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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Telescopefish, a rare deep-sea creature known for its eyes adapted for spotting bioluminescence. Original post

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/10/2026

Exactly 68 schools — the same number of athletic programs in the four biggest conferences in Division I — reached or came within 5% of reaching the $20.5 million revenue-sharing cap over the first season of a system that allowed the schools to pay their players directly.

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In first year of NIL payouts, 68 schools hit or came very close to $20.5M revenue-sharing limit

Exactly 68 schools reached or came within 5 percent of reaching the $20.5 million revenue-sharing cap over the first season of a system that allowed the schools to pay their players directly.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/10/2026

New Study Finds Ashing Cigarette Out Cracked Car Window On Cold Morning Still Best Way To Start Blue-Collar Workday theonion.com/new-study-finds-ashing…

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interesting turn of events. There are scandals that bury a book, and scandals that crown a book. Orelien's book tops French charts in the number of books sold. -Through the full storm/drama, 18,000 copies were sold/bought between 21st and 27th September, compared to 12,000 sold the week before.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Watching Euphoria Season 3. Maddie just told Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) about her OnlyFans: “The angrier these idiots get, the more money you make.” And that sums up the Sidney Sweeney drama perfectly.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My Brilliant Career is about an Aussie girl who wants to be a writer and I know it’s true because she can’t make up her damn mind about anything.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

On the bright side at least the children of Derry are safe. #silverlinings #RIPTimCurry

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you hate Elliot Page and Lupita Nyongo, then The Odyssey is the movie for you. Page gets shot in the first 60 seconds and Lupita is horribly disfigured. What more can you ask for?

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New story up in issue 305 of Interzone. A Perfectly Good Train: a Supermamadou Story It’s about a kid who wants to be a superhero, and probably could come to think of it… Link below: interzone.press/iz-305/?fbcl...

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Alright back on the horse with Bon Jovi’s 13th studio album: Burning Bridges. Highly forgettable album. Gotta wonder - is this music for the fans or a jamming session turned record? Top 3: Life is Beautiful We don’t run Blind Love @cemurphy.bsky.social thoughts? youtu.be/yxEaTmYQB_I?...

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Zach De La Rocha: Hey Florence, heard you started a band. Who with? Florence:….

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/04/2026

Every day, we're pursuing small changes that make a huge difference: like building a map of licensed childcare providers in New York City at @ nyc.gov/childcare.

Screenshot of NYC child care map with mayor Mamdani overlaid.

Text on screen “NYC finally has a childcare map.
Parents can now easily search for childcare facilities based on cost, distance, age and more at nyc.gov/childcare”

Screen shot of Amanda litman’s tweet and screenshot of the nyc child care map

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“Cannot emphasize enough what percentage of messages in neighborhood mom chats are "does anyone have a spreadsheet of all the childcare places around here" - this is a small thing that's a big service.
Explore NYC's map of
V Find childcare near work or home
childcare providers at
V Sort by age, cost, and care setting
nyc.gov/childcare
Contact providers”

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Dilman always comes up with great stuff.

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

BONE & BLOOD, my latest retold fairy tale, will be available in just a few weeks! Preorder at www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW... The alt text for the teaser text image is spread across both images bc it was too long for just one. Sorry about that! <3 #booksky #preorders #fantasy #romance #FairyTales

The staggeringly fabulous cover for CE Murphy's upcoming BONE & BLOOD, a retelling of "Snow White, Rose Red" features two women standing back to back: one is garbed all in blood red, with dark red hair and a black mask; the other wears flowing white, with wheat-pale hair and a glittering mask. Cover art & design by Ravven. Preorder at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQWY/?tag=mizkit-20

The next image is a parchment-colored paper with golden roses along one side, and the first part of the text reads:

There is a story of a widow woman and her two daughters, Snow White and Rose Red, who were the most perfect and darling little girls who had ever lived.

This is not—quite—that story.

In time, people will lose their fear of the forests, but this is not yet that time; this is not yet that place. Not with the enchanted Beast at its heart still living there; not with that heart being the forest itself, embodied, living, aware.

But not aware enough for old Widow Adele, who is only called old because she is a widow, and who is only a widow because something had to be done about her husband. The living forest did nothing, but the forest had a sister, white-haired and jewel-eyed, who lived in the
village, and who was known to be a witch. The witch was wedded to Lucinda, a good girl, and so when the Widow Adele could bear her husband no longer, she spoke to Lucy, and in a little while the witch, called Pearl, came to visit.

He would forbid the witch's presence in their home; he would forbid anyone's presence, though better to have visitors than let Adele go into the village. Within the shadows of their dark little cottage, bruises could not easily be seen, and broken bones could be blamed on uneven floors or a clumsy woman leaving the broom where she oughtn't.

A page of teaser text, framed by golden roses. The remainder of the text, which begins on the previous image, reads:

But a witch could see what a man might not. Even in the dim light that shone through the cottage's shuttered windows, the witch's eyes glittered dangerous green and her flawless mouth curved a faultless, merciless smile. "You have no children," Pearl said.

