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there is a crack in everything/that's how the light gets in
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oriannesociety.bsky.social
As we look forward to the new year, we are also looking back on 2025. One of Kiley’s highlights from the past year was when he observed this juvenile Blanding’s Turtle poke its head out of the water to peer back at him through a blanket of pond meal.
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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catbus.phd
Untitled (flag), 2020
Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Flag) (2020) is a bold, text-based screen print on cotton, incorporating her signature use of provocative language to challenge societal norms and hierarchies. Rendered in red, white, and blue to mimic the American flag, the artwork poses a series of rhetorical questions about freedom, privilege, and power. Statements like Who is free to choose? and Who laughs last? are interspersed with calls to Look for the moment when pride becomes contempt. The design and phrasing provoke reflection on systemic inequalities and personal accountability. Known for her work with text and image, Kruger here compels viewers to confront the complexities of social justice and identity
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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faqrules.bsky.social
The answer to “not everyone has the time to be an artist,” isn’t AI. The answer to “not everyone has time to be an artist” is communism.
December 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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tyleraking.com
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21d
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.

There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
porchcat.bsky.social
this movie healed me in ways I didn't know I needed. Happy Rexmas!
declouxj.bsky.social Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 26d
At 8:00 PM (EST) on SecretCinematheque.com on Thursday, December 18th, please join us to celebrate a HAPPY REXMAS!
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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greggo.bsky.social
My response to anything over the next two weeks
A grey and red transit bus on the road in a city. The bus’ destination sign reads “NO? ?? ???????”
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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buttpraxis.bsky.social
The purses will get weirder until morale improves
Merino lamb purse pieces cut out waiting to be stitched together. They are fuzzy and the front flap of the purse has a distressing stuffed animal face
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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chriscjackson.bsky.social
This entire weekend
in the pit
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.

Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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ryanwright.bsky.social
With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.

The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.

If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.

HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
A piece of white bread on the snow covered ground in Ottawa, Ontario. Multi coloured shoes may be seen in the frame. It is -14C.
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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culturalgutter.bsky.social
Just a reminder that Shaw Bros. is sharing a lot of movies in excellent transfers that have been hard to find in the US and Canada. They're all free and you can find them here: www.youtube.com/@ShawBrosCin...
#cinejanes
Shaw Brothers Cinema
Your free destination for the best of classic Chinese cinema — Welcome to Shaw Brothers Cinema! Enjoy full-length films from the legendary Shaw Brothers Film Library, owned by Celestial Pictures. With...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”
April 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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catbus.phd
I am brimming with holiday spirit
a guillotine made from gingerbread, decorated with white icing snow and icicles
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
subscribe to the handbasket, a one-person operation that produced both of these stories in one day.

www.thehandbasket.co/subscribe
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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parkermolloy.com
The Next One Here's what's going to happen next. Somewhere, right now, a trans person is teaching a class, or coaching a team, or working at a library, or providing healthcare. They're doing their job. They're probably good at it. And at some point, someone is going to have a problem with them. Maybe a parent, maybe a student, maybe a coworker. The problem won't really be about job performance. The problem will be that they're trans. That person, or someone connected to them, will take their grievance to social media. If they're lucky, Libs of TikTok will pick it up. Or Turning Point. Or one of the other accounts that have built massive followings by turning trans people into content. The post will frame the trans person as a predator, or a groomer, or a bully, or a tyrant. It won't matter what actually happened. The framing is the point. Then the calls will start. To the school board, to the administration, to the HR department. Local news will cover the "controversy." A state legislator will demand an investigation. The institution, desperate to make the problem go away, will put the trans person on leave. Maybe they'll be fired outright. Maybe they'll resign because the harassment makes it impossible to do their job. Either way they're gone. And then the person who started it all will go on Fox News. They'll get a GoFundMe. Maybe a speaking gig at a conservative conference. If the story is big enough, if it goes viral enough, they might get something more. A podcast. A book deal. A center with their name on it. This is not a guess. This is a pattern. We've watched it happen over and over again, and we will keep watching it happen until the institutions that capitulate to these campaigns start recognizing them for what they are: coordinated attempts to purge trans people from public life, dressed up as individual controversies.
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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nyfcc.bsky.social
The New York Film Critics Circle will be announcing the winners of its annual awards on this account tomorrow morning starting at approximately 9 a.m. E.T. #NYFCC
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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catbus.phd
Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
a giant Godzilla figure decorated with Christmas lights like a tree
November 29, 2023 at 2:18 AM
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gwynnefitz.bsky.social
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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pashion.bsky.social
timeline cleaning
A beautiful photo of a turtle wearing a knitted pink hat with seemingly a smile on the face animals nature beauty
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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divisionten.bsky.social
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
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Email that reads: "Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me on the phone! As we discussed, you will have 24 hours from this email to make any corrections. Without further communication after 24 hours, all information will be agreed as written and will require additional interviews to adjust any accommodation. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EVENT:"
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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jayasaxena.com
This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Donate a Holiday Spice Set • Give the Gift of Flavor | Burlap & Barrel
Help make someone's holiday meal special. When you purchase a single jar, 3-pack, or 6-pack of our equitably sourced spices, we’ll donate that exact set to a New York food pantry supporting families i...
www.burlapandbarrel.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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astrokatie.com
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
A jack-o-lantern on someone’s porch steps. The pumpkin is old and starting to rot in such a way that it looks like an old man with no teeth, making a grumpy expression, with the top also falling in. This pumpkin has seen some stuff.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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swolecialism.bsky.social
Boy I hate all this
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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jessicavalenti.bsky.social
I know we're all watching election returns but don't let this get lost in the mix: the Heritage Foundation is calling on the HHS to conduct a 'safety' review of oral contraception

jessica.substack.com/p/the-group-...
The Group Behind Project 2025 Wants RFK Jr. to ‘Study’ the Pill
11.4.25
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November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM