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Turhan's Bey Company @turhansbeycompany.bsky.social · 42m

Bonny Prince Charlie made arrangements that, if he died in the Jacobite uprising of 1745, his body was to be taken to France to be privately cremated by Louis XV. Events ran otherwise, but it established the principle of:

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 57m

You should always be extra kind to retail and hospitality staff because they deserve to have faith in humanity despite the shit they get subjected to

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 8h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac @ravensnpennies.com · 1h

That. Is. Fucking. Crazy.

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 5h

It is said that nothing lasts forever, and often that is cause for sorrow and regret. But take heart, for it also applies to the reign of despots, to tyranny. They too cannot last forever, so let us usher in their end, let us outlast them.

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Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 1h

Another new print I will have with me at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social and @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

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ComicsXF @comicsxf.com · 3h

We've got an EXCLUSIVE preview of next week's JEFF THE LAND SHARK #5 by @kellythompson.bsky.social & @tokitokoro.bsky.social comicsxf.com/2025/10/16/j...

Diving into Gwenpool nostalgia in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Jeff the Land Shark #5 - COMICSXF

Jeff the Land Shark is hot on the shadow demon's tail as he follows it back through the vortex to the Sanctum Sanctorum.

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3h

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 21d

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Turhan's Bey Company @turhansbeycompany.bsky.social · 3h

Probably already in a Pyramid article or blog post from @ravensnpennies.com.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 6h

Dance-based wizard class for GURPS Supers

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The Harpy Sorceress is ready for spooky season @thehappysorceress.bsky.social · 3h

You were the first person I thought of.

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 4h

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t even think she knows what it does.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone knows that Meta is basically single-handedly behind the "do age verification in the app store" push, right?

Government mandated online age verification is dangerous, doesn't work, and poses a massive threat to human rights and free expression no matter where/how it's done. Full stop.

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A Page in your life 🍁📎 @sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 8h

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. will begin selling the iconic Hudson's Bay point blankets, with proceeds going to an Indigenous-led initiative that supports truth and reconciliation first set up in 2022.

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Canadian Tire will start selling iconic Hudson's Bay blankets, donating proceeds to Indigenous fund | CBC News

Canadian Tire acquired HBC's intellectual property, including the striped blanket design, earlier this year for $30 million as part of the wind down of the retailer.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 4h

Day 16: PHOENIX 🔥🐦

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

SUPERBATOBER 16: PHOENIX -- On top of of all of her other awesome powers, Kara now possesses the awesome powers of The Phoenix Force! Cyclops stands below, "Oh, not AGAIN." Babs peeks into the page confused, "Wait... huh?" It's definitely going to be an uncanny day for her.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 4h

THE SHADOW KNOWS…

The silhouette of the shadow, his arm raised and pointing a gun at the viewer. A murder scene inside the silhouette

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5h

Susan Stamberg, one of the "founding mothers" of NPR and the first woman to anchor a national nightly news broadcast in the U.S., has died. She was 87. 🧵

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h

NEW: North Carolina’s top elections official is asking the state's DMV for voters’ full Social Security numbers.

If the DMV agrees, it would give the state board unprecedented access to sensitive voter data — opening the door to mass voter purges and data breaches.

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 10h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 11h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5h

This is Ladora. She's a rescue dog who was just adopted after sharing her secret talent of being able to clap her ears. 13/10 👏 (TT: kshumanesociety)

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Maya @mayak46.bsky.social · 5h

This was my favorite Ace song. youtu.be/DXeeY9D9u94?...

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 5h

@jamesgunn.bsky.social greenlight Birds of Prey 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a woman in a harley quinn costume stands in front of a window .

Alt: Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey pointing at someone off camera.

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The Harpy Sorceress is ready for spooky season @thehappysorceress.bsky.social · 5h

Phenomenal. You are such a rock star!

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Annie @fatbottomgirlbakes.bsky.social · 6h

Last week, I had the honor of providing the desserts for a 90th birthday celebration for hockey legend Willie O'Ree that his former team, the San Diego Gulls hosted. I made mini chocolate coated cakes in the shape of pucks and eight dozen sugar cookies of his jersey and signature fedora hat. (1/2)

Stack of chocolate covered puck cakes, stacked in a pyramid like pucks are typically stacked for pregame warm-ups, with a 9 and 0 candle on top for Willie O'Ree's 90th birthday. To the right is a tray of dozens of sugar cookies decorated to look like Willie's Gills jersey, as well as fedoras in honor of his signature hat of choice. A neon sign that reads "Happy Birthday Willie" is hanging on the fence in the background

Close up of several dozen sugar cookies decorated to look like Willie O'Ree's Gulls jersey as well as dark Grey fedoras (Willie's signature hat of choice)

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