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Porter is what my wife calls me- its what I do for my son. Former Biology tech. In Field= Wolves, Badgers, Turtles, Mice, Voles; At Lab =mice, rats, NPH... Phd's ;-), mostly MRI. In NJ= Underemployed. Middle-aged early riser. Depressed. Atheist.

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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 12h
WHAT?
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Malcolm McDowell in Son of a Critch: Speak Up!
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 17h
Good intentions House on haunted Hill
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 18h
Rocky's Horror picture show!
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 19h
So easy for a billionaire to fix this, with no real financial consequences for them. But hey, that could be said of a million other worthy causes that billionaires don’t support.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 22h
For that image🤢
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Animated Thanks Messages Compilation
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
How much can i put down?
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Bugs Bunny Counting His Money
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
👍
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Nerf Gun in Full Combat Gear
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh for fuck sake. Let me guess sponsored by....
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Disgusting Spongebob
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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Oh no we can’t do that or else they’ll do it to us when it’s us in the White House!” They’re gonna do it anyway! They’d have done it already if they thought they would move the needle for them with their people.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
nobody lite candles or put on Barry White and maybe things will... Relax?
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
To follow-up — I just read @donatoarts.bsky.social's Facebook write-up, the details of which are extremely depressing. I'm sharing the link here, because it appears he's left it unlocked in order to spread the word and warn other professionals. This saddens me. www.facebook.com/donato.gianc...
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is just more utter disgusting greed. More powerful stepping on the backs of creators for some fountain of money that they think shouldn't end. Somewhere in the multiverse I'm sure I'm a fantastically successful author... I hope he has good lawyers.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anywho, I've been disappointed in most abortion rights organizations in the U.S. for decades now. The orgs that have acquitted themselves the best have been the abortion funds. You should direct your support and money to them.
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Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@nbedera.bsky.social @andreagonram.bsky.social all of us who work at colleges and universities in the US need to read this www.thecut.com/article/trum...
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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence
The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.
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ROC Stalwart @eightman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If I've learned one thing about modern French society, it's that they absolutely do not play around when they protest.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
2026... It's okay to tear gas children. This timeline sucks balls.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026
Dozens of students dragged rubbish bins into position outside a high school in northeastern Paris early on Thursday, erecting fresh barricades before police moved in with tear gas as France’s nationwide protests show few signs of ending.
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Police fire tear gas at a barricaded high school in Paris as school protests show no sign of ending
Students in northeastern Paris gathered Thursday to protest outside a high school, with police responding using tear gas.
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/10/2026
@cathleen.eurosky.social little-flying-robots.ghost.io/why-we-cant-...
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Why We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AI
Imagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation...
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reply all should be a capital offense. Bring back cat o nine tails?
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Pirate Cat
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/10/2026
I've long thought that the solution to the spam problem is that email should be taxed a penny a message. I don't care if you burn the money. I just want the friction. But the ability to use agents to customize bullshit at scale makes me think email should be taxed at a dollar a message.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Personal: Married to author/New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas. Has two children. Former
NFL (American) football player. Recipient of Campbell Trophy (academic Heisman)
and Sullivan Award (nation’s top amateur athlete). Plays chess (poorly).
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you wish it it'll be...
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Field Of Dreams Learning Disability
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey wait a minute. I've fallen on my head three times... An I can spel kalqulus! 🤕 😜
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤦‍♂️
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Yoda: Failed You I Have (Star Wars)
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Damn it. Why am I not jerrified! Cc @jcsalterego.bsky.social
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's almost as if good government, responsible effective efficient... Is for us humans like the child's bowl of oatmeal. We're hungry, we wants it... But it's so easy to throw it on the floor! 🤦‍♂️
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bollocks this. I need a drink!
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When you want to say something about someone else's racism.... And you just can't top their own proclamations 🤔🤦‍♂️
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Me, once a day: We gotta put a lot of these people in prison
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 06/10/2026
for clowns like pete fucking hegseth to get up there and demean any one of us is an impeachable offense, for his most fundamental responsibility is to be for a republic of equal citizens
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skELLY @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People are still mixed up on the usage of AI, ML, and LLMs, and the confusion & anger with the labels is getting in the way of clear communication. As a former AI/ML (not LLM) researcher, let me clarify: AI: a broad & kind of random field of computer science that has been around for decades.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This would not have been allowed if Trump was a democrat. So I have to wonder if all the other GOP ers... I'm just waiting for their cut? Some point this country will have to redefine corruption to take an account what we find acceptable if not blatant. 🤦‍♂️
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 06/10/2026
Insane and vile levels of corruption. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to all the MAGAS going all *shocked Pikachu* when Trump pulls the rug.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
oh gawd, who will hep teh voters?
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Extending Lunch Break to Quit Work
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE BATS DON'T TOUCH THE BATS DON'T PET THE BATS DON'T BREASTFEED THE BATS TELL YOUR FRIENDS ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE WHITE WOMEN
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026
if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This. This is the bluesky positive thinking i crave!
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Dom Mazzetti's Optimistic Confusion
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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this is pretty cool. Now that the CFPB has been functionally dismantled by Russell Vought, a bunch of the attorneys formed a consumer protection law firm www.law360.com/colorado/art...
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Home Equity Fintech Is 1st Target Of Ex-CFPB Attys' Law Firm - Law360
Home equity fintech firm Unlock has used deceptive marketing and confusing contract terms to hide that its "investment" agreements are actually illegal high-cost loans, according to a new proposed cla...
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Adorable
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Charmin Ultra Softness You Can See
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Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What kind of cat?
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Cat Unfazed by Pole Dancer
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) looks like a ferret dressing up as a cheetah for Halloween. They're native to a semi-desert grassland strip from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Like a skunk, they can spray a foul-smelling fluid from anal glands. Let's talk about them. (📷: Petra Prager)
A marbled polecat photo from Petra Prager.  It looks almost exactly like a ferret, but the arched back is sort of orange with brown dots on it similar to a cheetah, and the head has a white stripe that reminds me of a skunk, with a long floofy tail and dark limbs.  This one looks alert and at rest.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
probably should keep an eye on this www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pneumonic and bubonic plague are not caused by a virus. It’s a bacterium
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