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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 10h
I like Trek quite a bit, but DS9 is the best Trek.
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 16h
It's one o' them long-hamsters!
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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And also with you.
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'd love to hear your thoughts when it's all done. It's one of my favourite books in recent years.
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's go Cornwall!
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Attn @libraryvixen.bsky.social & @brittbaker.bsky.social
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PLEEEASE take is to a university archives first. They will know how to treat it properly. If you can't find one to take it, then I'd move on to other possibilities.
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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what I was going to recommend. It would also be a good place to store the originals and provide access to the digitized materials.
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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
sweetshop.app
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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is BoJack really the only animated show on this list?
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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great episode, as always! It's just a brilliant album, all round. I've always thought that "Born Under Punches" is one of the strongest album openers ever.
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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm with you, man. (Maybe it's an ADHD thing?) In general, I can handle raw tomatoes after years of practice, but there's no situation where just leaving them out wouldn't be an improvement. The one exception is caprese salad, on occasion. The balsamic vinegar counteracts something, perhaps?
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not a film, but nearly every episode of Netflix's DARK has a fantastic needle drop. Here's a favourite: youtu.be/iajF_NCY430?...
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Dark - Familiar
YouTube video by WatchWithMati
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
These are so gloriously dumb and I love them.
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do you know if they will be viewable by folks outside the US?
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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Special mention to the Hot Hot Heat/The Unicorns/Metric show I saw at the university bar in Kamloops.
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh man, I haven't put this on in ages. Time to spin it up again, followed by Raiding the 20th Century.
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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
YouTube video by sm
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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 · 07/09/2026
Seventy Nine. Am I doing this right?
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
JUSTICE FOR JARNATHAN!
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yes! A variant on Tichu would work great in a fantasy setting. (If you haven't played Tichu and you're a fan of partnership card games, you need to give it a try.)
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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Your mixes are giving me life! I've barely scratched the surface and I'm loving them so far. It makes me pine for the days of mixtapes.
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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
Truth in advertising, I guess.
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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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Now that it's the next day, I can reveal it: Squaliform. It's like one of my favourite words!
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qntm @qntm.org · 25/08/2026
Paperback edition comes out on 3rd September, pre-orders are open
penguin.co.uk
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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Kifty @kifty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hm. My third guess wasn't in the dictionary. I was really proud of it, too!
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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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