Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialR. Eerie VanBoo-kirk @sotsogm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Occasionally Wallace is heard yelling and knocking things over in the background, followed by the sounds of Gromit futilely seeking a quieter place to record. 15611
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm sorry, but the audiobook of Gromit's autobiography should be marked as "read by the author" and then just be 8hrs of silence. 939159
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialQuest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#SpookyMonth64 5839571126
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026University presidents are so rarely on the right side of history because they only make it to that position because they brought in a lot of money which means they appeased a lot of rich people whose only concern is PR. The position is incompatible with student safety. 28417
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In '09, Carleton's then president (who was both our first ever woman president and a professor in women's studies) threatened to sue me for the activism I was doing on campus re: sexual assault. She also rearranged the entire convocation ceremony so she wouldn't have to acknowledge an award I'd won 37819
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialMia Varlineau 🌻 playing FFXIV (wolshipping 25/7) @miavarlineau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026LEAVE ME ALONE 134127713963
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialRyan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 01/10/2026Since we're getting closer to #BannedBooksWeek, here's a sneak peek at Banned Book Club: Afterward, a brand new 20 page story about what happened when our book about book banning was banned. It's from the new full-color edition of Banned Book Club. 18629
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5458272566
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialNome @nome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The anger - like Kendra's describing with the folks who don't understand pasteurization - was *visceral*. He accurately identified that "the people making our food don't care about me," and that "whatever corners they're allowed to cut, they will," and that "this administration would let them." 229115
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialNome @nome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I got to explain to him that 'polymer' just meant 'a long string of molecules,' and that any starch was a polymer. That Maltodextrin was just (likely corn) starch. This man was, before we talked, *furious* at these food companies for all "sneaking plastic" into his food. 331216
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialNome @nome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Semi-related: I had a customer this week trying to find an ice cream bar without Maltodextrin in it, because he'd learned from a tiktok person that it was a polymer, which he understood to mean plastic. 15581101
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 06/09/2026Making caramel involves heating the milk at temperatures hotter and longer than pasteurization would require. But people are still like "why not buy pasteurized milk?" BECAUSE THE FARMS CANNOT PASTEURIZE Ag education needs to be taught in cities and suburbs. 1148134
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 06/09/2026I am again on here to be like: the people do not understand pasteurization. 2069784
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialKaty // is listening to the wolfman take a piss @katysaint.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his balls? "No!" Says Lil Jon, "It belongs to the windows! To the walls!" 2835891160
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialchira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 17/06/2026games are the most guilty because of the nature of the medium being interactable, which is why gamers are a special breed of entitled, but I see it happening across the board in all media types. people seem to really expect the main character to be of service for their gratification and nothing else 114821
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialchira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I dislike so many people talk about art failing if the audience is unable to enact their wish fulfiment as they see fit, like the art is doing something wrong by steering them in a direction they dislike (morally, narratively, hornily, whatever). people lose their minds when art disagrees with them. 327770
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialchira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I don't think using fiction as an avatar for your own wish fulfiment is invalid but it is weird to me that it seems to have become normalized that the point of fiction is wish fulfiment. And by weird I mean an intentional shift to make art a product of consumer gratification first and foremost. 3666269
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 31/07/2026given the recent Fauci hubbub, re-upping this essay about the underlying reason why people find "lab leak" theories so compelling (hint: the answer is in the subtitle). no paywall! on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l... & Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...juliaserano.medium.comWhat Covid “Lab Leak” and “Rushing Kids into Transition” Have in Commonand more general thoughts about conspiracy theories and negativity bias 214355
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialjeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Unfortunately still evergreen 1891364
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialKelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Slight S15 KotH spoilers, but when I put together the layout for this pet cemetery in episode 02, I asked everyone on the crew for names of pets they wanted to see memorialized because I think real pet names hit different than generic placeholder names I would invent on the spot- 462273414
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.social˗ˏˋuıʍʇdəəɹɔˎˊ˗👑 king of taking a break👑 @creeptwin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This guy's neighbor shot his 1 year old kitten in the back with a shotgun and left him in the yard bleeding for hours. The kitten is still alive and is getting lots of medical treatment as the pet parent tries to give him as normal a life as possible. Support if you can 💗😿 gofund.me/32402086fgofund.meDonate to Justice For Thomas, organized by Bryan Elijah SmithMy one-year-old kitten, Thomas, was shot by my neighbor with a shotgun in the back and left para… Bryan Elijah Smith needs your support for Justice For Thomas 62311
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialSiobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026*muffled under mountains of ADHD detritus* it’s actually a superpower 757789
