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The Onion @theonion.com · 41m

Study Finds Voices Should Sound Normal Through Walkie-Talkies By Now https://theonion.com/study-finds-voices-should-sound-normal-through-walkie-talkies-by-now/

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Inclusive Little Unicorn 🅅 @emmie.bsky.social · 5h

I've had this up since January and read it occasionally since then.

Today @deviantollam.bsky.social asked me what it said and I read it to him —choking up at the end.

Hold hope, my dear loves. In the end, we will prevail. #lovewins #freedomovertyranny

A photo of a message board that says:

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.
Gandhi

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 6h

S O W I D E

(Song Sparrow) #birds 🌿

A small brown and white streaked bird sits in a bird bath, its feathers fluffed out so it looks three times its normal width.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Yikes. 😬

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Jim Magill @thealso.bsky.social · 5h

Wandering Siccli today

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 8h

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 11h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 8h

Howdy!
Squirrel's Awareness of Snacks Month
#Sqrlpix

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

As shutdown enters its 3rd week, expect it to impact the economy “in a nonlinear fashion.

“.. missed paychecks, slower pace of business investment ..

“.. our initial estimate of a 0.1% drag on GDP is now outdated, and we expect a 0.25% drag per week, or 1% per month.”

@joebrusuelas.bsky.social

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

TIL that the aggro af wasps you see in late summer are worker wasps who have finished their nest tasks and are all out seeking sweet stuff and raising hell for the locals with the last days of their lives while waiting to die, wasps are basically just the insect version of retired Brits in Spain

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 19h

I’ve not personally had a chance to get out from the city light pollution to try for comet sightings, but you should!

I’ve heard it’s visible with binoculars/cameras now, may be naked-eye visible in dark skies this evening or within days (peak: 21 October)

www.space.com/stargazing/h...

How to find Comet Lemmon in the night sky as it brightens this October

Here's how to find Comet Lemmon in October's night sky.

www.space.com

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VintageSilvertones.com @vintagesilvertones.bsky.social · 20h

Another day w/not enough hours in it...for those not in NYC, here's the Gretsch Guitar Factory building at 60 Broadway, Williamsburg Brooklyn.

There's several of these grey buildings that were once full of Gretsch factory workers building guitars, drums, etc.

www.vintagesilvertones.com

#Gretsch

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Helen Mask 🔜 Seattle oddities🔜Pdx oddities 🔜kumoricon @hemask.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Helen, A freelance Illustrator inspired by art nouveau. I love mythology and folklore, dark creepy things, and Queer love.

I'd love to work on more TTRPG, Book covers/comic book covers, Posters, packaging illustration

Portfolio: helenmask.com
📧 [email protected]

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan

Star Trek TOS art, featuring floating heads of Kirk, Spock, and Bones.

Poster for Blade Runner, featuring floating heads of the characters.

Poster for Back to the Future Part II, with Doc and Marty both lifting shades to look at their watches with the Delorean nearby.

Poster for ET, with ET in the woods reaching for a floating UFO, with the lights of a city grid in the background.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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Pumpkin Appreciator @miatadork.bsky.social · 1d

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Hyper Mega Bummer Boy @neveronbrand.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite Hollywood stories is how Drew Struzan created the legendary poster for The Thing basically overnight, after being given absolutely no info or material from the movie aside from the longline.

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Ratatosk the Norse Squirrel God™️ @ratatosk.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #SquirrelAwarenessMonth and #HalloweenNeedsSquirrels!
🎃🐿️

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 1d

Red birds enjoy the spotlight.
Northern Cardinal 🪶

A red cardinal laughs from the top of a feeder

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

www.404media.co

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 1d

After complaints about Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1797) being entirely devoid of punctuation, in future editions the eccentric businessman supplied a supplemental page so that people “may peper and solt as they please”: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dexter-pickle

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 1d

#NJ
Last day to register to vote!

www.nj.gov/state/electi...

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 1d

New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: If you're not using ad blockers, you should be!

In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.

Why ad blockers are a top security and privacy defense for everyone

Ad blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use.

this.weekinsecurity.com

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

Schwinn’s Futuristic Aero-Space Concept Bicycle Design
ca. 1960s

Illustration of a futuristic-looking bicycle, with aerodynamic windshield and a lot of straight lines.

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