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Terry Moore Art @terrymooreart.bsky.social · 19h

Inking a variant cover for the upcoming How To Draw book. youtu.be/0rHP4Jx_Uu4?...

Inking a new variant cover for my How To Draw book

YouTube video by Terry Moore Art

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 4h

Barnum was a putz, but the drink sounds good.

Mix That Drink @mixthatdrink.com · 18h

Sweet apricot brandy meets bold gin and a hit of bitters for a cocktail that surprises in the best way.

mixthatdrink.com/barnum/

swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 4h

The last 20 hostages have been released by Hamas.

If Netanyahu even remotely TWITCHES in the direction of the Palestinians now, the Israelis should not just vote him out, but lock him up.

And if Hamas even THINKS about starting this bullshit up again, Palestinians should dump them in the sea.

swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

She is so done with their mess, and I am right there with her.

They need to shut the actual fuck up, because they made it so much worse for everyone else.

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 14h

Enough of the nonsense.
This is the truth.

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 20h

"Are you the same person who was telling people not to vote?"

💥☠️

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

#ObjectsOfTheDay: Blue Delft Tiles

#InteriorDesign

Tiles used in the living room, not the bathroom. Super cool.

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 14h

Long live The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – uncommonly lovely invented words for what we feel but cannot name, such as maru mori (“the heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things”) and apolytus (“the moment you realize you are changing as a person") www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/d...

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name

“Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined.”

www.themarginalian.org

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

'Blinding Light: Whatever might rise I' by contemporary US painter Beverly McIver, known for her self portraits #WomensArt #Monday

Painting featuring the head and shoulders of a Black women facing forwards with eyes closed and with stripes of shadow and light across her face and body

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Gian D’Oh @giandoh.bsky.social · 7h

GTF out with your out-of-office reply that says “I will have no access to email.” You’re going to fucking New Jersey dude, not an Antarctic safari. Just say you’re checked out and spare us the bullshit.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

I think I’ll watch “Noises Off” today to self soothe, but I wish I had enough money to found a fringe theatre company.

That would be fun, at least.

#GroovyMovies 🎥🎞️🎬
#TheatricalVenues 🎭

swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

I miss backstage generally.

The 'Les Miz' you haven't seen: Behind the curtain on opening night at the Pantages

We went backstage before curtain of the touring production of 'Les Misérables' at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Here's a look a the well-orchestrated chaos.

www.latimes.com

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

Mornin’.

CorgiNerd is sporting the Biden Look and is ready for the commute through the wilds of Los Angeles.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 9h

They’re not “potentially” unlawful.

They’re just unlawful.

This is a man who is not motivated to action by the circumstance.

This is a man who entered government with SPECIFIC INTENT to cause “trauma” to federal workers.

It’s targeted harassment based on ideology, which is explicitly illegal.

Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 2d

President Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Vought are weaponizing the government shutdown and have begun implementing potentially unlawful mass firings at federal agencies.

Trump officials say "substantial" federal worker layoffs have begun

Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.

www.axios.com

swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 9h

That tracks.

Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 1d

futurism.com/future-socie...

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

futurism.com

swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 9h

Ok dude, offer me this BEFORE I eat one of these, LOL 😄

Saint Honoré pastry with 24x infused vanilla ganache, and caramelized cream puffs with gold leaf on top.

swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 9h

The phrase “time served” comes to mind.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 9h

Absolutely.

My first “cringe” (though that word feels inadequate) was watching Reagan fund death squads in Central America that raped and torture nuns, then dropped them to their deaths out of helicopters.

I have exactly zero illusions.

They crossed my red line AGES ago.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 13h

Perfume scientists tweak cells into having ‘sense of smell’

A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

www.science.org/content/arti...

Perfume scientists tweak cells into having ‘sense of smell’

A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

www.science.org

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 12h

Put it inside a red solo cup.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 11h

Democrat Helena Moreno has been elected as the first Hispanic Mayor of New Orleans in the city’s history.

#BlueWave

#VOTEBLUE2026

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 13h

What’s the line in “Excalibur?”

Oh yes, “The land and the king are one.”

Well, with this wannabe king, the land feels anything BUT great — more petty, lame, and small AF.

#NoKings

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 13h

Our soldiers are lining up at literal breadlines for food, while this dipshit regime asks some of them to violate the UCMJ and posse comitatus against our own people for NOTHING, and both Stephen Miller and Russ Vought rub their psycho cruelty boners at the thought of traumatizing innocent people.

Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

Federal researchers are confronting growing uncertainty about their future, as the 10-day-old shutdown of the U.S. government is now poised to extend into at least next week. https://scim.ag/4n1uy22

As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

scim.ag

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 2d

In her new book, Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity, SFI External Professor Stefani Crabtree (Utah State University) shows how tools from complex systems can help archaeologists understand how everyday actions of ancient people accumulated into the large-scale patterns we excavate today.