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Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️ @grigorylukin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

#Worldcon

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Saga @sagamaraia.bsky.social · Aug 22

Here you go, the best Twitter post I’ve ever read in Bluesky. Or Twitter.

Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · Apr 30

I’m in England, in a field of Barley. Today, I’m going to collect wild yeast under that tree back there, and I’m going to show how to feed and grow it until it’s ready to bake with. We are going to start at the very beginning, and end at the end.

(this is an experiment in thread transfer)

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axolotl lovely / fka frog k ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · Aug 22

not gonna leave you hanging on the latin dog epitaph

Portavi lacrimis madidus te nostra catella,
quod feci lustris laetior ante tribus.
ergo mihi, Patrice, iam non dabis osculla mille
nec poteris collo grata cubare meo.
tristis marmorea posui te sede merentem
et iunxi semper manib(us) ipse meis,
morib(us) argutis hominem simulare paratam;
perdidimus quales, hei mihi, delicias.
tu dulcis, Patrice, nostras attingere mensas
consueras, gremio poscere blanda cibos,
lambere tu calicem lingua rapiente solebas
quem tibi saepe meae sustinuere manus,
accipere et lassum cauda gaudente frequenter

Bedewed with tears I have carried you, our little dog, as in happier circumstances I did fifteen years ago. So now, Patrice, you will no longer give me a thousand kisses, nor will you be able to lie affectionately round my neck. You were a good dog, and in sorrow I have placed you in a marble tomb, and I have united you forever to myself when I die. You readily matched a human with your clever ways; alas, what a pet we have lost! You, sweet Patrice, were in the habit of joining us at table and fawningly asking for food in our lap, you were accustomed to lick with your greedy tongue the cup which my hands often held for you and regularly to welcome your tired master with wagging tail.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jul 18

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

www.disconnect.blog

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Becca Patterson @mreauow.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm cis and I wish JK Rowling ill.
It's time to stop suspending trans people for saying the same thing.

@bsky.app
@safety.bsky.app
@support.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
@moderation.bsky.app

Share so the Bluesky team really and truly knows how we feel about this.

wendell the expletive pronoun @wendellwrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

it really sucks that @bsky.app suspended @danifinnwrites.bsky.social, who is one of the most supportive, helpful members of the bluesky writers community, especially for queer authors.

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🧛‍♂️ blood bagel 🧛 @mrcinnamontf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Kiruna, 125, har en kyrka som epa-traktor:

"Overkligt"

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Tara Wine-Queen Writes @tarawinequeen.bsky.social · Jun 26

I have entombed
that friend
who was in
my basement

and who
was expecting a
rare vintage

Forgive me
I had all these bricks
a trowel
and a grudge

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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · Jun 17

Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.

Screengrab of a Muppet of a Swedish fisherman and a Muppet seal with the number 7 on a card around its neck. The Seventh Seal, in other words.

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Bison @bisonrimant.fr · May 15

📍Pin post

Hello !

I'm Bison, a woodcarver from France !

I take commissions.

You can find my shop here :
bisonrimant.fr

Find me in other places here :
linktr.ee/bisonrimant

Woodcarved plump capybara with a round duck on its head

Woodcarved humanoid goose with plate armor, shield and a mace with a red robin sitting on it

Woodcarved humanoid crow with a hooded cloak, a sword, satchel on its belt. It has a squirrel climbing its arm, and a cat sitting next to its feet

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · Jun 5

WOW! Astonishing!

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · Jun 5

New to me. The “Carolina dog,” a true wild dog of the United States (not feral dogs escaped from human control.) Not even discovered until the 1970s, they live and hunt in packs in the SE US. “Nearly identical” appearance to a Korean dog, probably crossed from Asia via the Bering Straits. More at

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Saira Workshop @sairaworkshop.bsky.social · May 30

Show me something green!💚

#art #leathercraft #handmade #ttrpg

Pencilcase shaped as a stegosaurus on a garden. Pattern by Awl creative

LoTR leathercuff, made in green dyed cowhide, with the nenya symbol carved and painted in silver, the inscription of the ring painted in gold at the top border, a vine in the same technic at the bottom, and a Lórien leaf as the fastener

Emerald dicebag shaped as a D20, painted with precious stone effect, and bronze numbers and thread

Side pic of a green and gold leather helm, adjusted to the head, with moulded leather leaves at the sides and the forehead painted with different colours of autumn vegetation

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · May 22

'When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however googly, must be the truth.'

Happy #SherlockHolmesDay which takes place on the 22nd May each year because it's the birthday of #SherlockHolmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born #onthisday in 1859. 🎉

The cover of the book The Television Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett as Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Watson. They have both had googly eyes added to them.

