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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2h

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 3h

(and if you do give me something, expecting an exchange, haha you're just a sucker)

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 5h

help a trans girl (my niece) get her prescription meds

SPIROSAURUS 🦖 ((📱)) 🎼 @dottiedino.bsky.social · 11h

PLEASE HELP / BOOST?

DAY 4 w/o my meds.

Just $95 left to get prescription refilled.

If 9 more people can just help with $10 each, and one $5, it’s done!

Can someone get me below $90 as next goal?

If you can help:

Www.PayPal.me/DeeDentalDamn

#TransCrowdFund
#MutualAid
#MutualAidRequest

Pay Den Elms using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/DeeDentalDamn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

Www.PayPal.me

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 3h

trump doesn't even do transactions anymore, it's all negative-sum (i destroy something good and valuable to make you lose)

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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 12h

Wylder has been trying to get dental needs met all year. Please help however u can! 💸💕

♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 21h

Very sick, sleeping a lot.

Really need help getting in to a dentist + rideshare back and forth. Hopefully today, bc they close Fri-Sun.

PayPal.me/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Cash.app/$WishMage
linktr.ee/wylder

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Catmint Studios 💚 Shop update 10/10 🎃✨ @catmintstudios.bsky.social · 6h

Calling all corn maze enthusiasts 🌽🖤

[ #cuteart #artshop ]

A sticker design of a cute black cat walking through a corn field. There is a green banner beneath his feet with the words “get lost” - the sticker has a clear border around the edge

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Tal🏳️‍⚧️ ⭐️they/them @talyatheeenby.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you for the support so far y'all! I've raised $25 overall today! If 4 more people match that, I can get food for the week! It's dangerous to have infrequent access to healthy food as a diabetic and a person with a history of disordered eating! Any amount helps!
#ma #disabled #sa #crowdfund

Tal🏳️‍⚧️ ⭐️they/them @talyatheeenby.bsky.social · 16h

I'm struggling to buy groceries this week! I am diabetic but healthy food is expensive! A good way to resist fascism is supporting the survival of a Black Trans artist!

Contribute/share:
PayPal.m e/talyai
Vnmo: @irl_punch
C: $atthezoo94

#helpsky #ma #mutualAidSavesLives #blackSky

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 5h

help a trans girl (my niece) get her prescription meds

SPIROSAURUS 🦖 ((📱)) 🎼 @dottiedino.bsky.social · 11h

PLEASE HELP / BOOST?

DAY 4 w/o my meds.

Just $95 left to get prescription refilled.

If 9 more people can just help with $10 each, and one $5, it’s done!

Can someone get me below $90 as next goal?

If you can help:

Www.PayPal.me/DeeDentalDamn

#TransCrowdFund
#MutualAid
#MutualAidRequest

Pay Den Elms using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/DeeDentalDamn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

Www.PayPal.me

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Elle Skinner => KumoriCon Small Press @elleskinner.bsky.social · Mar 24

Had more birds suggested for sketch requests and oh gosh, twist my arm, right?

Stellar Jay is one of my personal favorites (they scream so distinctively) but the other two were fun to discover!

#art #watercolor #birds 🦉

watercolor bird sketches of a stellar jay, a tui, and a piwakawaka

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 7h

please help bex get the cancer treatment they need

MashedBex ✨ @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 7h

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

hoping to raise $2730 to get the consistent treatment that i need as soon as possible 🙏🏽

thank you to each and everyone who has supported my journey so far ❤️ i literally would not be here without you

$40/$2730

ko-fi.com/rebekamash/g...

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 7h

This is some of the most subversive shit I've ever seen in my life.

Every urban confrontation with law enforcement should be full of people dressed as cartoon characters.

Make them look ridiculous lol

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 7h

i think the thing that hurts the most is feeling my own limitations in real time—i wish i had the energetic bandwidth to interact with information as i care to, but alas i too am merely a fancy monkey doing my best

𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 10h

It’s not a great age to be a systems thinker

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 7h

the second reason being, she's Black and trump is a fucking racist

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 9h

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable.

