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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Burning the midnight oil, making some con giveaways for Anime Expo. The Con-Crud Busters project continues!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

every protest I've ever been to(and I've been to a lot) was like 95% normies, don't let the cosplayers on the internet fool you, the people out there are the ones who drive change, not the ones serialposting about how wrongly they're doing it

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Happy to see our Con Crud Busters project show up in the wild!

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TAKA! TORA! BATTA! @sourcedumal.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Like baby even my fucking COSPLAY is mask coordinated. Its not hard. Put ya mask on!

SourceDuMal dressed as Goku Black at C2E2, standing next to a DBZ statue wearing a black KN95

SourceDuMal dressed as 80s workout Barbie, wearing an N95

SourceDuMal wearing a gold KN95, dressed as Kamen Rider Sabela at C2E2, standing next to a man dressed as the original Kamen Rider

SourceDuMal dressed as Sailor Moon Eternal, wearing a pink KN95 mask that coordinates with her cosplay

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/04/2025

Call your R reps and yell at them. Tell them how the tariffs are screwing you and that you're holding THEM personally responsible. Tell them to use their powers to end the fake emergency and override Trump's tariffs. reps.fyi

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Hi, are you doomscrolling about tariffs? Have you had something to eat? Is there an offline activity you can do tonight instead, like read a book, compile a list of essential items you need to stock up on, or call an elected official about the recession ahead? Try not to stay up too late tonight.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

After distributing in two places, then getting kicked out of WonderCon, then going mobile haunting the perimeter with enthusiasm and friendliness (and free swag), we asked around enough times and ended up with our own temporary table at the con. A Clean Air Win!

It became a lot easier to find us.

Two people stand in front of a mask and test display at a tented outdoor table.

Thank you awesome con staff person

Person at tented table points at a free masks display

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I love the con community because everyone's trying to bring something fun and delightful to the table for the culture. If we have cosplay repair doctors, how about clean air squads?

Three people hold up signs for free masks and Rapid tests at WonderCon 2025

Con Crud Busters thanks you for wearing a mask

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Common Mallow grows everywhere in LA County. We saw it at the Arboretum and I remarked about how tasty it was as forage, and then @caitlinh31.bsky.social realized it was the same weed obliterating her backyard

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I bought a set of itty bitty fountain pen ink that came inside a Japanese magazine. The packaging to make it fit inside a booklike object is really interesting

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MrKaPao @mrkapao.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

First event with the Clean Air Club Claremont at the TOYZILLA Geek Mart & the Alhambra Lunar Festival! Most of these 📸 are from @nickelpin.bsky.social and @caitlinh31.bsky.social! #volunteering

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 07/11/2024

Just a reminder that people used to put paint and formaldehyde into milk and there had to be a huge movement to get proper food regulation, and without it people will die www.eater.com/2020/1/28/21...

eater.com

We Owe Food Regulation to a 19th-Century Chemist Who Poisoned His Colleagues

The Poison Squad, as they became known, was a group of men who willingly consumed dangerous substances to force the government into consumer protections

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I've just been keeping my extra deco chiffon fabric for my Flo Mask in a bag, but this file folder idea is way better

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My Year of the Snake New Year / Spring Festival weekend look with @flomask.bsky.social Skeletal snakes are finally on-theme for the 12-animal zodiac year!!! Hope everyone either got or made it rain love, health, friendships, and 🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

From @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social "The power these organizations can wield—not just to make demands but to withhold labor, rent, debt payments or otherwise take action if demands are not met—is necessary for having a valid complaint about the world and being able to change it." Organize for power.

teenvogue.com

The Bad Guys Don’t Really Care What Kind of Leftist You Are

Infighting is a waste of energy.

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The student organizers of Clean Air Claremont are holding an air purifier build session and organizing meeting Sunday 1/19 at the Hive in Claremont, CA! Please follow Clean.air.claremont on Instagram for more info and updates.

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MrKaPao @mrkapao.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Spent the day today #volunteering to build air purifiers with the newly established Clean Air Club Claremont with @caitlinh31.bsky.social and @nickelpin.bsky.social! 🌬 ❤ #socalfires #eatonfire #palisadesfire

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Happy Year of the Snake 2025!

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

A very OFMD Christmas gift from David Jenkins. Amazing!

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Merry Christmas! Remember to bring a mask, to stay safe and warm for your Christmas close-ups

Woman in red dress, black and white coat, black hat, black mask on mask chain stands in ornate hallway arcade

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

If anyone has resources on how to help elders with early signs of dementia in the Southern California region I would definitely appreciate the tips. I don't know anyone or where to start, have been overwhelmed and depressed tbh

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

I was reminded that one of the biggest lessons from EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is how it refutes the idea of Evelyn's life is a failure by actively showing how the skills and experiences of all the other Evelyns in the multiverse taught Alpha Evelyn everything she needs to defeat Jobu Tupaki.

