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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14h

“Under communism we will have no bananas anymore and it will be good”-ass Atlantic article.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15h

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 5h

One day when we were in Seattle we a saw a bunch of them, and then my British partner told me about conker knocking

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chuuurls @chuuurls.bsky.social · 7h

here is how it is when i play chess. i am not making a new drawing every time bsky.app/profile/chuu...

chuuurls @chuuurls.bsky.social · 1d

playing chess until Chess dot com crashes my computer. JOIN ME at www.twitch.tv/chuuurls

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 7h

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

The Cartoonist Cooperative

Making comics better for everyone!

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 7h

It seems like a lot of you are printing and folding zines in bulk. If you are, may I suggest making yourself a zine jig? The one below is made from a 9"x12" self healing cutting mat, a metal ruler attached w duct tape, book board (could use heavy cardboard) adhered with strong double sided tape.

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Deedee Megadoodoo @englishhurler.bsky.social · 8h

I am incredibly ready to spread the good word.

Bicep tattoo of Coily The Spring Sprite with the words "NO GOD BUT COILY" below him

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 8h

Man I love cats, they're just the best

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 8h

Preposterous cat

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makeshift 🎃👻🦇 @makeshiftwingsplush.com · 5d

Get judged in color

A spoon rest of a black cat looking down at you with a judging expression

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 9h

Hmmm, decision by chaos, interesting

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 9h

If I could anti-tag you I would have!! Plus you don't count, you actually read most of your books. Meanwhile I have far too many aspirational books on my shelf that I should just let go.

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 9h

For book lovers who have downsized their collection: how did you decide what to give away? Especially in the TBR pile, because there are books in there that can go

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 10h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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"Wuh-wuh-wuh-wafflehouse" Ella Tailor $345/$700 @garaktailor.com · 10h

Aaaaand back to boosting this.

"Wuh-wuh-wuh-wafflehouse" Ella Tailor $345/$700 @garaktailor.com · 8d

Turns out my part-time job that historically is a difficult time to get paid from the client is back on its thing. $700 that is up in the air for the foreseeable future. So I am doing the thing.

THANK YOU FROM MOX AND I

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PP: @/comfortingmoo

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 9h

Dude I'm so disappointed. Weed is already pretty pricey, so I feel like all this is going to do is push people to buy illegally again and then no one gets revenue for roads (supposedly for roads)

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 9h

Dude the Puritan brainrot is culturally one of our biggest problems, at the foundation. You must suffer to be worthy, from "Can I have that donut for breakfast?" to "Should we provide a social safety net to the vulnerable?".

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 12h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 13h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 10h

I know it's all anecdotal, but the number of people I know on here who are unemployed/underemployed is uncomfortably high

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 10h

10/14/2025

a crude drawing of a bird sticking its head out of a hole in a tree, with a caption "nobody leaves naked photos of people in my tree anymore. i have nothing to build my nest with."

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red 🎃 @prettypinkpansy.bsky.social · 11h

nothing came up on google for "alien gonk" or "alien gnome" so i had to make him

digital doodle of a tiny gonk-style gnome who has green skin and little alien antennae as well as a big bushy beard. there is a ufo with a tiny alien in it trying to beam him up

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 14h

It's official: MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND has a cover! I love how the yellow feels like a run over hazard sign, and the mixtape is perhaps my personal 90s icon. As for those sexy statues? You'll have to read it to find out...

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13h

rotating alternatives to designer vaginas in my mind for under communism. user-servicable vaginas with strong right to repair protections. brutalist vaginas

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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 16h

shot / chaser

headline: Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’

headline: The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 13h

I wish men driving down the street a merry shut the fuck up and stop shouting shit out the truck about my fat goddamn body I'M FUCKING SICK OF IT

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 16h

I'm the best at latte art
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a top down photo of a latte and a used steamed milk jug. The latte art is supposed to be a rosetta, but it was over steamed a bit and now it's a dick.

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Sang As It Ever Will Be @sanguinarynovel.bsky.social · 18h

There's a traveling nurse that always tips $5 for her special spicy chai and I hope her day is like, so smooth.

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