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Moosh 🍄🐶 cms open @mooshpuppii.bsky.social · 12h

just in case anyone needs the confirmation - our class had an editor from a well-known comics publisher come in today and told us she won't even look at the dead bird app anymore when they're looking for artists. hosting your own website for your art (or here on bsky!) is the best right now.

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 20h

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 12h

Must be a research day I have one million tabs open

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 17h

Not seeing this news getting out.

At least 51 people had to be rescued by boat; ~1400 people in shelters so far.

FEMA, what FEMA? That money was all dumped into ICE’s pockets.

alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 21h

It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.

Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

A a teal flyer for the Western Alaska Disaster Relief with a QR code to donate. Text reads:

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF

Alaska's Western coastal communities are experiencing devastating impacts from Typhoon Halong, with families displaced and villages facing severe flooding and loss.

ONLINE FUNDRAISER:
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate
online. All funds raised will go directly to
assisting communities.
QUYANA CAKNEQ - QUYANAQPAK - QAGAASAKUNG - TAIKUU
-
MAHSÌ CHO - GUNALCHÈESH - HÀW’AA - THANK YOU

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 1d

This is my last repost on this. I’m also going to turn off notifications somewhat soon.

While it is better to sign up for the ESU before EOL, you can activate ESU whenever. There is a possibility MS will push out a feature update to those WITHOUT the ESU to upgrade them to Win11 in the near future.

Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 11d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 20h

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 19h

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 18h

Southern California cartoonist laloalcaraz.bsky.social has been at the forefront fighting ICE jackbooted tactics.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

ICE Boosts Lalo Alcaraz’s Presence

Southern California cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz has been at the forefront fighting ICE jackbooted tactics. From The Los Angeles Daily News (or here): Pen in hand, editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz, 61, ha...

www.dailycartoonist.com

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 1d

THANK!!

A black table spread with a huge, golden brown turkey, a gigantic bowl of stuffing with cranberries, dishes of mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, turnip, pickles, cranberry sauce, and a pumpkin pie!

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 1d

CAUTIONARY FABLES & FAIRYTALES: The Woman in the Woods And Other North American Stories and INDIGINERDS are both on sale for 30% off throughout today! Celebrate both classic and modern tales right from the land we stand on!

store.ironcircus.com/collections/...

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 1d

L: (on the phone with his mom)...Alina? They are being whimsical and silly

Me: (having a tea party with my parrot) I would never!!

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EJ Miller-Larson @ejmillerlarson.bsky.social · 1d

Today and every day, happy Indigenous Peoples Day
#art #illustration #indigenousart #lgbtq #queerart #comics #indigenouspeoplesday

Colorful illustration of a nonbinary Indigenous person in front of the US capitol building. They have a shaved hear, black jeans, and a leather jacket and boots in shades of yellow. A red handprint is painted over their mouth as they crouch in front of a bow of burning sage. The smoke from the sage wafts over the outlines of the capitol building that are drawn in white over a purple and pink background.

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Holly @pterosaur.bsky.social · 2d

tea kettle guys

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Steffani [Scary Name Here] Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 2d

So it’s Thanksgiving Day in Canada and this is your reminder it is not “Canadian Thanksgiving.”

WE STARTED THANKSGIVING. Like most good things, Americans stole the idea off us.

It began in 1578 as a harvest celebration. It was an official holiday in 1879.

It remains a harvest celebration.

Thanksgiving in Canada

The first official, annual Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated on 6 November 1879. However, Indigenous peoples in Canada have a history of celebrating the fa...

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 2d

If you haven't heard yet, stopice.org is a fake website made BY ice themselves and it would be a shame if they received thousands of submissions under Stephen Miller's name

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LEN 🩷 @lenbarboza.bsky.social · 2d

InuKag 70's fashion style!

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Theil, doing the Youth Pastor chair turn, but while tripping on acid.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 2d

Today is Empyrean Wilds, a #cyphersystem #actualplay where our group is heading to a cursed forest full of ghosts... Just in time for spooky season!

Going live at 12pm PST/3pm EST!
Twitch.tv/Alteredechoarchives

Empyrean Wilds

Maggie as Sibell
Alina as Kael
Joel as Baal
Matt as Fang
Amanda as Varyn
Evi as GM

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Clark @refereeclark.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow! We've got an Indigenous Peoples Day Raid Train happening.

We're celebrating Indigenous excellence on Twitch with all kinds of relatives streaming. We'll also be raising money for the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

My time slot is tomorrow Oct 13th from 10am - 12pm CST

Graphic for the Indigenous Peoples Day Raid Train

Info Graphic about the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 2d

Idiot billionaires love comics :/

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3d

Art is going to be so bad when only privileged wealthy people can afford to make it.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 3d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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