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Teddypasketti @teddypasketti.bsky.social · 1h

I just took a walking tour with @fullstorybaltimore.tours (highly recommend), and steeping yourself in history helps you realize that history has had a lot of bad in it and maybe your era is only, like, third worst. It comforted me. Weirdly.

Go book one for myriad reasons.

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · 1h

1/1 Join WAISN and WA YELL (Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders) on 10/22 for a film screening and fundraiser that uplifts immigrant justice and worker power.
📅 Wed, Oct 22 | 7 PM
📍 The Beacon Cinema, Seattle

Flyer with the title words Short Film Series For The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network. Below is a film clip of men of chanting and raising their hands up in the hair. The details of the event read "Wednesday Oct 22 7:00pm @ The Beacon Cinema 4405 Rainer Ave S, Tinyurl.com/OCT-22-WAISN. Join WA YELL and labor allies for a film screening fundraiser for the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN). This gathering will feature two short films and discussion from migrant justice leaders."

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · 1h

Being weird and silly is enraging to authoritarians and always has been. When you do it en masse? Well it sends them into the death cycle because it proves they couldn't silence you with fear and intimidation. So bring on the frogs and inflatables this weekend! 🐸🐸🐸

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 2h

One of my early follows on BlueSky that I’ve never regretted. This is a good person who does good things & can use a little help. Paypal link downthread. $2-3 bucks helps a lot.

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 6h

Behind every (alleged) great crime lies a Delaware business entity registration form, a continuing series…

This is a real doozy of a story. This family uses a # of Delaware business entities (and DE lawyers, and DE politicians) to stash their fortune in the US.

Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.

The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury shopping sprees. At least some of the money came from major Kurdish conglomerates...

www.occrp.org

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 2h

One of my colleges has a nursing program so the library has CINAHL. Someone in accounting just declined the CINAHL renewal as a "discretionary" expense. Not if you want the nursing program to keep its accreditation, it's not. 📚 #Skybrarians

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 2h

Me (unwillingly) watching a Youtube ad: "Big Pharma" is *not* trying to keep anyone from getting a cane to help them walk.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12h

the people who say things like "TikTok is already a tool of Chinese propaganda, how could it be any worse" have absolutely no serious idea how bad the new MAGA TikTok is going to get in an authoritarian U.S. with no functioning regulators

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 12h

Automatic captions make it difficult to watch videos because the viewer is forced to decipher misspelled or mistranslated words that appear in a string of text without any punctuation. These can be distracting and disorienting. Always edit your captions before publishing.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 12h

Seattle School Board Foiled City’s Covert Plan To Pay Cops With Education Dollars

Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 5-2 against reviving the School Resource Officer program at Garfield High School, which would have overturned one of the few, lasting policies won during the ...

www.theburnerseattle.com

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 11h

Oo! I didn’t realize P. Djèlí Clark had a new (as of last year) book out!

Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 8d

You may be familiar with Ring Shout or A Master of Djinn. Yet, if you haven't traveled with Abeni and her companions, please treat yourself! The exploration of secrets, the power of opening ourselves to others - knowing the true monster is weak - if we sing together. Abeni's Song by P. Djèlí Clark.

Abeni's Song

Check out Abeni's Song - IN DARKNESS, A SONG CAN LEAD THE WAY. BEWARE WHICH ONE YOU LISTEN TO. Abeni's Song by award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark is the enchanting beginni...

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 13h

For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.

In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.

My latest, for @chicagoreader.com

chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...

Released from jail late at night

Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 12h

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 12h

It's like throwing your friends' lunch in the trash before the school bully even demands that you do it - not because you think it will keep you safe, but because you've always secretly wanted to

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 13h

I spoke with @insidehighered.com
@kathrynpalmer.bsky.social about OSU’s decision to cancel conference funds for racially marginalized students.

Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds

The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking ...

www.insidehighered.com

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 12h

This is a mf thread. 💜📚🧵🔥

Also, I have ordered speculative fiction from @atthisarts.com

Highly recommend
#Lit #BookSky #SpecFiction #Afrofuturism #SpeculativeFiction

Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 14d

All October, Atthis Arts is celebrating Black Speculative Fiction Month, and we hope you'll join us! We're going to start with a *spark*. This one is a must-read. Go get it. Incendiary by Gerald L. Coleman.

