Tash
@brightandshinynyc.bsky.social
NYC artist & photographer. #Detroit native living in the East Village #NYC. Human companion to a Cat named Whiskers Sour. Black Girl with #Lupus & a new hip! Shop #Photography prints, cards, gifts, #Handmade #stationery & more @ linktr.ee/brightandshinynyc
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Yesterday, 2 lovely people came 2 my job with a bouquet of about 3 dozen red roses and asked if we sold sharpies. We're out, so they asked if they could borrow mine while they sat in the café in the back. Of course. They bought a few pens and left. An hour later, they came back and gave me this:
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Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #WomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #WomensArt
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This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
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'A Silent, Stoic Symbol of Liberty'
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" poem
Sparty 🙏🏼
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #BlueSkyPhotography #smArtist #Architecture
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" poem
Sparty 🙏🏼
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #BlueSkyPhotography #smArtist #Architecture
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
'A Silent, Stoic Symbol of Liberty'
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" poem
Sparty 🙏🏼
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #BlueSkyPhotography #smArtist #Architecture
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" poem
Sparty 🙏🏼
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #BlueSkyPhotography #smArtist #Architecture
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Big show tonight. Music To Spazz By 9pm ET 91.1 FM wfmu.org/playlists/MS @wfmu.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Big show tonight. Music To Spazz By 9pm ET 91.1 FM wfmu.org/playlists/MS @wfmu.bsky.social
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Every so often a brave subway rat comes out of the tracks onto the platform and I always wonder if the other rats consider them an astronaut
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Every so often a brave subway rat comes out of the tracks onto the platform and I always wonder if the other rats consider them an astronaut
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USA Today on the great Sweet Pickle Books going viral. A little missing perspective: this part of the Jewish Lower East Side was once the "pickle district". You can see this in the movie Crossing Delancey, where the love interest is a pickle merchant. A few places keep the tradition alive.
New York City bookstore allows customers to donate books for pickles
Sweet Pickle Books, located in the Lower East Side, has been making pickles since it opened in 2020.
www.usatoday.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
USA Today on the great Sweet Pickle Books going viral. A little missing perspective: this part of the Jewish Lower East Side was once the "pickle district". You can see this in the movie Crossing Delancey, where the love interest is a pickle merchant. A few places keep the tradition alive.
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Four women were courageous enough to be on that case, including two teenagers --Claudette Colvin & Mary Louise Smith, along with Aurelia Browder & Susie McDonald. That case went to the Supreme Court and led to the desegregation of Montgomery's buses Dec. 21, 1956. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin.
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Four women were courageous enough to be on that case, including two teenagers --Claudette Colvin & Mary Louise Smith, along with Aurelia Browder & Susie McDonald. That case went to the Supreme Court and led to the desegregation of Montgomery's buses Dec. 21, 1956. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin.
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Teyana Taylor Covers Vanity Fair Winter 2026 🔥
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Teyana Taylor Covers Vanity Fair Winter 2026 🔥
I was 7 years old, and I felt like I had been waiting for this 2 happen forever! If someone could finally see Snuffleleupagus, maybe they could see me as well ( as a valid person)
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I was 7 years old, and I felt like I had been waiting for this 2 happen forever! If someone could finally see Snuffleleupagus, maybe they could see me as well ( as a valid person)
There's no business without people. Are we just saying words now?
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
There's no business without people. Are we just saying words now?
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36 people have died at ICE's hands in the past year
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
36 people have died at ICE's hands in the past year
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
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The soul’s response to even the most painful truths should just be
“Thank you”
“Thank you”
Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The soul’s response to even the most painful truths should just be
“Thank you”
“Thank you”
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Whimsical skedaddling!
This has taken me clean out this morning. You HAVE to watch to the end! 😩😂😂
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Whimsical skedaddling!
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
Yesterday, 2 lovely people came 2 my job with a bouquet of about 3 dozen red roses and asked if we sold sharpies. We're out, so they asked if they could borrow mine while they sat in the café in the back. Of course. They bought a few pens and left. An hour later, they came back and gave me this:
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Yesterday, 2 lovely people came 2 my job with a bouquet of about 3 dozen red roses and asked if we sold sharpies. We're out, so they asked if they could borrow mine while they sat in the café in the back. Of course. They bought a few pens and left. An hour later, they came back and gave me this:
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periodic reminder that your creative and artistic work has ripple effects beyond your field of view, and that it's good for your soul and happiness, and yes that's important. please keep going, keep making and sharing, especially when it's grim. don't ever stop, we need you
January 8, 2026 at 7:38 AM
periodic reminder that your creative and artistic work has ripple effects beyond your field of view, and that it's good for your soul and happiness, and yes that's important. please keep going, keep making and sharing, especially when it's grim. don't ever stop, we need you
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This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Another way you can help impacted families. We are fully occupied by ICE and the impact was huge before this escalation.
Some parents attended a Minneapolis Families for Public Educators meeting about raising money for families impacted by 🧊 who need rent assistance on 1.1
They've created a fundraising campaign on Give Butter to raise money for families aiming to raise $10,000
They've created a fundraising campaign on Give Butter to raise money for families aiming to raise $10,000
Rent Relief for South Minneapolis Families Impacted by Federal Immigration Operations
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
givebutter.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Another way you can help impacted families. We are fully occupied by ICE and the impact was huge before this escalation.
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Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 5–11 is here!
NEW: #MixedMedia52 weekly prompts for art with 2 or more mediums
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
NEW: #MixedMedia52 weekly prompts for art with 2 or more mediums
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 5–11 is here!
NEW: #MixedMedia52 weekly prompts for art with 2 or more mediums
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
NEW: #MixedMedia52 weekly prompts for art with 2 or more mediums
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
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Not “ #holiday “ per se, but hey, at least I WAS dreaming of a White Christmas. This is Fort Tryon Park, upper Manhattan, NYC
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
December 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Not “ #holiday “ per se, but hey, at least I WAS dreaming of a White Christmas. This is Fort Tryon Park, upper Manhattan, NYC
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
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This week’s all-Michigan edition of Testify! is in the archives. You can dig it at the WFMU page: wfmu.org/playlists/TG #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This week’s all-Michigan edition of Testify! is in the archives. You can dig it at the WFMU page: wfmu.org/playlists/TG #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
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In light of the recent release of Wicked: For Good many fans are going back to revisit some of the films within the Land of Oz lore. And The Wiz should be no exception. But let’s go back to our question, is The Wiz a Thanksgiving film?
Is 'The Wiz' a Thanksgiving Movie? Here’s Why the Answer Might Be Yes | Black Girl Nerds
Spread the loveEvery year, as Thanksgiving approaches, families across the country start debating the same thing: What are we watching after dinner? While some households lean on football and others r...
blackgirlnerds.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In light of the recent release of Wicked: For Good many fans are going back to revisit some of the films within the Land of Oz lore. And The Wiz should be no exception. But let’s go back to our question, is The Wiz a Thanksgiving film?
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[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
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"TikTok but you pay for it" is not a winning business model
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"TikTok but you pay for it" is not a winning business model