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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mystery ring found during the endless task of cleaning out my father’s office. (Seriously, do not do this to those you leave behind.) Going to have to figure out how to clean this one when I get home … and also what it is, maybe.

A heavily tarnished ring with a large blocky decorative setting, set with a thin glossy opaque black stone.

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Doug Merrill 🌻 @bagatsen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

There once was a man from Peru, whose lim'ricks all looked like haiku. He said with a laugh, I cut 'em in half, the pay is much better for two

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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Ah, fucked up your sleep schedule again have you

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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

You need to see baby goat zoomies. Trust me. Sound up.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 23/03/2026

- Pace yourself - don’t go too crazy - no fedposting - stay on top of regulating your nervous system - act local - find people who’ve been doing the work and ask how you can help - tend to the myriad biological needs we need as confused little apes - give grace to dysregulated people on your side

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This thread is incredible. Really worth reading.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

There's a fairly natural shortening of the word "Japanese" that we also all agree (or, at least, I hope we all agree) is unacceptable because of the connotation it carries. That's just how slurs work.

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Tone and style are such a huge part of reading (and writing!), and I legitimately cannot fathom why anyone would want bland sameness instead.

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Sarah @sarahjen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Oh my god it’s only tuesday

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The problem with receiving my @peculiarityshop.bsky.social shinies is that then I want to look for new shinies. 😭 (And there are always glorious shinies on that shop, of all manner.) ... ignore the absolute travesty that is my winter skin please. Focus on the shiny. (I love this accidental combo.)

An opal ring in a silver sunburst setting alongside a bypass ring with a star and a blue dichroic glass cabochon, on two different fingers.

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🧵 worth reading. Both of my grandmothers worked. My mother worked. So did my father and grandfathers. Single income was never realistic. Is there a problem with the cost of things like homes? Yes, 💯. Does that invalidate the point here? No. We should correct the record *and* improve going forward.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/03/2026

If you ever think your vote doesn’t count…

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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/03/2026

Just ban this shit already.

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

THREAD: Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war - 3 March This viral video claims to show the aftermath of a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight. But the video was posted last week to TikTok, and shows an unrelated car accident in Riyadh.

https://www.tiktok.com/@ah_y2213/video/7610066316413734151

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 02/03/2026

If you were OK with “Substack, the Nazi Bar,” maybe “Substack, a front for the gambling on life and death casino” might convince you.

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Getting through the week

Long tailed tit bird walking with determination sketched in colored pencil

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kelly @kickinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

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Marie in the Sky With Diamonds @murray6971.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I feel like this regularly.

Old bearded man in a helmet and cape withe these words over the image:

Pick your battles.

Pick fewer battles than that.

Put some battles back.

That's still too many battles.

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

a group of Jews is collectively known as an argument

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WeedMom @your420mom.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The GenX urge to gather here today to get through this thing called life

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Alex Turnbull @alejandroturnbull.space · 22/02/2026

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...

darksky.org

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Very important Olympic update

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

trying to think of a more unsettling thing a dog owner could say than "oh, that's my CZECHOSLOVAKIAN WOLFDOG, named NAZGUL"

"He was crying this morning more than normal because he was seeing us leaving — and I think he just wanted to follow us," said the owner, who was granted anonymity because of the intense media scrutiny of Nazgul's escape. "He always looks for people."

Nazgul is a "stubborn, but very sweet" Czechoslovakian wolfdog, the owner said.

Nazgul's saunter down the homestretch didn't appear to have a significant impact on the cross-country team sprint: A preliminary qualifying round was unfolding at the time, and the top medal contenders had already finished.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 17/02/2026

"The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt." Jesse Jackson

npr.org

Longtime civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Haven Watch is the group that meets people who are being released from Whipple (usually because they were illegally detained), often without coats or phones or any way to get home.

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The problem with crazy holidays is that then you have to go back to responsible adulting. (That said: ten days of theatre was 100% worth it, even if I came home exhausted, probably dehydrated, and in dire need of doing laundry. Chief causes of death: Kate Fleetwood’s Witch, Tower murderbaby love.)

One of the Tower of London ravens poses for the camera on a staircase rail in front of a blue metal lamp and a stone wall.

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Every time I think I’m safe, these fabulous folks make my magpie brain attack me again. Someone buy this before I do and my wallet shrieks. 😂 (And check out all the handcrafted stuff they make, because it’s even *more* fabulous.)

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Stevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

One side: Shoa refugees Other side: that but with added postwar Communist problem In both cases, the path was indirect because American immigration policies (afaik) and resulted in actually reaching America years later.

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

May their memories be a blessing.

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Reedpop, a company tied to multi-million dollar ICE contracts produces NYCC, Emerald City Comic Con, PAX East, PAX unplugged and more Fascism has no place in the game community and I won't be attending or supporting any of these cons unless they sever ties with Reedpop

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Please read. And please forward to people who have asked this question. A quick, clear, and common sense explanation. "Libraries exist for a simple but profound reason: to ensure that everyone, regardless of income, background, belief, or zip code, has access to information, ideas, and stories."

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

never thought i’d see the strib sharing articles on how to tell apart the types of chemical warfare used by the federal government against civilians but here we are

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is Minnesota and pronounced meeneesawdah

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Charis @myalchod.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Leftover chilli for a chilly day. 😋

A close-up of a bowl of chilli with beef, dark kidney beans, and mushrooms, topped with a dollop of sour cream and a heavy scattering of chopped cilantro.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is a really good thread. If her name sounds familiar but you can't place her, Margaret Killjoy is the podcaster who does "Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff" (the counterpart to "Behind the Bastards," which is also a good podcast and which she appears on pretty regularly.)

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels. Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Gonna see a WHOLE lot of quotes from I Have a Dream today. And fewer but still a lot of Letter from a Birmingham Jail Spend some time with the rest of Dr. King's oeuvre. It's worth it

kinginstitute.stanford.edu

"Give Us the Ballot," Address Delivered at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/01/2026

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 14/01/2026

By popular demand: bsky.app/profile/tkin...

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This is a lesson I learned as a preteen, listening to Soviet refuseniks talk about how they survived until they were allowed to leave the country. You make art, you make joy, and you fight. Because those three things are the same thing.

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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 10/01/2026

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Again I say into the void: stop saying the ICE officer had no time to think. Time doesn’t start when the drama starts. They drove up. They walked up. They engaged. Stop saying there is only reflex, no thought. If so, stop arming ambulatory startle reflexes & calling them cops

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