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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 17h

Shutting down @/for.shame.wtf makes me suspicious of @/skywatch.blue moderation labeler bc same person

Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 17h

Well, the site continues to shit the bed

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Doogie2K 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇦 @doogie2k.bsky.social · 19h

This is the post that led to @for.shame.wtf voluntarily shutting

Not even someone "misusing" it for harassment

Someone looking at a Heritage Foundation account and seeing Bsky staff following it

Like, YOU MADE THE FOLLOW SHAMING LIST AND CALLED IT "FOR SHAME" HOW DID YOU THINK THIS WAS GONNA GO

Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 16d

Um.

Just um. Yeah.

This is a problem.

Is bluesky safe?

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, full moon

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/\__/\__/\__/ @cardiograms.bsky.social · 3d

Learning that the CEO of this website reads books from the middle to skip the "boring" parts really clarified the whole project for me tbh.

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 4d

For reference

a hot dog with ketchup and mustard on it is on a wire rack

Alt: Three fried Korean style corn dogs on sticks, with potato cubes in the batter. One has ketchup and mustard drizzled on top, and this one gets picked up by someone off screen

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 4d

Of course, I also think they should do corn cheese on a stick. Mozza-dog but with corn in the batter like they do with potato

Could do an elote variant w toppings

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 4d

Late night brilliant food idea:

Chili relleno Korean style corn dog

Stick, hot dog, mozz, poblano, batter, fry

The question is, k-dog batter or chili relleno egg batter?

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 5d

You cannot make a safe home for yourself by taking that away from someone else

Seems like a good day to emphasize this, on multiple fronts, including on here

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 6d

Please enjoy!

youtu.be/6tBeVL0baqk?...

Fishbone - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 5d

Ah

My turn to be pain incarnate

Queue up the screaming

Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 6d

I also dried a bunch of poke berries, still on the stems. Bc seasonal. Nice color. Why not, they're growing right there by the storage building.

They look great stuffed in a jar

Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 6d

8 hours later

One grocery sack full of wild fungus

Now fits into a pint jar

Smells a lot better though

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 6d

Yup, Fayetteville Target CVS had it last week

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 6d

Saw an opportunity, paying for it later

Mushrooms in the yard volunteered to become Halloween decor. Seasonal

Just need to dry them

Now the whole house stinks like dirt and rot, air purifier on high

And they're STILL NOT DRY after 5 HOURS in the oven

Mushrooms are so gross, istg

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 7d

Seriously, WTF

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Drew Rausch @drewrausch.bsky.social · 7d

Fantasmicalloween Day 1: Pumpkin Ghost

A ghost with a lit jack o lantern face frolicking in wonderment in front of a decrepit house among floating pumpkins as they came alive for the season!

The prompt list for this year's Fantasmicalloween listing 31 spooky themes. The art is by Rhode Montijo!

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 7d

Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world

an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman

text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 7d

I know it was bad when it mentioned lost in the Ozarks. There's something about this area that lends itself to odd behavior, and I mean going back generations before the AI thing. Man, how awful

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 7d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 7d

Busy season 🎃

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8d

HALLOWEEN NAME MATCHMAKING THREAD 2025! 🎃
Having trouble coming up with a Halloween username? Ask for help in this thread and Bluesky's classically trained name artisans may generously weigh in!

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 8d

Carve me up

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 9d

If you tap on the IG logo up top, it'll let you choose the following feed

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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 9d

Translation: fuck you, give us all your money

What a scam, I hate football

Take your loser coach and your loser program and your hella shady foundation and shove it

Fund academics.

Screenshot from my RSS reader

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Arkansas AD calls for about support to boost football program in SEC
"I think there will be people across this state that will step up for us."

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Julie (she/her) @darkhumorgirl.bsky.social · 11d

I made a quilted witch hat... and then I made Rob model it. Productive day!

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