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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

@rickyftw.bsky.social my other half has been spending some time messing around with Labubus in his art and couldn't help himself after watching yesterday's episode. He's been making all kinds of weird stuff like this. I call them Labozos.

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Sometimes even I forget that I still make art. #WIP #Ink

A blue fish lays on my studio table with fresh blobs of blue and purple ink ready to be pushed out into more feathery fins.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

You are fantastic. You are a moment of profound realization. You are the resilience of a water bear. You are a gothic film with practical effects. You are a labyrinth formed of ancient hedges, populated by eldritch hedgehogs and talking capybaras in top hats.

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Fascist regimes thrive on propaganda, fear, and the erosion of critical thought. By reclaiming the narrative through verified information and public discourse, societies can resist normalization of authoritarian control and preserve civic freedoms.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Just a reminder that America will in fact crush fascism. It will take a while and it will be messy. But bet on it.

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This is genocide. There is no die process. This treatment is intentionally dehumanizing. The people making the Hitler comparisons are right.

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old tom @yuckytom.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

cut my stress into pieces at this spa & resort meditation; slow breathing did a cold plunge and the water was freezing

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard. Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.

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L. Lacerta Winters 🏴🪳 ΘΔ @antarcticempire.net · 17/03/2025

Eyes always On the trees That your love is not lost I want to say It will outlast them all Dig roots into the Earth below Let them die by Their own hands This will Still be here Will we? I always wonder How near the end we are And keep my Eyes forever locked On the nectar in These roots #poetry

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/03/2025

On the subject of people traveling to the US right about now: Fuck, if I were from another country and I didn't need to come, I sure as hell wouldn't, the current administration has made it clear traveling here isn't safe, and why not take them at their word, there's a whole world to visit

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Peach themed works in progress.

A jellyfish with a peach body and green and brown tentacles.

The contrast between the tentacles and body are meant to evoke the contrast of ripeness and decay, the way we can be full of ourselves in our prime, but reaching and grasping when we are not our best.

This jelly is taking in water for propulsion, the collar tall and visible beneath the shroud of its body.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10/03/2025

It’s hard to reconcile the “they’ll go after ideologies they don’t like next” talk with the fact they’ve been openly targeting a whole suite of them associated with Black scholarship already. They’ve already threatened to defund any university teaching critical race theory. Why doesn’t that count?

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Tired of businesses making things where it’s like “if you don’t have time for lunch, Sponk is a full meal replacement drink” first of all fuck you I want time for lunch

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My poodle puppy is 8 months old this week. She has taught herself to set traps. I walked into the kitchen last night and whispered, "Clever girl."

The doorway between my kitchen and porch is obstructed by a gallon of Dawn dish liquid (which she pushed at least 8 inches to tighten the gap in the doorway, smart little bitch), and her favorite stuffed duck.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines
Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them.
By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 08/03/2025

Viktor Frankl speaks about “attitudinal freedoms” - when life or history or oppression curtails other freedoms the one freedom that always remains is the freedom to locate your values and attempt to live up the them.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 08/03/2025

Somebody somewhere Needs an endless field of flowers tonight

Alpine field filled with every type and color flower imaginable.

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Bethany C Morrow @bethanycmorrow.com · 04/03/2025

Are you watching every new horror and asking WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING? Turn on the State of the People 24hr Livestream, beloved. The organization, the knowledge, the energy. Get informed! Get educated! Get engaged! #stateofthepeople www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It's officially release day for dear @shvetathakrar.bsky.social's beautiful DIVINING THE LEAVES! ATL area, she's doing a great event in conversation w/ @runwithskizzers.bsky.social @ Little Shop of Stories, 7pm! Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/shveta-tha... Book: littleshopofstories.com/book/9780063...

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Shveta Thakrar with Preeti Chhibber - Divining the Leaves!

Shveta Thakrar and Preeti Chhibber come together for one magical night all about Divining the Leaves!

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Tonight, no Senate Democrats voted for the ban on trans girls and young women participating in sports, and it failed cloture. The prevailing reasoning was far less about trans equality and far more about preventing genital exams of girls and young women. Don't be surprised when the GOP tries again.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/03/2025

Yep. Warned everyone. Privatization of everything is coming.

