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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 1h

I've stopped reading pieces by other Americans at this point, at least non-immigrants who don't have any direct experience with radical regime change or economic collapse. Was happy to see this essay published by the Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t

Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

www.theatlantic.com

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 9h

That’s such a fluffy, sleepy pumpkin 🧡

#art #cozyart #caturday

Watercolor illustration of a bunch of colorful pumpkins, with a beige striped cat sleeping on top of them curled up into a ball, slightly resembling the round pumpkins itself.

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 23h

I'd actually start with the Protestant Reformation and discuss how those values unfolded over time, in relation to economics, science, and technology. But that's only if you want to take a narrative approach.

In terms of concepts: theories of knowledge, mind, growth, and most importantly, time.

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 23h

An Aesop's fable for our time. What a line: "What is sport to you is death to us."

An Aesop's fable called "The Boys and The Frogs":

"Some mischievous Boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching sight of some Frogs swimming about in the shallow water, they began to amuse themselves by pelting them with stones, and they killed several of them. At last one of the Frogs put his head out of the water and said, "Oh, stop! stop! I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.""

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 2d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 2d

“Leaf” 🍁 #Peachtober2025

Still hate colored pencils, but experimentation’s worth it 🧚🏻‍♀️

A colored pencil sketch of five types of leaves, including Japanese maple, maple, and magnolia, changing colors during autumn. Drawn by Natasha Godwin on October 8, 2025.

A colored pencil sketch of a woman sitting on a bench, surrounded by falling leaves, and staring at her phone. A telephone booth is beside her, covered in autumn leaves. Drawn by Natasha Godwin on October 8, 2025.

Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 3d

Omg, this is amazing!!! I've wanted to learn how to dive since finding this National Geographic issue in a tiny library and listening to the companion podcast in 2022. Had a lot of medical to get through first, but I hope to get in the water before year's end or next spring!

A hand holding the March 2023 issue of National Geographic, with Tara Roberts on the cover, waiting in the water under the title "Into The Depths: Searching For Shipwrecks From Slavery's Hidden Past To Help Heal The Present".

Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 3d

When you see something other people don't, how should you go about developing your ideas? Where do you draw the line between crackpot theory and research-worthy hunch?

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 4d

if you were to teach a class on the pre/history of AI in terms of key concepts ideas, what would they be? the mind/body problem? abstraction vs materialism? history of the database? automation?

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 5d

Had some time to doodle tonight. #Peachtober2025

Line drawings by Natasha Godwin, inspired by the word “ring”: tree rings, rings on fingers, a phone ringing in an apartment, ringlets of hair on a woman reading a book, years pictured as interlocking rings.

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 5d

if you'd like to hear my #othernetworks talk and/or gather virtually with likeminded people who are part of @metagov.bsky.social, please join us Wednesday Oct. 8th 10am MDT! luma.com/4kfjgd6a

Seminar: Other Networks with Dr. Lori Emerson · Zoom · Luma

For this seminar, we will welcome Dr. Lori Emerson (from the Media Studies Department at University of Colorado Boulder) to give a talk about some of her…

luma.com

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 5d

This looks amazing! I hope you offer another session in the spring 🌸

Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 5d

Beyoncé-Taylor comparisons are so Kanye 2009. You can like both. Or neither. Or one over the other. No need to tear down people’s sanctuaries.

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 5d

How magical 😌✨! Ya’ll are living the dream!

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 5d

It’s raining like it snows today. You can barely see or hear the drops, only feel them.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 6d

Resistance. Refusal. Ridicule. Those are the ingredients to bring down regimes and among them ridicule is arguably the most delicious. The emperor isn't just naked; his goon squad is afraid of an inflatable frog.
Portland is TOO FABULOUS FOR FASCISM.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 7d

wizard frog is insane

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 6d

Peachtober promots from @furrylittlepeach

1. Acorn
2. Kite
3. Slug
4. Gingham
5. Poppy
6. Ring
7. Strawberry
8. Leaf
9. Rope
10. Critter
11. Seagull
12. Bark
13. Marble
14. Brush
15. Aquarium
16. Hatch
17. Whistle
18. Toad
19. Melon
20. Truck
21. Snowflake
22. Web
23. Paper
24. Spots
25. Stripes
26. Bear
27. Axe
28. Button
29. Sour
30. Whisker
31. Ghost

Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 6d

Joined #Peachtober2025 yesterday. No plans to do it everyday: weekends are enough. Our prompt was “gingham”.

A three-panel comic by Natasha Godwin.

1. Light shines across trees during sundown.
2. Leaves fall toward an orange gingham blanket, where a coffee cup waits to be held.
3. A woman, wrapped in a gingham blanket, reaches for her coffee while gazing at a lake. Her back is facing the viewer.

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 6d

Nice things I did for myself this week:

1. Attended a five-day embodied writing workshop series.
2. Found a place to take sewing classes in-person.
3. Started turning off all electronic devices before bed.
4. Attended #FridayNightComics
5. Ate a delicious pumpkin muffin from the farmer’s market

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 8d

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 7d

It is also an important time to be reading and writing.

Fortifying yourself with truth & good argument. Rest and take a break.

Repeat as needed.

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 7d

These interviews are delightful. Do yourself a favor this evening and make some hot cocoa, get a cozy blanket and maybe even a sketch pad, and enjoy being in the presence of greatness 🍁🌙☕️📝

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 28d

Now available online in english: Naoki Urasawa interviewing Katsuhiro Otomo about his work and his manga "Domu" during one hour.
"Manben" is such a great TV program.
>> www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 7d

Tumblr around 2010-2012 was amazing, in my opinion. Found so many good books and travel blogs. For me, the Internet started feeling weird around 2013/2014.

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s the context, from what I’ve gathered, for those who are confused:

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Natasha G🍂dwin @natashagogo.bsky.social · 7d

1. Advocacy isn’t harassment.

2. You’re running a social platform, which by definition means dealing with politics and disagreements at scale. If that bothers you, quit, improve your processes, or don’t scale.

3. What if creating an environment where minds can change depends on banning someone?

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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