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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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404 Media @404media.co · 17h

Help us investigate book bans across the USA.

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

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Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · 13h

we have infiltrated the awards

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I miss home.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 1d

Surreal having to write goals when Pete Hegseth is in the middle of an endless bender at work.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 1d

When you could code silly quizzes on Facebook, it was FULL of "what would you be in medieval times?!" etc.

I made one that nearly always answered "died as a child", "died in childbirth", "lived and died as a servant"

People got SUPER mad with it.

Everyone assumes they'll be at the top of the tree

William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext of ‘we should be more like Dubai’, beyond the obvious racism, is ‘I should have a servant’.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 1d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks curiously at a pie which Green has placed on a plate on the table, while Green looks at him with joy and pride.
Green: I have made a sidequest pie!

Blue listens patiently as Green goes on.
Green: Flour from the mill we visited once, mushrooms that we gathered with your mom, homegrown parsley and basil... Almost all ingredients were things we've made or gathered on adventures!

Both foxes turn back to look at the pie.
Blue: How does it taste?
Green: Bad.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 5d

Theo Von: "Will I see you again?"

ESPN's Jess Sims: "I hope not"

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 3d

Look at what they have to face

Person dressed in a silly looking frog costume at a protest.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 2d

They’re gonna find dead women in that Econ professor’s basement.

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 3d

how to deactivate torment nexus

torment nexus deactivation tutorial

torment nexus deactivation tutorial working 2025

deactivate torment nexus no survey

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 3d

That we haven’t all started screaming Trashcan Man-style proclamations at Peter Thiel whenever he appears in public now is a real missed opportunity.

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 3d

I hope the mail thief in my building likes the Halloween decorations a friend sent me. Next time Meep gets out I’m letting her pee in your doorway!

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 3d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Tweet from Daily Mail Celebrity @DailyMailCeleb
How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
ALISON BOSHOFF

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 3d

live from the email factory, where I read a marketing email from a content vendor as a single topic: AI & Disruptive Technology, Migration & Citizenship

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 4d

if jesse singal “hasn’t violated the terms of use,” but the goofy autistic space law nerd with the bad food opinions has, maybe your terms of service are bad.

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

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 4d

ITS AI HATE DAY EVERYBODY!

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 4d

The elimination of exact text search from a growing number of services is a form of enshittification that I keep getting surprised by. It's search: computationally expensive (?) and a foundationally useful tool. Blunting it into uselessness is a shocking capitulation to the internet as garbage pile

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 5d

“On average, three hikers have died every day throughout this summer in Italy’s high peaks.”
20% more than in 2024.

Combine inexperienced tourists + "Since about a year ago, many people have begun to think everything on ChatGPT is correct. It is not a tool for mountain advice, routes, or planning.”

Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer?

On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.

www.outsideonline.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.

Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.

Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:

The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

www.propublica.org

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panoptigoth @panoptigoth.bsky.social · 7d

Friends, do you know this book?

Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 7d

Librarians of Bluesky, may I request your help please?

In middle school (2006-09), I read a book about a teenager contemplating their sexuality, I think there's a football player who is the bully but also comes out by the end, and there's a support group iirc. The cover is colorful and striped(?)

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doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 7d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 7d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 7d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 8d

So let me be very clear: there was a massive rash of bomb threats at universities nationwide this week.

ELEVEN of them specifically called out the university or college libraries.

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