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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7h

Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption because Amazon’s problem took down dozens of major online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal. https://to.pbs.org/3KSdvSG

What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage

Internet disruptions tied to Amazon's cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for work, social media and video games.

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 8h

reference librarian roleplay assignment actually making me love homework don't tell anyone

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 9h

heat in my building turned on mere spiritual milliseconds after the last too-hot day... please

gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 11h

*fires up youtube to mp3 converter* let's go girls

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betsymendelsohn.bsky.social @betsymendelsohn.bsky.social · 2d

Here's awesome trans art from today's DC #NoKings

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 1d

My St. Patrick's Day

Dark Entries Records @darkentries.bsky.social · 1d

Happy heavenly birthday to Patrick Cowley who should be 75 years old today. To celebrate we’ve collected 10 tracks of pure, uncut Cowley: sultry, psychedelic, sarcastic, and just a bit sleazy. Hard Ware is another crucial document of a tremendous talent taken too soon. patrickcowley.bandcamp.com

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 1d

mariners FIGHTINGGGGG

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 1d

Still pretty slow-going. Pls donate!

Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 3d

Refaat Alareer’s family is struggling. They returned to find their home demolished. If you have quoted a line from his poetry, retweeted something, or mourned his death, please support his family today. chuffed.org/project/1093...

Helping the Al-Areer family survive atrocities

Dear compassionate souls,

chuffed.org

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 1d

please.... i need the coolio READ poster

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 3d

vanity plate-havers: the ever-giving source for supplemental dating app prof pics 🫡

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naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · 4d

Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 4d

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 5d

A proper book tour needs a proper tour t-shirt. This beauty will be available exclusively at some of our live shows, including at The Bell House in Brooklyn on October 28th!

Find us on tour:

www.lifeaftercars.com

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 5d

any sentence that starts with "margaret thatcher said," 😵‍💫🫣🧐 girl lmfao

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

MacCALLUM: Margaret Thatcher said socialism is great until you run out of other people's money

MAMDANI: Well, what Andrew Cuomo said is that if you have $957m you give it to Elon Musk in tax credits

gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 5d

turning on the game in the top of the 7th after getting out of class? i love to be in the thick of it

gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 5d

holy shit Toronto coming back with a vengeance against Seattle tn

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 5d

Join us for a workshop led by Dean Spade, "Sticking Together in Tough Times" on Nov. 8 online.

This workshop benefits Wesam Water Project, a collaboration with/Wesam Hussam Mezher, a young boy from Gaza, to provide clean drinking water to families in the Gaza Strip.

chuffed.org/project/1424...

workshops for gaza
Dean Spade: Sticking Together in Tough Times
nov. 8, 2025
1pm ET
virtual on zoom

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 5d

happy belated

RiotDad @riotdad.bsky.social · 6d

Happy throw a pie in the face of a big day friends.

Images of black-and-white photo depicting Anita Bryant‘s face covered in whipped cream and pie crust. Text reads;

TODAY IN GAY HISTORY
ANITA BRYANT GETS PIED, OCTOBER 14, 1977
While speaking at a press conference, notorious anti-gay activist and singer Anita Bryant was hit in the face with a pie by gay rights activist Thom Higgins. Bryant was known for leading the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal gay rights laws.

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naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · 5d

At Tate Modern, a Sámi Artist Invites Us to Rethink Our Place in Nature share.google/NfJ2qdGAwZLb...

At Tate Modern, a Sámi Artist Invites Us to Rethink Our Place in Nature

Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara’s Tate Modern installation in London uses reindeer hides, scent, and sound to probe our relationship with nature.

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 5d

rip D'Angelo 😭

gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 7d

bespoke halloween decoration maker at ur service

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 9d

seems useful

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 9d

and then the bernstein has a lot of succinct summaries of lots of writers i both have and have not read

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gid @fartgrantica.bsky.social · 9d

i like putting copies of the 1080 press newsletter into our zine library once i've read them, but i've bogarted several in recent months eisen-martin, dahlin, and kirby have been faves for a while (earliest to most recent)

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 11d

Flock is preparing to roll out a new feature: Its gunshot detection devices will begin listening for voices in “distress.” www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product

www.eff.org

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