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Eighth Day Arts

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Writer. I take my iPad mini everywhere. “It is only an appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.” Thornton Wilder

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · Dec 1

#DownTheShore #SouthJersey #BrigantineBeach

Seagull, boat, Atlantic Ocean, South Jersey shore

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 56m

Fuck them.

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 1h

Can thank guns for some of that.

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ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social @ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social · 13h

www.nj.com/essex/2025/1...

Abandoned 150-year old N.J. hospital to be transformed into 42 housing units

The interconnected hospital structures, built in 1869, have sat empty for more than two decades

www.nj.com

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 4h

Deplorable.

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 6h

I also hate the word influencer. Nice to hear from a “tech bro” with a purer vision for the internet.

WIRED @wired.com · 7h

The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone

The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 8h

“Sell news” sums up what’s wrong with MSM.

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 8h

Walk then. Who cares?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 10h

Fuck OpenAI

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 11h

Sora videos depicting dead celebs spark backlash from families; OpenAI says reps of "recently deceased" public figures can request their likeness be blocked (Washington Post)

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 11h

Bubble life.

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 12h

Sure they are. Gaslighting at its finest.

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ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social @ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social · 12h

apnews.com/article/mari...
“Frank Carreño, the former president of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce who has lived in Doral, ……was pleased with the news that Machado won the Nobel Prize but warned that Machado will not pressure Trump to protect Venezuelans living in the U.S”

A look at how Venezuelans in the US are reacting to Maria Corina Machado's Nobel Prize win

Venezuelans in the U.S. are welcoming the news that opposition leader leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Price.

apnews.com

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 12h

Now the press gets a spine? Fuck them.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 13h

2 freaks

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 13h

😂😂😂🤡

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 13h

Hope is not a plan.

Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 13h

This makes me sad.

And don't they know it's all scraped info? Who knows where this "advice" came from.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14h

Chicago friends! I'm thrilled to be joining Eve L. Ewing this Tuesday night (Oct 14) at the National Public Housing Museum to talk about There Is No Place for Us.

Hosted by Build Coffee & Books + NPHM.

Tickets here:

There Is No Place for Us with Brian Goldstone and Eve L. Ewing - National Public Housing Museum

A conversation with author Brian Goldstone, whose deeply reported new book plunges readers into the lives of families struggling to remain housed in a gentrifying, increasingly unequal city.

nphm.org

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 13h

Been saying it for years. Why do people worship these guys?

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 15h

What if they don't *want* to "catch up to reality?" What if they prefer to create an alternate reality? Oligarch-owned MSM in the US is not a friend of the people.

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ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social @ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/t...

Traveling to the European Union is about to get more complicated. Here’s what you need to know | CNN

The EU is starting to rollout its long-awaited digital exit/entry system. New procedures are meant to streamline border controls and improve security, but their are concerns it will lead to delays.

www.cnn.com

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ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social @ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social · 17h

www.gq.com/story/ken-bu...

“One of the things that history provides you,” he said, “is a little bit of—it is bad right now, and it is threatened in ways that it’s never been threatened. But there’s also a resilience.”

Ken Burns Loves America—and You Can, Too

Ken Burns’s obsession with this country can be felt in all 234 hours of his roughly 40 films—including his latest mega-doc, The American Revolution. At a moment when we are once again arguing about th...

www.gq.com

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Eighth Day Arts @eighthdayarts.bsky.social · 15h

I don't know, maybe it just reflects that she's a pretender.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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