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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 7h

Evening update: owl model is definitely not scaring the squirrels

Pixelated cell phone photo of the white beanie baby owl now on a log near a tray of peanuts. An Eastern gray squirrel sits on the log near the tray, looking at the owl.

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404 Media @404media.co · 13h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 2d

Find your town's Complete Streets policy here: njbikeped.org/nj-complete-...

Thanks to @njbikeped.org.

NJ Complete Streets Policy Compilation - The New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center

A Complete Streets policy formalizes a community’s intent to plan, design, operate, and maintain streets that are safe for all users of all ages and

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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 1d

Concrete-protected bike lanes need your protection now:

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 12h

Speaking of which… 🤡 🚲 🌟 🌕 🥳

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Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 17h

you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d

genuinely squealed like I saw a celebrity

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Julie Setele @juliesetele.bsky.social · 18h

I converted a couple Toni Morrison essays into minizines, available as free downloads here: juliesetele.com/2025/09/24/t...

Fight fascism. Fight racism. Resist!

Two minizines rest against a bunch of old books. The minizines are essays by Toni Morrison: “Peril” (2009) and “Racism and Fascism” (1995).

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 1d

beach, boardwalk, and rides, asbury park, new jersey, 1978

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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Hannah Pumpkins 🎃 🍂 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 2d

Richard Scarry: Fury Road

A Richard Scarry illustration of a skeleton-bone dragster being driven by a little mouse

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 1d

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

Keep sending those emails, folks. The opposition to court Street is getting organized. And please contact CM Shanaha Hanif’s office to let her know you appreciate her support. (718) 499-1090 and [email protected]

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 2d

If you like this change to the street, please let Brooklyn CB6 know by emailing [email protected]

I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

So last night I migrated @gregpak.net from Bluesky to Blacksky's myatproto.social server for non-Black users! A few thoughts on the process for anyone thinking about this...

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

whew. that took a while! but it looks like i'm done! all blobbed up in blobtown!

screenshot of a notice that says "You are good to go! You have all 4131 of the expected 3669 blobs. You're done!!"

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Dude in the Sky @dudeinthesky.bsky.social · 1d

I've hit my politics limit for today.
Here's one of our back yard friends.

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 2d

New set is out now Friends

MAGA Mega Mad over Bad Bunny Bowl

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

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moss @brontology.bsky.social · 1d

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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 1d

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 1d

the Godzilla toilet paper holder would fix me

Japanese magazine ad for a wall mounted toilet paper holder shaped like Godzilla

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 2d

“Starbucks holds nearly $2 billion of customers’ money in its rewards program. That’s more than the total deposits managed by 85 percent of chartered banks, making the coffee chain one of the biggest financial institutions in the country.” jacobin.com/2025/10/bank...