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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 11m

New apple review is up: one of my favorite apples, and favorite-NAMED apples -- the ASHMEAD'S KERNEL.

This apple sounds like some Clive Barker shit. Like it’s a forbidden relic — an infernal device you use to enter the Labyrinth of Hell. (It continues its horror pedigree by tasting just…

terribleminds.com

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The Birdist @thebirdist.bsky.social · 1h

A PSA

www.thebirdist.com/2025/10/weir...

Weird Guys Harming Birds for Social Media Clout

I am mostly writing this post so people will have something to link to for Community Notes. Nothing is more depressing to me than the Click...

www.thebirdist.com

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 11m

inspiring 💗💖

LinkedIn post about how a guy got a job interview at Strava by running a route that spelled HIRE ME on the map

HIRE ME written on the map (looking more like HIRE NE tbh)

commenter asks if the guy got the job and OP says “I don't think so. But his effort got him noticed and a foot in the door when so many others didn't”

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 17m

John Sabraw uses paint made from coal-mine runoff in his art #sciart

Toxic Runoff Yellow and Other Paint Colors Sourced From Polluted Streams

An engineer and an artist at Ohio University team up to create paints made of sludge extracted from streams near abandoned coal mines

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 18m

Lakota Man has a long history of posting mostly about men and about ancestors and not supporting current Natives. He has upset a lot of Natives on social media and most of us don't follow him or have blocked him. If you search for his name, there is a huge document outlining grievances against him.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 18m

Fritz Scholder's Indian and Rhinocerous painting below is part of #SixtiesSurreal at The Whitney until January.

The exhibit highlights the influence and use of surrealism during a turbulent time in American #history, the 60's through 70's.

A very diverse roster of artists are included.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 35m

A wet Steller’s Jay, on a rainy day, with #droplets 💧 aplenty for the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme.
📷🪶🍁

A Steller’s Jay in muted blues and black perches on a chain-link fence, against the background of a sugar maple 🍁 glowing with autumn color.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19m

Who is covering Memphis National Guard on the ground?

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 20m

Least Chipmunk relaxing in the afternoon sun
(Neotamias minimus)
#mammals 🌿

Least chipmunk is relaxing on a metal fence post backlit by the afternoon sun. There is barbed wire connected to the post. The chipmunk is looking off to its left. The background is soft focus tan and gold.

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · May 29

"but biden was doing a peace process" bro he was lying

clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · May 17

so to recap

- the idf has admitted both that they are wholly dependent on us weapons AND that they never expected biden to let them bomb gaza for more than 2 weeks in 2023
- POPE FRANCIS asked biden to put a stop to the violence in 2024

and ppl still think everything was fine until january 2025?

clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · Feb 24

i don't even know what to say to people still trying to litigate kamala harris having lost the election, like mfers that was a 2024 problem, we're speedrunning the fall of democracy get with the fucking program already, you cannot possibly be so still with her you think this is helping with that

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 55m

Virus Doilies, 2004, machine-made lace by Laura Splan #sciart

round lace doilies in the shapes of viruses

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🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 1h

He was considered horrific BY THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE SPANISH INQUISITION

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 3h

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 59m

Idk!!! You're the news!!! Why are u asking me???

The New York Motherfucking Times, yesterday: a photo of a tiny microphone in some old white person's weird looking hand above a headline reading why are the microphones on social media so small?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 38m

Fun fact: A Void Loaf contains all your essential "SO CUTE"s and "KITTY"s for an entire day

The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 40m

Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf

Saja, who is a black cat, with his little legs all tucked in, cute-like

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 3h

Sigh. Guess it's that one day a year we have to utter that assholes name.

For Immediate Release
Italian-American Trade Unionists of America Condemn Columbus on Columbus Day

The ltalian-American Trade Unionists of America (IATUOA) has once again reaffirmed its condemnation of Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day.
"We only mention the son of a bitch's name once a year and it's when we announce that he's a son of a bitch on his name day," the IATUOA Executive Committee announced from a dark, smoke-filled room in the Italian-American Club of Shamokin, PA.

The IATUOA, founded on the principles of cultural solidarity through bargaining, mutual aid, shared dining experiences, and anti-imperialism, believes Columbus represents the antithesis of these core values. Based on his writing and contemporary accounts, Columbus was a greedy, self-indulgent strunz, a jerk-off that gleefully engaged in the enslavement and genocide of indigenous people for personal gain and fame.

Further, this fucking guy, supposedly Genoese, rarely spoke or wrote in Ligurian or any Italic language. What kind of "Italian" does that?

Italian-Americans deserve recognition and a holiday in the United States, but also deserve a figure worthy of their name. "If you're gonna name the fuckin' day Columbus Day, you might as well go-all in and make the fucking holiday Columbus/Mussolini Day to piss on a few more graves,"' the IATOUA Executive Committee further scoffed

As of this time,the IATUOA DaVinci Genealogy Caucus still questions the authenticity of Columbus' Italian ancestry. Based on this, and the organization's position that Columbus is "a piece of shit" the organization maintains its position that Italian-Americans (as well as indigenous people) deserve a holiday that truly recognizes our heritage and not one that celebrates a jackass.

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teriac 🎃 @teriac.bsky.social · 29m

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 18h

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Adam (human animal)🍉 @forcolumb.us · 44m

At least one Palestinian was shot and dozens were treated for suffocation after Zionist terrorists attacked Palestinians near the Ofer dungeon in Beitunia, west of Ramallah.

english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

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Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social · 21h

🥚𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐒𝐤𝐲:
We rarely hear about mothers who were pregnant, criminalized, and incarcerated.
Why?
Because girls criminalized as “juvenile delinquents” and locked away in maternity homes, jails, and reformatories have had their stories buried—kept hidden by youth protection laws.

Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social · 22h

🥚Note to adoptees: Youth protection laws will prevent you from learning your mother’s circumstances—whether she was criminalized or not. As one account explains, "girls found wandering the city streets are picked up by police and convicted of vagrancy even though they committed no criminal offence.”

“Girls Expelled,” The Sault Star, Oct 01, 1968, 1.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 1h

good morning to the bike lane big finish designers

photo of a bike lane going down a ramp and leading to a concrete wall with a dumpster in front of it

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Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 7h

Losing hope that I'll be able to keep my home. Not sure I can raise the full $875 this month for rent. I'm scared of being on the streets again. Last time, I had to rely on an abusive man to protect me. Please help me not go back there. tamilove21 on Cash App, Venmo, and Paypal.

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𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 #𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙸𝙺𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝚄𝚃𝚄𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙸𝙳 @brittbutatwhatcost.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing received in hours!

$0/$880

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE KEEP MY FAMILY OFF OF THE STREETS??????? PLEASE HELP US!!!!! PLEASE!!!

PLEASE
HELP
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bit.ly/40vIt7S

#MutualAid #HelpSky
#KeepFolksAlive
#BIPOCMA 💸💕
#MutualAidVoid #FundSky #MutualAidRequest

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 21h

Fungal Wall, hand-tufted rug by Lizan Freijsen #sciart

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 3h

Please share! Today we highlight Akram, his siblings, & their mom: still displaced, hungry, & exhausted. With our help, he’ll rebuild their home and lives—but first, SURVIVAL. Help them eat and return north ASAP.

12 hours left ⚠️ 528/1000. Give/find his link here. chuffed.org/project/hope...

A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle” decorated with a red watercolor poppy. Text: Six families are completely starting over—amidst their grief and pain, they have lost their homes, livelihoods, and communities, and must still seek food and shelter. Help them start over and continue to survive this life-and-death situation. https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

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Guide to the Unknown @gttupod.bsky.social · 1h

Who doesn’t enjoy taking those little personality quizzes?

Well what if they had a mind of their own!?

We explore on this week’s bonus episode! Get it starting at the $4 Ghost tier and up on patreon.com/gttupod!

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Glitterjaw @glitterjaw.bsky.social · 1h

Don't let the smog monster melt you into bones! @avartwork.bsky.social joins SKREEONK for Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which tackled the existential threat of pollution as one of the weirdest and most gruesome Godzilla films 💀

Find the pod: glitterjaw.com/skreeonk

Cover art by: @hamishsteele.bsky.social

SKREEONK!
Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Artwork by Hamish Seele of Hedorah's angry eyes as smog looming over a newsprint colored 70s horror manga rendition of the characters from Godzilla vs Hedorah among tons of pollution and facing melted skeletons with flying Godzilla in the background

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