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Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqsi...
I may be flying by the seat of my pants with no plans, but I'm still making it work 💜

Bishop Briggs - Dream

YouTube video by BishopBriggsVEVO

www.youtube.com

January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5os...
Can't run from your problems forever - you gotta face them if you wanna get better.

Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better (Official Video)

YouTube video by BleachersVEVO

www.youtube.com

January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM

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Kingfisher & Wombat

@tkingfisher.com

By popular demand: bsky.app/profile/tkin...

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

Oh, well, if you insist…

A perfume label for a scent called SLUG, featuring a slug holding a rose. It is labeled as “A fragrance for a man or a woman or a hermaphrodite mollusk.”

January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM

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Joe Hanson

@drjoehanson.bsky.social

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM

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tweety fish

@sifu.tweety.fish

"well this can't possibly go on," I say once an hour, every day, until my mind is ground to dust

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

I confess it is very difficult to shake a “well this can’t possibly escalate further” sort of thing from my head. Genuinely hard to parse an ongoing violent occupation of an American city by the unhinged racist government.

January 15, 2026 at 3:33 AM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

The absolute moral bankruptcy of writing this kind of article. Of publishing it!
The US isn't looking to "expand" their reach, or put a base in Greenland with the consent of the people living there - they want to strip mine it for valuable minerals. Don't obfuscate fascism with insipid words!

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

American-owned Toronto Sun advocating for US annexation of Greenland

Toronto Sun:

"LEDREW: Canada should want US in Greenland to safeguard our Arctic

We have China and Russia looking to expand in Canada’s North, and the U.S. looking to expand in the North Atlantic with Greenland

Stephen LeDrew"

January 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM

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Chris “Chance!” Brown

@chancesecond.bsky.social

It’s weird that manufactured consent goes as far as telling another country they effectively don’t have a standing army

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

American-owned Toronto Sun advocating for US annexation of Greenland

January 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM

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Amber

@elementalamber.bsky.social

Looked at news this morning
but now
my guts hurt
my head spikes with pains
(new hurts and classics).
Waking up to watch
the world burn
waking up to watch
the body count grow
watching the wrong corpses
pile up
stacked like cordwood.

January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI6L...
🎵 Had me feelin' like a ghost
And that's what I hate the most 🎵

Ghost

YouTube video by Mystery Skulls - Topic

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January 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI28...
Back to work, so I need some music to keep me going today 💜

BACK ON TOP (feat. Griff)

YouTube video by HONNE - Topic

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January 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM6C...
I remember looping this nearly non-stop when it first came out. Still love this song 💜

BOGGIE - FEARLESS official lyrics video

YouTube video by boggieofficial

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January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM

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Stereogum

@stereogum.com

Presented by Charli XCX and Djo, the 2026 Golden Globe for Best Song went to "Golden" from 'KPop Demon Hunters.' A few hours before the broadcast, Penske Media Eldridge announced that Best Score would be be presented off-air. It went to Ludwig Göransson for 'Sinners.'

stereogum.com/2484849/gold...

January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM

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Phantasmag

@phantasmagpress.bsky.social

Ludwig Göransson has won Best Score for ‘Sinners’ #GoldenGlobes2026

January 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM

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Letterboxd

@letterboxd.social

Sinners wins Cinematic and Box Office Achievement 🏆

#GoldenGlobes

January 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=crIk...
For my birthday, I'm sharing a song I remember listening to on the radio late late at night when I was a kid, and I still love it 🍁

Spirit Of The West "Home For A Rest" - Official Music Video

YouTube video by Spirit Of The West

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January 11, 2026 at 7:59 PM

Dana Mairi

@danamairi.bsky.social

Music of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAJ...
Feels appropriate these days 🍁

Rush - Something For Nothing (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by RushVEVO

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January 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM

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Andrew Hickey

@andrewhickey.500songs.com

Every autistic person has been screaming this stuff for decades while genocidal shitheads have been saying we need to be eradicated.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 7d

No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.

**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...

What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

www.psychologytoday.com

January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM

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Greg the Sorcerer

@gregthesorcerer.bsky.social

My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet

January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌

@chanda.blacksky.app

Reminder that “Say her name” was developed specifically to call attention to murders of Black women

January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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feeb 🍓

@magicmooshka.bsky.social

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks

@josie.zone

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

archive.is/ur35j

First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people
who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.
This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine,
Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.
Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles,

What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.
We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine
On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.
We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E

January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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Rebekah Valentine

@duckvalentine.bsky.social

the video of Renee Good's murder from the killer's perspective is now going around. i do not need to see it. you almost certainly do not need to see it. i am closing the socials.

January 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM