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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 5h

CITY IN FLAMES… OF PASSION

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 10h

cc @amutepiggy.bsky.social thanks for being around when I had a really low night a bit back, it helped me get here!

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 10h

Was too busy with midterms and the car fiasco to mark the occasion (yet) but this week is nine years sober. I may try to go get cupcakes today.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 16h

if you gotta da money, why notta give-a da aid to my pal Marla

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 19h

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 20h

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 19h

Breaking my social media fast to tell you that the Oregon Humane Society has slashed adoption fees 50% this weekend to offset an intake surge in the aftermath of an animal hoarding raid. Go adopt a new bestie like Miles (link below).

Miles
164090
Portland Campus

A very handsome coonhound basset hound mix

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 12h

It's my 40th birthday! That's right, 40 years around the sun on this raggedy planet. i know, you wanted to bless my cashapp so I can afford to go to this literary conference in New York this weekend. I won't take that from you. It's $chantallisette

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 12h

This is very very bad.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

www.gravityisgone.com

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Nicole "They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder" Gugliucci @noisyastronomer.com · 23h

❤️📡🐶

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 1d

The Very Large Array, part of The National Radio Astronomy Observatory, was formally dedicated #OTD in 1980.

It was renamed the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" in 2012. Happy 45th birthday, VLA! 🧪 🔭 📡

An image from the movie “Contact” shows Jodie Foster’s character listening to headphones in front of a line of VLA radio dishes that stretch off towards the horizon. One of the dishes is my shaggy golden doodle Linus, wearing a post-surgery cone around his head.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

Romantic lead in a thriller could be fun, too.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

I would love to see him as a normal dad character dealing with weird drama. Not a seasoned hunter, just a decent communicator.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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

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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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

Morale in this federal household is absolute trash rn.

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

I've got a weather communication story to tell about #HurricaneMichael.

Probably the most frustrating job of safety communication that I have ever faced, and probably one that echoes some experience other meteorologists have had.

Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 1d

Seven years ago today, Hurricane Michael continued to intensify as it headed north toward the coast. It made landfall near Mexico Beach FL with 160mph peak sustained winds, making it the 1st Category 5 landfall in the FL panhandle and only the 4th in U.S. history.

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skrif @skullbird.bsky.social · 1d

Life hack: Keep little bits of origami paper in your wallet so when you’re waiting around in a lobby or restaurant, instead of scrolling your phone, you can fold up a little guy to leave behind and make someones day slightly brighter~

The only three origami animals i know how to make so far: a dinosaur, a crane, and a fox.

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a 14 page term paper overnight (not including my refs section), partially in a language I don't speak with any meaningful fluency, while citing information from three legal systems. I also fainted the same morning I turned it in.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

The @peculiarityshop.bsky.social is 11 LGBTQIA+ misfits who make sparkly stuff. The store is 20% off in hopes of homing a few more spooky pieces you may ABSOLUTELY NEED.

Highlights! Mute thread as needed.

Nibs! Art nouveau. NNNGH. $18.40 ($4 flat US ship)

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Nibs' The Goddess in the Grove | Peculiarity Shop

These earrings from Nibs make me think of walking through a cemetery in the gloaming. Components: Oxidized brass, czech glass, electroplated steel hooks Lead/nickel free.

www.peculiarityshop.com

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 1d

And now, the story behind it.

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 1d

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.

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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 1d

We're pretty much done answering questions for the day - Thank you to all who participated and the experts who joined from other Washington Agencies!! 👏

Even if you didn't get to ask a question - pop in to see if that earthquake or tsunami question has already been answered by experts! 👇

Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 2d

And here's the link to where our Ask-me-Anything will be on Reddit today:
www.reddit.com/r/AMA/s/pjrG...

We will start answering questions at 11:00 this morning. See you there!!

From the AMA community on Reddit: AMA: We're Pacific Northwest Earthquake & Tsunami Experts. Ask us Anything

Explore this post and more from the AMA community

www.reddit.com

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Jo Bloodmoon @cirruswx.bsky.social · 1d

You promise a recipe and do a multi day thread, ala the recipe posts that take 20 minutes to read, only the preamble is 20 days.

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