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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 2d

Shanthi Chandrasekar, Cosmic Web, pen and ink on paper #sciart

Geometric art with blue background and connected red and yellow dots

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19d

He repurposed “believe all women” standing next to a president who’s been accused by more than 20 women of sexual assault and harassment and been found civilly liable for rape. Kennedy himself has also been accused of sexual assault. There is no bottom

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · 19d

me telling my grandkids what it was like to have vaccines

The Simpsons old man sitting on a stump telling a story but all the kids have been replaced with headstones

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 19d

is it good that nothing feels real anymore

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Alison @crimeroomba.bsky.social · Sep 10

6 weeks ago.

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Alison @crimeroomba.bsky.social · Sep 2

I have just learned about Postcrossing because of your comment, and I'm so excited to join, I have so many postcards that need to go somewhere!

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Aug 27

If something happened to be daughter and in response I was told that she is now "with the person who loved her the most," you could not hold me legally liable for what I would do next.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fox News' Trey Gowdy: "The only thing that can give us any modicum of peace at all is those two children are with the person who loved them the very most, the person who created them, that being Jesus. That is the only thing that can possibly give parents in the future any modicum of peace."

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here are some nice mushrooms

Another angle of the huge flush of golden oyster mushrooms that recently grew in a dead elm tree. All photos by me

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · Aug 27

A reminder at awful times like this

In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports".. could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned".. means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
1. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the takers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
ON THE MEDIA
ONTHEMEDIA.ORG

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.rawstory.com/minneapolis-...

Did anyone see this in the media this morning besides Raw Story!!! Nobody else thought it worth reporting??? 20 people shot!

Minneapolis officials treating '20 victims' after mass shooting at church: report

A mass shooting was reported at a Minneapolis church, where around 20 people were said to be victims.According to BNO News, police were responding to "multiple casualties" at the Annunciation Church o...

www.rawstory.com

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Alison @crimeroomba.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations! It's well deserved.

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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · Aug 21

you can see this piece at the minnesota state fair fine arts exhibition!

general BOOsician @generalmusician.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations @allisonanne.com 🥳

demonstration tape from allison anne (collage)

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Alison @crimeroomba.bsky.social · Aug 21

Blue staining bolete video for my #fungifriends

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Aug 21

NFTs were a bubble, AI is a bubble, but small carvings of large hipped women have remained popular with unsettling lighthouse keepers for 200 years, invest with confidence

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Chris thinks war is bad @cpjones.bsky.social · Jul 30

“Parent’s rights” as a concept makes my blood fucking boil. Parents have responsibilities. Children have rights

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Jul 29

the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 30

False alarm, everybody! Turns out the kids they’re starving to death weren’t perfectly healthy to begin with so no biggie

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 30

OMG

We have appended an Editors' Note to a story about Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a child in Gaza who was diagnosed with severe malnutrition. After publication, The Times learned that he also had pre-existing health problems. Read more below.

Children in Gaza are malnourished and starving, as New York Times reporters and others have documented. We recently ran a story about Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians, including Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, who is about 18 months old and suffers from severe malnutrition. We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated him and his medical records, and have updated our story to add context about his pre-existing health problems. This additional detail gives readers a greater understanding of his situation. Our reporters and photographers continue to report from Gaza, bravely, sensitively, and at personal risk, so that readers can see firsthand the consequences of the war.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

The Washington Post has just published every single known name.

A seminal moment.

The WaPa headline says: 60,000 Gazans were killed. 18,500 of them were children. These are some of their names.

Then follows an enormous list of small print names

Thousands of small print names interspersed with some photos of some of the child victims

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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · Jul 30

PPS: Last one I swear but it's so important to remember this.

People were not as mean to the poor as we think. If anything, they were far kinder and more understanding, and they *saw* the poor far more often and in a far more humane register, than we do now. But for the grace of god go I.