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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

inews.co.uk/opinion/zack...

Zack Polanski: I'm a Jewish Mancunian. Our grief cannot be used to silence protest

The answer to bigotry cannot be to shut down protest

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perpetual_eternal @mj-slenderman.bsky.social · Sep 17

“I did not have it in me to keep fighting. I justified this to myself by saying that the war machine would not be halted by any linguistic alteration I might make in a magazine mostly skimmed over by American suburbanites while they pooped.”

Essential read

Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · Sep 17

if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker
bidoun.org/articles/hou...

Though the man’s killing had been filmed, a fact checker is obliged to seek comment from any party alleged to have committed a crime. I called the soldier’s lawyer. He picked up from a café, where I could hear trance music blasting in the background. The lawyer told me that while, yes, his client did shoot the man picking olives, and yes, the man did die, the Israeli military court found his client not guilty of murder because the man picking olives was a terrorist who was throwing stones. Even though the video did not show the Palestinian man throwing stones, the court said that he was, so he was. QED, his client did not murder anyone, and it would be slanderous for us to say so.

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FatT Pinup Week (October 18-31, 2025) @fattpinupweek.bsky.social · Sep 16

Get ready: FatT pinup week is just a little over a month away!
#fattpinups #friendsatthetable

expanded flavor text can be found at:
fatt-pinups.carrd.co#promptlist

FatT Pinup Week. 7 prompts, 14 days. October 13-31 2025.

an unofficial friends at the table fan event encouraging the playful eroticization of our favorite podcast characters.

tag entries with #fattpinups #friendsatthetable (tumblr)@FatT-Pinups (twitter)@FatT_pinups @fattpinupweek.bsky.social

flavor text: https//fat-pinups.cardd.com/#promptlist

guidelines: adult characters only. some nudity is OK, but entries should not be sexually explicit

(Day 1) October 18-19 Daily Devotion: a loving look, domestic bliss | an anchor, a gift | quiet moments of worship

(Day 2) October 20-21 Beach Day: getting wet and going wild | vacation, relaxation, water & sun | lounging around and having fun

(Day 3) October 22-23 Plausible Deniability: accidental voyeurs | oblivious exhibitionists | caught in the act

(Day 4) October 24-25 Sick as Shit: dressing up to throw down | killing it on stage/on the dance floor | staying home and making the mirror jealous

(Day 5) October 26-27 Slumber Party: up late | tasty treats & spooky movies | fun interaction between good friends

(Day 6) October 28-29 a Hint of Violence: unusual weapons, well worn armor, bloodied hands, and old scars | making opportunities & facing consequences

(Day 7) October 30-31 AU: switch it up! another time, another place, another situation

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Em @tapiorca.bsky.social · Sep 14

Warmth of Love

Sword flanked by two suns with water pouring down the hilt like a waterfall, with the image of Hadrian looking at the kingdom of Aubade in the distance. When the white background is moved you can see Samothes from the back, head slightly turned.

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Karin Hammarsten @karinhart.bsky.social · Sep 13

🐺☀️ #fattrewind

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FatT Pinup Week (October 18-31, 2025) @fattpinupweek.bsky.social · Sep 13

final reminder to get your prompts in if you want them counted towards this year! i’ll start tallying them up tonight, so if you are burning with inspiration but also forgetful… it’s fine, send them in lol

FatT Pinup Week (October 18-31, 2025) @fattpinupweek.bsky.social · Sep 1

get your prompts in by 09/12 to guarantee they’re counted towards this year’s pinup week!! going to try & get a prompt list out nice and early this year

tinyurl.com/FatTpinuppro...

calling card announcing the dates of this year’s FatT pinup week as october 18-31 and encouraging folks to submit prompts. it also includes guidelines, tags, and a description of what fatt pinup week is.

