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Proctor studio @proctorstudio.bsky.social · 19h

Susanna and the elders.

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 11h

Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my Red Bull and cigs

Chente @chente.bsky.social · 17h

Going on a ghost tour for my birthday. I hope I see a ghost.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 17h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 20h

Wow!

A fella saying “wow” while another fella pops their head in

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 1d

starting a new job this week. it will be nice to have a paycheck, but at what cost?

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 3d

Night transmission.

A landscape with stars, mountains, and a radio tower broadcasting into the night.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

What To Know About NSPM-7 https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-nspm-7/

Q: How does the order define anti-American?

A: They can’t tell you. That would ruin the surprise.

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 5d

*groaning*

Saul M. Nella, your friendly neighborhood bacteria.

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 7d

When the birdseed doesn’t have sunflower seeds.

A lil red bird on a branch saying, “cheap.”

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 8d

Propagating…

Chente @chente.bsky.social · 8d

about to get ActivityPub pilled

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 9d

It’s still the weekend

Did you really think we'd forget your birthday?
Come on, [first-name], we could never forget you! <3
Enjoy 50% off one service during your birthday

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 10d

I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 11d

I wrote a story about feeding and watching the birds in my backyard. hmmburger.com/bites/tempor...

Temporada - hmmburger.com

A change in stillness.

hmmburger.com

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Brandon S. @brandonsart.bsky.social · 12d

The Founding of Tenochtitlan

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 12d

Keep telling myself this.

A fella telling another fella, “no more phone…”

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13d

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

The Verge @theverge.com · 16d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

buff.ly

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hmmburger @hmmburger.com · 14d

Finally, a place to put these drawings. 🥪https://hmmburger.com/napkins/93025

hmmburger.com - a place between here and there

A place between here and there

hmmburger.com

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Chente @chente.bsky.social · 15d

Thinking about touching grass.

A fella laying on the grass with their friend the Sun.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · May 20

on destroying the internet

when i talk about "destroying the internet" i guess it should be read in concert with the comparison to iconoclasm, which did not destroy images entirely, but attacked images *in specific contexts* to argue their presence there was unnecessary or harmful.

similarly, my ultimate desire would be to "destroy" the internet by changing the shape of it: a general end to ubiquitous computing, for instance, with the understanding that while connection and communication is good, yes, great, there are places where computers and the internet do not need to be, or even places where they should not ever be.

as someone who's been online for a while, i've seen the shape of the internet change a ton, and i know it's going to change again. in fact, i think the primary appeal of the internet to the capitalist class is how quickly it can be changed, how quickly it can be made to move, how many situations where access to it can be made compulsory, and how significantly your life is impacted if something happens to even one of three or four websites.

so if i say "destroy the internet" i say it with the knowledge it will certainly be destroyed, is already right now being destroyed, regardless of what we do, because profit can be extracted when they shake their ant farms and wait for us to generate more culture in the ruin.

but i think there's a utopian horizon somewhere in there, because the protean nature of the internet also means *this doesn't have to be* what the internet is, and *this doesn't have to be* how we live on it.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18d

what anil said. also, two things are true:

1. america has a horrific, brutal facist and authoritarian tradition which has prepared for this moment;
2. that is not the only american tradition, and pretending it is helps the fascists.

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 18d

Lots of folks want to have a gotcha, "did you know: America has always had corruption!" No shit. But did you know: a huge reason millions of people came to this country was because it was *better* at things like the rule of law and not being openly corrupt. For real. bsky.app/profile/anil...

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 18d

sure, sure, I get that this is the "savvy" take. But no, actually, you didn't have the mayor of the largest city in the country openly bargaining away obvious crimes with the president of the United States in plain view of everyone.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

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