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Extinct Thing

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Dodo (she/her). Artist, dinner guest, spherical Earth advocate. extinct-flightless.blogspot.com

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

Currently i have one small piece, Moon Box, in the “Women of the DMV” show, at McLean (Virginia) Project for the Arts. mpaart.org
Until Nov. 1.

Wooden box assemblage with pieces of rusty metal, bone, melted glass, etc.

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 23h

stop asking me to review things!!! "tell us how we did" it was a dentist appointment. I cried and bled from the mouth. the maintenance of this decaying flesh vessel is tedious, humiliating, and ultimately in vain. bathroom very clean. four stars.

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 1d

this is the judgmental guardian of doomscrolling, share to be released from compulsively picking up your phone forever

a small calico/tabby with her paw firmly set on a smartphone. she has a judgmental look in her eyes, like she knows what staring at it eight hours a day is doing to you and is staging an intervention

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PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 21h

Behold the Best Giant Skeleton of the Season So Far - Just Incredible: www.popville.com/2025/10/beho...

Behold the Best Giant Skeleton of the Season So Far - PoPville

Thanks to Laurie for sending the giant skeleton that wins Halloween. So it is written, so it is so.

www.popville.com

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 21h

The problem with trying to do budget negotiations with this tinpot regime is that it’s like the King Solomon and the baby story. One side wants to preserve the baby (democracy, a functional government) and one doesn’t give a shit if it gets carved up as long as they win

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 19h

Concussed Sapsucker is my Pynchon character name.

Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 21h

did not expect to be escorting a concussed sapsucker to the upper west side today but tis the season for finding stunned birds on the sidewalk and schlepping them up to wild bird fund (migration season)

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ceej @ceej.online · Mar 26

the most annoying thing about living here is tourists asking to meet She Who Slumbers in the Lake. buddy, we all want to meet her. that’s why we lure the tourists

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A+ headline, no notes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

Ahhh. This is very good.

Alanah Pearce @charalanahzard.bsky.social · 18d

It’s time to wake up — if you aren’t using ChatGPT to optimize your work (and your life!) you’re getting left behind. Watch this for 5 simple, lesser-known ChatGPT prompts that geniuses use!

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5 Secret Ways to Use ChatGPT Like an AI Pro (2025 easy prompt guide!)

YouTube video by Charalanahzard

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 2d

Bloödcheëp shirt preorder! Want a metal-style shirt with a terrifying bald cardinal? Preorder here:
topatoco.com/collections/...

Blöödchëëp Shirt

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

And yet, INSIDE the National Gallery you have an uncanny sense of direction & I get lost!

Nature clearly just needs more fancy Colonial furniture.

Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

You know, it’s right off Civil War Criminal Avenue.

Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

I think people think that i know where way* more things are than I actually know, because i smile vaguely and nod. But if your town does not share its name with a metro stop?… 🤷‍♀️

*WAAAAY

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is doing it right!

This regime is a rickety treehouse full of bullies who want to force respect rather than earn it. Clowning on them strips all that posturing down to the weakness at its core.

Creative and joyful resistance is their kryptonite.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

Judishuary Square?

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Lynda Pendent Clause @lyndapendentclause.bsky.social · 4d

Cheers to everyone who will hear “I love how you’re already dressing in the Halloween spirit” when you’re just wearing your everyday clothes

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3d

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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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

Currently i have one small piece, Moon Box, in the “Women of the DMV” show, at McLean (Virginia) Project for the Arts. mpaart.org
Until Nov. 1.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I see someone referring to Gavin Newsom as just "Newsom", the first time I read the post, my brain conjures Joanna Newsom, and I'm like "Hey man why are we saying mean stuff about poor Joanna Newsom?!" Then I realize we're talking about that jackass and I'm like oh. lol. Carry on!

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 3d

Ellie-Cat snoozing in solidarity

Grey mackerel tabby asleep on a pink quilt. She is very soft.

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 4d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 3d

Fabulous!

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Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 3d

Also, related, the time I was the Voynich Manuscript for Halloween and painted my own version of Voynich and made it into a manuscript dress.

A woman wearing a dress painted with cryptic language and flowers. Also her skin is painted with cryptic things.

A close up of a Voynich bodice, with encrypted language and a couple of mystery flowers.

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Dan Watson @wats.ink · 3d

Dan Watson @wats.ink · Mar 13

75-year-old CLR James talking with Stuart Hall about Trotsky and Melville etc and suddenly he says “have you seen Dog Day Afternoon?” www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...

discussing the attitude to authority of Americans vs Europeans

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3d

Calling all lady knights, anxious historians, and those doomed by the narrative...

Reactor is THRILLED to be hosting a serialization of The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social!! Join us every Tuesday through October 28th for an extended preview, starting today!

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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: Prologue and Chapter 1 - Reactor

The lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent through time to ensure she plays her part…

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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