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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1. They caught this in time! It won't keep anyone from voting. 2. This happened bc TX lets you register to vote when you get your driver's license online. The DL office's web portal didn't send people's info to county voter roll registrars properly.
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TxTiger @txtiger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Baby Yoda Drinking from Cup
Alt: Grogu Drinking from Cup
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TxTiger @txtiger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If the US insists on continuing to rename Lake Ontario, the acronym we use to teach the names of the Great Lakes will change from HOMES to SHAME
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Dr Zena Assaad @zenaassaad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The news of "Russian AI killer drones" has consumed my feed this past week. This @nytimes.com article is where it was first published. The headlines and the facts are misaligned so here is what actually happened.../1 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...
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A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Also, omg this is incredible, the official news agency of the Vatican is talking shit about Lefebvre www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
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Lefebvre's schism repeated 38 years later - Vatican News
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X once again separates itself from Rome through illicit episcopal consecrations carried out against the Pope's ...
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TxTiger @txtiger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Great article about @caitlinrourk.bsky.social, the Dem candidate running in Texas CD 10! balloon-juice.com/2026/06/23/r...
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Balloon Juice - Running in the Red - Digging Deep and Fighting Hard with Caitlin Rourk in Texas-10
I’m still doing the recovery thing, so I’m going to let MazeDancer get right to it. *** From MazeDancer: Running in the Red – Digging Deep and Fighting Hard with Caitlin Rourk in Texas-10 ”For years, ...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ken Paxton let a pedophile back on our streets. Adam Hoffman—an admitted child molester—should have gotten life in prison, but Paxton gave him an Epstein-style sweetheart deal. Today I’m calling on Paxton to release the Hoffman Files. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I read that JD Vance book and I have some thoughts www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, J. D. Vance, and I Have Some Notes.
A convenient conversion story
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Problematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In a rare bit of good news for some workers in Texas www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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P. Terry's Burger Stand Transitions to Employee Ownership Trust, Benefitting 1,800 Employees
/PRNewswire/ -- P. Terry's Burger Stand, the Austin-based restaurant chain founded in 2005 and known for its people-first culture and commitment to community,...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Jackdaw plucking fur off a moulting deer the bird gather soft warm nesting material, and the deer gets a free, highly appreciated, grooming that removes itchy, loose winter hair and ticks
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
URGENT CALL FROM NJ ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: PLEASE CALL ALL PRESS ALL MOCS (members of Congress): Unit 2A 2B of Delaney Hall: “pepper spray and baton attack happening now. Need witnesses OTG and need MOCs to conduct oversight ASAP Estimated 40 guards Detainees are being beaten.”
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My colleague Aaron Parsley just won a Pulitzer for this story, written days after he survived the July 4 floods that killed his nephew. It's one of the most gutwrenching and memorable things you'll ever read. Please do.
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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/04/2026
NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops @usccbofficial.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This is genuinely a bombshell. All courthouse arrests should cease immediately. There should be a Congressional investigation & civil rights actions for every illegal abduction of immigrants trying to follow the rules and appear in court. (2/2)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/03/2026
BOTH Democratic U.S. Senate candidates should be furious about how this is being handled in Texas. It benefits one candidate today. But the same chaos that helped them in the primary can absolutely burn them the general.
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Matt @mchonger.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"A 2023 study found that in the early years of the fracking boom, Tarrant County — the home of Fort Worth — had 60% more children born with serious birth defects than would have been expected for its population." This story is bonkers and deserves a read. Especially if you're in/around Dallas.
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TxTiger @txtiger.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I just sent filament to a stranger but now I think I need a 3D printer
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/02/2026
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many. The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown. Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Historical and projected combined ICE and CBP money. Tons of additional money from BBB.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Some thoughts: 1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1. 2. History professors are qualified nominators. 3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence. 4. He would be so mad.
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Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Neil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Important words from the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, where I served as a priest before moving to Texas. ⚓️
Fellow Americans,

Things are impossibly hard in [MN] right now. We are a state that feels under siege, and the people of this place are doing everything possible to resist. The campaign of reckless brutality being waged by the federal goverment has been well documented, including today's killing of a citizen who was restrained and immobilized. The clear evidence of what's happening exposes cartoonish lies from federal agencies that echo the most cynical propaganda machines in human history. The images are clear, and we are told, don't believe what you see.

But there is also something much more powerful, and not as widely reported, happening. We are mobilizing for revolutionary love. Vast networks of care, compassion, and solidarity, organized by churches to deliver food and supplies to those who cannot leave their homes. People are documenting the violence being used against us in a way that puts their own lives at risk. People are standing guard outside schools and daycares, and at bus stops to protect our children from real risks of harm. Others are taking turns watching each others' kids stuck in online learning because some schools aren't safe. Health care workers are bravely caring for people in hospitals that also are no longer safe, and risking being targets of arrest and detention for protecting the patients. A rich web of underground care and hidden love is taking deep root, and it's amazing to think what fruit that might bear when this occupation ends.

