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Justus
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My job is just… chalk. singt gerne.
born 360 ppm. #neurodiverse #notjustsad #antifascism he/him 🏳️‍🌈
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
JAMES MERRILL CHRISTMAS TREE From loes torn hamin Had been fed, looked after, kept still, Meant, I knew— of course I knew - That it would be only a matter of weeks, That there was nothing more to do. Warmly they took me in, made much of me, The point from the start was to keep my spirits up. I could assent to that. For honestly, It did help to be wound in jewels, to send Their colors flashing forth from vents in the deep Fragrant sables that cloaked me head to foot. Over me then they wove a spell of shining — Purple and silver chains, eavesdripping tinsel, Amulets, milagros: software of silver, A heart, a little girl, a Model T Two staring eyes. Then angels, trumpets, BUD and BEA (The children's names) in clownlike capitals, Somewhere a music box whose tiny song Played and replayed I ended before long By loving. And in shadow behind me, a primitive IV To keep the show going. Yes, yes, what lay ahead Was clear: the stripping, the cold street, my chemicals Plowed back into the Earth for lives to come — No doubt a blessing, a harvest, but one that doesn't bear, Now or ever, dwelling upon. To have grown so thin. Needles and bone. The little boy's hands meeting About my spine. The mother's voice: Holding up wonderfully! No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today's Dusk room aglow For the last time With candlelight. Faces love-lit, Gifts underfoot. Still to be so poised, so Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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fuchsbuerste.bsky.social
Deutsche second amendment
Mann hält stolz seine Böller
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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standplaatskrk.pl
aropride on tumblr: "ur clothes size doesnt say anything. like it doesnt say anything abt u as a person but it also especially doesnt say anything about what size your clothes are"
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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manigarm.bsky.social
Wealth should have a cap. Once you've made, I dunno, $100 million dollars, that's it. Congratulations, you won Capitalism. You benefitted from society so much, you'll never have a material worry again. We'll name a dog park after you. Everything past that goes into a "social benefit fund."
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Brown/Trans/Les" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · Nov 14
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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drkeichhorn.bsky.social
Angebote für Studierende, "die noch nicht so gern prompten, weil sie lieber selbst formulieren und denken wollen."

Dazu fällt mir auch nichts mehr ein.
Zeitungsauszug: "Der LMU Career Service veranstalte rund 80 Events im Jahr für alle Branchen und Berufe, darunter eine KI-Akademie, die sich auch an Studenten richtet, die noch nicht so gern prompten, weil sie lieber selbst for-, mulieren und denken wollen."
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
vocalnerd.bsky.social
Closest I could get!
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
liminal week! liminal week!
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
vocalnerd.bsky.social
The symbolism is truly deep with this one
jjvincent.bsky.social James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 3d
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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self.agency
shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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kjephd.bsky.social
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
normative.bsky.social Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 4d
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
thedailybeast.bsky.social The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 5d
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
We Wish You Baby,
A Merry It's Cold
Christmas Outside

🤝
not going until
you get some
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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vocalnerd.bsky.social
(And yes, there’s a part 2!)
December 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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vocalnerd.bsky.social
yup that’s close enough to share one of my faves
December 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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seabass.bsky.social
Heute mal bitte alle in voller Solidarität @hateaid.org folgen (falls ihr das nicht ohnehin schon tut)
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
vocalnerd.bsky.social
I would say I reread this masterpiece by @everywhereist.bsky.social every year at Christmas but that would be a misrepresentation
I reread it at other times as well
www.everywhereist.com/2022/12/a-me...
A Meeting Between Eartha Kitt and a Record Exec Regarding "Santa Baby"
October, 1953. New York City.   Record Exec: So Eartha, we just heard the preliminary recordings for “Santa Baby.” Eartha: Lucky you. Exec: Uh, yes. Thank you. Eartha: You’re welcome. I assume we’re d...
www.everywhereist.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
whole thread is worth reading but this is the part that’s been sticking with me.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13d
The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.

He had this to say about the experience:
Excerpt from Magnum. The text is by Anderson: "“A couple of days into our journey, the boat began to sink. We were doomed and we knew it. We started saying goodbye to one another. Strangely, it was quite calm on the boat. There was not much to do except resign oneself to the inevitability of it all. Up to that point, I had not taken many pictures. Everyone on the boat knew I was a photographer, but it somehow had not felt right. It’s difficult to explain. But as the boat sank, David, the Haitian whom I had followed on this journey, said to me, ‘Chris, you’d better start making pictures. We only have an hour to live.’ And so, without much thought, I began making pictures. We were saved at the last moment by a US coast guard cutter that happened upon us, but that’s another story. Much later on, back home safe, I reflected on this question: why make pictures that no one will ever see? The only explanation for me was that the act of photographing had more to do with the explaining of the world to myself than explaining something to someone else. The pictures were about communicating something about my experience, not about reporting literal information. This would be the single most transformative moment of my photographic life.”"
December 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
the Christopher Anderson story that the menswear guy posted the other day has been on my mind a lot during this. artistic practice, no matter the medium, is *practice*. it’s a way of being in the world, and as Austin says a set of skills the artist brings to bear.
austinwalker.bsky.social austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 12d
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.

It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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lumperslump.bsky.social
Tweet by @roob_drummer: snowing hard this morning. Bus driver slid through a red light. Only thing he said was “we slidin” I cant stop thinking about this 8:50AM 11 Nov 19 from Chicago IL Twitter for iPhone
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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bryb.bsky.social
You lot need Dick Van Dyke singing Let's Go Fly a Kite on his 100th birthday more than you know.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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wario64.bsky.social
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow Teaser -coming 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFE...

"Voyage across and beneath the salt-stricken seas in this thrilling expansion, free for all players."
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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sarahz.bsky.social
Yearly reminder that American Vandal is so, so, so fucking good
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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davidbeckler.bsky.social
Here he is taking the photo.
Charles Ebbets standing on a steel beam as he takes the iconic photo of construction workers having a lunch break on the beam.
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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joshsternberg.com
Today in “Dudes Rock”:

A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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richterscale.bsky.social
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 20d
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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deathbybadger.bsky.social
ANUBIS: (presses button with paw) [guilty]
OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry
ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food]
OSIRIS: you already ate
ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad]
OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM