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Count Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Okay folks. #FatBearWeek Round 2 is underway, and I am shocked to see that Bucky is beating Walker. This fatty losing?? Are you kidding me? The facts are: Walker is fatter than Bucky by a mile. I have over 5k followers on here. Can you vote for Walker and spread the word? fatbearweek.org

A very broad and fat brown bear standing in a plunge pool beneath Brooks Falls.

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simone @virsamajor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Moving cross-country is expensive, y'all. I've done it and I'm so excited it's my friend's turn. We've got the move dates locked in and I'm PUMPED! Please help/share if you can!

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

CBC reminds us, in case we needed it, of where the lake's name comes from. The toddler-in-chief can call it whatever he wants but he can't actually "rename" it.

From CBC news: "the lake's name comes from the Huron Indigenous people's word 'oniatari:io' (sorry can't do the special characters) which means 'lake of shining waters' and it predates European settlement in the region"

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe.

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1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project

The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 26/08/2026

Dear artists, You NEED to keep in contact with your commissioners. That's right, all of them. If they paid you money, you MUST communicate with them and tell them what's going on. You cannot just ghost someone for months and months after promising a quick turnaround and expect them to be happy!

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simone @virsamajor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Mission: get all my friends to move closer to me is WORKING! 💜

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jess @jessfrom.online · 22/08/2026

optimist: the cup is half full pessimist: the cup is half empty ttrpg editor: here you refer to the cup as half full, but in the next chapter, you refer to it as half empty. for clarity, we should standardize on one of them in the rules text, even if players might use both descriptions at the tabl

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Juan Tcho-Tchoa @juanochoa.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026

Is it too much to ask?

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simone @virsamajor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

data.wastewaterscan.org On the rise most places in the USA. Good luck out there to all of us.

Map of USA showing that the east, south, and west of the country have high covid rates and the midwest is medium.

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hello id like to spend all at once please

4 panel comic.

Panel 1: A pink blob character in suit tells Forg “you did a good business”

Panel 2: the pink blob in suit hands forg a dollar bill. He says “here is your pay”

Panel 3: forg holds the dollar bill. The man in suit walks off the frame. He reminds forg “don’t spend it all at once”

Panel 4: we see now that forg didn’t really listen to his advice. He stands in front of a building labeled “things you don’t need store”, dollar bill still in hand ready to be spent

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Esther @dungeonminister.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I feel like half my life has been getting online to read "the fate of millions of people depends on whether these two republican white women vote no on whether this obviously and egregiously evil person should lead an important government agency" and I'm fuckin tired of this reality

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Let's mix this up: 1 like = 1 lie about me

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Adrian🦎 @idlelizard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Doleful Dino. The glaze bled so much it looks like he's crying

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 28/07/2026

Apparently the latest phonus balonus AI tell is the hyphen in a construction like "ten-year plan," and ya wanna know what? This is just g.d. stupid.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Oregonian published their piece on baby raccoon walking tours in the print edition today. Thanks to @jamiehale.bsky.social for opportunity to gush about Portland. Thanks to @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social, @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social, & @ghoulpus.bsky.social for the intro to different parts of town!

photo of newspaper article, text at the links

https://www.hereisoregon.com/experiences/2026/06/author-jeff-vandermeer-a-new-oregonian-on-walking-writing-and-why-he-loves-portland.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2026/07/this-best-selling-author-has-become-a-portland-walking-enthusiast-here-are-3-of-his-favorite-routes.html

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Day 3 miniature minimalist birds - Barn Owl

A simplified depiction of a barn owl with gold brown wings and a white face and chest

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ

Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I did a tonne of research so you don't have to. I talk about masking, air filtration, and air quality rating systems, & I give concrete suggestions to help you keep yourself and your loved ones safe. If you don't have this information yet, it's time to get educated. Wildfires don't respect borders.

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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oh my god, this is so 🎯. When you create something using AI, you're not creating it; the software is. And the software is only able to do that because massive amounts of human-created content was stolen and fed into it. So you are stealing from strangers. It's embarrassing. Stop.

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Luis Loza @donatoclassic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My boy has a story!

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 26/06/2026

Anyway, Jane Austen is a fuckin’ sage.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 23/06/2026

Elizabeth says no, and Collins is like, “Aha! I have heard it is customary for ladies to play hard to get at first when they actually mean to accept a proposal. Very good, very good! How customary! For lady! A lady-custom! A custom of lady that actually ultimately means a yes for me!”

