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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 2h

Kingfisher in the evening light. Lucky to have it sat right in front of the dark woods in the distance.

#Birds #UKWildlife

A Kingfisher sat on a branch over a pond, behind is a bench and almost completely black background of woodland.

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · 3h

🐝💖 Really excited for this one!

It's the first hour of my Silksong playthrough! If you're a fan of Hollow Knight or you just want to see the start of the game to get an idea of the gameplay, check this one out.

youtu.be/LuHHgQsG1GE

YouTube thumbnail that reads "Hollow Knight Silksong. Part 1" On the left is Hornet, the main character of newly released Team Cherry sequel to Hollow Knight, Silksong. On the right is Nonbinary Twitch streamer FaunAndGames , a femme perceived tan skin nonbinary gamer with blue hair, who is screaming in excitement of this new game.

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 2h

I want more yarn but I cannot have more yarn.

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KP Upadhyayula @kp11studios.bsky.social · 23h

Quote from George Orwell, 1984:

“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this.

The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently…”

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 22h

This whole thread explains for non-Catholics the rhetorical impact of the most recent action, but this is the crux (so to speak) of the message being sent:

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 22h

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18h

Vaccinate your kids. Christ almighty.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

nbcnews.to

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 19h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

I’d likely be in

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

Took this at 2:00am or something last night when insomnia hit.

Feels very old Hollywood. ✨

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

The Navy Yard always has fun weird little things

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

Life finds a way.

Stairwell fish.

Goldfish swimming in the still water at the bottom of a stairway to an abandoned building.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

Would I could find a fine frog!

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · 2d

It's a bit meta but I'll be starting today's stream with co-working to try to fix my co-working. 😅 I've got both On-Together and Super Sweet Bot going but I have to re-test everything since the PC crash. 💜

Afterwards it's back into Silksong to try getting further in Act 2!

Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

FaunAndGames Twitch stream for co-working. There is both Super Sweet Bot and the On-Together Demo on screen. There is also nonbinary streamer FaunAndGames' Vtuber model.

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: 53 participants involved in the Vyvgart trial for Long COVID are calling on the government to fund research for the drug after they saw significant improvements that the study didn’t capture.

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/10/v...

Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug. - The Sick Times

We are a group of 53 individuals with Long COVID from across the U.S. In 2023, we joined a Long COVID clinical trial for Vyvgart (efgartigimod), a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FD...

thesicktimes.org

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

This is a big deal.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 2d

There was a pterodactyl one on sale and I definitely contemplated it…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!!

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.bsky.social · 2d

Just announced at NYCC: I’m writing a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic with artist @davidhahn.bsky.social in partnership with @nycschools.bsky.social #civicsforall comics program, covering and explaining student rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 2d

I have such clear memories of you guys all standing on the top of the steps, waiting to come celebrate because the tv downstairs was ahead of the main one lol

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 2d

And Sr. Jean died.

I do not claim responsibility for that one.

Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 2d

The Phillies got knocked out of the playoffs like THAT, the Eagles brought us shame against New York, oh and Gritty Season is back but the Flyers lost too.

This has been a The Internet is Culturally Philadelphian Sports Update.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

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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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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