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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yes, I’ve received the mental health care I needed. THAT was mission critical. Jfc. 🎉
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
They are so many things in this life that I haven’t thought would be real. A. That I would live long enough to get married B. That I would continue being alive and get divorced. C. That, when that day came (literally today), that I would have friends and family and options.
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Something I’m grateful for now that I’ve started “seeing what’s out there” is the ability to fuck off simple because I feel like it. It’s a gift I plan on taking full advantage of. Speaking of survival. Wish me a happy 40th birthday this weekend! 🎉🎂
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.
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Megaholt 𓅃 @megaholt.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
With alt text!
How to avoid sexual assault!
A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE*
sexual violence centre cork
DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS
USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM!
IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU.
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP. THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM.
WHEN YOU SEE
A WOMAN
WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE.
IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND
SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.
CARRY A WHISTLE.
IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE
SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.
*for perpetrators.
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spoiler alert: children require more than just the exposure to religion to learn about morality and values and even then, maybe the church isn't the ultimate source of "how to be a good person" .... *motions to ... the entire world right now...* #parenting #ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#booksky
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tagged as "Emily has fun at work" 😄😁 lithub.com/what-books-h...
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What books hate most in readers.
Yesterday morning, The Washington Post’s Ron Charles published a summary of “what readers hate most in books”—the result, Charles tells us, of asking the readers of the Post&#8217…
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😂😂😂 I’m just going to leave this here…. #worldfigure #figureskating #booksky www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkat...
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From the FigureSkating community on Reddit: Russian author wrote a Trusova/Malinin novel
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yeah, I mean, what was anyone expecting when he started a war and pissed off our allies?
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Soooooo…. State run media. www.newsweek.com/white-house-... Fuck this timeline.
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White House Launches Trump TV Amid Media Ban: What We Know
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I signed up for Cape Cellular and dropped T-Mobile because I’m tired of paying for utilities that sell my use of their service to advertisers. If you are looking to switch and want a coupon code you can use mine! We both get $20 off a month. cape.co/get-cape?ref...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2 heroic state AGs have been fighting to stop the Paramount-WBD takeover — but the Ellisons are about to force a terrible settlement. Stand with @democracydefendersaction.org & our #BlockTheMerger partners and sign our petition in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 - TN
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We’re Winning, Contrarians — And We Won’t Back Down
Publisher’s Roundup 85
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Please Stand Clear of the Accidental Art Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
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Opinion | Please Stand Clear of the Accidental Art Museum
Under New York’s streets, the subway system corrodes, is fixed — and breaks again. What’s left is art, the M.T.A. Modern.
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Guess what?!?! I signed divorce papers today. 💜
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I haven’t heard of the rule officially being changed so fingers crossed they realized it was stupid
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org filed a Hatch Act complaint against Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy He pitched DOT policy at a super PAC event in Michigan & tied it to a Senate endorsement You can't electioneer with your cabinet title. Congress settled that in 1939 Our complaint👇 -TN
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is why I left my husband. www.facebook.com/share/v/1MUm...
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Facebook
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Stunning!
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yes please
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I saw a meme today that said that books are proof that strangers can meet across centuries and still understand each other. That really resonated.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 04/09/2026
Gloria Steinem's message for the next generation: 'Please tell your own story'
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Gloria Steinem's message for the next generation: 'Please tell your own story'
Gloria Steinem in 'Famous Last Words' had guidance for the next generation: Telling your own story is 'the most important thing we can do.'
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
lol they don’t need to invade us and besides, have you ever been to Appalachia?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
TIL that the city of Bethlehem (where Jesus was born) today is located in Palestine. It’s a weird question to ask because there are always reasons but I have to say it out loud. Why is the Vatican located in Rome instead of Jerusalem and what does that mean for the religion it founded?
