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Robbie 'Tanglebones' Starobin
@robstarobin.bsky.social
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Photographer, sometimes NSFW. She/her

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Website: http://www.robstarobin.com
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b3ta.com
Artist: S-Crimmy https://b3ta.com/board/11423341
From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling
b3ta loves the way you move
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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spacetwinks.bsky.social
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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reetamac.bsky.social
Exhibit:

bsky.app/profile/ronf...
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
The CEO of Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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reetamac.bsky.social
A split screen/juxtaposition that I didn’t see for 2025 is bombing alleged drug boats and drugged out tech CEOs but alas…
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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markharris.bsky.social
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
Headline: SAVED BY STOPPARD Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec 1), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: “If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?” With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of “adjuvant systemic chemotherapy”, and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients’ survival. Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia. Michael Baum Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
robstarobin.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

Run DMC
Super Furry Animals
Faith No More
Ladytron
Depeche Mode
coachfinstock.bsky.social Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 8d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

Nirvana
Bowie & NIN
Wu
Sunny Day Real Estate
Kendrick
elongreen.bsky.social Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 8d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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orionkidder.bsky.social
There's a wonderful scene in a Discworld book where a wizard dies and talks to *the* Death, no substitutes, as is the right of every wizard.

Wizard: "I mean, what's it all about? What's the point of life?"

Death (furrows the brow he does not have): "Cats. Cats are nice."
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
fuck you

the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased

i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
If I die of aids forget burial just drop my body on the steps of the FDA
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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nnedi.bsky.social
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.

This is who it was:
A male Anna’s hummingbird at the door. So nosy! 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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angelic.style
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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katsylver.bsky.social
I'm a trans person w/ a trans kid & we lose trans siblings every year to hateful violence. On Trans Day of Remembrance we're called not only to collectively mourn those we've lost, but to renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who are still here.

#tdor 🏳️‍⚧️
Art by @thefoxfisher.bsky.social
"MOURN THE DEAD, AND FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING" colored with the trans flag over top of a black background -- created by Fox Fisher @thefoxfisher.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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quartzen.bsky.social
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
wishtv.com WISH-TV @wishtv.com · 18d
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.

The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
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November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.

ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.

We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
boltsmag.org Bolts @boltsmag.org · Nov 28
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.

But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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jametc.bsky.social
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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rickyserrano.bsky.social
Anyone Comics fighting the good fight. Here’s their latest, an anti-ICE zine event! #immigration #art @anyonecomics.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
www.comicsbeat.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
robstarobin.bsky.social
Search pizza in your photos and reskeet with your fave 🍕 :)
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!

Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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thefarce.org
Everybody gets that Bloomberg is the main reason Cuomo is still afloat, right?

archive.ph/4sE8g
Donors opposing Mamdani Name Amount Donated Group(s) Supported Net Worth Michael Bloomberg $8.3 million Fix the City $110 billion Joseph Gebbia $3 million Fix the City · Defend NYC · Put NYC First $7.9 billion Lauder family $2.6 million Fix the City · Sensible City $25.9 billion Bill Ackman $1.75 million Fix the City · Defend NYC $9.2 billion Tisch family $1.2 million Fix the City $10.1 billion John Hess & family $1 million Fix the City $2.4 billion Daniel Loeb $775,000 Fix the City · Defend NYC · NYers for a Better Future $3.8 billion Barry Diller $500,000 Fix the City $5.1 billion Steve Wynn $500,000 Fix the City $3.9 billion Marcella Guarino Hymowitz $400,000 Fix the City · Put NYC First $2 billion David Walentas $350,000 Fix the City · Empower NYC $2.3 billion Reed Hastings $250,000 Fix the City $6.5 billion John Fish $250,000 Fix the City $2.3 billion David Lichtenstein $250,000 Fix the City · NYers for a Better Future $2 billion Alice Walton $200,000 Fix the City $115 billion Deborah Simon $200,000 Fix the City $11.6 billion Jerry Speyer $150,000 Fix the City $2.2 billion Stephanie Coleman $150,000 Fix the City $7.1 billion (family)
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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theonion.com
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
WASHINGTON—Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...
theonion.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM