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@flamingocandy.bsky.social
crone. scientist. my glass needs a refill.
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This week, @nicolefroio.bsky.social explores the power of activism + creativity and connects with a community of nail artists who are telling ICE to get fucked.

(Oh! And it's a FREE POST!)
Pretty In Pink
Inside the community of nail artists telling ICE to get fucked.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
How long until @jamieloftus.bsky.social does a heist?
February 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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We are delighted to announce that Titan Books will be publishing STRANGE IS THE LIGHT by @griffski.bsky.social, an intensely moving story about a fractured group of friends whose childhood game takes a dangerous turn…

Coming September 2026! ✨
February 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Some great horror authors (Paul Tremblay, Sarah Gailey, Daniel Kraus) are releasing specfic mysteries this year!
Worth a look:
crimereads.com/10-speculati...
10 Speculative Mysteries and Thrillers to Check Out in 2026
Interesting times lead to fascinating fiction, especially in the speculative realm, where each future-set plot point feels like a logical extension of our current woes, especially regarding the imm…
crimereads.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I feel this sentiment in my bones.
Why do we only get the dystopian parts of Living in the Future™️
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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the burden of proof is on the mother-fucker asserting something.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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April 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 8d
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”

Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Man, don't threaten me with a good time.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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This picture smells like a warm embrace.
And this! The card catalog system
February 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🚨 Thread full of good dogs! I repeat: Thread full of good dogs! 🚨
No matter the breed, every dog has one of three default dispositions:

1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Here's a cartoon from, as you see, 1911. What Dr. Plait says is not new news.
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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old enough to remember when “democracy dies in darkness” was a warning rather than a mission statement
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50

Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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I was already not really giving the DNC money, but I think it will be very hard for me to ever put another cent into a political campaign when I could give it to the people on the ground who will spend it for direct good, and not put it into the pockets of advisors & analysts & pollsters.
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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I noted before that the things the companies kept pushing LLMs and the like to the general public for were things I see people who are nearing death fight tooth and nail to do themselves because they're exercises in their own autonomy.
bro I know you found basic emails tiring to write but sam altman is taking another one of your glass marbles, you're losing writing ability you learned in elementary school

cmon dawg you used to be a sharp programmer now you can't write or debug without AI, claude stole your marble, was it worth it
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Today is also Fred Korematsu day, which means it's a great day to challenge the federal government with both your middle fingers up
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Truly, I love the idea that these fuckengoonbabies are going to have to take a widdle time out and hyperventilate every time they pass a Pop Warner football game for the rest of their lives on the run from the people hunting them so they can stand trial for their crimes.
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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All of them. At every level. Logistics, admin, the lowliest, most distant pencil-pushers. All of them. Every single one. Even if it takes decades to find them all and the last ones are old and remorseful when they get caught. All of them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Today's pigeons are doing that thing pigeons do where they take turns keeping watch for each other while they eat.
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM