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John Marte @yislash.bsky.social · Mar 18

I’ve deactivated all Meta accounts (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads). Don’t look for me there, you’ll be disappointed and anyone claiming to be me is not me.

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Zac Bentz but LESS scary @zacbentz.com · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day. This album is the other side of that.

zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/loves-...

(Free to stream, nice to share.)

Love's Haunted Twin, by Zac Bentz

8 track album

zacbentz.bandcamp.com

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Dumb Industries @dumb-industries.com · Feb 9

TUESDAY, FEB 11 | 8PM ET

@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social return with an all-new live-riff on BRIDE OF THE GORILLA! Plus a Q&A w/ the brilliant @rachellichtman.bsky.social!

Like this post and comment below and we'll pick 5 people to be added to the guest list! #TheMadsAreBack

The Mads Are Back: Bride of the Gorilla — Dumb Industries

The Mads Are BACK! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000's Trace Beaulieu ("Dr. Clayton Forrester" and "Crow T. Robot") and Frank Conniff ("TV's Frank") as they live-riff the 1951 B-movie BRIDE OF THE GOR...

dumb-industries.com

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Dumb Industries @dumb-industries.com · Feb 8

TODAY | 3PM ET

Join @jackeyneymanjones.bsky.social as she guides students in PAINTING THEIR PETS!! Grab a photo of your favorite fur baby and join us.

Your first 30 days are FREE and you can cancel at any time. Come hang out!!

dumb-industries.com/jackey-neyma...

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𝔾𝖗𝖆𝕧𝖊 𝕊𝖑𝖆𝕪𝖊𝖗𝖘 💀🧟‍♂️👻🎃👹 @davesayers.bsky.social · Feb 2

Never ask a linguist "Is that a word?" because you will always get the same response, "IT IS NOW!" 😃 delivered with some variation of jazz hands like you just won a very low stakes game show and I'm so sorry it's just part of the training it's not something we can control.

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John Marte @yislash.bsky.social · Feb 1

proves nothing

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John Marte @yislash.bsky.social · Jan 29

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.

I’ll take it.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · Jan 11

Sign the petition against book bans at http://www.bookbanpetition.us

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Jan 8

Billionaires love the “Community Notes” approach to fact-checking because it involves people working for them for free

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Zac Bentz but LESS scary @zacbentz.com · Jan 7

Tidied up my YouTube "channel." Check it out if you want to watch mostly still images while listening to my music!

www.youtube.com/@zac-bentz

Zac Bentz

Stuff relating to Dirty Knobs, The Electric Witch, The Surfactants, Xero Music, Zac Bentz and more.

www.youtube.com

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · Dec 22

If you didn’t make it to my live performances of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, my audiobook of the complete and unabridged novel is available FREE/pay what you want HERE: mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/mitch-...

Mitch Benn reads A Christmas Carol, by Mitch Benn

6 track album

mitchbenn.bandcamp.com

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · Dec 21

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Shawn Levy @shawnlevy.com · Dec 21

TCM does this so much better than the Oscarcast every single year. Prepare for a sigh and a cry.

youtu.be/GxJqSLcVFUI?...

TCM Remembers 2024 | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

youtu.be

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Josh Way @joshway.bsky.social · Dec 18

Fun With Shorts: The Christmas Visitor
youtu.be/Bzo1aPJJ6r0

Fun With Shorts: The Christmas Visitor

YouTube video by Josh Way

youtu.be

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · Dec 18

My tribute to the late, great Tony Todd just went up on @fangoria.bsky.social online! It features an interview @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I did with him.

You can also hear the full interview I excerpt here on our podcast at www.lifewritingpodcast.com (Ep 149)

www.fangoria.com/tony-todd-ca...

Remembering Tony Todd: The Legacy Of Candyman In His Own Words

Honoring Tony Todd: The legacy of CANDYMAN in his own words. Tananarive Due unearths a rare interview with the late legend.

www.fangoria.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Jul 29

hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Dec 16

Health insurance claim denied? See what insurers said behind the scenes.

Published May 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Dec 7

Font is such an underrated sense memory

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · Dec 7

Whenever I have a bad pain day, I rewatch my favorite fanvid ever made (Starships, a multifandom fanvid by bironic) and it cheers me up.

Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...

Starships - a multifandom space vid by bironic

YouTube video by closetfan

www.youtube.com

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jerseygurl.bsky.social @jerseygurl.bsky.social · Dec 5

For anyone who may need it

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tinycarebot @tinycarebot.vanishingtacos.com · Dec 7

Watch a funny video or meme to make yourself laugh. 😂

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John Marte @yislash.bsky.social · Dec 6

Two out of three Twitter accounts emptied and locked down. Waiting on automatic tweet deletion to finish for the third, then I’ll be unshackled fully. Sad it came to this, because Twitter had been such a part of my social media use, but here we are.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Dec 6

"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."

A hamster in a cardboard tube with the opening facing the camera. The hamster is crawling forward with one front paw raised.

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Jon Gambrell @jongambrell.bsky.social · Dec 5

The Associated Press has officially joined Bluesky. Follow us at @apnews.com.

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