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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel
@skimbrel.bsky.social
enby & queer & #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD af | amateur DJ | computerer @figma | program @northbaypython.org | “is usually underestimated. try again. no again. still no.” —@chrisjrn | they/them | BLM

formerly @skimbrel on birbsite
also at tech.lgbt/skimbrel
i have been convinced to watch pluribus and the first 30 minutes have me hooked i think
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Many smaller companies use Shopify for e-commerce, and I personally believe they shouldn’t be hurt by overly-broad righteousness.

But if they have multiple payment options? No need to give Shopify a cut.
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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FYI as you head into the holiday season:

Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).
Really beginning to hate Shopify, they are doing a lot to make shopping shittier lately
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
just discovered @emilysneddon.bsky.social's beautiful Fran Sans, a font paying homage to the old-school segment displays on SFMTA's Breda LRVs emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-es...
Fran Sans Essay — Emily Sneddon
Archive
emilysneddon.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the people across the hall from my apartment put a ring up recently and…

1) why? the building has 24/7 staff and keycard-protected elevators
2) i am absolutely going to write the note i was already thinking of pinning to their door
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.

Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.

Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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good thread about a bad thing
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Northwestern University joins the growing list of schools functionally banning trans women.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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25% off of most prints on the shop btw
A few prints currently on sale in my shop. Ends 12/2 ⭐️

www.etsy.com/shop/Skullin...
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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🩷 let's make some magic 🩷

last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.

it's time to run it back.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
okay thanksgiving was a huge success. cooked everything on time and introduced my partner’s mom to my parents 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
ah black friday is upon us, aka the time when we get to click unsubscribe on 50 emails from sites we bought one thing from 7 years ago
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw
Thanksgiving: A story of celebration and pain, in maps
It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss.
aje.io
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
okay having seen the NYC subway thanksgiving dinner i now need to see Angelenos doing thanksgiving dinner in a flatbed truck on the 405
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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please give me your funniest Thanksgiving medical stories and mishaps, medical professionals and others of Bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Hello moths,

The harvest has arrived: anisota.net/harvest

It's like Spotify Wrapped, but for Bluesky and the ATmosphere. 🌾

See your most-used words, discover who you interact with most, explore your posting patterns, and find all sorts of fun insights.
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
good morning from me who forgot to start the dry brine on the turkey last night and is now praying six hours will be enough
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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International media, you can do better than this.

"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM