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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 9h

We have a house just near us that does a pirate theme each year for Halloween, and usually they add a new decoration each year. The addition this year is this duck — and, I drive by him everyday and say:

hi leather daddy duck 👋

(I’m quite certain that’s not their intention, but come on)

An inflatable yellow duck with a black vest and a black hat.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 22h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 20h

Night friend!

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 22h

Headed to a pumpkin regatta tomorrow and I am more excited about it than I feel I should be. I can’t wait to watch the pumpkin boats!

a boat is floating on a lake with the words viralhog written on the bottom

ALT: a boat is floating on a lake with the words viralhog written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 1d

The light on campus has been particularly stunning as of late.

A green lawn leads toward a chapel in the distance. The chapel is framed by trees on either side.

A view from the steps of the library. Looking out onto the lawn that is the center of campus. There’s an American flag in the distance. The sun is setting and the sky is a deep pink across the horizon.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 2d

🤮

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

New AI School should totally be fun and safe for academics. Totally.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 2d

"Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected gov oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 2d

Sherman-ah! Come on!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Got a bunch of reviews coming up this month on my blog, esp small press titles, but I'm always looking for more things to promo. Reach out if you meet the parameters below.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Sep 9

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

Contact

I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…

bookjockeyalex.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been thinking about doing something like this. Gotta keep things lively.

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 2d

I love this 😭 🐸

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 2d

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 2d

I have to attend a small event today and I’ve managed to color coordinate with my watch 💅

Mirror selfie - I’m standing in front of a mirror in a bathroom; I’m wearing a blue sweatshirt, brown pants, a bandana that is gold, blue, and orange, a watch with an orange band, and brown boots.

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 3d

👀 This is very exciting.

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tweety fish of innsmouth @sifu.tweety.fish · 3d

god I hope there's already a band called antifa's girlfriend

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
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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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 3d

That looks so good!

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 3d

It’s officially cool, the leaves are falling, and the autumnal decorations are in place 🍂

Dining room table with pumpkins and pumpkin placemats

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 3d

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

CNN: Does the administration still plan to abide by that court ruling?

STEPHEN MILLER: The administration filed an appeal this morning ... ... ...

CNN: Stephen? Stephen? Can you hear me?

MILLER: ... ... ...

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benfranklinskite.bsky.social @benfranklinskite.bsky.social · 6d

Don't just shout -- phone your electeds
Or send them a message with @resist.bot

benfranklinskite.bsky.social @benfranklinskite.bsky.social · 6d

We all need to keep shouting like the tiniest hoo in Hooville

resist.bot/petitions/PE...

Stop this tyranny & lawlessness. Release the Epstein files & impeach Trump

Text SIGN PEONMZ to 50409 to send this to your officials.

resist.bot

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 4d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 5d

Someone sat a return at the end of the service desk, and I hadn’t seen it. They explained to a staff person that they ret’d the item & the staff person asked them who was working and I overheard, and they paused, and said: the person was kind of masc or… butch —

Thank the for course correcting 🫡

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