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Micah @rincewind.run · 1h

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

"‘You run away a lot,’ said one of the voices. ‘That is good. You are a survivor.’

‘Survivor? I’ve nearly been killed dozens of times!’

‘Exactly.’"

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

There is a whole category of Milkshake Duck Nobel Prize winners

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 2h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 2h

His name is Kasing Lung and Labubus are characters from his books 'The Monsters' that he published back in 2015!

a photo of Kasing Lung at his desk, with some of his toys in the background

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 2h

I'm a bit torn here bc the Labubu guy actually IS an indie toy designer, I saw his stuff at like WonderFes a decade ago. So he's not like say, Funko shit- So Labubus is one of the better fads because one of us made it big

But also he's probably plenty rich by now (I hope so he deserves to be)

KP @hagofbolding.bsky.social · Sep 8

What if instead of buying a labubu you bought something from a small artist instead

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h

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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Eliphus @eliphusz.bsky.social · 12h

Belgian man dude for the latest HTP audiolog.
I also had a blast voicing him
#huntertheparenting

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KP @hagofbolding.bsky.social · Sep 8

What if instead of buying a labubu you bought something from a small artist instead

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John Bowe @johnbowethejoker.bsky.social · 2h

I want this table so damn bad

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 21h

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22h

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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hemantoysinmyass @hemantoysinmyass.bsky.social · 23h

Credit to the Watchmen HBO series for calling it:

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 1d

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 10h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

Luttig has it right here: “[T]he Supreme Court has given them no choice but to speak out.”

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 10h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8h

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Making It About Yourself

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

"Many of you who covered me ... were salivating at the thought that Eric would go to jail for 33 years. So don't start asking me about what I think about [Letitia James]: I want to know, what did y'all think about when my life was destroyed in this city. And I wish I had a mic so I can drop it."

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning.

30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF.

The market dumped.

The trader made +$192 million in two hours.

Unusual.

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Astrid (yeehaw) 🤠🌈 ✨ @ansitru.bsky.social · 7h

Let me reiterate: loser behavior. 🤙

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Astrid (yeehaw) 🤠🌈 ✨ @ansitru.bsky.social · 8h

How to use genAI for your small business:
1. Grab your keyboard
2. Smack yourself in the face with it

Repeat step 2 as often as needed, until you understand that using genAI is loser behavior.

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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 8h

PlayStation website in 2006

#WebDesignHistory

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John Bowe @johnbowethejoker.bsky.social · 8h

Very clearly AI.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 8h

Roland Emmerich's Stargate (1994): Ra's Pyramid/Palace ship, concept by production designer Holger Gross, art by concept designer Oliver Scholl

The painting depicts the colossal pyramid mothership of the film's villain, the alien Goa'uld Ra, landed on the desert dunes of the planet Abydos.
The setting sun bathes the scene in a warm, alien glow, emphasizing the immense scale and mysterious power of the vessel.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

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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Cole Moore Odell @colemooreodell.bsky.social · 21h

Found this in a 1981 Conan the Barbarian comic book. I salute you across the gulf of time, Horny Enough to Cut Out a Newspaper Ad Kid.

Ad for Tarzan the Ape Man starring Bo Derek and Richard Harris, with the line “The most beautiful woman of our time in the most erotic adventure of all time” and art of Derek in a straw bikini swinging on a vine against a white background

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