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ficklenuts has a pair of normal entiddies 👻 @ficklenuts.bsky.social · 12h

If I wasn’t meant to store stuff in my cleavage, it wouldn’t be called a rack

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 4h

I wrote a trilogy of novels published by HarperCollins about a brother and sister caught on opposite sides of the war to unite Viking Age Norway.

Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present!

The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...

The Half-Drowned King|Paperback

"Linnea Hartsuyker brings myth and legend roaring to life in this superbly good page-turning saga of Viking-era Norway. The book’s fiercest magic shines in the characters of Ragnvald and Svanhil...

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 3h

Also kinda nods at their general "ACs are unnecessary luxuries" mentality

Working with an entirely different set of parameters there

moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 4h

I will consider this a definitive answer to the question

Replying to @juanmarcos why we wash and refrigerate eggs in America #sylvanaquafarms #blackbirdcoop #eggs #eggwashing #farmlife #foodsafety #regenerativeagriculture

TikTok video by Farming While Beige

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onion person @junlper.beer · 23h

yesterday on twitter, some of the biggest far right doxxing users were suspended and then elon musk caught wind, and reinstated them. get everyone you can off twitter. it is firmly a pro-doxxing-if-you’re-far-right platform

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 13h

Damn, folks. This left-wing political correctness on campus at (*checks notes*) … er, Indiana University? — is out of control.

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely a wonder of evolution. Biological tanks. In addition to all of this, they eat ANYTHING, can get fat off nothing but fucking acorns and every toxin or bad thing they eat goes right into that protective layer of fat armor up to and including fucking radiation.

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14h

A disaster hits, domesticated pigs escape into the wilderness, and in a few weeks have gone super Saiyan.

Each now feral sow giving birth to dozen pigs, 3 times a year: wildly exponential growth.

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah I've been to medical school

stacked cans of generic dr. pepper style drinks. they are named: Dr. Choice, Dr. Bold, Dr. Perfect, Dr. Bob, Dr. WOW, Real Dr., Dr. Thunder, Dr. Right, Dr. K, Dr. Shaw’s, Dr. A+, Dr. Stripes. Dr. Chill, Dr. Skipper, The DR., Dr. Tremor, Dr. Snap, dr. perky, dr. Shasta, Dr. Becker (like the tv show????), dr. spice, Dr. Fine Soda, Dr. Zevia, and Dr. Dynamite

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merritt @merrittk.com · 13h

hell yeah dude fucking sue these dipshits trying to get like, Oryx and Crake and shit out of school libraries. ruin their lives. make examples of them to all the other lead-poisoned facebook users who have nothing better to do www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Activist's claims principal promoted child pornography are defamatory: lawsuit | CBC News

A southern Manitoba principal is suing a parent who sought to have books removed from school libraries, saying the woman wrote defamatory social media posts insinuating the principal promoted the diss...

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

I know someone who admits they don't think about symbolism & all the fiddly bits of what they watch but they enjoy other people's conversations about that kind of thing, in moderation

Basically, did we break the model & fuck ourselves up? Maybe.

moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

Like maybe, without room to breathe in 'appointment' (1x/week) scheduling, episode pacing, 'filler' eps, the brain steps back on its own and it's just background noise

Vs regular glorified miniseries (8ep binged seasons) queues you to watch everything that way

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

I think it circles the "22 episodes! Let us have filler!" conversations of recent years, at least, about how some media needs room to breathe and bloom

Like I wonder how much the "turn off the brain"/"overanalyze everything" instincts are about losing a balance in the media itself?

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 13h

chatgpt? whatever. I’m giving myself internet psychosis the old fashioned way: finding an unhinged individual and falling down a rabbit hole of trying to figure out whatever tf they’re doing

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 13h

this would not be *my* immediate response to seeing a dead raccoon in my yard but the human experience is vast

a picture of a snow-covered lump that is purportedly a dead raccoon with a long rambling caption about how the coyotes around her house are indications of trickster energy and that this dead raccoon somehow symbolizes her growing psychic power idk

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Dec 4

The cycle of homelessness and criminalization

This image portrays a satirical critique of systemic issues surrounding homelessness and criminalization. It visually represents the cyclical challenges faced by individuals experiencing homelessness:
1. A person is denied shelter due to lack of resources (“Sorry, out of beds. Good luck.”).
2. They are later punished for sleeping in public, which has been criminalized (“Get up! Public sleeping is now a crime. You’re going to jail.”).
3. After serving their time, they are released but continue to face barriers (“You’ve been in jail! I’d never hire you or rent to you.”).

The illustration highlights how systemic obstacles perpetuate homelessness rather than resolving it, presenting a no-win situation for those trapped in the cycle.

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Liam Quane 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @specificityarchives.com · 13h

Rich people will always be the cause of human misery.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

Truest thing ever said on this site

Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 14h

Hemingway ruined prose writers forever

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

(For example, I also enjoyed Doubs, which you're apparently not supposed to admit)

moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

(Maybe look around at people with more experienced and up to date palates, though, especially with more nice absinthes coming out in the 15 years since)

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 13h

Anyway, it's deliciously crisp and herby, not too 'green', not too 'smack me in the face with a bag of black licorice'

There are nice absinthes at lower price points, but if you're looking for swank, it's a good one

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 13h

Years of overheard griping about someone without a job who has a nice home and car that they got when they had a job

Like leases aren't a thing

Like you're supposed to immediately trade both in for a barrel and a tin cup

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 13h

Secondary killjoy in money troubles: things you bought years ago weaponized as retroactive proof of irresponsibility—for having ever spent money on joy—by people who think you can pawn a toaster to pay a bill

Like this here glass of 15yo Jade Verte Suisse 1898

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that you can donate here: bsky.app/profile/napa...

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 1d

As a reminder: these kinds of levels and exams are completely made up and typically children who go through traumatic events (earthquake, hurricanes, war) are considered to have experienced a disrupted education. We've given our children no such grace.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic. n.pr/473xAwC

In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Not that *I* find it unhinged, but some people do:

There is no inherently superior form or genre of literature. You can find crap in all of them and absolute masterworks too.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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