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JohnnyBlast @johnnyblast.bsky.social · 1d

When I first started a serious attempt at facial hair, in my 50s, my inspiration came from 1980s Shaw Brothers Chinese kung fu films. All the old dudes had long hair and FUCKED UP looking facial hair. Beard, stache, eyebrows. Years later, my desired look is closer to Civil War reenactor.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 1d

gosh I can’t believe the people who wrote a “here’s exactly how we would dismantle democracy and create a dystopian nightmare” book are currently dismantling democracy and creating a dystopian nightmare

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 23h

Mount Hood this week. Perfect weather for exploring!

A snowcapped mountain framed by pine or fir trees and some autumnal shrubs.

A snowcapped mountain framed by pine or fir trees and some autumnal shrubs (different location than the first photo but same vibe).

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 16h

Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!

A spelling-corrected version of my previous illustration: Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Mirko Karan @mirkokaran.bsky.social · 5h

Leviticus 18:33-34, New International Version

"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native born. Love them as yourself, for you were once foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."

Mirko Karan @mirkokaran.bsky.social · 1d

Do monkeys pre-date woodlice in eastern England?

Mirko Karan @mirkokaran.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

She will be a life-changer.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3d

not “a junior staffer went rogue with racist bullshit” but “a junior staffer posted it before we were done adding racisms” lol ok

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3d

The AI video attacking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is very detailed - huge range of scenes, headline overlays, captioned voiceovers and background music - but Andrew Cuomo's team wants us to believe the problem was that a "junior staffer" posted it too soon

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In a statement Thursday, Azzopardi said the video was uploaded by mistake.

“The video was a draft proposal that was neither finished nor approved, did not go through the normal legal process, and was inadvertently posted by a junior staffer — which is why it was taken down five minutes later,” he said.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 2d

Test 1/2

Image 1/6 of the "Test" Crow Time update where a knight with a blade that can cut thru all man-made matter is being challenged by a crow to cut a cake.

Image 2/6 of the "Test" Crow Time update where a knight with a blade that can cut thru all man-made matter is being challenged by a crow to cut a cake.

Image 3/6 of the "Test" Crow Time update where a knight with a blade that can cut thru all man-made matter is being challenged by a crow to cut a cake.

Image 4/6 of the "Test" Crow Time update where a knight with a blade that can cut thru all man-made matter is being challenged by a crow to cut a cake.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 5d

Hauntings 2 [1/4]

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 5d

And like. Obvs I am not the Pope of Trans People here and cannot speak for all of us but I am finding it so goddamned grindingly dehumanizing that I have to constantly, loudly assert my own humanity and right to dignity and access to basic human rights and that I am not a political bargaining chip.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.

Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 9d

give us your tired your poor your huddled masses NO NOT LIKE THAT

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 9d

“It was a mistake to put so many migrants in New York City.” - Cuomo

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 9d

As long as you don’t say DEI, anyway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."

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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 8d

I think I jumped directly from "too straight to get Rocky Horror" to "too trans to get Rocky Horror" 🤪

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 10d

So in the Batman The Animated Series, Poison Ivy poisons Harvey Dent because he literally bulldozed an endangered species of flower into extinction. Why? To build a fucking prison.

And *she's* supposed to be the bad guy? She's basically Luigi Mangione.

Split screen photo showing poison ivy as depicted in Batman The Animated Series on the left and Luigi Mangione on the right. Poison Ivy is a cartoon with a green bodysuit and matching green gloves long red hair and green eyes. She poses with her hand upon her chest and her chin tucked down as if saying "who me" incredulously at the camera. On the right Luigi Mangione wears a brown t-shirt under a beige prison uniform. He texts his chin down and raises his eyebrows as he looks into the camera as if to say, "who me?"

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Mirko Karan @mirkokaran.bsky.social · 10d

Some reviews of recent books.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 12d

It's spooky season! So I reviewed four great recent scary books:

Fiend by @almakatsu.bsky.social
Moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social
Slashed Beauties by A Rushby
You Weren't Meant to be Human by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

4 terrifying new novels to get you through the scariest season

With an emphasis on body horror, these books by Alma Katsu, Bitter Karella, Andrew Joseph White and A. Rushby will leave you with a lingering sense of dread.

www.washingtonpost.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11d

these people have the self-reflection of a vampire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 11d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 10d

I love these two so much.

Art of the main characters Emma and Warrick of the webcomic Namesake flying around on a broomstick while flaming skulls and Halloween colored glitter swirls around them.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 13d

every night my father goes outside to yell at this porcupine to stop eating his apple tree, and every night this porcupine makes eye contact with my father as it continues to eat his apple tree

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 12d

I just sneezed and a meatball literally rolled off my plate

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Mirko Karan @mirkokaran.bsky.social · 12d

Bruno Sammartino

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 12d

If I were Annie Lennox, I’d wear my own t-shirt too

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