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Saphire Dance

@saphiredance.bsky.social
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Writer, Cosplayer, Fiber Artist, Gen X, Mom, General Weirdo.

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Saphire Dance @saphiredance.bsky.social · 7h
My kid is in college. She just asked me "Is there a polite way to tell someone in my group project that I'm going to kill them if they suggest using AI again?" Glad to know that, while things have changed, group projects are as sucky as ever.
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slip-stitch @slip-stitch.bsky.social · 9h
Alert alert: four-day-old cubs on the cheetah cam Tiny potatoes 😭 nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
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Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
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gordon | 🐉🏳️‍⚧️ @beanutbuttered.bsky.social · 13h
tangling boys in nets, huh ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
a promo photo for suiatsu, with all of the skz boys sitting or standing and looking up in a blue lit space. they're all wearing blue-black clothes half of them are wearing some kind of pearl nets
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 7h
Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. No photos were taken.
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Rare albino caribou calf photographed for what might be the first time in Alaska
Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. No photos were taken.
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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 11h
Whereas I've always considered him kinda a happy, smiling lil axe-guy
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 10h
Yes. And worse: looks like it has to be explained to people who think caring for their children is, you know, somebody *else's* job. Because (alas) some parents *don't* feel this in their bones. I had one of those. :/
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Public domain! PUBLIC DOMAIN
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Jenevieve F. @empressofrobots.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Real big "but WHO could have destroyed South Galaxy" vibes, you vile fucks.
Paragas, from Dragon Ball Z Brolly saying "But who could have destoryed support for LGBTQ+ kids?" with the words "Washington Post" on his forehead.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
gadgetreview.com
One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 07/10/2026
Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.
transiticsnews.com
Democrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump Demands
The policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Riots against price gouging by the wealthy and oligarchs, fyi. youtu.be/g5bTgU9EHhs
youtu.be
The Women Led Riots They Don’t Teach You About
YouTube video by PBS Origins
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Sara “Blade” Reine @smreine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
in case anyone wants to look this up
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🥀 Serana 🥀 @serana666.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
a skeleton weightlifting with text that says “‘my body is a machine that DOESN’T work very good”
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
whoa. plot twist for the very nature of your existence
cover of TURNED GAY BY THE EXISTENTIAL DREAD THAT I MAY ACTUALLY BE A CHARACTER IN A CHUCK TINGLE BOOK featuring handsome shirtless buckaroo on the right and on the left is a swirling galaxy with a smiling face on it
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And at least 50 pregnant people with measles infecting their babies. And at least two dying.
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 06/10/2026
Enough internet for now. Off to make Art and read books 🚨📣 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ PSA/GENTLE REMINDER ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📣🚨
You seem to be doomscrolling a lot for a girl who has books to read
[Image of girl with a face mask on, holding a mug, standing in front of a lake]
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've been wondering what's actually up here for a while + you're not going to believe this but the answer is, once again, private equity. www.avclub.com/shout-factor...
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Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have been a guest at conventions where, during the pre-con walk through, my handler has pointed out the bar and mentioned how some guests are "more fun" and "get asked back," then names only men. Because a lot of female guests aren't comfortable hanging out around alcohol with strangers.
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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"
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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
blog.documentfoundation.org
Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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LazySass @lazysass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That hand went straight from Tae's ass to his lips 👄 to sending it both off to ARMY 👄👄👄
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Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Forever shouting out Marco Albiero, official Sailor Moon artist for a bunch of the more recent releases and merch, who also does pride flag edits of his art You can tell this guy's a real fan because when was the last time you saw official art of Ail and An?
Progress pride flag featuring Eternal Sailor Moon holding the Moon Power Tiare, standing in front of stripes made up of appropriately colored characters and items

White: Sailor Iron Mouse, Prince Demande, Pegasus, Helios, Silver Crystal, Queen Serenity, Artemis

Pink: An, Black Lady, Chibi Moon Compact, Sailor Chibi Moon, CereCere, Star Seed, Hawk's Eye, Disguise Pen

Light blue: Sailor Aluminum Siren, PallaPalla, Sailor Neptune, Star Seed, Sailor Star Healer, Fisheye, Viluy, Berthier

Brown: Sailor Lead Crow, Rubeus, Kenji Tsukino, Sailor Star Maker, Haruna Sakurada, Naru Osaka, Gurio Umino

