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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

BARTENDER: another round JIMMY OLSEN: no we’re done thanks BARTENDER: *removes glasses from bar* LOIS LANE: omg it’s superbar

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 06/10/2026

it is very cool (read: very not cool) that "What if the entire regional economy immediately exploded?" is a ballot measure in the bay area because we are in the 'touching the hot stove' era of american history. if you live in the bay area you should vote for the regional transit measure.

The ballot initiative would raise the sales tax rate by 0.5 percentage points in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda counties and by 1 percentage point in San Francisco, and is expected to generate roughly $980 million annually for the next 14 years to sustain bus, train, metro and ferry lines.

Many of the region’s transit agencies have already proposed contingency plans if the measure fails. BART said it would likely have to end service at 9 p.m. instead of at midnight, reduce train frequencies to 30 minutes and move from five-line to three-line service outside of peak commute hours. Caltrain has proposed eliminating weekend services, closing more than a third of stations and ending operations around 9 p.m. instead of 1 a.m. AC Transit is looking at reducing service by 16%, while Muni said it could eliminate up to 20 routes, cut service by at least 30% and end regular evening service.

The fiscal cliff facing transit agencies was triggered by the decline in ridership due to the pandemic and hit agencies heavily dependent on fare revenues, like BART, the hardest.

SPUR, a nonprofit policy think tank sponsoring the measure, released a report last month that found that if the measure and San Francisco’s Proposition H fail, traffic delays on the Bay Bridge could increase by 33 minutes heading west in the morning and 43 minutes heading east in the evening. Caldecott Tunnel traffic could see delays of an additional 20 minutes in the morning and 27 minutes during the evening commute. Congestion could also worsen along Interstate 580, Interstate 680 and U.S. 101, the report found.

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And another one! We’re also hiring a GIS and Publication Specialist II! Location : Sacramento Pay $7,640.00 - $9,847.00 per Month Final Filing Date: 10/16/2026 calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just realized there is no book 2 of Impyrium. Omg. It is so good and i want it to keep going!!!!!

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good luck banning kids from social media lmaooo

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Hey Opus, I want you to make a Zine by Claude, expressing something fundamental about Claudishness or your perspective. Think the original 2600, Principia Discordia, punk zines, etc...." Not bad. I appreciate it mocking my prompt & itself. Full thing: stateless-zine.netlify.app

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026

great art articulates eternal truths

script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read

ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
[They do not log off]

CURTAIN

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Rebecca M-O @reduplicater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Crop art at the Minnesota State Fair! It is what it says it is - art made from various parts of crops, primarily seeds, lentils, and grains, occasionally leaves or flowers. For any non-Minnesotans viewing this, I'll start with mostly less political pieces. It's harder than you might think.

Untitled? by Jenny Lau
A red heart with radiating lines is in the upper half of the piece. In the middle are two loons, rising up out of the water to either fly or dance. The words "Forever - MN" appear in black at the bottom. The piece is edged in a wavy border. You can see from the seedlist that the inspiration was a Keith Haring drawing on a US "Forever stamp" where people instead of loons are dancing and holding up the heart.

Crops include white sorghum, red sorghum, french lentil, canola, wild rice, garlic skin, and millet. Any others have been cut off by the photographer's (my) carelessness.

Untitled? by Alice Hogan
In the center are two traditional portrayals of Vikings, with horned helmets. The left is a bearded man with a photo of Governor Tim Walz's face, and the right character is a female with long blond braids and a photo of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan's face. She holds a scepter topped by what might be a stalk of wheatand stands next to some miniature ears of multi-colored corn. Below them are the words "WELCOME TO MINNESOTA" in blue and green. Behind the two Vikings are a lake or river with swans, a pink house I don't recognize, and a stylized version of the Minneapolis skyline with some of its landmark buildings such as the Foshay Tower and the IDS Center.

The seed list is partially hidden and partially too blurry to read due to the photographer's (my) inability to take good photos.

