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stroObs : indy @strooooble.bsky.social · 19h

I was doing some gouache practice on stream today and this Red-Fronted Macaw turned out nicely. Painted for #streamink prompt 'Extinction' .. where this lovely bird is nearly hitting, sadly.

#art #macaw #gouache

Photo of an unfinished gouache painting, placed against a grey surface with brushes used to create it. The piece is of a Red-Fronted Macaw on a branch, against a turquoise and pink background.

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Seven of Sixty Nine @internetperson69.bsky.social · 1d

A picture of Ensign Ro from Star Trek TNG in front of a cloudy sky that's lit by a sunset in pinks, yellows and blues. Her expression is prickly, she's looking pointedly at someone with one eyebrow raised and her arms crossed. Her picture looks lo-res, with a color bleed around the edges. The caption is in a yellow Star Trek type font. Top text: "Respect my existence," bottom text: "or expect resistance"

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QuyetPawz - Mutual Aid @qpmutualaid.bsky.social · 2d

October 20 2025 #MutualAidThread!

See image or it's alt text for the rules.

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Mutual aid resources: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#HelpSky #MABoost #FundSky #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 💕💸

Daily Mutual Aid Thread
Please respect this community, read and understand the rules before posting. Break the rules 3 times & you will be blocked.
1. Post only one post per day.
Do not update on the thread.
2. Accessibility! Images must have alt text. Videos must have captions.
3. Media shouldn't be graphic or show a person or animal suffering.
4. Quote Post and like the thread to tell others about it.
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AT LEAST 5 other people's posts.

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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 2d

People who tell me “You’re an extreme case, we’re not talking about you” when it comes to disability benefits…

I don’t care.

When you come for one disabled person, you come for us all.

I’m not as selfish as you to do the “Oh I’m alright then”.
I actually care about others.

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 5d

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𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪 ☾🔞🏳️‍⚧️ @w0lfertinger666.bsky.social · 5d

the mouse store.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is bad but also if you are an adult born between 1970 and 1990 you should consider getting the MMR as you were probably not vaccinated against all three infections

Yesterday I booked an MMR jab after realising I lived abroad for the first two years of my life so wouldn't have had any jabs

Sky News @news.sky.com · Aug 28

None of main childhood vaccine uptake targets reached in England - as MMR uptake hits 15-year low

None of the main childhood vaccines in England reached their uptake targets in 2024/25, new figures have revealed.

news.sky.com

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Apr 4

Bleh.

Anyways.

Another sketchbook comic. 4 panels

P1: title panel. FORK + FROG. beside each word, a lil fork and a lil frog

P2: The fork and frog begin to magically combine into--

P3: FORG. The frog just has the fork strapped to their back

P4: Forg stands in front of a raging fire, backlit and facing us.

In all lower case the text "burn it all down"

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Not The Brain @notthebrain.bsky.social · 13d

thebouncingspoons.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/s...

Stolen from me

I’ve been wondering where my drive and motivation went. Baffled as to why I used to have it and now I don’t, haven’t for years. But, it went at the end of 2018. After sexual assau…

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15d

if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 15d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Not The Brain @notthebrain.bsky.social · 16d

I don't know how much longer I'm going to bother with this site

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

Really quite bad that it *appears* that @jay.bsky.team wsnted someone banned because she found him annoying and had @support.bsky.team invent a completely Orwellian excuse based on a nonsense reading of his BSky posts

This is the kind of behavior we expect from the Twitter leadership ….

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 16d

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 16d

A painting of a bird beside the text "where in the fuck is your brain"

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Not The Brain @notthebrain.bsky.social · 16d

Had a nice break away from reality for the weekend.
Today has been miserable

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 16d

A perfect Squirrel of the Day for October 6, 2025 #sqrlpix
(that paw tuck! 12/10)

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 16d

The number of parents who gasped when we told them no, we could not tell them what their kids checked out because their kids have a right to privacy!

We offered “one book cards” to kids whose parents wouldn’t agree to let them have a card. They could take out a book at a time. The FURY.

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 16d

My feelings about Banned Books Week are that no indeedy parents do NOT have the right to decide what their own children read, because children are human beings with the right to dignity and privacy.

Agreeing w the parents rights premise shifts the Overton window in the wrong ass direction.

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Sawn Bones KC @seanjones.org · 16d

If you keep voting for politicians who want to cut public services and roll back human rights, eventually you end up desperate but powerless because if you so much as squeak in protest the government is free to do what it wants to you.

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 19d

Medieval sandal, from 14th century, found preserved in vultures nest on a cliff in southern Spain, a rough sandal woven from grasses and twigs

I'm not saying that vultures might also steal single socks from your laundry basket, but y'know...?

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18d

"just upload a scanned image of your drivers license no big deal"

The Verge @theverge.com · 18d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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Not The Brain @notthebrain.bsky.social · 18d

Someone in front of me has loads of patches on their jacket, including ones of dinosaur skulls. I've ID'd all of them #MigbtBeANerd

Not The Brain @notthebrain.bsky.social · 19d

Is the embodiment of anxiety, panic, hyper vigilance, stupidity, crying at stupid things and wanting to crawl into myself and disappear

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 19d

This is partly my point - Get involved in local activism. Help work to notify activists in your area of ICE patrols. Build community outreach programs. There is a TON to be done between the binaries of boycotting & physical violence - its just hard for us to imagine it because we aren't show in.

𝓡𝓸𝓻𝔂 🏳️‍⚧️ @supadeviljuice.bsky.social · 19d

Well I don't know what else would be working besides violence in this case.
Just denouncing these things won't make them stop. Showing people how horrible companies are, doesn't make them stop. So the ONLY thing people can do besides literally trashing places that these companies own is not pay.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 20d

We need heroes. People to respect and emulate. People who inspire us to do our best and be our best. Jane Goodall was a hero, and she will remain one.

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Kool Karyn @koolkaryn.bsky.social · 20d

Jane Goodall spent her life advocating for the humane treatment of people and animals.

What a lady! What a human!
Priceless! She will be missed. 💔😢💙

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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 20d

Jane Goodall didn’t just change how we see animals. She changed how we see ourselves.
Amid government shutdowns and attempts at silencing, her lesson feels urgent: what we do matters.

In the Footsteps of Jane Goodall

Science, compassion, and courage in an age of government shutdowns and silencing.

www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 20d

🕯️🦍 Jane Goodall, you showed us that animals are not objects but kin—feeling, thinking, loving beings. Through your courage and compassion, you taught the world to protect life with reverence. May your spirit forever roam the forests you cherished, guiding us to live with care and hope.

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