Minnesotans cannot do more than we are doing. Here are a few ways you can help.

1) Please flood your US senators with appeals to not to further fund ICE, by rejecting a bill the US House has already passed. Please flood all your members of congress with calls for deescalation in [MN]; for ICE, [CBP], and other federal agents to leave [MN] now; and to write and pass legislation that requires proper and extensive training for all those working for the federal government in our states and local communities.2) Organize peaceful demonstrations in your cities and communities. We live in a very big country, and it's possible what's happening in Minnesota feels removed. What is happening to us here is happening to all of America, and it is eroding the last remaining threads of our democracy.
Minneapolis and Minnesota have been a model for the entire country over these past two weeks, with tens of thousands standing together in deep cold to peacefully protest the violence being used against us.

3) You can help nurture the Diocese of Minnesota's primary engine of underground care and subversive love by donating to Casa Maria, which is providing much-needed food, supplies, and community to those rightfully afraid to go about their daily lives amidst the violence. Some of Casa Maria's leaders are also working with a diocesan team to help families locate and access members who have been taken by ICE. Donations do real and immediate work to help people in Minnesota that are in real need of help.

The greatest danger we face right now is not the very real threat to our safety. It's not even the erosion of democracy.

The greatest threat we face as a nation is the assault being waged on hope. We must not give in to despair. We must not be consumed by the very justified anger we feel. The only way hatred can be effectively resisted is doubling down on love. The only way darkness can be defeated is light. The only way the forces of death can be overcome is by embracing, every moment of every day, God's unstoppable life.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 20/01/2026
❌Veteran Brothers Roofing & Restoration ❌Grand Pine Developments ❌Charvold Homes ❌Blue Collar Tree and Junk Removal
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Revealed: Four Businesses with Ties to Patriot Front Operating in North Texas
The neo-Nazi group is engaged in a strategy to establish an independent economic ecosystem. Through publicly available information, interviews, and in-person observation, the Observer has identified…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/01/2026
Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
I dunno that i have a "favorite" -- there are a lot of historical figures i admire -- but one of my favorite stories to tell is about how George de Hevesy foiled some Nazis with chemistry. I don't think i've told that one on here, if anyone wants to hear it!
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 30/12/2025
This isn’t fully true! You can request a manual postmark at a post office, you just need to know to do it. Just another thing to educate mail-in voters about. nstp.org/article/usps...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Moss Elixir @sorryforlaughing.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Vibes beyond rancid for an indefinite period, let's watch a cat & a lamb hang out.
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The Cat The Lamb and The Rock Complete Saga
YouTube video by Lee Walters
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.
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Amanda Jeyaretnam (she/her) @liberalisms.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more
The undated photographs are from Epstein’s email account and computer, according to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, who published the photographs on Friday.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 25/11/2025
i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Fifteen Years
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/11/2025
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 08/10/2025
The Oatmeal’s take on AI art. “When I consume Al art, it also evokes a feeling…until I find out that it’s Al art. Then I feel deflated, grossed out, and maybe a little bit bored. This feeling isn’t a choice.” [theoatmeal.com]
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A cartoonist’s review of AI art
This is a comic about AI art.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
hey @jimmykimmel.com you won your battle, for the moment, with a lot of help from the public, now pay it forward and have this woman on your show
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/08/2025
UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent. Not sharebait. I COULD NOT believe my luck. Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint! SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
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Texas Standard @texasstandard.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
From LBJ to George W. Bush, Austin tailor Ghassan Karim dressed presidents. Now his brother-in-law keeps the shop running while honoring his legacy. The story of Gassane Tailors is also a story of immigration and family resilience.
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Stories about my brother: The presidential tailor
From Lebanon to the Lone Star State, how one family stitched its way into Texas culture.
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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)
a green square that says "fast food meals. new phenomenon burger taste. $19.90. order via seamless" and in the corner is a non-euclidean cluster of chicken finger. a very normal 5-star review that says "I would be lost without restaurant. I would like to personally thank you for your outstanding product." - Nina Margaret, CEO apple. another normal review that says "without food, we would have gone bankrupt by now. thanks food! the service was excellent." John Doe, manager.an AI image of a pastrami sandwich. not to overuse the word non-euclidean but what else can I say to describe these layers of meat? this one also has some kind of yellow sauce leaking out of the bottom, and another yellow sauce being sensuously drizzled on top. in the lower right corner are baffling tubes that sort of look like if roasted carrots fucked a soft pretzel.
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Fanny Cohen Moreau @fannycomo.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Dites, c'est quoi votre top 3 totalement subjectif des villes de France, toutes tailles confondues ?
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