Hope fired in Adele's heart, burning her hollow as she nodded, and the fire did not bank when regret twisted Pearl's lips. "I'm sorry. A child is beyond my power. But a tea to increase your husband's vigor is within it."

Adele stared, bleak and aching. "He doesn't lack vigor, lady."

"No," Pearl replied, gently now, and gentleness from her icy pale gaze was like a knife cutting deep, leaving no mark. "No, I can see he doesn't. But the tea will increase it to apoplexy." She passed her hand across the rough-cut kitchen table, leaving a packet behind. "It tastes of blackberry, and needs a few drops of honey to sweeten it enough for him to
drink it all at once. It will be most potent for the next few days, so I wouldn't waste any time."

She rose, all languid grace, and her crossing of the threshold was like the moon's light fading, leaving Adele in darkness. Adele jerked to her feet, the packet clutched against her chest as she bolted for the door and cried, "Witch!"

The witch turned back, white eyebrows lifted, and Adele faltered apologetically. "Pearl." The name was hardly a whisper, the only kind of forgiveness she dared ask for. Pearl waited, and Adele gathered her courage. "The tea. Is it magic?"

"No, my dear," Pearl said, still gently. "It's poison."

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Our AI dystopias failed to properly predict the future, imagining a future where AI will enslave us, rather than a future where we use AI to enslave ourselves.

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the lakeshore undead @thecorlew.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

PURE HELL was the first Black punk band. They lasted from 1974-1979, but a falling out with their manager meant their record didn’t come out until 2010. I gave it a listen: www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162658013

cover of the band Pure Hell’s album NOISE ADDICTION, featuring four glammed-out Black men looking cool as hell

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/02/2026

New York City police officers rescued a bald eagle in distress during a patrol along the Hudson River. The authorities took the injured bird to a rehabilitation center in New Jersey, which is working to stabilize it to allow for further testing and treatment. nyti.ms/3OQvGtC

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Nazi parallels are wrong and you should never make one.

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ZamaShort @zamashort.com · 24/01/2026

ZamaShort has switched to a more stable Euros based model over a USD one previously used, you will notice a slight increase in prices, some currencies, like USD, slightly more than others. The standing 50% less for all African currencies at our own shop remains.

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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

It may be too late for you but if you or your kids are under 45 but especially 9-14 and they get the HPV vaccine they will be protected against cervical, anal, throat (oropharyngeal), vaginal, vulval, and penile cancers, as well as common genital warts.

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Alexis Brooks de Vita @alexisbrooksdevita.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Renee Nicole Good's prizewinning poem when she was Renee Nicole Macklin: 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize | Academy of American Poets share.google/Ic6seOjlrFuP...

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On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

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Alexis Brooks de Vita @alexisbrooksdevita.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

2020 Academy of American Poets Prize | Academy of American Poets share.google/Ic6seOjlrFuP...

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On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

1 - About well intended posts such as what happened to Renee Good is what black people are going through and have been going through since the birth of this nation this is what I have to say:

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear
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Fort Yates, ND 58538
CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Now get out there and get fucked up. “During the Middle Ages the Christmas season lasted forty days, until Candlemas on 2 February, and January was supposed to be a month of feasting, not fasting – the exact opposite of the modern ‘Dry January’. ” Excerpt From Winters in the World Eleanor Parker

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I've got 99 problems and every one of them is a name of Allah.

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

An interesting thing is how the modern Hebrew word for police officer is used in the Exodus to describe people who are essentially kapos—Israelites who collaborated with the Egyptian enslaver as low-level overseers.

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

On January 17: www.instagram.com/p/DTImY_yk4Ib/

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Ginger Cat Dusty @gingercatdusty.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Oh no🙀 Hoomom is dancing to get our day started. You should try it... youtu.be/k9olaIio3l8?...

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Steve Winwood - Higher Love (Official Music Video)

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I didn't expect the Monster to be Nietzschean, but then what else could he be?

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Never miss an oppprtunity to recommend a great book.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

OK: Europeans/US/Turkey invade Syria - 14 year-long conflict ensues - 700000 dead, because Bashar Al Assad is bad. Not OK: US strikes Venezuela - captures the president - worst form of imperialism imaginable, Maduro is a saint. Not saying either are good. I'm just saying.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Some of the comments on the Venezuelan strike surprise me a little, namely: he didn’t seek congressional approval. Is your issue with the strike or the legality of it?

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hate to say it but striking Venezuela and capturing Maduro are not unamerican. They’re the most American things we could do.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Ten of my facebook friends all have their birthday today. Five are Senegalese One is Burkinabese One is Nigerian One is South Sudanese One is Mexican One is Nigerien Only one of these birthdays is real. Which one and why?

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

When you really wanna market your product as Marvel, but can’t afford the licensing fees.

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Ok. Just found out that Mark Paul Gosselaar is half Indonesian and not even blond and now I need to rethink my whole life and 2026 barely just started.

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