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Marie-Claire @mmedebrekirk.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

New mask bling level unlocked! Use 3d metal kits, attach to mask with magnet - bask in the amazingness @nickelpin.bsky.social @amandalhu.bsky.social

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Puja @puja.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Hi ho it’s off to @bigbadcon.bsky.social we go!

Selfie of a brown-skinnned woman with short dark hair and an elastomeric mask in the window seat of an airplane, doing the thumbs up sign. Part of her shirt is visible with the word VOTE on it.

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mayonnaise spookboy @paintedsky.ca · 09/06/2024

My sister illustrated her cat’s adventures with an IKEA bag earlier today

two small illustrations of a black cat in an IKEA bag. the first illustration shows the bag mostly closed with the cat’s head (and giant round yellow eyes) sticking out. In the second illustration the cat is rather ungracefully falling out of the bag, limbs in every direction

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

I need you guys to forbid me to buy more googly eyes for my lab equipment. (📷: astrobionics, reddit)

A vortexer, I think, in grey and beige, with a dial with a black line on it, to which someone has added googly eyes that make it look like a pac-man with its mouth closed.

Stolen from:
https://www.reddit.com/r/labrats/comments/14ns7b6/_/
User: Astrobionics

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Even if you plan to stay outside away from folks, it's always good to be prepared with a mask, because you might need to use a public restroom with super bad ventilation. The air is fresh and roses at Descanso Gardens are in full bloom right now (but their restroom... was not!)

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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Whomst among us has not lost multiple husbands to a vampire

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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Burrowing owl!! 🪶 You be amazed at how long it can take to spot an owl standing on exposed rock, in direct sunlight, staring at you.

A small owl that looks unconvinced by your takes

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 28/10/2023

head's up cinephiles, this just dropped on netflix I've read about the film club that kicked off the Korean cinematic explosion, and here's a whole documentary on it hell yeah! 📽️

youtu.be

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB]

"I don't think I've ever been as passionate about films as I was then."Before the renaissance of Korean cinemaThere was the film club, Yellow DoorThirty year...

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 28/10/2023

Nobody ever said they were human scientists.

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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Your regular reminder that pandemics are social problems, which cannot be solved by the products of biomedical research if the social infrastructure necessary for delivering said products is in fucking tatters.

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

After surviving consecutive rise / fall of codependent female group friendships through the last decade, screw having deep conversations on hopes and dreams with those who know you intimately: I am now pro low commitment low financial investment no-drama relationships. But what is it for women?

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Straight Male Friend - SNL

An ad depicts a low-effort friendship that requires no emotional commitment, financial investment or drama.Saturday Night Live. Stream now on Peacock: https:...

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Halloween horror vibes. Junji Ito horror cat bite shirt x anime eyeball astronaut mask from Masklab.us. I'm distraught they don't sell this Technological Civilization design anymore on the USA site! Hopefully they restock soon.

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Went to check out Cinespia's Goosebumps event at Hollywood Cemetery. This was my first time at one of their film events. It's really nice to get to sit outdoors and control your distance from others, but still be in community, watching and enjoying the same thing.

View of crowd at the Goosebumps outdoor screening

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Enjoying the views at human scale during CicLAvia from LA's newest bridge, the 6th Street Viaduct

Person on the 6th street bridge in Los Angeles

Person standing with a bicycle on the 6th street bridge

View of 6th street bridge during ciclavia

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

I'm not in the path of annularity, but I was delighted to still be able to catch the eerie, crescent shaped shadows brought on by the eclipse

$Crescent shaped light refraction$ Crescent shaped shadows of leaves on the ground

Shadow of Pinhole effect on a card cast against ground

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

listen none of us deserve to be judged for what we liked when we were 15

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Protect the Heart of the Arts 💕🎗️🌈 😷 @heartofthearts.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Dear @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, Hope you’re recovering well. Your fans have written a guide to promoting COVID mitigations/safer venues. In unprecedented numbers, people who do live events are becoming seriously ill from COVID reinfections. Would you consider sharing? medium.com/@cdl.tuebing...

medium.com

Someone Infected Neil Gaiman with COVID-19

After venues refused to enforce audience masking.

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nic @nickelpin.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

I think I can make the shipping work out with these Dentec NxMD filter covers. So I'll just try tentatively adding it to MaskSquad.BigCartel.com. I don't really have space to keep the in stock but I'll just make them to order

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

What an elaborately fucked up week it’s been in the world. I can feel the dread of what’s next physically on my chest

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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

anyone else feeling the Effects lately. due to all the Things

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