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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️
@electricland.bsky.social
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Freelance medical editor, alto, occasional traveller, trying to make things better. The pup is Bunty, an Airedale terrier (🎂2023-05-29), and I regret to inform you she has her own Instagram. 🇨🇦 She/her. Yay for alt text. https://linktr.ee/rmarwick
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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · Dec 4
Baby Bunty in her album-cover era
Bunty, an Airedale terrier, as a puppy. She’s sitting outside and gazing wistfully into the distance, bathed in a golden early-morning glow. You would never believe she was a razor-tipped demon.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d
what is even going on here
tell me what is even going on
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 9h
La grenouille, c’est nous
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d
the portland chicken explains
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d
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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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d
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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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 11h
AI. Is. Not. INTELLIGENT. It does not know when an argument is good or bad, when a premiss is true or false. That's not what it's set up for. Using it to grade is a travesty.

Also, if you want to reduce bias, just grade your papers blind.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 16h
I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Dangers of using AI to Grade
Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains
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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 12h
FRIDAY SHOP PLUG!

Folklore inspired linocut prints galore.

Throughout October you can use the code BLOCTOBER2 for a 10% discount too.

matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com
A selection of folklore inspired linocut prints.
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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 12h
Thank you for your purchase!!!! You just earned 5 MILLION POINTS! You can cash that in on your next purchase for .05 cents! Thank you for shopping at blah blah fart.
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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 14h
War ravaged Portland: the plushies are battling it out with the inflatables. Take shelter immediately!
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d
there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes
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Kate 🩸’The Brood’🩸 Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 12h
We are getting niche about Quebec and Ontario Bon Cop Bad Cop provincial border towns.

In this case I think Heather is probably right.

Also please see the film because it is an epic fun ride.
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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 12h
Is it Rigaud? I thought it was either the area west of St Zotique, east of South Lancaster or the area between St Telesphore and North Lancaster. In any case, the scene is hilarious! Also a large proportion of the OPP guys on the Ontario side are fully bilingual and many are Franco Ontarians.
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Kate 🩸’The Brood’🩸 Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 15h
Can we just roll clip on the masterpiece of the ‘Bon Cop Bad Cop’ scene set in Rigaud?

youtu.be/tXEqTaoM2QQ
Bon Cop Bad Cop -- Ontario/Quebec
YouTube video by Kelt182
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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12h
I’m so very sorry.
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Sam Logan @samandfuzzy.com · 12h
Facts about Dipper
A character profile of the version of Dipper that appears in my Fetch Quest fantasy themed comics. It lists the following info: Age:? Born in: unidentified fantasy realm Breed: Corgi occupation: adventurer, hero, bone collector Skills: hands-free swordplay (and hands-free everything else) Differences from regular Dipper: sword, clothes, tail (there are arrows pointing to each of these things, as well as a little graphic of regular Dipper glaring at his absence of a tail) Greatest achievement: defeated cat Lowest low: befriended cat There are some labeled illustrations of his relationships. The cat is labeled weirdo, Poppy is labeled assistant, and a bone is labeled beloved There is also a reality cam photo. This shows a photo of the real life Dipper, looking at a drawing of the cartoon Dipper. In the drawing, the cartoon Dipper is looking at a drawing of the fetch Quest hero version of Dipper. The photo is labeled dogception
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Birdchick @birdchick.bsky.social · 12h
Buy this shirt!
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 17h
Five more days of shirt preorders. Thanks everybody who got it funded.
topatoco.com/collections/...
Blöödchëëp Shirt PRE-ORDER
Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!
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Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social · 1d
#Etchtober Day 9

Today's prompt: "Lego Spider-Man and Lego Batman bonding over how great gadgets are," requested by Nick & Jen.

Who's old enough to remember these gadgets?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jhl...
Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: Lego Spider-Man and Lego Batman stand behind a table with four objects from the Far Side cartoon "Cow Tools"
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 14h
This is why we collectively needed to reject the terrorism framework long ago. There is no equivalent to the counter-terror framework in eroding rights and legal norms.

Every “counter-terror” response has been an act of overreach that paints an entire community as guilty.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
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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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12h
Woohoo!
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 15h
Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 15h
they’re the same picture dot jpg
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d
I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
www.the-reframe.com
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 17h
Just in time for the expiration of the tax credits, the very-affordable Bolt EV is back!

I had a Chevy Volt (the plug-in hybrid, not the fully-electric Bolt) for years and LOVED IT. Great little car. By the time I was ready for a full-EV, Bolt was temporarily off the market.

But now it's here!
Chevy Bolt, all EV
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 18h
Believe me when I say that sometimes this is what holds authors’ resolve together, because publishing is bleak af.
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Henn, known robot kisser @iwriterobots.com · 1d
This is your monthly reminder: if you like a piece of writing, a piece if art, etc-- TELL THE PERSON WHO MADE IT!!! Leave a comment, tell them with *words* that you like it.
Seriously, it goes *such* a long way.
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Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social · 16h
My 12yo has burst 3 pairs of shoes in 2 weeks and now needs both school shoes/boots and trainers immediately. Please buy my books so that I can keep this child shod
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Daniel Donner @donnermaps.bsky.social · 1d
Last night it said 100+ bought in the past month. Tonight, 200+. The legion grows.
screenshot of amazon page that says Inflatable Frog Costume for Adults - Blow up Halloween Costume. 200 plus bought in past month
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 1d
Look I know it'll shock you to know this, but we are almost out of archeologists AGAIN.

Do you know any archeologists? Are they willing to be matched with a LEGO team?

Please send 'em our way we need all hands on deck (STILL!)

We have had 585 requests for archeologists 🫠
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two men are pushing a small boat through the water .
Alt: Three young men are on a rowboat when it capsizes and then they salute as the ship sinks
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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d
just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”
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