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialLegacy Update @legacyupdate.net · 14/06/2026Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago. 11946101030
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialBrian Transplant @briantransplant.com · 19/05/2026"I need AI art, otherwise I can't make my project." Randy Savage cut a promo with nothing but a coffee creamer he swiped from craft services. Stop making excuses and do better. 3928551070
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Every time someone finds this thread again and tells me I contributed to keeping their hands functional, I bump it! If you get diagnosed with Dupuytren's/Ledderhose, this is urgent information your orthopedist WILL PROBABLY NOT KNOW but may save your range of motion entirely. 4237136
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialAn Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 25/10/2025…the fact that Trump rallies and parades you go to DON’T look like that is in no way an indication of him not being fascist, or being weak and non-threatening. It’s merely a reflection of the difference between the reality of fascism and the illusion that fascism tries to project. 312319
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialAn Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I really beed liberals to better understand that Triumph Of The Will and Riefenstahl’s big grandiose lockstep processions and huge banners and what-not were *propaganda*. It was how the Nazis *saw themselves* and *wanted* to be seen, not a reflection of what nazi rallies really looked like. And… 316438
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialmaddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 07/03/2026smh what are they teaching kids these days? 😕 #re9 45121412895
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialAndré Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I fear we’re gonna get a lot of mileage out of this Barret meme. 29109033979
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialStevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S... 3122405811922
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialBrowned Butter ♎️🍁🍂✨ @brownedbutter.blacksky.app · 04/02/2026If you want a cartoon pfp of yourself find that kid in your family always drawing Gojo 1457108
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.social✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Literally obsessed with this pic I got of one Cedar Waxwing getting very mad at another for drinking in the same spot as him despite there being a whole stream 373246827
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialjeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I'm observing an argument about social gamification and sure enough someone inevitably brought up the propagandized "in China the state gave everyone a social score that other people could add or subtract points from, that's Black Mirror!!" and my good dudes, wtf do you think a credit score is 413325
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialLexi ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 14/11/2025"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this" 163482193
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialChima Simone Benson @chimasimone.bsky.social · 26/10/2025AP has the better headline. Since most readers don’t get beyond the headlines (especially on social media), they highlight the cause of the starvation upfront: the Trump regime.apnews.comTrump administration won't tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo saysThe Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown. 0373242
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialdave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024it should be illegal to move your cat off-camera during a Zoom meeting 822962327
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialjeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 03/08/2025he's my muse but you're all his enablers (the sign up link is patreon.com/jeeyonshim/membership) 223477
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialOliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 27/06/2025have been confused for days about insane cats invading our yard and destroying the plants for no reason only to find out I have accidentally planted fucking catnip all over the place, I am this neighborhoods feline drug lord, ive devasted their society 8251321076
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialUnseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 25/06/2025You can watch the full presentation on what Takaya calls "the happiest research in human history" below. It's actually intriguing as they argue that the sleeping posture could be affected by brain asymmetries that are key to survival. buff.ly/IWxUzTsyoutube.comLateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats / Curr. Biol., Jun. 23, 2025 (Vol. 35, Issue 12)Isparta et al. found that two-thirds of cats prefer to sleep on their left side. This would give their left visual field/right hemisphere privileged access t... 317138
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialalice! @tinysquash.bsky.social · 17/06/2025no i will not "ask chat gpt" i will be scrolling Wikipedia with whimsical abandon like god intended 212506891
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialPersephone Meadowfeather @lurkermcgoo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025JK is just an outrageously conservative person. Every aspect of her writing is actually about order and place and nativism. Wizard potential is genetic only. Sorting hat divides persons permanently by disposition. Slaves are naturally slaves and freeing them a fools errand. The messiah becomes a cop 514932
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 11/06/2025My favourite one like this is Don Henley getting Brian to autograph a copy of Pet Sounds. Brian signed it "thanks for all the great music" then thought for a second, crossed out "great", and wrote "good" 102201540
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialit’s M the Autumn Owl 🍁🍂 @owlinautumn.bsky.social · 02/06/2025At the beginning of this pride month, I give you one of my fave @pseudonymjones.bsky.social pieces. I always think about this, because we are not clean cut and easy to define, and that is what makes us beautiful. And I will always point out: every word for us has been used as a slur. 3584194
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialjeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 26/05/2025imagine being loved and accepted for who you are like this wow 473098625
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 15/05/2025She growled at the tornado alarm and will growl at any tornado as well. Just so that tornado knows that it’s on notice. 917610
Reposted by @vespa.bsky.socialIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 01/05/2025A thousand times this Plus people doubling down on "if you ignore a huge societal problem it eventually dissolves" because they, personally, did not happen to die. 0578