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 18/06/2026

I’m so MAD. I have to collect myself!!! Out of nowhere, the cranky asshole does a drive-by pluck on my heart strings, and I just have to sit here with a melody in my heart??? Fuck you, Jane Austen, you talented demon.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

gosh what a harrowing experience -- all the kudos to Bona Books for detailing this story. everything about this is such a bummer.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Telegraph headiline:

"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Jill Tucker
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If you ever doubt how magical this world is, one day you will decide to go to a World Cup watch party in Oakland that you found online to root for a country where you spent two years trying to coax English out of the mouths of Cape Verdean teenagers. 1/7
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And at the watch party you will ask the organizer if he's from Cape Verde. He will say yes, from Praia. And you'll say oh! I lived there for two years. I was a teacher. And he will ask, "What's your name?" You will tell him and he will say,
"You were my teacher."
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And across 30+ years and 6,000 miles you will hug a now man who tried to find you and remembered the songs you taught him and his classmates and he will apologize for how badly behaved they all were. And you will laugh and try not to cry and gape in wonder at at this crazy world.

Jill Tucker
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You will remember how much you love the World Cup. And what the Peace Corps meant to you. What those students, 40 to a class with no glass on the windows, meant to you.
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Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h
Ivan, the grown man with a touch of grey in his beard, will tell you later he has struggled to describe what it meant to him to meet again - that he shared our photo with classmates.
And when he returns from watching the Cabo Verde game, we will try to find the words together.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h And then you read that the US
House of Representatives will vote a day before that game on an amendment to eliminate the Peace Corps, which costs 1/6 the price of the Tomahawk missiles the US used in the war on Iran.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker •20h And you wonder: How much is a magical world worth?

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Orac | buy my miniatures! @mnorac.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

it's truly craven for establishment Dems to spend the weeks after the election wishing they had populist machinery like a Joe Rogan Of The Left or whatever, and then to turn around and get mad the second the populist machinery they've been ignorning starts delivering wins.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 25/06/2026

The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

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Slammed Poet™ @chezident.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

An error on behalf of my electric company has put me at risk of disconnection due to late fees and due offsets I didn't expect to pay. Disconnection would mean eviction per my lease and threaten my job. ko-fi.com/chezdispense... I need to raise this by Monday to avoid the payment bouncing.

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Support ChezDispenser

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Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 21/06/2026

FUCK YOU 'FIREWORKS AT 11PM' NEIGHBORS!!!

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Ally (in Euroskyland) @allybfraz.eurosky.social · 21/06/2026

“Words are inaccessible if I don’t know what they mean” in an age where more information is at our fingertips than we could ever need or want is so funny.

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He Who Against Hierarchy @antihierarchist.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Here's the Timberland Library board page, with meeting times and agendas. trl.org/board/ If you don't like this shit, show up at a meeting (virtual or otherwise) and tell them so. If you really don't like this shit there are vacant board positions for Thurston and Mason counties.

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Jason Keeley @herzwesten.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Watch me run some of my @paizo chums through just some of the new Beginner Box! I promise at least a few silly voices! youtu.be/4I6g6bK_-tE

youtu.be

Pathfinder Beginner Box Secrets of the Unlit Star Preview!

YouTube video by Paizo

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Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com · 19/06/2026

I love the local auto body shop that has CHATGPT CAN'T WRENCH up on its big sign.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I see this possibly starting to break containment, so I also want to add one point - if you can't include or grapple with the experiences of people in a (semi-)historical setting, please consider that it might not be your story to tell. And that's fine!

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Paizo @paizo.com · 18/06/2026

Celebrate your love of gaming and freedom of expression with our Play with Pride Sale! Get select games and books UP TO 50% OFF through June 25th, and remember, at Paizo, we celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community in all of our stories and at our tables 365 days of the year! Shop the sale: buff.ly/BrJ8N18

The image is comprised of 5 vertical panels with images inside. In the first image is the Pathfinder iconic human investigator, Quinn, sitting at a desk and marking a map with a pen with the letter "P" at the bottom of the image. The second image is of a Queer couple dancing and flipping together in Absalom City with the letter "R" at the bottom of the image. The third image is of the intertwined hands of two married Pathfinder iconics, Kyra and Merisiel, performing their wedding spell with the letter "I" at the bottom of the image. The fourth image is of the Pathfinder goddess Sarenrae leaning against a tree with the letter "D" at the bottom of the image. The fifth and final image is of the Starfinder iconic pahtra solarian, Dae, looking up in awe as they walk through a dazzling mall with the letter "E" at the bottom of the image.