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Mary R Morrow @marymorrow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Right 👇🏾👏🏾😊

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

So I've been doing some research into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the real motivations. The problem is it's not something you can explain in 10 seconds. It's long, complicated and goes back hundreds of years. So I'm creating a series of WhiteBoard Explainer videos.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Turkish Straits are crucial to Russia, both economically and militarily. To Putin and Russia, control over the Turkish Straits is vital. And to them, whoever controls the Black Sea controls the Straits, and whoever controls Crimea controls the Black Sea. That's why they invaded Ukraine.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Sigh... [places needle back on record player] This would be a great time for all national Democratic leaders to get together and offer something in the way of a coherent plan, some kind of vision for what the party should be doing right now.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/03/2025

It is impossible to reconcile Microsoft's dramatic 1GW+ pullback on data center buildouts with the idea that there is massive growth in generative AI. It suggests that Microsoft believes they have the capacity to meet demand - and that said demand isn't very large. www.wheresyoured.at/power-cut/

One might argue that Microsoft’s reduction in capacity buildout is just a sign that OpenAI is moving its compute elsewhere, and while that might be true, here’re some questions to ask:

Microsoft still sells access to OpenAI’s API through Azure. Does it not see the growth in that product to support data center expansion?
Microsoft still, one would assume, makes money off of OpenAI’s compute expenses, right? Or is that not the case due to the vast (75%) discount that OpenAI gets on using its services?
Microsoft making such a material pullback on data center expansion suggests that the growth in generative AI products, both those run on Microsoft’s servers and those sold as part of Microsoft’s products, do not have the revolutionary growth-trajectory that both CFO Amy Hood and CEO Satya Nadella have been claiming, and this is deeply concerning, while also calling into concern the viability of generative AI as a growth vehicle for any hyperscaler.

If I am correct, Microsoft is walking away from not just the expansion of its current data center operations, but from generative AI writ large. I actually believe it will continue selling this unprofitable, unsustainable software, because the capacity it has right now is more than sufficient to deal with the lack of demand.

It is time for investors and the general public to begin demanding tangible and direct numbers on the revenue and profits related to generative AI, as it is becoming increasingly obvious that the revenues are small and the profits are non-existent. A gigawatt of capacity is huge, and walking away from that much capacity is a direct signal that Microsoft’s long term plans do not include needing a great deal of compute.

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This is absolutely the truth!!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/03/2025

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Trump and Musk are doing a $350 billion pump and dump with your tax money. Trump’s “Crypto Reserve” is a money laundering scheme and you are being robbed blind.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Your daily horoscope: Today you will feel like a pine tree - tall and proud from a distance, but up close you're rough, prickly, and quite sticky.

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Some photos from last week's reception for the Arts Council of Rockland show, Celebrating the Women of ACOR.

From left, me, my other half Erin, and Kelly Ruby an absolute powerhouse of arts facilitation and administration here in Rockland County. I can't imagine ACOR without her.

My other half Erin and I engage in creative technical discussion with one of our favorite friends amd collaborators, artist Kris Campbell.

From left to right: Kris, Erin, myself.

A little bit of forced perspective helps Erin to put me in frame with my piece, Morning (12x12 ink on Polyethylene, $535).

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Lauren Morrill @laurenmorrill.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If I can alt text stupid pictures of my dog then professional journalists can alt text their text-based screenshots

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I don't think MAGAs understand. If WW3 kicks off because of Putin and Trump, your kids aren't going to get drafted to go fight AGAINST Russia. Putin's military is so depleted that Trump is gonna ship them off to Moscow to be Putin's army. The bad guys. American kids are gonna be the Nazis.

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

A poodle pup to brighten the timeline.

Poodle Princess Katie-beans lays on the kitchen floor, her bangs flared up in the air to reveal one brightly sparkling eye, a little smirk on her bearded lips. I tell her all the time she's the bestest bearded lady.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

New York stands with Ukraine. #3E #USprotests #StandWithUkraine

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.** One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

So we’re seeing people protesting this disassembling of the federal government, here is an opportunity for democratic leadership to explain voters who are obviously very nervous about how they are going to TRY and protect them from these cuts

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

18f.org

We're not done yet | 18F

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Melissa Weiland @thenerdymel.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The first thing a friend and I said to each other after yesterday's display of narcissistic ranting is that we would face international consequences for behaving so poorly. Deservedly. And so, they begin:

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