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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

You'll definitely want to read this update: After laying off 13 people (including the agency's lawyer, CFO, deputy director, and homelessness data lead), the King County Regional Homelessness Authority's director announced she's making five NEW hires, including three new executives.

UPDATED: Homelessness Authority Cuts 28 Positions, Including Deputy CEO, Finance Director, and General Counsel - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Editor’s note: This post has been updated to reflect the fact KCRHA is hiring for five…

publicola.com

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danielle taphanel @treelet.bsky.social · 1d

Patrons get weekly access to the process of my next project, a false materia medica titled "On the Preparation and Use of Medicinal Divinities".

patreon.com/treelet

An image of two humanoid figures side-by-side, one with the head of a bird, the other with a star for a head. A crowned eye and a set of tangled, alien ribs is drawn on their chests. Behind them are circular star maps, and further back abstract organic tubes. Parts of them are labeled: eyes, mind, suffering, desire, flesh, blood. The title reads: "On the Preparation and Use of Medicinal Divinities by D. Taphanel"

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 1d

bit more

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cunt eastwood @childlessgambino.bsky.social · 1d

help look at these fucking cupcakes I made

a black plate with several cupcakes entirely dipped in chocolate jimmies, with two candy eyeballs each. they look like little frightened hair balls

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism

The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 1d

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:

"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

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Lord Diana 🇺🇦 @lordsovorn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yearning

#pixelart #украрт

$Side-view of a shadowy figure with lanky limbs and black tangled hair, looking at the viewer with an ambiguous side-eye and crawling forward (viewer's left) while a chaotic stream of bloody hands erupts from the area of its mouth (and possibly throat) and reaches out, splitting in uneven fractals into more and more fingers and hands, some of which lean on the ground$

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k2 @shambolism.bsky.social · 1d

day two: stayed up late painting, a deadline got pushed back, kexp is doing halloween music

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

In a best case scenario where we disentangle authoritarian claws from our democracy, I know there's going to be endless "let's turn the page" and "it's time to move forward" rhetoric that lets key players avoid accountability

but I'd like to believe this and the ICE brutality might be exceptions

Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

Department of Defense officials told Democratic lawmakers in a brief on the U.S. military’s strikes against boats off the coast of northern South America that the military is not identifying the occupants of the boats before they bomb them. The Trump administration has killed at least 61 people.

Pentagon Admits to Striking Caribbean Boats Without Identifying Victims’ Purported Drug Links

The White House cannot “satisfy the evidentiary burden” to prosecute those they have been killing, one lawmaker said.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

Deplatforming Nazis is so successful that Musk purchased Twitter to replatform them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Mind-blowing stuff from Robby Soave.

"Podcasters should not avoid Fuentes." Of course they should. Deplatforming Nazis is good. Not amplifying them is not censorship.

Also laughable to claim Fuentes has been deplatformed. His growing reach is directly tied to MAGA destigmatizing naked racism.

Deplatforming Nick Fuentes Won't Stop Antisemitism

Tucker Carlson's interview of the right-wing podcaster has begun a debate on how best to combat antisemitic, racist, and white nationalist views.

reason.com

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Jestrous @jestrous.bsky.social · 18d

aim for the jugular

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Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · 1d

Had to sketch one of Marie's weird dudes!

A weird, snakelike dude with arms, raggedy wings, and a barn owl-esque face

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Wocco @wocco.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween Haunted House

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I lived in NYC for years, and it's entertaining they managed to write this story without once using the word "vigilante," which Sliwa was.

they don't even do the "both sides" thing where they have some civil rights professor timidly note that randomly beating the shit out of people isn't great

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City, first donned his trademark red beret in 1979. Its origins are traced to a time when both crime and his public profile were on the rise.

Here’s Why Curtis Sliwa Wears That Red Beret

The distinctive headpiece traces its origins to a time when both crime and Mr. Sliwa’s public profile were on the rise.

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jseattle @jseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Business as usual, city says. But, yes, there is irony here in that some of the people being swept could desperately use the help of the crisis center that won't open until 2027 www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/10/orde...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

"Evidence demonstrating Canada’s complicity in illegal U.S. strikes is mounting. Canada participates in Operation CARIBBE, described by the Department of National Defence as “Canada’s contribution to U.S.-led enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.”

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. military is illegally killing civilians in international waters — and Canada is involved.

Read our detailed blog post to learn more: drugpolicy.ca/canadas-comp...

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 1d

Really fascinating stuff in this YG analysis of online gamblers. Working full time but low-income, significantly more likely to report poor mental health, anxiety, and depression, "deeply cynical about marriage" but "hopeless romantics." "Over-indexes on ADHD."

platform.yougov.com/resources

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of animals love pumpkin! If you have a farm sanctuary nearby they may want your leftover Halloween pumpkins if they are fresh, clean, and unpainted. Contact them to find out!

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 5d

Sheep, goats, pigs, birds, and many other animals love pumpkin! If you have intact pumpkins after Halloween or jack o'lanterns that are carved but not painted or rotting and don't have candle wax inside, contact your local farm sanctuary to see if they would like them as donations!

Photo of two bronze turkeys and a grey and black spotted pig eating pieces of pumpkin together in a driveway.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"To figure out where you fall on this spectrum after you’ve stabbed somebody, ask yourself: Do you feel energized because you have engaged in a social interaction with somebody? Or do you feel satisfied because you’re alone now that the person is dead?"

Understanding Your Michael Myers-Briggs Type

The Michael Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an assessment to help people determine how they perceive the world and make decisions about silently sta...

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 1d

What a farce. It used to be “don’t buy avocado toast for lunch every day or you’ll never afford a house.” Now the economy is so bad it’s “don’t buy *a single pastry* once per week or you’ll end up homeless”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”

archive.ph/2TI8J

Why are young people spending so much money?

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 1d

Come work with me!  

We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.

  A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.

Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)

The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...

www.schooljobs.com

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C.Bedford @cbedford.bsky.social · 2d

old painting

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 4d

Sacajawea Historic Byway (digital)

A tilted road sign on a dirt-brown lifeless flat desert that reads SACAJAWEA HISTORIC BYWAY above an ID 28 state route sign. Massive snow capped mountains and a dramatic sky fill the background of the scene.

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the ghost of pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 2d

that's $87.50 a week! i shop very precisely at the bulk discount store and the bakery outlet store and i laboriously meal plan and clip coupons and eat leftovers and grow a garden and keep chickens and i can't do $87.50 a week! maybe $97.50?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

Rep. Clay Higgins:

There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average.
Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries.
Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

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