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Luis Loza @donatoclassic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is my boy! Very excited to share Pallemi with the world!

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Mathfinder @mathfinder.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

reddit.com/r/Pathfinder... I’m collating links on the above post to encourage mutual aid, networking, and support to help those affected by the @paizo.com layoffs. If you provide me any links I have missed, I will update the post!

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From the Pathfinder2e community on Reddit: Paizo Layoffs: Supporting the ones who need it

Explore this post and more from the Pathfinder2e community

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Basil Wright @kobanya.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The best time to hire a SC is at the beginning, or even the planning stage. We can also help in the middle of things, but def don't bring us in at the end if you're not committed to making massive changes if needed 3/

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simone @virsamajor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I am so delighted and entranced and moved by Jerry's work. Part? all? of the map is on display until October in Grand Rapids and I really want to go see it (and start my own??)

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simone @virsamajor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I'm editing the upcoming Pathfinder Feybound book and the First World gazetteer is some of the most fun I've had reading a TTRPG setting in a long time. Huge shout-out to authors K. Tessa Newton and Mikhail Rekun, developer Eleanor Ferron, and lead designer Logan Bonner! tinyurl.com/2j4ckhvp

store.paizo.com

Pathfinder Feybound

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Clematis "Henryi." Huge, 7-8" blooms holding up well through recent storms.🌱

A large, white clematis bloom fills most of the frame, with green foliage in the background.

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 05/04/2024

Toxicity and harassment at studios is structural and enabled by management and works even if individuals are singled out and reprimanded but also WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE (via the always incredible truthteller @duckvalentine.bsky.social) www.ign.com/articles/how...

multiple individuals corroborated. In just one example, multiple people remembered a senior programmer who frequently made sexist remarks and crude "jokes" with both racial and sexual overtones. One person recalled him repeatedly harassing a young, female producer, frequently speaking over her, invading her personal space, and blocking her from grabbing items. He also frequently screamed and swore at other junior programmers sitting near him. One anonymous source with insight into leadership decisions recalled management fighting to keep the programmer despite numerous reports, opting to move his team to desks far away from other departments so others couldn't hear him yelling. He was eventually let go, not long after an incident where sources recalled overhearing him screaming at an HR representative.

Garriss joined Deck Nine in 2016 as the narrative director for Before the Storm. He is said to have quickly endeared himself to Deck Nine's executives with his charisma, pitching abilities, and rare willingness to successfully disagree with Square Enix. But elsewhere in the studio, Garriss cultivated a different reputation. As Deck Nine began work on True Colors, sources say Garriss began forming close relationships with a number of younger women, often in situations where he had some sort of
mentorship or other power over them, including at least one of the women on his team. Multiple women described him as "love bombing" them when they first met, showering them with compliments and convincing them he could get them promotions or raises. Sources say he frequently stayed late at the studio talking to these women - inviting them to lunch, dinner, drinks, movies, or even to his house after work. While in all these situations, sources say he would instigate personal
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Others recalled being reprimanded by Garriss for asking questions about the removal of a transgender character from True Colors that took place fairly deep in development. Two anonymous individuals told me that when the Deck Nine social team wanted to post something in support of Black Lives Matter, Garriss pushed back, calling BLM a hate group. In another example, multiple people told me that Garriss fought hard for a twist on True Colors' final choice that a number of writers pointed out included a problematic portrayal of migrant workers and needed to be changed (it eventually was). And several sources recalled a meeting in which Garriss told those who had pushed back on this decision that they were getting too hung up on "political ideologies" and asked everyone present to go around the room and list their political affiliations.

"It took a three hour meeting in the writers room and one of the writers sharing an
extremely personal story to get Zak to agree to get the content out," said Littleton. "It wasn't about us not wanting to have difficult topics in there, but Life Is Strange shines because that type of content is chosen extremely deliberately and it's given runway, it's given space to breathe. This detail is irrelevant to the plot, it would have been traumatic for players, and there was no space to unpack it. We don't have time to talk about what it means for Alex to be roofied by a man she trusted."
She added that once Garriss finally agreed to take the detail out, he "went on a long tangent about how the writers need to be creatively brave enough to go to ugly places for the sake of our art." Another anonymous
source recalled Garriss suggesting that this pushback was only occurring because he was making a game about a woman, and that he wouldn't have to deal with this if he was
making a game about Nath

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