Incendiary: Poems & Essays

Poems & Essays

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 11h

🧵(3) The seven collections that comprise the Patriarchate’s manuscript library came from different neighborhoods throughout the city of Istanbul. Learn more in this story from Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of Armenian manuscripts at HMML: hmml.org/stories/witn...

Witnesses of Light: Armenian Manuscripts as Testimony and Digital Memory After Genocide

“The extraordinary manuscripts held at the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul are a poignant testament to the survival...”

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 11h

🧵(2) In 2004, HMML formed a partnership with the 84th Patriarch of Istanbul, Mesrob II Mutafyan (1956–2019), to preserve and share these manuscripts in digital form. HMML’s digitization studio operated from March 2005 to June 2009, completing the project with photographs of nearly 800 manuscripts.

A 19th-century manuscript depicting the Trinity as the Armenian letter Ա (for “God”) and a man—presumably the author of the text, Patriarch Yakob Nalean (1702–1764)—praying St. Nersēs Shnorhali’s wisdom prayer. The background of the latter depicts Constantinople and the Bosphorus Strait, likely viewed from Beşiktaş district. Collection of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, Ortaköy. (APIO 00157, folios 4–5)

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 11h

🧵(1) The extraordinary manuscripts held at the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul are a poignant testament to the survival of Armenian cultural & spiritual heritage in the aftermath of the Genocide in Ottoman Turkey during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Learn more: hmml.org/stories/witn...

The opening folio of an illuminated Yaysmawurkʻ (Armenian Synaxarion), copied in 1684 in Constantinople. It depicts Saint Gregory the Illuminator (left) healing King Trdat (right) from a disfigurement—a story of healing that communicates a deeper meaning of what it means to be human beyond acts of animalistic authority, represented as the boar. Collection of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, Balat. (APIB 00002)

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 11h

And, again, maybe the immediate answer here isn't "train on more disabled users' faces!" but rather perhaps stopping and thinking "hey maybe a sociotechnical paradigm that is literally predicated on and made of unending surveillance and a demand for certain 'right kinds' of bodies is bad actually 🤔"

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 11h

The increasing proliferation of facial recognition systems which often fail to properly capture and categorize disabled users with facial differences As Faces At All is leading to mischategorization, inaccessible systems, personal tech lockout, & other harms, & like… Yeah, dawg: we told you it would

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.

www.wired.com

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𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗡𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔢 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

I only saw D'Angelo live one time. It was the Voodoo Tour, on the Pier here in Seattle. I remember that at some point he went into the crowd, and all the women screamed and jumped onto their chairs. When they got back down and I could see again he was back on stage with no shirt.

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Sussex Pride @sussexpride.org · 21h

On your phone or laptop, be sure to check out our newly expanded and interactive Delaware LGBTQ+ Resource Guide! Discover some great resources or click 'add listing' to includeyour own group to the databse.
sussexpride.org/organizations

Delaware LGBTQ+ Resource Guide

Visit the post for more.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 23h

Lovely mural in Third Place Commons honoring Octavia Butler, Lake Forest Park’s most famous resident, probably.

Designed by Stephen Crowe and painted by Katie Todaro, 2025. Butler was a frequent customer here, I hear.

A mural of sci-fi author Octavia Butler in Third Place Commons shopping mall in Lake Forest Park, Wa near Third Place Books where Butler was purportedly a frequent customer.

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 23h

Is it just me or did SDOT make way better decisions when Greg Spotts was still in charge?

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South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · 1d

Want to learn an ancient Hawaiian game about balance and sustainability? Just ask Uncle John.

At Marination Columbia City, Uncle John Kaohelauli‘i teaches Kōnane, an ancient game that reflects Hawaiian ideas of harmony, stewardship, and community.

Alex Garland reports here: soseaem.org/4ojXQtt

With a Handkerchief and Bottlecaps, Uncle John Keeps an Ancient Hawaiian Game Alive

Part history, part philosophy, Uncle John Kaohelauli‘i’s Kōnane lessons connect players to Hawaiian values of balance, stewardship, and community that colonization tried to erase.

southseattleemerald.org

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