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The Mighty Trqmul @pervysagebundle.bsky.social · 12h

Indigenous Peoples Day 🌿

If anyone wants to gift this indigenous anarchist mother and artist anything today. I’m starting to save money funds for a permanent home for my family. I’ve worked hard to save what I can and want to actualize my dream 🖤 venmo.com/u/trqmul_isk...

Venmo | Sandra Warriors-Pistolbullet

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 8d

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me grey tabby cat benjamo peering over the edge of a table with two meat mountains of turkey on plates, gravy etc.

he looks… not innocent…

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Robo AD @robosad.blackskycomra.de · 1d

Always remember, "Porn Addiction" is simply conservative, religious, or otherwise puritan/repressed people feeling guilty that they view porn. Most of them do so at rates well below the average, they just feel bad about it. Averages, especially in the USA, are heavily under-reported out of shame.

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JintiGoast @jinti.bsky.social · 16h

Let me reiterate: that shit ain't real.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 12h

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return

Marker, colored pencil, and ink pen.
11 x 14in

Illustration of a green deer hugging a hare, with the hare is hugging a mouse. All three animals hugging form the silhouette outline of the deer.

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 8h

UPDATED: One woman has been found dead in the village of Kwigillingok, where another two people remain unaccounted for, after a devastating storm battered Western Alaska over the weekend.

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 10h

Another large international airport has come out as refusing to air a partisan political message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Another major international airport refuses to broadcast message from Kristi Noem's DHS

Another large international airport has come out as refusing to air a partisan political message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.According to ABC15 News' Rachel Louise Just, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, a major hub for ...

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 10h

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When I asked him what he makes of the cognitive science research, he told me he thinks scientists focus too much on word recognition. He still doesn't believe accurate word recognition is necessary for reading comprehension.

"Word recognition is a preoccupation," he said. "I don't teach word recognition. I teach people to make sense of language. And learning the words is incidental to that."

He brought up the example of a child who comes to the word "horse" and says "pony" instead. His argument is that a child will still understand the meaning of the story because horse and pony are the same concept.

I pressed him on this. First of all, a pony isn't the same thing as a horse. Second, don't you want to make sure that when a child is learning to read, he understands that /p/ /o/ /n/ /y/ says "pony"? And different letters say "horse"?

He dismissed my question.

"The purpose is not to learn words," he said. "The purpose is to make sense."

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 10h

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Tansy 🔞 🔜 Furpoc AA @tansy.bsky.social · 18d

Finally, autism has arrived

A happy little puppy jumping out of a leaf pile with maple, oak and birch leaves! A surprised woolly bear caterpillar is also going flying. The puppy has a pumpkin on his head and his paws are against his cheeks in delight and excitement. Around him are the words IT'S FINALLY AUTISM!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 16h

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 16h

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
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I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 8h

With the full extent of storm damage in Western Alaska still unknown, officials said they were focused on search and rescue operations, but acknowledged the need to address the future of some communities facing catastrophic losses.

Officials focus on rescue operations after Western Alaska storm with an eye toward long-term shelter

Search-and-rescue efforts are still underway, but state and federal officials are already thinking about the future of Alaskans who lost their homes.

www.adn.com

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🍄Tinus🍄 @tinus20xx.bsky.social · 2d

A friend of mine and his family lost everything to a flood, Any kind of help is incredibly appreciated
#MutualAid #mutualaid
gofund.me/16da12209

Help me, my family and the people Who Lost everything., organized by Ayrton Silva

The municipality of Poza Rica, Veracruz, is one of the hardest hi… Ayrton Silva necesita tu apoyo para Help me, my family and the people Who Lost everything.

gofund.me

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · Oct 1

there’s no way i’m making bread with this

brenda says: this is bubbling and rising but tastes foul. i had a spoonful then my husband did. he nearly vomited. there’s no way i’m making bread with this.

melanie mcdonald says: please don’t eat raw sourdough starter. it is intended to be baked with, not eaten as it is. also it contains raw flour which can cause food poisoning.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.

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ghost catcher jd 👻 @softmossdog.bsky.social · 7h

Even better knowing it wasn't written with that in mind 😅 (and I do absolutely recommend the book and its sequel)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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ghost catcher jd 👻 @softmossdog.bsky.social · 7h

Is this about the infamous scene in she who became the sun

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 8h

Sex scenes are almost never "gratuitous" or "unnecessary." You learn things about characters and relationships during sex that you can't really learn any other way, such as whether they're into fisting.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 22h

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

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · Mar 2

🌌 gnbsky

A typewritten note that reads "goodnight Bluesky. There is nothing in your closet. You don't need to go check. It's fine. Just go to bed"

The words "your closet. You need to go check. Just go" are given a glowing effect

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 8h

Four cemetery workers, all U.S. citizens, arrested during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation that crossed over onto the private Concordia Cemetery in the west suburban village of Forest Park.

Forest Park cemetery workers recount traumatic clash with ICE; mayor calls for crackdown to end

‘If this is happening to me, a U.S. citizen, what are they doing to the other individuals?’

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 8h

Fairfax posting pics of every Israeli released hostage - while released Palestinians aren’t allowed to speak to the press - is very lopsided coverage

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