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Kifty

@kifty.bsky.social
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I'm a Web Librarian interested in usability, accessibility, music, podcasts and board games. Trying to make the world a better place for my kids. Level 5 Social Justice Rogue. You can also find me at mastodon.social/@kifty

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The Heathyorker @theheathyorker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
10/6/26
Heathcliff Panel:
Two birds are in a birdbath. One bird looks up and sees Heathcliff watching from the bushes wearing a bib that says 'Greg'. The bird says to the other whose back is turned "Just let it happen. We can't interfere with nature."New Yorker Panel:
Nature documentarians are filming penguins. One penguin walks up to the boom mic operator and takes his wallet. The videographer says "Watch yourself, Greg."
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm going to tell you a story and then, at the end, I'm going to ask you if anyone happens to have the niche knowledge I need to help... The story begins, as so many of my stories do, in an ancient church in the middle of a city. But it's not now. And it's not hundreds of years ago. It's the 1960's
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Kenny Meyers @kennym.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We just decided to add a TON of new bundles. 15% of Sweet's proceeds go to BINC to help bookstores because we looove themmm. It's gonna be a spammy couple of weeks but please know I got to move these comics, people! sweetshop.app/bundles
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Bundles
There’s a comic for everyone.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To celebrate the launch of Sweet Shop, the Comixology We Truly Deserve, ALL Iron Circus ebooks are ONE. DOLLAR. EACH. GET ON THIS.
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✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 20/09/2026
WD-40 transdermal patches. (personal use only)
A photo of a box of 8 transdermal patches of WD-40, with an unopened patch folder. The box is blue with the WD-40 logo, noting it's Lubriquel petroglidate 120mg - Helps reduce friction, supports smooth movement, for stiff or creaky joints and is long lasting with discreet support.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Comic strip showing a stand-up comedian under the title "The Ones Who Bomb In Omegas"

He is saying "Hooboy, I should not have brought up the child. This is a tough room, but not the worst room in the city. Am I right?"
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The Heathyorker @theheathyorker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
9/17/26
Heathcliff Panel:
Heathcliff rides a drone while wearing a helmet that says 'meat'. The drone is being controlled by a employee at the meat store. Another employee says "Canada geese fly east for winter."New Yorker Panel:
A flock of geese fly over Paris. The caption reads "The Meat Drone is in the experimental phase."
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Astronomy Cast @astronomycast.com · 15/09/2026
After 20 years, it's time to make some changes. With your patronage we can ditch the ads & turn up the science. patreon.astronomycast.com
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Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Jardin délabré: 📷 par @jonashby.com, 🥀 par moi.
It's me, but it's Dark Faye, surrounded by leaves and creeping vines, lit from above and behind. I'm wearing black lipstick, black hair, and a black gown. RELEASE THE BATS.
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Pareidolia @pareidolia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Grumpy banana flower.
Banana flower that looks like a white grumpy face with curly hair.
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The Heathyorker @theheathyorker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
9/8/26
Heathcliff Panel:
Heathcliff sits on the grass wearing a helmet that says rage. Iggy and Willy watch from the distance. Iggy says “Pandemonium has broken out at the U.S. Open today, as melon recalls constrain Honey Deuce production.”New Yorker Panel:
A reporter stands outside of a stadium holding a microphone. The reporter says "Give him room today."
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Making Molecules' Stereo @nzmolecules.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
After 27 weeks of the alphabet (& symbols) I'm finishing with compilations: Blech II: Blechsdöttir #MusicSky @djfood.org @warprecords.bsky.social What's not to love about this? Great music/mix/great artwork. Loved this from the moment I heard. It probably changed my listening habits forever.
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PC & Strictly Kev - Blech II: Blechsdöttir
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Collie Cariad @colliecariad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thinking about portal 2
GLaDOS is literally the funniest character ever. Her arc culminates in her saying "I hate you so much it's not even with the trouble of killing you, so just fucking LEAVE. And on your way out heres a full choir to sing 'Goodbye My Datling', an Aria I wrote in Italian about how I love you and want you to be safe, which mentions you by name. Don't read into it. Get the fuck out. And here, something to remember me by: a box with a heart on it. Leave." to a wonan who has literally never responded to anything she's ever said
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
JUSTICE FOR JARNATHAN!
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: King's X (x2) Radiohead (x2) Kid Koala Caribou Björk Frank Black and the Catholics Wax Mannequin (x3) The Books Sufjan Stevens King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
WWDD?
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026
This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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qntm @qntm.org · 25/08/2026
Paperback edition comes out on 3rd September, pre-orders are open
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There Is No Antimemetics Division
An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; but others, less so… But how do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight against an enemy when y...
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Standard Ebooks makes the most beautiful open public domain ebooks anywhere. Help them make more!
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A New Color (1/5🧵)
Page 1: A man is walking home, smoking a cigarette, being quietly trailed by a UFO above him. As he enters his apartment, two aliens watch from inside the ship. Alien 1, who has a large head, says, “that’s him. Let’s move.” Page 2: The man walks upstairs as the aliens watch from the entrance of the building. The man enters his apartment and greets his little dog. Suddenly there is a knock at the door.Page 3: he peers through his peephole, and sees the two aliens standing in the hallway. Alien 1 is holding a briefcase. From behind him, the voice of alien one: “don’t scream.” Page 4: The aliens are seated across the room on the man’s couch. Sadie is in her bed next to them. Alien 1 says, “you’re not in any danger. Have a seat.” The man looks at his dog and thinks, “sadie is unusually calm.” Alien 1: don’t scream, or it’s a problem.
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
make a 🍁 novel smaller: Count Negative One
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Scott Sigler @scottsigler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!
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kid koala @kidkoala.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! 25th Anniversary Yolk Vinyl pressing + Flexi Disc! Now available at the shop! kidkoala.com/product/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-25th-anniversary-edition/
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The cover of the video game Racing Destruction Set, featuring two cars driving towards the camera on a desert highway. Tires are flying through the air to indicate speed and destructiveness.
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💜 Cyn ✨ @obicynkenobi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
They found a kitten running around YVR airport here in Vancouver, look at this precious forlorn little baby 😭🥺 Hopefully the owners can be found, please consider signal boosting - they must be so distraught!
A screenshot of the SPCA post of a grey toned tabby cat kitten looking very sad or a bit overwhelmed. 

