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New Mexico, science, climate change, politics, science fiction and fantasy, adoption, Troubles With Young Adult Children, Long Covid. Warning: My timeline is quite full, so I don’t follow back!

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OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · Nov 30

For those who don’t know how to do Alt-text on pics, memes, screenshots, etc., a small thread:

OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · Nov 30

For everyone who thinks Alt-text is text in your *post* that describes your photo: No! It is *attached* to the photo! You can still do a silly post about your pic *and* do alt-text! Example:

This is the top of my test post in the Bluesky app at the end of the Alt-text process—the whole thing wouldn’t fit in one screen. The photo is of a Greek town filled with whitewashed buildings, some of which have vivid aqua/turquoise painted roofs, against an ultramarine sea.

This is the bottom half of the same post.

When you click on the photo, you get the description. NOTE: You can type in UP TO —> 2,000 <— characters to describe it! (You don’t need that many. Really. Trust me.)

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 3h

So we're blowing up boats in the Pacific now too?

This is escalating and I don't think any of these people have the vaguest idea what they're getting themselves into.

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Antijen @antijen.bsky.social · 3h

Another little walk, another little moment of beauty to help me remember that the world is so much bigger than any one of us.

Two maple leaves, in mottled shades of red, yellow, and green, among brown pine needles on the sidewalk.

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serial experiments lynn @woketopus.bsky.social · 5h

fucking exhausted because my fucking 'smart bed' wouldn't let me sleep until i answered its riddles three

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OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 59m

The architect has a one-page website?!?

Lemme guess…it was put up the day after Trump announced this monstrosity…

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 18h

Chat is it a good sign if the cops are publicly disavowing the regimes actions on Twitter

NYPD NEWS
@NYPDnews
X.com
The NYPD had no involvement in the federal operation that took place on Canal Street this afternoon.
17:12 • 21/10/2025 • 222K Views

https://x.com/nypdnews/status/1980743910700802167?s=46

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

Trump just murdered some more people, this time on the Pacific side of South America

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side

This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.

www.cbsnews.com

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 9h

#inktober day 22 button

The crow is sorry he stole her eyes, so he found a better one.
クラスさんは目を盗んだ事を誤解し、探し回ると、もっといいやつ見つけてあげた

#inktober2025 #inktoberday22 #button

Sumi and watercolor painting of an abandoned doll who lost her eyes and a crow who found a new one for her

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6h

The absurd thing is not just that folks have locked themselves into a subscription for their *bed*, but that the fact that these multi-thousand-dollar beds are affected by outages means they might cook you even when it’s just your WiFi that goes down, not all of Amazon’s servers.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 8h

The AWS outage bricked people's $2,700 smartbeds, leaving them in a reclining position or with the heat up. People were unable to use them, basically. A GitHub repo exists that lets people operate their beds without reliance on the normal infrastructure

www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...

The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds

When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.

www.404media.co

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 6h

The president has still not signed the governors disaster declaration request for Alaska.

This is directly keeping funding out of the hands of disaster survivors who need it.

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

All these people are saying “wait to you think he’s REALLY a Nazi,” and my response is “no I think it’s more likely he’s an irony-poisoned edgelord douchebro, another group that’s absolutely ruining the fucking country.”

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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 15h

Tiny criminal, photographed this morning.

She jumped in the plant and promptly got digging zoomies.

A very small kitten, tabby and white, shouting while I hold her up in the air with one hand. If you look closely you can see that both she, and my hand, are covered in dirt. The plant in question is blurry in the background.

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OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 1h

Bad.

“He who controls the information controls the knowledge” — some rando on Bluesky.

Thomas Kennedy @tomaskenn.bsky.social · 8h

In case you missed it: a little noticed Florida state dashboard showed several instances of immigration enforcement arresting U.S. citizens. When the Miami New Times asked about it, most of those arrests disappeared from the dashboard and public view.

Officials Scrub Data Showing U.S. Citizens Swept Up in Immigration Arrests

Florida’s immigration crackdown dashboard reportedly showed the arrests of 21 U.S. citizens—until a local paper asked questions.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5d

I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.

bsky.app/profile/numb...

Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 8h

I challenged myself to paint this at A3 size, which is huge for me! medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache

a painting of a girl wading through a foggy lake

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OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 2h

I *LOVE* this picture.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Mar 1

This is what every paper towel on my lab bench ends up looking like. Once the numbers are on the paper, I can't be responsible for what happens to them. They're on a magical journey between grams, moles and liters.

A four panel photo series featuring a student wearing a white polo shirt with a card on a lanyard and a ruled notebook and pen.
Panel 1: Student holds hand to head in deep concentration. Watch is visible on wrist, other students in background.
Panel 2: (close-up) Student has written 18-9 in the standard top and bottom notation with a line underneath.
Panel 3: (close-up) Student has crossed out the tens column on 18, and moved the 1 above and next to the 8, a standard simplification move.
Panel 4: Student appears to have realized that this hasn't simplified the problem, and just rewritten the same number.

This image was stolen from the Internet. I think it was originally a tweet.

OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 2h

I think it would be a little harder if I were living in an area where lots of my neighbors are in the same situation.

But, yes. “What’s next?” And what happens to all the people depending on government programs? Just *poof*?!? It feels like a cusp.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 20h

Lichen collage on pink granite today 🌿

Grey, yellow and orange lichen on pink granite

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OmegaMamba (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 2h

Well, dissolved the House. The Senate is still there, voting on Trump’s judicial nominees. 🙄

I am leaning towards personal existential dread right now. Is the shutdown permanent??? Does my husband no longer have a job???

Just what are we paying taxes for?

Audra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 9h

At what point do we acknowledge that Johnson has effectively dissolved Congress?

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10h

Here’s something revealing: A WGN report found the vast majority of people ICE detains don't have criminal convictions. Tom Homan’s answer:

“Most national security threats don’t have criminal histories. They’re lying low to do the dirty deed.”

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 11h

No more emojis, just gravestone reactions.

(These are all from Old Norwichtown Burial Ground in Norwich, Connecticut.)

a carved gravestone face with a mournful expression

a carved gravestone face with a sly, laughing expression

a carved gravestone face with a piqued expression

a carved gravestone face with a mild, smiling expression

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Antijen @antijen.bsky.social · 10h

Dear friends, if you have a job and *aren't* struggling to pay your bills, please let today be the day that you set up a monthly recurring donation to a local food bank.

If you don't know where to send that money, reach out with the name of a city and I will help you do the research.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 11h

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman emerald-green glass boat. From Pompeii.

#Archaeology

📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

A British Museum image of a translucent emerald-green glass vessel in the shape of a shallow boat, displayed on a black surface with light brown background. The boat has curved ends, rising slightly upward. The museum lighting emphasises the translucent dark green colour of the glass. It was ground from a mould-pressed blank, with wheel-cut bands on each side and four triangular feet. Height: 7.6 cm, Length: 22.5 cm. Dated AD 25-50.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 14h

Unknown Photographer. Anonymous Roller race. England. 1930

a young boy on roller skates, being pulled along by a black dog

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 20h

The West Wing is now just the Wing.

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