Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16h*hands over tasteful eggshell-colored business card* " Conner Q. Cordance, Esq. -- Toad Lawyer. (I'm a lawyer for toads, not a toad who is a lawyer)" 58110
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Saga, sighs queen @saga.iam.bi · 08/10/2026In case anybody wants a source for this story that *isn't* on a website using AI and doesn't read like it was written by AI, here ya go: heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...heritageheadlines.comRare West Virginia Chestnuts Sit Near a Massive AI Data Center Plan - Hopewell Heritage HeadlinesAdvocates warn that blight-surviving American chestnuts near Mason County’s former state nursery could be lost to AI data center construction. State… 3443304
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/10/2026The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related. The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.” The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.” Both are a means to an end. 411180190
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120113571
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21691931686
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position 412687561
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I never tire of “None for me, thanks, I’m driving” when turning anything down. (Best deployment: an elderly friend offered me some of her lipstick during a funeral. She absolutely lost it.) 639142
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31224490
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 03/10/2026Busan has a new resident named Bukangi, a shark who started chilling in the canals near the train station a couple weeks ago. The city has been trying all sorts of schemes to gently lead her back to the ocean but she foils every attempt and swims back and forth being admired by crowds of fans. 3419143
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 46147432796
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*La la la driving until I am stopped by a construction queue* *look around* *double take at the giant hand rising out of the corn* Oh! It’s a tree covered in vines and not the emergence of an elder god! Whew 2539954
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Moth mural is happening now!! So excited to see this project come to life oh. my. GOD. 1654669
🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂 @thewildgarden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s only ‘mind-boggling’ if you’ve been living with your eyes and ears closed tight for the last 2.5 years. 010
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 18181471772
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Macklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelypastemagazine.comMacklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelyThe rapper's three-day tour includes stops in Dublin, Paris, and London, all scheduled for the last week of October. 6860201264
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We took the protest to an event where we knew the Drexel board would be tonight and I blasted a bullhorn directly into the door crack of the gathering, disrupting the event 💅 Drexel President Anthony Merlo was supposed to be there but a person slipped to us that he canceled 👀 gosh I wonder why. 2053642
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Ben Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026that chatbot doing that unsafe/violative thing is not it 'going rogue' or an 'unfortunate incident of unintended consequences,' it’s the logical and devastating consequences of an unsafe product put out by irresponsible companies that have been conditioned to believe consequences dont exist for them 7790253
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents 382473528
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 15/06/2026"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole". 19539176
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026arstechnica.comUS being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. 1526567
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unfortunately I have never seen a bear in the wild so I don’t have any photos to celebrate Fat Bear Week. This will have to do (Groundhog) #mammals 🌿 1334433
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"James Heneghan, a 33-year-old Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy, was arrested Thursday morning on a warrant charging him with 441 counts of intimidation, official misconduct and fraud. Detectives allege that Heneghan made over 6,190 searches between Dec. 2024 and March 2026..."fox59.comIndiana sheriff’s deputy allegedly used Flock cameras to track wife, ex-girlfriendGREENFIELD, Ind. — A central Indiana sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on accusations that he misused Flock cameras, conducting over 6,000 illegal searches. He now faces over 400 felony char… 310835
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026can't believe the car that runs on millions of tiny explosions transmitting energy through a complex series of oily metal parts doesn't last as long as the one that's four wheels attached to a battery 14602123
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's another fun fact: The clotting inhibitor in vampire bat saliva is named "Draculin". 🦇🧛♂️ Because scientists are all nerds.🤓 414428
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396432563
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sometimes a drug trip is a profound experience where you realize that you’ve been carrying pain in your heart for years, that you can forgive yourself. Other times you come up with a concept called “gay money” (money that’s gay) and you text your friend “gay money” days later. Both are healing. ❤️🩹 604164574
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm really sad about the death of one of my favorite wikipedia editors so here's a thread of some of the greatest articles he wrote 81675316
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 22/09/2026Recently a group of history lovers went on a proper Medieval pilgrimage! They walked 21km, from Uppsala to Alsike! All in accurate clothing, with superb replica props, etc. Photos by Cajsa Lithell More here: www.facebook.com/media/set?va... 1862888
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!! 5213204
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s. 1041694
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm 431632459
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Saw one man hosing down one of those long-necked scooper machines (a backhoe?), while the man operating the machine maneuvered it back and forth, and while I know logically it was just two dudes cleaning a machine, it looked like the long necked digging creature was reveling in the joy of a shower. 829223
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparationsinquirer.comA Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in GermantownGreen Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners. 222125312871
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂feef @feefal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Inspired by a recent interaction 192214135256
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026GEFILTE PHISHING 10569011210
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 485297767666
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected 3030991153
🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂 @thewildgarden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I wonder if part of the increase in ADHD medication (not symptoms/diagnosis!) is due to the increase in aloneness/separateness in society. Entirely anecdotal, but I function much better when other people are around. 100
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 12/09/2026An absolutely incredible development here. This leg would have been unimaginable just a few short years ago. (Original post by @science.org on instagram) 17702241
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/09/2026Wow, how did they make $40 billion dollars worth of software in a few weeks? That’s amazing. 1022142
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 11/09/2026 1991804471
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/09/2026This is the founder of Silk Road – which enabled international drugs trafficking on an industrial scale, among other things – speaking at President Trump's midterm convention (after getting a pardon from him), because lol nothing matters. 952439838
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights. 149107961820
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10/09/2026it is such a simple thing, but i LOVE the auto numbering of posts in a thread 131778
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Uggi wants you to know that although he’s wearing a cute little woollen sweater he’s still very fearsome 🧵 112538
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m not great at “promoting things.” I’d rather be out with the birds, covered in feathers, taking care of rehab cases, and sketching designs with a mug of tea. But we made something I’m really proud of, and I wanted to share it with you. We just added 19 new designs: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 🪶 6359162
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Modern remotes modulate the infrared signal at around 40 khz because the first optical remotes used receiver circuitry that was adapted from the acoustic receivers. So in a sense, they are still with us. 833691
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026its like the recurring joke I make about why Toyota can't use the most arguably impressive user story about their products in advertising 630856
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 461285797
Reposted by 🍂Autumnal Roskva🍂s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker. 72191541