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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 15h

Style tip: if you are a writer or editor describing a law or constitutional clause as a ‘longstanding norm’ you are helping end the republic.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 16h

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 17h

I refuse to believe that Godzilla needed help to pull off his magnificent and legendary tail-slide maneuver.

Daily Godzilla! 🏳️‍⚧️ @perfectgodzilla.bsky.social · 17h

Behind the Scenes for Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)
#godzilla

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18h

This is Sandy. She landed in a shelter with a dislocated hip and luxating patella after being hit by a car. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org was able to cover her surgery and physical therapy. She has found a forever home and is healing beautifully ❤️‍🩹

a blond and white pup named Sandy looks up at us from inside a vet kennel. her left hind leg is shaved from surgery and bandages cover it and her right front leg. an empty tray of dog food is also in frame.

the pup Sandy sits on top of a purple towel next to a human. the human wears protective goggles and holds a medical machine to the pup's left hind leg. the human smiles and the pup looks at the camera with alert eyes.

the blond and white pup Sandy stands next to a seated person in a black shirt. both are smiling up at the camera, now family.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17h

CAN YOU GUESS THIS ONE?? 👀

(Thanks to @schmidtocean.bsky.social for letting me share their video!)

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Drew, Allegedly @thescribblings.com · 18h

Thursday, October 9th ~ #WritingPrompts 1/4

#2WordPrompt Station & Smooth
#BedroomEyesPrompt Sting on Skin
#Bonktober Round
#Firewords280 Writhing Vices
#FoxProse Password in a Myth
#HorrorPrompt Miasma

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 18h

I certainly miss NOT thinking about what the president was up to every moment of every day.

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Busiaco @busia.co · 19h

I easily killed my nemesis in single combat. Not sure why he had taken the form of a child, but I'm certainly not complaining.

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 19h

Awesome flick!

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 20h

Watching Psycho (1960) from my sickbed. It’s my favorite film ever and I think the scariest part is how Marion turns on the shower while standing directly under the spray. No warm up, no temp check. Just raw.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 20h

“The language marches in step with the executioners.
Therefore we must get a new language.”

Tomas Transtromer

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 20h

I don't blame him for sucking up to her. She has access to the space lasers and hurricane machines now. She's not someone to be f'd with.

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 20h

I'm happy to see MTG making the rounds actually advocating for people's health care, but I DO think some caution is warranted when it comes to deciding to hitch our political wagon to hers. She'll soon be a target of space lasers and hurricane machines, and who wants to be standing next to her then?

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 20h

It's a time for reflection. And after much thought, I've come to the conclusion that I don't think Hall & Oates would be saying any of this is ok. They would be saying "I can't go for that, no, no. No can do." Emphatically.

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 20h

I probably need to stop doomscrolling. I totally read this as "presidential threats."

Quite Interesting @qi.com · 1d

On the first night sleeping in an unfamiliar location, one side of your brain remains alert the entire night in order to “watch out” for potential threats.

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

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U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social · 1d

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 21h

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

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HWrites @hwrites.bsky.social · 21h

Some music I enjoy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGrd...

Lavinia Meijer - Nuvole Bianche | TIJD VOOR MAX

YouTube video by Omroep MAX

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 22h

I walk the garden
barefoot
grass underfoot,

intoxicating
petrichor rising,
a heady haze,
the fire of life
pumping through
my veins.

When the moon
said 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦
I did not listen.

A divine bite,
juice dripping
from my chin.

I give up
I give in
let existence
take me.

#MPPrompt

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 22h

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

#Emoetry prompt for 9/9/2025

is #Defiance

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 1d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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