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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 9h

It's #WorldOctopusDay!

While I already have a post for #OCTOtober, here's a bonus of some octopus shitposts from personal collection

"Is it really worth it?" meme. Text says "is it really worth it?" and below it is two pictures. The left picture is a flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.), probably Opisthoteuthis californiana. It is a small, adorable orange octopus. It has arms that are all connected with gelatinous webbing. It is big round black eyes with orange pupils, and two adorable fins on its mantle that look like cute little eats. The image on the right is a scoop or mango ice cream, which vaguely has the same shape as the octopus. The octopus is circled with a red circle and a red arrow extends from the circle pointing to the ice cream.

A photo of a Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) sitting in a tide pool with its head and mantle out of the water. It is surrounded by mussels. Text in a black box says "unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing."

A "live slug reaction" meme, except it is "Live Octopus Reaction" and the image is a low quality image of a glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) Its arms are going out and down with its webbing out. Its fins are tucked in. It is staring at the camera as if you just caught it eating your potato chips at 3 AM.

A blurry photo of a Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) in a shallow pool on a beach. The octopus is partially out of the water, with its head sticking out and facing forward to the camera. Its arms are spread out. The camera is almost level, slightly from above, so it almost looks like the octopus took the photo, although the photographer's reflection is visible. The beach is brown and muddy. The octopus is orange, with the part out of the water being shiny. A grey, transparent box with white text is going across the image to help make the image look like a Snapchat message. The text says "hey i think you accidentally left me on read haha"

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 11h

It's World Octopus Day! These magnificent creatures have 9 brains, 8 arms, 3 hearts, and they hunt sharks. What are you even doing with your life?

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 17h

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 19h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine seeing this in your rear view mirror

A rear view mirror showing part of a blue jeep. There is a skeleton on the grill, two skulls on the side view mirrors and a skeleton sitting in the passenger seat

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Lisa "👻 scary name" Singletary @yourcatbuttface.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:
1. I started taking ballet at 35, and i'm NOT great at it, but enjoy it 🩰💕
2. I took a croissant baking class in Paris, but still can't bake a croissant somehow
3. I played Cory Bratter in a dinner theater run of "Barefoot in the Park"

Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:
1. I used to be a genetic counselor
2. I used to work in diabetic medical device research
3. I’m the only one in my immediate family with blue eyes

James Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:

1) I can't drive.
2) I hate cooking pancakes.
3) Never lived anywhere else except Florida.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 1d

Having a pet is just you asking it "why are you wet this time?" over and over again

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

Library director / Librarian / Children’s librarian

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

Outside counsel / in-house counsel / sales rep

Screenshot of an ESPN Monday Night Football interview, with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes seated left to right. Reid is wearing a light gray suit, light-colored dress shirt, and red tie that makes him look like he's sitting in an unpleasant deposition. Kelce is wearing a relaxed short-sleeved button-up shirt with a whimsical pattern and a brown newsboy cap that makes him look like he's in organized crime. Mahomes is in a pink dress shirt, slightly darker pink tie, and dark-pink-and-white checkered vest that makes him look like a dandy.

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

I occasionally craft a nice turn of phrase

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Los 🥑 @los-los.bsky.social · 1d

Roman doctors be like:
HE NEEDS A 4, STAT

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nuclear artifacts @ www.ebay.com @pripyatpixiedust.bsky.social · 1d

i can’t be fucking bothered to move. if this place dies, i’m just gonna text my friends + see if they remember who i am

Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going post on unsocial media (passive aggressive post-its in the break room)

Chicken the Friendly Ghost 👻 @vermontchicken.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to take my one woman unsolicited improv show down to children's hour at the local library.

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Big Miss Steak 𓅚 🐊 thru the heart of a vampire @hawaiijeno.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to invite everyone to my Animal Crossing island.

Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going post on unsocial media (passive aggressive post-its in the break room)

Chicken the Friendly Ghost 👻 @vermontchicken.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to take my one woman unsolicited improv show down to children's hour at the local library.

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🎃Scarlett The Vampire Slayer 🎃 @dialancea.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to cryogenically freeze myself

Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going post on unsocial media (passive aggressive post-its in the break room)

Chicken the Friendly Ghost 👻 @vermontchicken.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to take my one woman unsolicited improv show down to children's hour at the local library.

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red six @moonbase.shado.info · 1d

Random things about me:

1) I’ve ridden a luge down the Olympic Track in Calgary 🇨🇦
2) I “taught” a class on networking on the beach at Cannes 🇫🇷
3) Despite working at NASA and FAA, I prefer to travel by rail 🚅🚃🚃🚃🚃

How about you?

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Fozofthedead @fozofthedead.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me
1. I owned cigarette machines in bars as a business before I could drink in bars.
2. I dropped out of culinary school because I was drinking too much.
3. I moved to Vegas to get out of the casino business.

Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:
1. I used to be a genetic counselor
2. I used to work in diabetic medical device research
3. I’m the only one in my immediate family with blue eyes

James Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:

1) I can't drive.
2) I hate cooking pancakes.
3) Never lived anywhere else except Florida.

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday!!! 🎈🎉🎂🎁🎊

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:
1. I used to be a genetic counselor
2. I used to work in diabetic medical device research
3. I’m the only one in my immediate family with blue eyes

James Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · 1d

Three random things about me:

1) I can't drive.
2) I hate cooking pancakes.
3) Never lived anywhere else except Florida.

GᵣₐbₜₕₑWₑₙₑₛₛ @ayankdownunder.bsky.social · 1d

Random Things About Me:

1: I don’t eat octopus.
17: I can’t count.
Potato: I still can’t.

Your turn..
Give me 3!

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going post on unsocial media (passive aggressive post-its in the break room)

Chicken the Friendly Ghost 👻 @vermontchicken.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to take my one woman unsolicited improv show down to children's hour at the local library.

[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move again. If this place dies, I’m just doing nothing but sitting in front of the Circle K and commenting on people’s outfits and snack choices

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Chicken the Friendly Ghost 👻 @vermontchicken.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move. If this place dies, I’m just going to take my one woman unsolicited improv show down to children's hour at the local library.

[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move again. If this place dies, I’m just doing nothing but sitting in front of the Circle K and commenting on people’s outfits and snack choices

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t be fucking bothered to move again. If this place dies, I’m just doing nothing but messages in bottles in the Mississippi River.

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 1d

Censorship is so 1984 (censorship crossed out)
Read for your Rights
Banned Book Week Oct 5-11, 2025
bannedbookweek.org

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Tusk Jenkins @tuskjenkins.bsky.social · 2d

What if we're all Hallmark cards of some secret experiment to love each other but our hearts have too many occasions and categories so we're just like here please take this homemade coupon for a CIA

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Non-Fungible 🎃SPOOKIN🎃 @kn3rds.bsky.social · 2d

If you slice up a large wooden wind instrument infinitesimal times, that’s a digeriderivative

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Climate change, climate change
does whatever, to make weather strange
Spins a cyclone, very large
Makes us sweat, even in March
Look out!
Here comes the climate change.

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 2d

fix it.

A typewritten note that reads:

Link is, literally, the reason we sell our art.
He talked us into it and insisted on showing us financial support.

In 25 years of being active online, we've never encountered a better voice.

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 2d

Free Link @jay.bsky.team

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Boo-greenia 👻 @eugreenia.bsky.social · 2d

Start your holiday planning now!

Let freedom ring day -October 11, 2025

http://UniteAgainstBookBans.org/let-freedom-read-day

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