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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social · 1h

I see no point in living if I can't be beautiful

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 10h

U is for… Ursus arctos horribilis 💚 🐻
The grizzly bear’s scientific name translates to “Bear Bear Terrible”

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Watercolor of a grizzly bear ready to set off on an adventure.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 1d

U is for… #Umbrella 💚
(It’s also today’s #Cozytober prompt!)
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#Art #Watercolor #Watercolour #Painting

Black umbrella lies open on the wet ground on a day so rainy everything around it is reduced to blurry blues, greens, & pinks.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 1d

U is for… #Umbrella 💚
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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 2d

U is for… #Umbrella #Octopus 💚
Happy #WorldOctopusDay
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Ink doodle of a Dumbo Octopus, which has large flaps like ears and short, webbed tentacles. It is purple-pink with a grey-spotted head.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 2d

U is for… #Umbrella 💚
A #WIPWednesday painting for you! Getting ready for tomorrow’s #Cozytober2025 prompt
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Watercolor notebook held open with lots of binder clips has a very rainy, wet vibe of blurry blues, greens, & pinks.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 2d

U is for… #Umbrella #Octopus 💚
Happy #WorldOctopusDay
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#Art #Ink #Doodle #MarineLife #Ocean

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 3d

U is for… Unbreakable
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Watercolor of upper case letter U in a lovely shade of green with gold swirls.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 2d

U is for… #Umbrella 💚
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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, remember that time someone shared a link to an album they made of stolen nudes and lewds harvested from (mostly trans) Bluesky accounts? And Aaron gave them a THREE DAY suspension and that was all?

Remember?

Because I do.

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Aug 4

Oh my God, look at this rando dipshit going on and on about why stealing and non-consensually sharing nudes from multiple users isn't that big of a deal!

*Finger to ear*

I'm being informed that he's the head of Bluesky Trust and Safety.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 3d

U is for… Unbreakable
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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 4d

T is for… Teto 💚

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Pixel art of Teto, the Fox Squirrel from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, sitting pretty. The background is an Ohmu.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 12d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6d

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 4d

T is for… Teto 💚

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

T is for… #Trees 💚🌱
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#Art #Nature #Photography #Plants #Tree

Photo of tree-covered mountains stretching off into the distance under a sky full of fluffy white clouds.

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 6d

Now we know for a fact what your "armed and free" country would have been doing in 1938.

Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 6d

My entire goddamn life you ammosexuals have told me that this shit could never happen in the US because y'all're a nation of free, sovereign, manly, courageous, and, most importantly, ARMED citizens who would never stand for it.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

🎶Oh, won't you tell me when
We will meet again
#ShrimpSunday, Monday or always

If you're satisfied
I'll be at your side
#ShrimpSunday, Monday or always🎵
~Bing Crosby, almost
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#Ink #Art #Nature #MarineLife #Shrimp

Watercolor green shrimp goes for a lovely walk along the rocky seabed.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

#SilentSunday #Panorama

Panoramic photo of a mountain lake surrounded by pine trees. Distant mountains loom under a partly-cloudy sky.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

T is for… #Trees 💚🌱
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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! I took this from (near) the top of Loon Mt in New Hampshire. Not familiar enough with the geography there to know if the area in the photo is also part of Loon or a different mountain, though 💚

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

#SilentSunday #Panorama

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 6d

Labeling Humanitarian Aid as terrorism sounds a lot like labeling Antifa (Anti-fascism) as terrorism.

In other words: they threaten your evil.

You only criminalize food if it threatens your plan for starvation.

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According to lawyers from the NGO Adalah, the rights of the crew members have been “systematically violated”, activists denied water, sanitation, medication and immediate access to their legal representatives “in clear breach of their fundamental rights to due process, impartial trial and legal representation”.

The Italian legal team representing the flotilla confirmed those detained were left “for hours without food or water – until late last night”, with the exception of “a packet of crisps handed to Greta and shown to the cameras”. Lawyers also reported instances of verbal and physical abuse.

During a visit to Ashdod on Thursday night, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was filmed calling the activists “terrorists” as he stood in front of them.

“These are the terrorists of the flotilla,” he said, speaking in Hebrew and pointing at dozens of people sitting on the ground. His spokesperson confirmed the video was filmed at Ashdod port on Thursday night.

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 5d

The reason why so many randos support ai is because tech has put billions of dollars behind branding a predictive text plagiarism machine as “intelligence” and a lot of people are kinda dumb.

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