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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 22m

Good luck for those of us dealing with Medicare open enrollment. I'd say may the odds be ever in our favor but Hunger Games comparisons are too on the nose these days.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1h

YESSSSSSSSSSSS. Looking forward to this!

T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1h

DAYYYYYYYYYUM. Cuomo better figure out how to properly use bodegas because he's gonna need to buy some ice for that burn.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

MacCALLUM: Andrew Cuomo tomorrow night in that debate, he's gonna say 'I'm gonna bring 5,000 more police officers to the street.' Will you match that?

MAMDANI: I don't look to Andrew Cuomo for leadership

T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 3h

For each wipe was judged key considerations for many of those dealing with chronic illness or disabilities: ease of use, how well it cleaned, how did it feel against the skin, and how did it smell. #Disability #ChronicIllness

Read the recommendations here: https://twp.ai/9PXFNj

A picture of a woman washing her face. The text reads: Top Five Body Wipes To Use When You Can't Take A Shower. TBQTalks.Com

T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 13h

Oh man pet sighs are the BEST. This creature is content while you're near. Perfection.

T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 16h

Always fascinating to become aware of a type of fetish based upon themes that keep showing up in someone's fanworks.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 16h

The still photo alone is killing me! There's no storytelling in the visuals! As someone who obsesses over costuming I'm dying over here.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 16h

I realize that this is bait but it stands out to me that even in this attempt at a sizzle shot you can see key pieces of storytelling missing: The hair, makeup, and costuming. There's a reason AI can't tell stories and it's not just because most humans don't put a shit brown filter over everything.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

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

www.scientificamerican.com

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 16h

Make a video worth watching and people will. In my experience if they have to say "Make sure to watch until the end!" that's paired with 99.9% of the video being pretty dull.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 17h

That's right up there with "Most people won't reblog this!" You're right, I'm not.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1d

Sometimes the world is very hard, and sometimes your cat snores tiny kitty snores while she's sleeping nearby. There's good and bad things in life.

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 1d

Warning ⚠️ : This winter, the Social Security Administration plans to make huge regulatory changes that could cause the biggest disability benefits cut in history and will particularly affect older people being able to receive SSDI.

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 1d

Social Security is now under threat 🚨 The Trump administration plans to propose regulatory changes that, if finalized, could be the biggest Social Security disability cut in history. @mollyww.bsky.social and @seemiaroll.bsky.social explain:

The Trump Administration’s Plans To Covertly Cut Social Security Disability Benefits

An upcoming regulatory proposal would change the rules of Social Security disability programs to make it harder to qualify, particularly harming older adults.

www.americanprogress.org

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1d

She's helping!

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

i feel like this story is particularly important right now, because protein-maxxing is *so* in vogue. before working on this, i believed i was woefully protein deficient

it turns out that's just a myth that has been floating around for decades—the average american gets more than enough protein!!

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1d

Nice! I still remember bits of it. Shows how often I watched it back in the day 😄

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1d

Tonight's song. Bonus points if you remember this being part of a Due South vid. youtu.be/-sXOIrvOMKU

The Innocence Mission - Wonder Of Birds

YouTube video by InnocenceMissionVEVO

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 1d

Remember in the early days of cellphones when TV shows and the like had to pretend they didn't exist otherwise they didn't know how to write their plots?

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Adam Lance Garcia @adamlancegarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to all who have watched, liked, and shared the VFX video.

Neither @tvaziri.com nor I could have ever anticipated the response, and it means the world to us that our silly idea has left such an impact.

youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...

ILM Visual Effects Artist Breaks Down Hidden VFX | Vanity Fair

YouTube video by Vanity Fair

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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 2d

Last season of Game Changer, we did a cool activation with LinkedIn in which they helped us give Jacob a prize of $100,000.

This season, I have a similar opportunity for the right brand willing to give us $50,000+ worth of their product.

Hit me up ASAP if you're interested!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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T Back to Back, Belly to Belly Q @tbqtalks.com · 2d

I still remember the first phone number I ever had, way back as a tiny me. Well - my family's number, obviously. But still.

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Snow Iris Boodio | Bootanical Art @snowirisstudio.com · 2d

I did a step by step breakdown of how I made my latest drawing for my Ko-Fi members. Everything from sketch to final version. Check it out: ko-fi.com/post/Step-...

#KofiCreativeVoice #Botanical #Flowers #FloralArt #Art #ProcreateArtist 🎨

A simple pencil sketch of an impatiens flower on a grey background.

A fully completed digital drawing of a bright pink impatiens flower on a dark blue background.

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Lisa Takeuchi Cullen @lisatakeuchicullen.bsky.social · 2d

Broadway musicians prepare to strike:

“Faced with such an egregious erosion of their working conditions, Local 802 Broadway musicians and other artists are ready to leverage every ounce of their collective power, up to and including a strike."

deadline.com/2025/10/musi...

Musicians Union Votes To Authorize Strike In Negotiations With Broadway League

Broadway musicians of AFM Local 802 have "overwhelmingly" voted to authorize a strike if needed in the ongoing negotiations for a production contract.

deadline.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

This is bad. Share stuff from the original journalists who are putting themselves on the line, not the aggregators. ❤️

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!

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