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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 7h

I suspect there might be some Opus Dei influence going on there. I feel certain they don't like the new Pope at *all*.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 8h

Haven't played it in ages, but my absolute favorite board game is called A Touch of Evil; you need multiple people but it's non-competitive unless you want it to be. It's Sleepy Hollow-ish gothic horror.

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 11d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 9h

Seattle area has the Olympus Spa, which is a Korean spa that sounds exactly like what you need. A room full of soaking pools with several different temperatures, sauna and steam room, and several hot rooms at several different temps as well, all for one entry fee. There's also a tea room.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 10h

(I didn't go to my senior prom because the guy I was crushing on and sort of dating couldn't afford it so he never brought it up)

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 10h

Uhhh. Is it a Sadie Hawkins Homecoming, where she asked him? 'Cause I'm gonna hope that he just can't afford all the normal Homecoming fanciness and decided he'd be willing to go through the public humiliation of not being dressed right in order to be with her.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 10h

It already did, and I'm only missing portions of my hair! And I may be able to use the place where I bit through my lip as a new piercing.

(Seriously, setting my computer up to dual boot with Cinnamon Mint was far, far easier than I expected.)

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 13h

If you have YouTube Premium, one of the benefits is that you can download videos. Download this one so you can help save a life even if you don't have cell service.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 13h

Here's a video of what chest compressions do and why getting the correct depth every time matters:

CPR in Action | A 3D look inside the body

YouTube video by Action First Aid

youtu.be

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 15h

I've noticed that just in the past month, several of the local swasticar owners have gotten their vehicles swanky new wraps. I've been wondering if Tesla offered them a deal or something.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16h

Hey, Sydette needs help. She is one of the people who makes the world brighter and better simply by existing. If you have the capacity, please consider dropping her what you can.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 17h

A very good thread on masking, especially in these hellish times when the systems meant to protect us are being spitefully destroyed by evil little power hungry gremlins. Mask up! Protect yourselves and your community! 😷😷😷

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 18h

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 20h

With #AltText bc … accessibility for people with vision impairments.

Screenshot of an instagram DM to fedsworkforyou
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11:07 AM

“The entire Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services in the Dept of Education has been RIFed. 3 managers remaining. They over the implementation of IDEA - $15 billion-and Vocational rehabilitation programs. Kids in special education will be significantly impacted by this.”

A comment from @fedsworkforyou on the screenshot of the DM posted by the same account reads:

“This is supposed to hurt Democrats. It hurts everyone. In every community.”

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 19h

Big news in my world, announced on Patreon:

Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 1d

In which I announce the title of my next album, which I head to Anchorage next week to work on. You can see the basics without having to pay, you can listen to some secret preview tracks and read fresh written-tonight lyrics if you're a backer.

www.patreon.com/posts/secret...

Secret Scratch Tracks and a Sunday Concert | Marian Call

Get more from Marian Call on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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S. J. Tucker, Song Shaper @sjtuckermusic.bsky.social · 19h

If you’re in Indianapolis or Nashville and you might enjoy helping 3 musicians find a venue/better yet host a house concert Nov 6 & Nov 11 respectively, would u let me know? The musicians are me, @gingerdoss.bsky.social and Lynda Millard, pictured below. Thx, friends! #MusicSky #WitchSky #PaganSky

3 musicians (L to R Lynda Millard, S. J. Tucker, and Ginger Doss) performing live with bass, djembe, and piano, singing & playing their hearts out.

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 1d

yall my dad wrote this!! a middle grade book about human evolution ⚡️⚡️⚡️ pre-order a copy for your kiddos!

@evoexplorer.bsky.social

Reading the Bones by Marc Aronson | Book Moon Books

High-stakes adventure meets cutting-edge anthropology in this true account of the groundbreaking discovery of Homo naledi, which shocked the world of evolutionary science and redefined what it means t...

bookmoonbooks.com

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 19h

If you're looking for some excellent spooky/scary books for October where the pets are always okay, please check out Skyla Dawn! (She's having a rough and expensive time with her cat Shawn and could really use some community support, and she writes very good books, which are a great way to help.)

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 10d

My big sale for the month is live! Ghosts both real and imagined feature this month--save on tons of books when buying direct, including print and audio:
payhip.com/skyladawncam...

A promo graphic that says "October Scares" against a night sky and leafless tree branches. Stories of hauntings and horror on sale all month long including audio, print, and bundles." There are several book covers for some of the included titles.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 19h

*hugs* I'm sorry Shawn has so much to deal with, and I'm glad he has you to take care of him.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 19h

Oh poor kitten, that sounds so uncomfortable. I wonder if shaving him and giving him clothes to wear would help with the hairballs?

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 19h

And she has a shiny new website where you can buy them, too!

payhip.com/skyladawncam...

Skyla Dawn Cameron

Writer of horror, thrillers, mysteries, and urban fantasy. Fifth-generation crazy cat lady. Lover of coarse language. Proud supporter of Unlikable Female Characters™. My characters kill people so I do...

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 20h

Buy Skyla's books. Her cat is unnecessarily expensive.

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 20h

Ordered him the expensive prescription food the vet wants him on permanently and he’ll need more meds on hand for future episodes. I’d had optimistic thoughts of getting a new rug and bedding at IKEA but now Christmas is cancelled, everyone’s gift this year is Shawn’s bladder NOT full of blood. 😭

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 19h

That combination has kept Pixel crystal-free so far, and it reduces the overall cost at least a bit.

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Damiana Swan @damianaswan.bsky.social · 19h

Ohhhhh Shawn nooooooooo. I'm so glad the vet is able to help, but that food is just so expensive. Something we've done is get (non-prescription) Purina Pro Plan Urinary Tract Health kibble and mix it with the Hill's prescription kibble and supplement with a couple tbsp of the prescription wet food.

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