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sid ✨️ comms open! @forksthousands.bsky.social · 5d

i keep forgetting to take progress pics of my paintings.. still trying to force myself to loosen up and not have things look "perfect"

Work-in-progress photo of an acrylic painting featuring a model with her back to the viewer, looking at the sunset clouds in the background

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sid ✨️ comms open! @forksthousands.bsky.social · 1d

very much enjoyed my fit from seeing Dwacula last weekend 🩸

Drawing of OP wearing a black jumpsuit, opera gloves, boots, a choker and dark black and red makeup

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sid ✨️ comms open! @forksthousands.bsky.social · 1d

some super old OCs that I felt compelled to draw again ✌️ancient blorbos from my Youth..

Nerezza (she/her), a ghost with dark brown skin, dark makeup, curly purple hair and a turtleneck and trenchcoat, fading into wisps

Lilith (she/her), a woman with pale skin and long brown hair partially dyed red, wearing a Team Rocket grunt uniform and looking dour. Also shows a doodle of her squishing her cheerful shiny Wigglytuff

Charon (he/him), the ferryman of souls. Depicted as a skeletal ghoul-like man with pale hollow skin, pits for eyes, a stitched mouth and ethereal, translucent hair, wearing a black cloak

Sketches of Frederick (he/him) and Viktor (he/him), two adult men - Vicktor the sick patient and Frederick his doctor. Also a drawing of Opal (she/her), a young Pokémon trainer with short blue hair and pale blue eyes

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 17h

Please share & give to help Hammam's family survive as they're violently displaced & starved in Israel's genocidal famine & invasion. They're in urgent need of food, healthcare, shelter:

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⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ @bunnycartoon.bsky.social · 1d

BookshopOrg is having an Anti-Prime Day sale--for the next 2 days, you get FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders! A great time to order manga, comics, & books from indie bookstores. Bonus: if you're feeling generous, you can use my portal link to shop to support me, too! bookshop.org/shop/AnimeNo...

A promo image for Bookshop.org's "Anti-Prime Sale", which reads "FREE Shipping Oct 7 & 8. Support bookstores, not billionaires."

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

it is october 7. for two years hamas has been offering to return israel's hostages in exchange for an israeli withdrawal from gaza to which benjamin netanyahu has said "no," ignoring the hostages' families demands and prioritizing the destruction of gaza over saving the hostages lives.

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Yaso 🦋🌼 @orangeblossombitch.bsky.social · 1d

Now more than ever

Yaso 🦋🌼 @orangeblossombitch.bsky.social · Oct 28

Long live the Intif@da!

#art #palestine #embroidery #trees #flower #arabic

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1d

I am not exaggerating when I make these claims. With sobriety and clarity, I say that this is a country which has adopted such a "them or us" mentality, it is willing to murder millions and accelerate a potential apocalypse out of sheer flailing spite.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1d

I am Jewish. Israel is a country where sexual assault and child murder are core tenets of the culture. This country should not exist. They act with such extremity because they know when you tell people what they actually do, it's so bad it registers as unbelievable.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 2d

I don't think people who aren't the target of such laws realize how upsetting it is to simply read headlines like this

it adds up over a lifetime, you know

to know you are so hated, to have to always be on the lookout for creeps and chuds who would do you harm given the chance

it's tiring

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 2d

This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things

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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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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ironfloret 🌻 @ironfloret.bsky.social · 2d

squeaky clean! 🧼💜

Doodle of Morty from Pokemon all clean & fluffy. Looks like he just got out of the bath!

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Ransom @rorschachisgay.bsky.social · 2d

31 Days of Horror: The Collector (1965)
a surprisingly nuanced and beautiful looking movie about how you'll never win against a man who's setting the rules

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31 Days of Horror: The Collector (1965)

Not a love story

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Ransom @rorschachisgay.bsky.social · 3d

31 Days of Horror: Patrick
a film i wanted to like, didn't, that made me think about disability rights more than it probably wanted me to
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31 Days of Horror: Patrick

Traversing into Ozploitation

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky engineers when their website is successful

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 20d

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 20d

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the Gawker comments section, way back in the day. But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation. Pandemic era public health rules and fevered enforcement cost others their accounts.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

forum wars took over the government. the 10,000-page thread spilled out into the streets. people are getting their doors blown open and hogtied so that nerds can win an online argument. they tanked the dollar and fucked the economy permanently to own you

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 3d

Even in a ruthless capitalistic context this is weird behaviour. It really disincentivizes me from using the platform. I already get an equal amount of transphobic harassment on here. On Twitter it's Nazis and here it's liberal cryptonazis

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POWERFUL CRAB FART🦀 @powerful.crabf.art · 3d

The year is 2025. There are three social networks remaining. They are run by Dweeb Lowtax, Tweaker Lowtax, and Girlboss Lowtax. You have to pick at least one.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

this is like half of r/ups now

Hi Andrew,

You have a new invoice for $63,755.71

Tariff Fee on T Shirt

Total Due: $83.27

Government Charges: $59.27
Brokerage Charges: $24.00

How to go about disputing an incorrect tariff charge?

Total Due: $82.92

Government Charges: $68.92
UPS Brokerage fees: $14.00

I’ve received 15 different duties and tariff charges for items I didn’t order.
Customer Seeking Help
The title is the crux of the issue. Over the past 3 weeks I’ve received numerous brown envelopes all charging me for duty and tariff fees associated with items that I never ordered.

The seller is somebody I’ve bought from before, but the last time I purchased from them was several months ago and my name is on the sold to slot. The “shipped to” person is someone I don’t know and the address and tracking address are both unrelated to me.

I’ve sent emails to an address given to my by the one time I was able to get through the phone number listed on the paper bill. They said the invoices will be removed in 4-6 weeks but now I’ve started receiving late fee bills on top. I’ve tried to call in again once a day, but I either get hung up on or my call drops once the wait lasts over an hour.

Any advice? I just don’t want this to go to collections or affect my credit for something I didn’t order or have any relation to besides my name being on something it shouldn’t have.

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Ransom @rorschachisgay.bsky.social · 4d

31 Days of Horror: Possum

A film I love that is a deeply tormented, dark story about abuse rorschachisgay.substack.com/p/31-days-of...

31 Days of Horror: Possum

A film about pain

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Ransom @rorschachisgay.bsky.social · 5d

31 Days of Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein

I tried again to like a Hammer Horror film, but found instead a strangely dry take on the novel with very little monster or humanity in it
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31 Days of Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein

I try, once again, to like a Hammer Horror film.

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Ransom @rorschachisgay.bsky.social · 5d

31 Days of Horror: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

a hidden gem of a movie about homophobia, oppression, and incest in the suburbs

open.substack.com/pub/rorschac...

31 Days of Horror: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Incest and homophobia in the suburbs

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