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I know it's Christmas Eve, but an Ontario animal sanctuary (pet pigs, horses, etc) just had their water tank system fail. It's going to cost over $3000 to fix it, and it's an emergency situation (the animals have to have water).
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
Our Story | Ralphy's Retreat Animal Sanctuary
How did Ralphy's Retreat begin?
www.ralphysretreat.ca
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I know it's Christmas Eve, but an Ontario animal sanctuary (pet pigs, horses, etc) just had their water tank system fail. It's going to cost over $3000 to fix it, and it's an emergency situation (the animals have to have water).
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
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Longish thread but worth the time.
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Longish thread but worth the time.
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You can /argue/ that Coca-Cola invented the modern Santa Claus.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You can /argue/ that Coca-Cola invented the modern Santa Claus.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
But we can pinpoint the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with total precision.
He was invented by Robert L. May in 1939 for Montgomery Ward as a promotional/coloring book.
Ironically, Robert May grew up secular Jewish.
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This story is amazing and if, God forbid, journalism collapses, someone should absolutely hire the entire WSJ tech newsroom as their red team, but especially Katherine
If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This story is amazing and if, God forbid, journalism collapses, someone should absolutely hire the entire WSJ tech newsroom as their red team, but especially Katherine
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
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TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
December 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
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If you need a last minute gift, Dreadnought and Sovereign are always available at very good prices and shipping speed from Amazon. The third book will hopefully be available next year so this is a great time to start the young reader in your life on a new series.
www.amazon.com/dp/B08BV25CWK
www.amazon.com/dp/B08BV25CWK
www.amazon.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you need a last minute gift, Dreadnought and Sovereign are always available at very good prices and shipping speed from Amazon. The third book will hopefully be available next year so this is a great time to start the young reader in your life on a new series.
www.amazon.com/dp/B08BV25CWK
www.amazon.com/dp/B08BV25CWK
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On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
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I am very sad that the days are going to start getting longer soon, so here are 10 US Kindle copies of Peter S. Beagle's classic The Last Unicorn, which is a very, very good book, with depths and metaphors and laughs and sadness. It is a beautiful book.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I am very sad that the days are going to start getting longer soon, so here are 10 US Kindle copies of Peter S. Beagle's classic The Last Unicorn, which is a very, very good book, with depths and metaphors and laughs and sadness. It is a beautiful book.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
abcnews.go.com/Health/high-...
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
High-fat cheese, cream linked to lower risk of dementia: Study
People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of dementia over 25 years, while low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association.
abcnews.go.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
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AMERICA! "Nine Goblins" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today! (possibly also for Nook and Apple Books)
Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief
Amazon.com: Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
AMERICA! "Nine Goblins" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today! (possibly also for Nook and Apple Books)
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Happy Hanukkah to my friends who celebrate!
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Happy Hanukkah to my friends who celebrate!
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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Okay, I finally tried to watch one of the "live action" Lion King movies, and I have an immediate observation and complaint that's bothering me far more than it should 😹
Im SORRY, why is everyone NEUTETED.
Im SORRY, why is everyone NEUTETED.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Okay, I finally tried to watch one of the "live action" Lion King movies, and I have an immediate observation and complaint that's bothering me far more than it should 😹
Im SORRY, why is everyone NEUTETED.
Im SORRY, why is everyone NEUTETED.
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SIGN IT
NEW: The overwhelming majority of workers at The Columbus Dispatch and Newark Advocate have announced the formation of the Dispatch News Guild - @dispatchnewsguild.bsky.social
It’s the first time in the histories of both newspapers that journalists have unionized.
🖋️Sign their petition below!
It’s the first time in the histories of both newspapers that journalists have unionized.
🖋️Sign their petition below!
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
SIGN IT
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Friendly neighborhood remind that you don’t have to buy or use a Ring. It’s actually neat that we can collectively decide to make this specific nightmare useless.
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Friendly neighborhood remind that you don’t have to buy or use a Ring. It’s actually neat that we can collectively decide to make this specific nightmare useless.
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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I like this proposal to progressively tax high CEO-to-worker pay ratios. This is what every tax should consider—how it can shape behavior in a desired direction.
I'll add that I think this should be paid in newly issued shares into a national UBI-paying fund that all corps should pay into annually.
I'll add that I think this should be paid in newly issued shares into a national UBI-paying fund that all corps should pay into annually.
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I like this proposal to progressively tax high CEO-to-worker pay ratios. This is what every tax should consider—how it can shape behavior in a desired direction.
I'll add that I think this should be paid in newly issued shares into a national UBI-paying fund that all corps should pay into annually.
I'll add that I think this should be paid in newly issued shares into a national UBI-paying fund that all corps should pay into annually.
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
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It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.
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