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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 13h

Theory: cats can have ADHD too

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'cause rock is cool but the struggle is better @fairestcat.bsky.social · 8h

@mountsthelens1980.bsky.social I keep meaning to tell you my family Mt. St. Helens story. I was born in March 1980. On May 18, my mom was in the hospital with pneumonia, leaving my poor father home alone with a 10-year old, a 6-year old and a newborn. 1/

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 16h

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 9h

I thought they should get to wear costumes, too

bat is dressed like a devil, snake is dressed as a ghost

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ElfQuest - Fantasy with Teeth! @elfquest.bsky.social · 17h

Halloween is almost here. Let's see your ElfQuest-themed jack o'lanterns and decorated pumpkins!

ElfQuest character Skywise carved into a pumpkin.

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Lisa Rokusek @lisarokusek.bsky.social · 14h

Who sheriffs the sheriffs?

Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...

Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody

To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 22h

If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“A wild, very ‘polite’ and possibly lonely black bear recently paid a visit to its neighbors at a Northern California zoo.”

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Wild bear stealthily enters California zoo, is found visiting the bear exhibit

A wild black bear took a jaunt around a Northern California zoo and was spotted visiting its bear neighbors.

www.latimes.com

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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 1d

Top: bat says “should we dress as something scary for halloween?” snake replies “we already are something scary” Bottom: bat says “oh, right. I always forget everyone is afraid of us.” snake says “I know. I think we’re pretty cute.”

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 1d

Wanna enjoy one of Japan's signature dishes but still stay halal? Most ramen contains pork, as well as alcohol to preserve the noodles. These five ramen shops in Tokyo, though, go above and beyond to create a bowl that any Muslim can eat.

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Halal Ramen in Tokyo: A Look at the Expanding Scene - Unseen Japan

Wanna enjoy one of Japan's signature dishes but still stay halal? These five shops in Tokyo serve noodles without the pork and booze.

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Merfilly @merfilly.bsky.social · 1d

She has good taste

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ElfQuest - Fantasy with Teeth! @elfquest.bsky.social · 1d

Every time you pick up an ElfQuest item from @stands.bsky.social a donation is made to support wolf conservation.

ElfQuest books, lithographs, challenge coins, bookmarks, blankets & apparel like this cozy sweatshirt are all available.

shopstands.com/collections/...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

A wooden Roman sword, dating 1st century AD. Found in Carlisle.
The sword, crafted entirely from wood, was a practice weapon used by Roman soldiers during training drills - or a kid's toy. ⚔️

Currently on display at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, on loan from Tullie House Museum Carlisle

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is my birthday, and if you'd like to celebrate with me, perhaps you will consider buying one of my books? Physical copy, e-book, audiobook-- most of 'em available in your preferred format from your usual online retailer or indie bookstore. All I want for my birthday is to keep writing books.

This is a collage of 9 of Delilah' books. She has about 32 of them, though, if you don't see what you're looking for. Some even feature VAMPIRE NIPPLES.

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Merfilly @merfilly.bsky.social · 1d

I got to watch a pair of crows be chased off by a bird half their size. I swear the squirrel was cheering the little guy on.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 2d

Join our Patreon to unlock monthly giveaways, digital issues, rare author content, ad space for your business or project, and at the higher tiers: short story critiques, invites to exclusive industry events!

Here's a treasurE from our archives ;) patreon.com/locus

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film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.social · 1d

‘…this is a fine, sensitive, intelligent film to be commended to Springsteen fans but also those who seek authenticity in life…Deliver Me From Nowhere lives up to the bleak, desperate, desolate title and gives us a Bruce Springsteen audiences can believe in….5/5
film-authority.com/2025/10/21/s...

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere - film-authority.com

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 1d

you get actors like Alec Guinness despising their genre work, or like Jeremy Brett being massively screwed up by it, and then you get Christopher Lee calling his cat Renfield.

Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1d

Christopher Lee with his cat, Renfield.

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.

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Thefourthvine @thefourthvine.bsky.social · 6d

It’s time for me to climb back on my hobby horse, because I have new things to say about permissions/transformative works statements! But first, some background.

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 2d

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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Monday's Manul @manulmonday.bsky.social · 2d

It's really Manul Monday? You're not pulling my tail?

A manul on a branch in an indoor enclosure, lit by a red light and looking behind itself with wide eyes.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

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Julia aka mizzelle @mizzelle.bsky.social · 2d

A sickening picture.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 2d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 2d

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 466
Silvius hortulanus glandes, in silvas carptas, in ollas deponit (Silvius the gardener is planting acorns in pots).

Photo of Silvius, the little Latin mouse, planting acorns in little terracotta pots, his little spade and bucket and a big watering jug to hand (paw?)

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