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you may know me from the #bpal and/or tori amos sections of the internet (but you probably don't know me). it's always aid and abet abortion, free Palestine, fuck mask bans, and stay alive another week. ask me about my #sotd she/her

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · Jun 19

My cat's name is Pizza, and ever since I read this post I've been going around the house muttering "he is the emperor. show some respect."

A handsome floofy long haired tabby cat looking sidelong at the camera.

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 2h

Over 300 Native people have been evacuated to Anchorage (after many more evac'd to Bethel) from Alaskan villages destroyed by #tyhphoonHalong & bc the impacted area is already getting little daylight & soon freezing, they won't be able to even go back for construction at all until at least March.

Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 2d

This Indigenous Peoples Day please speak up: another typhoon sweeping away homes of Alaska's Natives, who, during settlement (statehood: 1948) were forced to end ways of life (like my Grandma's) involving mobility across regions & stuck them in flood-prone/unstable villages with housing deficits.

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
ONLINE FUNDRAISER - DONATE TO SUPPORT
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate online. All funds raised will go directly to assisting communities.
PURCHASE ITEMS - AMAZON WISHLIST
Purchase items of immediate need to go directly to the Bethel Community Services Foundation to be distributed to villages most affected.
DONATION DRIVE AT AFN CONVENTION
Accepting items of immediate need including:
Cases of water, nonperishable foods, diapers, wipes, toilet paper, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, phone chargers, blankets, sleeping bags, cots, flashlights, and hand wipes.
DENA'INA CENTER, ROOM 6 (2ND FLOOR)
Friday, October 17 | 1-5PM
Saturday, October 18 | 8AM-2PM

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 5h

Tori Amos Heardle #11

🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

Was defeated by yesterday's tune but I'm back in my 1 second saddle today 🤠

Tori Amos Heardle

Guess the Tori Amos song from the intro in as few tries as possible.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 1d

Your complete guide to SLICE! Swipe through for:
🎨 Full schedule of events for Saturday
🚗 Parking info
🍕 Food & drink
😷 COVID safety policies

Looking for an answer you can't find here? Head to our webpage or DM us for more info. See you on Saturday at The Sheldon ;)

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The Main Event • 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
St. Louis Independent Comics Expo
Konneker Room, 3rd floor
Activity • 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tote Bag Screenprinting with Candice Corgan
Foyer, 1st floor
Book Signing • 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Rori
Left Bank Books table, 2nd floor
Panel • 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Ink & Drink 15-Year Anniversary Panel
Ballroom, 5th floor

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Workshop • 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Create Your Own Reading Journal with Central Print
Workshop Room, 1st floor
Book Signing • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Karenza Sparks
Betty’s Books table, 2nd floor
Activity • 12–5 p.m.
Clickety Clack Typewriters Demo
Foyer, 1st floor
Special Guest Lecture • 12:30–1:30 p.m.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Magic Fish with Trung Le Nguyen
Ballroom, 5th floor
Special Guest Lecture • 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Daily Comics Changed My Life with Rori
Workshop Room, 1st floor
Book Signing • 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Trung Le Nguyen
Left Bank Books table, 2nd floor

Special Guest Lecture • 2–3 p.m.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Flip with Ngozi Ukazu
Ballroom, 5th floor
Workshop • 2–3 p.m.
Bilingual Zines with David Velasco
Workshop Room, 1st floor
Book Signing • 3–4 p.m.
Ngozi Ukazu
Betty’s Books table, 2nd floor
Panel Discussion • 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Science and Curiosity with Karenza Sparks, J. Marshall Smith, and Blue Delliquanti
Ballroom, 5th floor
Workshop • 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Top 10 Accounting Tips for Artists
with the VLAA
Workshop Room, 1st floor

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Parking
Parking is available at the Fox Theatre lot and the Fox Theatre parking garage on Washington Boulevard, and at meters along Washington, Olive Street and North Spring Ave. See our website for a map of additional parking options.
Food & Drink
11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. • The Sheldon Bar, 2nd floor
12–3 p.m. • Blues Fired Pizza Truck, sidewalk
COVID safety at SLICE
Masks are strongly encouraged at SLICE! Free N95 or KN95 masks and hand sanitizer are available at the entrance, the info booth, and the SLICE table inside the expo hall. The expo hall is equipped with HVAC filtration that meets CDC ventilation guidelines and two HEPA air scrubbers purifying the air.

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 18h

Go forth and spread the word!

