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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 08/09/2026

Status report, "Still On #Sale!" dep't: Young #wizards! In a universe that's diverse. Inclusive. And free of, uh, deeply toxic personality issues and magacorporate entanglements. 😏Buy the 9-volume box set direct from the author and save! ebooks.direct/products/you... #ebooks (& feel free to repost!)

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YW New Millennium 9-Volume Box Set

Our New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ...

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Not quite as wondrous, but I had to grab this quaint portrait of Queen Mary of Teck, wife of George V, before turning off this AI slop channel specializing in regurgitating endless reworkings of Edward VIII's abdication crisis. I repeat, Queen Mary of Teck, grandma of Queen Elizabeth.

It's a portrait of Mary Tudor, aka Bloody Mary, sister of Queen Elizabeth I, not grandma of Queen Elizabeth II. only about 400 years too early!

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Unfortunately, that amendment expects the cabinet he appointed to oust him, on the assumption truly terrible president would still appoint people with integrity. Where did THAT bright idea come from?

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled doomscrolling and tributes to some really great humans for an obscure bit of #DoctorWho humor from one of the kids traumatized by "Earthshock": Adric nobly sacrifices himself to clear away the dinosaurs for the sake of Tegan's ancestors...or does he?

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

what war? According to the Constitution, Congress has to declare war. Trump himself refused to count some of the military deaths several months ago as part of his "war" because he said the "war" was over.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

i have to admit i'm looking at Tropical Storm Dolly in the Atlantic right now — name chosen years ago; it's just amazing synchronicity — wishing there were some way she could stay a nuisance Cat 3 just offshore but OOPS drop a tornado on one particular Florida resort.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Katy Manning (complete with urchin smile and ratty hair) is announced as Dr Who's next assistant. Daily Mirror (8th August 1970)

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The domestication of humans by cats (WIP)

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And on the off chance anyone like me was wondering where to donate to First Nation evacuees devastated by the fires up north, one of the neighboring tribes set up a fundraiser. This org is registered on Canada Helps, so they’re real: www.canadahelps.org/en/organisme... an7gc.ca/donate/

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DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity

Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or CanadaHelps.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

also many of the veg-eating people getting sick oppose the fascist-in-chief, although at this point i don’t blame the world for considering every USian equally culpable since we haven’t deposed him. Anyway, good luck avoiding the latest sh*t from down here.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mirabile visu (I was going to write “you didn’t”, but it appears you absolutely did)

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

and as usual poor and marginalized people without access to money, information, or good indoor jobs bear the brunt of the health hazard. That said, if you are in a position to afford them, $99 Pur Enrichment PureZone 3-in-1 air purifiers have saved my asthmatic mom and me terrible California fires.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I cannot recommend n95 and kn95 masks enough. I've covered enormous wildfires multiple times throughout my career (southern california reporter) and they have saved my ass time and again. Remember, burning houses also means burning household chemicals

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🫡 I hail your humorously symbolic prowess. On the eve of Nov 5 2024, I found a takeout place to order Orange Chicken and left a votive lit under my orange juicer. Alas, my powers of woo were not up to the task.

photo of a lit votive candle on the bricks in front of a fireplace between the feet of a sturdy metal kitchen appliance, shaped to be place over a glass or mug like a coffee maker. In place of water reservoir and coffee filter is a chonky metal hemispherical cap over a simple conical juicer attachment meant to hold half an orange over a cup or glass. A metal swing atm like a slot machine brings the cap pressing down to crush the fruit against the strainer.
murky orange lighting has been applied by a filter.

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Klaatu Prime @blackhelicopter.org · 12/07/2026

Quite the legacy you've left, Senator Graham.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Halloo Great Space Knower and Uranus Expert, I hate to waggle one of the Infinite Distressing Things to Care About all on a Sunday eve, but perhaps some of your many followers have the stamina to comment on this proposed federal rule (24 hours left) open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

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"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist

The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

@keithedwards.bsky.social @lincolnproject.us Everyone comment at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... if you think the fed gov should not force every hospital, scientist, college, nonprofit, and public institution in the country to reject trans people or lose funding open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

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"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist

The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

LEFT: America celebrates its 200th birthday on the Mall with Gerald Ford as president. RIGHT: America celebrates its 250th birthday on the Mall with Donald Trump as president.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Open for comment until June 15. Reminder that the triumphal arch is a symbol of imperialism & conquest; modeled on the Arch of Titus depicting the sack of Jerusalem. The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoleon to celebrate his victories, although later altered. dadbriefs.com/p/the-arc-de...

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The Arc de Trump: A Field Guide to Resisting the Proposed Washington Arch

And How to Comment Before June 15

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing

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Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today's #PrideMonth portrait (by me) is of the incomparable Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992). Marlene was a German-American singer and actor whose career spanned seven decades. Starting out in the cabarets and drag clubs of 1920s Berlin, she soon began to star in silent movies. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring network 900+ sensors tracking climate currents, fishery health, ocean carbon absorption, and coastal flooding along the East Coast. Ships go out in June to start pulling it up. Congress funded it twice after Trump

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I need to take another photo when the paint's dry so it's not reflecting ceiling lights, but last week I finished a portrait of my big ol' buddy Pumpkin who passed away two years ago, age 19. #oilpainting #myart #catportrait

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I finally broke down and replaced my 40-yr-old dying range and dishwasher, tried to AVOID smart home tech as best I could, and both appliances' "manuals" (such as they are) are basically half a page of text scattered between multiple QR codes I'm supposed to scan to find out how to use them. 🤬

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

If your business requires me to download yet another app to use it, odds are pretty good at this point I am not going to use your business. It's like a part-time job at this point. Enough.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Definitely. I'm always baffled by climate change deniers who think we can't affect air when everything they lay eyes on is human-altered. Lakes, hills, soil, biome— can they even visualize what was there before? Even N America's dirt is profoundly different due to introduced earthworms.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My cats, long train journeys and breakfast on the Southwest Chief, California poppies and Spaaaaace (and my unistellar telescope that makes it look like I know what I'm doing)

Photo of two cats, brown and white and black and white, snoozing on a bed, sprawled on either side of what is obviously a human leg or legs under the blankets.

photo inside a train private compartment with a scrumptious-looking breakfast of bacon, french toast, strawberries and eggs laid out, a sunny scene of the Great Plains outside the window.

