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@unknown.garden
i lurk a lot. 40s. artist in watercolor, digital &etc, linux wrangler & hacker, plant hoarder, crossroads scavenger & sometimes writer. privacy nerd. unsolicited advice gets muted at *best*
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@unknown.garden
· Mar 22
unknownbinaries's Artist Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more
unknownbinaries's Shop
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This feels really shitty in the face of everything but I have things like taxes and a domain renewal incoming, so here's a thread of stuff you can buy with my art on it
wearables! unknownbinaries.threadless.com
wearables! unknownbinaries.threadless.com
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North of Chicago is a community solar project, built on a Superfund site too polluted for much else.
Residents who subscribe to get energy from the solar farm are guaranteed savings on their energy bills, under a state program incentivizing solar in low-income areas.
Good news story! No pay wall.
Residents who subscribe to get energy from the solar farm are guaranteed savings on their energy bills, under a state program incentivizing solar in low-income areas.
Good news story! No pay wall.
How Community Solar Turned a Superfund Site into Savings in Illinois
A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible.
reasonstobecheerful.world
January 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
North of Chicago is a community solar project, built on a Superfund site too polluted for much else.
Residents who subscribe to get energy from the solar farm are guaranteed savings on their energy bills, under a state program incentivizing solar in low-income areas.
Good news story! No pay wall.
Residents who subscribe to get energy from the solar farm are guaranteed savings on their energy bills, under a state program incentivizing solar in low-income areas.
Good news story! No pay wall.
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Trying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: ssd.eff.org/module/your-...
Your Security Plan
Trying to protect all your data from everything all the time is impractical and exhausting. But, have no fear! Security is a process, and through thoughtful planning, you can put together a plan that’...
ssd.eff.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Trying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: ssd.eff.org/module/your-...
i need to get my shit together and make some more stickers shirts etc, going to need to actually make some money soon
(laforge frowning at 'use existing work' vs laforge smiling and pointing at 'make new stuff' meme goes here)
(laforge frowning at 'use existing work' vs laforge smiling and pointing at 'make new stuff' meme goes here)
January 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
i need to get my shit together and make some more stickers shirts etc, going to need to actually make some money soon
(laforge frowning at 'use existing work' vs laforge smiling and pointing at 'make new stuff' meme goes here)
(laforge frowning at 'use existing work' vs laforge smiling and pointing at 'make new stuff' meme goes here)
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I stopped using sticker mule absolute ages ago because of the owner’s bullshit. The owner is still on his bullshit, so if you use sticker mule, maybe don’t. StickerAPP is a good alternative, and also there’s most likely a local sticker printer near you (Sticker Ninja in Portland, for example).
The latest move by Sticker Mule's owner. Please don't give these people your money (or honestly send them your artwork, you never know).
January 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I stopped using sticker mule absolute ages ago because of the owner’s bullshit. The owner is still on his bullshit, so if you use sticker mule, maybe don’t. StickerAPP is a good alternative, and also there’s most likely a local sticker printer near you (Sticker Ninja in Portland, for example).
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drew my cat as fat pikachu
January 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
drew my cat as fat pikachu
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relatedly please send funds to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social. ICE might suffer in this weather but our unhoused neighbors definitely will without support!!!!
It’ll be dangerously cold this weekend in the Twin Cities. Windchills will reach -20°. With how violently ICE is grabbing people, they might not be dressed for the weather, especially if ICE keeps dumping people miles from their home or car without their phone. Frostbite hits quickly at these temps.
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
relatedly please send funds to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social. ICE might suffer in this weather but our unhoused neighbors definitely will without support!!!!
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News: Ghost Cop releases remix companion to latest album, featuring Dildox, Houses of Heaven, Ye Gods, and more
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News: Ghost Cop releases remix companion to latest album, featuring Dildox, Houses of Heaven, Ye Gods, and more
The New York duo of Sean Dack and Lucy Swope, better known as Ghost Cop, have been garnering quite the accolades for their blend of cold cybernetic atmospheres with melodic yet danceable darkwave, wit...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
News: Ghost Cop releases remix companion to latest album, featuring Dildox, Houses of Heaven, Ye Gods, and more
regenmag.com/news/news-gh...
regenmag.com/news/news-gh...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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I love it when my friends tell me about their OCs and lore. "Look, I made a guy. This is why he can't ever find peace. Here's his dick"
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I love it when my friends tell me about their OCs and lore. "Look, I made a guy. This is why he can't ever find peace. Here's his dick"
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I won’t repost the photo of that man with the formerly prestigious award he’s been regifted but I think it’s going to be really hard for future historians if this period to understand that as well as being confused and terrified, a lot of us exist in a constant and debilitating state of cringe.
