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a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 6h

no need to subject the poor innocent snails to any of that!

a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 7h

paid for a service that provides online downloadable classroom resources for teachers while i was student-teaching bc i desperately needed some supplemental material for my practicum, just got charged to 'renew' the service with zero warning and am now dead fucking broke until the 12th fml

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Kevin Ball @stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social · 21h

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by the fall of that year, provinces, the feds and the crown media corp were effectively aligned with the convoy’s aim of an end to mandates: it was time to return to ‘normal’. never mind pushback from scientific advisors that this timeline was not based on science.

back to business as usual.

Sudbury·Audio

'Totally inappropriate' to lift mask mandates at this time, retired Sudbury doctor says

CBC News · Posted: Mar 10, 2022 3:00 AM PST | Last Updated: March 10, 2022

On March 21, it will no longer be required to wear a mask inside a store, restaurant or school in Ontario. (CBC)

cbc.ca/1.6378813

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Convolver @convolver.bsky.social · 14h

Being an actor is wild. You can be one of the great literary polymaths of the 20th century, but you do one walk-on role on a network sitcom where your only line is, “Ey, who’s cookin’ boigas in da bathroom?” and for the rest of your life you’re “the boiga guy” to everyone except, like, Terry Gross.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 16h

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

Tweet from Ella Devi: canvassing for @ZohranKMamdani in the east village today and the actor who plays dr. strugis in young sheldon is in my canvassing group!!

Photo of Ella with another canvasser and Wallace Shawn

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 23h

Where are the flags, chants, and the drum circles for Sudan????

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Staggering atrocities in Sudan.

Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."

UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan

Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF

www.theguardian.com

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Ihatethistimelin3 @deusexmachinatime.bsky.social · 22h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

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Angelle Haney Gullett @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 3d

They literally ruin everything they touch

Scooby-Doo screenshots. Top panel: ghost labeled “Something I used to love sucks now” Fred says “Let’s see who’s behind this”
Bottom panel: Villain is unmasked, labeled “Private Equity”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

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a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 2d

We are giving out full size chocolate bars (as we do every year!) and groups of kids keep walking RIGHT past our house :( I need to offload this fucking candy I went broke buying lmao

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:

At top, a black and white chart labeled "Normal Distribution," showing a curved line that starts low at the left, curves up and peaks in the middle, and returns to the same low position on the right.

At bottom, a black and white chart labeled "Paranormal Distribution," showing the curved line transformed into a typical ghost (a floating white sheet draped over an upright body) with two dark dots for eyes.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 2d

A scoop that I’m not happy to report:

CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.

heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...

CBS News kills its climate unit

David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.

heated.world

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 3d

Any Jewish person - or organization - currying favor with a fascist movement is not only an embarrassment, it’s an affront to the memory of six million who perished at the hands of fascism.

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a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 3d

Greenblatt should be fired.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 3d

there are two schools of thought on protecting Jewish safety in America: we either fight for a pluralistic democracy where we are safe because minority rights are protected or we seek junior partner status in the MAGA white nationalist alliance

the ADL has chosen a side

forward.com/fast-forward...

ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks

The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.

forward.com

a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 3d

arrived so early to work today that the only other person here is the janitor lmao

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Alan Grofield @alangrofield.bsky.social · 4d

Chris Hooks’ 9 year old Medium essay (when liberals donated to the NC GOP after a fire at one of their offices) should be required reading medium.com/@cd_hooks/st...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4d

"No new wars" to whatever this is.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 4d

Transphobia is fundamentally anti-science and anti-reality

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d

Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

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Majestic Twelve @majestic12.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, they BEEFIN’ beefin’.

holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 5d

Well.

(Keep calling your reps.)

x.com/AndrewDeside...

Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Inside the Senate GOP lunch with Vice President Vance

Vance was bombarded with questions about the Argentinian beef issue, per multiple attendees. GOP senators told him it was an “insult” to farmers/ranchers

Vance at one point joked, “does anyone have questions NOT about beef?”
2:22 PM · Oct 28, 2025
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a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 5d

roommate and I spent last two hours bailing water out of the basement. yay

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ceej @ceej.online · 5d

the obsession with "retirement" as some sort of natural end state to a life of productive work is ridiculous, another symptom of millennial entitlement skewing public opinion. instead, consider taking "microretirements" throughout your career, perhaps between 12am-6am

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a.j. porygons @porygon2s.bsky.social · 5d

Smith and her supporters should all just move to the States and spare us the hassle of dealing with them