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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 12h

I woke up in the middle of the night a few nights ago, as I do, so I took a picture of the sky. Probably about a 1 second exposure at 400 or 800 ISO, 50mm SSC lens at um... f1.8? Panasonic GH4.

The image is a view of a starry night sky. Several stars are scattered throughout the frame, set against a pitch-black background. The stars vary in brightness, with a few notably brighter ones creating subtle patterns, including a slight curve and a linear arrangement. The stars appear as small, white, and bluish-white points of light. There are variations in star density, with clusters of stars in some areas contrasted by darker, starless spaces.

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 14h

One of the things totally wrong about Alien: Earth is that the cat would have wiped the floor with that alien eye squid thing. Have you ever seen a cat fight an alien eye squid? The alien eye squid's ass would have been grass and the cat would be the lawnmower.

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 14h

I caught one of the giant, sentient, alien spider actually petting the ship's cat.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 15h

One of the reasons they're having trouble concocting a Left Wing Terrorism epidemic is basically nobody in this country has ever met a left wing person. You might as well say we're being invaded by the smurfs

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Kim Bellware @bellwak.bsky.social · 15h

A 1A win

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 17h

These kids were very advanced, which is why it surprised me. But I've also heard of it happening to other classes in other places.

Also? I just say a Spanish/English version of AMND which would be amazing for heritage Spanish speakers/English as a second language kids.

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 17h

That's what I'm saying! It was crazy.

I have no idea how it happened. I mean, I'm sure it wasn't *deliberate* but somehow it was a miserable experience for them.

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 19h

Okay, so Hegseth's thing about beards -- it's also about the fact he can't grow a beard, right? I mean, he certainly hates all the Black guys in the military, but he also hates the cool operators he could never be because they have beards.

Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 21h

What. I'm hungry.

The image features a small rabbit sitting in a lush green field. The rabbit is facing forward and has a bunch of green leaves in its mouth. It has large upright ears and a coat with a mix of brown and gray fur. The grass in the foreground and background is vibrant and densely grown, creating a soft green blur behind the rabbit, enhancing the focus on the animal.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 22h

Instead of being forced to talk about Big Tech's fake inventions we should celebrate the truly life changing feats of genius that we don't think about. The incredible "head phones." The humble toilet

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Scare Blair @blairloudly.bsky.social · 1d

everything is a joke but nothing is funny anymore

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 22h

The full-fret inlays look very slick!

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 22h

Oh sure, that's true. What I was trying to get at was that someone *poisoned* these kids against Shakespeare. And that must've been hard to do, especially with MND. But boy, they did it.

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 1d

This game looks like it will be a lot of fun.

Sledding Game @sleddinggame.com · 27d

This is crazy

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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Steve King @stevemking.bsky.social · 1d

My fav

Protesting baddie applying lip gloss in the reflection of a cops shield

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s the day @barnesandnoble.com recommends you read WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. They are professionals; who are we to disagree with their assessment??

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

It was a Saturday night in December.

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 1d

Wow!

Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 1d

Oh that isn't my experience at all. I've had great students who were articulate and very sophisticated -- just prejudiced 'gainst Shakespeare and classical music. Somebody had put the zap on them earlier in their academic careers and it made me sad.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, took a while to look up original poster, she deserves the credit for the video

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Andrew Bellware @drewsky.app · 1d

I will admit to having a particularly privileged Shakespeare experience. But man, Midsummer Night's Dream is flipping MADE for teenagers. Titus Andronicus is basically Shakespeare's SAW. (Don't show them Titus. Everyone will be traumatized and depressed.)

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