The post says: DO YOU KNOW ME?

This sweet little baby was found running around YVR Airport with no forms of identification. If you are missing her, please contact the BC SPCA Richmond at 604-277-3100 or richmond@spca.bc.ca. Proof of ownership and valid ID are required. ID # 629504

Please re-post to signal post this!
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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
and how about "The Cyclops"
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Mike Paradinas @mikeparadinas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tango N'Vectif is finally getting the reissue treatment! This reissue combines all the tracks from each version plus the R&S ep and lots of alternate mixes and exclusive unreleased material. Preorder now! Mu store store.planet.mu Bandcamp planetmu.bandcamp.com/music
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Grae Hall @graehall.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Mob Boss: So did you take Mickey to sleep with the fishes like I asked? Enforcer: Yeah boss, we went to a Night At The Aquarium event & curled up in our sleeping bags together & watched the sharks slowly swim by as we dozed off real eepy peepy, just like you asked Mob Boss: Good, he needed a break
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Matthew Murray 🦇 @midnitelibrary.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The genre of the month for Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast is... Post-Apocalyptic Fiction! What are your favourites? What do you recommend? Is this popular at your library? 📚
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Matthew Murray 🦇 @midnitelibrary.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reminder to vote in the BC4M Battle of the Books (closes July 31st!) Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic Starter Villain by John Scalzi Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Book Club for Masochists: Battle of the Books 2026
Every month on Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast we read and discuss books from a new, randomly picked genre. But, once a year we each pitch a book and our listeners get to chose ...
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Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Checkmate! 🤍♟️🩶 Photography: @jonashby.com Full set: www.patreon.com/fayehavoc/po...
Very cute photo of me being a goofy lil' clown in a horizontal pose along the ground, wearing a black/white/grey outfit with mismatched gloves and stockings, holding metallic silver king and queen chess pieces, and surrounded by vaguely distorted checkerboard walls. Photography, editing, and practical set design by Jon-Christian Ashby.
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Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) 🇨🇦 @alanranta.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
☞︎ILLBIENT DNB '90-'05 (11 hrs) This loose 5-part, 11-hour survey of drum and bass that was produced between 1990-2005, generally made by trip-hop artists who don’t primarily make DnB. Not strictly illbient, per se, but a vibe from the golden age of sampling. ☞︎☞︎☞︎DROPBOX LINK: bit.ly/illbient1990
☞︎ILLBIENT DNB '90-'05 (11 hrs)
This 5-part, 11-hour mix is a survey of a nebulous sub-genre known as illbient. According to wiki, "illbient is a genre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced experimental musicians from New York City in the early 1990s." The word "illbient" is a combination of "ill" and "ambient," but that hardly describes what the genre actually is.

