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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 5h

Plus he's kind and he listens. I said it's been 45 years since my measles shot & he said let's test you for titers. No fuss. Just science.

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 5h

Prof X must be a privileged white man. Magneto must be Jewish. Storm must be Black. (Waves hands)

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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 7h

probs gonna have to see the MCAS specialist again more regularly for MCAS things, but will need a local person to prescribe his recommendations--and that's gonna be the part that'll take a fair amount of research 😮‍💨

if any other complex illness folks in PDX have doctors they love, plz drop a line!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 6h

PDX disabled folks: @kateviolette.com is looking for a GP who is accustomed to working with complex patients who have excellent knowledge of their own condition, and who is used to coordinating with specialists from all over: anyone have a rec? (Comments disabled so you go tell them, not me!)

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 5h

Dr Eduardo Vides at the Portland Clinic. He knows all my acronyms, keeps up on research, wears a mask to every appointment, & a friend with EDS who I got to go to him said "the first time a doctor not only knew my condition but knew more than me." He's also got a good specialist network.

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 7h

“We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”

Idk man, maybe you don’t get to “not be in politics” when one side is blowing up international relationships you depend on www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 6h

Heterosexual romance is exhausting when the woman is constantly proving how awesome she is contrary to societal expectations. She's strong! She's smart! She's special. I just want a nap & have my feet rubbed.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

every big AI pitch is like “what if we took away your means of survival and devalued all your skills to make stonks go up temporarily? You’d like that wouldn’t you?”

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. Though after about a hundred years of new date picking they lean heavily on "we cannot name the date else gd will change it but it's going to be Soon."

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 4d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 8h

I hate to remind people but covid...

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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KOIN 6 News @koin6.bsky.social · 8h

A clarinet player is apparently being held without bail on no specific charges at the Clark County Jail in Vancouver after her husband said she was arrested Sunday during a protest across the street from the ICE facility in South Portland.

Clarinetist playing ‘Ghostbusters’ arrested at ICE facility

The woman’s husband — who asked KOIN 6 News not to identify either of them for safety reasons — said his wife was tackled by federal agents while she was playing her clarinet arou…

www.koin.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17h

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 17h

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Ghost @ghostlycorvid.bsky.social · 1d

Out here educating the nation's youth about the existence of the coolest bug in the world
🎨 @cochayuyocreations.bsky.social

Calla the trilobite beetle wearing orange flannel and a workshop apron

The same, but standing more to the side so the table is visible

A back view to show off all that gorgeous work Yuyo did

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Miss Anemia 1997 @bitegavemepowers.bsky.social · Sep 7

Metroidvanias are either Protestant or Catholic. Castlevania? Catholic, of course. Metroid? Protestant. Blasphemous is Catholic. Dead Cells, Protestant.

Hollow Knight is Protestant, but Hollow Knight: Silksong is Catholic. That's why people are complaining the game is hard. Cause it's Catholic now.

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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 10h

Federal cuts to SNAP are simply wrong. No Oregon family should go hungry, so we’re working to make sure every impacted Oregonian knows where to turn for help.

More than 300,000 Oregonians may lose or see cuts to SNAP benefits starting Nov. 1

Oregon says more than 300,000 people could lose or see reduced SNAP benefits starting Nov. 1 under new federal rules following passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill."

www.centraloregondaily.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 14h

These people really don't grasp the connection between "gleefully forcing a bunch of highly educated and highly motivated people out of their jobs" and "those people now have a lot of free time and hate you even more than they did before," do they

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 15h

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 13h

And listened to.

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Eye O' Newt @goldienewt.bsky.social · 13h

Reading quietly to yourself is a fairly new thing & at one time was considered selfish. Books were originally meant to be read aloud.

Transtifa @syyyyyyyyy.bsky.social · 16h

Listening to an audiobook is "real" reading, and in many cases it's a better way to parse text. Both because some texts beg to be experienced aloud, and because in many cases audiobook readers can get more out of the text that way. (And I'm not even talking about accessibility!)

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Jeffery C. Mays @jeffcmays.bsky.social · 13h

Since the indictment Thursday, Ms. James's campaign for re-election next year has raised approximately $1 million, 79 percent of it from new donors. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/n...

Attorney General Letitia James to Headline Rally for Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3d

Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip

Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC

Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13h

Lots of us have great-grandparents names who were absolutely changed when they came here, and when people say otherwise, they're assuming your great-grandparents name was in the Roman alphabet.

Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 13h

Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.

First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 13h

People who are not my mom are calling my new article "brilliant," "one of those 'moments of clarity' articles," "banger," and "a dissertation's worth of thought on gender in Chanur one tasty article."

And I didn't even pay them to say that!

reactormag.com/exploring-ge...

Exploring Gender and Trans Identity in the Worlds of C.J. Cherryh - Reactor

The Chanur series poses key questions about gender roles, expression, and identity.

reactormag.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13h

Not very unhinged, but: Stop reading a book if you're bouncing off of it. Stop "powering through." You're just wasting your time. You don't get a gold star for finishing books you're not enjoying reading.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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