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Helen de Qué
@helenofwhat.bsky.social
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Queer, Black, Nuyorican. Bearing knitting needles and an attitude.
I like comics, birds, and games.
a kinder world is possible
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watchinthesky.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescent, birds with Iridescent Colours, the Alt theme is #Finches, any of the Finches will do.

Mr Furious has serious iridescence happening as he stares down the camera.

Anna’s hummingbird #birds SoCal
An Anna’s hummingbird is perched on a dried bloom stalk facing the cat in bright sunlight. His throat and head feathers are glowing bright iridescent silvery red. Background is blurry green.
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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harkitshannah.bsky.social
Just voted for @dianaforqueens.com and oh my god this sticker
I voted early winter storm ‘26 sticker with a pigeon wearing a hat and scarf
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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eigenvectrix.myatproto.social
"I don't understand you, Bertie." Mx Bobbie Wickham stimmed solemnly. "I stnad before you now, a nubile entity in the prime of whatever my gender is supposed to be today, offering a 50% share in the jape of the century, and you can't even muster a 'Yippee!' I had a Sim like you, Bertie. He died in a ladderless pool, of *ennui*." Their lower lip wobbled. "Bertie, we were at *school* together." "No, we weren't." "Well, we played that Strixhaven campaign until Oofy Prosser resigned in protest, and that's more or less the same thing." "Young Wickham, if you think I'm going to partake in this scheme--" "I'll get you in the polycule. We're a bit stuffed right now - haha - but I could fit you in on Thursdays." "I don't want to join your beastly polycule." "I don't understand you, Bertie." Bobbie shook their head wonderingly. "Oh well, blackmail it is."
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Cold update: it’s cold
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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yamino.bsky.social
Calling all fellow antifascist himejoshis! This one is for you!!

All proceeds are going to my favorite local anti-fascist group! ✊
shop.yamino.art/products/lov...
A large holographic sticker that reads "LOVE YURI- HATE FASCISM" with a silhouette of two girls about to kiss
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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alextomlinson.com
Snowy Ptarmigans!
Flat illustration of a Willow Ptarmigan perched in wintry trees with 3 camouflaged in the snowy background. (From 2025)
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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deepcuts.blog
Wholesome drama.
A peanuts strip. Marcie & Peppermint Pattie are writing letters to Charlie Brown. Panel 1 (Marcie): Dear Charles, I have been thinking about you a lot. Panel 2 (Pattie): Dear Chuck, Life here at camp is great. Panel 3 (Marcie): I think I like you, Charles. Love, Marcie Panel 4 (Pattie): Don't listen to her, Chuck. She's not herself.
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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wmschumacher.bsky.social
Image of Princess Leia saying “ aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?”
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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hannahtempler.com
im gonna cry
A yellow lab puppy in a little yellow and red rugby sweater
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
title: The Writer in January Panel 1. “A short stroll...” says the writer aleaving the house. The sun has begun to peek over the horizon. Panel 2. “Then back to my desk for a good day's writing in the winter sun.” The sun has risen a little higher. Panel 3. “Surely it's not going down yet?” The sun is indeed on its way down. Panel 4. “Perhaps I'll catch the last rays.” Says the writer breaking into a sprint. Panel 5. The writer is back at home sitting at a desk saying “Damn!”. The sun is gone. The sky is gloomy.
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Rider of the Purple Sage - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2jmBrzN
Promontory, Utah
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
is it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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andrew.mcguiregis.com
Twitter screenshot. Text as follows: Remembering that thing in grad school when my professor, a great ornithologist, got a random call Drunk guy, bar noises in background: (text all caps) IS THIS THE BIRD PROFESSOR? My advisor: um...yes? Drunk guy (again, all caps) DO HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE FEET? my advisor: ...yes * wild cheering over phone from bar *
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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raxkingisdead.bsky.social
SAURON: build me an army worthy of mordor
SARUMAN: so a buncha big beefcakes
SAURON: well no that’s not wh
SARUMAN: drop everything, boys! we’re buildin beefcakes!
SAURON:
SARUMAN: massive damp guys comin right up! beefy dudes!
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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lookitup.baby
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.

More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
polgreen.bsky.social Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 5d
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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thefarce.org
Either sell the paper (ideally to your ex) or spend as much on sustaining its legendary coverage as you did on one of your rehearsal dinners.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d
Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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nymetrowx.bsky.social
Sunday's Weather Rating: 1/10

THE STORM IS HERE. Periods of heavy snow and whiteout conditions crank up this morning, accumulating at least 6 to 10 inches before changing to a wintry mix. Travel will be a complete mess. It's very cold. The vibes are frozen!!
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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theabigailthorn.bsky.social
Abi in an explosion of paperwork
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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banditelli.org
Saw a goth queen in the lake and had to get down to her level 🙏 🪶
Picture of a female wood duck, which is a mostly black and white duck with some blue accents
January 25, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
The World Cup and the Olympics? Are we sure?
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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tashasev.bsky.social
My heart is hurting so bad this morning, if yours is too, here is a Zuri to help
A closeup of the head of a large fluffy white dog resting on my stomach on top of a forest green quilt. Her normally floppy ears are standing up flopped out. She’s dozing with her eyes mostly closed
January 24, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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nymetrowx.bsky.social
Saturday's Weather Rating: 1/10

GOOD GRIEF. It's brutal out here this morning, with wind chill values below zero. "Warming" up to around 20° F later. Clouds increase tonight ahead of a major winter storm. The vibes are straight up arctic out there...
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
You guys have to read this story
Raise Your Glasses. Now, Hold Them Up Until Your Arms Shake.
Five pounds of lager, one outstretched arm, and the slow creep of regret. This is Type 2 fun at its finest.
www.outsideonline.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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discoelysiumbot.bsky.social
YOU - No, I'll show you how a gentleman treats a doorbell! (Kiss the doorbell.)
January 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM