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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies

@hipstersasquatch.bsky.social

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I was into eating pine cones BEFORE it was popular... Frenemies with the Babadork. Nonbinary. I use any animate pronouns. Crazy for bad movies and forgotten cultural ephemera. May be found prowling used book and periodical sales.

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 9d

Since Trump's administration really seems to be trying to push the idea that antifa is an org, not simply being anti-fascist, I have a suggestion:

Switch out your black bloc's uniform for GOLD. Have members all dress in matching metallic gold outfits, same type they otherwise would be, just gold.

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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 11h

To the many people who say “I’ll mask or stay home if I’m sick, but you’re CRAZY if you want me to mask regularly, & btw I haven’t even been sick in years”… yeah you have, & you probably spread it to a bunch of other people, some of whom, statistically speaking, lost their lives as they knew them

Graphic from Yale School of Public Health:

49% OF COVID INFECTIONS
ARE ASYMPTOMATIC,
which means you may not know if you are actually sick. This is why it's important to take a multilayered approach (one or more of the following) to protect yourselves and others:
N95 and
KN95 masks
HEPA air filtration
Good ventilation (carbon dioxide <800 parts per million)
Up-to-date vaccinations
Rapid tests before gathering
Attention to wastewater levels of COVID-19

Yale SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Sources: The Lancet Regional Health, CDC

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism

Had the Aztecs and Incas shown a bit more interest in the world surrounding them - and had they known what the Spaniards had done to their neighbours - they might have resisted the Spanish conquest more keenly and successfully.

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 8h

Spoiler: No it won't

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Jul 6

The only guy who hears "I read 100 books a day using AI" and thinks wow that dude is smart, is a guy who *also* is also just as functionally illiterate.

It's amazing, to anyone else saying that is a huge red flag but like toxoplasmosa and rats it attracts the biggest fucking losers you've ever seen

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katjr @katjr.feywilds.art · 9h

I’ve lost friends over masking or not masking and tbh it’s very baffling how mad people get about masking.
Masking in hospitals or clinics: why do you WANT other people’s germs?
Masking on mass transit: again, why do you want people’s germs?

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 20h

A pokemon hoot hoot looking back at viewer while facing a legendary "are you fucking kidding me"

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 11h

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 8h

These guys love eating silverfish.

Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 8h

Seeing how far they can crawl across the ceiling before they fall is their favorite thing to do when bored, in my experience.

Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 8h

They do love being in the worst damn places, and also staying damp.

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 8h

The one good thing about forced air heating in winter is that the ambient humidity finally drops low enough that for most part they retreat to the basement until spring.

Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 8h

YES
They're harmless, supposed to be beneficial, and a local surplus of spiders and ants, plus a wooded property, is probably why there are so many around my home, but they still make my skin crawl so strongly that it feels like it's trying to run away without me.

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in over 30 years, there are actually some really good new antibacterial options coming through the pipeline. That's why we need to keep investing in publicly funded research to fight antibacterial resistance.

Drug-resistant superbugs' spread surging, World Health Organization warns

The WHO warned that antibiotic-resistant infections are surging, with one in six cases resistant in 2023.

www.newson6.com

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 8h

Once in Korea we went to a bar whose thing was music videos on big screens all around the room. They put on “Untitled (How Does It Feel” and the room fell dead silent. A lot of patrons were seeing it for the first time. When it ended a dude in this group of men said quietly, “he must work out”

RIP

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 11h

Predictably, even the white house said taking Trump off his statins was not gonna happen. They need their golden calf to keep ticking.

www.alternet.org/idiotic-hot-...

White House shuts down MAHA doc's 'idiotic' cure for Trump's 'dementia' and 'cankles'

A fringe British cardiologist who advises U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims to know why Preisdent Donald Trump has allegedly been suffering from "dementia" and s...

www.alternet.org

Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 11h

Well THAT can't be legal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 11h

5 years?!

a man in a mario costume is making a funny face while wearing a red hat .

Alt: Animated gif of Bob Hoskins as Mario Mario, from the 1994 'Super Mario Bros.' movie, looking extremely perplexed as he is reduced to pixel dust. This digital effect was extremely expensive and time-consuming back then, which certainly did not help the extraordinarily troubled production of the film.

media.tenor.com

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 11h

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social · 11h

Saw @trungles.com tonight and he said he missed pigeonposting so here is my beautiful elder statesman on his roosting spot, still the most special boy in the world

Belzy the satinette pigeon sitting on a straw guinea pig hut

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

www.cnn.com

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 11h

Oh no, don't let Donald Trump stop taking the medications that are keeping him alive! We definitely don't want him to stop taking those!

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 14h

Feds have got until midnight tonight to take down the fence in front of the Broadview ICE facility, per a recent ruling from district judge LaShonda Hunt.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 14h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13h

The Supreme Court declined to review the case of a Colorado family that claims a school district talked to their child about her gender identity without permission. The family already lost their case at the federal district court and U.S. Court of Appeals levels. #copolitics

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14h

The moment when he starts giving his canned response and she goes “that’s such bullshit” lmao I have no idea who these ladies are but they rock

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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