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sudo pacman -S weasl-utils @zeitwolverine.mustelid.party · 9m

Sometimes, I just want to sit on a tree like this and forget about everything else.

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Popcorn Bitch on the Fujo Throne🔞 @popcornbitch.bsky.social · 4h

One thing that's irritating about the whole "Bright deadbeat dad" thing is that it obfuscates the far more interesting discussion of one of the themes of UC gundam, that is being a "important" and "great man" requires you to give up your human relationships

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 7h

You are in the tiny minority there, having that opinion. How do you square that with how people *treat* jury duty? Plus how the system implements jury duty (where even when called up, it is a strike against you to be honest and have any awareness of the world around you)?

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 8h

The establishment candidate of course lost the general. Maybe this is just how American politics is and it's better elsewhere... but I doubt it given that my only other points of reference seem as bad or worse.

I just don't know how to fix this problem. How to get people to care at all.

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 8h

Something dismally low anyway, maybe I'm exaggerating in my mind. Another time I was supporting a grassroots primary candidate at a union meeting, and teachers who were active union members sneered and condescended to us about how our candidate was not the right one for the moment

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 8h

The experience I cite constantly is canvassing for a city council by-election for a candidate that I truly believed in, and getting shouted at and the door shut in my face and all sorts of hostile reactions from people for merely informing them there was an election! IIRC final turnout was 13%

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 8h

I've also become somewhat disillusioned by the sheer amount that people Do Not Care about elections that will affect their lives personally. First-past-the-post and geography have made most of my high level votes meaningless, but for local office it's different... and yet people can't be bothered.

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 8h

Having gotten jury duty but not serving on the jury... hard to reconcile this with how much people Do Not Want To Be There and also how I got struck twice during selection because I dared to be honest about my biases instead of giving stock answers.

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 2d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 22h

Narrow, disconnected, door-zone bike lanes aren't good enough.

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 23h

If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).

3 people who appear to be two parents and a child wait for a light on their bikes. They’re riding on Bryant - a sidewalk level protected bikeway

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 23h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 17h

A four panel comic strip. An anthropomorphic wolf man runs into an office where three others are working at their desks. He says, "The fire marshal is coming for annual inspections!" In the next panel, a seated wolf is playing with a remote control airplane, and a smoke detector with an open battery compartment is mounted on the wall above him. The first wolf says "Put that 9 volt back in the smoke detector!" In the third panel, an anthropomorphic dog holds a power strip while standing next to a sculpture comprised of multiple power strips. The first wolf says "Hide your..."Daisy Chain Power Strip" sculpture!?" In the fourth panel, a bear proudly displays his t-shirt which reads "I love storing combustibles around radiators." The first wolf, in exasperation, yells "CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!"

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an actual dog @devtesla.bsky.social · 10h

and Petal Crash 2!! store.steampowered.com/app/4077390/...

Petal Crash 2 Demo on Steam

The freshest in arcade puzzle action blossoms again! Crash blocks together into dazzling chain reactions in a puzzle like no other - now completely refreshed with refined gameplay, arcade graphics, br...

store.steampowered.com

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🌲Pine🌲 @localhermlt.bsky.social · 21h

⛧ The caged beast ⛧

#digitalart #furryart #dragon

Digital drawing of a thin noodly tan and brown dragon looking very grumpy and cramped into a small golden cage covered in ivy. She has a soft muzzle on and is restrained by golden chains.

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 20h

Very cute art! Hope you continue drawing lots of great things :)

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ErickYanjiro @erickyanjiro.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks for the support you all given me lately,I'll be doing a raffle again for a free drawing, with 2 winners

To participate:
✅ Like and repost and follow me
☑ Optionally you can comment or send a message for an extra entry

The event will be until October 27th. Good luck to everyone. 😊

#babyfur

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Shane🏳️‍⚧️ (Commissions Open!) @shanehyena.bsky.social · 1d

Just a little guy!

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 2d

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return

Marker, colored pencil, and ink pen.
11 x 14in

Illustration of a green deer hugging a hare, with the hare is hugging a mouse. All three animals hugging form the silhouette outline of the deer.

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 1d

it’s that time of year again 🍂🍃

four simplistic drawings of a fluffy white dog rolling around in red, yellow, and orange leaves while exclaiming “leaf, leaf”

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Valerian @physicalbadger.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey I haven't been paying attention to who's been doing it but that's a different surgeon than the ones I knew about.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 1d

with mills explicitly being who schumer is getting behind in my state and zohran who he wants to avoid as much as possible, so many thoughts about this shit

first and foremost, when dems talk about "we need better messaging", this is what they mean: whatever the hot new marketing aesthetics is

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 1d

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🪐rai's sign of zeta @aftersune.neocities.org · 1d

been doodling to experiment w some brushes i found

digital doodle of lalah. her hand is covering one of her eyes as she looks towards the front with a soft smile

digital doodle of kamille drawn with cat ears

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 1d

🐮🔥 COVER REVEAL TIME 💚🐺
Another amazing illustration by @caraid.bsky.social. Look at those colors! The buffalo's name is Lune, and you'll meet her VERY SOON, because Feral Flame will release NOVEMBER 11!
#NossSaga #BookSky 🌈📚

Cover for Feral Flame - Book Four of the Noss Saga, by Joaquín Baldwin. A one-horned buffalo holds her hands forward to control a green flame shaped like a running wolf. Her brown fur is draped with long white fabrics that flow in the wind and blend into the pink mist behind her. Her horn is decorated with golden caps and rings, her nose and ears pierced. Her green eyes stare directly at the viewer.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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