Reposted by magsG.C. Houle @gchoule.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Did you know you can just straight up read years worth of original queer writing on SSBB for free? I feel like not enough ppl know about this project, which is crazy considering what a pillar it is! 36338
Reposted by magsc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The Tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in floof. Let's start with the *FLOOF* & talk about why they're called "VAMPIRE SQUIRRELS" last. They have the largest tail: body size ratio of any mammal on Earth: the tail is *130%* the size the body. 191091314
Reposted by magsRacheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers. 6403136
Reposted by magsJesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 01/10/2026Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.) 14505192
Reposted by magsIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780791990
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 28/09/2026leckie's best fantasy is The Raven Tower, KJC has about twenty impeccable historical romances so I couldn't narrow it down unless you have more specific vibes preferences 010
Reposted by magsc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bless the memory of Stanislav Yevgrafovich, the Man Who Saved the World. At a moment when it mattered, he chose humanity. 8691251
Reposted by magsAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems. 5743293
Reposted by magsBenjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why keep asking what is behind One Nation's organic appeal when "they have a bajillion dollars and saturate low-info voters' feeds and get unlimited favourable mainstream coverage" is all you need. Why did the surge happen? It's when they got a bajillion dollars. When will it end? Money tap goes off 186
Reposted by magsPMG Revanchist @aworkerwhoposts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not enough is made in the cultural imaginary of Sydney about the fucked vibes of this guy, honestly more spooky than the big ones of the famine queen herself. "I've been given the power of speech" what do you mutter to the unsuspecting in the middle of the night you furry little demon? 011
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse but I remember when those museum videos went viral because they had older staff members using internet slang scripted by the youngest staff members... so you could lean into humour? 011
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 16/09/2026no I'm pretty sure it's a verisimilitude/prose comp, that's why I like you both 010
Reposted by magsCount Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What you need to understand is nothing we built was “off the shelf.” Store-bought environmental assets for stop-motion features do not exist. We were given concept art and told “make it look like this.” Everything you see here, down to the dirt and moss, was meticulously designed and crafted. 351938686
Reposted by magsEize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 14/09/2026I'm not a mad scientist, I'm just a disappointed scientist. 215643
Reposted by magsAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett. 5330011272
Reposted by magsRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT." 7891012928
Reposted by magsMaia @maiaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I see the Proclaimers have thrown themselves down a big hole, my sincere condolences to people who enjoy both of their songs xx 2131
Reposted by magsBogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Anyway, this is a good reminder if an LLM-generated text has these strikingly novel insights, it is almost certain that they come from a book that your academic library has lying around in an external warehouse somewhere and no one has requested it in decades. 14317
Reposted by magsOpinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I hope this Ishmael finds you whale 332526552
Reposted by magsGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 08/09/2026I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean 52859266
Reposted by magsPMG Revanchist @aworkerwhoposts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I reach for the can of dog spray only for the Guard to lower his SA80, I freeze and that's all it takes for the Corgis to be on me dragging me down into a sea of stubby legs and fat bellies. In a moment of humanity the guardsman puts two rounds of 5.56 into my temple and then there is only darkness. 012
Reposted by magsChungo Tumpus: Clear Sky @mrfinnmccool.bsky.social · 08/09/2026*Never Played OoT Voice* I'm just worried whether he'll still be able to *clenches fist* time that ocarina. 011
Reposted by magsKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 08/09/2026This is a really good long piece on the human brain wiring that predisposes us to believe in psychics and also in sentient AI. softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...softwarecrisis.devThe LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour 28529
Reposted by magsContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊 22257471135
Reposted by magsJana H-S (she, like a knife) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 19/07/2024touch grass is a psyop to convince us that grass lawns are a natural and acceptable form of groundcover. touch local flora. touch the face of someone who loves you. touch the edges of your own subjectivity. you are a bee, searching for the things that your body knows would be here, in a softer world 7519198
Reposted by magsA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026The reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s. 92573611
Reposted by magsda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026???? READ ALT TEXT - dashare.zone ADMIN 0694183
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 04/09/2026how many times do you think someone has uttered the phrase "more like Ross don't do that" 010
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Next time someone from HR tries to make me do a personality quiz I'm gonna tell them it was invented by the guy who came up with wonder woman through his kinky polycule roleplay and they're actually sexually harassing me by trying to assign me a category 010
Reposted by magsJared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I just remembered how when I put this on Twitter back in the day, someone told me you’re not supposed to clean a snake with soap, as if this was meant as a guide to the care and feeding of your serpent 201186177
Reposted by magsDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 31/08/2026in 1989 francis fukuyama invented the clickbait title and has been punished for his sins ever since 271336217
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 30/08/2026it's no strategically placed lizards but I love the hair 010
Reposted by magsAdam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A list of lyrics if all lyrics were as profound as “I got soul, but I'm not a soldier” by The Killers... 1. I got hips, but I’m not a hipster 2. I got plums, but I’m not a plumber 3. I got toes, but I’m not a toaster 4. I got badge, but I’m not a badger 5. I got meow, but I'm not a homeowner 4638169
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 28/08/2026@floralashes.bsky.social fun Talmud hypothetical: imagine the Jewish/Christian split somehow occurred *after* the whole business with the Trinity. what kind of arguments would Jewish scholars (identical to current history except they do believe Jesus was the son of God) have had about Trinity stuff? 110
Reposted by magsAnnalee @flowerhorne.com · 20/08/2026I'd have to dig up the link but there was actually a review of what happens if you give extended time to students who don't need it. The answer is nothing. Their test scores didn't change. We don't need to gatekeep to make things fair: accommodations just level the playing field. 124379
Reposted by magsDavid J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Apart from being shitty about folks' identities, calling real people "bad representation" is a category error. People are *the thing being represented*. A person can no more be "bad representation" than a mountain can be inaccurate – if it's not on the map, the problem is the map! 2355137
mags @ritavonbees.bsky.social · 19/08/2026lmao i clicked to see if they're the same Scooby doo briefs that I've got but they are different ones xD 020
