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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 19h

Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.

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Becca Petunia 🏳️‍⚧️ @tallgirlpetunia.northsky.social · 18h

I know I've curated my feed perfectly because I have not seen a single piece of art of Female Draco Malfoy.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 19h

I am so very, very tired of all these tech assholes and their Very Special Boy Syndrome. The only known cure is poverty. We must confiscate and redistribute all of their assets. For their own good, and for the good of society.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm about halfway through my e-ARC of @kjcharleswriter.com 's Think, Write, Edit Romance, and I can already genuinely say this is the best book on writing romance that I've EVER read, and one of my new favorite books on writing in general, too. www.kjcharleswriter.com/all-books/th... #romancelandia

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Think, Write, Edit, Romance — KJ Charles

KJ’s guide to romance writing, from blank page to clean, professional manuscript!

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

extremely wild out of left field take here but I think shit might suck

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

People say they want "authentic" people as politicians. Interesting to me that she's not getting the resources she needs in this race.

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh we're deep into Harlan Ellison territory now.

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"Horrifying Monster" Ella Tailor 🎃🎃 $295/$700 @garaktailor.com · 03/10/2026

Fuk. yeah Fucking CLOCKED. fine. Bonus Ella Lore: This song/video is what finally shattered that Egg whilst doing dishes one day.

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We Are The Union - "Morbid Obsessions" (Official Video)

YouTube video by We Are The Union

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TT @thornhawthorne.com · 03/10/2026

Remember not to stretch your lips over your teeth while applying lip liner. Your lines might be straight and even under flexion but when you relax your lips again, you'll find that you've drawn a different shape

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 03/10/2026

When you wake up and everyone on your TL is talking about your particular trauma in ways that are pretty much impossible to mute

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Grandpa Abe's Confused Exit in The Simpsons

Alt: Grandpa Abe's Confused Exit in The Simpsons

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

cw rape The people who are punished for rape in this society are the people who get raped and I think at a bare FUCKING minimum they should experience the same consequences as survivors experience for GETTING FUCKING RAPED Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

cw rape I think rapists should at a minimum be made to live the life of the average survivor and if you want that to be less shit then fucking make the lives of survivors better Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Starting to think that U.S. courts might be evil folks

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One thing you can say about Michael Caine is that Michael Caine is a political conservative who made 70 movies where the entire idea was to make Michael Caine money but he never did this bullshit

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling 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.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am so tired of Jonestown being a stock reference for “haha, you’re in a cult.” 918 people died, most against their will, and still it has become shorthand for how stupid you think someone is. It's the McDonald's hot coffee incident of mass death — universally referenced, entirely misremembered.

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think it is crucial for the health of the Democratic party that the entire consultant class from previous administrations, including and especially Clinton, be told to go home and stop bothering people. They are wrong about everything and have been holding the party back for decades.

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Restorative Justice is important Not because it is gentler on the perpetrators of abuse, but because it RESTORES something to the VICTIM. If our first and last question isn’t “how does this provide recompense to those who were wronged?” then what are we even doing?

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Going after the individual guys who harm people is like playing whack a mole. It is a distraction. It might feel good for the 5 minutes you’re making a post, but WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE VICTIMS? How much do you care about THEM?

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What is actually needed are SWEEPING, SYSTEMIC changes to the gamIng sphere, particularly changes that will allow the people most affected to get work. My abuser not getting work does not get me work.

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think the reason I get annoyed when people dogpile and go after a gaming-sphere person for legitimate reasons without the input of the victim is because I have been that victim and this response is literally worse than useless. It does not help past victims or prevent future ones.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Infuriating. Loish’s art has been RIPPED OFF by AI, since the very beginning, because she is popular and well loved. Now it’s coming back around to bite her again

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The context of *this* wave of visceral rage at rapists is that in the past decade we've seen them take complete control of the government, turn the entire economy into their ponzi scheme, gain trillions of dollars of exploited wealth. We've seen an opposition party abjectly fail at stopping them

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I long for a day when justice is centered on the victims but alas today will again not be that day

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think my thing about this is…people DID come for mine, but it didn’t get me any work, or restore what he materially took from me. it just made his (and by extension, my) games unsellable. An abuser getting dogpiled actually doesn’t help the victim at all in my experience, unless it is their choice

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(Repping the @worstpossible.world merch at Trans Celebration Weekend on Fire Island)

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

[circle of love] Nora Roberts: heeey everyone guess what? Roberts: joyce carol oates has something to share Sandra Hill: is it her gross foot again Roberts: no no no Roberts: Roberts:it's not your gross foot again is it joyce Oates: why? do you want to see it? Oates: check this shit out Roberts: no-

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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · 20/01/2024

A simile is like an analogy, but a metaphor is a whole other animal.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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josh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 30/09/2026

me when i’m rolling with the punches

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s pretty much a vehicle to show off narrator Jeff Hays’ voice work

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i’d really like to know how the victim feels actually. their opinion is literally the only one that matters.

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downwardly mobile elite @oranmath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There is someone in very high esteem in one of the online fandoms I used to frequent who I could have made allegations against. I chose not to for a reason and the idea of someone weaponizing what happened to harm them without my consent is nightmarish

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“China/USSR/North Korea is good because the US did something worse” is like shitty liberal Democrat logic taken to a leftist extreme. “Other guy bad” does not make your favorite guy good.

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