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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 12h

CA friends, take a sec to support trans rights in our state. Thx!

Alex Jungroth @alexjungroth.bsky.social · 8d

If you live in California, please write to Gavin Newsom in support of these five trans rights bills by Oct 12th.

All you need to do is write a one sentence comment to the effect of:

I support these bills and trans people.

Thank you so much for your support! 💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#trans #BlueCrew #CA #US

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 8d

TOM Robbins?! Yep. (He was friends with the director.)

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 11d

trains ideology?

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 11d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22d

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

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ficklenuts has a pair of normal entiddies 👻 @ficklenuts.bsky.social · 25d

Dissociating! In The Shower

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 27d

"I'm finally the person who is capable of writing this book."

*opens box of finished copies*

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 28d

The beautiful universe doesn’t give a shit about you.

Arp Bot 🤖 @arpbot.bsky.social · 29d

Hubble image of Arp 55, also known as UGC 4881.

This pair of galaxies is about halfway through a merger. Their cores are separate, but their disks are overlapping.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Source

In the center of the frame are two merging galaxies that form a C-shape that looks a little like a curled up shrimp. In the center of the C, or the body of the shrimp, is the remnants of one galaxy's nucleus, partially obscured by a swirl of dust and blue star clusters. At the top of the C, or the head of the shrimp, is the second galaxy nucleus. A haze of older yellow stars and dust appears above the second nucleus. At the other end of the remnant, a thin tail of blue star clusters trails off to the right. At the end of the tail, another dusty haze of yellow stars, curves back upwards towards the shrimp's "head". Two other spiral galaxies appear separated from the merging galaxies in the lower left corner of the frame. The black background of space is dotted with tiny background galaxies and foreground stars.

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 28d

Professors out there getting fired for posting literal (and apposite) quotations from Charlie Kirk.

Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 29d

There's reality, and there's what's written in your little book.

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · 29d

There’s nothing like the self-righteousness of those who perceive themselves to be unjustly persecuted.

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Your fact for the day. 😆😆😆

A post from Fred_Delicious:

soup was invented in 1927 by John Soup when he wanted to drink a chicken

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Sep 2

Bowie's cocaine and milk diet except it's espresso and protein bars.

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Driving in Santa Monica early this morning, I thought I saw a lost dog crossing the road ahead. It was a coyote. He clocked me with his glassy eyes and said “You are the one who is lost.”

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LGBTQ Shrink @drronholt.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is a welcoming account 🏳️‍⚧️

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Aug 14

The course is mindblowingly thorough and varied.

brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · Aug 14

great thanks to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social for talking w me about @deepdive.audio for @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social...

Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · Aug 14

At @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social, I checked in with @bradlisti.bsky.social about the launch of @deepdive.audio. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/08/14/a...

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · Aug 10

“The leopard that is eating my face is a political problem, not military, which is why I will say nothing as it mauls me, thereby demonstrating my courage and apolitical stance” and then goes on to unironically drop a MacArthur quote

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Jul 23

Recylopedia

Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · Jul 23

Something about the way LLMs build in the idea that to find something out, you shouldn't read an already existing text that other people have also read (ew!); you should get fresh text generated just for you. Each time, new disposable text.

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Jul 20

Lead in the water

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · Jul 20

WIFE: why are all your tools under a big pile of dog fur

ME: it’s called a shed linda

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Jun 29

Signed it too!

R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · Jun 29

i signed this! thank you to the organizers 🫧

writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here:

lithub.com/against-ai-a...

Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers

“We want our publishers to stand with us. To make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines.”

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · Jun 21

I’m deeply saddened that so many writers now seem to regard the meat of writing as extraneous, as pointless as assembly line work, to see themselves as above it, destined to do only the high level stuff. The writing is the writing! It’s how you get there!

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · Jun 21

This is incredibly disappointing. The so-called “mechanics” - like research and structure and brainstorming - are literally how writers craft, how they find the way into the work and make it weird, make it theirs. Without that crucial stuff, you’re trying to find emotional truth where there is none

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Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social · Jun 21

Nope. Buh bye.

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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · Jun 16

My dog ate an entire bag of Scrabble tiles so I took him to the vet

No word yet

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