social because it turns out there’s a sandwich named after it somehow I can’t explain but you know what I mean

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The problem is... Men!" A word from Tyler. "This is why women choose the bear, and I don't blame them." A word from Jonathan.

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Jessica & the Revenge of the Librarian 💉 @mlisrevenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's time for the public to learn that public services cannot run on the concept of doing more with less. When there are large cuts to services that rely on public monies, people should feel the results. Libraries, universities, etc. need to stop trying to lessen the visibility of funding cuts.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

‘I asked ChatGPT’ Well, I asked Gandalf and he told me you should be silent keep your forked tongue behind your teeth because he did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Dan Hanks @danhanks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It might be a quiet one this year because *gestures to everything* but the team is still going to be here, reading our little books, and checking in with you to offer hot chocolates and a cosy fireplace to read by. Come join us? Read some books on your TBR? Have a wonderful spooky month?

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