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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 2h

This is exactly like when Pee Wee Herman married a bowl of fruit salad, but nonfiction.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

A perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis—

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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 8h

Skydance, because Skynet was taken.

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 12h

i don't want to be all hyperbolic here but since the kennedy center is literally designed as a memorial to a us president this is to me like taking a sledgehammer to his actual grave while pissing on the stock photo of the judge in the case the utter contempt they have for the rule of law, man

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FEMA's new director, previously ousted for saying the agency shouldn't exist, now appears to be saying the agency should have no role in mitigation or recovery. Also, that the Red Cross, power company etc. have no role in emergency operations. eos.org/research-and... w/ @samlmontano.bsky.social

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A Redefinition of “Emergency Management” Could Upend FEMA’s Mission - Eos

Last week, FEMA administrator Cameron Hamilton issued a memorandum outlining the agency’s scope and essentially redefining “emergency management.”

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Atomique @atomiquefetish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How William Gibson’s Neuromancer helped shape the visual language of cyberpunk, imagining a future of networks, artificial intelligence, corporate power and digital identities long before they became part of everyday life. www.otaviosantiago.com/post/william... #WilliamGibson #OtavioSantiago

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William Gibson, Neuromancer and the Visual Language of Cyberpunk

Long before the internet became a place we carried in our pockets, before social media transformed identity into an interface and before artificial intelligence entered everyday conversation, William ...

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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One year ago, the world lost one of its strongest advocates. Dr. Jane Goodall spent years advocating for animal welfare, for community-led conservation, and for youth environmental leadership. She knew that each one of us had an important role to play, and she made sure that we knew that, too.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 22h

I find that reading this calms me down as few things do, these days.

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Becca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont)

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 01/10/2026

I’m a professional writer. The NYT opinion section isn’t as important as we think.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Unites”

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration

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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tough times for Unites States Super Intelligence.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Reading literature enables you to enter the depths of another human being." Han Kang recd. the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024 for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." 1st Asian woman to win this prestigious literary award. #books

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

lol

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seattle

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I've had this badge since 1978.

A lapel badge from the anti-nazi League. A yellow circle with a red arrow through it and the words in black letters saying "anti-nazi League."

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pretty sure this contained my first taste of Wm. Burroughs. Found it on rotating wire racks in a local drugstore when I was about 13. Cost a me a quarter and a dime!

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joe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple

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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 29/09/2026

Stevie Wonder’s ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’ came out 50 years ago today. An anniversary tour celebrating the double album masterpiece begins next month, and today Wonder shared four previously unreleased tracks from the sessions. stereogum.com/2512942/stev...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I gasped! The Mighty Sparrow has left us. One of the most important and popular Calypsonians to ever do it! Songs filled political fire, irreverence, humor, naughty (very, very naughty) banter, and beats that make you wind your waist! Rest in Power, Sparrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...

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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91

He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.

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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a little voice inside my head said don't look back it's a cyberattack

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal

Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."

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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finally heard it. It doesn't take a crystal ball to see A cowboy always finds a way to leave Drinking Jack all by myself He's choosin' Texas I can tell = Sometimes I'd like to try and settle down But everybody's leavin' town Some got to win some got to lose Good time Charlie's got the blues

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Pam: They're The Same Picture - The Office

Alt: Pam: They're The Same Picture - The Office

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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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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Caturday dinner customer whose highly accurate inner clock tells him service will commence in 14 minutes

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

iced coffee is junior level. the real power move is bringing a corn on the cob to your interview

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I forget about this, then remember it when I walk past VPL. Gives me a kinda whistling-past-the-graveyard feel.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Should be reposted every month....

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Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Blood boys OVER we’re out here Renfieldmaxxing now

He’s on a quest to live forever.
Mr. Emanuel’s morning routine involves waking up at 4 a.m., stretching for 40 minutes and then doing breath work, sauna, meditation, an ice plunge and infrared light therapy before ingesting a protein shake and a cup of live worms to fight off “the bad bacteria in my gut.” He describes a recent lunch with his old CAA boss, Michael Ovitz. Mr. Emanuel writes: “He goes to the gym; he thinks that means he’s taking care of himself. But it doesn’t. I scold him. He hasn’t gotten his blood work done in years, he isn’t doing ice plunges, he isn’t doing daily breath work, he isn’t fasting. And he needs to be eating worms.”

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: In a huge win for Missouri voters, the Supreme Court again rejected Republicans' bid to reinstate their congressional gerrymander for the midterms. The ruling ensures voting in the state will not be disrupted this fall.

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In a win for voters, Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered map for midterms

The Supreme Court’s ruling, which is a victory for pro-voting groups, comes after Missouri has already sent ballots for the upcoming election to overseas and absentee voters.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did you know your kid can be blind or have brain damage due to measles at birth? If Rubella pops off, then we can add deafness and severe birth defects to the list. Vaccinating your kids is so, so much less dangerous that the damage these diseases can cause, esp to infants sharing their air.

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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why take an iced coffee into a job interview? To pour over the computer doing the interviewing and demand to see a human, that's why.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This September 23rd marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, musician and composer supreme. Below The Village Voice revisit Greg Tate’s 2003 review of Ashley Kahn’s book A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album.

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In 2003, Reading Up On John Coltrane’s Contemplation and Invention - The Village Voice

In this 2003 book review from the Village Voice, Greg Tate relates tales of the saxophonist who took jazz off-world.

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