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Michelle W.
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admin, reader, one-time writer, enjoyer of floof, kdramas, and general silliness, she/her
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mishkarma.bsky.social
Happy 17th birthday, Masuke. Have a great day!
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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jortsthecat.bsky.social
Practicing being cool and calm. Look how much I’m not screaming
an orange cat is inside a cat travel carrier looking neutral, cool and calm. you can tell he isn’t screaming because his mouth is closed
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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effies.bsky.social
alt-text:

pic 1: 2 kittens on a closed toilet. "a reminder that this is a cat rescue account, cat rescue is absolutely political bc you can't rescue cats if ICE murders you.

pic 2: same vibe w pic of corgi

pic 3: same vibe for person on horseback

pic 4: same vibe for pic of huge dog + tiny dog
anamariecox.bsky.social Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 8d
The pet influencers are pissed.
January 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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tkingfisher.com
Okay, since I’m in a mood, do you know what is annoying mild *annoyance* about all this, rather than a gut-wrenching crisis?

I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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atlathewriter.bsky.social
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..." More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!" A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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wiswell.bsky.social
damn it my ace ass has lived this
A redhead calls her girlfriend on the phone, asking, "Do you fancy coming home at lunch for a quickie?" Her girlfriend answers, "It's pronounced quiche."
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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dexanderson.com
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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matociquala.bsky.social
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.

www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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linish.bsky.social
My cat Aki is having severe dental and gum problems. We’ve tried treatment before, but it didn't work, and she needs to see a specialist soon. I'm taking commissions to cover her medical bills

🐾 3 Sketch portraits
🐾 2 Half body (rendered)

Shares are greatly appreciated! 🙏
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Sketch portraits banner
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
Standing There - Gator Days
Standing There - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Olivia is standing innocently near her big sister, Polly, with a grin plastered on her face. Polly is just looking at something on her phone and not paying much attention to her little sister. Panel 2 Polly looks back and notices Olivia standing next to her smiling. She chooses to try to ignore her. Olivia's grin grows wider now that she has been noticed. Panel 3 Polly tries to focus on her phone. Olivia continues to stand there obnoxiously. Her smile reaches unforetold levels of brattyness. Panel 4 Olivia has Polly wrapped around her finger. She utters the magic phrase. Olivia: I'm not doing anything. Polly: I KNOW!
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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joegross.bsky.social
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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cheriepriest.com
behold the face of a cat who cannot read and has no social media
Fluffy gray tabby lounging on a green velour blanket - with a smile on his face that makes it look like he’s been caught mid-laugh…when in fact it’s just the after-grin of a sneeze
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
my toddler is crying because he has doggy hair in his mouth

and I mean yes okay corgis do shed a lot and it’s an uncomfortable sensation but also, kiddo, you just licked the dog
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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mahoukarp.com
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
example of the new garbage twitter is doing by harishimasan
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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infernatrixsophia.bsky.social
Interesting look at a kidney stone under an electron microscope; I always though it was painful because you were pushing an object through a hole too small for it to easily pass, but no it's literally just razor sharp crystals too.
kidney stone under electron microscope.
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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npr.org
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.

From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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onbearfeet.bsky.social
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.

AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.

Grab your beverage of choice.
February 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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mirandakeeling.com
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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dmacalvert.bsky.social
My Christmas card for 2025 🦫
A digital drawing of an anthropomorphic beaver couple dressed in vaguely old-fashioned outfits. The male beaver is presenting the female beaver with a birch log with a bow wrapped around it and she's reacting with delight.
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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cbsnews.com
"You feel a sense of emotional relief seeing a dog here on prosthetics, just like us."

Lavr, a dog who had to get prosthetic front paws after a train severed his, is providing war veterans with emotional support as they recover at a rehabilitation center in Kyiv, Ukraine.
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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wilwheaton.net
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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thegmcconnachie.bsky.social
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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astrokatie.com
Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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paulseesequasis.bsky.social
unveiled and made to have their photos taken. The women were from villages destroyed by the French army to deny the FLN (Algerian resistance) local support. Garanger was drafted in 1960 into the French army and found himself assigned as a photographer. “If looks could kill, they would have,” he
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM