Bastlynn
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She/Her spoken with the awe and fear as with which the Depths Of the Sea are named.
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You don't need AI to make animation. You literally have a camera in your pocket. You can draw with a stick in the mud and shoot the frames. There are several apps that help make this even easier.
You don’t need Disney-level resources and drawing skills to create animation.
People have made classics with sand and a source of light. With magazine clippings, or their own bodies animated via stop motion. There’s no barrier to entry, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/sand-and-a...
People have made classics with sand and a source of light. With magazine clippings, or their own bodies animated via stop motion. There’s no barrier to entry, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/sand-and-a...
February 18, 2026 at 3:39 AM
You don't need AI to make animation. You literally have a camera in your pocket. You can draw with a stick in the mud and shoot the frames. There are several apps that help make this even easier.
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This is pretty Poindexter of me, and no one asked, BUT: That's because of hunters. same deal with deer. They're everywhere because American hunters are such active, rabid conservationists that they took (invasive and feral, BTW) turkeys from endangered to everywhere!
CONFIRMED: After getting 76 replies, it’s clear that wild turkeys run this whole damn country.
Y’all got wild turkeys in OAKLAND????
Okay, now I’m convinced that turkeys took over the country and none of us noticed because we were busy dealing with the OTHER coup.
If you have wild turkeys in your area, reply with where you live. We must expose them!
Okay, now I’m convinced that turkeys took over the country and none of us noticed because we were busy dealing with the OTHER coup.
If you have wild turkeys in your area, reply with where you live. We must expose them!
February 18, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is pretty Poindexter of me, and no one asked, BUT: That's because of hunters. same deal with deer. They're everywhere because American hunters are such active, rabid conservationists that they took (invasive and feral, BTW) turkeys from endangered to everywhere!
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Having a conversation with my younger child on Kirkification, McCarthyism, and the pace at which memes spread depending on technology, and we both agreed that the only reason to invent a time machine would be to go back and see how quickly Ea-nāṣir’s name traveled across Ur
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Having a conversation with my younger child on Kirkification, McCarthyism, and the pace at which memes spread depending on technology, and we both agreed that the only reason to invent a time machine would be to go back and see how quickly Ea-nāṣir’s name traveled across Ur
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Legit think we could get this to happen
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Legit think we could get this to happen
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On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” — a tribute and act of artistic dissent — at the Lincoln Memorial. ❤️
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
February 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” — a tribute and act of artistic dissent — at the Lincoln Memorial. ❤️
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
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A) this is cool
B) I could NOT remember who did squid facts, when we were in Philly last weekend we went by a vehicle with the squid facts number on the back and I was HOLLERING and Bex was like what are you talking about. Anyway I saw wild squid facts
B) I could NOT remember who did squid facts, when we were in Philly last weekend we went by a vehicle with the squid facts number on the back and I was HOLLERING and Bex was like what are you talking about. Anyway I saw wild squid facts
The 2026 native plant project is up and running!
We have 10 seed distribution stations set up all around the city, each thanks to a volunteer poster hoster.
This project was made possible by monthly donors to @skypeascientist.bsky.social and people who bought calendars from SquidFacts.net!
We have 10 seed distribution stations set up all around the city, each thanks to a volunteer poster hoster.
This project was made possible by monthly donors to @skypeascientist.bsky.social and people who bought calendars from SquidFacts.net!
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
A) this is cool
B) I could NOT remember who did squid facts, when we were in Philly last weekend we went by a vehicle with the squid facts number on the back and I was HOLLERING and Bex was like what are you talking about. Anyway I saw wild squid facts
B) I could NOT remember who did squid facts, when we were in Philly last weekend we went by a vehicle with the squid facts number on the back and I was HOLLERING and Bex was like what are you talking about. Anyway I saw wild squid facts
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lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 18, 2026 at 3:03 AM
lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
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In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps:
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
February 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps:
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
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Ok. I have to get something important off my mind: It is *utterly incomprehensible* to me that Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea does not seem to have the rabid, intense secondary merch markets that SO MANY (imo) lesser books have.
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Ok. I have to get something important off my mind: It is *utterly incomprehensible* to me that Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea does not seem to have the rabid, intense secondary merch markets that SO MANY (imo) lesser books have.
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Here’s the visualization he mentions, and more details: daily.jstor.org/florence-nig...
February 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Here’s the visualization he mentions, and more details: daily.jstor.org/florence-nig...
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Behold, a cover! Designed by Ervin Serrano.
Preorder links for your rancid breastfeeding vampire needs: read.macmillan.com/lp/milkteeth...
Preorder links for your rancid breastfeeding vampire needs: read.macmillan.com/lp/milkteeth...
