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𖤓Demon Kitty Girl Melanie𖤓 @evelynnayyomi.bsky.social · 7h
Life has been kind of rough for a couple of months. Lost one of my jobs and the new job i got to replace it isn't paying as much. Little behind on rent and playing catch up. If anybody can help me out it'd be much appreciated. I think $600 will be enough. www.paypal.me/FallenPrinceA
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Pay Ophelia Alastor using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/FallenPrinceA and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 6h
I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind” by Jennifer Senior :
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What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the attacks. Two decades later, his loved ones are still grappling with the loss.
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○☽•adelina•☾○ @adel1na.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Qifrey on Ice ✨️ #witchhatatelier
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:
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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 05/10/2026
Mac users on mac OS 27 - we can get our disk space back and remove Apple AI! Somebody has made a tool: www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/a...
macrumors.com
Mac Users Reclaim Storage With New Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the tool disables Apple Intelligence on...
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Prism @prismreports.org · 05/10/2026
Dental care is in crisis in Gaza due to Israel's blockade on supplies, Esraa Abo Qamar reports in a new dispatch from Palestine. As Israel blocks healthcare supplies & anesthesia, patients are going without the dental care they need or living with debilitating tooth pain.
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Dental care is in crisis in Gaza due to Israel's blockade on supplies
As Israel blocks healthcare supplies and anesthesia, patients are going without the dental care they need or living with debilitating tooth pain
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026
“They took me and they threw me [like] a sheep to the back of a military Hummer. After, they made their dog attack me and bite me, and they hit me,” says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro, who was detained at a military base by Israeli soldiers for seven hours on Friday.
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 05/10/2026
Begging news media to stop making themselves unwitting NPCs in a weird cult's alternate reality game You do not need to breathlessly repeat claims that LLMs will end the world or create utopia with handwavy details or abstract philosophical arguments Ask follow-up questions or hire people who can
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/10/2026
“My big concern is that automakers love to collect data,” EFF's @Mguariglia.bsky.social told @wired.com. “With autonomous vehicles, there’s even more data to collect. And the more data they collect, the more they’re going to find reasons to sell it.”
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Your Driverless Cab Is Spying on You
Self-driving cars from Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla are studded with cameras and sensors. Some of them are pointing at riders.
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
my best friend worked at University of Mississippi at the time when nearly the entire faculty and student body was demanding the Confederate statue at the entrance be taken down but it wasn’t, because apparently the answer to Mike’s question is “a handful of very rich football families”
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Because it's buried at the bottom of the article and CNN is presenting it in a misleading way: before people worry, the "unknown" part is how the worker was exposed, the pathogen is good old fashioned Y. pestis which we understand extremely well and can treat just fine if caught early
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every year, I expect ALA to at least mention the critical importance of people in communities getting involved in library governance. Every year, it does not.
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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“They used bulldozers to clear out entire residential areas, turning our villages into completely flat, empty fields."
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heyyyyy Reactor finally let me write about middle grade science fiction, fantasy, and horror! I got a MASSIVE list for you. reactormag.com/middle-grade...
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Middle Grade SFF for Young Readers — And the Young at Heart - Reactor
Stories featuring mysterious spellbooks, dysfunctional robots, and so much more...
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Yasmine A. 🎨 @yasssarts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
here is my zine contribution featuring Re9 characters! #4//ItchyTastyFanzine #REBH30th #REBHfun available for download on: fluffy-wolfe.itch.io/4-itchy-tasty
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Artists have to get ahead of shifting online spaces CONSTANTLY Youtube changes its algorithm to favor longer content? Animators suffer. Social media pushes video content? Artists have to make videos now. Tumblr goes on a censorship purge? Artists self-censor. Now Ai is forcing us to prove we're REAL
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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CSP being pressed to take even just /kissing/ off their asset store and FA being told that plus sized characters are considered adult should be a giant waving red flag to folks. Sex workers have /always/ been right to say these policies never stop with 1 type of content. They always wanna ban more.
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Hyaha @hyaha-ha-ha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And then they kiss #residentevil2026 #residentevil #bryanhodukavich #leonkennedy #bryeon
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...
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Why We’re Stuck on the Last Ditch
Why does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel?
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People outraged by the Cornell rape case should direct some of their energy to reforming the horribly antiquated NY laws that make it especially hard to successfully prosecute the vast majority of rapes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as "victim-blaming."
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/10/2026
📦 How does the Internet Archive safely pack & ship archival materials? Proper handling matters when moving irreplaceable books & other library materials. Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Physical Archive tour. 📆 Oct 20 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Richmond, CA 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1997613506...
