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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 15h

The "you wouldn't download a car" screen but it reads "you wouldn't scrape all the art ever made and use it to create an Anime titty generator"

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 2d

it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 1d

If I hadn't had a great special education teacher, I would not be a writer today. I might not be anywhere, doing anything. Special education changes and saves lives.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 2d

Tama Kyoryu (dinosaur) is a mascot for the parks of Tama Hills, Tokyo. It has acorns for eyes, grass on its belly, and flowers and trees growing out of it.

A round green dinosaur character with acorn eyes stands in a park.

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

There’s a lot going on but this is also bad. This building is part of why you love Robocop.

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: I wrote about Dallas City Hall. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's an incredible feat of architecture that was meant to embody progressivism and a new start after the JFK assassination. At the end of the month, city leaders could vote to tear it down: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

One of Texas' architectural masterpieces could soon face demolition

The building was designed by foundational architect I.M. Pei.

www.chron.com

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t think I’ve seen it phrased quite this way before but holy shit, yeah

I mean I don’t personally need a purely self-interested reason to hold the notion of due process as a moral value but if I DID

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 10d

if your neighbor doesn't have due process, you don't either, because if the cops confuse you with your neighbor, you have no way to prove you're not them.

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Seelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 5d

How is this such an ear worm?

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5d

raging my way downtown

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Seelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 5d

It feels terrible to have that choice taken out of your hands. I’m sorry!

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Seelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 6d

That would the cutest buddy comedy ever!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it

"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

www.motherjones.com

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Seelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 6d

Why is my new cat comically small. She weighs less than this smoothie (don’t worry, she is much more fierce than the smoothie)

Photo of a tiny brown spotted cat with giant ears. She’s examining the straw of a smoothie cup that is only a little smaller than her

Photo of a tiny brown spotted cat with giant ears. She’s behind a smoothie cup that is only a little shorter than her, but about twice as wide

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 6d

(the clip in question - go ahead, listen to the whole thing, it'll warm your heart)

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 6d

I keep seeing references to her saying this; it's ~40 sec of the clip that's going around.

For the next 2 min 15 sec, though, she seeks to reassure us that we matter, individually & collectively.

"Every single day, you make a difference in the world, & you get to choose the difference you make."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other human beings she saw as showing similar traits: launch them on a one-way trip into space. The insight into Goodall’s thinking comes in the Netflix documentary Famous Last Words, recorded in March and kept under wraps until her death last week at the age of 91. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 6d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7d

personally if i'm concerned about slurs and bigotry, there's plenty of forms of it towards actual people to tackle.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7d

"clanker" is a funny name and AI has no feelings, it's a computer program.

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Skree Ghoulsen 🔜 LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · Aug 25

Show me how you draw women 💃🏼✨

digital illustration of a feminine figure made of sticks and branches in a white edwardian gown with a skull mask tied onto their "face".

digital illustration of a large crow-like monster with sharp teeth pours tea from a kettle at their butcher block table

digital illustration of a woman in a white edwardian blouse and walking skirt sits on a boulder in the woods beside a beast

digital illustration of a horned beast with bound eyes and many floral shawls having tea

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 19d

Proud to announce the project I've been working on 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Had hoped to have more ready, but the events of the last week stressed the importance of speaking up against fascism NOW

I'd appreciate your support in spreading the word, esp if you work in life sciences research, healthcare, or biotech

Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social · 19d

It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics

That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people

Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org

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Jason Thibeault 🇨🇦 @lousycanuck.bsky.social · 10d

It has no authors.

Better believe most of it came from Grok and the prompt was to undermine everything currently known about trans health care.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · May 1

1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.

It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.

My fact check of the Trump HHS review.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience

The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Seelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 10d

It’s spooky spinning season, so I had to celebrate with a cauldron spindle! Now maybe I should finally finish this spin I started in, um. April.

Cauldron spindle is by Woodland Handcrafta. Teacup sidle is from A Dragon’s Roving on Etsy. Fiber is Ginger Plum Pie by @fossilfibers.bsky.social

Photo of two support spindles sitting on my desk mat. One is shaped like a cauldron and has leaf decorations on it. The other is shaped like a teacup. They’re sitting on some purple wool fiber

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