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Paul Evans @pauliewaulie.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...

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Ashcan @ashcan.bsky.social · 13h

this is just what auto alt-text looks like in MS word, which is a bizarre thing to see in a website but it's not saying the game itself is AI-generated

GWIZ 🔜 Sonic Expo 🎧🦔✨ @gwizofthestars.com · 13h

The Halo website is messed up and snitching on itself

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 14h

every trusted news brand has been bought and is increasingly being repurposed like when the viral "here in my garage" guy acquired the radioshack trademark to push NFTs or whatever scheme he was misusing it for

speaking of which oh look a recent update no way this is entirely unexpected information

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Geist @rattlegeist.bsky.social · 22d

Threaded Knight

A porcelain doll soldier with gold filigree & spools of glowing thread stands alone, holding a sword and a rifle.

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 15h

The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 14h

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 18h

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!

Hello Chief and APD Leadership,

I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.

Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World

In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.

I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.

All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.

As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.

We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.

Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us

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IanAbstract @ianabstract.bsky.social · 1h

meteors typically bury themselves in the ground on impact so if you want a piece of the sky grab a shovel

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 1d

ps Confederate monuments weren't erected contemporaneously to the Civil War. The were erected as part of the Jim Crow backlash to Reconstruction to re-establish white supremacy.
segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/confe...

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Charzea @charzea.bsky.social · 16h

It is the international save the vaquita day. With fewer than 20 left, the vaquita is the world's most endangered marine mammal.
#SaveTheVaquita

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 7h

William Morris pioneered the fantasy genre as we know it.
But BEFORE that, he made the most indulgent, purple-prosed homoerotic short story I've ever read, as fanfic for the medieval architect of a church that he liked...

morrisarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/proseromance...

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Vee 🥑: Integral 🚅🔜EVA @parametricavocado.bsky.social · Oct 17

For the uninitiated, here's a snippet of what I do when I'm inspired

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vashito @vashperado.bsky.social · 14h

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 11h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/b...

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Kaz Coyotl - Moon Thief 𓃦 @mow.bsky.social · 1d

This is what’s possible if you open your chi gates and practice tai chi.

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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x

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IanAbstract @ianabstract.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like if Sirius blinks really hard she makes a ka-click sound and her eyes become floodlights. LED hi-beams.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 2d

Time for some real horse content- Ryuji Wada toured the stable Meisho Doto's been retired at recently, and on passing the paddock Doto *immediately* rushed him. Like, "How dare you show your face here again, TM Opera-O!"

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 2d

(Famously, Meisho Doto would get agitated at the mention of the name TM Opera-O, but liked the actual horse itself. It appears that he thinks that this "TM Opera-O" that made everyone on his team so upset was actually Ryuji Wada, TM's jockey.)

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund!

Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!

Count Chuckula 🧛🏻‍♂️ (AH AH AH AH!) @sazeracla.bsky.social · 1d

I donated to his campaign. I was pissed off when it was revealed he worked as a merc, and debating what to do when the tattoo & queerphobic posts came out.

I contacted ActBlue, asked for it to be returned, got an acknowledgement of the return a few hours later; 2 days later it was in my account.

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Netscape @netscape.bsky.social · 20h

I’m not baiting, a shitload of footage/screenshots leaked to Twitter

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Dan the Dancer ✨ @dvruno.bsky.social · 1d

Back in 2004, CBS aired a sci-fi Legal Drama called Century City starring Viola Davis and Ioan Gruffudd that took place in the year 2030 where Oprah is currently president.

Please bear witness to how insane these two paragraphs are on its Wikipedia page.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

where is Tree Law when we really need it

Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not precious about the building, but killing trees really makes me stabby

At least 2 historic magnolia trees, Kennedy Garden appear to have been removed to make way for Trump's White House ballroom

Satellite images show that President Donald Trump's project to build a $300 million grand ballroom has appeared to take down at least six trees on the White House grounds

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.

Here's the video of it running.

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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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