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A Carew @justonecarew.bsky.social · 7h

Vantis only wants to become the world’s first necromancer and finally step out of his brother’s shadow. Unfortunately, some things are getting in his way:

💸 his sudden lack of research funding
🧙🏾 his brother’s ecoterrorism
⚔️ an impending war
🌊 environmental disasters

#DVPit #amquerying #a #f

A ship sails over a calm sea on a cloudless, starry night. The stars are reflected in the sea. Below the surface, a dark shadow moves. Yellow text across the top of the image reads “the Ocean Rising, a Climate Fantasy by Annie Carew.” Smaller yellow text across the bottom of the image reads “Adult Fantasy. 110K words. Complex family dynamics. Necromancy & other strange magic.”

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 10d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 21d

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.

the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.

do not offer it to them.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 29d

For teachers, environmental educators, and D&D dorks!

In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession.

www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...

The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabb

www.dmsguild.com

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 29d

To be whole is to be part;
true voyage is return.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Sep 7

So the Department of Defense is being rebranded to the Department of War..?

What other rebrands are coming?

The Department of Fossil Fuels?
The Department of Disease?
The Environmental Destruction Agency?

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A Carew @justonecarew.bsky.social · Sep 7

I decided to watch Medici and Dustin Hoffman is throwing me. He’s surrounded by British and Italian actors and he’s just being Dustin Hoffman. It’s so funny.

Honestly this show slaps I love a period drama about cathedrals, banks, and the Black Death. Bonus points for graying Richard Madden

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Bianca ⚔️🍉 @bookhoarding.bsky.social · Sep 6

Good morning! A reminder that GBBO is back AND old seasons of The Great British Sewing Bee are free to watch on Roku. Have a cozy weekend 💗

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · Sep 4

*NEW*

Revolution Wind is taking Trump to court over the controversial stop-work order. Watch this space for more.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Aug 28

62 years ago, Dr. King led the March on Washington with giants like John Lewis, Mahalia Jackson, A. Philip Randolph, and so many others.

If you’ve ever wondered what you’d be doing during the Civil Rights Movement, this is your test. (1/2)

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · Aug 30

Theres really no point to scrolling your phone waiting to hear about the day it happens, if you are a Real American and live in a decent sized city you'll know from horns honking, fireworks, people spontaneously hollering, passing out drinks, etc

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Aug 29

Doomers: The 2026 election doesn't matter, Republicans are just going to rig the whole thing anyway

Various red state republican incumbents: I'm just going to quit now because if I run in 2026 I'm going to get absolutely killed

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Aug 29

REPUBLICAN US SENATOR ERNST WON'T SEEK REELECTION IN 2026 - REPORTS

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · Aug 22

Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death,
lying together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · Aug 21

Two things can be true:

1) this administration is causing & will cause incalculable damage & death to vulnerable people, and eventually to everyone except maybe the oligarchs. It is a horror show beyond many of our wildest previous imaginings

2) they are bungling fools and they have already failed

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Aug 19

If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight.

Trump on TruthSocial: The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE.’ The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Aug 17

As always, the proof that AI will have no lasting impact on the arts is that it has produced nothing of value. It has been used in the creation of nothing of value.

It has nothing to offer the pursuit of beauty and understanding.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Aug 17

It takes a village. And coffee, it takes lots of coffee. And tums. The chewy ones.
And comfortable shoes. And a book just in case. And a coven of powerful witches who owe you a blood debt. That helps.
And tacos, it also takes tacos.

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A Carew @justonecarew.bsky.social · Aug 15

Idk who needs to hear this but the Spellman family and the van Rhijn/Brook family have the same dynamic

Two blond aunts, their blond niece, and a sassy black cat boy

The Spellman family from Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Aunt Hilda, Sabrina, Aunt Zelda, and Salem the cat

The van Rhijn/Brook family from the Guilded Age: Aunt Agnes, Oscar, Aunt Ada, and Marian

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A Carew @justonecarew.bsky.social · Aug 6

Vantis only wants to become the world’s first necromancer and finally step out of his brother’s shadow. Unfortunately, some things are getting in his way:

💸 his sudden lack of research funding
🧙🏾 his brother’s ecoterrorism
⚔️ an impending war
🌊 environmental disasters

#QuestPit #amquerying #a #f

A ship floats on a still sea. The night sky is filled with stars that are reflected in the water. Below the surface, a massive shadow swims past.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 6

mRNA vaccines are one of the most important tools we have for preventing future catastrophic pandemics because we can update them more quickly than any other vaccine technology in response to new emerging viruses & variants.

RFK Jr cancelling millions in mRNA research makes the world far less safe.

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A Carew @justonecarew.bsky.social · Aug 4

Last week I read Klara and the Sun, which is…this exact concept. It’s a beautiful book about love, grief, and the nature of humanity.

I did not expect to see it come true so soon, and maybe that’s on me.

Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · Aug 4

At 4p ET/1p PT, I’ll have a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting. But his parents have created an AI version of their son for a powerful message on gun violence. Plus TX Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social - see you soon on Substack and later on YouTube.

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