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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 19h

@fromawildkate.bsky.social: you know, I love that we have a whole kitchen cabinet stocked with pasta and tortillas
me: you mean the carbinet?
Kate: marry me

vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 2d

every Halloween in our townhouse complex, our little row of neighbors hang out together in the drive out front with our four different candy buckets rather than make kids walk up every set of stairs, and it is a delight to watch every kid's eyes light up when you say "have some from each bucket!"

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 4d

if they were good they wouldn't be comfort movies

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 5d

so i tried three times to reset my Kobo password, but i never got a reset email. tried to create a new account — oh, sorry, there's already an account associated with this email! and the "contact us" button at the bottom of the help page... goes nowhere? y'all.

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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 6d

"SEO hacks have been keyword-stuffing alt text in images for literal decades. There is no way ARIA will get away unscathed. Every button, link, and div will be roled up to redundancy at best, and the wrong thing at worst. "

adrianroselli.com/2025/10/open...

OpenAI, ARIA, and SEO: Making the Web Worse

OpenAI has announced it’s launched a new browser, Atlas, with ChatGPT built in. For those familiar with ARIA, OpenAI outlines what to expect (I left the code as I found it, other than removing the tar...

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ustwo games - MV3 OUT NOW ON PC AND CONSOLE! ✨ @ustwogames.co.uk · 6d

The Garden of Life blooms on December 3rd 2025 🌺

Our new expansion will be available to all Monument Valley 3 players - including mobile when it returns to iOS and Android on the same day!

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404 Media @404media.co · 7d

NEW: we tested Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras.

www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...

Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.

www.404media.co

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 7d

fried green tomatoes! www.southernliving.com/recipes/frie...

Fried Green Tomatoes

It's unthinkable to pass up a plate of fried green tomatoes in the South, and it's easy to learn how to make classic fried green tomatoes at home.

www.southernliving.com

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 9d

just got my annual shortbox haul!

ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · Oct 1

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 9d

idi amin?

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Rykie Belles (she/her) @withaykie.bsky.social · 10d

"Self-driving cars" this "robitaxis" that JUST INVEST IN PUBLIC TRANSIT FFS.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 11d

side note: every time i am forced to trawl through the enshittified wasteland of sponsored listing chum that is FB Marketplace, i mourn the loss of Craigslist as the default for secondhand selling.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 11d

made us a new headboard out of a $20 headboard i just got and a $50 bolt of blue velvet upholstery fabric i got four years ago with no purpose in mind. i play the long game with DIY.

a Facebook Marketplace posting of a perfectly serviceable gray tufted headboard for the princely sum of $20

back of the headboard, newly recovered using a dark slate blue velvet and approximately thirteen dozen staples

the new headboard successfully installed on the bed

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11d

convert the ballroom into housing for unhoused people

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 13d

Gibson used they/them, not she/her.

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 13d

got my flu shot and covid booster today! let us begin the countdown to my left arm being kinda useless

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 14d

save yourself, i really wish i didn't

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vc @vcbrannen.bsky.social · 15d

ours kicked the bucket last year and I think this KitchenAid is the one we have now. runs quiet, everything is adjustable, and the third rack is super useful. www.costco.com/kitchenaid-t...

www.costco.com

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(spoo)key 👻 @kmillz.lol · 21d

heavy is the pinky that holds the phone

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16d

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.

These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.

Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16d

Here’s a general MAGA blocklist that I’ve been using for years.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Canopy Atlanta @canopyatl.bsky.social · 19d

Announcing When the Creeks Rise—a community journalism project documenting flooding in Atlanta and the systems behind it.

Flooding isn’t just weather. It’s history, policy, development, and equity.

🌊 Follow along and make your voice heard.
whenthecreeksrise.org