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Alyssa Williams 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @alyssa667.bsky.social · Jan 19

And that’s that, last sunset as a fully free, functioning, democratic republic. Do not succumb to the new normal, dark times ahead, but solidarity is paramount to overcome them.

Didn’t expect this level of grief. 💔 🇺🇸

Sunset: Sirius rising in deepening blue sky with orange on the horizon and pink clouds.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 5h

✨ Ghosts and ethereal art is tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme for 'Ghost Objects: Summoning Leighton's Lost Collection' now open at Leighton House

See you there! 👻

📷 John Rylands Research Institute and Library

A ghostly figure draped in a white sheet stands in front of a window framed by climbing vines and plants in an old garden setting.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

[Exit Angelo.]

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Frontiers | Twelve years of fin whale song evolution in the central North Pacific www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🌎🦑

Frontiers | Twelve years of fin whale song evolution in the central North Pacific

Fin whale song consists of low frequency notes arranged in regular, repeating patterns of note type pairings and inter-note intervals (INIs). In the central ...

www.frontiersin.org

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer

D’Angelo Dead At 51

Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...

www.stereogum.com

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 1d

3 classic albums. No skips. Love songs. Liberation songs. Sensual songs. Fun songs. Black ass music. 51 is too young. D'Angelo can't be gone.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 1d

Ben wrote-up the strange experience of watching two of the dodgiest programs in America:

Community Christian College (Ark.) at Community Christian College (La.)

Neither are members of the NJCAA.
www.reddit.com/r/CFB/commen...

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 1d

The Mod Squad, Assignment: The Hideout (1970)

Cover design by Dezső Csanády #BookCoverArt

A psychedelic book cover from the 1970 Whitman hardcover tie-in novel "The Mod Squad: Assignment: The Hideout" by Richard Deming, adapting a TV episode about young undercover cops infiltrating a mountain hideout.

Hungarian designer Dezső Csanády's artwork uses pinks, oranges, and purples with pops of other colors to stylize the trio.

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KALX Playlist @kalxplaylist.bsky.social · 2d

10:12 PM "Golden Years of Rock'n'roll" by 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞
from 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑦 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 (WM Japan) #nowplaying

Shonen Knife - Golden Years of Rock'n'roll

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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 3d

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designgeekatl.bsky.social @designgeekatl.bsky.social · 3d

Mikael Christian Strøbek

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3d

Our state and local elected officials must protect our rights from President Trump's armed federal agents.

Trump Deploys Federal Forces—States Push Back Against Abuse of Power

Trump is using the military and federal law enforcement to build out a paramilitary policing force across the country.

www.aclu.org

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 3d

Got to it a bit late, but here is #inktober Day 10: "Sweep."

Never really used the brush pen. I kinda like it! 🤣🖋

#inktober2025 #ink #sketch #shark #marinelife #animal #cartoon #sweep #ArtYear #bskyart #blueskyartists #artonbluesky #fish #fishart #animalart

Cartoon of a hammerhead shark as a push broom

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Alyssa Williams 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @alyssa667.bsky.social · 3d

Unfortunately 😢

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 3d

Sources: representatives from the schools are considering a name change from “Red River Shootout” over concerns that the name might be offensive to fans expecting to see competent offenses.