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elliott junkyard 🍉 @transarchivist.bsky.social · 46m

Who wants cool spooky anticapitalist zines to show up in their mailbox? 💌📬
#zines #queerart #transartist
ko-fi.com/s/dcc28f448f

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 46m

Truly this is the “hold my beer” level of S-tier P&P retellings — took about three pages to get me from the classic “ugh, that horrible little Collins man” to “I would lay down my life for him”

Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · 13h

* audiobook giveaway * The audiobook of my m/m romance Pride and Prejudice retelling MR COLLINS IN LOVE is out today from Tantor Audio, read by the amazing Joel Leslie. To win a free Audible download code, repost this post and I'll pick a winner in about 12 hours.

www.amazon.com/Mr-Collins-L...

Audiobook cover of Mr Collins in Love by Lee Welch, read by Joel Leslie and published by RB Media. Cover is green, with ferns, white potato flowers and red raspberries, also a blackbird in flight and a horse and gig.

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Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · 13h

* audiobook giveaway * The audiobook of my m/m romance Pride and Prejudice retelling MR COLLINS IN LOVE is out today from Tantor Audio, read by the amazing Joel Leslie. To win a free Audible download code, repost this post and I'll pick a winner in about 12 hours.

www.amazon.com/Mr-Collins-L...

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 1h

God he rules.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 1h

This is a good example of how Pirating effects sales, that book pirates love to say doesnt happen

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 4h

Also, a load of them are all just pirating books because they are bragging about it on this app.

"Where can I buy instead of Kindle" and the teehee booklover6969 handles were out there linking pirate book sites.

So anyway fuck those people

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 4h

Also, a load of them are all just pirating books because they are bragging about it on this app.

"Where can I buy instead of Kindle" and the teehee booklover6969 handles were out there linking pirate book sites.

So anyway fuck those people

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Eng abo jameel @engabojameel14.bsky.social · 1h

Only $200 between hunger, shelter, and my children's lives. Don't let us collapse while we call on you. Don't let our voices die. We are now in your hearts. Don't let us down and leave us lost between hunger and oppression. You are love for us.
Im vetted by
@mommunism.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hcCSb

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks! I think most will be ambivalent, so I'm more worried about accidental insensitivity from the older adults. I will bite, lol

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 2h

I'm tempted to do the same. I may put a noise on my phone or something. Corrective action may be needed.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 2h

My partner is planning to come out to my extended family before Thanksgiving, and I know during Thanksgiving, I will be sitting at the table like this waiting for them to even think about saying something rude or insensitive (by accident or on purpose)

an elderly woman talking on a phone with peacock written on the bottom

Alt: Betty White on the phone saying i will bury you

media.tenor.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 2h

and frankly even if teenage boys are talking about raping and genocide and loving the Nazis, that's a problem? but these aren't "kids" or "young boys", they're grown men. Actual Black boys are fair game for prison and murder by police, but grown white men get to be "kids" into their 30s.

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AHMED AL FARRA🇵🇸 @ahmed-al-farra.bsky.social · 1d

Dear brothers and sisters,
I'm not used to asking for donations.
But the situation is extremely painful.
Children in need of milk, a destroyed home, etc.
A donation of $1 will make a difference toward achieving a dream.

gogetfunding.com/ahmed-and-hi... #GoGetFunding
🙏🏻

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 6h

Feeding into the binary fallacy that death is the only bad outcome from COVID-19 does nothing except normalize & forward the agenda of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Princess @themultiplemom.bsky.social · 8h

Floortime practitioners too! (A lot of OT’s and Psychologists are certified in floortime).

Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 16h

Child development specialists! Yet another type of professional who can help your child more than an ABA therapist!

Others include: occupational therapists, speech pathologists, child psychologists

Princess @themultiplemom.bsky.social · 1d

I coached a parent who said her autistic toddler was afraid to use the potty at home but went independently at school.
Two weeks after working with me, she said he basically lives on the toilet now. 💀💀💀

Don’t let anyone tell you the work of child development specialists isn’t important.

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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 5h

The Covid wave in England has reached Very High levels of risk, with around 1 in every 103 people in England infected as of 12 October. Now is the time to take maximum precautions against catching Covid.

buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...

Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 12 October 2025

buds.org.uk

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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 5h

Remember, lateral flow home rest kits are very accurate if showing that you do have Covid, but much less accurate when they show you do not have Covid. If you have symptoms of Covid, but test negative, it is always worth testing again at a later date to be sure. (3/4)

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 1d

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.

I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

docs.google.com

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Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 3h

Introducing The Knightly Forecast. Support my Patreon for $4 CAD/month, and get a weekly dose of meditative fantasy microfiction in your inbox.

This series follows the changing seasons. The first is completely public and free to read, no signup required.

🍂 www.patreon.com/posts/early-...

Photo of fall trees awash in gold. Credit to Dan Senior on Unsplash.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 4h

While I love the Halloween handles, I have panicked TWICE this week because I had the fleeting thought that two people I liked on here were dead because I hadn't seen them post in a while.
No, they just... changed their handle *facepalm* I'm fine. Just not good with names or change.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 5h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 5h

On 10/1, part of the federal government shut down because Congress could not agree on a budget. As of 10/14, the government has been shut down for two weeks. This explainer from AAPD talks about what the government shutdown means for SNAP, WIC, and disability programs. www.aapd.com/explainer-wh...

Explainer: What the Government Shutdown Means for SNAP, WIC, and Disability Programs - AAPD

On Wednesday, October 1, at 12:01 AM, part of the federal government shut down because Congress could not agree on a funding plan. As of now, the government has been shut down for two weeks.…

www.aapd.com

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 5h

they sure will not!

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 6h

Everyone: I AM BOYCOTTING KINDLE

Me: cool, will you buy my books somewhere else at least?

*me looking at my sales report* Ah, I guess not.

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