Black: Sailor Tin Nyanko, Sailor Galaxia (Chaos form), Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Star Fighter, Sailor Pluto, Star Seed, Luna P, Luna

Red: Princess Kakyuu, Star Seed, Sailor Chibi Chibi, Another Star Seed, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mars's Crystal Change Rod, VesVes, Ptilol, Kaolinite, Queen Beryl

Orange: Golden Crystal, Sailor Galaxia, Star Seed, Sailor Venus, Sailor Venus's Crystal Change Rod, Tiger's Eye, Calaveras, Motoki Furuhata, Sailor V, Shingo Tsukino, Key of Space-Time

Yellow: Princess Serenity, Sailor Uranus, Star Seed, Mimete, Neo Queen Serenity, Eternal Moon Article, Orgel, Another Star Seed

Green: Star Seed, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Jupiter's Crystal Change Rod, JunJun, Tellu, Petz, Esmeraude

Blue: Star Seed, Saphir, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mercury's Crystal Change Rod, Cyprine, Ail, Ikuko Tsukino, Wiseman

Purple: Diana, Queen Nehelenia, Star Seed, Sailor Saturn, Zirconia, Mistress 9, Professor Tomoe, Koan, King Endymion
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off
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Saphire Dance @saphiredance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Finished watching Veil of Shadows. You Chi is on my list of worst makeovers ever. They did my poor weasel boy dirty
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Saphire Dance @saphiredance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I really was only going to buy one. But they have little magnets to hold hands. He had to have a friend or 3. Bets on how long it takes me to get the other 4?
Skzoo keychains
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rod Serling was a king. WWII paratrooper in “The Death Squad,” TV pioneer, LOUD critic of McCarthyism who knew his status as a war hero put him in a privileged position to call shit out. Wrote critiques of racism into his scripts, created The Twilight Zone to escape the censorship that brought on.
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Stephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
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Philadelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections
Under the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said.
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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RANKED. COMPETITIVE. POOPING.
Royal Highland Show sign that says “Toilets For Competition use only”
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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 03/10/2026
*record scratch* Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation… (reposted with alt text because this is an absolute treasure. Photo credit: Kevin Lohman @kevinlohman.bsky.social)
Professional photograph of a squirrel leaping down from a branch at a very startled-looking owl. The owl’s yellow eyes are wide as it looks over its shoulder up at the squirrel who clearly has zero regard for his own life, his mouth open as if shouting WITNESS ME, or potentially some sort of justification for this surprise attack, Inigo Montoya style. Whatever the Owl has to say in return is definitely in all caps. 

Caption reads: 
CALIFORNIA POST
California squirrel's flying attack is finalist in national wildlife photo competition
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Saphire Dance @saphiredance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Watching Shadow Punisher and so far my favorite thing has been the constables standing around going, "He clearly didn't commit the crime. But he is very suspicious."😕 Very suspicious.
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Saphire Dance @saphiredance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How many of these tiny wolf boys is too many? It's only been a few months and I already have 4.
Wolfchan skzoo plushie.
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Temecula Rises @temecularises.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... Yes and this is important info if you #vote by mail. Please spread the word.
democracydocket.com
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Jhoira's Bizarre Adventure: Sax Ball Run @saximus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On a related note,
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Alaska's News Source @alaskasnewssource.com · 02/10/2026
Late night bull moose brawl flattens fences, wreaks havoc on Anchorage yard... FULL VIDEO 👉 tinyurl.com/y988zx8f 
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.
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Saphire Dance @saphiredance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Easiest way to summon my kid is to start watching a show. As soon as it gets interesting she pops out of her room to talk to me about everything under the sun.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
you do want to see this
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026
waking up every day in 2026 like:
a construction sign on the side of the highway that says "IT'S COMING IT'S BAD"
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
do you love Ann Leckie? do you love Lois McMaster Bujold? have you somehow never read C. J. Cherryh? you have an enormous treat ahead of you in this Humble Bundle! #BookSky 💙📚
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
fundamentally, the question comes down "is war about spirit or is it about logistics?" (if you think it's entirely about the former, you're going to get your shit rocked)
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
akpub.io
Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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DrCrlsnPEJD @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Described by the director of applied science at Microsoft, another defendant in the case, as the 'largest theft of labor in human history.'” OpenAI’s co-founder and president: “Ah nice.”
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