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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 22m

Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland," one of comics' greatest graphic masterpieces, first appeared on October 15, 1905. Here's the debut, and as majestic as it is, it only hinted at the wonders to come.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13h

album cover with sound of music biking scene and the text

Meet The radical Cyclists.
no helmets - no lights - no hi viz - riding in a pack - distracted - taking the lane.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 6h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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webwidget @webwidget.bsky.social · 50m

Alex (Clockwork Orange 1971) becomes a test subject for the Minister of the Interior's new Ludovico technique, an experimental aversion therapy for rehabilitating criminals within two weeks. Alex is strapped to a chair, his eyes clamped open while he is forced to watch films of sex and violence.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1h

601 days to decide a case?

The competence of the NC Supreme Court rivals the competency of Congress.

www.theassemblync.com/education/wa...

Waiting for Leandro

It’s been 601 days since the state Supreme Court heard arguments over funds for public schools. Can they put off a decision forever?

www.theassemblync.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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webwidget @webwidget.bsky.social · 1h

On the one hand, I feel like I could make a decent case for being a “Good Guy/Team Cetacean”, but recognize that the whales would be justified in saying “they all look alike to me” and expunging me.

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 5h

Tell me your heart doesn’t lift at the idea of a *thirty metre* mechanical centipede suit with an irritable blue whale piloting it marching along a major road to demand an end to sonar booms and ocean plastics *in person*.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 5h

Mech suits for whales so they could come on land and fully express their feelings about humans. Especially orcas.

I guess that makes me the crazed villain?

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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🔪 Elora Raven 🔪 @slut.fyi · 4h

i'm in awe at the extent to, and manner in which everything is getting worse. any my industry signal is that in a few months you're going to think these economic conditions were awesome. the most risk averse companies with long planning horizons have started cutting meat from cybersec

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 11h

Male Cardinal

Contemplative...

A male red Cardinal is in the midst of green leaves.

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Get Equipped With @getequipped.bsky.social · 4h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 21h

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 11h

In a surprise move, President Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to himself instead of to Charlie Kirk, saying: “He's a hero because he was assassinated. I like people that weren't assassinated.”

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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 2h

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 14h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 19h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 14h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 18h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22h

If Platner can't beat Janet Mills he probably can't beat Sue Collins.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 16h

I swear I did not have "I'm better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk" on my Donny Batshit Bingo card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 16h

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 17h

CPD memo to officers today: helmet and gas mask available and accessible at all times, to be read at 7 days of roll calls. (For officers assigned masks.) Supervisors to ensure compliance acc to the memo. #chicago

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