Jeremy Modell (right) explains how library materials are packed and shipped at the Internet Archive's physical archive. Photo by Brad Shirakawa, October 21, 2025.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Percolating a Take about how emotional immaturity (men who don't think emotions are real) leads to them embracing AI and AI-created works (no person, so no emotions) and so basically adult men with low emotional intelligence led to the AI mess we're in now.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
AI is an employee who never says no, never talks back, and who has no emotions, so you're free to be an asshole to it without consequence. Certain men have been fantasizing about this for their whole lives. They will happily burn the world down to create it.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As expected, the Supreme Court, among the new cases it took today, will be considering the Trump administration’s mandatory immigration detention policy (Rhoney v. Barbosa). This instantly becomes one of the most important cases of the term.
(ORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2026
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ORDER IN PENDING CASE
BEAIRD, KENDRICK J. V. UNITED STATES
The motion of the Solicitor General for divided
argument is granted.
CERTIORARI GRANTED
MISSIONARIES OF ST. JOHN, INC. V. FREDERIC, JOEL, ET UX.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to
Question 1 presented by the petition.
MARSCHNER, ROXANE M. V. MARSCHNER, RICHARD A.
RHONEY, ACTING DIR. V. BARBOSA DA CUNHA, RICARDO A.
The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The Supreme Court’s majority gave no reason for its literal life-and-death decision to wipe out an appeals court order issued earlier Wednesday.”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: After the Sixth Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, issued "a short stay of execution" this morning to consider Christa Pike's claims before the court, Tennessee quickly has gone to the Supreme Court seeking to vacate the stay — and allow the state to kill Pike today. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another big win for Newsom: helping abusers and governments escape the consequences of child sexual abuse
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Aura @aurahack.ca · 16/06/2026
Nona #marathon
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
I was wondering when this would happen. The Satmar's don't play about their support for Palestinians and their disdain for Zionism. They literally fight other Hasid's in the streets of Brooklyn (though not always about Gaza)!!
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Trump Tries to Deport Hasidic Jew Who Protested Israel
“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On humility, harm, "docket-management authority," and giving even the most minimal respect to lower courts. Tonight, at Law Dork how the SCOTUS majority failed tonight. www.lawdork.com/p/the-big-pr...
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The big problems with Wednesday’s SCOTUS order allowing a Tennessee execution
SCOTUS cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike over the dissent of the Democratic appointees. The order from the court’s Republican appointees is alarming on several fronts.
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Brandon O’Brien, but wearing a wolf mask @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you dig some of the things I've been writing over on my Patreon or my newsletter, you can support my work by becoming a patron, making a donation via Ko-Fi, or buying CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? wherever you prefer to get your books!
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Get more from Brandon O'Brien on Patreon
Get more from Brandon O'Brien on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $4/month. Hello! My name's Brandon O'Brien. I'm a performance poet,…
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/10/2026
even besides the obvious Ellison corruption, there is simply too much money in prediction markets for them ever to receive the kind of scrutiny they deserve they’re worming their way into everything just like crypto and AI
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Additionally, be aware of responsibility washing. See e.g. 📝 Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Cover image of Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/
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Ryan Vamps @ryanvance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026
It's happening again!!!! This Saturday is the TRANS NERD MEET UP. If you identify as trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, whatever, you are welcome. We define "nerd" super broadly: there might be games. Zeitgeist SF, 12:30 until whenever Deets/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-nerd...
TRANS NERD MEET UP: trans flag against a colorful starfield background
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Roasted Garlic & Herb Paoli @huhhowdoibluethis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
please help Katra overcome this fuckery if you are able!!
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🦇 Katra Scariello, Spooky Apple Audio 🦇🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey everyone, I'm really in a bind. I was just told earlier today that my job will be terminating me on October 13th, exactly one day before my upcoming requested paid medical leave to recover from bottom surgery. I intend to fight this in court, but I could really use some help in the meantime.
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Donate to Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery, organized by Katra Ariello
Hi, my name is Katra, and I’ve just been notified that I’ll be let go of… Katra Ariello needs your support for Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery
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Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I often get “I/we miss you on Twitter…” I left Twitter way back in 2023. Nuked my account after the last election. I don’t miss it. Don’t miss the “bigger audience”. Really don’t miss all the different flavors of Nazi & the whole D&D alignment of White supremacist sympathizers on there.
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet.
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sfonsecan @sfonsecan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Coco 💚
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