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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 7h

Randomly say this on my timeline and figured I’d pass it on...

This dog is named Clio. She did not study and she does not know how to read. 😊

Cute eager-looking black doggie about to take an exam in a classroom

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 8h

the trolley problem failed to prepare me for the numbers of people who would gleefully increase the speed and run over as many people as possible

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 7h

Grown-ass adults saying that the halftime show should be canceled because Bad Bunny wears a dress.

The next time they watch, I dunno, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bosom Buddies, Tootsie, White Girls, Madea or any other number of "masc presenting people in dresses" do you think they'll actually explode?

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 8h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 19h

Have the editors of the magazine been arrested for putting it on the cover?

This is insane

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 19h

Better that than the alternative, I guess!

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Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 20h

One of my coworkers asked how I memorised the barcode numbers for a set of keys.

"The bit they share is just repetition, and then key 9 ends in 4, and 9-4=5 so I remember that, key 18 ends in 5 and 8-5=3..."

And she just looks at me and very gently says "It's very busy inside your head, isn't it?"

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 20h

This is just incredible

A tiny, tagged Monarch butterfly has flown from Southern Ontario in Canada to *Oklahoma* in a couple of weeks, as part of their migration

And they haven't got google maps open on their phones either, they just know where to go

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 1d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 19h

Your body needs carbs to live.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 19h

I have come to believe that sandwiches are either a butter or mayo delivery system and that if I am wanting to avoid carbs I can just take a spoon of butter and mayo - or both with whatever else I Was going to eat from cheese to corned beef. Sometimes it's just butter and mayo.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · May 16

No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.

Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.

"She probably doesn't mean me"

I do.

sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · May 15

I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;

most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!

well, we do. so fuck off.

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 20h

YouTube kids recommended a Mr Beast video to my son and we watched it and I have now blocked that sociopath’s channel because fuck that

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 7d

This year marks 10 years of Harrow County! One of the best things I ever worked on and I'm super proud of what @cullenbunn.bsky.social and I were able to accomplish with this series along with the help of @danielchabon.bsky.social and dozens of other artists contributing along the way!

The creeping hand of the skinless boy reaches from a drawer is blowing eyes within.

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 20h

Did it not do anything for you? 🙁

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

*runs in, breathless* THE WREATH OF KHAN

Awkward Egg @sleepwalkingdog.bsky.social · 1d

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a Christmas movie.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1d

law firm? no I don’t think it is

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

Worth a look, I'd say...

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone should get to see themself in fiction. But I often can't find as much neurodiverse rep as I'd like, especially in SFF.

So for ADHD Awareness Month, I've gathered 22 mainly ADHD authors & their fantasy/ other books with main/significant ADHD chars in this bundle

🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

Adhd Awareness Month Fiction.
By mostly ADHD authors, most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s)
22 Book. Oct 1st-15th

Covers:
The Lady and the List, Elizabeth Briars
Side Tracked, S.K. Kelly
The Harmony of Falling Snow, Andora Brokaw
Bestiary Beas
The Players Act 1, Amy Sparks
The Weight of Her Gaze, RJ Martin
He of the Trees, Rob Macwolf
Song of the Wolf, T.C. Smith
Tales of Yamato, Odessa Silver
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra
Manipulator's War, Elise Carlson
A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger
Heart of Stone, Johannes T. Evans
Lantern, Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Wizard's Debt, Niranjan
Blood, D.C. Hart
Ancient as the Stars, Maya Darjani
A Dark Hole Darly, Drew Melbourne
Translucent, Wayward Spark
War of the Space Dargons, L'Poni Baldwin
Ants Waking, R.J. Huneke
Rage in a Cage, Joachim Heijndermans

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 1d

Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine is back in limited stock! All funds go to the Palestine Red Crescent Society! Currently there are 20 regular physical editions, 20 phys/digital combo editions, and 4 of the bundle packs available. A fantastic anthology and one I'm glad to have orderable again!

SAMIDOON: COMICS FOR A FREE PALESTINE

www.samidoonanthology.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

Eight thousand iterations of this discourse later, there is no political utility in calling fascists fat. All you're doing is propping up the brutal hierarchy which lets people like them work up from deniable social torture to state violence.

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 22h

Transgender people get thrown under the bus so much we should install wifi down here.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

Please its urgent 🥺

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 15d

Y’all I am in urgent need of this medication, but I cannot afford it
If you know any pharmacist in Gaza, who could help me obtain one I would be deeply grateful.

I’am presents with severe eczema, refractory to other treatments, and demonstrates a therapeutic response solely to this medication.

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · Nov 29

Home on the Range (2004)

Maggie (Roseanne Barr, in another role we'd say you could no longer enjoy, if anyone actually enjoyed this film) displays her cow tools

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 1d

Dressing up for Halloween as a sexy event horizon

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Sam Kurd but SPOOPY (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social · 1d

And if you want to buy ebooks?

Get 'em from Bookshop instead: uk.bookshop.org/info/ebooks

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