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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 2h

I did enjoy it but the claustrophobia is real

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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, oh no

a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat

Alt: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat laughing and saying I'm in danger

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 2h

We obviously got dessert. The service was excellent, the food was above and beyond expectation, and the vibes were perfect. Just an incredible night all around

Orange sponge cake dessert that I can't remember the fancy name of

Side view of the chocolate mouse with his full badonk in view. We both ate at least some of that ass

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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 2h

So we went to Chef Dave's and I can't stress how good this place was for the price point. They also had a sidecar on the cocktail menu.

New England crab cakes with beer mustard aioli

Seared halibut with greens, wild mushrooms and miso broth

8 oz prime rib with horseradish mash, green beans and demi glace

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 7h

@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I have made “How to Report ICE” zines for many localities in the US. The SALUTE protocol is included and the LUCE hotline as well for MA. Zines are available in English and Spanish for Massachusetts.

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Hand holding black and white illustrated zine titled “How to Report ICE” in front of sunflowers

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

And you, governor, should stop providing state cops to police protesters for ICE at Broadview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 6h

anita bryant sucks oranges. may every bigot, reactionary, & queerphobe share her fate of irrelevancy & career death.

rot in piss, you awful ghoul.

black and white photo of protesters against Anita Bryant

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 1d

Reading Miss Majors Speaks was an incredibly moving experience last year. I can't recommend this book enough for those unfamiliar with her work.

Rest in peace 🖤

Miss Major Speaks Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 7h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 11h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 6h

Okay, today's the day! Reservation in 2 hours

Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 18d

Booked a dinner reservation for our anniversary in a couple weeks. It somehow had every time available and was the only day available for a week in either direction. I took it as a sign.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7h

Since last fall, sheriffs in MA have been accused of misusing campaign funds (funneling cash to their personal business, one sheriff purchased a $700 course to start a podcast), drunken driving, and extorting a cannabis company, respectively. They have a $162M deficit on their $737.2M annual budget.

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 7h

My first thought as well

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 8h

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

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 8h

Free Link.

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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 7h

they don't make right wing freaks like this anymore, that pie would've put andy ngo into the ICU

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 7h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 12h

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 10h

i’m still so pissed off at whole “trans health care is bougie. designer pussy can only exist under capitalism” thing.

that’s something that has been thrown in my face by terfs who are familiar enough with leftist jargon. it’s a fucking lie!

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 10h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

A decade-long effort by immigration restrictionists to overturn Obama-era rules allowing the spouses of H-1B holders to legally work (people potentially here for decades while their spouse waits in employment visa backlogs) has now finally been put to bed.

Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 14h

The Supreme Court passed on a challenge to employment eligibility for spouses of H-1B visa holders.

The DC Circuit had upheld the lawfulness of work permits for H-4 dependent visa holders last year.

#H1Bvisa #immigration #tech

Justices Pass on Hearing Challenge to H-1B Spouses’ Work Permits

The US Supreme Court has declined to consider a bid by immigration opponents to invalidate employment authorization for spouses of certain temporary foreign workers in the US.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Lenée says #ProtectJhordin @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 1d

Black people suffer social or literal death when we say no. He wouldn’t kiss that white woman’s ass or make nice with her, so they banned him.

Piper @the-pied-piper.bsky.social · 1d

So, Łink is still banned? All the accounts we see catch bans and come back, and all the ones that mysteriously never get banned, but the one that stays banned is Łink?

Free Łink.

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bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 4d

We’re firing up the HONK Bike Bus again, on Halloween morn!

We need volunteers! If you’re local to #CambMa, click thru if you can tote a musician, lend a cargobike, help out with publicity or marshaling or whatever! Or just come out the morning of and cheer us on!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 13h

If you can't march, you can still call to say No Kings.

We got you 👉 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

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Dr. Sparklefairy @drsparklefairy.bsky.social · 11h

When in doubt, a good rule is shut the fuck up

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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🇵🇸 Elmira Mistress of the Dank ☭ @elmiramarx.bsky.social · 13h

Don't even need your first name Make up a name and that's your name for the day.

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