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Behold, a cover! Designed by Ervin Serrano.
Preorder links for your rancid breastfeeding vampire needs: read.macmillan.com/lp/milkteeth...
Preorder links for your rancid breastfeeding vampire needs: read.macmillan.com/lp/milkteeth...
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Carla Cunningham, the Dem lawmaker who has given the NC GOP critical votes on bills to force compliance with ICE and break environmental rules, faces a huge primary challenge.
We reached her asking for an interview, & when she declined we asked her campaign specific questions. All we got:
We reached her asking for an interview, & when she declined we asked her campaign specific questions. All we got:
February 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Carla Cunningham, the Dem lawmaker who has given the NC GOP critical votes on bills to force compliance with ICE and break environmental rules, faces a huge primary challenge.
We reached her asking for an interview, & when she declined we asked her campaign specific questions. All we got:
We reached her asking for an interview, & when she declined we asked her campaign specific questions. All we got:
Our Daggerheart GM saying "You ever make rules for yourself and then regret it later..." after 3 out of 4 players just rolled a luck check with Fear.
Uhoh.
Uhoh.
February 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Our Daggerheart GM saying "You ever make rules for yourself and then regret it later..." after 3 out of 4 players just rolled a luck check with Fear.
Uhoh.
Uhoh.
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First chick of the kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched!!!! Look at this grumpy little puff of feathers!! www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r...
First kākāpō chick in four years hatches on Valentine's Day
The first kākāpō chick of the breeding season has hatched on Pukenui Anchor Island.
www.doc.govt.nz
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
First chick of the kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched!!!! Look at this grumpy little puff of feathers!! www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r...
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(Extra poor man's exclusionary fit test: if the mask fogs a pair of standard eye glasses while you're wearing it, you will almost certainly not pass a fit test in it, but you can fail a fit test even in a mask that doesn't fog your glasses.)
February 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
(Extra poor man's exclusionary fit test: if the mask fogs a pair of standard eye glasses while you're wearing it, you will almost certainly not pass a fit test in it, but you can fail a fit test even in a mask that doesn't fog your glasses.)
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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At some point all that obscure infrastructure built for Y2K that nobody bothered to update in the last 25 years is going tits up and we will be in a world of hurt.
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
February 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
At some point all that obscure infrastructure built for Y2K that nobody bothered to update in the last 25 years is going tits up and we will be in a world of hurt.
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It was only 100 years ago that the son of the US President died from a blister he got playing tennis at the White House
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
It was only 100 years ago that the son of the US President died from a blister he got playing tennis at the White House
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Uhhhh erm this is really not great at all
Minority owners of FOUR NBA teams are profiting directly from business deals with the DHS concentration camp industrial complex.
Those teams are Atlanta, Sacramento, Charlotte, and Minnesota.
www.readeyeblack.com/p/an-nba-inv...
Those teams are Atlanta, Sacramento, Charlotte, and Minnesota.
www.readeyeblack.com/p/an-nba-inv...
February 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Uhhhh erm this is really not great at all
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The North Carolina newsroom Enlace Latino NC has republished our article above in a Spanish translation just now, bringing it to a wider audience. enlacelatinonc.org/los-federale...
Los federales apuntaron a Charlotte. Ahora una demócrata local que ayudó a ICE enfrenta a los votantes
Noticias en español sobre política, inmigración y asuntos comunitarios para los latinos en Carolina del Norte.
enlacelatinonc.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
The North Carolina newsroom Enlace Latino NC has republished our article above in a Spanish translation just now, bringing it to a wider audience. enlacelatinonc.org/los-federale...
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For years, human rights advocates have been warning that mandatory online ID checks are a death sentence for activists, journalists, and ordinary people resisting authoritarian regimes, for this exact reason.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
For years, human rights advocates have been warning that mandatory online ID checks are a death sentence for activists, journalists, and ordinary people resisting authoritarian regimes, for this exact reason.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
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Progressive lawmakers who care about human rights desperately need to connect these dots.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Progressive lawmakers who care about human rights desperately need to connect these dots.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
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A lobbyist used AI to falsify 20,000 public comments to tip the scales against reducing deadly air pollution in homes. This has been illegal since at least 2019 - but enforcement would require a prosecutor brave enough to argue that "bot" can mean "AI". Crickets.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
A lobbyist used AI to falsify 20,000 public comments to tip the scales against reducing deadly air pollution in homes. This has been illegal since at least 2019 - but enforcement would require a prosecutor brave enough to argue that "bot" can mean "AI". Crickets.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Fascism is here. 🇺🇸
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Fascism is here. 🇺🇸
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