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Ham O' Ween 🎃🌈🎨 @thehamofficial.bsky.social · 10h

One of my favorite oldies from 2011! Kingfisher in acrylic on cardboard

#art #kingfisher #queerart

Acrylic painting of a black-backed dwarf kingfisher on a branch. It has a white chin, yellow cheek tummy and underside, an orange beak, blue wings, and a purple head and back. The background is a splash of blooming acrylic in red, yellow, black and green.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

even if nothing goes sideways, leave your dog at home, your dog doesn’t want to be around tens of thousands of people

JC died ten years ago this very night @conductress.bsky.social · 2h

Oh dear, I just heard someone on the radio say they're going to a No Kings event tomorrow and bringing their dog.

Please, don't bring your dog. Please. I don't care how good your dog is, please don't bring it just in case something goes sideways.

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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 1h

Caldwell-Stone's departure, which multiple sources confirmed was a reduction in force move, was part of broader job cuts announced this week, and comes on the heels of voluntary buyouts for ALA staff over the summer as the association grapples with a severe financial shortfall. (Words & Money)

Deborah Caldwell Stone, ALA's Stalwart Freedom to Read Advocate, Let Go in Cost Cutting Move

Caldwell-Stone's departure was part of a broader wave of job cuts announced this week as the ALA grapples with a financial shortfall and moves ahead with a recently adopted plan to modernize the assoc...

www.wordsandmoney.com

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 3h

So, I put a mask on and went to an actual art supply store today (amazing, more later) and while I was standing in line to pay the person helping me took a call. “Yes,” she said, “acrylic should hold up in the rain. We have a spray if you—oh I see. For a protest it should hold up just fine.” 1/

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1h

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 2h

Listen to experts. Use these resources.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2h

If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators

www.eff.org

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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 2h

Vermont still has robust local and state news coverage which makes a real difference when scandals like this break: vtdigger.org/2025/10/17/o...

Orleans County senator resigns following leaked racist group chat - VTDigger

Sen. Sam Douglass apologized for the offense his comments caused and described hateful comments he’d received since news first broke. He released a long statement late Friday afternoon.

vtdigger.org

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 7h

Repeat after me:

On Bluesky, we block not amplify

On Bluesky, we block not amplify

On Bluesky, we block not amplify

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Maya🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚎 @trains.bsky.social · 1h

LMAOOOOO Pedophile Island is finally reaping instead of sowing

very much looking forward to all the worst people being exposed

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 4h

Holy shit. Buckingham Palace stripped Prince Andrew of his titles and honors.

THIS IS THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE FOR THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE. The Royals know they can’t cover it up anymore.

The damn is finally breaking!!!

ROYAL COMMUNICATIONS
Friday, 171h October 2025
A STATEMENT BY PRINCE ANDREW
In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.
With His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1h

Remember, the Nazis who want to send you to the gas chambers also demand you never mock them.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 1h

Don't forget the frauds for which Santos was convicted, including that he "repeatedly charged contributors’ credit cards without their authorization... sought out victims he knew were elderly persons suffering from cognitive impairment" and filed false FEC reports to convince the NRCC he was viable.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

HILL: “A group of bipartisan senators will force a vote on a War Powers Resolution to block the use of force within or against Venezuela after Trump raised the possibility of attacks against Maduro’s regime.” apple.news/AHN1mfDtuTfu...

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1h

Let them shout into the void. They hate being ignored, because they literally can only have fun when they're harassing us.

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 1h

Let me join all the other voices in saying: block every one of these accounts. They're only here to troll us and possibly collect info on people who yell at them. Better to block preemptively.

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 2h

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 2h

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2h

Remember our mantra:

Don't Engage, Just Block.

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 7h

The problem in Texas isn’t that too many voters are voting red; it’s that too many voters just aren’t voting.

Texas Registered Voters:
2022 54.15% stayed home. 2018 46.99% stayed home.

Texas has a turnout problem, not a Republican problem.

Texas doesn’t need saving, it needs showing up.

It's Election Season, So Suddenly Everyone Is A F*cking Expert In Texas Politics

Debunking the loudest wrong opinions in the Lone Star State, one hot take at a time.

open.substack.com

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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 3h

What the hell?

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21h

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

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Coleman Rogers @colemanrogers.com · 16h

SCOTUS may gut the Voting Rights Act. Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act (H.R. 14 / S. 4) now to protect fair elections and every voter’s voice. text SIGN PKNWUS to 50409 or share:
resist.bot/petitions/PK... @resist.bot @campaigns.resist.bot #resist #resisttrump #fucktrump

Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act — Protect Democracy from the Court

Text SIGN PKNWUS to 50409 to send this to your officials.

resist.bot

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NPR @npr.org · 14h

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum. n.pr/3WGaS8X

A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

n.pr

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1h

This Saturday, October 18, millions of people will take to the streets at more than 2,700 peaceful protests across the country to condemn the Trump administration’s escalating abuses of power. Read more Know Your Rights resources at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 1h

Color contrast affects readability on the web and in print. It is especially important for users who are low vision or for users who are colorblind. Good color contrast means all users can see your content no matter the device they’re using or the lighting of their surroundings.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3h

floridapolitics.com/archives/761...

Gov. Ron DeSantis, now 47, says people his age, those younger, & a little bit older can get by without much preventive care. Tell him why he’s wrong: flgov.com/eog/leadersh...
#DCFL

Ron DeSantis says people under 50 don’t have much use for comprehensive health insurance

'Catastrophic care' should be enough for them.

floridapolitics.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1h

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If violence or chaos breaks out at a protest, never sit down. Sitting makes you vulnerable: unable to move, see danger, or react fast. Tear gas is heaviest near the ground, and a seated crowd is at risk of trampling or targeting.

Stay alert, stay on your feet, and always have a path to safety.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally

Donald Trump announces he has commuted George Santos’ sentence in his federal fraud case:

“at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! […] I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!”

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1h

The problem is they are petty enough (and this site is evil enough) that I'm genuinely scared they'll compile a list of everyone who blocks them.

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