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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · 2d

Adam made me realize something: Sora is pulling a reverse Uber. Uber, for all of its faults, made a taxi service that doesn't own any cars. Sora is trying to replace an app (tiktok) that doesn't spend anything to make videos with an app that does.

Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 3d

Sora proves the AI bubble is going to burst.

Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/55Z4cg5Fyu4

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 4d

THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 9:00 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie meowing at the camera with her little pink, toothless mouth open looking like the cutest lil gremlin. The words art show are written in sloppy digital crayon above and below her face.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 9d

In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning

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Sara Ghaleb @saraghaleb.bsky.social · Sep 20

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Haskell programming language @haskell.org · Sep 18

There is no thriving #Haskell community without its members of the LGBT community, and on that there cannot be any compromise.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Sep 11

NEW: Arkansas announced plans for a mega prison in a rural town. Since then, locals are organizing to stop it.

At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country.

make time for this new feature, you won't regret it

The Prison Next Door - Bolts

How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered residents in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.

boltsmag.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Sep 5

some remarkable stuff happening in the Tucson region, don't miss it

this is a really interesting public official / local leader:

Bolts @boltsmag.org · Sep 4

South Tucson Mayor Roxy Valenzuela lives with her family at a motel that was purchased by a local soup kitchen and converted to affordable housing. It’s an act of solidarity with other residents, she says.

Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses

State intervention has led Tucson to ramp up sweeps and pass harsh new policies. Officials in the small town of South Tucson have emphasized support and services, even as they face blowback.

boltsmag.org

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · Aug 27

YES, YES

screenshot of an Aug. 14 post by me: "well well, looks like we found a ham sandwich a grand jury won't indict.

(Saving tyhis for if the DC sub guy walks.)

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Aug 24

Mr. Cuban, a skydiving Christian baby would like to have a word

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hypothetically. If complimenting trump meant that there would definitely be 2026 elections and the Dems would sweep Congress in a landslide , would you compliment Trump ?

Or, Is is that thought so abhorrent, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Even at the expense of staying the minority?

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · Aug 19

new Shaker

New Shaker

NEW SHAKER

www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...

The number of Shakers in the U.S. rises to 3

A new person has joined the last active Shaker community in the U.S, bringing the Christian, communal, and celibate group to a total of three. They once numbered in the thousands.

www.npr.org

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's a whole thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dt...

Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious

YouTube video by Louis Rossmann

www.youtube.com

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · Aug 8

Minneapolis folks!! Come to Utepils Brewing on Saturday, would love to see you there!

MinnMax @minnmax.com · Aug 7

Reminder MinnMax is hosting a summer community meetup at Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis from 12-5pm, we hope to see you there. Bring a friend! Learn more here - www.patreon.com/posts/let-us...

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Jul 31

I recently watched through all of Elementary (the Sherlock Holmes in America show), and they had an episode where the criminal fakes a death by fentanyl contact in order to profit from the subsequent police hysteria.

Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · Jul 31

The absolute wild misinformation that fentanyl has had in the populace must be studied

They have somehow perpetrated this absolute fictional representation on what this drug can do and how and it bewilders me that it is somehow allowed to be passed off as fact

Patrick Phillips - Live 5 News @patrickdotweb.bsky.social · Jul 29

VIDEO: Berkeley County deputy rescued after collapse from fentanyl exposure #chsnews

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 29

anyway i was about to write something like, “you cannot live in a free society and also forbid people from living where they would like to live” but it occurs to me that many, many americans do not want to live in a free society

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Jul 28

You don’t sell books by acknowledging that well known problems have a clear solution (nor do you get a PhD from analytical philosophers by acknowledging the existence of intellectual history)

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · Jul 21

Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Jul 25

I submitted a sketch of @hankgreen.bsky.social but it didn’t accept it 🙃

David Bisset @davidbisset.com · Jul 24

Why I 🧡 the web.

drawafish.com

Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

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Sean Rose the World’s Strongest @jabronisean.bsky.social · Jul 24

I don't like to speak badly of people. I have grown up thinking and being told that if you cannot say something nice about someone, you should not say anything at all. But I must break that rule in this case because I hate Hulk Hogan very much. He is a big ugly goon and I want to squash his face.

-Andre the Giant

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Jul 24

Josh Johnson should be the permanent host of the daily show no question

Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · Jul 21

This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday.

It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.

I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.

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EqualToHeaven @equaltoheaven.bsky.social · Jul 22

No one has mastered delivering factual information about current event so fluently in the style/format of tiktok and youtube shorts that it still pings the "assume this is unreliable" part of my brain quite like Dave (I mean this as a compliment).

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · Jul 22

Dear Jeff Bezos …

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columbo out of touch thursday @ootcolumbo.bsky.social · Jul 3

i want you to put the word out there that we back up

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Jul 1

Turning into a single issue voter for 2028, where the issue is which Democratic candidate will vow to nominate the most rabidly partisan, vengeful and hate-filled AG you can possibly imagine

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Jul 1

Zohran Mamdani officially wins the primary with 56% in round 3 of ranked choice tabulation. enr.boenyc.gov/rcv/026916_1...

BOE ranked choice tabulation table available at link

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