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I won’t repost the photo of that man with the formerly prestigious award he’s been regifted but I think it’s going to be really hard for future historians if this period to understand that as well as being confused and terrified, a lot of us exist in a constant and debilitating state of cringe.
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hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
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Apropos of nothing in particular, reminder that there is a deal where you can get 440 Aura N95 respirators for $34.95 here. They are real, shipped from 3M and the box is comically gigantic. Breathe well
Amazon.com: 3m Aura N95 Mask
Amazon.com: 3m aura n95 mask
amzn.to
January 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Apropos of nothing in particular, reminder that there is a deal where you can get 440 Aura N95 respirators for $34.95 here. They are real, shipped from 3M and the box is comically gigantic. Breathe well
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sir please put some pants on
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
sir please put some pants on
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Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
Pay Kurt Kopatich using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/kpattonleather and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
www.paypal.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
i have surrounded myself with enablers :V
January 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
i have surrounded myself with enablers :V
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Ok fellow skeeters - this is how we take care of each other. I’ll match the next 1,000$ in donations. Reply below when you donate.
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN
Help us respond to urgent community needs
www.givemn.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Ok fellow skeeters - this is how we take care of each other. I’ll match the next 1,000$ in donations. Reply below when you donate.
*staring down a cart full of four distinctly different kinds of purple hair dye to mess around with because of The Horrors both personal and not*
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
*staring down a cart full of four distinctly different kinds of purple hair dye to mess around with because of The Horrors both personal and not*
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Look at how cool this cover is. Also, pretty sure you should sign up to be alerted because somewhere amongst the list of cool writers in these three issues, is me!
Oh hey, it's the cover art for issue 8! Painted by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social!
✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,
👨🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,
and
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✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,
👨🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,
and
👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at...
⚔️THIS LINK⚔️: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Look at how cool this cover is. Also, pretty sure you should sign up to be alerted because somewhere amongst the list of cool writers in these three issues, is me!
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For trans ppl who have received a letter/visit from the FBI (THREAD).
Step 1. Call the National Lawyers' Guild federal defense hotline: www.nlg.org/nlg-announce...
2. DO NOT publicly talk about it or share the letter until you do (1), and understand the potential consequences
3. Spread the word!
Step 1. Call the National Lawyers' Guild federal defense hotline: www.nlg.org/nlg-announce...
2. DO NOT publicly talk about it or share the letter until you do (1), and understand the potential consequences
3. Spread the word!
NLG Announces Federal Defense Hotline - National Lawyers Guild
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) National Office is launching a hotline for activists and lawyers to report incidents of federal repression, such as FBI ...
www.nlg.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
For trans ppl who have received a letter/visit from the FBI (THREAD).
Step 1. Call the National Lawyers' Guild federal defense hotline: www.nlg.org/nlg-announce...
2. DO NOT publicly talk about it or share the letter until you do (1), and understand the potential consequences
3. Spread the word!
Step 1. Call the National Lawyers' Guild federal defense hotline: www.nlg.org/nlg-announce...
2. DO NOT publicly talk about it or share the letter until you do (1), and understand the potential consequences
3. Spread the word!
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Your super hardcore technical advice is great and if people can't use it, it's not useful. You have to meet people where they are on the ground
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Your super hardcore technical advice is great and if people can't use it, it's not useful. You have to meet people where they are on the ground
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I will beat this drum forever:
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I will beat this drum forever:
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
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With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.
AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says.
arstechnica.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.
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Extremely dishonest headline: what they mean is that Wikipedia charges data companies for scraping the website. It already does this for Google it is just further expanding this.
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others | TechCrunch
The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content, like Wikipedia, at scale.
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Extremely dishonest headline: what they mean is that Wikipedia charges data companies for scraping the website. It already does this for Google it is just further expanding this.
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