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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 17h

A meme of Moby Dick and Infinity War with Captain Ahab saying “You took my leg” to a Thanos with the head of Moby Dick, with the latter responding “I don’t even know who you are”.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 4d

Look, Clanker is a great word for AI, because its a silly word made up for robots in a kids show, it has no sordid history, its just a funny name for funny robots, and you’ll never stop me saying it.

Trying to make slurs for robots out of real world slurs is, at the very best, incredibly tone-deaf.

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Coll-EEEEEEEK!!! @heyimcolleen.bsky.social · 4d

Geckos are just Weiner dogs if they were snakes

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah lol

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

I hate this guy so much (Trump). If you’re in Chicago, I’m so sorry for this shit.

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Rissa Montañez @rissavoices.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so tired.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

TONIGHT — Just after 8:30pm tonight, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker shared that the Texas National Guard is being deployed to Chicago.

“This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States.”

CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the Illinois National Guard was informed that the Texas National Guard is preparing deployments to Illinois:

“This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

“The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness."

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 4d

Briefly united by a common foe (the squirrel on the fence)

An orange cat and a grey kitten side by side in a window sill staring intently out the window

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🎃Eski🎃 @eskiworks.bsky.social · 4d

Trying to make a living as somebody who relies on social media for business, while every site CEO is suffering from Big Tech Memelord Disease sucks.

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_Mostly_Ghostly_ @mostlyghostly.bsky.social · 4d

Having one of your smartest characters team up with one of your dumbest characters is always fun 👹⚙️🛠️💥🎯🔫🧨

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

I get why TechCrunch would write it this way, but I largely disagree with this framing. The broad conversation here is about power, respect, control and whether the voices of the vulnerable are taken seriously. This is the story of a leader and a team showing that they don’t get that.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 4d

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

techcrunch.com

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats!

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

Side note: my seasonal name “Scarecrow Baggins” comes from it kinda rhyimg with Nerdo and I think scarecrows are kind of a neat autumn/Halloween icon lol

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

Explain your username:

nerdObaggins/Nerdo Baggins

I like LOTR, and I’m a bit of a nerd, so I thought, “Wait… Nerd+ Frodo…”

And the rest is history 😂

Moogily Boogily 💀🖤 @thelustymoogle.bsky.social · 4d

Explain your username:

thelustymoogle

It's a play off of "The Lusty Argonian Maid" from Skyrim, but I changed it to "moogle", which is a creature from the Final Fantasy series (my favorite ♡)

Fun fact: chocobos are actually my fave FF creatures but "The Lusty Chocobo" didn't feel right to me 🤭

junie 🌙🐾 @juniedayy.bsky.social · 4d

explain your username:

junie was a nickname an old mutual called me when I went by june in my fanfic writing era

dayy is just the ‘last name’ I thought would flow well

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

This.

Hana Drakon 🌸🐉2.0 Debut 2026 @hanadrakon.tv · 4d

Your semi-annual reminder: artists are the world's true backbone

They are not decorators, but the vital nervous system

They feel the tremors of tomorrow and give voice to the silent ache of today, weaving the raw, beautiful, and uncomfortable truths that hold us all together

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Hana Drakon 🌸🐉2.0 Debut 2026 @hanadrakon.tv · 4d

Your semi-annual reminder: artists are the world's true backbone

They are not decorators, but the vital nervous system

They feel the tremors of tomorrow and give voice to the silent ache of today, weaving the raw, beautiful, and uncomfortable truths that hold us all together

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 4d

Bluesky deleted my post complaining about the CEO lol. I did not delete it myself! Full on Lowtaxing from Jay here.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 4d

Dawg the only reason your platform exists is because people like me who actually make good stuff were on it. Growth slowed and now you're sweating. This ain't the answer.

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Liv Smith🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @livsmithvavo.bsky.social · 4d

13 year difference @korovyev.bsky.social 💖

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Greg Pak : Work @gregpak.com · 5d

Due to recent trolling by the Bluesky CEO, I finally decided to try out another server - namely the myatproto.social server offered to non-Black users by Blacksky. Followed the transfer instructions below and it went fine! (Had to use my DID id instead of my username, but other than that, all good!)

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 5d

Migrating to Blacksky PDS: Complete Guide | Blacksky Documentation

Complete guide to migrating your Bluesky account to Blacksky's infrastructure. Covers migration tools, step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting, and how to use Blacksky services without migrating.

docs.blacksky.community

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 4d

This is why my most important piece of writing advice is thus:

Have an outline, but make it flexible enough to accommodate detours, sometimes, often in fact, you’ll have an idea that is just objectively better than what you had initially planned. It helps to plan for the unplanned. ^_^

Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 4d

This is my favourite part of the artistic process, sometimes you’ll draw or write something, and the characters write the rest, little organic realisations that can make you go completely off script, its a relationship between art and artist that enriches both. ^_^

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SPiNDLE @aidenr0.bsky.social · 4d

that is kinda how it happened, this is an old illustration but it was after I drew this one I kinda thought "ngl they kinda give me the vibes of being into each other here" and then did a test drawing thereafter, and they fit together perfectly!

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve never played any of the Legend of Zelda games.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 5d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 4d

@jay.bsky.team Remember when you and your team took advantage of our disdain for the other app to market Bluesky as a safe space for multiple groups, including marginalized ones? What happened to that? I’m curious to know since you’re now silencing people who call you out.

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