This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

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SPIROSAURUS 🦖 ((📱)) 🎼 @dottiedino.bsky.social · 11h

Look at good octopus!

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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🎨Artsy Marxist🎨 (commissions waitlist open) @artsymarxist.com · 8h

no one wants to have this convo but its not enough to just hate ai imagery on social media. you have to also support human art. the entire reason ai imagery was able to replace human artists is cuz ppl dont support human art

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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 8h

the line is smooth to touch :)

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 8h

Much love and solidarity to everyone in RP on such a horrible day. Saw so many people out and about this afternoon, doing whatever they can to keep everyone safe around here.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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Juniper @coffinfairy.bsky.social · 8h

CAN I GET HELP. FOUR KIDS AND NO HEAT . ABOUT TO BE NO ELECTRICITY!!! IV BEEN BEGGING AND BEGGING PLEASE . IM LITERALLY DISABLED AND IM TRYING TO NOT FREAK OUT BUT THIS IS SCARY WITH KIDS!!!!

Juniper @coffinfairy.bsky.social · 5d

‼️Single Disabled mom‼️needing help with electric due the 8th and propane that heats my home and water filled ASAP.

Electric: $520

Propane:$650

Any help is appreciated 💜

PayPal: www.paypal.me/Coffinelf

Cashapp: cash.app/$coffinkewpie

Ko-fi: coffinfairy

Screenshot of text that says: I'm a single disabled mom of four. I have uterine fibroids that causes excessive bleeding and fatigue, POTs and PTSD from Covid turning into long covid and causing my health problems. I was working two jobs prior to not working until it caught up to me and I ended up in the ER with a heart rate that wouldn't slow down until I had to take medication. I have been trying to get on disability since. A year later I started to caretake for my disabled child by myself as well. I had help previously but it wasn't working out and l've had to do a lot of it on my own, now I'm stuck in a situation where working isn't possible for my health and while I'm already caretaking for my disabled child that needs constant care. I did not ever envision this happening to me and have always worked hard to take care of my family but now I'm in what feels like an impossible situation trying my best to take care of my kids and myself so I can stay around for them as long as possible. Im not enjoying coming online asking for help but I have no where else to turn. I'm doing

Screenshot of text that says: have no where else to turn. I'm doing everything I can to get help but it's not enough to survive off of. I'm sadly the only responsible parent and have limited family that all live too far to help. I live in California which is a bit expensive but with the state of America right now I'm trying to stay where my trans child and disabled child are the safest. Any help is appreciated and keeps my kids and I surviving while waiting on disability or other options I'm pursuing to happen. I don't know what the future holds but as a mother I'm doing everything I can to keep my family together, healthy and happy. Even if it means coming online and begging for that help. Thank you if you read.
Please boost if you're able. The chances someone who can help sees my post greatly increases with more eyes. Lots of love

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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legal cat 🐾👻 @legalcat.bsky.social · 8h

“The New York City Bar Association has issued an extraordinary statement accusing President Donald Trump of authorizing what it calls “illegal summary executions” on the high seas, urging Congress to formally investigate…”

Did Donald Trump commit murder? The NYC Bar Association demanded Congress to take a closer look

You can't just blast boats out of the water, the association said.

wegotthiscovered.com

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 21h

Very sick, sleeping a lot.

Really need help getting in to a dentist + rideshare back and forth. Hopefully today, bc they close Fri-Sun.

PayPal.me/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Cash.app/$WishMage
linktr.ee/wylder

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 11h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 17h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Kait 🥔 @thryse.com · 19d

Ok so I’m going to need to move by the end of October and have no prospects or savings or social circles.

Kait 🥔 @thryse.com · Aug 13

While I have food now, I’m broke with no income and I am going to be hard pressed to come up with any money to put towards rent or anything else. I’ve just been treading water for a year.

Please, if anyone can help my payment links are in my bio. Uber credit also helps💕💸💸💕

#mutualaid #crowdfunding

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 8h

We had not one, but thousands of civilizations and we were thriving here. In just 533 years, just look at how much of the biodiversity of the Americas and Carribean have been threatened and destroyed, including Indigenous peoples.

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