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trying to escape the cone of uncertainty 🎶🎶🎶 manatee (IYKYK). Hiraeth & fernweh connoisseur. Wimsey-infatuated 🧐 social & fashion history ~ sighthounds En rafraîchir mon français🇫🇷 YNWA ⚽️ 🌻 To be wise, one might have stayed at home at Summer Street!
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💀 miscalex 🧛‍♀️🎃 @miscalex.bsky.social · 9d
Just going to alternate between pinning this one and Niyazov wiki until the grid shuts down, I guess
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 1d
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each
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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 11h
On this day in 1980, U2 released their debut studio album “Boy”

The “boy” on the cover (Peter Rowen) is now 51 years old and a celebrated photographer in Ireland.
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💀 miscalex 🧛‍♀️🎃 @miscalex.bsky.social · 7h
I have never been a flag waver, outside 1976. Not remotely. But man, that photo of the WH... maybe it's also the historian streak in me, or the metaphor, or timing. All of the above. Horrendous.

People should go down and stick their insurance premium increase comparisons on the construction fence.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10h
This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach
maddow.msnbc.com Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h
omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Alba Dawn @albadawn.bsky.social · 10h
The size of the ballroom dwarfs the WH by comparison—making it seem as though entertainment will supersede governing.
amberspeaks.bsky.social Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 10h
The last time “private donors” got involved, a luxury jet from Qatar turned into a U.S. military training deal on our soil.

Now we’re watching the White House itself go up for auction by donor influence.
Digital mock up of the new plans
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 10h
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · Apr 2
I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
B&W photo of a building facace Relief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 12h
Daylight Saving Time ends this year in less than thirteen days. Tell state and federal lawmakers to end DST permanently!
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💀 miscalex 🧛‍♀️🎃 @miscalex.bsky.social · 11h
Managed to stay off this site all day, too busy. Just popped in and this is likely the most popular GIF right now...
bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway
ALT: bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway
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Unremarkable Internet User @nostaticatall.bsky.social · 14h
“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.” --Don DeLillo
mattdpearce.com Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 18h
Looking for some grounding after the Charlie Kirk assassination, I picked up DeLillo’s “Underworld,” but didn’t find quite the book I had set out to look for, but something better.

mattdpearce.substack.com/p/writers-an...
Over the years I've grown increasingly hostile to the constricted perspectives lone gunmen force on our lines of vision. Not through the necessary reporting of journalistic fact, but the hostage-like role of the media consumer encountering the work product of attention-hijackers across all platforms. Video of a famous person getting shot says — what, exactly? Have I become wiser by encountering snuff footage and the shooter's shitty little ironic manifestos? When did nihilists start doing so much growth marketing?
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.

The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
theferocity.bsky.social Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
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fae⁷ @onthistangent.bsky.social · 1d
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
exwife-of-frankenstein on tumblr: Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. This app only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call. #IM GOING INSANE #NOTHING WORKS NOTHING
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d
A full-throated hell yeah to this sentiment

www.gravityisgone.com/i-wanted-my-...
“At this moment, it's more important than ever to show up, and I want to show my girls that protest and standing up for what you believe in is an American right," one DoD employee said. "My mental health has been in the gutter for a while in large part due to everything that's going on in the federal government, both as an employee and just generally, and going to the protests is very life-affirming and makes me feel less alone.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
sethcotlar.bsky.social Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
StatesmanJournal.com SERVING SALEM, KEIZER AND THE MID-VALLEY "If you don't say anything, you're accepting it." Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident OUT OF MY LOUR WALLET CHOICES LIMIT GOVERNMENT Oregon Taxpayers United FREEDOM gat TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol. Protesters slam Fed spending Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR. Statesman Journal Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation. Oregon State Police estimated more SCRAP THE CODE than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people. The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it." Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months. Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest. West Salem resident Steve Albin said he came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers. "They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim See Protest, 2A Inside Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A • ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.
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💀 miscalex 🧛‍♀️🎃 @miscalex.bsky.social · 1d
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savestandard.bsky.social Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 1d
Only two more weeks of Daylight Saving Time this year.
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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d
jesus christ, man
johnismay.bsky.social John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 1d
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 2d
Mouvement « No Kings » face à Donald Trump : des manifestations joyeuses, massives mais un aveu d’impuissance
Mouvement « No Kings » face à Donald Trump : des manifestations joyeuses, massives mais un aveu d’impuissance
Sept millions de participants, selon les organisateurs, ont défilé samedi lors de 2 600 rassemblements à travers les Etats-Unis pour protester contre les dérives du président républicain.
www.lemonde.fr
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2d
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2d
Of ten young voters who spoke to The Irish Times, two said they wouldn’t vote. One said the Irish language was not important and did not indicate how he might vote.

The seven remaining said they were voting, or leaning towards voting, for Connolly, all citing her ability to speak Irish as a factor.
Photo by Nick Bradshaw of Dearbhla Sacoman at An Cumann Gaelach in Trinity illustrating a report by Kitty Holland on the importance of the President having an ability to speak Irish
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Eva Heinz @evaheinz7.bsky.social · 2d
The linked course is an incredibly well-written, clear explanation of how LLMs work and outlines really thoughtfully what the can, and can't, do. Recommended read for absolutely everyone out there. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d
So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

It’s what I do all day long.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 2d
English embroiderer and Pre-Raphaelite artist's model Jane Morris was born #OnThisDay in 1849. It is believed that the embroidery of intertwined floral sprays for this c. 1878 blue silk bag with a metal mount was designed and worked by Morris. V&A collection. #fashionhistory
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 1d
Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d
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Cringe “implies a kind of naïveté that so often gets coded as feminine,” wrote the New York Times columnist Lydia Polgreen, “a silly belief that human beings, through sincere effort, might actually improve themselves and the world.” Such a belief might seem uncool. But it can be a powerful tool with which to cut through the nihilism of Trump and those around him, which draws its power from its insincerity, its refusal to distinguish between truth and falsehood, its willingness to mock and degrade previously treasured beliefs. As one protest sign put it at a demonstration early in Trump’s second term: BE CRINGE. SHIT MATTERS.
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 2d
I think this moment of people feeling nervous about something and doing it anyway could prove quite liberating and profound
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d
My mother-in-law was nervous about wearing her #NoKings gear to the airport for her flight this morning, but she got *lots* of compliments. Even the TSA agent told her, "I like your shirt."
My mother in-law, wearing a "We the People" shirt at the airport, standing near an American flag.
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