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@npc82.bsky.social
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Nutrition, music, hiking, and memes. I'm often political, against my will. npc.audio www.inaturalist.org/people/nickcecc…

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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Irma records - Maybe the only record label bold enough to publish a ukulele rendition of REM's "everybody hurts" onto Traxsource (a mostly House music vendor). www.traxsource.com/track/149383...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24/09/2026
Following #USAID’s closure, a report by One Earth Partners reveals that critical environmental projects in fragile ecosystems have stalled or collapsed. Based on 150 interviews, the analysis includes a list of 100 key initiatives searching for new funding. @shokes.bsky.social reports.
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New report reveals the environmental cost of USAID’s destruction
Nearly two years after U.S. President Trump’s decision to dismantle international development agency USAID removed nearly $1 billion from global conservation and environment funding, the agency’s…
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gig: Back at Gold Bar Whiskey on San Francisco's Treasure Island, September 27th (Sun). Soul, Jazz, Deep House and NuDisco. Grab some bar food and enjoy the sunset over the bay -- or some whiskey if that's your thing. See you there!
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hey everyone, do me a favor and leave a comment to defend the "roadless rule". It would mean a lot to me, wildlife, and the outdoors. Thanks #saveourplanet action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d...
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Defend The Roadless Rule
The USDA is moving ahead with plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, putting 45 million acres of backcountry forests at risk. Tell the USDA to protect backcountry recreation.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Looked at a lot of eclectic jobs yesterday. A CEO listing has me thinking: I should make a shell "company"/"foundation" where I'm the "CEO", so that in five years from now I can say I have five years of experience as a CEO and cash in on those +$300k/yr salary positions.
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Tiricohairline @trejames.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026
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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 21/08/2026
Hey, new comic here and free at wigu.club. Did you know the GPT in chatgpt stands for Ghoulish Plagarism Thing? Would I lie to you? Yeah, but only if it's fun. And there will be a new exclusive comic at wigu.club on Sunday! And don't forget, GenAI is for Losers topatoco.com/collections/...
Panel One. Weedmaster P is lying on a chaise longue kinda flipping around. His pupils are dilated. Jeffrey looks on disappointedly.
WEEDMASTER P: OH MAN THIS IS AWSOME I DON'T HAVE TO THINK FOR MYSELF NO MORE OR DO NOTHIN

Panel Two. Weedmaster P sitting up. He looks really crazy.
WEEDMASTER P: SURE WHAT I'M DOING IS DESTRUCTIVE TO MY OWN MIND AND BODY AND SOCIETY BUT LIFE IS SO MUCH EASIER NOW

Panel Three. Jeffrey reaches over looking concerned. Karen the Buttcat peeks over the chaise longue.
JEFFREY: Are you using ChatGPT
WMP: NO MAN I STARTED SMOKIN CRACK

Panel Four. JEFFREY ON THE PHONE: Nine.. one…
KAREN the Buttcat (hallucination): It's better for the environment
WEEDMASTER P: PLUS I DON'T WANT TO KILL MYSELF AT ALL RIGHT NOW
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Doc Vivi's Personal Account @personalvivi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It is BECAUSE I understand how AI and LLMs work, intimately, that I have no interest in using them. Are there valid uses for LLM-adjacent technologies? Yes, but LLMs themselves are clearly a technological dead-end tech is trying to shove down our throats to recoup its oversized investment.
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Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From July, immediately following the release of 3 endangered Vancouver Island marmots to the wild. This year, we have released and translocated 53 of these marmots to mountains on the Island as part of our recovery efforts for this incredible species.
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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Latest comic: Online shopping has become a hall of mirrors that makes it almost impossible to make a well-informed decision as a consumer.
More e-commerce chaos



The concept of a single product has been growing vaguer for years

Puffffmaster™ pillow

Model #t4xp5

Slightly different sizes, color, stitching. Made in two separate factories




Now we’re seeing the same item listed on a single website under multiple different AI-generated names

Pflagl chair $314

Eeponx chair $597

Same picture, same factory at completely different prices on the same page




Adding to the chaos, rideshare companies are charging wildly different fares for the same route at the same time

Recent Consumer Reports investigation

Person 1 looking at rideshare app saying $50.21: WHAA?!

Person 2 looking at rideshare app saying $30.95: it’s my lucky day!




