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Atomic Lobster, still wishing ill on JK Rowling

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He/his Love all animals, especially the unlovable ones. Not a scientist or artist or anything exciting, just a disabled person striving to keep sane in an increasingly off kilter world. And fair warning I tend to post a lot of arachnids and the like

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Atomic Lobster, still wishing ill on JK Rowling @atomiclobstar.bsky.social · Feb 1

You just reminded me of my fave quote by Mario Savio

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There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!
–Mario Savio

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 20h

A perfect illustration of which "lifestyle" actually imposes itself on public space, public safety, and the public purse.

Jfrisco @jfrisco.bsky.social · 22h

Hold my beer...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

"well then you can't complain" I can complain whenever I want actually. and I will

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21h

Exactly.

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Patrickworld 👋🏾 🌎 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 18h

You know, I miss my mom as much as I miss my dad, but I have zero modern pics of my mom because being a woman of her generation is saying ‘no no my hair!’ every time someone takes their phone out until one day you’re dead and no one remembers what you look like. Ladies, your hair is FINE

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Guilherme Nunes - Commissions Open!! @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 22h

the chosen capybara

Painting, in a forest at night in a field of flowers a capybara is abducted by an alien ship while two other capybaras celebrate.

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Quiara but spoopy! (they/them) @quiara.net · 17h

A smol gremlin, Violet Bagel thinks only about crime and cuddles. Cat tax:

Small tortoiseshell gremlin standing on a generous belly, being a wide-eyed gremlin of ill repute.

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder:

“To build the arena, the city is putting up $853M in cash; the Flames are putting up $40M.”

I am not anti-arena, but I am 💯 anti-bad deal.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Jeff @mrjeffteacher.bsky.social · 1d

Used to be Americans pointing fingers at other countries for having oppressive regimes while they sat on their high horses of privilege and the freedom to do pretty much anything in a public place

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe we sold out of the whale fall pins… thank you all so much wtf 😭😭💕💕

Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 3d

Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑

A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 1d

Hey!

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 1d

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Harrell's response was a condescending, dismissive remark that Wilson didn't understand that the police have a contract, suggesting she is so stupid she doesn't know the first thing about anything. The Times, loving that narrative, parroted it today. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

Harrell's One Seattle may be just what the city needs | Editorial

Mayor Bruce Harrell has made consensus-building a hallmark of his administration. "One Seattle" can be frustrating, but it produces results.

www.seattletimes.com

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Very specifically, Wilson was talking about this article in the Seattle Times about the ways in which SPD is "undermining" the CARE Team's ability to respond to calls it is explicitly authorized to respond to under the agreement with police.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

I was at this debate. The Seattle Times is totally misrepresenting what happened to further the false narrative that Katie Wilson is a nitwit. Wilson was talking about the fact that the CARE team has not been allowed to exercise "its full latitude of responsibility" under the existing contract.

At a recent Seattle University/KOMO TV debate, Harrell’s opponent, activist Katie Wilson, didn’t appear to recognize that she has no authority under labor contracts to order police to do anything without going through a bargaining process.

“As mayor, I will absolutely be working with SPD to make sure that they’re allowing the CARE team their full latitude of response and also to make sure that the CARE team can respond without police when appropriate,” she said.

It’s not that easy.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

I make it a point to always begin the alt-text on pictures of Adonis with "orange cat". so next time you're having a bad day, do yourself a favor and type this into search

(from:cait.bsky.social "orange cat")

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

One of my go-tos, while cooking something else, is to roast a pork loin or some chicken thighs or any other large piece of protein.

I slice it when it comes out of the oven, then throw it in a Tupperware in the fridge, and a lot of days I'll just pull a piece or two instead of eating a meal.

Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 1d

For any who need to hear this:

Most people, throughout history, have not had to cook every day. It's not weird to not always have the energy to do that. And when you have some but not tons of energy, a lot of packaged or frozen foods have gotten good in the past 20 years.

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 1d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

9:09am - 9/9/2025 180K Views

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 1d

Two large accounts have done fake alt text today, and I've muted them both.

C'mon, folks, it's bad enough to not use alt; it's worse to pretend you have so you get the original Bsky community to share.

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Nov 11

Muting/blocking larger accounts who don't use alt, unfortunately.

Fake alt, like "a picture" are really disappointing, too.

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 1d

The way you'll bring this up and get a chorus of "Oh, I never thought of that" from cis people when it lives eternally in our heads....

moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 2d

Make no mistake, when the state imprisons a trans woman in a men's prison, it intentionally procures her for the purpose of having her raped. The statistics are extremely clear-cut and consistent in every jurisdiction where they have been collected. There is no way around them

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Victoria @burrddoh.bsky.social · 1d

For #BirdOfTheDay #Beakfull a twofer!
Blue Jays have a rather amazing capacity to stack peanuts into their pouch, like a game a Tetris 😂

Blue Jay from the back, showing off their gorgeous turquoise, black & white plumage, sitting on a rail with a shelled peanut in their beak - TN

Blue Jay from the front, cream colored belly & a black ring around the neck, looking into the camera, beak stuffed with a stack of peanuts - TN

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Nov 8

We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.

two kids crossing the street waving orange flags.
text: instead of dulling the sharpest of weapons, we hand out the weakest of shields.

rovélo creative

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Use Alt Text not A.I. @carebear2717.bsky.social · 1d

White people bring up MLK Jr anytime they want to chastise Black people. That man isn't our God, we(my people and me) don't worship that man at any altar. I don't live my life based off some imaginary views white people have assigned to him. I am my own person so no I don't care I'm my own person

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