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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 50m

Such watchful guardians of the night. I love the atmosphere and feeling in this piece by Francesca Mary Guerrieri.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 14h

If you have a #Tapas comic and wanted to back it up before the place shuts down - you can use this to download your art files, notes and comments. I used it to download Nowhere and my AU comic strips, so I can just save it on my desktop & external drive. #comics #webcomics

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 13h

Forget the sandbags, duct tape applied properly to an outside door does a better job of protecting against flooding! theconversation.com/duct-tape-ke...

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Duct tape kept out more flood water than sandbags in laboratory tests

A cheap roll of duct tape cut flood water leakage through a door by 97% in lab tests.

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Elizabeth @nightshaderose.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve always had an idea in the back of my head that if I ever had stupid money I’d commission a tiara from one of the really old, really high end jewelry houses, just to have a beautiful thing to look at. Not gonna say which house as I apparently have bad taste in this matter.

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Elizabeth @nightshaderose.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you! It certainly looks reassuringly solid.

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 17h

made a silly little video

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Violet @geeklint.bsky.social · 17h

I am reminded of this, rapidly becoming classic: bsky.app/profile/slac...

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 17h

We don't need flying cars. We need peace, warmth, a government that functions for everyone, libraries in every neighborhood, and a haunted forest encircling every town, which we can explore at our leisure.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 17h

#OnThisDay in 1965, protesters marched in Seattle's first major demonstration against the war in Vietnam. historylink.org/File/4179

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 19h

the fact that everyone always frames Texas as Lucy & the Football instead of a mountain we've been working to climb is a perfect example. Instead of "man we got closer to the summit this time, let's regroup" the narrative is, "god we got fooled into thinking it would happen AGAIN, we're idiots"

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 23h

This Day in Labor History: October 16, 1859. John Brown and a group of followers invade the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today WV) to start a war and end slavery. Let's talk about this key moment in American labor history!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16h

Ilhan Omar got derivative citizenship when her father was naturalized. She didn't do anything to get citizenship except be her father's child. What the fuck conduct can they point to on her part. Rationality is not their point in any of this, but we need to point out that there's no fucking way.

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Ali @ali.river.geek.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Brendan Larsen from Ngāmotu in Aotearoa and a member of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society took this stack over a couple of hours and estimates 14000 satellite trails. This is how bad it is now, it's set to get much much much worse - and then we lose Low […] [Original post on river.geek.nz]

Stacked series of long exposure astro landscape images depicting thousands and thousands of trails from satellites over the conical volcano Taranaki Maunga in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 23h

#inktober Day 16 gangly Here, she is comfortable ここ、快適な場所 #inktober2026 #inktoberday16　#inktobergangly

A sumi and watercolor painting of a black cat in a tree with ghostly arms reaching down

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Petra Kaminen Mosher @kaminenmosher.art · 22h

Blaze on Grey 1, acrylic on stretched canvas, 100 cm x 85 cm, 2021. Available via Taiko.art at en.taiko.art/petrakaminen... #art #painting

A vertical abstracted bonfire painting in acrylic on stretched canvas. There are stylised and upright arcs of yellow and orange flames overlapping with fields of lozenges in black, dark violet, blue, and different greys.

A close-up detail of an acrylic painting of an abstracted bonfire, orange and yellow on a grey and purple background. The detail shows the background full of layers of grey and purple lozenges with a small pursed burst of yellow, orange, and light blue flames (also painted in layers of lozenges).

A close-up detail of an acrylic painting of an abstracted bonfire, orange and yellow on a grey and purple background. The detail shows a burst of yellow, orange, and light blue flames ensconced in a nest of purple and blue lozenges.

A mock-up of how the abstracted bonfire painting with orange and yellow flames on a background of grey and purple would look hanging on a dark grey wall behind a yellow stuffed sofa and a sap green glass bottle sitting on an end table.

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Michael Scott Balch, PhD @uqprofessional.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

OH MY GOD, NO, THEY HAVE NOT. They would if they could, but they are nowhere close. Not in our lifetime. Not two generations from now.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

If you told me I’d be redownloading Mapquest in 2026 to try to stay ahead of the surveillance state I wouldn’t have believed you

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 23h

The Toronto Shitshow is TOMORROW! Don’t miss this chaotic and beautiful event.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/10/2026

You'd be forgiven for thinking this is some sort of cry of existential agony but nah they're just like that and they're having the time of their lives

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 23h

happy John Brown day!

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 23h

Theydies and gentlethem, rather than judging you for not knowing how to clean and organize your spaces, I’m gonna recommend you read “How to Keep House While Drowning” by K.C. Davis. She understands that sometimes the bare minimum is all you can manage & helps you focus your effort without judgment.

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Elizabeth @nightshaderose.bsky.social · 22h

I’m happy to hear whatever recommendations/advice you have. I liked having volume control right there, but I could probably live without.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

can't take "LLMs are people" discourse seriously when we haven't even convinced everyone that all people are people.

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daniel holmgren 🫠 @dholms.at · 15/10/2026

that basically explains why AI stuff blows it’s like auto-tune for ideas, like yeah you hit the note but you lose the subtlety, the richness, the soul

Pick a number between 1 & 10 chart. Humans pick 7 most often but also a bunch of other numbers. LLMs basically only pick 7

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

"Data from more than 760,000 15-year-olds indicated that 86 per cent of teens globally use AI for school, and teens who use AI for schoolwork every week score one year behind teens who never use AI. Canadian students who use AI every week score two years behind." Brutally bad.

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Doug Ford’s war on bike lanes isn’t about traffic—it’s part of a global right-wing backlash to vilify urban residents and defend fossil fuel interests. @breachmedia.ca dove into the politics of cycling, and debunked some myths along the way www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCz...

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Doug Ford’s attack on Toronto’s bike lanes is part of a global right-wing playbook

YouTube video by The Breach

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"Libraries should be open late as an alternative to the bar" is going around some groups I'm in again and I just Y'all can't convince enough people to fund libraries to be open during the day with reasonable pay and expectations Where do you think you're finding night shift premium pay money

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Just because someone annoys you doesn't mean they are wrong.

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Corinne 🐈🦇 @simplyunderstand.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Today's Halloween Costume CatBat nonsense is a bit of a blast from the past (if not quite Yore). If adorable and spooky is your jam, check out my website catbats.co.uk. Geography is no boundary!

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Studio Anni @studioanni.com · 16/10/2026

I do pet portraits! And other stuff, too. Studioanni.com Commissions are open!

A black cat sitting the sun with her forelegs obscuring her face

A back cat on a purple couch. Light bands from the window blinds leave a pattern across his fur

Yoda has a cute gray kitten on his shoulder

A regal tabby cat sitting in light and shadow

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

If no one is able to stand up to him and stop him because our constitution is worth less than a piece of junk mail then he is allowed to do it. Without enforcement mechanisms, laws do not exist.

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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Alt text included. My apologies for missing it on the original post but I was a mess reading it.

Dear beautiful women,
I've started this letter like ten times and deleted it every time because every time I start I cry. So I'm just going to write it.
Your flag matters to me. It matters so much that it's flying at a lesbian household where anyone walking by can see it.
I'm a trans girl so I'm not sure you can relate but I'll try. Most days I'm doing math in my head like which hallway is safer, who I can sit near at lunch whether it's worth saying something or just letting it go. I'm so tired. I don't think people who don't have to do it know how tired it makes you.
I walk past your house almost daily. The first time I saw the flag I slowed down without meaning to. It was just hanging there like it was no big deal but to me it was everything. It felt like the people inside would see me as who I actually am and I wouldn't have to explain or prove anything. My shoulders dropped for the first time all day and I almost cried right there in front of your home.
I know that living here isn't easy for gay people like you where not everyone is kind about it so putting that flag up means risking stares, comments or worse. You didn't have to do it. It would have been so much easier to stay quiet. You did it anyway, and that is the bravest thing I've seen anyone do. Every day it stays up it tells people like me that someone is willing to be brave so we don't have to be alone.
Now I look for it. Some days it's the one thing that makes me feel like I'm not imagining that I deserve to be here. When so much of the world feels like it's deciding whether there's room for me your flag says there is. Please keep it up. You might not know it but it's helping me get through the day.
Thank you for your courage, and for leaving the porch light on for the rest of us.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

THIS. IS WHAT THE INTERNET. IS FOR.

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JoansGarden @joansgarden.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Knitting patterns with cats... Stranded Cat & Mouse Beanie Stranded Yin Yang Cats Beanie Cats on a Roof Beanie All available on Ravelry at www.ravelry.com/designers/jo... 🧶

Cat and mouse beanie has a family of mice around the hat with the front mouse facing off with a cat.

Stranded Yin Yang cats beanie has cats staring at the moon on one half and cats staring at the sun on the other half.

cats on a roof beanie has cats attached to a hat with a spiral design to represent a roof, and one cat sitting, one cat sleeping, and one cat stretching.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

My department (Biology at Northeastern) is hiring a Teaching Professor in Biology. This is a great opportunity to develop a long-term career focused on teaching, with an established path for growth and promotion. Please apply, and spread the word! 🧪 #academicsky

northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology

About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: The Department of Biology at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts invites applications from qualified candidates for a full-time, non-tenure trac...

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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It's not as terrifying and enraging as the theft of Representative Omar's phone and passport but anger is a renewable resource and I'm fucking pissed we all effectively paid a tax that without even the figment of a budget allocation transferred billions from actual human beings to corporations

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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is a thing I think about a lot, that your data (privacy, texts, DNA, voiceprint, image, all of it) are only as safe as your most credulous, least thoughtful contact makes them. Seems suboptimal!

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Making a bunch of free little zines about Skin Deep to give away at PZS and CAFE this weekend!

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 15/10/2026

Confiscating the passport of the elected representative of the opposition territory in a raid with a flimsy pretext to attempt to strip them of citizenship is something we have words for when it happens in other countries

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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I don't think most Americans understand yet what a global laggard the USA is turning into here. Media instead told us that electric vehicles were a fad that didn't work.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/10/2026

IMPORTANT: today we saw an Italian wolf with a leaf on their nose. (This one was in the enclosure at the wolf rescue center in Alfedena, but Abruzzo National Park has a pretty healthy wild population of wolves).

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

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Goldkin @goldkin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When boosters say, "we'll make games tailored directly for you," this is what they mean btw. Play more indie games. They avoid most of these dark patterns.

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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t want everything tailored to my interests I want stuff made by perverts and sickos that makes me think about stuff differently

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