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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19h

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah I had no idea the Star Wars term(s) had been picked up and used as a substitute for other slurs.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 15h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely. I keep nagging my coworkers at my office job because they don't take breaks! Nothing we're doing is so urgent you can't spare 15 min! The job is not worth that!

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 14h

This sounds like some kind of weird humble-brag but it’s really true. You don’t have to eat glass, but you’d be surprised how far you can get by being reliable and easy to work with. Raw drafting talent is worth nothing if you’re a piece of shit who can’t hit deadlines.

Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 15h

Todd McFarlane: The one thing I've learned as I got older is you can't change personality. You either eat glass or not. You can't teach that. Rob LIefeld and I were glass eaters. Not the best artists, but we stood up. You should have seen what happened if we actually had f*ckin'' talent."

#nycc

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 15h

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 13h

I just devoured it in the last day! Delightful. :D

Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 16h

Seems like it would be hard to feel tough and macho while an inflatable unicorn is twerking at you.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

bookshop.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 1d

It's sold as Astepro, I just got some at the CVS.

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 1d

explain your username:

I have a last name that no one can spell so I made this guy my mascot for professional purposes. And "Space Turtle Studios" was too long for the character limit on Twitter.

a turtle with a jetpack and goggles bursting through some clouds

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 2d

Shiny things, get your shiny things, new up last night!

oishiny.etsy.com

3 labradorite pendants, just listed. And I am shipping to the US again.

(Am exploring my options slowly - I haven't raised prices yet but am likely to need to in the near future.)

#Handmade #ShopIndie

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 2d

oh hahaha no, I'm sorry apparently a full half of the 3000 settlement per book goes to the publisher, so I think my total share is $3750 for stealing my work in an attempt to replace me

Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 2d

Assuming there aren't other fees or splits I'm not aware of, I will be paid $7500 for my life's work being fed into The Machine, and also they won't be removing my work from The Machine

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

Drawtober Day 6: The Witch's Familiar
#drawtober #Halloweenie

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 2d

Everything is 90% grifters now and I am so so tired.

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ᴡᴇʜᴛᴀᴋᴇ @wehtake.art · 2d

Another headshot commission 🤎✨️
#art

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 2d

Candy creachur! I love it!

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 2d

The Hays Code has a lot to answer for. Prior to that cartoons and comics had plenty of adult material, and then it got censored into nonexistence.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2d

Tonight's a supermoon so I look forward to wolfing out with all the rest of you wobbly DNA buddies.

K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 4d

Did you know that exposure to a supermoon causes rapid mutation of human DNA?

News to me.

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 3d

We remember the bad things because we want to avoid them happening again. Unfortunately we're only human and with enough time, people forget and repeat history.

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Reweth 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🐦‍⬛ @birb.mom · 3d

Okay folks, time to support your local First Nation. They're gonna fight, but they can't fight alone.

Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 3d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

ino.to

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 3d

Love this concise but devastating eagle call reveal. Second only to “geographically improbable loon noises” for things that immediately inflame the ol’ birding lobe of the brain

lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

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