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Jesse Hawken

@jessehawken.bsky.social

Coming soon from me: an all star cast of your favorite cartoon characters in Disney’s SALÒ

NPR @npr.org · 11h

It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement. n.pr/44ph9KC

Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters

It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.

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December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
#MusicChallenge

"The Weeping Song" - Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhO...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Weeping Song (Official Video)

YouTube video by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

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December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM

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jess m.

@jametc.bsky.social

it sucks, but putting this in and around our materials is still a good way to fight it. It lets others who hate AI know that they can enjoy our materials and let their guard down.
I'm seeing more and more video creators do this at the top of their videos too. good

Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 17h

December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM

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Alex Plante 🐀👑

@aplante.com

the prairies are incredibly pretty and if you try to tell me otherwise, i won’t hear it and i won’t respond to it 🙂‍↔️❄️✨

#art

a bright, simple illustration of a winter snow-covered field in the prairies. The sky is a bright blue with big fluffy clouds on the horizon. Tufts of dead brown grass poke through the snow, and a crescent moon sit up high in the sky. A long freight train with brightly coloured cars snakes its way about two thirds of the way across the horizon, far in the distance

December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

Just finished Look Outside and want to keep playing in that world but also don't feel like starting a new game

December 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
#MusicChallenge

Sondheim Duet #2

"A Little Priest" - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHg...

A Little Priest

YouTube video by Len Cariou - Topic

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December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

Losing anonymity online “means that personal private data is able to be collected and retained and stored and breached, maybe used by bad actors linking your identity to the sites that you visit online,” EFF’s Molly Buckley told @MichiganPublic.bsky.social. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-go...

Michigan bill would require parental consent for teens on social media

Michigan lawmakers are weighing legislation that would require major social media platforms to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for anyone under 18.

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December 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
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"Slow Motion Detonation" - Deerhoof ft. Juana Molina
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwpt...

Deerhoof - Slow Motion Detonation (ft. Juana Molina)

YouTube video by Joyful Noise Recordings

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December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM

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Evan Killham

@evankillham.bsky.social

Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.

December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
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"Nature's Child" - S.G. Goodman & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iQn...

Nature's Child

YouTube video by S.G. Goodman - Topic

www.youtube.com

December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
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"Je ne vois que vous" - Benjamin Schools & Laetitia Sadier
youtu.be/WiU5iTB5RhQ

Benjamin Schoos Ft. Laetitia Sadier - Je ne vois que vous - clip officiel

YouTube video by FREAKSVILLE

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December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

If you could take a seven day vacation anywhere (you have to pay expenses yourself, but you have the days off work) between now and April, where would you go?

December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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Aled Thompson

@aledthompson.bsky.social

Winter phoenix ❄️

A bird with spiky blue feathers perched on a tree stump in the snow

December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
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"Ciao!" - Lush ft. Jarvis Cocker
youtu.be/8z59DMRWh9s

Lush & Jarvis Cocker - Ciao!

YouTube video by MrPanchaos Panos

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December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM

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assbutt

@nasboat.org

you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit

bubs, i’ve only got two, maybe three Motown puns left in me. Four tops.

December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#DecemberDuets

"Lego Ring" - Faye Webster ft. Lil Yachty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPSD...

Faye Webster - Lego Ring (feat. Lil Yachty) [Official Video]

YouTube video by FayeWebsterVEVO

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December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM

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scorpio

@jovialmartian.bsky.social

A picture of 4 panels, from left to right, top to bottom: “It’s like, that kind of cloud dancer” ➡️ “Cloud dancer. She’s so pretentious.” ➡️ “Shut up, it’s fucking white” ➡️ “Cloud dancer”

December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

India's government reportedly is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance. EFF’s Cooper Quintin calls it “pretty horrifying.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabil...

December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Tara Bush

@tarabush.bsky.social

Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar
Portrait of a young woman from February '25.

Graphite & coloured pencils on grey toned paper. #art

Portrait drawing of a young woman. It is of her head and neck upwards, she is looking to her left. She has short hair in a bob style, and light skin. The background of the image has a rusty red colour to the left, and pale white/grey to right. She has hints of blue tones in the shadows of her face. There is a slight blue line around her. Graphite pencil, coloured pencils.

December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM

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Sarah Andersen

@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social

The image is of a comic.
Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?"
Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy."
Santa responds "Very nice!"
Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?"
Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.

December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#DecemberDuets
#MusicChallenge

"Color and Light" - Sunday in the Park with George (Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgQJ...

Color and Light

YouTube video by TheSondheimFan

www.youtube.com

December 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM

watermia

@watermia.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
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"Tafetá" - Tulipa Ruiz & João Donato
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Te...

Tafetá Part. João Donato (Tulipa Ruiz/Gustavo Ruiz)

YouTube video by Tulipa Ruiz

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December 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM

watermia

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#MusicChallenge
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"Who?" - David Byrne and St. Vincent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPY...

David Byrne & St. Vincent - Who (Official Video)

YouTube video by 4AD

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December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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John Scalzi

@scalzi.com

This is why foreplay is important

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 9d

Last week in our student reading group we read the portion of Wealth of Nations in which Smith comments on the way generally unedifying ways that young men spend their gap year/ study abroad/ grand tour time.

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