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nana luvbug @nana-luvbug.bsky.social · 15h

10. Mimic + Chariot

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ID: a digital character design of the art prompt Mimic + Chariot. the figure is a mimic taking the shape of a golden chariot with red outline and a pink, tongue-like bottom. there are eyes hidden in between the spokes of the wheels and bright yellow fangs carved into the inside of the chariot. the carriage looks like a waiting mouth. end ID.

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AJ, CRIT Award Nominee: Best Tech/Producer @hooshakid.bsky.social · 4h

Kinda wish content creators wouldn’t do “lemme show you how bad AI does ___” posts cause they are still using it and contributing to it

But also I need people to know how fucking bad it is????

Double sword

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 9h

These issues are YET MORE reasons that masking in public during an ongoing pandemic, during collapse of healthcare systems, during an attack on public health, while fascism grows stronger, in a world where healthcare isn’t a universal right… is, in fact, the reasonable, scientific, & moral choice.

Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 10h

Medical racism, like medical misogyny, is a real and under-reported issue that has been stealing years and shortening lives for generations.

We have statistics and studies showing that doctors are less likely to take claims seriously when they come from black folks, from women.

It costs lives.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13h

I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 9h

Reminder that you do not need to sign up or register for any protest. You can just show up.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 13h

Financially times are...well, let's be honest. They're shit. Everyone I know is anxious about money. So let's talk about an awesome local resource - your local public library. You and your local public library have my favorite kind of relationship - a reciprocal one!

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 13h

My local library even has a seed library— you take seeds out, and bring seeds back from what you grow!

That’s also a super handy thing in developing seeds that can stand up to local climate change!

So, gardeners, go ask your library if they have one or could start one! 🌱

Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 13h

Often when I talk to people who haven't stepped into a library for a long time, they think library = books. And yeah, library = books. I love books. But we also have ebooks, for free! DVDs, Blu-ray, streaming video, audiobooks, eaudiobooks, online classes, we've got it all.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 13h

Once ranked last in child wellbeing, New Mexico is now leading the nation in early childhood care.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/childcare-for-all-progressivism-new-mexico/?utm_campaign=SproutSocial&utm_content=The+Nation+Magazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It's Time for Others to Do the Same

The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US.

www.thenation.com

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DRAK @drakoniques.itch.io · 13h

Nothing saddens me more than seeing an interesting concept for a game on Steam and then scrolling down to see they use Generative AI.

Why?! Just don’t! There are countless reasons why you shouldn’t!

A screenshot of the “AI Generated Content Disclosure” Steam header.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

A number of popular protein supplements contain levels of lead that could pose health concerns, according to a new report that tested samples of 23 powders and shakes.

Report Finds Lead in Naked Protein Powders and Other Popular Brands

Experts said the levels were not high enough to cause immediate harm, but raised the risk of long-term health effects.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 17h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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thoughtcrimegames @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social · 13h

Tell the story of a community that overcomes its government's failures by putting together its own mechs to help defend itself from a variety of threats in Neighborhood Robots by Navaar Seik-Jackson, one of the amazing TTRPGs included in the Griot Anthology! #ttrpg

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Neighborhood Robots from the Griot Anthology from Thoughtcrime Games.

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Underground Oracle Publishing @undergroundoracle.com · 13h

You are the fury of Nature incarnate.
You are Werewolves and you own the night.

Play as the powerful guardians of Nature and destroyers of The Undead in We Own The Night, an illuminated by LUMEN #TTRPG!

Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...

The cover of We Own The Night by Unplaytested Presents. It shows a werewolf backlit by a full moon and standing on a high hill, flanked by two wolves.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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AJ, CRIT Award Nominee: Best Tech/Producer @hooshakid.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I'm turning 30 next week. What can you do to celebrate? i got a couple of things you can do. Mind you, i dont expect anything.
1. Selfish for me, you can buy me a game or a gift off my wishlists.
steamcommunity.com/id/augustxba...
throne.com/hoosha_kid/c...

- | Throne

Send undefined gifts via Throne. Browse undefined's wishlist and support your favorite creator safely.

throne.com

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✨ Star ✨ @madradstarchild.bsky.social · 1d

Cute!! 💖

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nana luvbug @nana-luvbug.bsky.social · 1d

9. Naga + Jester

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#monstertober #art #ArtChallenge #dungeonmeshi #deliciousindungeon #thistle #blackelf #blackfantasy #digitalart #characterdesign #fantasyart #blackart #painttoolsai #xppen #noaiart #blackartists #sketch

ID: a digital character design of the art prompt Naga + Jester. the figure is the jester Thistle from Delicious Meshi, a light brown skinned elf with pale blonde hair. he is wearing a purple and lavender jester's outfit with a white ruffled neck ruff and white pom poms. his lower half is snake-like and curls into an infinity symbol with a diamond pattern throughout the tail. Thistle stares at the viewer with a blank expression and pink infinity symbols glowing in his eyes. end ID.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

The largest demonstration during Trump’s first term was around 750 events.

“We’re now expecting about 2,500 events around the country on No Kings. So we’re talking about literally four times as many.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

Please join us on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 2d

Prevaricate [pruh-VAIR-ih-keyt]
(v.)
- To deliberately evade the truth; to speak misleadingly; to lie.

Used in a sentence:
"Poor Pinocchio’s pernicious propensity to prevaricate promotes probiscal protuberance prolongation.”

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone can donate a large amount, it might save my life.

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✨ Star ✨ @madradstarchild.bsky.social · 2d

Wear your masks, vaccinate, and wash your hands! Measles is preventable and less vaccination means more chances of mutation.

#Vaccinate #MaskUp #VaxUp

NPR @npr.org · 2d

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

n.pr

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