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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 12h
Dropped in to see him/her in @nmireland.bsky.social National Museum of Ireland Country Life Turlough Park, Co Mayo recently. The Irish Hallowe’en ur-turnip from Baile na Finne, Co Donegal, getting ready to carve one again for October 31st #Samhain
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bean baguette @thebeanbaguette.bsky.social · 3h
Skarrsinger Karmelita made for @desertbus.org Craft-Along 2026. Needle felted and pose-able, with magnetic weapons, an adjustable stand, and a loyal Skarr Scout at her side…I had so much fun making this and looking forward to #DB2026!
Photo of a needle felted art doll of Skarrsinger Karmelita from Hollow Knight: Silksong on a wooden railing with greenery in the background. She is leaning forward poised for an attack, wielding two blades attached with magnets!Photo of a needle felted art doll of Skarrsinger Karmelita from Hollow Knight: Silksong on a wooden railing with greenery in the background, facing away from the camera to show her dress, which has wire boning for posing. A photo of the smaller Skarr Scout in the same environment, a needle felted little guy, not poseable, weapons glued in, but forever loyal, forever fierce >:3c
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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 17h
A person detained in Northwest Detention Center contacted us. He asked us to share his story of the violence he faced at the hands of ICE. Every detained person has a story. Every person detained by ICE must be freed. #AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 16h
It’s wild that no other media outlet besides the Mercury is covering the Dan Ryan text saga…like, these lobbyists were calling councilors of color racial epithets. They called me a burrito. Meanwhile there were ten million stories about daddy gate, but crickets on this? Disparity in standards
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charuto diet do vorcaro @samdell.bsky.social · 17h
this is the gayest shit i've seen in my life #Gaming
A screenshot from the video game Hollow Knight Silksong, depicting a 2D animated cutscene. It shows a field of white roses as seen from below, with a bronze cane with a half-moon handle stuck on the ground.Lace, an anthropomorphic being rests on the floor, amidst the roses. She's draped in entirely white garments, only her black face and white eyes exposed. She seems peaceful.She stands, now the scene on a 2D plane viewing both her and the protagonist, Hornet, another being wearing a red dress and wielding a sharp needle as a weapon. she also has a white mask, with two pointy horns, covering her face.

They stand across each other, on the field of roses, Hornet on the left staring at Lace, who has her back turned. White petals float in the air.Lace turns her head back to face Hornet, one hand on top of her cane, the other resting on her cheek. Despite the minimalist expression, she seems overjoyed. White petals float behind her.
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 18h
A Multnomah County judge ordered Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve evidence on his personal phone until an ongoing public records lawsuit is resolved. “This is not a game of cat and mouse," Judge David Rees said. "There are some indications that those games are being played, and it has to stop today."
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Portland Councilor Dan Ryan Must Preserve All Phone Records, Court Says - Portland Mercury
A Multnomah County judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction requiring Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve evidence on his personal phone and other devices until an ongoing public reco...
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 18h
Ohhh ideas! It’s their acrobatic melee combat that keeps me coming back, I want them to stick with that. I find tools in Silksong boring, but love Clawline for how it complements both movement and melee combat. I want more experimentation like that. And I want PvP 😈
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 18h
hehe I’m glad you made sure to note her funny laugh
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Great Tunes Radio @greattunes.net · 21h
#nowplaying اديش كان في ناس - فيروز جودة عالية / Adesh kan fi nas - Fairuz Streaming live on greattunes.net.
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اديش كان في ناس - فيروز جودة عالية / Adesh kan fi nas - Fairuz
اديش كان في ناس - فيروز جودة عالية / Adesh kan fi nas - Fairuz
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John Duda @johnduda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And I got to tell the story of the Baltimore worker co-op ecosystem that has grown from a couple of scrappy DIY projects like @redemmas.org into something that has deployed tens of millions of dollars in non-extractive investment seedcommons.org/projects/an-...
seedcommons.org
An ecosystem for economic democracy | Seed Commons
Repairing neighborhoods and creating cooperatives in Baltimore, Maryland
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 21h
"The notion that we can still build — that a livable future is possible, and that our own actions play a role in making it happen — is key to imagining beyond the death-making status quo."
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 21h
update: per a hearing today Oscar Belgal was detained overnight in Elizabeth NJ and is now being held in Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as his attorneys push for his release. he is still in pain and apparently has a bullet still in his body.
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wrote about Christa Pike, and the urgency of our mandate to dismantle the prison-industrial complex and grow the world we need. Let's push ourselves to imagine and build the life-affirming vision that abolishes death penalties of all kinds. truthout.org/articles/we-...
truthout.org
We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder
Let’s build a world in which the torture of Christa Pike — or anyone — is unthinkable.
