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Nica in living near end of the world painter/photographer/printmaker/translator https://medium.com/@happyfolk87 https://letterboxd.com/cfranco_ruiz/

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · Feb 7

Wrote about all the films I watched, and seeing what trends im coming across in my personal viewing this year, a part of me is diving into directors filmgraphies tosee the development

#filmsky #writing

happyfolk87.medium.com/a-year-in-fi...

A Year in Film- 2024

1. Year with Satyajit Ray

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 42m

I think the saving grace is living in a country that isn’t a healthcare hellscape that is the USA. I can’t imagine what their lives would look like had we stayed

Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 2h

It’s not easy, as a caretaker for my aging in laws. We do so much to have them comfortable and still wants to continuing to live but once she reaches her late 70s in a few years. I don’t know what that is going to look like for her.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Aug 19

This was me literally as soon as I learned how to read

Bart holding UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING
OUTRAGE!

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

“Patrek Chase, kidney transplant program director at Parkland Health in Dallas, claimed that patients at his hospital – which generally serves a poorer population – were passed over for a healthy organ in favor of patients at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which generally helps the affluent.”

Whistleblower claims Dallas hospitals kept kidneys from poorer patients

Kidneys that were deemed unsuitable for patients at Parkland hospital were allegedly given to others at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

www.texasstandard.org

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

White colonizers nearly killed all the buffalo to extinction, for pure bloodsport.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)

r/SaaS
u/soasme
I deleted ALL AI features... and user growth went UP.

Everyone's busy adding Al to everything.
I did the same for indie10k.com but it didn't work.
I removed all of fancy Al stuff - Al coach, Al growth ideas, Al "personalized" advice - everything.
Guess what?
I see more registered users and higher retention.
That actually make me wonder why now i have one page with one button, without all that Al thingy, but it does better?
Here's my question:
Is Al feature actually helping SaaS grow?

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: The death toll has risen to five after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to medical sources.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 16h

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 15h

Film 290

#filmsky

Musa Chaudhry @musachaudhry.bsky.social · Feb 18

35. A Moment of Romance (1990) dir. Benny Chan

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 17h

The AI slop / The reality

Joe Biden tweet:

@JoeBiden
I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones, and for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives.

The road to this deal was not easy. My Administration worked relentlessly to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians, and end the war. I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line.

Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.
7:19 PM · Oct 13, 2025
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https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1977876858310992109

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 1d

So they’ll know when and where I’m taking a massive shit and shitposting memes about Thiel at the same time? Perfect.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 19h

Why is Bluesky making this post disappear? I can't see it on my feed or see the replies at all. Pause to read the post and tell me what's wrong with it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 21h

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 21h

Well if it makes it feel any better the EU wasn't a bystander

It actively participated in genocide <3

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Perception of EU as bystander in Gaza war has badly damaged its reputation

Internal divisions stopped EU from putting any real pressure on Israel

www.irishtimes.com

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 1d

one thing ive noticed heavily since trump admin getting into power is that we no longer see as many stories or reports on natural disasters, how many hurricanes and tropical storms barely reported as frequently prior to current admin

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1d

This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.

JK Rowling says "ha ha.. h-heh. I won! I won!" She sits alone in the dark, bathed in the late of her computer screen. We pull back to see her in a large dark empty room. She continues "I won." Seeing the full scope of her cavernous workplace, she appears small and alone. She says, once again, "I won..."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Kinda feels like the results are in...

Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 1d

Former Pres. Obama, speaking on comedian Marc Maron's final podcast, said the Trump administration's policies are a "test" of whether universities, businesses, law firms and voters—including Republicans—will take a stand for the nation's founding principles and values.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

This is 'a test,' Obama says of the U.S. under Trump. He gets candid with podcaster Marc Maron

Former President Obama, speaking on the final episode of Marc Maron's podcast, touched on major issues facing Californians as he discussed core convictions, decency and institutional guardrails.

www.yahoo.com

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 1d

Dandadan #213

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 1d

Monday with Jane Hirshfield

Obstacle

This body, still walking.
The wind must go around it.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important angle.

WHATEVER else happens...

Whoever is in that Frog in front of loaded guns looking people dead in the face

They are showing up for people BEHIND the dudes with guns , not just to be. assholes

but to show that it MATTERS that people are inside there unjustly

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1d

What I'd love people to take from the Portland Frog (and the other inflatable costumes) is both that wearing an inflatable costume to a protest can create cool viral visuals AND that you need to just try shit.

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 1d

reeling with the guilt of being a terrible friend

a cartoon drawing of snoopy with his tongue hanging out

ALT: a cartoon drawing of snoopy with his tongue hanging out

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 1d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Charlie @queertranslations.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of these jobs are outsourced to other countries.

I remember working for Amazon call center and the office Nextdoor dealt with Obamacare. A lot of people who worked it didn’t last long because of mental toll.

Feels how some of these jobs are outsourced to let other carry the guilt.