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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 4d

Forget King Kong, forget Spinosaurus. In honor of the 120th anniversary of the naming of Tyrannosaurus rex...we’re going to bash our cheap plastic dinosaur toys together and talk about a fight between T. rex and Triceratops.

(Artist credits in alt-text)

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 1h

I'll also need separate works for the Zodiac and Lunar Mansions constellations

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 2h

The problem is, we don't see what exposure to ideas does to us. The human brain is a machine for rationalising the irrational. It will tell you you're the same person you were a year ago no matter what you've been through. We all think - every single one of us - that we can't be manipulated.

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 1d

The "follow" button confounds "I'm looking at your content" and "I endorse this content." We need two different ways to signal the difference between the two.

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 2h

The radical antifas are reclaiming frogs

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 1h

I may need spreadsheet software.

The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 5h

I’m gonna have to work on the Sidereal version of an increasingly long list of relevant Fixed Stars for Magic users, but only after I am finished-mostly-with the Tropical.

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The Direct Aid Streaming Project @thedasp.bsky.social · 27d

We prefer not to tell anyone who they should or shouldn't fundraise for, but at this time we recommend not doing so for StopGenAI. This is in part due to Kim's aggressive outreach and hostile approach to other orgs, streamers, and the MA community, as well as lack of financial transparency.

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 6h

Idk what’s better: this very true documentary about NBA hall of famer Jeffrey Epstein or the comments about it on YouTube

Or the title. Bad Pedophile is a fucking amazing title

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I always knew he was a pedophile and sex pervert but wasn't sure if he was one of the good or bad ones. Excited to learn more about this
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@jpt9328
Prize.
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The Onion's finally gonna get that Nobel Peace
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@EpicBeard815
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If Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself, then who did kill himself?
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This was the documentary that touched me in places I wasn't ready for.
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@thesuperpunmaster6369
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Kinda weird that the entire onion staff comitted ritualistic suicide... someone should probably look into that.
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@GnarWall237
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Holy shit I needed this! Im a child sex trafficking survivor and the news has been really hard on my CPTSD. This just gave me such a good laugh and something to associate all of the triggering news I fucking love the onion
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 18h

*writing my dating ad*
As-is. Needs TLC. Tons of potential for investors

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Special Boy @natelaw.bsky.social · 15h

Pro tip: never start.

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 22h

Knowing when to stop is the least used talent.

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 22h

Knowing when to stop is the least used talent.

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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 1d

blocking them isn’t enough. i want them to forever be stuck behind a slow walker

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 5h

I think Beige dot Party is trying to be that.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 5h

Animation (Luminance+HaOIII): First Amateur Detection of Light Echoes from 19th-Century Great Eruption of Eta Carinae - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/2pqiQxA

The images in this gallery are the first amateur images of light echoes from the 19th-century Great Eruption of Eta Carinae. These light echoes have been detected by the Hubble Space Telescope and from large observatories such as the CTIO 4m telescope, but this is the first time that amateur images reveal these transient features. My other first amateur detection of light echoes from supernova SN1987a inspired me to try looking for the fainter echoes near Eta Carinae.

What are Light Echoes?
Light echoes occur when the initial flash from a bright source, like a supernova, is reflected back to us from a slightly different direction. Dust clouds in interstellar space reflect a portion of the outward-traveling light from the supernova, redirecting it towards Earth. These faint light echoes can be observed decades or centuries after the original flash. Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky, known for his contributions to supernovae, neutron stars, dark matter, and gravitational lenses, predicted the existence of light echoes as early as 1940. Together with Walter Baade, he coined the term 'supernova' in 1934 and proposed that faint echoes of historical supernovae could be visible long after the initial explosion.
The Great Eruption was a significant brightening of the star Eta Carinae that occurred in phases during the mid-19th century.
The light echoes are produced when the initial flash from the eruption is subsequently reflected off interstellar dust as light travels outward from ...

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 5h

Besides, you CAN do Lunar Mansion Magick w/Sidereal, seems kinda relevant.

The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 5h

I’m gonna have to work on the Sidereal version of an increasingly long list of relevant Fixed Stars for Magic users, but only after I am finished-mostly-with the Tropical.

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 6h

West Michigan sees rise in fall respiratory illnesses; Holland physician urges vigilance www.fox17online.com/news/local-n...

West Michigan sees rise in fall respiratory illnesses; Holland physician urges vigilance

West Michigan is experiencing an increase in respiratory illnesses as cooler weather returns and residents spend more time indoors, according to local health officials and community members.

www.fox17online.com

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 6h

More Pasta recalled by Nate's Fine Foods linked to Listeria Illnesses and Deaths www.marlerblog.com/case-news/mo...

More Pasta recalled by Nate's Fine Foods linked to Listeria Illnesses and Deaths

A California company has recalled nearly 245,000 pounds of pre-cooked pasta linked to a deadly listeria outbreak and potential contamination of dozens of

www.marlerblog.com

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Tales Ancient Scripts Can Tell, If We could Only Decipher Them, Like the South Arabian Script a Guy Actually Did Decipher Recently, or, Love Languages Lost (and Found) | This Week in the Ancient Near East
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The Tales Ancient Scripts Can Tell, If We could Only Decipher Them, Like the South Arabian Script a Guy Actually Did Decipher Recently, or, Love Languages Lost (and Found) | This Week in the Ancient N...

The recent decipherment of the South Arabian Dhofari script from the first millennium BCE reminds us that we don’t know as much about ancient peoples and languages as we think. And finding a completel...

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 3d

Banking on Silver Hoards in the Bronze Age Levant, or “Baby You are So Money You Don't Even Know it.” | This Week in the Ancient Near East
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Banking on Silver Hoards in the Bronze Age Levant, or “Baby You are So Money You Don't Even Know it.” | This Week in the Ancient Near East

New research on Bronze Age silver hoards in the Levant has us wondering about the origins of money. What is it about those shiny and attractive metals that makes us love them so? And sure, you can bur...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 7d

I like that Goose and Geese seem to be accidentally co-promoting each other, Barbenheimer style

josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 7d

Referring some confused emails I got today to the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...

Goose Is a Jam Band. Geese Is Indie Rock. They Both Have New Albums.

www.nytimes.com

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 6h

Why I tend to get annoyed with the dialog in some video games out there, less is more, the audience can live with a few unanswered questions

Lina Morgan @alinaisyou.bsky.social · 6d

There is an over abundance of lyrics on "The Life of a Showgirl".

I am going to draw a comic book analogy: it is possible to make a good comic that has well-placed heavy dialogue, but at some point you have to trust the art to tell the story.

splash pages > wall of text

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diabolical contraption.PNG @awildprotoyeen.bsky.social · 3d

the implication that reactionary politics is "wrongthink" just displays how little pontification they've done about their own ideology. like... did they think it was illegal to believe these things before they took power? have they EVER had a thought that didn't come from a place of petty grievance?

Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 3d

I don't think I've ever seen anyone use the word "wrongthink" that didn't suck

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 3d

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