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Atomic Lobster, still wishing ill on JK Rowling
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He/his Love all animals, especially the unlovable ones. Not a scientist or artist or anything exciting, just a disabled person striving to keep sane in an increasingly off kilter world. And fair warning I tend to post a lot of arachnids and the like
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Atomic Lobster, still wishing ill on JK Rowling @atomiclobstar.bsky.social · Feb 1
You just reminded me of my fave quote by Mario Savio
Screenshot of black text on white background There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! –Mario Savio
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nicktsergas.ca
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.

It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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bridgetstirling.bsky.social
Experts speaking about Canada's loss of measles elimination status: "We have major gaps in our public health infrastructure."

The gap in that infrastructure:
A photo of Danielle Smith, premier of Alberta, standing at a podium. The sign on the podium reads "Refocusing Alberta's health care system." Smith is wearing a black shirt and grey blazer. On her lapel is a poppy pin. Behind her are three Alberta flags and one Canadian flag.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Mortifying and completely preventable.

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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marzhang.bsky.social
A racism/microaggression anecdote:

"Are there any fucking Americans around here?" That's what a person (seemingly a White man) said this morning as I walked back into my house in Philly after a morning errand.
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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kindracrick.com
Last night out with a friend I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw what looks like the ‘Attitude of Gratitude’ mural in Portland ( that version is over two stories tall complete with living plants to make up her hair on the side of a building). Lovely to see a smaller version.

The living hair!
Painting of a woman with palms together with red paint around her eyes and hair made of living plants. Artist I think is Fin DAC #contemporaryart #art #pdx
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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kindracrick.com
Here she is ‘Attitude of Gratitude’
by London artist Fin DAC

The hair of this mural in SE Portland is made of thousands of living plants.🌱

Looks like she is actually five stories tall. One of my favorite murals in the city. #pdx
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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modacitylife.com
“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”

LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
A collage containing four photos of streets in Paris: two temporary car-free installations on the banks of the River Seine, a car-free school street, and a grass tramway.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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billamend.bsky.social
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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viktorkoves.com
Nothing like a bike ride in the fresh snow, even if your bike gets filthy 😆
A Chicago street with trees with orange leaves all around and parallel sets of tire tracks in the light snow A selfie of Viktor in a jacket helmet and clear ski goggles Viktor's White Gazelle ebike in front of the Jeff Park train station, but covered in slush on the bottom
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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americanfietser.bsky.social
If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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americanfietser.bsky.social
These people should no longer feel safe on the streets.
royalpratt.bsky.social Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4h
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.

Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.

One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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bikebikeyyc.bsky.social
That was too close!
Driving down 12 Ave SW last night, approaching 11 St, I have a green light.
As I am about to roll through the intersection I spot a car on 11th about to run the red light.
I slam on my brakes and watch the car beside me t-bone the guy who blew the red light.
BOOM!
a netflix ad shows a car driving down a wet street
ALT: a netflix ad shows a car driving down a wet street
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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azzageddi.myatproto.social
Note that pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is and always has been impossible. It’s an impossible act. The idiom always meant “something that cannot be done.”
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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czedwards.bsky.social
Actually…

One century ago, standard, mid-range, catalog shoes went for 2025 $30-50 per pair, were repairable (glued soles hadn’t become common yet), were made of leather, would last for several years and could be Ship of Theseus’ed on soles, fasteners and heels.

They were better shoes for less.
A two-page catalogue spread from the National Cloak and Suit Company, a major competitor to Sears that focused on clothes. Founded in 1888, it eventually merged with Bellas, Hess & Company and became National Belles Hesse and was active as one of the top 5 mail order companies until the 1970s. $250 million dollar years were common until the end. (There’s a Supreme Court case about sales tax that’s still influential.) This is the 1925-1926 spread of ladies’ shoes. These are working shoes, designed for middle-income women with jobs (very common in the 1920s). They are all leather — pleather did not exist. There are several pairs of lace up, leather boots for $1.99 to $2.98 ($37 to 55 in 2025 dollars), an assortment of ladies; heeled oxfords for $1.98 to $2.49 ($37 to 46.50), and various Mary Jane, T strap and loafer styles for $1.19 to $2.59 ($22-48) and a pair of flats/house shoes for $1.00($18.50). None of these shoes are glued; that is a late 30s-40s invention because earlier glues were not durable (technically, the first patent is 1910, but they needed waterproof, flexible glues that didn’t yet exist). It was mostly the domain of cheap sneakers/plimsolls and slippers into the late 1960s. Gluing as the primary shoe production process is latter 20th century. All of these shoes shown were sewn so all of them could be repaired. They have low to mid heels, which could also be repaired. There are no stilettos here, those are a later invention. Most of these shoes would likely last 3-7 years of heavy use with routine care (shoe shines, sole and heel repair) and much longer if they weren’t daily worn. Even the slippers/flats/ballet pumps could be repaired.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓

The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺

Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
Sarah holds up an eel facts advent calendar in front of blooming flowers on her sidewalk. It says eel facts an advent calendar. It has 24 boxes with orange and yellow zigzags and yellow circles in the middle with numbers one through 24 in the middle of the boxes there are six eels depicted on this calendar, one green Moray, two splendid garden eels, one blue and yellow ribbon eel, and one American eel and one European.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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ehrenenglish.bsky.social
I'm Ehren, an artist who loves digital illustration and painting in acrylic. My subjects range from science and nature to fantasy and science fiction. Always brightly colored and highly saturated.

Here you can find my links to all my socials and shops:
linktr.ee/ehrenenglish

#Portfolioday #art
Digital illustration of a chasmosaurus magic knight casting a spell in a fantasy forest. Acrylic painting of a giant squid in bright colors Digital illustration of a yellow spotted isopod in exaggerated colors of purple and yellow Digital illustration of Audrey II from little shop of horrors
April 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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volts.wtf
One way to find yourself extremely disheartened about the prospects for residential electrification is to talk to any homeowner who has actually attempted to electrify.
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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bikebikeyyc.bsky.social
I choose to blame most of the deaths of people on bikes in North America on John Forester.

Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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ehrenenglish.bsky.social
I wanna see 3k by new years. It's just over 50 people. I'm gonna try my best!
Screenshot of my profile home, highlighting 2.9k followers
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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feistywaters.com
Heckin magical sunset o’clock.
Photo of a blue and pink sunset in Edmonton. Photo of a blue and pink sunset in Edmonton.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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photosteve.bsky.social
A Red Fox taking in the sunrise 🦊
#mammals #foxes
A red fox sitting on grass looking off to the side into the sunrise.
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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skyekilaen.bsky.social
If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM