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Obligatory notice due to these times- I'm speaking as an individual- views are my own. Ceramics, #UglyDogs She/her/hers

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Melissa & 🦈SYVIE🦈 @muppybean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🦈 ESCUSE ME...HAS YOU LOVIED YOUR SYVIES TOFAY? 🦈
A beautiful amber dog looking quizzically at the camera
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cassie perceives a promising sight.
A tawny chinook dog (Cassie) stares excitedly past the camera on the right while she stands in front of wet green and yellow flora with her mouth cracked and ears up.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
The courage to say "shut the fuck up" or "stop being a piece of shit" to an asshole who is your boss or relative, beats whatever imagined courage is required in some batman fantasy violence scenario
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Hopping Crow @hoppingcrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s dogs. There are dogs at the end of the rainbow. 
A black dog with white spots and a white dog with black spots walk in and along the shore at the end of a rainbow
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Andy ✨ Draw Your Sword @prookal.com · 27/09/2026
Hey Artists!! If you have an online store where your art can be bought as physical items (clothing especially!) please comment below with links and maybe examples the holiday season is coming up and I want to buy from and support real artists 🗣️✨ I’ll share your posts as well (no ai crap of course)
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At what point do these corporations get charged with felonious activity? Humans certainly aren't allowed to mess with government websites or else the FBI would be knocking on their door. We all saw Wargames.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Zuckerberg's, Musk's and Brin/Page's (YouTube) social media networks are apparently censoring ads for the Musk movie. I guess the billionaires don't like this sort of thing? (I generally don't go on Threads because they actively downrank reporters & news.) www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 22/09/2026
reminder to turn off exterior lights and draw curtains and blinds to block interior light! the children of the sky need to be able to see the stars to navigate safely :)
birdcast forecasting 336 million birds on the move tonight
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
Yes, I am personally responsible for the Alf Hog curse that now lingers intractably and eternally over this website. You’re welcome. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/how-i-accide...
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How I Accidentally Ruined Bluesky With Pictures of Sexy Alf
I haven't had this much fun on the Internet in years
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 25/09/2026
I guess that the best argument, for me, against AI is that everyone advocating it seems to be a psychopath.
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cursed af
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BENOIT BLANC: ladies and gentlemen, i would like to request that you all welcome... the weekend
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Nicole Meiner @nicolemeiner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hi everyone, I am extremely embarrassed to have to ask for help again, however I have two flat tires on my car and no idea if the tires are all I will owe or if there was some other car issue that made them more susceptible to going flat 😭 I will likely need to pay the repair people tomorrow (1/?)
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026
Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
David Graeber perfectly captures the essence of why UBI is essential: it gives us back our agency.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There was a bloom of stories maybe ten years ago about older professors creating problems for the job market by not retiring, and just checking in now to point out that they’ve since retired and almost none of their jobs continue to exist.
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Linda Arbuckle @lindaarbuckle.com · 23/09/2026
Skutt makes Ceramic kilns and equipment. Page of grant resources for teachers in Ceramics programs. skutt.com/kidsneedclay...
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Grants for School Ceramics Programs | Skutt.com
Kids Need Clay is Skutt's initiative to help schools and educators get the equipment and support needed to setup and maintain a successful ceramics program.
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our lady of the cow parsley @ladycowparsley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't want debates. I want to see candidates visit with a kindergarten. That tells you what you need to know.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 22/09/2026
it's officially fall. You can just see the beginnings of the winter jammies (thicker, paler fur) starting to grow in #sqrlpix
squirrel in mid-leap, with lighter fur on flanks
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Karen Zack @kjzack6.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New @blairbraverman.bsky.social pod! #UglyDogs
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Ep 11: The Second Shipwreck
Podcast Episode · What to Carry, What to Burn · September 15 · 42m
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Me, talking to future children: When the internet started, it was a place to worship cats. That was good. We had forums. Those were good. Then they ruined it. They ruined it all
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 19/03/2025
The Squirrel of the Day for March 19, 2025 loves you #sqrlpix
cute gray squirrel on tree branch
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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niko ☿ niko @nikonikonek000.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
art is about showing the world your soul, and sometimes you show other people their own soul by accident when they look at it
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
it literally could not be easier to run against an opponent who is fixated on a microscopic minority that isn’t actually harming anyone! focusing on imaginary threats posed by trans people instead of the world burning down around us is bad politics! point that out! loudly!
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i pledge my sword to the politician who just says: let’s leave trans people alone, i don’t know or care what a hasan piker is, and i condemn the genocide in gaza. stop hiring consultants that make you say weird stuff that nobody likes.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Saturn Devouring His Son, DJ Drummer, Medium: Balloon, 2021
Balloons of famous painting
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Humanities disciplynes are beautiful & useful by cause thei amplifye our humanitye. Undir the care offerid by focused & specialized researche & studye, workes of the present are given more momentum, and thryve. Artefacts of the past blossom ynto newe ydeas. The Humanityes care for the worlde.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’ll take this a step further and say, I believe we should be able to support an average-sized family on a single income at what we determine to be the minimum wage. A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#uglydogs a little smile for your day.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Eeyore remains unamused.
A black cat (Eeyore) stares seriously while green foliage fills the background.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Social Entropy @energycheckup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Luddites were right
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 14/09/2026
Attention #sciart people! The ASM agar art contest is open. Deadline is October 21 🧪🧫
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ASM Agar Art Contest | Contest Details
Have you ever seen art created in a petri dish using living, growing microorganisms? That's agar art! ASM's annual Agar Art Contest is a chance for you to use science to show off your creative skills.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 18/09/2026
Big news! The acorns are ripening. Squirrel of the Day for September 18, 2026 tastes an early one #sqrlpix
gray squirrel with acorn in mouth
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 17/09/2026
Like there weren't enough falling objects.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I know we are all laser focused on the countdown til the mid-terms, but in case no one told you… its 99 days until Christmas 😎🎅🏽🎄
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Dani Welch @daniwelch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Surely each copy of this beauty would go for $7,000, yes?
Tacky gold sign reads (in comic sans) "Warning: The contents of these exhibits may not conform to Donald J. Trump's racist fanfic version of history, science, art, or reality." A sad little red hat is in thr bottom right corner.
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Cynthia Slate -Make Habitat don’t just garden @thebirdsnest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s a very easy response and if your Democratic candidate can’t make it, they are not worth supporting because they can’t be trusted not to capitulate on other issues you care about. whether he wins or loses he did not capitulate. #Michigan #TransRights  open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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