Hannah Matthews @hannahmatthews.bsky.social · 19h

about to tell a bunch of undergrad writers that it is simply too late on the clock of the world to worry about being cool, it’s time to love loudly, be earnest and weird and embarrassing, feel the feelings instead of numbing them, tell the truth, and seek out as much art/music/queer sex as it takes

boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 19h

Doleful Pipe Organ (2020) - black oud and vetiver with burgundy pitch, guiac wood, opoponax, velvet black cacao absolute, and incense smoke.
#BPAL #SOTD

(it really does smell like a pipe organ in the bottle!)

boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 1d

Such wonderful big smiles! 💐

boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 1d

And if you're soooo smart and rational about how impossible masking is, why aren't you working on/advocating for indoor air quality? There's never any alternative offered, just the ableist condescension that feeds into fascism.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

All I can add to the “we reject universal masking” discourse is that it’s not about masks. You aren’t rejecting universal masking, which never happened; you’re rejecting having to think about wearing a mask, and maybe feeling badly about thinking about masks. Can’t help you there.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 1d

#invertober 14, bobbit worm! rainbow edition!!

#invertober2025

color block art of a bobbit worm with its long body looped and coiled across a vertically long canvas. its head, at the bottom, has its mandibles and antennae flared. it is colored in a bright rainbow gradient across its whole body, and there are lines of emanata coming from its mouth

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 1d

This is so doable! Let's get your $10, your $25! Please share!

my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 2d

Client is short $450 for an abortion appointment TOMORROW (Wednesday). If you can help close this gap, donate here:

V: Crystal-Zilla
$Clozilla

Use the note 🐐

a brown and white sheep is standing in a pile of wood chips .

Alt: a brown and white goat is jumping in a pile of wood chips .

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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 1d

Still need 350!

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 1d

This is so doable! Let's get your $10, your $25! Please share!

my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 2d

Client is short $450 for an abortion appointment TOMORROW (Wednesday). If you can help close this gap, donate here:

V: Crystal-Zilla
$Clozilla

Use the note 🐐

a brown and white sheep is standing in a pile of wood chips .

Alt: a brown and white goat is jumping in a pile of wood chips .

media.tenor.com

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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 2d

Abortion will remain available at Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri, the Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, rejecting a request by the attorney general’s office to reinstate several restrictions on the procedure. #moleg #mogov

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue • Missouri Independent

A Missouri appeals court unanimously rejected arguments by the attorney general that abortion regulations do not cause "irreparable harm."

missouriindependent.com

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 2d

13 (October 2023) - thirteen autumnal notes deepened by bitter cacao: red sandalwood, Himalayan cedar, pine needle, green cardamom, saffron, nutmeg, pumpkin rind, black fig, myrrh, tobacco absolute, guiac, cognac, and oakmoss.
#BPAL #SOTD

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 2d

The growing trend of non-medical exemptions and falling vaccination rates in MN (and nationally) is fueling measles outbreaks. COVID and the chaos around it (especially misinformation) has been terrible for public health 🤦🏻‍♂️

minnesotareformer.com/briefs/minne...

Chart showing medical exemptions for vaccinations have stayed stable (0.2%), whereas non-medical exemptions have gone from <2% to nearly 6%

Chart showing drop off in vaccination among MN kindergarteners from mid-90% for multiple vaccines to <90% for many of them, including MMR. 2020 the big inflection point

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

reminded me it’s been ages since I heard someone use the verb “flaunt” with such contempt (in part because her heirs have settled on “groom” instead)

Kyle Thomas @kylehemingway.com · 2d

Happy Anita Bryant Pie Day to all who celebrate.

Anita Bryant's Pie to the Face - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com

YouTube video by NBCUniversal Archives

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 2d

voidcats are the greatest 🥹🖤

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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 2d

Client is short $450 for an abortion appointment TOMORROW (Wednesday). If you can help close this gap, donate here:

V: Crystal-Zilla
$Clozilla

Use the note 🐐

a brown and white sheep is standing in a pile of wood chips .

Alt: a brown and white goat is jumping in a pile of wood chips .

media.tenor.com

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 2d

Sinister Restlessness (2024) - blackened vetiver, amber smoke, clove, and oudh.
#BPAL #SOTD

boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 2d

I love the gyoza and the spring roll canoodling together on a doily

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matthew @pahuski.com · 3d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta say it again! Today and every day, support Indigenous Women Rising: visit iwrising.org/donate or your payment platform of choice!

DONATE

Venmo: IWRising

Paypal: IWRising

Zelle: info@iwrising.org

QR code: https://bit.ly/3qd3vcC?r=qr

Link in bio or visit iwrising.org/donate

SUPPORT

boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 3d

Prayers up

boscotron @boscotron.bsky.social · 3d

a close up of a pikachu with its mouth open

Alt: Animation of zooming in on surprised pikachu with its mouth open.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 3d

#thread

Madeline T. Morcelle @reprolawyer.bsky.social · 4d

🏜️Ahead of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we have to talk about why it’s time to drop “health care desert” (and similar desert imaginaries) from our vocabularies. 🧵

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