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Natalie Dombois @nataliedombois.bsky.social · Jan 13

Time to post one of my favorite old illustrations. :)
I created it for a group show resolving around botanical visuals. During this time I read a lot about the ISS and how they grew plants in there to test botanical behavior, which also sparked dreams about deep space travels.

Female Astronaut surrounded by plants. She's holding a space shuttle.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2h

Vought’s daughter has cerebral palsy, and while she may not require “special” education, she would need adjustments if she attended any school.

Obviously, he is evil and does not care about hypocrisy, but I want people to remember: they’re taking this away from US, not themselves.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 6h

I really, really need you to go back to reliably masking. It’s life and death. Maybe not for you and your family (although it’s very possible!), but for vulnerable people in your communities. Elders, kids, and immunocompromised folks, of which there are untold hundreds of thousands more now.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 17h

If I were actively trying to destroy the United States from within, going after and dismantling its public health would be like the first thing I’d do.

Just pointing that out.

This is beyond dangerous. It’s leaving us vulnerable in a way we can’t really fathom until it’s too late.

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

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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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Eugenics is about collectively demarcating who among us is “inferior” enough, in the “right” ways, to be actively or passively cut out of society. It relies on us not caring about disability justice & also encourages people to disable each other to the point they can be easily,wordlessly left behind

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Long Covid is more prevalent in children in the US now than asthma. We are fucking destroying the next generations w/our behavior. (And adults.)

If you do care about resisting eugenics maybe start by not being the vector that disables a kid in RFK’s US. That is not too much to ask. It really isn’t.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

If this thread hit you like ice water because you truly did not know covid spread is still mass disabling people (& killing ppl), please let it change how you operate now that you know—& don’t just take my word for it, do some searches in medical journals. When we know better we do better. I hope🤞

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Long Covid is more prevalent in children in the US now than asthma. We are fucking destroying the next generations w/our behavior. (And adults.)

If you do care about resisting eugenics maybe start by not being the vector that disables a kid in RFK’s US. That is not too much to ask. It really isn’t.

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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 20h

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Traveling halfway across the world & packing into a room for a conference panel on the theme of resisting eugenics.

But not wearing a respirator during a surge in the ongoing pandemic.

What a fun way to show how the research & scholars you’re there to ostensibly listen to mean jack shit to you.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 23h

A reminder that your US public library card likely gives you free access to Libby, an app that has ebooks & audiobooks galore!

It likely gets you other cool stuff, too. Mine gets me museum passes, language learning via Mango app, movies & TV via Kanopy app, &c.

Using the library keeps it open! 💙📚

Libby App @libbyapp.com · 23h

🏆 On Oct 11, the #BannedBookAwards will honor authors whose works have faced censorship yet continue to champion human rights. The #LibbyApp is proud to celebrate the individuals and organizations who keep stories accessible for all. 📖 https://bit.ly/48TJFH8 #Bookish #BannedBooksWeek #LibbyApp

This year's honorees at the 2025 Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards | Libby Life: Blog, Podcast, Book Clubs & More.

Find out who's being honored at the 2025 Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards. See the full list of authors and advocates recognized for their courage in defending the freedom to read.

www.libbylife.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 22h

ICE agents shot and killed a dog in an El Paso home.

The owner was complying with their request to search. He simply asked permission to secure the dog first.

ICE entered anyways and murdered the dog.

They refused to give names or badge numbers.

Given Noem’s history this is ghastly.

El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...

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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, a pita made of thick sandwich bread would also work!

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Hanflower 🌸 Mary 🌨️ INKTOBERRR @hanflower.bsky.social · 1d

2. Folktales 🌌

"Once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, a flock of magpies would form a bridge to reunite the lovers for a single day."

#chillinktober #inktober #ink

digital ink drawing of a chinese woman riding on a flock of magpies, her hair is flowing upwards behind her and a constellation map of Lyra is on her arm, with the star Vega glowing particularly brightly.

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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 1d

The crust of one of the bread slices would need to form some sort of flange that covers the gap between the slices. A flanged bread specifically for grilled sandwiches. I have thought about this a lot 😂

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 1d

Stack. #art

A shadowy bird atop a trio of stacked pumpkins. Painted with coffee.

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Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning.

Black and white ink and brush drawing of a landcape.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 1d

believing in science, but not wanting to continue wearing a mask would sound like this: “i’m getting vaccinated bc it’ll help me fight off covid, but does not prevent me from spreading covid nor does it prevent me from developing long covid. these are risks i have decided to take”

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 1d

unfortunately, you do not believe in science if you think getting vaccinated is enough to stop the spread of disease and that there’s no way you could ever develop long covid so catching covid (while vaxxed) must be harmless. that is not what the science has been saying at all.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw someone angrily blustering on Facebook that if the scaremongers were right, 30% of people would have long covid by now!!! And welp…
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID

Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 1d

precocious pumpkin-lings
#guild11mysterium
#Art

Digital painting of a wild boar with babies in the forest, but they are all shaped like lumpy pumpkins in varying degrees.

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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 2d

I FUCKEN FINISHED!!! As always, it took me 2 months, but I got there in the end.