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Pittsburgh graffiti @pghgraffiti.bsky.social · 1d

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🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 2d

Let me go on the record: as much money I have, whatever I can spare, I will ALWAYS want the extra to go to feed children

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"Do you really want your tax dollars going to feed someone else's kids??"
Yes! 1000% yes, 1 want my taxes to help feed hungry kids. WTF is wrong with people?

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

“The attacks on transgender Americans are not happening in isolation,” former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management Shawn Skelly told me. “They’re a test run for dismantling democracy itself.”

www.advocate.com/news/pentago...

Before ‘No Kings’ rally, ex-Pentagon official warns Trump’s anti-trans agenda threatens democracy

"Trans people are the canary in the coal mine, but the air is getting thin for everyone," former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness Shawn Skelly told The Advocate.

www.advocate.com

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🏳️‍🌈Ava Eery🏳️‍⚧️ @ava-eery.bsky.social · 4d

Talking statues? It's more likely than you think (Also realizing my catholic upbringing miiiiight be leaking into the book 😶🫠)
🏳️‍⚧️Along the River Phoria🏳️‍⚧️
Tapas: tapas.io/episode/3690...
Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/al...

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🏳️‍🌈Ava Eery🏳️‍⚧️ @ava-eery.bsky.social · 4d

New page of 🏳️‍⚧️Along The River Phoria🏳️‍⚧️ up!
Read the latest page: tapas.io/episode/3690...
OR, start from the beginning: tapas.io/episode/2641...
And on Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/al...

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✧𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.ruins.party · 6d

all anyone really wants is

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 10d

Lesbian graffiti, North Point State Park.

A graffiti covered wall. The words "I LOVE LESBIANS" are painted in yellow with black borders.

A graffiti covered wall. The words "LESBIAN LOVE FOREVER" are painted in yellow with black borders.

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 12d

Samuel Beckett is *cackling* in his grave. 😈

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 12d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14d

You need to fix this @cnn.com.

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 14d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 14d

* After canceling the show I worked for, they offered me an entry-level, off-air position at half my current salary. I declined. They say that counts as a "voluntary resignation," so I wasn't technically fired.

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 14d

Also weird: having my access to staff communications severed before they posted the announcement (apparently titled "In Appreciation Of Ashley Sterner").
Wish I felt appreciated.

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 14d

Still processing everything that's happened today.
I've never been fired* before. So it's all new.
Having my building access key canceled before I'd finished clearing out my desk was... weird.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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BEAVE @beaveinflow.bsky.social · 15d

When the universe casually drops a rainbow forcefield in your backyard like it’s no big deal.

Full rainbow stretching over my backyard pond view, with my cream golden retriever Tallulah trotting across the grass in front of the patio furniture.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 16d

Please, I beg you, no headlines that tell us what politicians "claim," with the facts in the article. Just say it's a lie.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 17d

Wow

Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 19d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 17d

Nobody listened (except me when I was charting my coverage map). But I loved it.

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 17d

I played songs (recorded on cassette from the real radio), did some talky talk, aired fake commercials.
I taped my show so I could broadcast it and wander around listening. I remember exactly how far the signal reached. Probably less than the equivalent of a city block.

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 17d

I had my first radio show when I was 9 years old.
My parents had a baby monitor for my baby sister, and I randomly discovered that you could hear it on an FM radio (at 94.1) (I spent a lot of time fiddling with radios as a kid).

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you so much for listening! I was in tears myself! 💖

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 18d

Today's the day. The final broadcast of 'On The Record' at WYPR. It has been an indescribable honor to co-host this radio show. Thank you so much for listening! 💖

'On the Record' signs off with reminisces and thanks

After more than nine years, On the Record signs off. Thank you to our listeners, and to everyone who trusted us with your ideas, stories and to amplify the work you do for Maryland, and for Baltimore.

www.wypr.org

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Mar 28

Teddy Grahams Breakfast Bears (1990-1992): Essentially a lower-sugar version of Teddy Grahams cookies (which had only debuted 2 years earlier) reformulated as a breakfast cereal. Nabisco promised that this cereal would stay crunchy in milk, and was bursting with "wholesome graham flavor." Here's a 🧵

A gray bowl filled with little teddy bear-shaped cereal pieces, floating in milk, with a metal spoon

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 18d

no they didn’t, that isn’t true

The Independent @the-independent.com · 18d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18d

I mean come the hell on…

The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Ashley Sterner @offairashley.bsky.social · 20d

Another fun conversation from the penultimate episode of On The Record on WYPR: animal mummies at the Walters! This topic was so much fun to explore & share. The exhibit just opened, so I haven't seen it in person yet... but I'll be stopping by soon. Maybe I'll see you there!

'Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt' at the Walters Art Museum

Millions of animals were mummified in ancient Egypt — cats, dogs, birds and more. Many are featured in 'Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt,' a new exhibit at the Walters Art Museum.

www.wypr.org

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