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Sam Wall

@samwall.bsky.social
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Death doula, writer, CSWA, counselor, jackalope wrangler. Former Co-director at Scarleteen.com. I write about sex, death, and monsters. Hire me! morningstardeathdoula.com samwallcswa.my.canva.site

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*taps sign*
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A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions
or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The first requirement of restorative justice is a perpetrator’s confession. He has to admit what he has done and to take accountability. The men in this case are smearing the victim and threatening her with lawsuits. They are not candidates for RJ. They would turn it into a new site of violence.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
$0 to enjoy the whole thing
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some discourse is reminding me of one of my favorite passages from Cocaine & Rhinestones: cocaineandrhinestones.com/tom-t-hall-h...
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CR009 - Harper Valley PTA, Part 3: Tom T. Hall | Cocaine & Rhinestones
They call him The Storyteller because he distills life into words. Behind any story worth telling, you’ll always find another story. Maybe if we can get behind some of his best stories…
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 27/09/2026
Internet, I'm raising money in honor of Scarleteen's seven million visitors in 2026 and I'm at $1,000, $500 short of my goal—and the fundraiser is only $800 away from its goal. Help me take it over the top? Link to fundraiser in my reply!
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Make it exist first. You can make it good later. Says Skeletor thinking this octopus staff needs some more work.
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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
167k+ lbs of raw beef, pork, and goat meat recalled after being distributed with fraudulent inspection labels www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-aler...
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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A great story about my fellow fruit explorers and lovers of ancient apple trees!
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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Umbrella crab! Cryptolithodes sitchensis.
A small flat, smooth, red, crab testing on a hand  its eyes are visible but no legs.The underside of the same crab, all legs and now you can see that the shell, which is white on this side, extends well beyond the legs.The same crab in a tidepool, no real features are visible and it looks more orange underwater.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Many Jurassic classics first found in the western United States have turned up elsewhere. Diplodocus, an icon among America's dinosaurs, also lived in prehistoric Spain. To get articles like this first, sign up for my newsletter on Buttondown. 🧪 buttondown.com/restingdinof...
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Diplodocus Strolled Jurassic Spain — Riley Black
Some dinosaurs lived so large they make the world seem small.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/09/2026
FCC boss Brendan Carr is changing FCC policy to make it easier for Republicans to flood the public with AI-generated political robocalls without their consent:
nclc.org
Stop Efforts to Greenlight AI Robocalls Ahead of the Midterms
FCC Must Reject Effort to Flood Voters with AI-Powered Robocalls Ahead of the Midterms
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ATTENTION BLUESKY! Annie says they are really hoping to boost the number of artists (crew, performers, creative teams, anyone) outside New York who are filling this out to get a broader sampling. If you are in the arts please take a second and fill this out!
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love a steady, saturating rain. And now it’ll always make me think of this teen Snaggletooth I asked @korybing.bsky.social to illustrate for Tyrant Lizard Queen (out next month!).
Art of a young tyrannosaur, just doused and feathers wet, looking grumpy.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 21/09/2026
For my newsletter, I wrote about Democrats coming out against "trans surgery for kids" (which do not happen) and how the myth took over our politics. www.burnsnotice.com/the-trans-ki...
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The "Trans Kid Surgery" Myth
The big lie worked because it played on your protective instincts
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Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you're a mainline Protestant who is interested in protecting free and fair elections this November, I helped put together this webinar that is tomorrow at 1pm Central Time. I'd be super grateful if you registered or shared, as protecting our democracy from a faith-based lens is so important!
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National Clergy Call to Protect the Vote - Mainline Protestant Stream
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 21/09/2026
Flu and covid vaccines for 2026-2027 are now available. Californians, you can look up where to get one at myturn.cdph.ca.gov www.kqed.org/news/1209893...
myturn.cdph.ca.gov
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/09/2026
It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS.
Fox News headline: Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown. The coffee giant will pay $1M and submit annual compliance certifications for four years under the agreement
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*this is a sub-epistle*
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2026
This is why I say fascism is make believe at gunpoint
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Folks, please get vaxxed or check your measles titers, if you aren't sure you got 2 doses or were born b/t 1963-1967 (when a less effective, killed vax was used for a bit). An unvaxxed passenger "rode across the country" on trains & Amtrak buses & is now hospitalized. www.ktvu.com/news/califor...
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California health department notifies of measles exposure from unvaccinated Amtrak passenger
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging residents to get their measles vaccination after notifying the public of an exposure from an Amtrak passenger who traveled on the rail syste...
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 19/09/2026
this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there
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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For example here is one where they think they can out run a woman athlete in a sprint.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
this is so @starinthetitle.bsky.social coded
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 19/09/2026
OMG this is the most beautiful Jimothy we have ever seen stoningtongallery.com/artwork/anom...
See https://stoningtongallery.com/artwork/anomaly-jimothy/ for description of Anomaly (Jimothy) artwork.
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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 18/09/2026
NEW: Seattle is about to ban supermarkets from using your data to set individualized prices and coupons to curb price gouging and discrimination. The big grocer lobby is pissed, and is spamming Seattleites with scary text messages. Read in @thestranger.com: www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...
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Seattle Is Poised to Ban Supermarket Algorithmic Price Discrimination - The Stranger
This coming Tuesday, in an effort to crack down on price gouging and discrimination, the Seattle City Council will vote on a bill prohibiting large grocery store companies from using customer personal...
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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.
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bird 🔞 \(⁠☉⁠д⁠⊙⁠)/ ! @emrynbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don't want corporate-approved monster fucking, I want niche, artisanal deviancy that hasn't gotten a CEOs approval
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/09/2026
Libraries really do have everything.
thetrace.org
Need a Gun Lock? Ask Your Local Librarian.
Across the country, libraries are giving out safe storage devices, often for free.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"No one is going to vote for a Democrat because they came out for a trans sports ban. No one is on the fence being like, "If they just came out for a trans sports ban, then I would vote for them. I don't think that person exists," says @evanurquhart.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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Teacher in Past Life @teacherinpastlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you were the President of the USA, what would you do with $250 Million a day for 5 months?
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/
A book cover featuring a beautiful closely cropped portrait of an Anna's hummingbird. The cover says LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale, by Ed Yong. The image also says US: 4/06/27 and UK: 4/29/27
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.
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Tansy 🔞 🔜 Furpocalypse AA! @tansy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you have a building with big windows in any area with birds PUT BIRD SAFETY DECALS/TAPE ON THEM PLEASE AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT SPACING. It’s migration season! Birds are so vulnerable! Strikes can be lethal or cause serious damage. Let’s all do our part for the little guys.
fws.gov
Bird-Friendly Home Toolkit | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 16/09/2026
This is a stunning piece about navigating death and mourning in the carceral system.
themarshallproject.org
The Mourning After
From concealing causes of death to delaying memorials, prisons treat people passing away like business as usual.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not bulky like a Brontosaurus. Not super slender like Barosaurus. Diplodocus was right in the middle, truly the Honda Civic of dinosaurs.
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Kate / Katelyn Forrest @kateforrest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Seriously think this was the most tone deaf part of the whole drama. His backing band helped found a group of Irish musicians to support Palestine. Irish people support Palestine more in huge numbers because they know brutal colonization first hand.
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🎃 Trip Ghouley 🎃 @trip.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As an elder millennial, one of the Great Crimes of AI (in addition to all the real ones) is that AI has poisoned the greatest of all internet creations: the funny cat video. Like, one can no longer simply enjoy a video of a cat being a weird little guy. You have to stop and interrogate reality. FFS
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Miracinonyx wasn't America's cheetah. It was more like a cougar, and in the ancient Yukon this cat gorged on fish. 🧪 Premium newsletter subscribers get my new stories first! Sign up on Buttondown. buttondown.com/restingdinof...
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The "Cheetah" Fond of Fish — Riley Black
Cheetah-like cats in the ancient Yukon stuffed themselves on salmon, not pronghorn.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
in the immediate wake of 9/11, people talked about carpet bombing muslim countries with the same casualness as talking about a nominal tax hike.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3443 heard a noise
Several bunnies stand at a campfire in the woods at night. One small bunny has a fearful look as they try to tell the others about something. The other bunnies around the fire have a mix of skepticism and surprise on their faces. In the background, a dark shadow of a mothman, with red glowing eyes, is visible.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Holy shit, I am pleasantly surprised by the news for once? For friends abroad, that’s the UK’s national federation of unions. It’s about time the beast awakened.
leftfootforward.org
TUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans people
Delegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable'
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Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please do share and complete Mariana's survey of sounds you have found culturally / personally important, wherever you have lived in the world! As noted, if you, or know others, who have lived in Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Ukraine, their responses would be especially welcome 🙂
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Needless to say, Ed Sheeran is a little piss boy
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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I saw a group of goths leaving a discount home goods store today, arms heavy with assorted Halloween paraphernalia, and I was just overcome with a surge of joy and affection so profound. I love you, goths at the shopping center. May you have the best Halloween of your lives.
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