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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 19m

Arab, Alabama

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 6d

I was sorting through art for the World Fantasy Convention, but found this silhouette, cut from a cyanotype, of a figure in one of the little ghost stories in HONEYEATER.

Hand holding tiny silhouette on blue paper. A scarecrow figure of twigs.

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 5h

The writing community! Writers, writers everywhere!

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 @flambo.bsky.social · 1d

Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan. (That's my all-time favorite.)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 1d

Or deciphering the poor penmanship of a 240-year-old deed.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 1d

What's your sign?

An incised wood sign on a blue door that reads in all caps: "NO POP OR SMOKING IN THE GYM."

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Dina James @dinajames.com · 1d

Fabulous (and long, bear with it) comic on the topic of AI “art” from Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Bookshop has free shipping today and tomorrow! It's a great time to pick up my latest, Wearing The Lion! (But only if you want to see Heracles adopting every monster in Ancient Greece.)

Wearing the Lion

Check out Wearing the Lion - <b>"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. <i>Wearing the Lion</i> establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantas...

bookshop.org

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

www.theguardian.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, this *hits*.

Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 2d

Today's community drabble is, "Fraternity" by Jarune Uwujaren. The theme was "crash."

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 2d

news.mit.edu/2025/concret...

Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power

New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.

news.mit.edu

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 3d

This doofus

A black cat lying on its side with his head stuffed in a pink Croc.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

I once again beg all y'all not to screencrap nonsense from the former Twitter and bring it here to dunk on it, that's like inviting a vampire in to tell them their fangs look stupid, maybe you're right but they're still going to fucking eat you

(also "screencrap" was a legit typo but I left it in)

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mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 3d

holy shit..a master class in de-arrest (especially from the would-be arrestee, he is a KING 🥲)

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky, thinking it was building a protocol, stumbled into running a platform filled with a highly active user base.

All they have to do is not fuck it up and they got a business here!

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 4d

buy shoes with good support. barefoot shoes can also be great. just don’t cheap out on the shoes.

if you never had a slutty season, it’s not too late.

don’t let your past broken hearts make you afraid of love.

see your doctor and get all your screenings.

try to love the normal days.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 4d

My very, very old dog has been slipping and falling so I got him grippy socks for his back paws and its adorbs. All old men deserve socks.

Old man rocket-dog laying on the floor with his socks on.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 4d

Today's community drabble is, "Chernihiv Gubernia, October 9, 1905" by Rachael Rosenberg. The theme was "crash."

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabble #writingprompts

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Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 4d

I assume that some significant portion those 57% are fine with “Obamacare” subsidies going away but are extremely attached to their ACA subsidies that they’ve allowed themselves to be convinced are something different

James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 4d

78% of Americans, and 57% of MAGA Republicans, want Congress to keep HealthCare.gov plans affordable by keeping tax credits at the same level.

Republicans are out of touch with their own voters and need to come to the table to end this shutdown.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

A majority of Trump supporters back extending Obamacare subsidies, poll finds

Without the tax credits, people will lose coverage, putting their health and finances at risk, experts say.

www.nbcnews.com

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