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Kwaneta Harris @kwanetaharris.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Nobody has to prove they understand the Exodus story to eat matzo. But you’d better be ready to define land-based worship on command if you want to smudge sage or wear your hair in a way that honors your ancestors."
kwanetaharris.substack.com
Faith in Prison Comes With a Test—But Only If You’re Indigenous
There’s a question I can’t stop asking, and Texas prison officials have never given me an answer that survives contact with common sense.
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bilewater is optional for GMS, but then you’re missing the best song of the game :0 (no I 100% don’t blame you for wanting to skip it lol)
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Action” implies an emphasis on combat, right? The combat is my favorite part, same with the first game. Does the combat detract from the exploration or narrative for you? Like how does the action aspect change the genre? I remember playing Metroid 20 years ago and wishing it had better combat.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Maybe it‘s just me and what pumps me up, but I‘m motivated by Octavia E. Butler saying, “We are trash if we don’t write. We‘re good for nothing if those words aren‘t down.”
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And as was made clear during testimony at city hall today, business isn’t a monolith either. Commerce is human nature, and how we practice it defines our communities and relationships. Portland is filled with business owners who want a better way, we just need to organize. Today brought me hope.
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
lmaooo I feel you on the diagonal pogo, literally the first thing I do during my normal non-speed runs is save up 500 rosaries so I can buy the first simple key and go get the Wanderer’s crest before I even fight the bell beast
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yeah. 4:20 pm. Right near the Marble Hill train station which is 225th Street in the Bronx. If you were at the tip of Manhattan and crossed the Harlem River into the Bronx, that's where it is. Witnesses say they heard 7 gunshots and it was a man and his baby in the back of a car. The man is alive.
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Person shot during interaction with ICE agents in Marble Hill
A person was shot during an interaction with ICE agents in Manhattan on Thursday.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From accountants, to musicians, coffee and bagel shops, artists, business alliances, unions, faith leaders, and experts, we heard overwhelmingly supportive testimony for the Fair Share Tax today. It was loud and clear that Portlanders are ready for City Council to pass this, now let's get it done.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is escalating his attacks on critics of artificial intelligence, accusing former President Barack Obama and the pope of exploiting the public’s fears about AI, according to exclusive recordings of closed-door lectures. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 07/10/2026
I'm fully supportive of the Fair Share Tax proposal introduced by Portland City Councilors this week; I encourage you to reach out to City Hall in support of the initiative to lower taxes on small businesses and raise taxes on large corporations. Submit testimony in the link below:
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Love letter that opens into a small art gallery (1913)
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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Are you an MLIS student or new-ish librarian worried about navigating convos around AI? Join @juliesetele.bsky.social & me for a free webinar hosted by Rutgers LIS students. Let's talk strategies for finding your (AI skeptical) people & finding ways to push back. 📚 scarla.rutgers.edu/event/talkin...
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Talking AI: A Guided Conversation on AI Critique and Refusal in Academic Librarianship - SCARLA
Are you a current or future librarian against AI? Do you want to learn how to advocate for AI refusal in professional environments and job interviews when faced with opposition? […]
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The five hour speedrun achievement has been harder for me to get than the Steel Soul 100%. There’s so many ways to make little mistakes the slow you down! I gave up for now bc I got sick of playing Act 1, now I’m going for the 30 speed run which is MUCH easier.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Cognitive effects of AI [over]use: * Never-skilling - Failure to learn * Deskilling - Degradation of competency * Mis-skilling - Acquisition of poor reasoning (false AI info) * Automation bias - Over-reliance on AI * False proficiency - Absence of competency revealed when Al is unavailable.
* Never-skilling- Failure to develop foundational linical reasoning competencies during formative training due to excessive Al substitution for coanitive effort. This produces an inability to dlemonstrate Al-independent competence required for progression, gracluation o licensure.
* Deskilling- Degradation of established competencies in already trained clinicians due to prolonaed Al reliance Existing neural pathways weaken from disuse, but foundational architecture romains intact
* Mis-skilling- Acquisition of incorrect clinical reasoning patterns through uncritical adoption of erroneous or biased AI outputs. Clinical schemas become contaminated by Al errors or bias. leadina to svstematic distortion of diagnostic or management reasonina
* Metacognitive calibration- Accurate internal modelina of one's own comnetence boundaries and the alianment between subiective confidence and obiective performance that enables appropriate help-seeking behavior.
* Automation bias - The tendency to over-rely on automated decision support systems, accenting their outnuts uncriticallv even when contradictory clinical evidence exists; susceptibility is heightened among novices who lack the foundational schemas needed to evaluate A recommendations.
* False proficiency- A transient performance state in which Al-assisted clinical reasoning appears adequate during training masking the absence of underlving independent competency that becomes evident only when Al support is withdrawn or unavailable.

