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There are lots of ways we can express collective grief and fury and solidarity without appropriating something from Black women who have repeatedly asked us not to do this and should not have to ask again.
Reminder that “Say her name” was developed specifically to call attention to murders of Black women
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
There are lots of ways we can express collective grief and fury and solidarity without appropriating something from Black women who have repeatedly asked us not to do this and should not have to ask again.
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if you need it
on web: Settings > Content & Media > Autoplay media and GIFs (Off)
on web: Settings > Content & Media > Autoplay media and GIFs (Off)
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
if you need it
on web: Settings > Content & Media > Autoplay media and GIFs (Off)
on web: Settings > Content & Media > Autoplay media and GIFs (Off)
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BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
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This is your regularly-scheduled reminder, for no particular reason, that law enforcement is absolutely not the most dangerous profession in the United States. Fishing and logging are.
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This is your regularly-scheduled reminder, for no particular reason, that law enforcement is absolutely not the most dangerous profession in the United States. Fishing and logging are.
If you can take in Sloth Facts right now, at least enjoy the sloth gifs. (But also they're great Sloth Facts.)
If anyone else is needing a little mental health time-out, can I recommend learning about sloths?
Sloths are divided into two groups (genera)
Choloepus (two-toed sloths)
Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
This is a 'Bradypus variegatus,' the brown-throated sloth. See the three toes?
Sloths are divided into two groups (genera)
Choloepus (two-toed sloths)
Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
This is a 'Bradypus variegatus,' the brown-throated sloth. See the three toes?
a sloth 's claws are sticking out of a plastic container
Alt: a sloth 's claws are sticking out of a plastic container
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If you can take in Sloth Facts right now, at least enjoy the sloth gifs. (But also they're great Sloth Facts.)
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man the video is circulating so
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
man the video is circulating so
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
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Splendid thread to uplift your timeline and for mental refreshment amid the ongoing everything.
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Splendid thread to uplift your timeline and for mental refreshment amid the ongoing everything.
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NOW GO OUT THERE AND LIVE THE FINAL DAYS OF THIS SHITSTAINED YEAR BEING KIND AND BOLD AND DARING AND FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE PIT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY GO DOWN YOU HELP THEM THE FUCK BACK UP
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
NOW GO OUT THERE AND LIVE THE FINAL DAYS OF THIS SHITSTAINED YEAR BEING KIND AND BOLD AND DARING AND FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE PIT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY GO DOWN YOU HELP THEM THE FUCK BACK UP
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I’ve been laughing about this for DAYS over on Instagram and I needed to bring to the ol’ bsky so we can laugh about it here
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’ve been laughing about this for DAYS over on Instagram and I needed to bring to the ol’ bsky so we can laugh about it here
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literally fuck anyone who doesn’t see at this point that it’s an organized nationwide effort to make trans people unemployable.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
literally fuck anyone who doesn’t see at this point that it’s an organized nationwide effort to make trans people unemployable.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
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I miss Gonzo and Rizzo as a duo so much
December 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I miss Gonzo and Rizzo as a duo so much
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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We deserve mead cups AND gay apparel, dammmit.
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We deserve mead cups AND gay apparel, dammmit.
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“Will it work for cheese?” should be a question we ask more often.
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Will it work for cheese?” should be a question we ask more often.
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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"Quilen Blackwell, owner of a Chicago nonprofit that employs at-risk youth to turn vacant lots into flower farms, has won CNN’s Hero of the Year Award."
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
South Side flower shop owner named CNN's Hero of the Year
Quilen Blackwell says he will use the $100,000 prize to expand his nonprofit Chicago Eco House, which grows flowers on previously vacant South and West side lots, and Southside Blooms, an Englewood fl...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"Quilen Blackwell, owner of a Chicago nonprofit that employs at-risk youth to turn vacant lots into flower farms, has won CNN’s Hero of the Year Award."
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
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“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Let me reframe this: perhaps we should not discourage them, as it might also discourage disabled people from seeking accommodations out of fear that they will be accused of faking their disability; or, they will refrain from seeking accommodations out of fear of "not being disabled enough."
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Let me reframe this: perhaps we should not discourage them, as it might also discourage disabled people from seeking accommodations out of fear that they will be accused of faking their disability; or, they will refrain from seeking accommodations out of fear of "not being disabled enough."
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You know it: Buttercup Festival 3-357
Why not give the gift of prints and original artwork this festive season? See buttercupfestival.com
Why not give the gift of prints and original artwork this festive season? See buttercupfestival.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
You know it: Buttercup Festival 3-357
Why not give the gift of prints and original artwork this festive season? See buttercupfestival.com
Why not give the gift of prints and original artwork this festive season? See buttercupfestival.com
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Your daily fortune:
Like a modern superhero, even if you're messed up you can still be strong and try to make the world a better place.
Like a modern superhero, even if you're messed up you can still be strong and try to make the world a better place.
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your daily fortune:
Like a modern superhero, even if you're messed up you can still be strong and try to make the world a better place.
Like a modern superhero, even if you're messed up you can still be strong and try to make the world a better place.