When I think of illbient music, I imagine a blend of experimental trip-hip and liquid drum 'n' bass. For my money, DJ Wally is the quintessential illbient artist, alongside the likes of DJ Olive's We™ and DJ Soul Slinger. For the purpose of this mix, illbient is going to be basically any track that sounds like drum 'n' bass made by an act that does not primarily make drum 'n' bass, but rather artists typically more trip-hip, big beat, and turntablist related, as is the focus of this 1990-2005 series.

As such, this mix is not strictly what purists would call illbient or DnB, but rather a distinct vibe from a past generation, from the golden age of sampling. A whole bunch of these tracks are songs that I've always thought should be on a DnB mix, but I doubted anyone else would put them on such a thing, so I did my best. Anyway...

	SUPPORT ARTISTS WHILE THEY'RE STILL ALIVE!
	BUY THEIR MUSIC, MERCH + SHOW TICKETS!
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qntm @qntm.org · 21/07/2026
Preorder THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION in paperback from Waterstones and you can get 25% off with code "SUMMER26"! This code is good until the end of Friday!
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There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm | Waterstones
Buy There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Christopher Nolan took a story of war and magic and monsters and homecoming, and he turned it into a story where civilization collapses when people fail to welcome the stranger." @leahschnelbach.bsky.social reviews The Odyssey and asks what the gods are really for:
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The Eyes of Athena and the Disenchanted World of The Odyssey - Reactor
Are you defying the gods, or betraying them?
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
To anyone who follows me, or doesn’t, please contribute to @richardkadrey.bsky.social ‘s extremely urgent new Go FundMe. His cat’s depending on you too. I don’t know a harder-working writer, and what he produces is always wonderful. Please re-skeet!
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Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 02/07/2026
Garffeld Thread bsky.app/profile/dsoa...
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qntm @qntm.org · 14/07/2026
There is a weird building halfway along your commute. Every time you pass it you look at it and think, "That place looks weird. I wonder what it is? I should find out." By the time you get where you're going you have forgotten about it. Every time Everyday example of antimemetic shielding
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
OMG, or should I say OMI (Oh My Ilúvatar)!
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Go Belgium! Thank you for a trip of a lifetime, along with the best beer (and fries) you can get anywhere.
A happy guy standing under a yellow sign saying "Westvleteren | Vleteren" next to a green hedge and under a blue sky.
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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Three Corporations in a Trenchcoat Day
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
just ordered the "swords against" one myself thanks to a tip from @bullypulpithq.bsky.social
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Tam||maT @tamvmat.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Today I was discussing Executive Dysfunction with some folks, and how in our household we call it "The Sits" I decided to make an info poster. It's based on my personal experience with it. Yes, the person is me 😆 #neurodivergent #memes #executivedysfunction
A meme poster showing someone in a chair, listing information about executive dysfunction
"Know you have something important to do, but just can't make yourself get up and DO it? You might have THE SITS" Also known as Executive Dysfunction, symptoms may include:
Hyperfocusing on one specific thing but not THE thing
Daydreaming or "spacing out"
Internally screaming at yourself to just DO the THING to no avail
Time blindness; where did the last 3 hours go?
Feeling overwhelmed by tasks which would take 5 minutes if you  just got up and DID them, but instead take all day because of THE SITS
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Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
the actual reason I logged on here. to post a horrible comic
a toad, in the desert, screaming. the sun also screams
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A great post about the best game.
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