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@chimaera.bsky.social
Reader, writer, painter (plein air watercolor). Gimme them Western skies. Servant of The Mighty Mustang. Elder. She/her. chimaera004@gmail.com
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You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Celebrate with Ale and get yourself a terrific tale! I LOVE this web comic! I bought the book too.
Hey, so it's my birthday🎂 (I'm 44!!)🎉 and instead of asking to repost my illustrations, I'll ask you to let everyone know that Side Quested Book1 is in preorder, to be launched in March!
Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶
And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟
Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶
And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟
You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 NOW! - Side Quested Webcomic
Yes, finally! You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 wherever books are sold! Here are convenient links to some of the big stores (but your local indie brick-and-mortar store will also…
sidequested.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Celebrate with Ale and get yourself a terrific tale! I LOVE this web comic! I bought the book too.
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Any artists on here with calendars available? I'm looking for the new year and I'd rather support independent artists than buy from Amazon or the big publishers.
Hit me with recommendations or links!
#art #BSNM #SupportArtists
Hit me with recommendations or links!
#art #BSNM #SupportArtists
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Any artists on here with calendars available? I'm looking for the new year and I'd rather support independent artists than buy from Amazon or the big publishers.
Hit me with recommendations or links!
#art #BSNM #SupportArtists
Hit me with recommendations or links!
#art #BSNM #SupportArtists
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If you got COLOR TASTE TEXTURE as a gift over the holiday season or borrowed it from the library recently and loved it, please leave a positive review at your retailer of choice and share your thoughts!
Good reviews matter so much.
Good reviews matter so much.
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE! It’s useful for all ages, with no cooking experience needed. Food doesn’t need to be a fight. Explore eating with insight, loving kindness, and gentle humor.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
If you got COLOR TASTE TEXTURE as a gift over the holiday season or borrowed it from the library recently and loved it, please leave a positive review at your retailer of choice and share your thoughts!
Good reviews matter so much.
Good reviews matter so much.
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It has been a rough holiday season and this GFM still hasn't filled up enough for making this trip possible! There are only 6 days left before I leave. Even if you can't contribute, a share to your networks will really really help. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
And here's another amazing author who needs some suppor to go to the Under the Volcano workshop.
@mimimondal.bsky.social is another amazing writer and wonderful person.
gofund.me/6dfe72a3b
@mimimondal.bsky.social is another amazing writer and wonderful person.
gofund.me/6dfe72a3b
Donate to Help Mimi attend the UTV-MX workshop & come home, organized by Monidipa Mondal
Last month, I was so excited to announce that I was selected for a fu… Monidipa Mondal needs your support for Help Mimi attend the UTV-MX workshop & come home
gofund.me
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It has been a rough holiday season and this GFM still hasn't filled up enough for making this trip possible! There are only 6 days left before I leave. Even if you can't contribute, a share to your networks will really really help. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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One thing I would like in 2026 is to have more copy editing work coming in! I’m a developmental editor at heart but people don’t freelance that out as much and I’m good at CE as well. If you’re involved in freelance CE hiring for any presses besides S&S (who I already do work for) pls get in touch!
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
One thing I would like in 2026 is to have more copy editing work coming in! I’m a developmental editor at heart but people don’t freelance that out as much and I’m good at CE as well. If you’re involved in freelance CE hiring for any presses besides S&S (who I already do work for) pls get in touch!
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the very first question every journalist should be asking after grok generates CSAM is "how did it know how to do that?"
and the nature of the tech is such that there can only be one answer: it was trained on CSAM.
why is that not a COLOSSAL story in the age of broad daylight Epstein coverups?
and the nature of the tech is such that there can only be one answer: it was trained on CSAM.
why is that not a COLOSSAL story in the age of broad daylight Epstein coverups?
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
the very first question every journalist should be asking after grok generates CSAM is "how did it know how to do that?"
and the nature of the tech is such that there can only be one answer: it was trained on CSAM.
why is that not a COLOSSAL story in the age of broad daylight Epstein coverups?
and the nature of the tech is such that there can only be one answer: it was trained on CSAM.
why is that not a COLOSSAL story in the age of broad daylight Epstein coverups?
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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Reading these heartbreaking news while at a lovely library is specially poignant
January 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reading these heartbreaking news while at a lovely library is specially poignant
Last couple of months have been tough, high depression & anxiety & ASHD. I accept that external factors played a big role, but I'm still the one who has to function. I tried the Fabulous app but was literally overwhelmed. Back to the drawing board.
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Last couple of months have been tough, high depression & anxiety & ASHD. I accept that external factors played a big role, but I'm still the one who has to function. I tried the Fabulous app but was literally overwhelmed. Back to the drawing board.
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I think abandoning millions of vulnerable people because they’re outnumbered is cowardly and cruel.
January 2, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I think abandoning millions of vulnerable people because they’re outnumbered is cowardly and cruel.
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
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This by @literaturegeek.bsky.social is still the best quick starter guide to Bluesky. People should have a look because it will improve your experience here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bluesky quick start guide
✨💻☁️Bluesky Guide☁️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ By Amanda Wyatt Visconti (@literaturegeek.bsky.social; formerly @literature_geek on Twitter). Please do share this guide with others!: tinyurl.com/DHBluesky. Last updated:...
docs.google.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This by @literaturegeek.bsky.social is still the best quick starter guide to Bluesky. People should have a look because it will improve your experience here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Decided that instead of toting sheets around when we do our caretaking, we should use sleeping bag liners. Smaller, individual, suitable for the truck beds and for the ranch beds. Still washable, and good for extending life of our sleeping bags. New year!
