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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Cinema720 @cinema720.bsky.social · 5d

We're watching The Innocents tonight, plus waves and music and good vibes. Hit up the Discord for the link

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 6d

Alberto Giacometti, Walking Quickly under the Rain, c. 1948 (cast 1949)
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136700

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RoyalSapien @royalsapien.com · 6d

this got me up to speed if anyone needs it techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/w...

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

techcrunch.com

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dez👽 @invaderdez.bsky.social · 7d

spent my last night in my lil apt on the river 🥲 bittersweet but ready to gtfo of florida

still could use financial help, if you're able to. shares also appreciated!

check out my ko-fi! great way to support me & get something in return :) FP bundle is available until the end of the year!

tysm 💜

dez👽 @invaderdez.bsky.social · 14d

put together a bundle for all my ko-fi supporters which includes my new project .PIG made for the aesno community showcase. also includes .png files of various projects ive done!

you can donate $1 right now to help with my moving expenses & get some cool art made by me :)

ko-fi.com/post/FREE-PA...

FREE PALESTINE BUNDLE

Dez published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!

ko-fi.com

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RoyalSapien @royalsapien.com · 6d

@shadowtodd.bsky.social For your list of songs that stop when they say stop, cued to the stop youtu.be/i1_QJsckL1k?...

Miss Missing You

YouTube video by FLAVIA - Topic

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Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 9d

not possible to regard as a single work but the most interesting thing in film this decade is waves & so long as cinema isn't too long impeded by fascism or AI slopocalypse a whole lot of the best of what comes next will connect back to waves in personnel or aesthetic (in many ways, already is...)

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 9d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 10d

I feel like Joseph Heller had their number back in the 60's in Catch-22 and I still think of this quote whenever I hear farm owners complaining about socialism or benefits or taxes. It was a short little aside but it stuck with me for like 25 years.

Major Major's father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. he was a long-limbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who held that federal aid to anyone but farmers was creeping socialism. He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down. His specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow. The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Major Major's father worked without rest at not growing alfalfa. On long winter evenings he remained indoors and did not mend harness, and he sprang out of bed at the crack of noon every day just to make certain that the chores would not be done. He invested in land wisely and soon was not growing more alfalfa than any other man in the county.

Major Major's father was an outspoken champion of economy in government, provided it did not interfere with the sacred duty of government to pay farmers as much as they could get for all the alfalfa they produced that no one else wanted or for not producing any alfalfa at all. He was a proud and independent man who was opposed to unemployment insurance and never hesitated to whine, whimper, wheedle and extort for as much as he could get from whomever he could.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 12d

The basic infrastructures that allow women to be participants in public life—birth control & abortion access, no fault divorce, childcare access & affordability, civil rights law in employment and public accommodations, the minimal efforts to mitigate sexual and domestic violence—are all crumbling.

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Aesthetically Nostalgic @aesnos.bsky.social · 13d

AesNo's AESTHETIC SUNDAY series will be continuing on 10/5 at 3PM PT! come join us for some nice waves and replays as we cool down and make our way into october.

twitch.tv/aestheticallynostalgic

spooky season is quickly approaching...

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 12d

Today was my last day as a federal employee, but tomorrow I and my new partner, Ginger Quintero-McCall, open a new law practice, the Free Information Group. We are both FOIA lawyers, and we are very good at suing the government. 1/

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 11d

Reading a recipe that’s like, “marinate overnight, or at least three hours, although even just 20 minutes is fine” and it’s wild to see a chicken curry negotiate against itself in real time.

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Cinema720 @cinema720.bsky.social · 12d

Michael Clayton tonight! Hit up the Discord for stream info.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 13d

It is! I really am working hard to stay objective in telling the news, truly. But if you’re a racist piece of shit then you’re a racist piece of shit.

Spanky Quigman, Esquire, LLC @spankyq.bsky.social · 13d

Is being able to just up and call people pieces of shit when they deserve it one of the best differences now that you’re independent?

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Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 13d

they’re dabbing on us, folks

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 14d

For over a decade, my Foundations of HCI undergrad course has covered “privacy & surveillance” with a (2002) reading about the Panopticon and a once distant warning about how social media sites could create a self-censoring reality. And Ellison is just… owning/celebrating the dystopia.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14d

About to be the family that owns TikTok.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 15d

charlottesville! monday night! free!

CTRL-V

a vicious & vivacious vivisection of v for vendetta (2006) + a curated program of fever dream video art & maximalist remix

campbell hall 153 (uva arts grounds)

doors & vibes at 7, show proper at 7:30

movie poster for CTRL-V, "a vibrant & violent vision from 13 video vanguards" special screening september 29 2025 campbell hall 153 7pm show starts 7:30 pm

it shows mild glitch distorted images of the guy fawkes smiling mask, with the movie title over them in large red block letters, all over a black background

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Aesthetically Nostalgic @aesnos.bsky.social · 17d

AesNo will be hosting a Community Showcase this Saturday to get you hyped for the Headless Blood Idol Community Group Show! Let's help them raise money for Palestine and support some really talented & cool artists 💜

Check out headlessbloodidol.com/palestine/ for more info on how you can help!

AESNO PRESENTS: A COMMUNITY SHOWCASE
SEPTEMBER 27TH 2025 (PACIFIC TIME)
12:00PM FOODISREALLYAWESOME
1:00PM INVADERDEZ
2:00PM CAZNODE
3:00PM SOCKSWROCKS
4:00PM WAVESTAGE
5:00PM APPLESNLE
6:00PM AESTHETICALLYNOSTALGIC
6:30PM HEADLESSBLOODIDOL
LET'S HELP HBI RAISE $$$ FOR PALESTINE
VISIT HEADLESSBLOODIDOL.COM/PALESTINE FOR MORE INFO
JOIN US ON TWITCH.TV

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 15d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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katie dzwierzynski @kdzwierzynski.bsky.social · 16d

SIR MIX-O-LOTL

facebook post from brookfield zoo chicago with a picture of an axolotl and the caption:

“And the votes are in...

Please give a warm welcome to our newly named axolotl: Sir Mix-O-Lotl. Thank you to everyone who cast their vote in our naming contest. Stop by The Living Coast to say hi to Sir Mix-O-Lot on your next visit!
Brookfield Zoo Chicago recently took in 20 rescued axolotls that were illegally imported at O'Hare International Airport and seized by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers. These salamanders were imported from Indonesia and needed professional care to survive. Axolotls are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List).
You can symbolically adopt Sir Mix-O-Lot to support the care, education, and conservation of this critically endangered species at https://bit.ly/4mFQXlh.”

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Hacksaw @hacksaw.bsky.social · 17d

Wow! Can you believe that you could see this if you live nearby? I think you should do it. Massachusetts show up for the US Premiere.

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RoyalSapien @royalsapien.com · 25d

audible keeps recommending that abundance book to me which is hurtful and disrespectful and needs to stop

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Rob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 26d

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RoyalSapien @royalsapien.com · 26d

National Tetrahedron? @bencollins.bsky.social

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 26d

A thought I keep returning to — and that’s underscored by today’s news — is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 26d

Well, this is fucked up and depressing.

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