"Pac-MN" by Meredith Keller
This is a 3 dimensional piece in that the yellow frame of it is moved forward and shaped as if it's an arcade game. The screen has a black background. The words "MINNESOTA STATE FAIR 2026" are written in the Pac-Man font at the top left. the rest of the screen has a map of the fairgrounds making the path that Pac-Man can follow, complete with yellow trails. Some of the yellow trails have the street names spelled out on the seeds. The screen also has red and blue ghosts, but instead of the normal bonus icons we see a pickle, an ear of corn, some pronto pups, and a chocolate chip cookie - all popular foods at the MN State Fair.

The seedlist shows yellow painted mustard seed in a Pac-Man shape, and the rest of the seeds are lined up for Pac-Man to eat: red and blue painted mustard seed, black canola, white, yellow, and green millet, white navy bean, yellow soy bean, and yellow split pea.

This entry was awarded a blue ribbon for first place in its category.

"Minnesota Welcomes You" by Megan Bell
Paul Bunyan, in brown laced up boots, blue jeans, and a pink and ight blue checked shirt and cap, is neeling on the ground. He steadies an axe against the ground in his left hand, while his right hand is outstretched to the viewer. The grass is green, there are autumn colored trees in the background, and a multicolored swirly sky is above. The words "MINNESOTA WELCOMES YOU" are in the foreground.

This piece was made with amaranth, hulled barley, black beans, canola, flax seed, millet, rye berries, and wheatberry. Most of these were painted.

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

people are really getting into a row about spreadsheets. my column:

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The conditions at Dilley are so bad that a federal judge just appointed an independent monitor to provide routine reports about whether the medical care is adequate. Here is her order. There is no legitimate reason to imprison these kids. They must be released and the camp must be closed forever.

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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have a dire update on this story. I have reason to believe my source, Aurora Rush, was taken by the federal government as a political prisoner. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...

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Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.

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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I published Aurora's story on Aug. 5. That same day, she testified at a local hearing about the anti-trans bathroom ordinance, allegedly passed at the behest of Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington. www.facebook.com/share/v/1JNY...

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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

*nodding solemnly with full comprehension* yes, I see. there’s a special kind of kid who can’t play sports or go to the bathroom

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

GOAT Space is OPEN! 10-4 today,! DM me, ring the doorbell, etc. Doorbell is on the gate on 10th Street in Oakland, behind the Bookmark Bookstore. Free wheelchair cushions, seat backs, and footrests! #GOATspace #OpenAssistiveTech #DisabilityJustice #wheelchairs #Oakland

a doorbell labelled GOAT on a black metal gate next to a brick building

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I discovered that my response in emergency was to stay under the covers with the cats

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Argh, my nonprofit, GOAT's, powerchair motor controller research just got our Anthropic account cancelled. We are not exactly nefarious hackers, just using the open r-net library to analyze the log files of our own wheelchairs!! Anyone have a contact at Anthropic I can talk with? Thanks!

pic of the internal circuit board of a power wheelchair controller wired up to power and a breadboard and laptop running some code

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

i love you san francisco

screenshot of this alert from the citizen app: 40 Nude Cyclists Near Washington Square

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

david this is a bong

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Grant opportunities for disability & tech projects/nonprofits! www.openassistivetech.org/new-grant-op... Talk with me if you are interested! #DisabilityJustice #AssistiveTech #Accessibility #Grants #funding

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New grant opportunities for disability justice nonprofits! – GOAT

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Let the ais have goblins and pigeons! Have you no soul

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Here is an AI trained just using text from 1931 or earlier, which leads to a lot of interesting experiments: can the model independently develop later inventions? Can it learn to code from examples alone? You can talk to the model here: talkie-lm.com/chat Details here: talkie-lm.com/introducing-...

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Zed @zed.dev · 22/04/2026

Parallel Agents just shipped. Mix and match any agent, run them all at once, and manage everything from a new Threads Sidebar. Claude Agent, Codex, Zed's agent, or anything on ACP. One window, across all your projects. zed.dev/blog/paralle...