January 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Decided that instead of toting sheets around when we do our caretaking, we should use sleeping bag liners. Smaller, individual, suitable for the truck beds and for the ranch beds. Still washable, and good for extending life of our sleeping bags. New year!
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A must-read:
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
A must-read:
I'm still pissed that the original US military, the Coast Guard, was dumped into Homeland Security. Despite their expertise in intervention in nautical drug-smuggling, and their demonstrated ability to Not Murder People.
January 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I'm still pissed that the original US military, the Coast Guard, was dumped into Homeland Security. Despite their expertise in intervention in nautical drug-smuggling, and their demonstrated ability to Not Murder People.
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always read @natashalennard.bsky.social: "It’s high time that Democratic leaders treat the assault on trans youth for what it is: the attempted eradication of an entire category of persons, against which committed political opposition should be the baseline."
Trump Spent 2025 Making Trans Lives Unlivable. It’s Time for Democrats to Defend Them.
Elected Democrats haven’t done nearly enough to oppose attacks on gender-affirming care. They risk being on the wrong side of history.
theintercept.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
always read @natashalennard.bsky.social: "It’s high time that Democratic leaders treat the assault on trans youth for what it is: the attempted eradication of an entire category of persons, against which committed political opposition should be the baseline."
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
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"we have to stop designing cities for people who are 30 years, athletic and male. Caring about children helps tackle cities’ long-term future. If your city is not attracting and retaining families with kids, then its long-term economic future is pretty bleak."
earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/tim-...
earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/tim-...
Tim Gill and Ankita Chachra Discuss How and Why Cities of the Future Can Work Better for Children - Early Learning Nation
Tim Gill’s book Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities is a timely and engaging manifesto, full of maps and charts,
earlylearningnation.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"we have to stop designing cities for people who are 30 years, athletic and male. Caring about children helps tackle cities’ long-term future. If your city is not attracting and retaining families with kids, then its long-term economic future is pretty bleak."
earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/tim-...
earlylearningnation.com/2023/08/tim-...
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Internet, help.
I can't seem to find evidence that Hel, the Norse death goddess, has been co-opted by the Nazis but before I start making stuff with her on it, asking if any of you have heard otherwise.
I can't seem to find evidence that Hel, the Norse death goddess, has been co-opted by the Nazis but before I start making stuff with her on it, asking if any of you have heard otherwise.
January 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Internet, help.
I can't seem to find evidence that Hel, the Norse death goddess, has been co-opted by the Nazis but before I start making stuff with her on it, asking if any of you have heard otherwise.
I can't seem to find evidence that Hel, the Norse death goddess, has been co-opted by the Nazis but before I start making stuff with her on it, asking if any of you have heard otherwise.
Cuts to health care subsidies.
Cuts to Medicaid.
Shutdown of child care subsidies.
SNAP benefits unfunded for a month
Destruction of Dept of Education
Erasure of diverse history & DEI
ICE separating families
Epstein
This admin loves to fuck children.
Cuts to Medicaid.
Shutdown of child care subsidies.
SNAP benefits unfunded for a month
Destruction of Dept of Education
Erasure of diverse history & DEI
ICE separating families
Epstein
This admin loves to fuck children.
January 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Cuts to health care subsidies.
Cuts to Medicaid.
Shutdown of child care subsidies.
SNAP benefits unfunded for a month
Destruction of Dept of Education
Erasure of diverse history & DEI
ICE separating families
Epstein
This admin loves to fuck children.
Cuts to Medicaid.
Shutdown of child care subsidies.
SNAP benefits unfunded for a month
Destruction of Dept of Education
Erasure of diverse history & DEI
ICE separating families
Epstein
This admin loves to fuck children.
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Serious thing for folks to consider is, particularly for marginalized people, Grudges Are Self-Defense. What you may be interpreting as pettiness is probably closer aligned to "You have demonstrated you're not to be trusted." And knowing who REALLY has your back is more important that ever.
I feel in my bones that the wave has started to crash back in and Certain People/Companies who thought they were safe to abandon everyone they’d been pretending to care about will suddenly realize that those people have money/power and I, for one, will be holding a grudge until the end of time 💜
January 2, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Serious thing for folks to consider is, particularly for marginalized people, Grudges Are Self-Defense. What you may be interpreting as pettiness is probably closer aligned to "You have demonstrated you're not to be trusted." And knowing who REALLY has your back is more important that ever.
OH likes to create family memes by creative editing of family pics. Sadly, I can't share with you. But it's Daughter as Sistine Chapel Adam, with a car on her lap. Me, OH, Boy, grandparents, Banana Brothers, our peacock...
I have offered to paint it on ceiling of Daughter's dining room.
I have offered to paint it on ceiling of Daughter's dining room.
January 2, 2026 at 6:33 AM
OH likes to create family memes by creative editing of family pics. Sadly, I can't share with you. But it's Daughter as Sistine Chapel Adam, with a car on her lap. Me, OH, Boy, grandparents, Banana Brothers, our peacock...
I have offered to paint it on ceiling of Daughter's dining room.
I have offered to paint it on ceiling of Daughter's dining room.