Photo of California hillside covered in orange poppies. (own photo, as are all of these)

Astrophoto of Orion Neba seen through unistellar telescope. Amazingly, taken by pool at LAX Marriott right next to airport! Stacking is the GOAT.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

If Democrats had the political instincts and media machine Republicans do, in 48 hours 95% of Americans would know Andrew Paul Johnson's name and be LIVID that the government is getting ready to give him some of your tax money

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hey internet! You know how you love to be mad? Well now is a great time to put that skill to use and contact the FCC.

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🎃 Found Star Trek Episodes 🎃 @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

#StarTrekTNG "Heads Will Roll" Troi leads an away team of fellow telepaths to negotiate a ceasefire between factions in a psionic war. At Guinan's 80's costume party, Worf and Riker can feel it coming in the air tonight. Transporter chief: Diane Duane.

A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:

Katsulas) and his Martian Squad investigate an alien infiltration of the Chicago mob in this space-themed reboot of the 50's series.

7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
Troi leads an away team of fellow telepaths to negotiate a ceasefire between factions in a psionic war. At Guinan's 80's costume party, Worf and Riker can feel it coming in the air tonight. Transporter chief: Diane Duane.

[SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Action/Sci-Fi; 2 hrs.
“Mr. Clean: Oil Spill Avenger.” Jason Statham.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A primary source! Mirabile dictu! And thank you, that looks like an excellent candidate for bedtime audiobook, assuming he's not so fascinating he merits the anti snooze button. (Shakes a fist at several historians)

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

First Tumblr's mad scientists + #lotr fandom brought us the Eyestalks of Legolas - www.tumblr.com/sepdet/77955... Then Ent Palm Trees became the new Winged Balrog debate (the comics are great) - www.tumblr.com/sepdet/81693... Now I'm adding my humble contribution: The Prototaxites of Cuiviénen.

Loose digital ink doodle on black background. White glowy stars scattered across top third, pale blue shimmery curved outline of lake to the right, 5 weird brown columns with rounded tops, possibly treetrunks with no branches, are scattered around shore on left.

Two small green stick figures with simply-drawn robes, pointed ears, and long hair colored blonde and silver respectively stand on either side of one of the pillar-trees, looking up at it.

The same Elvish letter is written over each of their heads in reddish-brown calligraphy. If you look up a chart of Tolkien's Tengwar alphabet and writing, it's a question mark.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Gack, I gave him Brent Spiner's nose. Sometimes one really needs to step away and come back later. However! I only started this because the grisaille for another painting wasn't dry, so he'll have to wait.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

PS the funny thing is that when I was an art history TA, I heard the story attached to Michaelangelo (establishing his credentials to paint the Sistine Chapel), while just last week, someone in my studio ascribed it to Vermeer, of whom I'd started a study. I made no comment. 😉 I love folklore. (WIP)

Cropped version of Vermeer's "Astronomer" showing a young scholar l in academic robes seated at a desk reaching across his books and papers to grasp a Renaissance-period globe depicting the constellations as if seen from the outside of the heavenly sphere. A close examination reveals Vermeer's rendering of the globe's perimeter is nowhere near circular, and shadows can't account for the discrepancy.

Art study. Black and white tone painting, aka grisaille, of the preceding painting. The details need some correction and refinement.

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

That took far longer than it should have (20 minutes) although I missed saving one before this

red hand-drawn circle with very slight irregularities, perfect green dashed circle overlaying it on black background, below in large letters the white word "circle," red "98%", and faintly below that in small gray italics "draw your own at mino.mobi.com"

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Has anyone ever told him he's part of the American government?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We don’t talk enough about how the Trump admin has just removed women and people of color from all the front lines of government.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 04/05/2026

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

Crescent Earth and some delicious lens flare

The Moon eclipsing the Sun, with the corona and zodiacal light forming a diffuse glow behind the satellite

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Okay, this is what I came here to repost. Diane Duane is usually one of the helpers, but she could use some extra support right now, both on a personal level and a more pragmatic one. Here's her ebooks store: ebooks.direct

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Ebooks Direct from SF & fantasy writers Diane Duane and Peter Morwood

Looking for sf and fantasy ebooks by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood? Look here first!

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Why is the ghost of King Stephen haunting the US Consumer Products Safety Commission (although I suppose technically at age 5 William Marshal was no longer a baby)

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

oh honey (gives mr. bag head a gentle Fandom Auntie hug and slips him the cbd cream)

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

Terry and Rhianna Pratchett dressed up for the launch of Dodger in 2012.

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

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Udongein Lapislazuli @lunaraurizen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If Babylon 5 was as big as Star Wars I imagine we would had gotten books with pages like this. As an artist, I can try making them reality in a way. I hope you enjoy! Babylon 5 is a great show with an expansive expanded universe. It is great stuff. #babylon5 #scifiart #spaceship #scifi

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Naming your biology LLM after Rosalind Franklin is… hell is not hot enough

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Ellen Bryn @sepdet.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

You ain't wrong. Also yet another case of Weirdly Celtic Jesus made more blatant by the subliminal WASP prejudices which cause the devil to be depicted with more eastern mediterranean/semitic/near eastern features than a guy from Bethlehem.

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