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Misan @skvyrr.bsky.social · May 16

The goal to make EU ban conversion therapy is growing ever nearer. Last day to vote and we're almost there.

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

eci.ec.europa.eu

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · Apr 19

A statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum regarding trans inclusion.

The Vagina Museum Board of Trustees response to the UK Supreme Court ruling

In light of the UK Supreme Court ruling, the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum wish to express their unequivocal support of and solidarity with their trans staff, volunteers, community partners, visitors and wider audience.

From the outset, the Vagina Museum has always been trans inclusive. An important part of its mission around spreading knowledge and raising awareness of gynaecological anatomy and health has been to challenge normative assumptions around our bodies and how they may or may not be connected to experiences of gender, gender expression and broader sexuality.

In doing so, we highlight that sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation and other characteristics related to sexual identity exist in various different combinations and their relationship to one another is never clear cut. What is clear to us is that everyone, regardless of their body parts, are deserving of human rights, dignity and the power to identity as they wish to.

Just as we act as a forum for women’s reproductive health and rights from a feminist, inclusive and intersectional perspective; we will continue to advocate for trans+, non-binary and queer communities and rights.

We cannot talk about feminism unless our feminism includes trans folks.
We cannot talk about reproductive rights without trans rights.
We cannot advocate for human rights without trans rights.

The ruling comes amidst an increasingly frightening climate for trans people in the UK and globally. We will continue to abide by our values, and ensure that the Vagina Museum remains a space in which trans people are included, welcomed and celebrated.

In solidarity.

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Misan @skvyrr.bsky.social · Apr 14

Yellow is her colour. She knows.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Apr 13

Coolest Subaru I have ever seen

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Nina Kalinkos Makes Little Guys @eclecticclay.com · Apr 11

Pansexual Pride Eels!

I really need to go "pinkie up" for these pictures. 🫖

Clay sculpture of three eels in the colors of the pansexual pride flag. They are "planted" in clay sand with bits of coral in a white tea cup, held by a hand in front of a forest.

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Just A Boo Owl ☭ 👻 @justabarnowl.bsky.social · Apr 11

sing this to mambo no 5

GUINNESS @guinnessisacat.bsky.social · Apr 11

A LITTLE BIT OF TUNA JUICE

AS A TREAT 💕

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Binding Chaos @bindingchaos.bsky.social · Apr 8

“If a million of you are in the streets, I guarantee you will have more leaders than you ever wanted.”
#3E #HandsOff #BindingChaos www.patreon.com/posts/116802...

Oh hello Kamala Harris who just joined Bluesky this morning. Yesterday she posted on X “today in every state across our nation Americans are standing up to the administration as they implement project 2025 at full speed. Thank you for using your voices and the power of protest to stand for social security, Medicare, Medicaid, Department of education, and programs like Headstart, for clean air and water, for the right to make decisions about your own body without government interference. The voices of working people will always be louder than the galactic billionaires.

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Christopher Graves 👻🎃✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.mov · Apr 3

Clip Studio is constantly on sale.

Animation Paper is $25.

Rough Animator on the iPAD is $25.

Blender is free.

Davinci Resolve is free.

There is no better time to leave Adobe or buy a bunch of SSD's with an Adobe coupon (which is a lot of work).

Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · Apr 3

makes you think

Gloria Chen, of Adobe’s HR department. Nice portrait. The headline indicates that Adobe is done with DEI hiring goals.

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Noora Peura @npeura.bsky.social · Apr 5

Funny how this (the absurd tariffs) highlights how much rich countries rely on cheap labour in poor countries and how we’ve made poor countries dependent on providing cheap labour.

When all this (trade war) is over, can we talk a bit about neocolonialism?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Apr 5

This is George. He just had a dentist appointment and is none too pleased about it. Will be giving you a piece of his mind as soon as the air stops changing colors. 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday

blond pup with slightly curly fur sits in the passenger seat of a car wearing a gray harness and buckled in. his eyes are drooping closed in an almond shape, and his front paw stance is unnecessarily wide unless he thinks he’s hurtling through space, which he very well might.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · Apr 5

I really, really need people to learn to say “not for me” rather than “thing bad.”

Usually that refers to media you disliked, but in this day and age unless that thing is actively currently causing harm, thing is not bad, you just don’t like thing.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Apr 3

Anyway. Call your senators—yes, ESPECIALLY the GOP ones—and scream about how the tariffs are gonna fuck you over.

I…may…have just threatened to hire bagpipers to play O Danny Boy outside Tillis’s house at all hours, so if I get disappeared, at least I know that it was for something funny.

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