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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 5h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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sleemo @sleemo.com · 6h

Good news! Pride & Prejudice - The Table Read starring Ambika Mod & Daisy Ridley will be recorded and made into a film for online access, via donation, after the event on Sunday. Follow cinema4gaza for updates.

MAP MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS

CINEMA FOR GAZA PRESENTS

PRIDE & PREJUDICE - THE TABLE READ
THE FILM

CINEMA FOR GAZA
Directed by NIDA MANZOOR
AMBIKA MOD AS ELIZABETH BENNET
DAISY RIDLEY AS MR DARCY

with NISH KUMAR, JENNA COLEMAN, JAMEELA JAMIL & MORE…

SUNDAY, 12 OCTOBER
*DOORS OPEN AT 6PM*

The Table Read will be filmed and made available online after the event for a small donation fee to
MAP!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 20h

People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 6h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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TY 🪷 @tyblack.bsky.social · 11h

TGIF 💕 and happy #OshamirFicFriday
Share what you're reading this week ✨

Amandla Stenberg edited with blue wings and light swirls and the hashtag #OshamirFicFriday

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 6h

ty for shoutout bb!! 💖

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satal✨🌒 @satalxo.bsky.social · 7h

Fun House ch1 by @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social
archiveofourown.org/works/72161856

and away we go ch17 by @tyblack.bsky.social
archiveofourown.org/works/656503...

need you like that ch10 by @callistos.bsky.social
archiveofourown.org/works/632425...

#oshamirficfriday

TY 🪷 @tyblack.bsky.social · 11h

TGIF 💕 and happy #OshamirFicFriday
Share what you're reading this week ✨

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 6h

im so glad u enjoyed it!! your comment was also very perceptive lol

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Sacha Allen @artisansoul.bsky.social · 8h

Yummy scrummy chapter increase!!!😍🤩🙌🏾💗💞❤️‍🔥
#Oshamir
#🌞🚫🌞🚫

callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE!

need you like that
10/11 | explicit | 173k
#oshamir #myfic
for char @parisi3nne.bsky.social

👙 adopted siblings au
👙 sol comes calling....
👙 domestic vibes & smut
👙 sugar daddy vibes
👙 baby shopping!!

🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/632425...

nine square collage: top left is amandla stenberg with in a black jacket with black braids; top centre is ruby ring with half moon diamonds on the side on a dark backdrop; top right is a sideshot of a man a standing in front of a window in a black collared shirt rolled up at the sleeves , tucked into black trousers and holding a phone;
middle left is a photo of two jugs of tea in a table; the middle centre is the title 'need you like that'; middle right is a shot of the interior of a mercedes gle suv;
bottom left is a side shot of a woman in a yellow dress with dark brown skin, lit by sunlight, her arm curving under her bump and standing near flower bushes; bottom centre is a sephia monochrome shot of a couple embracing in a steamy shower, seen from outside, with a male figure prominent.
bottom right is manny jacinto at mfw in his tod's outfit (a white cashmere jumper and a sand coloured jacket) and smouldering at the camera

screenshot of ao3 fanfic need you like that by callistos

Chapter 10: can I confess these things to you, well I don't know/ embedded in my chest and it hurts to hold

Notes:
... i am aware of the increased chapter count. just go with it.

chapter title from the xx's night time. here's the the playlist!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text
“Who’s calling?”

Qimir’s voice slices like a whip through the dreadful pall that’s fallen over Osha. Her stomach churns, bubbling with nerves, her heart rate kicking up a notch.

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 6h

good lord 15 💀💀💀

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 12h

you going to sit there and tell me im wrong?? dont make me bring out the receipts lol

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Steffi|🔞 @steffiheyward16.bsky.social · 13h

Nobody:

Me when @callistos.bsky.social said it’s my fault for the cheaper increase for NYLT:

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 12h

ooo looking forward to it!!

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 15h

yayy fly safe and have a great trip!!

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 19h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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callistos @callistos.bsky.social · 16h

soo good omg im excited that they made it to a certain planet!

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HomeAgainRose @homeagainrose.bsky.social · 18h

New chapter day!
archiveofourown.org/works/711852...

The Naboo Royal Cruiser runs the blockade as plans are put into place and history drawn into course when the hyperdrive starts leaking. #oshamir #padmeamidala #starwars