Reposted by figCoach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 4hI have my great great great grandfathers diary in my possession - he drew this in 1845. There were no photos so he drew what he saw. I am sharing Henry T Whinfield’s art for the first time ever to the world. This is a world debut. 1338681
Reposted by figDeus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monster · 15hLate #5MinArt today! How about a SWINGSET today? Post it here when you’re done if you want, all mediums and skill levels welcome! 372
Reposted by figThe Olympian @theolympian.com · 01/10/2026The state seismologist explains why some didn’t feel the quake, which rose to the level where it should be “widely felt.”bit.lyYesterday’s earthquake was a 4.2. Why did some in the area not feel it?The state seismologist explains why some didn’t feel the quake, which rose to the level where it should be “widely felt.” 012
Reposted by figThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows... 184110892096
Reposted by figHelen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What in the name of all that's holy is happening here? 🤦♀️ 64612
Reposted by figWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option. 71264314
Reposted by figEarl Grey Memes Club @earlgreymemes.club · 30/09/2026Happy 35th Anniversary to "Darmok" 1239799
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So I don't want to jinx myself but I'm kind of in the process of unfucking my silly little life habits and I'm actually doing pretty well? 0190
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I spent a nonzero number of minutes reading a weeded book today, which was the vital statistics for the yar I was born in this state and I was one of only like 600 births in my county in my birth year 🤘🏻 141
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My dad just casually dropped that he went to high school with someone who turned out to be a serial killer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_P...en.wikipedia.orgDonna Perry (serial killer) - Wikipedia 040
Reposted by figBex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD. 101720446
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I slept for about 10 hours last night and wow did I ever need that 1120
Reposted by fig🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The actual curse of AI is that AI is treating EVERYONE the way we ( as a collective) Have allowed these same places to treat women , Black people , disabled people, queer people And We pretend it’s new or on a short timeline rather than compounded by the centuries of knowledge we stole 06010
Reposted by figLee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SO much love for the covid cautious spaces that maintain their shared principles under enormous pressure to capitulate. When organizers commit to accessibility they send the message that the participation of disabled agitators is understood as critical. 230878
Reposted by figLee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Let’s not forget that the precautions we associate with Covid (clean air, PPE like masks) were *lessons* more of us learned in the earlier stages of the pandemic. Lessons that, applied, can protect from many other viral illnesses and create greater access for immunocompromised people. 218426
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I made a very good dinner and it was so good I didn't even pause to take a photo But I'm thanking past me for making up and freezing a batch of roasted vegetable pasta sauce 080
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not YouTube serving up silly shit about perimenopause Look you don't know me just because I'm watching videos at 3:30in the morning about Kelly Clarkson and getting more fiber 070
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good grief, I was so sure I was going to get a good night's sleep. My kid woke me up to tell me his tooth fell out - glad for him but also it scared the crap out of me. Then husband came home from a late event and now I'm just ... awake. Hungry. 020
Reposted by figWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Daily bunny no.3452 can hear the bustle of the city 132316425
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I wish there was a way to enjoy being asleep. Not the way you feel in bed before or after but during the act itself. Like, it feels so good to be asleep right now! 170
Reposted by figKevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools? 1072261535
Reposted by figWork in Progress @khs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026See, the thing is, when you're watching The Long Hot Summer, you have to periodically sing out 🎵 THE LOOOOOONG HOT SUMMERRRRR 🎵 so the movie knows you're watching it. 111
Reposted by figWork in Progress @khs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every movie should open with a 1950s crooning title song declaring the film's name. 121
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I love that someone just randomly liked this post exactly a year later 160
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I haven't had a period in many weeks, which is cool because menopause is so close! but I know it's coming because I am So Mad at Everything I Could Scream 290
Reposted by figJeremy @floregonian.com · 26/09/2026Tell me something that brought you joy this week. Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better. 53518
Reposted by figAnna Daviscourt @annadaviscourt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you see this, post some cats 81420391
Reposted by figJess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There are prayer mats at the reference desk, free to borrow. The kits contain compasses. 2343
Reposted by figRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization. 292397729
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Say you're cooking something like pancakes where each one comes out a little different, and you're making it for yourself and at least one other person. Do you: -Take the "best" one for yourself? -Give the "best" one to your partner/kid/etc? 960
Reposted by figGale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Oh boy. Okay. I am going to respond earnestly and genuinely, because I totally understand why this would seem like a contrary concept! Many librarians, educators, and guardians want to encourage their kids to read more, but don't see how graphic novels might help. Let's talk about it! 826491
Reposted by figMedusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Besides, the top spot always belongs to a Star Trek, i don’t really care which one 3252
Reposted by figMedusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OKAY important shit’s done, now we can focus on the *real* business of the day :cracks knuckles: Let’s obliterate this fucking liststatic.klipy.comStar Trek: MhmmAlt: Star Trek: Bones and Kirk nodding at each other on a loop 12411311
Reposted by figfig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is why I don't really debate people who say it's good for x or y. It might be? But I know for a fact that doing the thing ourselves is good, it's good for our brain, and it's good for our social ties. And it's usually good for many things at once instead of being good for one task at a time. 0153
Reposted by figMara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Took a spontaneous day off. Long walk around Boom/Nicollet Islands, downtown. Trees and just starting to turn. I love my city. 💜🍁🍂 1341
Reposted by figLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Would you feel the same about a hot coffee? Why is it specifically iced coffee that’s a problem? Is it because it’s coded as feminine/gay? So many questions raised here 131994
Reposted by figLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The iced coffee at a job interview discourse is just absolutely baffling me. Why in the world would anyone care? It’s not like they showed up with a beer or offered you a joint. If you wouldn’t care if they showed up with it to work, why would you care if they showed up with it to the interview? 2130716
Reposted by figDeus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monster · 25/09/2026Ok I’m remembering #5MinArt today! Vacation made it hard! Anyway how about drawing a RADISH? All skill levels and mediums welcome, post it here when you’re done if you want! 142
Reposted by figJessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026bear is my fav #art #illustration 4598174
Reposted by figJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892923064
Reposted by figPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GenAI users: I am so fucking productive now, I am programming things naught but gods would dream of, I- Every single genAI CEO: well, it's like you- no one, I mean, really needs to read nowadays, right? Btw I don't remember whether you wipe before or after pooping 2954107
Reposted by figPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GenAI evangelists: there is no deskilling. You become as a god, a machine god, you- Every GenAI CEO: no one needs to know how to read and also I don't know how to put my pants on anymore 21258206
Reposted by figPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026People were like no, using genAI doesn't deskill you. And then *all* the CEO's started announcing that not only is deskilling the explicit goal, but then they brag that they don't know how to toast a poptart 21335228
Reposted by figPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 113060981