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Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.

If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.

#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...

alaskabeacon.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4h

First day at the Pentagon

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 3h

Pep talk time.

How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 3h

Sometimes being an activist can feel defeating.

But then I remember that humpback whales were considered so endangered that an entire Star Trek movie was made about them in the 80s.

Now, because of the work of thousands, humpbacks are now a classified as a ‘species of least concern’.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 2h

a note about the nomenclature

Two versions of a sign in stereotypical western roadside heritage plaque of dark green and cream painted cast iron, mounted on a wooden post.
The one on the left is titled THE MAP-MAKER and says:
It was May, 1808, when David Thompson, “the greatest land geographer”, sought a fur-trade route along the opposite shore. Thomposon’s route became the busy Walla Walla Trail when gold was discovered in the Kooteneays in 1864-65. Over it moved long pack trains from southern Washington to the goldfields. The course Thompson mapped serves us today”
The sign on the left is digitally modified and is titles the MYTH-MAKERS, and reads:
“David Thompson never saw the river system that now bears his name. Simon Fraser travelled his eponymous river just once, thinking it was the Columbia. In acts of hubris and convenience, the two men named these rivers after each other, then left the west behind. Unsanctioned and hollow, this renaming erased millennia of Indigenous relationships with these waters and rewrote history for the settler conscience.”

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 3h

greetings from the centre of the universe
Tl’kemtsin/Lytton ofc

View up a dry mountainous valley where two big rivers join, the milky grey-green Fraser curving in from the top (north) and the clear dark green Thompson flowing from the right (east). Where the rivers meet, they flow together to the left (south) but the waters keep their own colour with a crisp seam between.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 2h

rivers don't choose their names, white men do
#landback

A digitally altered sign in stereotypical roadside heritage dark green and cream painted cast iron on a wooden post.
It's titled THE MYTH MAKERS and reads “David Thompson never saw the river system that now bears his name. Simon Fraser travelled his eponymous river just once, thinking it was the Columbia. In acts of hubris amd convenience, the two men named these rivers after each other, then left the west behind. Unsanctioned and hollow, this renaming erased millennia of Indigenous relationships with these waters and rewrote history for the settler conscience.”

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 5h

johnson threatened by ostentatious display of no this is too easy I can’t

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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🔫Scott Martian Invaders🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 6h

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statement trom the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to Egypt
The Gallery is disappointed and dismayed at the exclusion of Canadian media from the event and expresses in no uncertain terms that this must never happen again.
It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister's foreign trip.
Our members bring trustworthy and reliable news coverage free from any political interference to Canadians every day and play a critical role in holding government's accountable to the people that elect them.
Every government, in a healthy democracy, must show a commitment to freedom of the press. In Canada, that includes respect for the vital role the Gallery and its members play. Any event that erodes access, transparency and accountability is a step in the wrong direction.
Mia Rabson
President, Parliamentary Press Gallery

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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Registered hearse @monkeypie76.bsky.social · 7h

I am not surprised this orange boy got caught in a trap. Nothing in that had except love and a love of food.

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 5h

That was a good one, thank you so much.

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 5h

@infinitescream.bsky.social please.

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 6h

file photo of mike johnson:

smithers from the simpsons backed into a corner and covering his eyes while two dancers in bikinis shake and wiggle their bodies at him

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve not personally had a chance to get out from the city light pollution to try for comet sightings, but you should!

I’ve heard it’s visible with binoculars/cameras now, may be naked-eye visible in dark skies this evening or within days (peak: 21 October)

www.space.com/stargazing/h...

How to find Comet Lemmon in the night sky as it brightens this October

Here's how to find Comet Lemmon in October's night sky.

www.space.com

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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 5h

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 5h

Isn't this the guy who monitors his kid's porn intake?

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 7h

I repeat: these Meta Ray-Ban perverts should be mercilessly and ruthlessly bullied and excluded from society.

Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 11h

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 7h

gonna start carrying around spraypaint for reasons

Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 11h

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 6h

"That'll leave a Mark!"

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🕷️🕸️emcEEKayvee🕸️🕷️ @emceekayvee.bsky.social · 1d

Reverse Cowgirl Mortgage

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 8h

'“It is not too much to ask that the premier of Alberta demonstrate the same level of respect for the mayor of Calgary and Calgary city council that she demands from the prime minister,” he said."

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business

The Calgary Party and mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen say the big issue is provincial intrusion into city hall by Premier Danielle Smith.

calgaryherald.com

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 8h

Of course Doug Ford said he wanted to beat up a suspected shoplifter in the Home Depot parking lot.

I'd be grumpy too if my 19-week summer holiday was almost over.

P.S. If you believe Doug Ford was in a Home Depot parking lot, I have some beer to sell you. But it'll cost you more than a buck.

Doug Ford glares menacingly at something off screen.
It's probably a teacher, a nurse, or a child with autism.

The sitting calendar for Queen's Park shows the last sitting day on June 5. The next time MPPs meet is on October 20. That's 19 weeks off, in case you don't feel like counting.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 9h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 13h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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