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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I just want to add, this is VERY MUCH a situation where THE PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. Even if you can only spare 5 minutes to piece together this email, it's worthwhile!

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So what I can't quite reconcile in this narrative is: humans have been living in these forests for millennia. They *must* have been in the chain for zoonotic diseases. How much of ebola spillover isn't "spillover" at all, but a vector the viral lineage long ago adapted to exploit?

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anyone else hear this to the tune of a mournful Marius?

Raises the question, what is your personal "fuck it we ball" radius for travel? When do you just eat the flight and find another way home? Obviously, Reykjavik to Portland is waaaaaay too far. I'd imagine SeaTac to Portland is self-evidently a go. What about SFO? Vancouver?

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This reminds me of nothing so much as the fact that the El Cerrito Progressive Club seemed to be one single person with a blog and a mission to destroy the life of the EC City Manager for fiscal irresponsibility. Anyway, I miss my dumb, seismically unsound deathtrap of a studio.

My sleeveless t-shirts*, ranked: 7. Colpa Books fake Tower Logo 6. Jose Alvarado shirsey 5. Larry Krasner for District Attorney 4. Wu-Tang logo 3. Arts in Bushwick fake Twitter logo 2. KCSB 91.9 FM in Santa Barbara 1. Squid Facts

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Man what is with the new "Gen X means hustle culture" thing? Yeah I walked to and from the bus, let myself in the house, made my own food, AND FUCKED AROUND FOR EVERY POSSIBLE SECOND I COULD before Mom and Dad got home from work. THIS should be Gen X's gift to the generations following us.

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You know I always assumed Art+Feminism was an outsider thing, I'm thrilled that it had its proponents within the bulk editorship.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stealing a joke from a Defector commentor: Is Gavin Newsom poised to be the first Labour president?

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dear #crabsky, I was going through old Duxbury Reef (northern California) tidepool photos and saw this little pileup. Pretty sure the bottom two are H. nudus and H. oregonensis, because they always are... but who's the yoked fella on the upper left? 🦀

A photo on a rocky, muddy shore, of three crabs. The bottom right one is black and green, the middle on is grey and green and fuzzy and the top left one is red and green with very long arms.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Having just done a bunch of research into this, drink-spiking is a pretty apt case study in the unnavigable contradictions society places on women. My organization supported a few bills meant to make test kits and "lids" available for nominal cost at all bars in CA. I see no reason NOT to have, but

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The mortifying ordeal of being known.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Treating my cat like the princess she is (giving her a pile of spare light bulbs and vacuum attachments to sleep on)

A tuxedo cat curled up asleep on a shelf atop various absolutely-in-no-way-soft household supplies

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What can I say, the man was born to hat.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Arrogant fools! NOTHING CAN KEEP MY TEXTS FROM TURNING TO GIBBERISH.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Weird, she ‘moderated’ on trans rights and yet her opponent is still calling her a deranged leftist SJW. If only there was some kind of precedent for this so it could have been predicted in advance.

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It's once again time to corner the one-time NPR editor who runs my local record store and hype him on co-op Philly media.

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I thought this might have been a smilifier app but no, this is definitely a different photo than the famous one. So far beyond foreshadowing. Sixteenshadowing.

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Flash back to my favorite Frankie Boyle joke, "I make sure my diet is carbon neutral. I'm a cannibal."

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A big reason public health is "political" is that it relies on collective action. Nobody could be promised a windfall from the diminishment of Big Tobacco. It had to come from a broad desire to combat suffering. Benefiting personally from Big Tobacco makes you incapable of pursuing public health.

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Happy birthday to David Wojnarowicz, groundbreaking artist, writer & activist, who raged raged raged against inequity and injustice at every turn. If he hadn’t died of AIDS, like so many leading lights of his generation, he would have been 72 years old today (thread)

A black-and-white photograph of artist & writer David Wojnarowicz, with added elements including red and yellow flames along the right side of his body, and maps over his face and neck

A photo of artist David Wojnarowicz wearing a jacket; on the back is a pink triangle and the legend, "If I die of AIDS-forget burial-just drop my body on the steps of the F.D.A."

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When you're not sure if those giants are cowboys or not

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Jonathan "Take the Skinheads" Bowlan

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fisher-Price My First Synanon Critique Group

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a deep distrust of Bay Area progressive electeds, many of whom are under no pressure to back it up but lots of pressure to keep corporations content. (Some of them, TBF, are just lying.) Khanna does a fair amount of that. He also does other absolutely weird shit.

Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The only time I've seen Blake Lively in the wild was at a Choire reading, so I feel like Hovering Over Zoomers' Upper Right Shoulders was where she would always eventually end up

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When Woke has won over the dude literally named Hunter Goodman, then Woke owns the battlefield.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

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Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also interesting that "horses" are feminine-coded but many of the horse-centric ACTIVITIES (rodeo, polo, hunting, Budweiser Things) remain masculine pursuits.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Someday soon hes going to be over and trans folk will continue to exist and, hopefully, thrive, for as long as there are humans on this planet.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is such a bummer. Shuttering yet another irreplaceable resource to get kids engaged in the natural world. And permanently depriving me of the chance to hit the button to play hadrosaur mating calls while shooting my partner come-hither looks.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Somewhat disconcerted that Ayoade isn't on his shit list.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Greg Murphy over here announcing that Angels players don't matter like he's trying to get elected prom royalty.

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Alex F. @multiphasic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tugboat merrily tugging along and Walker coming by to ruin it for everyone is a pretty good summary of Walker's role in this organization, vibewise.