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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A person in pantyhose, holding a lit cigarette in their hand, which has a ring on their middle finger, and the caption “My idols are dead and my enemies are in power”
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ugh, yeah same. Any my ex-husband loves that show.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Constitution gives elections to the states & to Congress, not to the president & not to the Postal Service NEW @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org complaint says exactly that I'll break it all down on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social at 7:20👇 -TN
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Pro-Voter Coalition Files New Complaint Against Illegal USPS Rule on Mail Voting
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy Defenders Fund took another legal action to prevent the United States Postal Service from implementing new barriers to mail voting at the behest of an unlawful exec...
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Open Era by Edward Schmit is pretty good
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
wgntv.com/politics-3/s... Damn. Will this is going to fucking suck. Down with #fascism #wethepeople deserve better.
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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear ho…
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The results are in! bookriot.com/what-counts-...
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We Can't Agree On What Counts as "AI-Written"
The results of our recent survey about "What counts as AI-written?" reveal that we are not on the same page.
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Any parents need reading recommendations for their 3rd-8th graders? #booksky #litsky #reading #bookrecs bookriot.com/best-middle-...
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Best Middle Grade Books of the Century So Far
The 2000s have been a phenomenal century for youth literature. Not only have we seen young adult books grow and adapt. We've seen middle grade literature
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I have questions. Do I think the old gaurd democrats “fumble the ball?” Yes. But I also support politicians crossing the aisle to work with each other. Which is happening? Or is it both?
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
An American Oligarch is directing (the digitization (?) and) the shredding (and loss?) of old books ( / knowledge). I hate oligarchy and billionaires but also I need more information. www.reddit.com/r/antiai/s/w...
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From the antiai community on Reddit: Phase 1 : restricting knowledge has started
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
😭😭😭 stole this from a friend on facebook lol #NoNewDataCenters #NoAI
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Describe your music taste in 3 artists, no genres 1. Ke$ha 2. Olivia Rodrigo 3. All American Rejects
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Well this is concerning. It's almost like our oligarchs in silicon valley should think before they act. #AI www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
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Opinion | If You Weren’t Worried About A.I., You Should Be After the Past Few Weeks
If there was ever a time to consider halting development of A.I., it’s now.
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@bookriot.bsky.social wants to know: what counts as #AI written? Like, at what level of AI use on a scale of 0 to 10 means the story is "AI-Written" in the public's mind? #booksky take the survey at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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What Counts as "AI-Written?"
For each question, select whether you think an author's use of an AI/LLM (Large Language Model, like ChatGPT) tool means the finished work counts as AI-written and whether or not you would be open to ...
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This weekend I learn that the Axolotl is the new “hot” animal, apparently. Sloths and Capybaras? You’ve been de-throned. #axolotl
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Another related post from #lithub: lithub.com/fish-bad-sug... in case how people ate and cooked without modern kitchens or doctors #middleages #food
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Fish Bad, Sugar Good… And Other Medieval Ideas About Food
Although medieval ideas about food were very different to our own, its importance was widely recognized. According to Galen, food “is probably the most important of all medical subjects,” and it do…
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
And still today the woods can feel foreign to the uninitiated and therefore it capture our imaginations #lithub #booktok lithub.com/how-christia...
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How Christian Europe Learned to Fear the Forest—and the Beasts Within
Europe is not a continent of deserts, but in the early Middle Ages, Europeans began to assimilate biblical notions of the wilderness by applying the same philosophy to a regionally appropriate cont…
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Honestly, solid plan 👍🏻
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My latest: I often find myself imploring the pro-democracy community to take action — to unite around an idea, a lawsuit or a strategy to protect free and fair elections. newsletters.democracydocket.com/building-com...
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Building community is our best defense against Trump
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The election is in 100 days!! What’s your #voting plan?
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#birdwatching
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Lucky shot 😄 #photography #birdwatching
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This guy kept squawking at me this morning 🦆
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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Plants update! The other seedlings never sprouted so I got some new starter plants. #gardening
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