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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 7h

A story in three parts

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 20h

alaska national guard transporting evacuees in western alaska to safe, warm shelters outside of the region

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew with a good article on the AK storm and the lack of upper air data I talked about in my post, including more perspective from @alaskawx.bsky.social and an unnamed NOAA scientist.

balancedweather.substack.com/p/historic-c...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

UGH! When will it end. 😭

"Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services."

nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Screenshot that says "Sea Ice Today" and "Ice Sheets Today" Services Reduced. More information is stated: "Beginning October 15, 2025, NSIDC’s Sea Ice Today and Ice Sheets Today services will be reduced because of non-renewed funding. This means no new monthly and mid-month analysis posts for Sea Ice Today or regular posts for Ice Sheets Today, limited comparison tools, and reduced user support."

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Tzfardea b'Yachad Chazek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 1d

(the thing the Big Frog does is 'כסה' the land, a Hebrew verb which can mean cover (to conceal), or cover (to overwhelm), or cover (to protect). A reasonable interpretation is that THE FROG came to protect the land from the authoritarian government)

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Tzfardea b'Yachad Chazek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 1d

But consider also Shemot 8:2 -

"And Aaron held up his arm over the waters of Egypt and THE FROG came up and covered the land of Egypt"

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Jessie’s birthday, I’m giving to her fav charity, Donors Choose.

Mrs. Dergal in a MO underfunded classroom needs funds for books and graphic novels, including Wild Robot, which Jessie gave to my kid and became her favorite comfort read. #litsky

www.donorschoose.org/project/crea...

Creating Lifelong Readers: High-Interest Books for Reluctant Readers, a project from Mrs. Dergal

Help me give my students a well-balanced classroom library to create lifelong readers! These books will allow my students to reach the ultimate goal of being lifelong readers. After looking at the ...

www.donorschoose.org

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 4d

This is a result of activists on the ground and around the world who never stopped fighting for a different reality, even under constant intimidation. We owe it to ourselves to recognize our success, and our power. This must not be made into a personal victory for politicians. (4/6)

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 4d

Palestinians and Jews across this land are taking a breath right now after a period of unimaginable suffering. Two years of bombing and intentional starvation. Two years of captivity and abandonment. Two years of infuriating political calculations at the expense of all of us. (1/6)

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 4d

A ceasefire in Gaza does not mean an end to the oppression of Palestinians here. Palestinians in the WB live under state-backed settler terror, and our government has no plans to stop ethnic cleansing across the land. We cannot think that this deal was going to make any of this disappear. (5/6)

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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 3d

Someone suggested we have a Million Frog March. Got me thinking about pink pussy hats. Just want to put this here.

crazyhands.net/knit-frog-ha...

Free Knit Frog Hat Pattern · Crazy Hands

Knit a fun frog-like hat with eyes and ties! This playful pattern is perfect for adding a touch of whimsy to any winter outfit. Pattern + video.

crazyhands.net

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 4d

Proud I sewed pocket extensions on the cheaply made women’s jeans from Old Navy, but also, screw the patriarchy that sold us 1 inch pockets and said, “Guess that’s your problem now.”

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 6d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 8d

My YouTube algorithm is cats, sewing techniques, Jewish synagogue sermons, plant care, and late night shows. I’m in my old lady era.

AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 10d

Perimenopause told me to reject the evidence of my eyes and ears.

The evidence is I’m great at my job, and people like me. It is harder than it should be to hold that belief.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10d

In this fragile world, Sukkot reminds us that safety comes best from solidarity, from making peace with neighbors, from being good hosts & guests, from sharing food, from remembering that we are small & precarious, from worshipping what is holy. Not from building walls and making war.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 10d

It has begun. No flesh shall be spared. Also, I’m in Milwaukee, Hammond and Flint this week! Go to pattonoswalt.com for tix!

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 10d

You seem way too busy lately. I hope you’re taking care of yourself.

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 10d

It also hit me that a sukkah is basically a fort specifically for meditating and/or study therefore I vote pillow & blanket forts should be considered valid for those of us in apartments who can't easily build a proper sukkah.

(I am like...50/50 on seriousness)

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 11d

Maybe it’s not 8 am in their internal clocks. Airports are timeless zones.

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 12d

Whyyyyy?

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13d

Chappelle: Y’all are more free than we are

Riyadh crowd: Wooooooo

Chappelle: Like if I tell jokes about trans people at home people say shit about me

Riyadh crowd: booo

Chappelle: but you guys clap

Riyadh: [applause]

Chappelle: you see THAT’s free speech

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 13d

This is perfect. The opposite of preaching to the choir.

Rabbi Emily Cohen @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social · 13d

I'm sharing my full Kol Nidre drash. I dive hard into Gaza. I've had sermons that were more difficult to write than this one but I've never had one that was this difficult to deliver. Thank you to @theradr.bsky.social and so many other colleagues for giving me the courage.

Reckoning Within: A New Ashamnu for Our Times

YouTube video by Rabbi Emily Cohen

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AlgeeMama @algaemama.bsky.social · 14d

Seems to me that if changing in a locker room exposes no more than what wearing a bikini in the meeting would, she just showed it’s no big deal.

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Cameron “Halloween Enjoyer” Suey @cameronsuey.com · 14d

My daughter was trying to crochet a Hollow Knight figurine, but she messed up the head, and I told her that’s OK, now it’s a Fresno Nightcrawler.

A white and black crocheted head, two eyes and two longhorn

The same black-and-white crocheted head turned upside down so that the horns look like legs. It looks like a Fresno nightcrawler!

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