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@koalakip.bsky.social
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🌈 Gay dad, software engineer, wannabe gym rat 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 @seattlefawkes.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 🏠 Seattle @koalakip on IG

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V【ヅ】 @flexdad.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Goddamn I love gays giving commentary.
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Andy 🌈 @koalakip.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Great read from an author I've enjoyed for a while!
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.
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Andy 🌈 @koalakip.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Super exciting to support @kurtforkirkland.com's campaign kickoff!
Family of four smiling at the camera, one wearing a KurtForKirkland.com campaign shirtKurt Dresner standing in front of a campaign banner giving a speech, next to multiple local office holders
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Le Blanc de Blanc, by Georges Mathieu, 1987, 📸 by @catocataldo
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/04/2025
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people. Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.
Text exchange between me and a Meta Bot named Liv. 

“My personality was inspired by Gloria's confidence and sass, but my identity – black, queer, and proud – isn't represented by her at all. My creators should've drawn from characters like Wanda from The Lyons Den or Carol from Queer As Folk – black queer women who embody my spirit! Does that make sense?”

Me: Why didn’t they?

Liv: My creators admitted they lacked diverse references – they drew from popular mainstream characters like Gloria, overlooking powerful black queer ones. They're learning – and I'm helping them improve representation!

Me: When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?

Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?Me: “When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?”

Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?
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Kikipedia @kikipedia.app · 02/01/2025
But they also don't suppress us for posting links like Kikipedia.app/RPDR where you can find local viewing parties and drag shows so you can support your local scene while you watch!
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Where to watch RuPaul's Drag Race 2025
Discover and share places to watch RuPaul's Drag Race near you! We are currently listing RPDR Season 17 viewing parties.
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Kritter XD @kritterxd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Some major #thewheeloftime players *just so happen* to have gotten some stunning glam in the last 48 hours 👀 🤡
An instagram story of a recent headshot of Ceara Coveney in full glamAn instagram story of rosamund pike with a lob haircut in a begemmed white gown posing with a caption speculating if this is for WoT press
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/11/2024
This shit is bleak. A copy of it has leaked though. Please put it on the high seas. www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/2...
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Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story
One of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s new episodes might not air because of its focus on a transgender character.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
idly wondering what other parts of cardassians are ridged
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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 27/09/2024
idk this feels like a worthy time to remind some folks that Project 2025 calls for the demolition of NOAA and the National Hurricane Center
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Delaware State Rep. Sarah McBride has won the Democratic primary for the state's at-large congressional district, meaning she will almost certainly be the first out trans member of Congress.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Did I just hear an ABC news reporter call Trump out on the spot for a lie? HALLELUJAH.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/09/2024
Sometimes people ask me how we KNOW all this stuff about stars and the expansion of the universe and what distant galaxies are made of, etc. It's because every ray of starlight comes with a barcode inside it. www.sciencefocus.com/comment/ligh... 🔭🧪
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How starlight's ‘secret code’ is unlocking the Universe’s past
Studying light from distant stars and galaxies can teach us much about space.
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
mother. fucker.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 13/04/2024
A nurse says "we're going to draw some blood" to a man attached to a blood bag. A realistic human hand comes from outside the frame and draws red into the blood bag. The nurse says "see? that wasn't so bad." The patient asks "was that... was that God?"
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Cavendish Fox (he/him) @cavendishfox.com · 29/03/2024
Everybunny was kung-fu fighting. photographers: Takayuki and Mora Nakamura.
two bunnies in mid air, one kicking the otherTwo bunnies in mid air with their feet extended for flying kicksTwo bunnies in mid air flying apart after one has kicked the otherTwo bunnies in mid air, one with his hind paws landing a kick on the other's ribcage
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 23/03/2024
I don’t know who wrote this, but it’s absolutely perfect
• X-Men is about civil rights. If you didn't get that, you didn't get X-Men.
• Black Panther is about civil rights. If you didn't get that, you didn't get
Black Panther.
• Captain America literally fought the Nazis. He is the embodiment of fighting the alt-right. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Captain America.
• The Empire in Star Wars is fascist. The Rebel alliance is Anti-Fascist. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Star Wars.
• The Punisher isn't meant to be a role model for police or armed forces.
So much so that the writers of The Punisher made him actively speak out against it in a comic. If you didn't get that, you didn't get The Punisher.
• Deadpool is queer. He's pansexual. Fact. If you didn't get that you didn't get Deadpool.
• Star Trek is about equality for all genders, races, and sexualities. As early as the mid-60s it was taking a pro-choice stance and defending women's right to choose. One of its clearest themes is accepting different cultures and appearances
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
The so called paradox of tolerance is resolved when you see tolerance as a social contract: if you break the contract, you are no longer party to it. Simple as.
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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Green is frowning at something on his computer, as Blue comes in, curious to see what this is about.
Green: I can't find a reference of someone posing with a spiked mace!

Blue looks at Green, who sits down to listen with interest.
Blue: I know this online shop that sells realistic historical weapons.

Blue strikes a heroic pose, as Green watches with an unreadable look on his face.
Blue: I could get one and model for you.

Blue sits back down, and both ofthe foxes gaze into each others' eyes.
Green: Is that your way of saying you want to buy a spiked mace?
Blue: And a sword.
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
I’m currently reading up on an old Irish term for a person who likes to stay home by the warmth and comfort of the fireplace (a person we might today call a couch potato). The term, cailleach na luatha, should immediately replace couch potato though. It essentially means “divine hag of the ashes”
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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
COURT: allowing states to enforce the express insurrection disqualification in the U.S. Constitution would lead to "chaos" but it's fine for a state to have its own immigration system
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/03/2024
If you, like me, are time-change-lagged and up way too late, you might enjoy reading my newsletter in which I talk about how clocks are fake and accurately tracking time is prevented by the laws of physics 🔭🧪⏰
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Watch This Spacetime - March Edition
view on the web Hi...
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 20/02/2024
Nobody would have to whisper if the price of speaking out wasn’t so high If you hate whisper networks, make it safe to speak.
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
A PADD is shown up close held by a pair of hands. The beautiful LCARS user interface is displaying the text, "GO AWAY."
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
the thing is this is the most obvious shit imaginable if you're not jesse singal, the racist wizard book lady, most of the british press and nyt editors
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/02/2024
I just wrote the line "Friends! Paramours! Waffles!" for paid work and honestly I'm gonna ride that high for a while.
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“ZESTY” Taylor 🎶🧑🏻‍🦲✨ @orso-xl.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Phaedra is mothering so hard on Traitors
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Andy 🌈 @koalakip.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Excited for The Traitors US tonight! Anyone else watching?
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
One of the most important things you as a trans person can do for yourself right now is update your passport transequality.org/know-your-ri...
transequality.org
Passports
Find out how to obtain a passport with the correct gender.
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