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i'm a prospective writer! some of my likes: video games, small dogs, the history of the ottoman empire and historiography more generally, as well as socialism. living on Treaty 6

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meissnerd.bsky.social @meissnerd.bsky.social · Oct 18

a year ago i made a small twine game about a rat coming of age ceremony. i'd be delighted if you played it and let me know what you thought!

meissnerd.itch.io/a-rat-is-named

A Rat is Named by meissnerd

A small twine game to showcase my familiarity with branching story pathing. Cover image by Matt Seymour

meissnerd.itch.io

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 8h

Prepare your defenses because the Siege Update is coming to Dwarf Fortress on November 3rd! 🏹

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Ottoman and Turkish Studies Vienna @turkishstudies.bsky.social · 7h

We are delighted to present the latest Atlas-Blog contribution. Atlas is a platform for scholarly discussions on Armeno-Turkish manuscripts and prints.

"Reading Persian Advice Literature in Armeno-Turkish: Some Notes on the ‘Pearl-Adorned Pendnāme’" by Tobias Sick

atlas.univie.ac.at?p=488

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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🎃🎀 Nagoriyuki’s Wife🍙👻 @ultineet.com · 13h

Daily Nagoriyuki 16102025
#dailynago #ggst

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 1d

I follow a Norwegian lighthouse keeper named Paal Bjørndal whose whole bit is sharing profound things that are inaudible due to high winds. I love the internet.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

An 8th-century Quran manuscript being restored in Egypt. Considered one of the oldest surviving Quran manuscripts, it has 1087 leaves weighting around 80kg, each made of one entire animal’s skin.

A guy looking through the Quran

Sorta looks like your grandma looking through a large Betty crocker recipe book

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jake-o-lantern 🎃 @baronduki.bsky.social · 1d

wii fit 🌴

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JAV Titles @jav.scd.lol · 1d

Privacy FUCKERS 2

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meissnerd.bsky.social @meissnerd.bsky.social · 1d

they should give Algeria custodianship over France until they figure out what's going on over there

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 1d

Update: just sent $450 to the family because they’re in dire straits— about $500 remains to be able to clear them and keep their housing secure.

Please help 😭

#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

Mark Carney shows contempt for all Canadians by excluding the press from foreign trips. He needs to apologize and make amends for this, and be shown he’s a democratic head of government not the chief executive of Canada Inc.

Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 1d

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Beatrice Mckinsey @oroboro.itch.io · 1d

I'm so excited to finally share the cover art for my debut novel, Fractures Between!

Huge thanks to @karevalgon.bsky.social for her fantastic artwork, and thanks to @lyricdesigns.bsky.social for the titling.

#lesfic #sapphicromance #sapphicfiction #sapphfic #wlw #romancenovels #queerromancesd

Picture of a book cover. The title reads "Fractures Between." The Author reads "Beatrice Mckinsey."

The cover depicts two women sitting back to back, a jagged white line separating them. The woman on the left is white, has long dark hair and glasses, and sits alone in a darkened wood. The woman on the right is white, has short red hair, and sits alone at the side of of a lake, during a Sunset. Their fingers cross the white lines and intertwine with each other, implying that they're reaching out for each other across a split in realities.

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meissnerd.bsky.social @meissnerd.bsky.social · 2d

hippomancy clears astrology, i'm afraid

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meissnerd.bsky.social @meissnerd.bsky.social · 2d

caves of qud is like sticking your head in an aquarium of water and algae and realizing you can breathe

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 2d

authoritarianism is the funniest ism by far. whats the ideology? the people in charge are the ones who are in charge? please say more

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Lady Aranea @ladyaranea.bsky.social · 2d

It's honestly terrifying how many people think Corbyn is relevant in this discussion at all. He's not in the Green Party. He's dramatically failed to start his own new party, siding with transphobic landlords over the left.

onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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AbleToPlay | Find Accessible Games! @abletoplay.com · 3d

Explore a vibrant Mesoamerican world in Arco by @arcogamedev.bsky.social featuring three branching stories! Accessibility includes subtitles with backgrounds, dialogue choices, aim assist, contextual outlines, and countless ways to play! And yes, there’s llamas. Don’t forget the accessibi-llamas. 🦙

A desert under a bright blue sky with a man in a red cape and his llama in the center.

In-game subtitles and dialogue choices. Tizo has to decide between waving, ignoring, or grabbing his arco.

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 2d

✴️Sea urchins have illuminated fertilization 🧫, early cleavage divisions 🔬, and gene regulation in embryonic patterning 🧬. A classic marine model that shaped our understanding of cell fate and axis formation. 📸 Image by Laurent Formery #ModelMonday #DevBio

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 2d

Imagine, you are buzzing after the last sip of your third Kim Crawford sauvignon blanc. You just met a lovely retiree whose daughter-in-law is going to phone you about the condo in Hallandale. You walk up to my tent, I smile at you. I have Golgotha loaded up in Classic.

Cold email from marketer:
"Good morning Jason, are you or Brian Bucklew the right person to speak with about influencer partnerships?

We recently signed on as the exclusive influencer partner for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, activating creators across 35 of their events."

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Bartleby Crumbford @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 2d

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

PHILOMENA CUNK: It was actually illegal in England for The Obese to be employed in the film business until 1983. Why do you think that was?
JIMINY GLICK: [ignoring question, high pitched voice] Have you ever noticed how lesbians and British women dress the same? [sudden low pitch] Why is that?

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meissnerd.bsky.social @meissnerd.bsky.social · 2d

okay damn, and i thought his looks in Foundation were amazing

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 2d

they should make another star trek as good as ds9

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 3d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 3d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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