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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 6m

danger kitty :3

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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 8m

[horrified former municipal employee screaming]

Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 11m

Apparently the city is pushing for Copilot to be the "official tool for city employees to enhance their work." #PhillyAIHearing

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 19m

Lots of questions about the exact tech and companies that the City is using for tech like license plate readers, or public safety. Melissa Scott, the CIO, doesn't really seem to know much about it. #PhillyAIHearing

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 5h

sic semper tyrannis

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 18h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

Mandatory age verification to "protect children" is not to protect children. It is to deanonymize every adult speaker and consumer of speech online so the government can retaliate against speakers and speech they don't approve of. For instance: apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 15h

inb4 "well you like Bernie Sanders-" and I didn't support him trying to run for president at his big age, either! If we have to still have a United States, I at least want a United States in which people can and DO retire!

Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 15h

I try not to do much election talk this far out, but if Mills had announced intent to run first and then Platner had come in at this stage in the game, the very same people currently propping up a nigh-octogenarian for a six-year term would be screaming their heads off about spoiler candidates

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.

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🪲johnny🪲 [TOP SURGERY 10/16] @gatorpond.bsky.social · 17h

mask when shopping.
mask when picking up food.
mask when having to go into businesses or even just at drive thrus.
mask even if they don't. and especially if they can't.

service employees deserve better. if they're not allowed to mask, the least you can do is keep them safe as possible.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 20h

when work makes people sick and insists on making them sicker by denying the right of protection and there is no safety net --- consider other people.
via @thesicktimes.org

Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking - The Sick Times

While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workpla...

thesicktimes.org

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beeps :ash_tail: @beeps.gay · 17h

Is this anythin’?

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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 18h

remembering how the TSA face ID things said some shit like "we'll delete yr photo as soon as we take it, we double prommy" or w/e and. Huh. You must think we were all born yesterday.

Anyway, you can and should just say "I'm opting out of that" and they can use their eyes instead of an IoT device.

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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 18h

*headdesk*

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☀️Jae☀️ @straycattrash.bsky.social · 21h

Late but happy #indigenouspeoplesday to all my native siblings out there, keep taking up space, be loud and never let anyone forget that we are and will ALWAYS be here!!🪶

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 20h

meme

oh you like classical music? name five songs

ave maria

that's on me, i set the bar too low

dee 方传嫣 @hellenus.bsky.social · 23h

Anyway Prague is really pretty and I've gotten to see three exotic western churches already and we're going to an organ concert in one tonight I'm very excited

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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 18h

[someone who was a lot closer to the equator yesterday voice] hey why is the sun already setting

Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 23h

A Tumultuous Threesome with the Manifestations of My Simultaneous Careers as a Beloved Erotica Writer and a Reviled Congressman

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 1d

Senator Tingle, what are your plans to make sure every household has access to hot books this winter?

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 1d

MANY ARE UPSET THAT I THINK MY REELECTION IS LOCKED UP

lonevoice.bsky.social @lonevoice.bsky.social · 1d

Why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social et al won't is clear: they THINK their reelection is locked up. They know the Americans who care don't have another option. And the second level leadership in the party is doing what they did with Biden: pretending nothing is wrong!

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Bobbi L. Newman 🏳️‍🌈 @bobbinewman.bsky.social · 1d

This is an issue in libraries as well. Having your full name on your badge can lead to harassment or stalking.

The Gazette @thegazette.com · 1d

University of Iowa Health Care administrators say they’re “evaluating our badge naming practices based on employee feedback and evolving industry standards” after 500-plus nurses and staff covered their last names with union stickers in protest. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

The main entrance to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is shown alongside the University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (The Gazette)

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Ada Basilisk, Haunted Doll VTuber @comfybasilisk.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about how buckwheat evolved from an inedible weed that grew alongside wheat, but humans rooted them because they wanted wheat, so they slowly got better at disguising themselves as wheat, and the things that made them wheatlike also made them edible, and now we have buckwheat

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 1d

This is my last repost on this. I’m also going to turn off notifications somewhat soon.

While it is better to sign up for the ESU before EOL, you can activate ESU whenever. There is a possibility MS will push out a feature update to those WITHOUT the ESU to upgrade them to Win11 in the near future.

Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 11d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Publick Universal Frenemy 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @quijotescx.bsky.social · 1d

This works, and the guide makes it so simple that even someone with very little computer know-how (like me) can follow along! Thanks, OP!

Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 11d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 1d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 1d

Thread (read all the posts) and quite true. Just ASK animal-related groups that are local: "I'm struggling, do you know of any pet food banks/options around?" because they usually have contacts and might run one themselves.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 1d

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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