Imagine if companies had to be honest

Torkfeqv chair

$422.50 hurry-1 left!

Note: The chair* depicted in this AL-generated photo comes from one of five factories in three countries under a “brand” generated at time of purchase and a price determined by 762 variables including wind speed at your location and the browsing history of your children.

*Product received may or may not resemble a chair

©2026 Jen Sorensen – Jensorensen.com
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Met the doc himself, rang doorbells, and was reminded that my old hometown loves building (sub-)urban heat islands.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The first volunteer has been dosed with the world's first BDBV vaccine. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...
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First volunteer vaccinated in the world's first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial
The University of Oxford’s Oxford Vaccine Group has today successfully vaccinated the first volunteer in the world’s first clinical trial of a vaccine designed to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus...
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thinking of bringing back my DJ live stream, but maybe after I find a *real* job to go with it.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I wore a Sade shirt to work and I've come to find out like 60% of the staff have good or similar taste in music to me. Wild.
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Worth noting our dictatorship fired a large chunk of the State Department before setting off on all these wars, "operations", and blockades.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/07/2026
It’s New Foods Day for the Minnesota State Fair and this, to me, is the promise of America www.mnstatefair.org/new/food
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
POV your monastery is cooked
Erling haaland photoshopped to be carrying a double bladed axe
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Tempted... and I would maybe even wear it to work.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Inspiring to see Belgium demonstrate that you can achieve great things when fueled by spite
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/07/2026
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation's independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city's waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: the opening title card for a TLC reality show called My Life with a PERMANENT STANKY LEG. Pictured behind the title text is a man hysterically ugly crying on the shoulder of a presumed family member. Panel 2: the man is at a funeral ceremony. The other people at the funeral - including the priest reciting the last rites of the deceased - stand somberly around the casket. The man from the first panel is a member of the crowd. His face is one of solemn sorrow, but his body is hitting the nastiest stanky leg. Hands on knees, getting crazy low with it.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 26/06/2026
There’s nothing wrong with Haitians! I’m getting sick of this state enforced bigotry & violence against them just like I’ve long been sick of the US sabotaging them at every turn with its imperialism. This is the world’s first Black republic! A proud free people you’d be honored to know some of.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Imagine you have a power plant erected across the street to fuel Meta AI and there's nothing you can do about it and no one knew about it. This is happening NOW. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Insight: Fast-tracked power plants fuel AI boom, with little public scrutiny
From the front window of her house, Breanne Kidd once watched the sun rise over farmland as she sipped coffee before toddlers arrived at her home daycare.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
At this rate, if I go to Japan it will be to see Ringo Sheena in concert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UM5...
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Kyogenshou (虚言症; I Am a Liar) from百鬼夜行
YouTube video by Bookko Expo'20
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/05/2026
Three months ago today, a war began that no one voted for — and the cost has been paid by people who had no say in it. 

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives. Thirteen U.S. servicemembers will never come home to their families.

Americans across this country and our city have watched prices rise at the pump and the grocery store, their budgets strained by a conflict launched without a single vote of Congress. 

Every life lost abroad and every dollar squeezed from a working family here is part of the same reckless bill, handed to the people who could least afford it by those who will never pay it themselves. 

I opposed this war from the first day. I oppose it still. It must end.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
when u tax the rich
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
An irate rich husband in a tuxedo is screaming at his rich wife, who is freaking out in a fancy dress.
Rich Husband: Darling, they’re TAXING US
Rich Wife: NO

Panel 2:
Rich Husband (looking disgusted): The bastards are TAXING US
Rich Wife (fists clenched, looking mad): NO

Panel 3:
The rich couple are now hugging and weeping.
Rich Husband: We’ll only have enough money to live in luxury for the rest of our lives
Rich Wife: Oh God

Panel 4:
Close up of Rich Husband, eyes huge, tears streaming. He whispers: Now I know how the slaves felt
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
[op] There's clearly a problem with the broader public when candidates feel pressured to sign off on sprawl, oil leases, and nuclear power. Right under our noses lie more feasible and justified interventions. Ignoring wealth inequality and ignoring environmental justice is what got us here.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
CA District 6 better elect this guy. To defeat the maga nuts all you have to do is keep tabs.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/05/2026
We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This Mockingbird outside my window must have downloaded Ebird and thought it was a dating app. Bro, doing a nuthatch impression rapidfire at 2AM ain't the move. Wait till morning. You Just look thirsty while keeping everyone awake. Jeez
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In related linguistic discussion: Vinyl vs Vinyls has always been a hot topic (among bored gig-less DJs), and while I personally say "vinyl" as plural, there is an iota of logic to actually to say "vinyls" since it's a reference to each piece of plastic disc is named after the polymer. 1/2
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Some toolbag made a bot (@highsierrastandard.bsky.social) that advocates for dropping the "s" on Sierra Nevada Mountains (eg: Sierras), and it's even trying to correct people in Spain talking about the Sierras there. First this, then SkyNet.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The FCC is trying to get Jimmy Kimmel fired (again).
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
lol the shooter has a BLUE SKY ACCOUNT, well here’s one excuse that won’t work:
4 panel comic

Panel 1: Blue Guy sits handcuffed in an interrogation room while two FBI agents watch him through a one way mirror.
Blue Guy: C’mon guys! I wasn’t actually gonna kill anyone! It was a joke.

Panel 2:
FBI Agent 1 (arms folded, looking stern): Do you believe him?

Panel 3:
FBI Agent 2 (holds up a phone and points to it): No. He has a Blue Sky Account

Panel 4: (Agent 2 looks into the interrogation room in disgust) This son of a bitch doesn’t even know what a joke is
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The American Public: WE NEED AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE!!!! RFK JR: Best I can do is four (4) FDA approved natural food colors, that some companies may occasionally use!
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Just read "CAMP" (camping) as "cAMP" (Cyclic adenosine monophosphate) and my mind started racing with questions (muscle contraction?). One of those days.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., revealed additional trips the justice took with real estate magnate Harlan Crow without disclosing them. Leading to calls for him to recuse himself from cases or be removed from office and for the court to impose a binding code of ethics www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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Clarence Thomas: Here Are All The Ethics Scandals Involving The Supreme Court Justice Amid New Ginni Thomas Report
Thomas' wife thanked a conservative legal group for opposing efforts to impose court reforms.
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Dr. Richard Pan @drpanmd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Trump and the Republican Congress refused to extend existing #ACA tax credits and gave more tax breaks to billionaire executives so millions of Americans can no longer afford their health coverage this year. #DrPanForCongress
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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The US has rescinded money for food assistance programs (HR1) while spending an estimated 52 Billion on a war that apparently also runs without food programs. #nutrition #war
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
An impeccable interview with Betty Yee. I would be over the moon if she were to make it through this crowded race for CA governor. www.capradio.org/articles/202...
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California’s former top financial officer makes her case for governor
Betty Yee was California’s State Controller from 2015 to 2023. She outlines her decades of financial experience with the state and how she would do things differently than previous administrations.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
thehandbasket.co
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
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Nick @npc82.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Who knew one of my photo assignments this semester would be a Bio assignment. Submitted a flash-bounce photo of my cat's coat colors to do a genetics lab.
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Marilyn Anne Campbell @macampbell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
It's the start of National Wildlife Week in Canada and the start of spring migration, so it's the perfect time to make sure your windows are as bird-friendly as they can be. This great poster by @rosemarymosco.com summarizes the problem of window collisions; learn what you can do at birdsafe.ca
A poster by Bird and Moon for Flap dot org.  In a comic-style format, a bird explains for humans that window collisions kill billions of birds worldwide each year. Birds don't really get windows, and instead see a safe space past the glass, reflected outdoor plants, a reflected rival bird (themselves), or outdoor plants viewed through transparent corner windows. What can you do? There are cheap, easy, attractive fixes. Create a visual barrier for birds to see using window tape for vertical lines, string or ribbon hanging down, decals, or window film. Put these on the outside of the window, spaced 2 inches or 5 centimeters apart or less. You can also make window strikes less deadly. Keep bird feeders and baths close to windows. One point five feet or a half-metre away or closer. You can also u screens on the outside of windows. To learn more visit FLAP dot org. Thank you, bird hero.
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Rockola @darksideofwoman.bsky.ar · 05/04/2026
Ya tuvimos esta conversación
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
POV: u posted a little joke on blue sky. com
2 panel comic

Panel 1: Massively aggressive cop fly kicks a door down while screaming “Bluesky PD”

Panel 2: Cop then points gun directly at the reader and hisses “We received reports you were having fun for a second”
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