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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 4h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5h

it’s amazing that it’s 2025 and people are still deluded enough to believe that age verification on the internet actually works

this was apparent to me when *I* was an extremely online child

Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 5h

My bff is a high school teacher and can verify that the (freshman) children are absolutely mobile gambling in high numbers, an activity that *already* has laws defining it as an adult-only activity requiring age verification

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 5h

For me, it's lead vs secondhand cigarette smoke.

merritt @merrittk.com · 5h

the microplastics and heavy metals in my body squaring up to decide who gets to give me cancer

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 5h

Drew Struzan Forever

Movie poster artwork by Drew Struzan for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986), AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) and COMING TO AMERICA (1988)

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 5h

And what many of them missed in their rush to call Obama unmanly or a faker for crying is that he wept not only from sorrow, but also with rage. They had to cast his reaction as either false or weak. Because otherwise they'd have to contemplate why he was angry & with who.

undeadDunn @deaddunn.bsky.social · 6h

every now and then I remember when the political media hacks lost their mind over Obama choking up discussing the Sandy Hook shooting and there was a whole conspiracy whether or not it was a real tear

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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undeadDunn @deaddunn.bsky.social · 6h

every now and then I remember when the political media hacks lost their mind over Obama choking up discussing the Sandy Hook shooting and there was a whole conspiracy whether or not it was a real tear

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 11h

i am struggling so i’m putting out the call!

i need examples of graphic novellas under/around 100 pages published in the last 2-3 years. preferably memoirs or at least telling a story (not just educational guides etc).

anyone know of any, or have tips on how to search for this kind of thing?

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11h

The greatest difference we could make to our future generations is not…any of the shit we hear people saying about tech.

It is learning how to care for each other enough to create and hold a real, lasting peace.

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 12h

October seemed like the right month for finally watching Yellowjackets.

I'm not quite through season 1 and I'm loving the braiding of Gothic, folk, and body horror to focus on teen girls and middle-aged women.

Also, I love how this era of TV gives us stories about women over 40.

The lead characters of Yellowjackets as adults at their high school reunion.

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 12h

I love stories like this because it can often feel like addressing environmental degradation and climate change is insurmountable.

But in Toronto, wetlands that have nern subject to over two centuries of industrialization are being restored. And it's working!

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 14h

Sure, his team is good at social media, but focus on deeds, not words.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 15h

"“While I strongly support the author’s goal of establishing necessary safeguards for the safe use of AI by minors, (the bill) imposes such broad restrictions on the use of conversational AI tools that it may unintentionally lead to a total ban on the use of these products by minors,” Newsom said."

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 14h

I wish I were rich because I'd commission this comic/animated short in a heartbeat.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 15h

Wolverine and Sabretooth should have an arc modeled on the political careers of Rob and Doug Ford

Broke Boy Eccentric @ NearZone @nearzone.bsky.social · 15h

I don't know why this is funny to me but I just started thinking what if they made Wolverine really racist to First Nations people, like he's that kinda Canadian

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 1d

You should care about trans rights just generally, because trans people are people, they have always been here and they always will be.

BUT if you MUST put a cis spin on it, this is where transphobia gets you. It's either bodily autonomy for all of us or none of us.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

The US Department of War’s poorly planned, badly led and incompetently executed US invasion of Canada was defeated today in 1812

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to the US Navy.

And in particular to the captain of the USS Missouri.

Who, when Cher walked out on deck in this, not in the jump suit they'd been promised, went:

"Ah. Fuck it. YOLO."

And later almost got stripped of command for it.

youtu.be/9n3A_-HRFfc?...

Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time (Official Video)

YouTube video by Cher

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 1d

And this. Which is so lovely. And was The Barenaked Ladies breakout hit in Canada.

I don't like their joke songs as much as the ones that allow their vocal harmonies and instrumental talent shine.

Also, shout out to the 1990s when there was still robust funding for Canadian arts.

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 1d

Also, I have a soft spot for this one

I Want You To Want Me

YouTube video by Letters to Cleo - Topic

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to choose, but I love this one. The energy matches the narrative better. Also, the tweaks to the lyrics clarify the story.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d

this sure feels like a crucial point

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2d

American politics becomes what it becomes because when people were saying “ Americans don’t protest like the French, Koreans, etc”

Everyone leaves out the context of

How they stopped covering Black protests and no longer mention them

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 1d

Someone left a rack full of inflatable costumes near the ICE building in Portland.

I love this town.

This is a wonderful thread that explains how & why Portland is Like This.
bsky.app/profile/ceau...

A clothing rack on a sidewalk, full of colorful inflatable costumes, with a sign that says free.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

a picture of 80s era Madonna, the greatest Italian-American. she is lounging across a white table in front of a kind of bamboo / rattan backdrop. the look is indescribable but I’ll try. dark jeans, a black mini skirt with some insane lime green pattern, a pink studded belt. then a black tank top over a hot pink tank top. about one million bracelets on each wrist going halfway up her forearm. big dangly earrings. she has a red scarf tied in her hair with a bow on top and huge 80s sideswept bangs. her lipstick and eyeshadow are both like gray-pink??? its a wild look no one else could pull off

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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 1d

Why does this matter?

Because people changed their names in order to deter discrimination. This went on for a good long while. I literally only learned some of my relatives actual first names a few years ago, while I was doing genealogy shit.

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