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Ash Ponders needs work

@ashponders.bsky.social

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I was a poet but then I wanted to get paid worse. I make photos for news. @ashponders.01 on signal. http://ashponders.com

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Ash Ponders needs work @ashponders.bsky.social · Nov 20

Ok! A buncha people came through & suggested some images I've made that might find a home on the walls of my many many admirers.

Because of their wonderful labor, I've increased the 'bluesky' discount to 50% and refunded the difference to those of you who've used the code when it was only 25%.

Ash Ponders needs work @ashponders.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hey friends. I'm doing a holiday printsale over on ashponders.darkroom.com. Please take a look, I make images of pretty things like monkeys who are disappointed in you and rainbows that aren't. If you can buy a print, do!

A capuchin monkey stares out judgmentally from a wall of leaves.

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 4h

Yesterday's Syria strike puts US combat actions during the second Trump administration at:

—1,000+ air strikes in Yemen (March-April)
—75+ air strikes in Somalia
—7 air strikes and 3 JSOC ground raids in Syria
—4 air strikes in the Caribbean
—B-2 strikes on 3 sites in Iran
—1 air strike in Iraq

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

Well, folks, personal news: After 7 years, today is my last day with @latimes.com.

It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work.

I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 6h

Sharing my writing on "The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought" once again because you can now listen to it read by a voice actor! Big thanks to the @noemamag.com team, who respected my ask to have a person narrate my writing rather than an automated voice. Check it out! 👂

The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought | NOEMA

From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool.

www.noemamag.com

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YES PLZ Coffee @yesplz.coffee · 6h

"A good year for Kenyas" is the green coffee buyer consensus this year. We wholeheartedly agree and have said yes to many this season.

Our latest from the Karumandi washing station is among our favorites. Roasting this week. Don't miss it! ☕

www.yesplz.coffee/product/sing...

a white porcelain cup of black coffee on a concrete countertop with the overlayed text "Kenya Karumandi -- Yes Plz Coffee"

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 8h

'Like the others languishing in these camps, this was not a life Karmar chose. He was pushed into it, by soldiers who razed his village and beat his brother to death...

Life here has never been easy, he says. But since the aid cuts, it has become unbearable.'

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Ash Ponders needs work @ashponders.bsky.social · 18h

Just asked Siri a basic elephant fact and it confidently cited HummingbirdSpliffs.com.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 22h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · 1d

Some sad news: Yesterday, @atmosmag.bsky.social notified me that they eliminated their climate editor position. After 2.5 years there, I’m out of a job. 🧪🌎

I’m surprised and saddened by the suddenness. But I’m proud of the work I produced there.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 1d

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4d

Just as everything is getting more expensive, Microsoft plans to pull support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.

The good news: There are free alternatives. Our digital security team talks through some options.

Warning: Time to move away from Windows 10

With Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!

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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 1d

There could be at least one minor silver lining to the GOP's government shutdown: It may give New Orleanians a temporary reprieve from the Trump regime's planned military occupation, at least if they plan on paying the troops.

www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Could the government shutdown delay Trump's occupation of New Orleans?

While the Trump regime's government shutdown is having harmful impacts on Louisianans, there could be at least one minor silver lining to the GOP's fiscal mess: It may give New Orleanians a temporary ...

www.nola.com

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Ash Ponders needs work @ashponders.bsky.social · 1d

This is a jowo-fountain.

I’m used to the Kaweco’s B & M nibs, I like the B the best. This latest pen has the first full-size 6 nib that I’ve used.

Ash Ponders needs work @ashponders.bsky.social · 1d

I thought I was a fountain pen casual, but it turns out I don’t think I really like extra fine nibs.

Am I developing niche tastes within a niche interest???

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 1d

while i wait for my hot dog at five guys, should i connect to this ice machine via bluetooth? y/n

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ditriech @ditriech.blacksky.app · 2d

Please share if you see this.

I have to get the oral surgery before the hernia, and they want $1200 upfront to
schedule.

I also just spent $250 I don’t have on a necessary plane ticket to DC, and still need a place to stay.

The GFM has more details on the surgeries.

CA/V: ditriech

Donate to Adam's Surgery and Recovery Fund, organized by Charles JacksonBey

Hey everyone. My name is Adam JacksonBey and I'm asking for help… Charles JacksonBey needs your support for Donate to Adam's Surgery and Recovery Fund

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Ash Ponders needs work @ashponders.bsky.social · 2d

jfc. I don’t got cash like that. Do you?

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

If ACA healthcare subsidies are not extended, a 60-year-old earning $65k in Key West, Fla. could see premiums go from $460 a month with the subsidies to $2,400 a month without.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Maps show how expected increases in monthly premiums vary by age and geography.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 2d

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story,” Thunberg said during a press conference following her release.

Read more:

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 2d

am fascinated by how many of these headlines and social media posts straight up keep not naming her

(Her name is Sarah Mullally)

yonat.bsky.social @yonat.bsky.social · 2d

Conservative Church of England congregations, both evangelical and Anglo-Catholic, are happy have a woman as their next archbishop of Canterbury. Their real worry is her views on same-sex marriage. religionnews.com/2025/10/06/s...

Conservative British Anglicans extend the first woman archbishop a warm embrace

LONDON (RNS) — Conservative Church of England congregations, both evangelical and Anglo-Catholic, are willing to accept Mullally's gender. Their real worry is her views on same-sex marriage.

religionnews.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

This talk I gave at Harvard twelve years ago discusses Apple removing apps from the App Store for doing journalism by covering American drone strikes, and what a threat that posed to accountability. The answer then is the same as the answer now: the open web. youtu.be/9KKMnoTTHJk

Anil Dash on The Web We Lost

YouTube video by The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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CPhMag.com @hotelamnesia.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote a longish article about Richard Avedon and what his photographs of his old, dying father might tell us.

Immortal

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