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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 6h

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 5h

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 6h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 4h

All those Advance Pup-ment classes. *Nods*

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 5h

America has single-handedly RUINED new years for me. Like, what are we celebrating??? Another season of American Horror Story?

Gay Dad @gaydad.bsky.social · 5h

2025 is really tiring me OUT

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 10h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 5h

labour/democrats/whoever are not losing because they’re discussing supporting trans people. they’re losing because they agreed, by engaging in the argument at all, with the premise that some minority groups can be blamed for social problems.

it’s only ever going to be a question of who is blamed.

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 5h

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 5h

Literally went to a government recruitment thing as an undergrad where they went "For the love of god, stop pirating. We know you probably did it, but please stop if you want to be hirable to us."

Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 5h

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 6h

I throw spilled salt over my shoulder!

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 10h

Enjoying that this photo includes a row of tulips

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 6h

We joke that my aunt (3rd child) got sick of the lack of content in hers, and filled it out herself when she was a tween!

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 9h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 8h

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 9h

But frankly, if your business is entirely run on Stealing Things That Don't Belong To You And Selling Them, I'm fine with you not having a business anymore.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20h

Even beyond the grave the man is still out here doing good in the world. Blessings to Bob Ross and whatever happy little cloud he's sitting on right now.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 23h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 10h

Many Happy Returns!

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 11h

Drop something SKELETAL ☠️

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 11h

Okay, how long has the narrator been doing Menards commercial reads, 'cuz I think I remember that voice from my 90's childhood.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1d

On this day where librarians consider the closing of Baker & Taylor, I would like to remind you that Sandy Berman still walks this earth and today is his birthday.

www.sanfordberman.org

Welcome to the Sanford Berman website devoted to the work of librarian Sanford Berman who created an innovative, radical and inclusive catalog which used terms we use when looking for information instead of the 19th century language of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Berman worked for the Hennepin County library from 1973 until 1999. Sandy continues to create subject headings and works for political and social justice.

www.sanfordberman.org

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

If y'all don't know the legend of Ben's anus.

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · May 9

hey @heatherosborn.bsky.social I am preserving these from twitter because once again OCR came up somewhere and I was like "wait, you have to hear the story of Ben and his anus..."

Tweet 1: REASONS SCANNED BOOKS MUST BE COPYEDITED PRIOR TO DIGITAL RELEASE #1: "the startled newcomer entered the room, and fell into Ben's anus."

Tweet 2: "He pulled her into his anus & held her till she calmed, continuing to assure her she was safe." I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE THERE. #scanningerror

Tweet 3: Scanning error of the day: "He got up to sit beside her and put his anus around her, and he held her tight for a moment." #NeverGetsOld

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 11h

Library dean, liaison librarian, tech services librarian.

valerie @vfo.bsky.social · 18h

Corporate librarian, public librarian, academic librarian

Three men sitting at a table, apparently a screenshot from ESPN? There’s a guy in a grey suit sitting next to a guy in a casual button down shirt and golf cap sitting next to a man in a matching vest and tie.

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like this would pair great with those china smashing places.

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 12h

"At the UI, 38 percent of undergraduates and 32 percent of graduate students reported low or very low food security in 2025, according to the 2025 UI Basic Needs Assessment Report."
dailyiowan.com/2025/10/07/f...

Federal food assistance faces biggest budget cut in program history

Ryan Renger, a student at the University of Iowa’s College of Law, was shocked at how sharply grocery prices have increased after comparing his recent Walmart receipts to those from two years ago. Whi...

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 12h

Fancy chairs and jeweled axe handles?

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