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C. Boghead Auder

@cbauder.bsky.social

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Paper- and digital collage, no AI. Poetry, prose, essays & hybrid stuff. Wildlife & climate. Small but furious. Still masking, still persisting. 🅥 cbauder.com

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C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · Nov 3

We really need to start having conversations about Typhoid Mary. She wasn't a fictional character for god's sake.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1h

"The book is called, Read This When Things Fall Apart. I read it when things fell apart. It cradled me when I fell apart ... This book will have wisdom for you. May it hold you the way it held me."

I Read This When Things Fell Apart and You Should, Too

You don’t have to be an organizer or activist to read this book. It will have wisdom for you.

whogivesafocal.ghost.io

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 1d

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 6h

A yellow rosella having an early morning drink at Lake Hattah.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 15h

COVID-19 Risks for Patients with Chronic Liver Disease.

People with chronic liver disease (CLD) face higher risks from COVID-19. Studies show 20–65% develop liver test abnormalities during infection — linked to more severe illness and poorer recovery.

COVID-19 Risks for Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Discover a study showing how COVID-19 affects people with chronic liver disease, highlighting the importance of vaccination.

www.emjreviews.com

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 16h

Well it was an ordeal, first getting denied at CVS then trying to find anywhere that had novavax and then appointments booked out a week, but I FINALLY got my covid shot.

If anyone is still looking for the novavax booster, Costco has it.

My upper arm with a squid and whale battle tattoo and a bandage across the whale's eye where I got the shot

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C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 19h

the DSCC can go to hell. goddamn Gillibrand, goddamn Kelly, and goddamn Adam goddamn Schiff. i am SO ANGRY at these fucking shitheads 😡

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 22h

finally made the dental appt 😣 💸💸💸

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love your newsletter! 🥰

C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 1d

If it's a manual toothbrush you're in trouble 👀🎃

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

Happy, happy pub day, Amber!!!!

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d

My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

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C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 1d

This is such an excellent breakdown. Easy-to-understand graphics so that people can explain things to friends 🎯

Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 2d

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here.’ The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike @mike.perham.net · 1d

One thing I haven’t seen reported about the ICE building protest: they have 10-20 costumes on a rack that anyone is free to use. Put it on, inflate it and protest!

C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 1d

👀 shut the front door

Olivia Gaines, Author @ogaines.com · 1d

Yes, pine cones can act as natural barometers to predict rain because their scales open in dry, sunny weather and close in humid conditions or when rain is approaching. This is a natural mechanism to help with seed dispersal; cones open to allow wind to carry seeds when it's dry.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 6d

Good time to share this again. You can make these yourself BUT I also just make them too. It's a label sheet with 72 little tiny 100% human made labels on it. They're $2 a sheet and I'll make you as many sheets as you want: shop.aimeecozza.com/product/100-...

A hand with a tiny black and white sticker on the finger that says "100% human made, no AI used" with a sheet of them behind it.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 6d

As usual, Tennessee Holler lifts video without crediting creator. No location or date. No ID of person shot in the head w/less lethals. All findable!

By removing context, Tennessee Holler damages activism and makes misinfo more likely.

For 3.3k Likes!

Don't share @thetnholler.bsky.social posts!

The Tennessee Holler

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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

vertical video of a minister looking up and talking to ICE agents on the roof of the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 2d

Monday vibes? Milo climbed into the pizza box 🍕

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

I've put a few new drawings up at
www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

There are also badges, prints and a zine at
www.tomgauld.com/shop

A pen and ink drawing.
Panel One:
A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room.
A voice offstage says
"You can't survive on books alone"
The woman replies
"Maybe I can!"

Panel Two:
"How?" asks the voice
"I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman

Panel Three:
Caption: However
The book is filled with yet more books.
A skull sits on the chair. It says
"I regret nothing!"

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 1d

Check out what @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is up to!

Guaranteed to be full of cozy vibes and gorgeous words! What more could you want on a frosty October evening?

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 2d

Good news, everyone! Literary Namjooning's first ever flash reading and open mic's happening soon! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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C. Boghead Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · 2d

the two sitting on top reading! 🥰

J || Vampire Pyramid Scheme 🦇 🏳️‍⚧️ | ✨ Get Me My Coffin, Louis✨ @vampirepyramid.bsky.social · 3d

Went to see a tiny library about a ghost infestation.

So flippin cute. 👻

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Amie Souza Reilly @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social · 2d

still hard for me to not be awkward when people say nice things

here is my bff saying nice things about the nice things Irene Cooper wrote about H/A for in the Los Angeles Review 🥰

Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with most of this glowing review of @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social's excellent book "Human/Animal" EXCEPT that I think it would make a better prestige drama for HBO rather than Netflix slop.

In all seriousness: read the review and read the book:

losangelesreview.org/human-animal...

Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays by Amie Souza Reilly Review by Irene Cooper - The Los Angeles Review

Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays by Amie Souza Reilly Review by Irene Cooper Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Publication Date: 4/22/2025 ISBN: 9781771126809 Pages: Illustrated | 194 page...

losangelesreview.org

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