Reposted by Oona IslandThomas HD @degolierthomas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump take chipshoustonpublicmedia.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants | Houston Public MediaThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 818965
Reposted by Oona IslandMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 304169055013
Reposted by Oona Islandpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy 164116642498
Reposted by Oona IslandKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422928965
Reposted by Oona IslandKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 238101833242
Reposted by Oona IslandCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If ashli babbitt's family can get $5 million after she literally broke into the Capitol to overturn an election, Renee Good's family should get at least triple that for ICE agents murdering her in the damn street. 13161191609
Reposted by Oona Islandmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168186854688
Reposted by Oona IslandKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta. 441592197
Reposted by Oona IslandVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 29/09/2026A win on fair use: court rejects fair use defense of AI training 414248
Reposted by Oona IslandJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves. 753226470
Reposted by Oona IslandClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor. 623740733
Reposted by Oona IslandKevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools? 1072264535
Reposted by Oona IslandPhillip M Jackson @jollyjack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Never posted a RIP for a tree before, but; farewell to The Major Oak. I only ever saw it once, and on a VERY misty, autumnal day, when the trees were more or less bare. Walking through Sherwood and THAT monster suddenly coming out of the fog was memorable! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMajor Oak: Ancient 'Robin Hood' tree is dead, experts sayThe Major Oak is thought to have stood for more than 1,000 years in the heart of Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest. 824354
Reposted by Oona IslandSplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is your sign to browse a lit mag this weekend. ✏️ 📖 03110
Reposted by Oona IslandGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/09/2026Mass layoffs kill people. Thousands of quiet tragedies follow every billionaire's predatory decision. Never forget. 51476391
Reposted by Oona IslandHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here’s one! If anybody wants to welcome this sweet South Carolina pup into their home, I will personally deliver her to you at no charge: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Daz... 319232
Reposted by Oona IslandMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The sky in NYC right now. It was nice knowing all of you. 2981547
Reposted by Oona IslandNew York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Have you checked out our "Ode to the Orange Seats" exhibit yet? Meet some of the artists involved in the show and hear from the Museum's curator Jodi Shapiro in this new video piece from @abc7ny.bsky.social: abc7.com/videoClip/19...abc7.comAs their last stop nears, NYC's orange subway seats get artsy sendoffThe New York City subway will never look the same. 14413
Reposted by Oona IslandStephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You write book after book thinking, maybe this is the one. Maybe this is the one. And it never is. Until it is. :) 51444
Reposted by Oona IslandAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542351628
Reposted by Oona IslandCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Every other cow seeing this shit jealous as hell. This is a once in a generation opportunity for a cow. 1123520
Reposted by Oona IslandAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook. 17750181658
Reposted by Oona IslandStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 19/09/2026 435263
Reposted by Oona IslandMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 20/09/2026full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life 219372
Reposted by Oona IslandNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is. 7270801519
Reposted by Oona IslandLecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Zoooooom! #bluegrosbeak #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky 713369433
Reposted by Oona IslandTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8476692172
Reposted by Oona IslandGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 03/09/2026Hey friends, if you have any books in the Anthropic settlement, please go read @courtneymilan.com & @victoriastrauss.com's timelines! There are some publisher hijinks afoot including multiple publishers "accidentally" claiming 100% of a book's settlement, or claiming 50% on reverted titles. 3194151
Reposted by Oona IslandCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A gem at the county fair art show. 🎨 138102321614
Oona Island @oonapatrick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Memoir: trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken shape. 010
Reposted by Oona IslandSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 01/09/2026The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and dusty disks around nearby stars. #NASARoman 🔭 science.nasa.govNASA Roman's Planet Imager Has Powered On - NASA ScienceNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission's Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and 531579
Reposted by Oona IslandThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 01/09/2026"Ida is precisely the day we stopped primarily worrying about coastal flooding and started worrying about stormwater."thecityreporter.nyc5 Years After Ida, NYC Is Still Struggling To Deal With Extreme Rain and Deadly FloodingHeavy rain and flooding is expected to become more common and intense in the city due to climate change. 04013
Reposted by Oona IslandMA Drinkwater @madrinkwater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#ColorADay #PinkMon #MagentaMonday #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsUpClose alt #BirdNameC #birds #hummingbirds #backyardphotography #photography #wck 📷 🪶 1488
Reposted by Oona IslandCarl, But Gnomepire 🎃 @carldoonan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026This image and caption on the Wikipedia page for “Deely Bobber” is filling me with life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deely_b... 10900328
Reposted by Oona IslandJaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This simply must happen. That is all.youtu.beRSC's My Neighbour Totoro | 2025 West End trailerYouTube video by OfficialLondonTheatre 0279
Reposted by Oona IslandRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026🐳 You’re God damned right @hesterblum.bsky.social & I made a TWENTY-FIVE EPISODE PODCAST just about 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐘-𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐊. Subscribe now at exploringthegreats.com/moby-dick & enjoy our thrilling trailer: 611093188
Reposted by Oona IslandTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan 271841515
Reposted by Oona IslandBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“A former military officer now working for a navy contracting company, who has been briefed on the shortfalls, said: ‘They’re fucked. They shot all their weapons; they trashed all their ships; they ran out of their money.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews revealExclusive: Experts and former officials say accounts are running dry, and funding a war with no clear endgame is the main challenge 811404608
Reposted by Oona IslandJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 29/08/2026Unexpected affirmations 2082892
Reposted by Oona IslandStephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”. 282115192169
Reposted by Oona IslandJennifer Brooks @stribrooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Never change, Minnesota! 411315
Reposted by Oona IslandToni Reitter @tonichelle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Mica Miller was failed by everyone. 4253
Reposted by Oona IslandAlex @a1extimmons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s so fucking infuriating to see this shit happening to anyone but how the fuck does this happen in 2024? How the fuck have these states never learned or updated their policies? It was literally a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. South Carolina got Mica Miller killed. 181
Reposted by Oona Island#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Mica Miller Documentary ‘Death of the Pastor’s Wife’ Tells a Marital Horror Story #VanityFairtwp.aiwww.vanityfair.comHow the Lindsay Clancy and Gabby Petito Cases Unlock Mica Miller Documentary ‘Death of the Pastor’s Wife’ 2198
Reposted by Oona IslandDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The sustainable midlist creates multigenerational artistic communities. 0417