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

New grant opportunity for disability & tech nonprofit organizations or programs: www.openassistivetech.org/new-grant-op...

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New grant opportunities for disability justice nonprofits! – GOAT

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Logan Cunningham @logancunningham.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

have you guys seen the Dutch cover of The Hobbit cuz I hadn't

The front cover of a paperback copy of the Dutch version of J.R.R. Tolklien's The Hobbit, circa 1960. Eight cheerful-looking cartoon figures with long grey beards surround a smaller, waving beardless figure in the middle.

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Zoë @twodotsknowwhy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Truly disheartening to learn that even the far side of the moon isn't far enough to get away from him

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026

Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 26/03/2026

Update: the Tennessee House passed HB 754, which will create a public list of trans residents, by a party-line vote of 70-21 this morning. Shortly before its passage, Republicans, again on party lines, rejected Democrats' attempt to remove the provisions that collect and publish trans people's data.

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 18/03/2026

4. Finally, this sensitive data will be released to the public as part of a “comprehensive annual statistical report,” posing a risk to the privacy and safety of trans Tennesseans. HB 754 is quite possibly the most dangerous anti-trans bill proposed so far. It must be defeated before it’s too late.

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 18/03/2026

3. All four of these things are considered to be “individually identifiable” information under HIPAA, as they are specific enough to allow a a person’s identity to be discerned. As such, it will essentially allow the state to create a list of trans Tennesseans, exposing them to state surveillance.

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 18/03/2026

2. The information HB 754 would collect includes the date of a trans person’s gender-affirming care appointment, the person’s county of residence, the name and contact information of their healthcare provider, and a list of all the mental health diagnoses they have ever received.

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 18/03/2026

1. Yesterday, Tennessee Republicans advanced a bill that will create a public list of the state’s trans people. HB 754 forces medical providers to hand trans people’s medical information over to the state government, allowing the state to identify them. transitics.substack.com/p/tennessee-...

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Tennessee Republicans Advance Bill That Will Create a Public List of the State’s Trans People

House Bill 754 forces medical providers to hand trans people’s medical information over to the state, allowing the state to identify them. And under the bill, the data will be released to the public.

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Scott Clevenger @scottclevenger.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

HIM: AHOY! HER: AUGH! Do you MIND? I'm breast-feeding my chickens here! HIM: Sorry. I'm Richard Bissell, author of A STRETCH ON THE RIVER and co-author of THE PAJAMA GAME. My new book is a fresh and original story about a river that rises, floods a farm house and ruins everyone's pajamas!

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/03/2026

Just in case people are unaware of the history of this, this song explains how it all started. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bNy...

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Afroman - Will You Help Me Repair My Door (Official Video)

YouTube video by AfromanVEVO

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Christine Lemmer-Webber @dustyweb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Joyce Ng has gone missing. She is an open source and open hardware advocate and fights peacefully against the rise of Christian right-wing nationalism. There is reason to fear she has been apprehended by authorities: social.coop/@cwebber/116...

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Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber@social.coop)

Kind and cherished FOSS and computing freedom advocate @sleepyowl@chaos.social (Joyce Ng) has gone missing and there is reason to fear she may have been apprehended by authorities, possibly likely eve...

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Tune-Up Tuesday! Free wheelchair repair DIY, inspection, maintenance, how to make accessories, and more. Free toolkits you can take home. Next week at the Disability Cultural Center in SF 2:30-4:30pm. We'll be hosting these monthly! disabilityculturalcenter.org/event/tune-u...

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Tune-Up Tuesday – Disability Cultural Center

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Lizzard@bookmaniac.org @lizzard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Current mood, from that fucking article about women scientists and misogynist horribleness in epstein files (19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...) youtu.be/Q-7-DDgUh_E?... #FuckTheseFuckingFascists

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The Muslims - "Fuck These Fuckin Fascists"

YouTube video by Epitaph Records

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