*article is free to read but it has tiny text, no zoom function. 
Not #accessible

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04438-y.epdf?sharing_token=cl_yjnjshnNPkPVLXXNyOtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M-R7Z2fqSSV9K-eBwkiUuHE27tqdUQzSOB2DvNxXFO9g3bOQHweUDhrn32j1TQPF6VWZ-K9MPe013HaJ8s6BKiLuvk9RKnI2GXYTMNsuZgiE0g0ZvL3bVlCSRvByNF44k%3D
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Resistance and Return
Photos of oct 7 in Gaza
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Get that mask that saves you from critical damage ASAP, thats's my best advice. I kept dying from dumb mistakes early on until I prioritized that. Act 1 is arguably the hardest part of steel soul for me, it becomes a lot easier with health upgrades later on.
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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Activists have launched a 'defendants union', likely the 1st project of its kind in the modern history of US political protest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @dnbrgr.bsky.social @willpotter.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social @sdonziger.bsky.social
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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back
NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So dreamy!
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Do you care about leveling the playing field for small businesses? Are you tired of "trickle down" economic policies that haven't paid off? Come testify on the Fair Share Tax this Thursday at Committee of the Whole, or submit your written testimony!
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Register for testimony or submit written testimony to Council
Complete this form to register to provide verbal testimony on an agenda item during Council and committee meetings, or to submit written testimony on an item.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interested in social housing? I’ll be participating in a panel discussion with some really smart folks in the context of design and feasibility. Register here
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Social Housing : A model for healthy, resilient and thriving communities
Come hear from an expert panel on what it could mean for Portland
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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm giving a training this Saturday Oct 10th: Intro to Pods training It's virtual, public, free (tho donations are greatly appreciated) and there will be ASL + Spanish interpretation Register here: bit.ly/intro-pods
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SOIL - Intro to Pods Training — SOIL: A Transformative Justice Project
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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This iconic photo of Bertie Ahern in the Tolka flood waters in 2002, was taken by Colin Keegan, who died in traffic collision last Saturday. Colin was kind enough to let us use the photo for free in the first postcard campaign I ran in @foeireland.bsky.social in 2005. May he rest in peace.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good to see reporters calling what's happening in San Francisco what it really is: Surveillance maximalism. The leadership of the city sees no problem they can't solve by defunding resources that prevent crime and pouring all their money, plus all the money offered by billionaires, into policing.
sfstandard.com
‘Surveillance maximalism’: SFPD uses camera technology Israelis used to track Palestinians
BriefCam uses AI to analyzes hours of video inside the Real Time Investigative Center. Critics say the technology is just as invasive as facial recognition.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For the latest episode of @thefirethesetimes.com, I spoke with @hebagowayed.bsky.social about what it’s been like to raise our respective kids - both around 3 years old - as diasporic (US and UK) Arab parents since the Gaza genocide started. Wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1503094935/e...
Arab Parenthood and Genocide with our respective portraits
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Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rajeev Ravisankar will moderate a cross-sector conversation about the impacts of AI with: 🔹Maximillian Battison, PAT member 🔹Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman, Drivers Union OR Organizer 🔹Nick Eng, OFNHP Executive Secretary 🔹Angelo Bologna, AFSCME Local 328 Chief Steward
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Loooove
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I see this and can’t help but draw parallels to the “blue haired lesbian” rhetoric coming from ICE and their supporters
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Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Two authors have sued the city of Los Angeles over the Los Angeles public library’s (LAPL) cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event where the writers were scheduled to discuss their books featuring Palestinian stories." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
aw heck yeah! I knew that existed but then forgot! thank you for bringing it to my attention again :) I’m curious, do you have any thoughts on how disabledness is portrayed in Silksong?
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cuuuuute. Which flag is that? I get my gay flags mixed up sometimes lol
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m obsessed! Been riding my bike to work every day, to all my canvasses! My best friend since 7th grade got an e bike through PCEF and when we hang out we ride our bikes and talk for like 3 hours. It makes us feel like little kids, it’s so fun!!
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Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Informative🧵
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
oh I’m surprised I haven’t noticed that! I need to spend more time with the OST outside of the game. I looked to see if I could buy it on CD recently and was sad when I couldn’t 😭 I’m generally more into the pretty and ephemeral songs like Moss Bottom, Bilewater, Choral Chambers.
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
whenever I finally find Fairuz in a record store I’m going to scream A Goofy Movie will evoke a small fist pump
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io @theytalksong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ohhh I feel that. I’m really easily distracted by music though so sometimes if a song or a fight is too intense I mute the music. Silksong has a lot of boss themes with VERY intense string sections, lol. I do love the intense strings in Sister Splinter’s theme tho.
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