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arp: insect rights activist @arparparp.bsky.social · Sep 13

've probably posted these before, but! #fattrewind 2019/2024

from 08/30/2019, while Spring in Hieron was airing

Throndir rides Ace through the rhizome in search of Red Jack. Kodiak follows.

from 2024, for the Hieron Zine & Fatt's 10 year anniversary

Throndir leads Ace (who is carrying an elderly and tired Hadrian leanin on Rosana) along with Red Jack (who holds a lantern and carries an elderly Kodiak in a sling on his back) through the rhizome towards Ben and Blue J's camp for a visit.

Ben and Blue J are in the distance preparing a meal with their two small children.

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lee @imperialhare.bsky.social · Sep 13

happy 11th anniversary fatt...! here's some of the many samots I drew during the Hieron Era #fattrewind

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Sep 13

more #fattrewind

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Sep 13

may have missed the party due to timezones but assorted sams for #fattrewind

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FatT Pinup Week (October 18-31, 2025) @fattpinupweek.bsky.social · Sep 1

get your prompts in by 09/12 to guarantee they’re counted towards this year’s pinup week!! going to try & get a prompt list out nice and early this year

tinyurl.com/FatTpinuppro...

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FatT Pinup Week (October 18-31, 2025) @fattpinupweek.bsky.social · Aug 24

#friendsatthetable #fattpinupweek
Interest check poll is up on tumblr:
www.tumblr.com/fatt-pinups/...
submit prompt ideas if you've got 'em:
tinyurl.com/Fattpinuppro...

Post by @fatt-pinups · 1 poll

💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 0 · interest check for FatT pinup week in the fall of 2025 Got Prompt ideas? go ahead and start sending them in!!

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Aug 13

most actively i've listened to an episode in years, and because the trick is repeating i'm feeling similarly tuned in to this week's episode too

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Aug 13

current realis arc is genius in several ways including that as someone who has been struggling to focus on podcasts i had to rewind the episode before last 3 times to make sure gur gvzryvar jnf npghnyyl qvfwbvagrq/oenapuvat and i hadn't just missed a more explicit transition via lapsed attention

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · Aug 12

so the only legislative victories of labour, the uk's "centre-left" party are thus far
1. legal to kill grandma
2. all trans people banned
3. like 65% of all adults are now technically terrorists
4. do you have a loicense to read wikipedia

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Aug 6

i have this conversation everyy week and never know what to say. don't ask me i make £12/hr and like to cook

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Aug 6

the hotel receptionist in realis getting asked for restaurant recommendations and being like 'fuck if i know, they don't pay me enough to eat out' is the realest this show has ever been

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A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast @morecivilized.bsky.social · Jul 31

The next episode of our KOTOR II Let's Play is now up! Enjoy the sights and sounds of Onderon: Dozens of caged beasts! The legendary 'Sky Ramp'! Protests in the streets! A guy I can only describe as 'fraidy-cat merchant'! All this and more, here in beautiful Iziz!

youtu.be/1OyegTayGQA

Let's Play KOTOR II - 07 - On to Onderon

YouTube video by A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast

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Adi Magazine @adimagazine.bsky.social · Jul 25

"There is no end to the horror, no fade to black. The children here continue to age without ever growing up. The elderly speak of bread the way others speak of lost lovers."

—Alaa Alqaisi for @arablit.bsky.social

Read: arablit.org/2025/07/21/b...

Beneath the Howl of Hunger

“And though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain.” – Alaa Alqaisi

arablit.org

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · Jul 25

western governments who funded and abetted this holocaust starting to condamn israel's actions right as weaponised famine reaches a tipping point is disgusting in a way that it is impossible to convey with words

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Jul 23

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RoseD @wiresandbooks.bsky.social · Jul 23

Screenshot of Kreia from KOTOR 2 with a modified dril quote superimposed: the wise woman bowed her head solemnly and spoke: "there's actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Jul 22

i think even if that happened there is at least a 50% chance my old/current company would take me back so probably i should stop worrying? however i won't

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Jul 22

have signed my contract and have a start date for my new job but feeling so much irrational fear it will fall through because of cuts or something... is having a notice period always this scary,

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finn @evilmageclub.bsky.social · Jul 22

handed in my notice today 😖

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